SPL - Spjain Premier League

All Good things they say finally come to an end... and so did the Mega-Cricketing bonanza of SPL (SPJain Premier League) conceptualized and implemented by the students (our lalit modi - Lokesh Daga) with 6 teams battling out in awesome knock-out matches with the girls also throwing their punches in the games .... It was something to watch out for the past 14 days (early morning sessions)Finally it was the Chennai superkings who battled out the finals with the Kolkatta knight riders (Click on the pic below to view)

To note, it was not just the fact that MBAers could also bat & bowl, but also the enthusiasm shown by everyone on the field that was really fun and memorable through-out the tournament.
It was innovation through-out as the gals were also given overs to bowl and bat called super-overs. A few of the gals even ended up as match winners in a few cases :)

Pics : Courtesy Srikanth Kulkarni

The Green Board - Uniquely SP

In the midst of every renowned institute of education lies a symbol unique not only architecture but of a nature so hallowed that it represents the entire livelihood of the institute, it becomes the life-line and even could be argued during momentary status of inebriation to represent the entire institution.

Harvard for example have their Steps :
(Photo source : flickr )
And here at SPJIMR we have the Green-Board
The ubiquitous communication channel.....which updates itself as frequently as every hour
The Harbinger of all ........ Surprise Quizzes
The instant marketing Board... for all the events that happen at SPJIMR
The notice board...issuing threatening messages to those who err their ways (or score below 2.4).
The flat-screen monitor for everything that happens here at SPJIMR.

Mobile Idly Shop at 12.00 PM - Uniquely SP

Being a hard-core Tamil, there are a few things that really distinguishes us :-
1) First day First show of RajniKanth
2) Getting excited over Asin's Debut with Ghajini
3) Slap-Stick comedy of Vadivelu
4) Drinks Mixed with old & gold Tamil Songs (engirrudhalum varzgha)

And finally IDLY-WADA (Sambar Dalkey)

So here is what a bunch of hungry tam guys @ SP Jain do to satiate their palate with a bunch of piping hot idlies tossed in fiery chilli chutney and pakka Filter-coffee


A truly Mobile shop which opens exactly at 12 PM near the signal outside the Boys hostel; this guys peddles everything from Gutkas, Cigars, Idlis and Filter-coffees.

IBM & SPJIMR Launches their Center for Services Managment Engineering

What is SSME?

Service Science or Service Science, Management and Engineering (SSME) is a growing multi-disciplinary research and academic effort that integrates aspects of established fields like computer science, operations research, engineering, management sciences, business strategy, social and cognitive sciences, and legal sciences.
Global markets are increasingly service-based economies. Employment growth will be concentrated in the service-providing sectors of the global economy. Service innovation is needed to maintain profits.

Couple of news articles for this amazing venture :-
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/IBM_India_ties_up_with_S_P_Jain_Institute/articleshow/3241973.cms

http://www.networkcomputing.in/HomeJune22-07IBMPartnersifNIDSPJIMRandNIMtoDevelopSSMECurriculum.aspx

SP Jain - In Black & White

Couple of really awesome pencil sketches of SP campus by i guess one of my super seniors; couldn't catch the name.. but since they really are brilliant uploading them with due credit .

And the original for reference

Impact Assessment of CII's GLSDI (Grass Root Level Skill Development Initiative)

The past few weeks have been spent roaming around villages in and around the kancheepuram district, which include the tsunami-hit while NGO-rich areas such as Marakkanam or areas such as Lathur & Thirukkunakundram traveling around 3 hours in either state-transport buses or clumsy share-autos (across bumpy village roads) doing
the Impact Assessment of their GLSDI (Grass-root level Skill Development Initiative) program, which has been successfully implemented across 20 villages and trained around 3000 and odd rural youth; training them upon aptitude and job skills to make them industry-worthy.

