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Bulletin 2008 - 25 - 03

2008-03-25T11:20:00.004+05:30

From the Editor’s Desk:

An age old professor professes vehemently. “If a politician is invited for a convocation ceremony and he asks for a change of date, it is stupid to go by his need.” Short term hype is no match for the quality reflected in the rigour of student and staff performance. While such activities have been trends in privately run institutes to overarch their quality, B-schools at the top are no exception. From proving their mettle in academics, they have extended it to a host of competitions nurturing management practices. Some take it a bit further. They organize concerts; shoot movies, parties, games and a host of other circuses. As these are intended to gain popularity for the institute, here comes an exception who does not want all that attention. They probably believe that they only need to study. Or probably thought they were the trendsetters anyway.

Every BIMite is proud of its clubs and committees. Such enthralling is the sense of ownership and dedication that club wars have been a norm in BIM history. They proudly claim, “BIM is the only institute in India where you get to practice what you learn. Everything except admissions and examinations are taken care of by students”. On hearing this statement, a student gets agitated. “There are institutes where you have students in the admission panels and they have people to take care of the clerical work,” he says.

Kith and kin all become disgruntled during club wars. You reciprocate by throwing anything from tantrums to events. Gossip becomes a natural off shoot. And it provides the juicy recipe for news. What if they had all become friends? There would be no fire! There would be no smoke! Gossip mongers sit and speculate. Here we are after one year of speculation. We saw the smoke. We found the fire. Time to taste soup…

Snap Shot of Activities of Kalaicom during the academic Year 2007-2008

BIM 24 entered BIM on 2nd July with lots of expectations and aspirations and BIM 23 came back to their den on 4th July after good summers. As usual KALAIKOM lost no time to crush the ice. This time the ice not only got crushed but also melted. As per the tradition, BIM 24 were given the chits with the nick names of their seniors and 12 hrs to find them out. The smart seniors ensured that this doesn’t go so smooth for the juniors. The poor juniors had to treat the seniors with chocolates and juices to get even a wildest clue. The night of 6th July was even more entertaining. This was an opportunity for BIM 23 for an official ra****g. The PGP-1 also took this in the true spirit & zeal and treated the seniors royally.

Once the MARWAR fever was over it was time to give the new aspiring managers a grand welcome. The notice board started flashing with KALAIKOM teasers. 24th July was chosen for the BIM 24 to run behind the Treasure. None of the KALAIKOMites slept the previous day to ensure the success of the great treasure hunt. ARCANE REVELATIONS (treasure hunt) started with a bang at 9 am. Eight teams were formed and were given 7 clues to find out in the campus. Each clue led them to the next clue. As usual BIM 23 made their job even more difficult. The teams were treated with Water balloons and showers. The game did not end with the 7 clues. The teams were next asked to give a one page write-up on the last clue. Once that was submitted they were asked to get the photograph of their last clue. After this they were again made to run to collect the photographs of all the clues they had. The evening was set for the talent hunt. The evening was well lit up in mess to find the prospective candidates for Mr. n Ms. BIM 24. All the teams of Treasure hunt were supposed to show their talent in wackiest performances in group. This was just to entertain the crowd. The real show took swing when the interested candidates rocked the show with their creative individual performances. During all this fun Kalaikom judges were quietly evaluating them seriously for next days extravaganza.

Trichy, 25th July: The day was all set to find out who would bag the crown of Mr. and Ms. BIM 24. All the shortlisted candidates were informed a couple of hours before to make their own performances. The FUSION started in a grand style. The most naughtiest people were chosen as judges for the show. All the candidates made superb performances. Then they were grouped into pairs and different rounds of selection were conducted. The judges made all the best efforts to pull their legs by their questions. BIM saw their new best personalities as Devbrat Daga emerged as Mr.BIM and Ms.Ramya as Ms.BIM. That night saw the best dance floor ever.

Kalaikom was the last committee to recruit fresh talent and hence made a good effort with presentations and posters to make interested and best candidates join their league. The screening process left no opportunity for the Kalaikom 23 to subject the prospective candidates to a rigorous selection process of two interviews. The very next day it handed over the responsibility to the new Kalaikom 24.

Trichy, 3rd August: The test of new Kalaikom started right from the thanks giving function. They made a decent attempt in the form of AAGHAAZ to give a nice party BIM23. Seniors received a nice personalized service during dinner. The show went on well with seniors being involved in games and splendid performances by juniors. The night ended with a dance floor.

Trichy, 3rd September: How can the trimister go without the BIM talkies? LIFE IN A METRO and CHENNAI 28 were ready to rock the night at East end gardens. Due to rain, the BIM talkies was conducted in Mess in style.

Trichy, 15th September: Ganapati Bappa Moraya – Ganesh Chathurthi was celebrated in BIM. It was well organized and got a huge response from both BIM 23 and 24. People sought the blessings of Ganapatii Bappa and the idol immersion happened on the 3rd day in a grand way.

Trichy, 20th October: Back from the vacations, the placement pressure started mounting up. To ease out the scene Kalaikom once again conducted BIM talkies. BHEJA FRY & SIVAJI were successful in entertaining and relieving the pressure off the crowd.

