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Workshop on Writing Effective Literature Review

Writing Effective Literature Review
‘The use of available resources and tools has democratized the access to information for research activities’, thus opined Dr. H. Gayathri, Deputy Director, SDMIMD, while inaugurating the 2-Day Hands-on Workshop on Writing Effective Literature Review organized during January 9 & 10, 2014. The workshop provided hands-on exercises on literature gathering, organizing, analyzing and publishing the literature review. The hands-on training on Open source (Free Software) bibliographical constructions and management tools – Zoetero, JobRef and BibMe; and interactive session on ‘How to Publish in Academic Journal’ were also the part of this workshop. 60 participants from Karnataka and neighbor states representing premier universities, institutions and corporate participated in the workshop. 

Visit of University of Maryland Delegation

University of Maryland Delegation
A delegation of Students and Faculty Members from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, visited SDMIMD, Mysore, as part of their visit to India. The delegation headed by Dr. T. Srikantaiah had interaction with the Director Dr. N.R. Parasuraman, faculty members and the students during the visit. 
 
The delegation discussed about the courses offered as a part of the flagship program and the student exchange programs. The delegation expressed that the meeting helped them to get an insight into the pedagogical styles followed in India. 

Guest Lecture by Mr. Sakeer Hassan

With the 2013-14 placement season in progress, the students of second year PGDM were provided with an opportunity to know what the interviewers would be looking at and this came straight from the horse’s mouth. Talking on the topic “Preparing to face the Job Interview – What do Interviewers Expect?”,  Mr. Sakeer Hassan, Head – Business Development of SPI, Mysore gave the students the most necessary tips on what to expect in an interview and how to prepare and present their resumes. This also provided the students with an opportunity to interact with Mr. Sakeer who has been in the forefront of recruiting activities of SPI, Mysore.

FDP on Core Electives in Finance

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore conducted FDP on Core Electives in Finance on December 27 & 28, 2013. Faculty participants numbering 24 representing eminent B-Schools from Karnataka, and other parts of India participated enthusiastically in the two-day program. The program equipped the participants with effective and innovative pedagogical approaches across the electives courses in finance comprising of Financial Derivatives, Securities Analysis & Portfolio Management, and International Finance. The program was run using a combination of lectures and hands-on demonstrations. The program was very well appreciated by the participants. The program was inaugurated by Dr. N. R. Parasuraman, Director – SDMIMD and coordinated by Dr. Ullas Rao, Assistant Professor – Finance, SDMIMD Mysore.

IFLA Award to Mr. Deepak Nesarikar

Mr. Deepak Nesarikar of PGDM 2012-14 Batch received the IFLA award for securing 4th place among the top 6 papers, selected by KPMG India, the Talent Partner for the International B-School Open Paper Writing Competition organized by ABP Pvt Ltd. The other Top 5 papers were from IIMK, MICA, IIMC, XLRI and KJ Somaiya. Mr. Nesarikar's article "Empowerment & Social Businesses" was published in IFLA 2013 Compendium. The Awards were given by Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta, Partner and Head-Management consulting, KPMG India; Mr. Sunil Kanoria, Vice Chairman, SREI Infrastructure Finance; and, Dr. Amit Mitra, Honourable Minister for finance and Excise, Govt. of West Bengal. 

Workshop on Literature Review

A systematic and comprehensive Literature Review is the foundation for a good research.  A research will be ‘Good’ only when it advances our collective understanding on the research field. The collective understanding is possible with understanding the literature in the field. With this understanding a 2-Day Hands-on Workshop on Literature Review was held on December 19 & 20, 2013 at the Campus. 65 participants representing from the premier institutions, universities and corporate attended this workshop. The active involvement in the hands-on exercises of the workshop was very interesting. The resource persons provided a perfect blue-print for the literature review process and publication to the participants.  

Entrepreneurship Event at SDMIMD

SDMIMD has taken several initiatives to inculcate entrepreneurial orientation among its PGDM students.  These include setting up of Entrepreneurship Cell, signing MoU with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN). A Business Plan competition was announced and series of workshops for students by eminent entrepreneurs was organised as part of the run-up to the event. Ten teams participated in the event; five teams have been shortlisted for the final presentation and would compete for the top cash prize. The final presentation of the business plans has been scheduled on Dec 18, 2013. The event starts at 9.15 am and would close by 1.30 pm. Mr Sid Mookerji, CMD, SPI, Mysore  and Mr Ravishankar, Founder – CEO, AIM HIGH, Bangalore are part of the esteemed panel of judges. From 2.15 pm to 3.00 pm a panel discussion on Entrepreneurship has been organised with eminent entrepreneurs, who are also SDMIMD alumni , as panelists.

2nd International HR Conference


 

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Times of India | The Hindu | Star of Mysore | 
City Today

Shri Dharmasthala Manajunatheshwara Institute for Management Development, Mysore (SDMIMD), has organized its 2nd International Conference on “Managing Human Resources at the Workplace”, on December 13-14, 2013.  A galaxy of notable personalities, such as, Mr. Nishchae Suri, Head of People and Change Practice, Partner, KPMG India Private Limited, Mr. R. Venkatanarayanan, President – HR, IT & Education, Rane Holdings Limited, India; Mr. M. Krishna, Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer (CFO), AT&S India; Dr. Selvan D, Vice President, Capgemini, India; and Mr. Girish Karunakaran, President of Eurasia, SPI, India, have graced the occasion. 
The conference has witnessed large scale participation and patronage from research scholars, academicians, management practitioners. More than 375 research abstracts have been received in the various areas of Human Resource Management, out of which more than 260 papers were deliberated during the two days of the conference. More than 325 participants from India and countries, such as, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Nigeria, have attended the conference. A variety of emerging concerns in the areas of HRM, such as, Organizational Talent Strategies and Retention, Work Life Balance, Training and Development, Motivation, Cross-Cultural Issues, Performance Management and Competency system, Compliance and Ethical Issues at HRM, Big Data analytics in HRM, and so on, have been presented, debated and deliberated. 
 
Prof. S. Prabhakar, Secretary, SDME Trust, Dr. N. R. Parasuraman, Director, SDMIMD, Dr. H. Gayathri, Deputy- Director, SDMIMD, Dr. Mousumi Sengupta, Conference Chair, and Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta, Conference Co-Chair, and other faculty members were present in the conference.   

SDMIMD conducts Vittaaksh 2013

The Finnacle team comprising of the PGDM students from the finance stream successfully conducted Vittaaksh – a finance event comprising of competitions requiring application of theory and practices of finance. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Anil Joshi, Assistant General Manager (AGM), Postal Training Institute, Mysore. The event witnessed an enviable participation of more than 15 teams representing reputed B-Schools in India. The prominent institutions participating in the event included Welingkar, SIBM-Bangalore, MATS, and Christ Management School. The first-prize carrying a cash award of INR 15,000 was bagged by the team from Welingkar, Bangalore. The event was sponsored by India Post.

First Prize in Flight of fancy 2013

Ms. Sudipta Pan of PGDM 2013-15 batch has won First Prize in Flight of fancy 2013 - Creative writing competition conducted under the auspices of Literati at  Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB).
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