And let me assure you, neither the travel nor the TN heat which show any signs of relenting have made it an easy assignment... but as always it is the warmth of the village folk, their simple ways and smiles which have always given us reason to believe in this assignment.

To cut it short, CII's SR (Social Responsibility) wing has started this skill development initiative; wherein it has developed an industry-standard training module to enlighten the Rural folk about the industry-trends and requirements and also provides them with aptitude and attitude skills development. This course typically runs for 10-15 days and NGO's such as Hand-in-Hand are hired (since only NGOs have easier accessibility to the rural folk and better credibility) to in the first phase command all the village folk and provide them the training.

We did our Impact assessment over three phases
Phase I : Visiting all the NGO's and then taking up the initial data of the rural folk being trained; this data would then be used for sampling.
Phase II : Developing a Questionnaire and also questions for the focus Group Discussion.
Phase III : Visiting the training centers and getting data from the trained youth, the current batch and the trainers.

Overall, our assessment proved to be really worthy for the CII cause it answered many of the questions that had been plaguing them (more so, with regards to the mentality of the Rural folk and how did they perceive to be the actual effectiveness of the course) and it was also a real eye-opener for us when it came to the workings of an NGO, rural mindset and the actual truth behind industries.

We first made our presentation across to the CII director Mrs.Stella and then were slated to present it to the Chairman himself.... the presentation will again be showcased in their industry meeting.

Our Presentation to CII can also be viewed here Presentation to CII.ppt (Be patient..)

Pic : Conducting the Focus Group Discussion in Lathur

Pic: In Marakkanam and Lathur

Lock Stock & Trade'08 (Jan 19th 2008)

Pretty late Commentary but neverthless... LST has been a special event for me as the chief co-ordinator and with the legendary Capt. Gopinath as it's key note Speaker


"It was international currys with India flavor at SPJIMR's Lock Stock & Trade'08; the biggest mock IPO event this side of Dalal Street. With teams from across the globe from Thailand to Dubai competiting with teams across India, showcasing real-live business ventures ranging across Bikaji bhujias, Siyaram Silk Mills Ltd, Maharaja Appliances Ltd and Aeropharma Group along with their respective industry representatives to raise the maximum IPO bids.

The event kick-started with a key note speech from the legendary Capt. Gopinath who took the entire audience on a spell-binding ride across his entire entrepreneurial ventures from childhood to the latest Air-Deccan boom; later on as he graciously answered questions the stage was being set for a much bigger battle.

On this one day event the SPJIMR student teams representing the entrepreneur and investment banker present selected real life entrepreneurial businesses to the audience. These businesses are open for evaluation and trading by the audience who acting as investors mock 'invest' in shares of their choice. The stocks are allotted through bidding and the ultimate stock prices are determined by the market forces. At the end of the day the winning 'investors' are those with highest value portfolios and the winning 'company' is that which has the highest market capitalization. The game provides opportunity for many a player to bid, trade and build their portfolio, and experience…the Dalal Street excitement.

Later on to quench our thirsts we had an intellectual panel discussion on the topic, "From Idea to IPO" peppered by eminent set of V.Cs, Entrepreneurs & corporates such as Mr.Devand Neralla(MCX), Mr.Jinesh Shah(Nexus India), Mr.Ajay Kapur(SIDBI ventures), Mahesh Choudahry(Microqual) and Mr.Namit Malhotra(Prime Focus) and moderated by Ms.Priya Srinivasan. The event winners were the joint team of SPJIMR & Hindustan Tin Works Ltd; while the team from Thammarsat BSchool, Thailand won the jury's special award."

