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Abhigyaan 2019

SDMIMD organised the annual flagship event for Undergraduates - Abhigyaan ’19, on October 10 & 11, 2019 at its campus. The two-day fest was inaugurated by Dr N. R Parasuraman, the Director of SDMIMD. More than 400 students from colleges across Karnataka participated in various events such as Best Manager, Best Entrepreneur, Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, B-Quiz, Photography, Mad Ads, Treasure Hunt and Street Play. The sports event was introduced in this year’s fest and a cricket match was organized. The inaugural day culminated with vibrant cultural competitions such as Singing, Dancing and Fashion Show.

The Day-2 of Abhigyaan 2019 commenced with the final rounds of the management events. Abhigyaan was a wonderful platform for the students to showcase their managerial skills and talents. SDM College of Business Management, Mangalore emerged as the overall champions of Abhigyaan’ 2019. The event was organized and coordinated by the Samprati Committee of SDMIMD.

Dasara Celebration by SDMites

Being part of the Heritage City Mysuru, SDMites celebrated Mysuru Dasara with grand decoration, pooja of Goddess Saraswathi and Goddess Durga, games and delicious lunch. SDMites decorated the entire campus which gave festive look during Dasara. The delicious lunch with Mysuru and Bengal dishes added sweet to the festivity. Various traditional games and music made Dasara 2019 a memorable for SDMites.

MDP on Finance for Non-Finance Professionals

A one-day Management Development Program (MDP) was organized for the employees of Wuerth Electronik India Private Limited, Mysuru on October 5, 2019. The MDP was a customised program designed to the requirements of the Company. Understanding financial reports, analysis, interpretation of financial reports, cost management for decision making, time value of money and its application in business decisions, were the topics scheduled for this company-specific program. The pedagogy included lectures, case studies and hands on session in the computer lab. Dr. N.R. Parasuraman, Dr. M. Sriram and Prof. S. Kannadas were the knowledge facilitators for this focused executive program. The MDP was coordinated by Dr. M. Sriram, Assistant Professor-Finance, SDMIMD.

Celebration of Gandhi Jayanti by SDMites LIFE

The SDMites Library Initiative for Education (LIFE) team organized drawing competition and essay competition to the young minds of Aadarsha Vidyalaya School in Jockey Quarters Mysore. The competition was organized focusing the 150th Year Birthday Celebration of ‘Father of Nation’ Mahatma Gandhiji. The high school students participated in the event to demonstrate their skills and creativity on the theme of the competition. SDMites provided the materials for the competition and gave sweets to the students and distributed the prizes to the winners.

SDMites get First Place in Debate

Ms Ekta Burman and Mr Dronamraju Subhakar of PGDM 2018-20 Batch have secured first place in the preliminary round of Maria Philip Memorial Intercollegiate Debate Competition conducted recently in Mysore on September 25, 2019. The Winners will be participating in the finals that will be held at XIME, Bangalore.

Inputs on 'Preparation for Interviews' by Expert

Mr Kiran Joshi, former Career Consultant and Former Manager - Learning & Development, IIM Udaipur, delivered invited talk on 'Preparation for Interview' to PGDM 2018-20 Batch on September 23, 2019. The interaction with the speaker on various aspects of interview and interviewing was the major takeaway for SDMites. The talk concluded with Q&A.

SDMites Win Arthayudh Fest 2019 of Christ University

The students of PGDM Batch of 2018-20 emerged as the winners of ‘Arthayudh 2019’, organized by the Department of Management Studies, Christ University, Bengaluru, held during 20th and 21st September 2019. Mr Jeffrey Joshua Durai and Mr Dronamraju Subhakar were the winners of Marketing Event, Mr Abhilash R and Mr Yashank Uthappa won the Finance Event, Ms Shoba Reddy and Ms Yerupula Haripriya were the runners up of the Human Resources event, and Mr Bellurkar Vijay and Mr Anand Sharma were the runners up of B-Quiz event. Ms Srinidhi, Mr Harshith and Mr Revanth T were the runners up of the Best Management Team event. The winners received cash prizes worth Rs. 85,000/- in addition to trophies and certificates.

Invited talk on 'Product Management'

Mr S. Chandramouli, Insights Feedback, Bengaluru, was the guest speaker on campus on September 21, 2019, delivered the talk on 'Product Management' to the PGDM 2018-19 Marketing Specialization students.

Mr Chandramouli with his various research and consulting engagements across diverse industry sectors, impacting close to 200 clients shared valuable experience to the students. The customer services were detailed bringing the anecdotes by his experience in conceptualizing and designing Feedback’s customer satisfaction framework, which primarily integrates aspects of satisfaction, loyalty, advocacy and value for money along with expectations, business benefits, brand image and other futuristic aspects to derive takeaways for clients. The experiential sharing by the speaker helped the students to know about the customer relationship.