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.

The 8th International Conference on Finance, organized by SDMIMD on an annual basis, got off to a flying start with two inspiring inaugural addresses. Dr. D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala and Chairman of SDMIMD inaugurated the conference with a crisp address. He stated that ‘The gap between rural and urban has greatly reduced over 20 years. Apart from the basic facilities like food, water and road, we have progressed in health facilities too. The improvement in facility has made us to access information, opportunities and facilities available in the World. This has also had impact on education system. Indian institutes have challenges to match the international standards to attract students’.

The Chief Guest and Keynote speaker Dr. Bhimaraya Metri, Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Trichy said ‘India has seen great leap in industrial revolution during last 10 years. We have to move from manufacturing outfits of Industry 1.0 and 2.0 to Industry 4.0 and beyond.  The 4th Industrial Revolution has to drive the Indian industries and parallelly we have to prepare ourselves for 5.0 revolution’.
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The 2nd year PGDM 2018-20 students of SDMIMD, specializing in the HR discipline took an active part in the Out Bound Training (OBT) organized by the Institute at LEAD Out Bound Training, Kerala. The students of HR Elective participated in OBT as a part of the course Workplace Learning and Development anchored by Prof. L. Gandhi. The main objectives of the Out Bound Learning were to provide a recreation to the students while also enabling them to develop their confidence, conquer fears, an ability to take calculated risks, to hone their team building skills, for gaining knowledge and enhancing practical wisdom by challenging their limits, which is crucial for them to become successful managers. The two-day trip provided a bouquet of adventure activities such as trekking, jumaring, river crossing, rappelling, rope-based adventures, fire walking, and other management games. The students had an enriching learning experience through these OBT activities.

A Pre-Conference Workshop on Empirical Research in Finance was organized on September 5, 2019, for the researchers and faculty members in the area of finance and accounts at SDMIMD. Inaugurating the workshop, Dr N.R Parasuraman, Director and Professor - Finance, SDMIMD, brought out the importance of corporate finance and the emerging trends in the field. Dr K.A. Venkatesh, Professor at Myanmar Institute of Information Technology; Dr P. Janaki Ramudu, Professor – Finance, and Dean - Academics at IMT Nagpur; and Dr M. Sriram, Faculty-Finance, SDMIMD, Mysore; were the resource persons.

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The SDMites initiative - Library Initiative For Education (LIFE) which established the Library for Aadharsha Vidyalaya School of Jockey Quarters, Mysore, celebrated the 73rd Independence Day with the children and teachers. Prof. Kannadas, Faculty - Finance, SDMIMD, was the Chief Guest and honoured students who completed 10th Class with Distinction during last year. SDMites were part of cultural celebration and distributed sweets to the children.

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Gandhi L. (2019). Gamification in Employee Training in India. Journal of Organizational Behavior Education – JOBE; ISSN: 1649-7627 (print) ISSN: 2047-9999 (online). Vol.12.

Dr. N.R. Parasuraman was invited for the inaugural ceremony of MarkerSpace organized by Infosys Mysore development center held on September 7, 2019. MarkerSpace @ MyDC is all about creating feasible solutions for problem statement using hardware kits. The theme was “Sustainability” with 6 different themes. MarkerSpace is a 24 hours hackathon event commenced from September 7, 2019.

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Dr. Venkatraja B delivered an invited guest lecture on the topic "Is Indian Economy Slipping to Recession? A Review" to the PG students of Vidhyavardhaka First Grade College, Mysore on September 27, 2019.

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Prof. L Gandhi accompanied students of Workplace Learning and Development to a 2-day OBT at LEAD OBT, Palakkad, Kerala on September 21-22, 2019.
Prof. L Gandhi as a resource person, handled a workshop on Emotional Intelligence at Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore on September 14, 2019.

Mr. Ashwani Khanna, Head of Marketing, FunderMax India, delivered an invited talk organized for PGDM 2018-20 Batch on September 11, 2019 at SDMIMD. Read More>

Sri R. Ranganath, Advisor to CEO, Air Asia, Former Vice President (Finance), India and South East Asia, Tata Steel Limited, was the distinguished Chief Guest for the valedictory function of the 8th International Finance Conference on Emerging Trends in Corporate Finance and Financial Markets held on September 6, 2019 at SDMIMD. Read More>

Mr Sameer Parekh, Founder and Director, Greshma Shares and Stocks Ltd., delivered invited talk during the technical session of the 8th International Finance Conference on ‘Emerging Trends in Finance and Accounts’ held on September 6, 2019. Mr Parekh focused his talk on the myths of the equity market. Read More>

Dr K.A. Venkatesh, Professor at Myanmar Institute of Information Technology, delivered a session on ‘R’ during the Pre-Conference Workshop on Empirical Research in Finance held on September 5, 2019, at SDMIMD. Dr Venkatesh demonstrated the use of R language in Data envelopment Analysis and packages in software for Various analysis methods by providing practical training for the participants.

Dr P. Janaki Ramudu, Professor – Finance, and Dean - Academics at IMT Nagpur delivered the session on ‘Publication of Papers in Finance and Accounting Journals’ to the participants of Pre-Conference Workshop on Empirical Research in Finance held on September 5, 2019. Read More>

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.

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 2018-20 Marketing Specialization students. Read More>