Mentee Mentor Meeting ... Full Swing

It was a very bustling day... amidst friend's marriage celebrations, shuttling across towns i really squeezed in an appointment with Mr.J.Sreenivasa, Manager for the BPO division at Accenture, Bangalore and a SPJIMR pass-out of 1998.
It began as a meeting to add a name to the face, but later went across into a warm meeting of college days (incidentally Mr.Sekar had set up our college's Intra-LAN facility as his summers) and loads of fun-filled reminiscences.
I got an opportunity to find out more about his career-choices, roles as a division manager; but a few sagacious wordings that really did strike my brain
1) Get into any company which is in the growth phase. (His own choice of getting into Accenture)
2) Summers is an opportunity to experiment, rather than a career-choice.
3) Networking among people who are in my dream profile (Marketing & Sales- IT) would be a great idea.

So, i am going to get back to my phone book and start dialing the list....

DOCC at Kanchipuram

As part of our Academic Curricula, summers in SPJIMR are not done in plush A.Ced Corporate offices, but rather across rural village land-scapes....
We call it DOCC (Development of Corporate Citizenship)
"The Centre for Development of Corporate Citizenship (DOCC) was established in the year 2001 with a view to mould management education in tune with the Indian context.DOCC works closely with NGOs and corporates by undertaking various consultancy and research assignments. It also works as a medium between the Corporate and NGOs and strives to bring them together in contributing to the society."
Frankly, this is one of the best part of my learning... and i am really looking forward for it...

My DOCC Project details :-

(a) Job Fair for rural youth- Drawing strategy -Synergy between different corporate, HR consultancy firms, local administrator (collector), and job fair

India lives in the village and without the development of village the country can not achieve the dream of becoming developed country. There is need of shift focuses on the village and rural youth and booming economy must involved village also as active partner. In Kanchipuram district there are more than 100 of industries working in different field but rural unemployment rate is quite high here. An approach is needed bring the industry together and initiating a step to increase the intake of rural youth in corporate.

Possible approach & objective

à Coordination and liaison with Local Administration (Collector)

à Coordination with leading HR consultancies and Corporate in Chennai

à Prepare and discuss the concept note to corporate explaining the need of bring rural youth forward.

In Brief :
I am going to working with the district collector, kanchipuram District to organize a JOB fair for the rural youths; facilitated by Orchid Pharma's NGO wing

lets see how things turn up :)

Memoirs of an 0.5 MBA

“The Story doesn’t end here my friend, Picture abhi bhi baki hai”

Almost a year (well academically speaking i.e) into the rig morale as an MBA grad and here I am tonight burning the mid-night oil once again just trying to relive the entire year.

1) Champions of Nasscom’s National Case study on IT enablement.

2) Reaching the top of the International Thought challenge at IIM-L and memorable interaction with various IAS officers, top-notch CEOs.

3) Those 14 days on an unforgettable journey beyond India to the Never-Never Land.

4) Working with the BMC for their Clean-up drive (albeit done internally)

5) Chief co-ordinator of an International Mock IPO event, LST’08 with the legendry Capt. Gopinath chairing as the key-note speaker.

6) Winning the BMC case study for SLUM participation for solid waste management system.

7) Judged by the Indian Kotler “Mr.Mithileshwar Jha” as the finalists for John Deere (the tractor company) Strategic marketing case study.

8) Interacting with various entrepreneurs including Mr.Sriram(Crosswords), Vishal Gondal(India-games), the vada-pav guy and creating a forum to encourage entrepreneurship in SPJIMR.

9) Fun-filled GOA holiday with bosom buddies.

10) Grass-root level innovation expressed best only when organized with National Innovation Fund, when we conducted Uddyam.

11) Mingling with the mentally challenged kids at Ehsaas.

12) Winners at the Global Forum, Konflux’08.

13) Spearheading a team along with the Dean to evolve on his thesis on leadership.

14) Working with a startup company and trying to evolve an entry strategy into the Enterprise Segment.

15) Academically ranked 7^th in college (Seriously… don’t ask me how !!!)

16) The Icing on the Cake, when my team got mentioned in the Newspaper as I finished second runner’s up in Economic Times & CitiBank’s GrandMaster.

And these exclude those moments which I shared with all of my colleagues, such as the Binding Lonavla trip, innumerable knowledge sessions, lectures from top-notch industry leaders, once-in-a-blue-moon night out party, endless movie sessions(thanks to LAN), Atta-Maggi & Horlicks at 2 AM in the morning, pre-reads which were never read despite when they came with a do-or-die Tagline, besotting Anandwan visit to meet the legendary Late Baba Amte, Gita Shibir, endless IPs, refreshing Music DJs, Group Studies(Technically called so), Bistro-Banters and library brawls….. The Story really doesn’t end there !!!

But what did I really do cherish in an MBA life …

‘Talented Colleagues, Brilliant Seniors (You guys rock) and an entire bunch of friends outside of college’

This is my Gyaan as a 0.5 MBA :

“ There are only two things that you really learn from an MBA, how to work as a GROUP and the power of networking… the rest are all add-ons”

The first year at college was more towards experiencing different things; while I believe that my next year would be more focused towards my actual career plan; to sum it shortly first you become the Jack of all Trades and then become the Master of ONE.

Wait further as I come with my wish-list for the next year .

p.s: I totally forgot to add the Mumbai marathon.. my first Half Marathon (21 Kms in 3 Hours) and definitely a pre-cursor to many more yet to come.

Which is the most important Course in Management ?

This was a story from one of my friends .... a 4 year experience with the manufacturing sector, Deputy Mgr, excellent acads and with a better than average CAT score; and a call into the Top notch B-School ..... and the question he gets in the interview
"What are the various facets of Management Studies?"
He does a good job stating Business Strategy, International Business, Policy, Administration, Zoology, Gyaan Inc., Kotler's thumb rules (which essentially covers marketing) et all....

Unfortunate for him his luck was as great as this guy (getting killed by Air-plane Poop can never be a good sign); and the prof turns out to be a HR guy, and Human technology was conspicuously absent from his list....

Well.. So what is the correct answer, if you ask me i would say "IT DEPENDS" .....

Marketing Research Methodology - A Sublime art

We all remember the Cute yesteryear "I Love you Rasna" advertisement
But would you have ever wondered about the massive undercurrent of research methodology involved for designing and coming up this simple commercial. Frankly, if you had asked me i would have scoffed if anyone had told me that to even come up with the orange color on the pack of Rasna was after a meticulous round of focus group discussions.
Well, was i wrong.. it was prof. Rajiv Bagayatkar Associate Director, ACNielsen ORG-Marg who introduced us into the various levels of research that happens for every product branding decisions and with the Rasna case it was proven without doubt that it was not just a stroke of luck that the decisions of the Rasna commercial proved to be a track record.

Starting from how the first commercial was conceived, in order to create a niche in the SDC (Soft Drink Concentrate Segment), to target Moms as the primary buyer and kids (age 3-5 yrs) as the primary influencers, he went on to tell us about how difficult it is to target children because of their extreme associations with color, taste and all the other senses but also lack of proper existing data on the same target segment.

The more he described the world of Marketing research methodology, the more i began to believe that all marketing research involves is to get your basics right. The more basic is the thought process of the advertisement/marketing honchos the better would be the reach across all the segments. It is really not about shattering technological innovations but more about finding how do humans react to specific signals such as the bikini-clad babes or the colgate smile grand-moms. Marketing research is hence why i would say is a sublime art of understanding human psychology.

Few of his other insights; to categorize the behaviour of the people across the borders in India
1) North : They are more external show-offs. All of the products such as T.Vs or T-Shirts which would be visible to others (neighbours,family) would always be branded; while products which would rather not see the light of others; such as washing shampoos or toothpastes would be the cheaper cousins.
2) South : They are more rational people. For ex: in case u have the Heads & Shoulders shampoo commercial, in the north if it shows only that your hair gets clean and gals flock you it shall sell, but in the south you have to show pictures of ZPTO molecules doing the actual cleaning.
3) East : They are more tradition oriented. They would stick on to any old product and are very wary of changing their preferances.
4) West : As a nature of the people, the west is a mix of all the above three characteristics.


Go ahead and explore... Marketing research might just be the field for you

E-BOOST III - An evening of BOOT-Strapping

I had organized the third leg of our Entrepreneurship Workshops, titled E-Boost III upon the topic "Boot Strapping", as we had got an amazing repetoire of guest speakers both of 1st generation Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists. Refer to the guest list

Mr.R.Sriram started off the lecture series by pointing out that entrepreuners need a "CAN DO" attitude, and quoting from an example these days Indian V.Cs though have started funding it is pretty less (in the past 24 months a prominent V.C fund had invested in 14 companies after going through 800 B-plans). He shared across a few experiences mostly about how to manage a business without any capital; and later on went ahead to give us a 1-2-3 (or) step-wise plan for the same :- (a) Look for specific customers (b) Work in the industry (c) Define the exact problem.

He was followed by the prolific Vishal Gondal (India Games) who started from NOTHING TO NOTHING, which was incidentally the topic of his presentation. His presentation was pretty candid and shared across his personal experience of how to garner a V.C and how to go ahead with just your plan. He gave us examples of how to THINK BIG while walking on a tight-rope.In the end he finished with saying, "The Management Principle which really works to start your own business is -JUGAAD"(a hindi slang for boot-strapping)

Next on the menu was Mr.Manoj Gupta (VP , Nexus india Capital) his presentation was mostly peppered with the takings from the previous two speeches and a lil bit of Q&A.

Followed on was Mr.Jay Gupta (Founder, The LOOT retail chain) who talked all about his experience with starting the entreprise.

Definitely a evening of lot of takings. Couple of pics ...

E-BOOST III - Part of NEN's Entrepreneurship Week Celebrations

Profile of the Speakers:

Vishal Gondal (Founder & CEO of Indiagames)
Vishal started his first company – FACT at the age of 16.
Today he leads Indiagames's global operation with over 300 employees and offices in Mumbai, Beijing, London and Los Angeles. Indiagames under Vishal's leadership was featured amongst Red Herring (magazine) Asia's Top 100 companies in 2005.
He was part of The Nokia Advisory Council for Games.
He was featured among the top 40 Indian entrepreneurs by Business Today magazine in 2001.
E&Y Indian Entrepreneur of the year award nomination in 2004
Vishal also features among the 20 Fab Indians to watch out for in 2006 by The Week magazine.
Manoj Gupta (VP, Nexus India Capital)
Prior to Nexus, Manoj has been involved with entrepreneurial ventures in the semiconductor/communications field for six years. Initially with Siliconwave, a Bluetooth startup (acquired by RFMD) and then with WIT, a Digital TV startup (acquired by Chrontel).
Manoj has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, MS from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and PhD (Expected) from University of California, San Diego.

R. Sriram ( Co-founder, former CEO & MD Crossword Bookstores )
Establish various bookstores - starting with Landmark in Chennai, Walden in Hyderabad, and lastly Crossword. He co-founded Crossword with Ms. K. Anita in 1992 and helped build it into India's leading bookstore chain.
Sriram stepped down from Crossword in August 2006 to co-found "Next Practice Retail" to innovate and incubate new retail businesses.
He is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Mumbai and is an Independent Director on the board of Gini & Jony Limited.Sriram is a visiting faculty at IIM A and a guest lecturer at IIM L .

E-BOOST III

Raising funds for new ventures "Bootstrapping"

8th February, 2008

4 p.m. to 5.30 p. m

S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

So where shall you be….

Welcome To SPJIMR.. The Journey Begins !!!

This was one of the first introductions to our life in SPJAIN; courtesy the PEC(Participant's Executive council) intro mail. READ ON ...

Hello Everyone,

There was a time when you were put through a trial. But that phase has gone. You are now the newest members of SPJIMR family. And this is the time for expectations, both on your and our side. A few days more would get you at the doorstep of an institution that would become an integral part of your lives. That would take you on a journey of change and learning. A very hearty welcome to each one of you from Participants' Executive Council ( PEC).

Mark Twain said "A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes." Well don't put a check on your expectations – they have their own fun. But do let us give you a glimpse of how life at SPJIMR would be.

Studies and Academics are an integral part of the life at SPJIMR and we do hope that you all are studying your pre-foundation material sincerely. Academics are no doubt very very important but definitely not sufficient. There are numerous opportunities to show your talents. If you are a singer or dancer, you are already a star! Be prepared as you would be in high demand for various cultural events. And if you happen to be the badminton champion of the old college days then its time to trouble those muscles
again or you can show your sport skills on the basketball court. Starting from cricket to table tennis to trekking- the list is endless. At SP we firmly believe in maintaining the right proportions of academics and extra curricular activities during the two year PGDM program.

A typical day in SPJIMR has about three classes in the morning and two in the afternoon after which there are group work assignments to keep you engaged till dinner. There is however no fixed format for this. Usually there is a CEO lecture in every 1-2 weeks for which you are expected to be dressed formally. Even otherwise there are various courses in which practicing experts from industry form part of the faculty and hence it makes sense to have a decent collection of formals in your packing list.

Sundays are working and Thursday is the official weekly off but that does not assure that you can completely relax and go to a relative's place as on most occasions there would be assignments to be submitted on Friday mornings or a scheduled/ unscheduled (read surprise) test waiting for you. Thursdays are also mostly utilized to do entire week's pending laundry. There are washing machines available in the hostels. However, if you are not the money saving type then the clothes can always be given to a washer man/woman who if you so wish would also iron them. But what Thursdays do mean is that you can go for a nice outing on Wednesday evenings. Since there is no mess food available there is little option available anyways.

Food available inside SPJIMR campus is strictly vegetarian. There is a mess where breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided. Also there is a canteen inside the institute, which offers tea, coffee, cold drinks and various snacks. Just outside the campus there is a restaurant named Vrindavan, where good vegetarian food is available at reasonable rates.

There is also the Bhavan's Canteen which can be tried out for lunch or evening snacks.For the more indulgent there are options that extend beyond the campus.
There are numerous food joints in Andheri and Bandra. Pop Tates is the ideal place to visit if you feel like having good continental food. Mocha (a café home), Urban Tadka, MacDonald's and Pizza Hut are few others in an exhaustive list of food joints where one can easily reach in less than 10 minutes in an auto rickshaw.

Life is very hectic at SPJIMR as we have tests, pre class readings, presentations, surprise quizzes, numerous assignments to be submitted round the clock. However we still love to look beyond the surface. Movies, beach outings, shopping sprees, long chatting sessions and catching up on those lost sleep hours is what joy in suffering is all about! There are 3 multiplexes, Fame Adlabs, PVR Juhu & Fun Republic near the campus; they are one of the favorite hanging spots of students. Also there is a special discount of 10% at these multiplexes on showing SPJIMR I-Cards.Evenings can also be spent at Juhu and Versova beaches that are not too far way.

As far as shopping is concerned, the items of daily use can be obtained from Apna Bazaar, a supermarket situated behind the boy's hostels. For buying shirts, jeans, shoes etc., one can go to Shoppers' Stop or visit the Lokhandwala market.

It will take sometime for the non Mumbai people to acclimatize to the weather here as it is quite unfriendly. Weather tends to be hot and humid so bringing along light T-shirts and cotton pants is recommendable. Again once it starts raining in Mumbai, it usually continues for a real long time, so it is important that you have an umbrella/raincoat with you among other items. Do not forget to toss in a pair of old shoes that would come in handy for going out in the rainy season apart from your formal shoes which
would be required for all formal occasions.

Life in a B School tends to be stressful and one needs a lot of stamina to face it. Hence staying fit achieves prime importance and to make things easier we have Andheri sports complex at less than 5 minutes walk from the campus. The sports complex has got a lot to offer ranging from badminton, squash, lawn-tennis to the good old gym.

We don't know whether you will become a good marketing or finance manager in SPJIMR but what you would definitely learn to manage is your room; it
is nothing less than an art at SP. Rooms here are 2-seaters or 3-seaters. A section of almirah is provided for keeping clothes and books (ever heard
of space management?). However, there are no hangers for clothes provided. A standard single bed mattress is provided to every student along with a
pillow.

Please remember that hostel registrations would begin on 18th June. Rooms would be allocated only during office hours, i.e. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. As mentioned in our previous mail, if your arrival time is different, let us know in advance so that prior arrangements can be made. A list indicating your accommodation will be displayed on the notice board in the main institute building. Please go through the list to find out your room and ask the security personnel for directions to reach your hostel.

In addition to the above-mentioned there are various small things that you would require like bed sheets, pillow covers, buckets, mugs, mosquito repellants (like
'All-Out') and most importantly a lock with keys in triplicate. Needless to say all these things could be easily bought from Apna Bazaar or Andheri Market.
ATMs of ICICI, SBI and UTI banks are very near to the campus.

Finally, the moment you step into the boundaries of the institute you would be given the title of PGP1. So pump in all the oxygen that you can find in
your lungs because from where we stand the future of you guys and gals, seems to be pretty much breathtaking!

Wish you all the best for your Pre-Foundation preparations!

Warm Regards,
Chinmay Jain
President
Participants' Executive Council (PEC)
SPJIMR

Aadat Grade D Milne Ki - A sarcastic composition by our Seniors

     One of the first things that you covet in SPJAIN are the seniors...
     No.. I am talking about the Alumni, networking and all the MBA stuff.. But just plain seniors.
     One of the Boons of doing a 2 year course..
     Here, is one of their composition about Life in SPJAIN.. of course please do take it with a pinch of salt..

All hail the seniors

Aadat Grade D miln...

Leadership Program within SPJAIN- The beginning

Dear Participants,

We are starting a Leadership series which is going to be scheduled on the first friday of every month.
To begin with, the first session by Ms. Jaya Row (a brief note on her is given below) would be on

Leadership Learning from Bhagwat Gita
on Friday 6th July at 3.30 to 5.00 PM in the auditorium.

The leadership series is an endeavor towards bringing together participants to discuss leadership issues,
and is being co-ordinated by Prof. Lata Dhir.

Please note you are required to attend the session, and be seated a 3.30pm

Regards,
Renuka Kamath

Ms Jaya Row

Initiated into Vedanta at an early age Jaya Row has spent nearly thirty years in the study and research of Vedanta.

Jaya Row has helped change peoples concept of Indian scriptures. From that of obsolete texts of bygone ages to that of a living, vibrant prescription for success, happiness and personal growth. From being a solace for the aged to an invaluable guide to the youth.

Jaya Row’s discourses on the Bhagavad-Gita draw large audiences in India and abroad. Her seminars help evolve a management style that is not only successful but
uniquely Indian.

http://www.vedantavision.com/jaya_row.html

FlickPic : The Pursuit of Happyness (07/07/2007 @ SPJIMR AUDI)

This part of my life... this part right here.......This is called "happyness."……..

The Pursuit of Happyness , Academy Award 2006 nominated movie, is based on the true story of Christopher Gardner , a family man struggling to make ends meet. The movie garnered positive reviews from critics and not even the most jaded movie goers were able to resist the film's emotional pull with an ultimately inspiring message about the implacable power of love and determination.

The movie starts at 6 PM, 7 July 2007....

Be there............

Regards,

Team FLICKPIC

Infracom

PGDSM-MIT