Almost everyone is placed before day-1. With much jubilation in the air, SANGAM was organized to receive BIM 21 n 22 on 15th Dec. The whole day was nostalgic with our alumni as they revisited their hangouts in and around Trichy city such as Rockfort, Thanjavur, and Srirangam. The firecrackers on SANGAM night were a treat to watch. It lit up the night as if there was no tomorrow. The dancing sensations MANI n PRAVEEN set the stage on fire. The dance floor with seniors brought back the memorable days for BIM 22 n 23.

December, final week: Exams are on. 2007 is coming to an end and BIMites know how to do things apart from studying. Countdowns started flashing in the mess and over ip messenger. The New year party was set in between exams. On the night of 31st December, students showed great enthusiasm in playing games such as Housie Housie, Tug of War, Breaking the Handi(Pot). The new year was welcomed by a fire crackers, cake, bonfire, and of course the dance floor.

Trichy 17th February: Back to the last trimester. Enjoyment seems to be the mantra for the remaining days. Kalaikom was ready with BIM talkies again. Students were treated with 3 movies. MONSTERS INC, KANDA NAAL MUDHAL, & CHAK DE INDIA made the night memorable.

Trichy, 9th March: With the Midterms getting over, Kalaikom organises FOXTROT for those who wanted to don their dancing shoes and set the stage on fire. The event was flooded with registrations. This time even those who shied away from the stage decide to shake their legs for one last time at BIM. And if this was not enough, there were on spot registrations which ended up winning prizes. Talent, fun, energy, spirit, entertainment, enthusiasm, all packed up in one stage. The night ended with the dance floor.

Snapshot of Activities by Bismarc during the Academic Year 2007-2008

When I heard the name of BIM for the first time, it was from my friend. It felt like it was part of some government university and was wondering what it would have to do with the glass paned corporate order of the day. The people on juxtaposition with the pristine contemporary professional would look archaic. Yet, if there was a reason to survive, it should have been a whole big world of knowledge that could over power all its weaknesses. Or an internal society that radiated creativity in all that it was involved in. I think I guessed it right. Beating the mundane and defining a new sense, with the radically strong and powerful strides in red did I see the logo of BISMARC in red, in Seraphim.

It was BISMARC 23’s final chance to demonstrate their capabilities and reinstate their ASB (Attention Seeking Behaviour) before their juniors. Long before the summers set in, they had started talking about MARWAR. Suggestions were taken from faculty and industry collaborations plannes. With none having worked out, they designed a plan to test their creativity on the move.

Come to BIM during MARWAR. As the mood sets in, our overworked friends become worked up. They complain. As they walk like zombies, there is still a long way to go before these useful days would come to an end. MARWAR 2007 was planned to be launched on 07/07/07 and hence christened MARWAR 7 7 07. To set in a positive mood and a creative bend, the theme ‘Know no Woe’ invited individuals to say goodbye to all their inhibitions and get ready for the blast.

The anthem and the video added to the effort in setting the spirit of MARWAR. Dhananjay of PGP II composed the music.

The reopening of the institute and admission enrollments had not happened on schedule. The event could hence not be started on the planned date. Bismarc decided to announce the event on the 7th to stand by their planned name 7 7 07 and the event was inaugurated on the 9th of July. The days in between were used to form teams. Presentations by guides, mostly videos were kept ready. And the evening on 9th, by providing their preferred rankings for guides (called Patrons and Matrons), the drama was kick started.

The first stage included formulating a product or a service, designing a logo, highlighting its unique features, christening it with a name and tagline. This was followed with massive poster hauls from each team, promoting their brand stronger and harder with the pressure from academics and Marwar mounting. Make believe government committees were instated which composed of BIM 23 students. All companies had to go and get their approval for their products and deadlines were given for this. Soaring heat, soaring tempers, disappointments, not completing tasks on schedule became common but the trick was to stick it out. And they did stick it out till the process of elimination. Out of the twelve teams that registered, six were eliminated and their members inducted into the other teams.

This was followed by a personal selling round where BIM 24 had to sell their products to BIM 23 and convince them to buy it. BIM 23 evaluated this round and some amount of fun was involved. The idea was to get the two batches talking. After this, the teams were asked to submit a business plan replete with figures and market analysis for their products. This was presented to a panel composed of our faculty, Prof Sundar, Prof David Jawahar and Prof Sriraman. Questions were asked to and were fielded by the groups.

To ease of the tension, a Flub night was organized where all video ads for the products were aired. These ads had been created by the respective groups. Also, LOGON, the logo game was conducted and chocolates were given to the correct guesses.

The final night of glory came with the teams getting to enact how they would promote the products of their competing teams. They were given five minutes to prepare and had to come on stage and perform. After all these rounds of evaluation, the teams that emerged winners were Oasis, Made Easy and Connexions.

Post MARWAR 7 7 07, the mad rush for new club and committee recruitments began with BISMARC recruiting some of the hardest workers and attention seekers on campus!!! Post handing over the charge to BISMARC 24, they have been consistent in hosting in continuing to host daily events such as BIZBUZZ, highlighting important business news in class during breaks, and LOGON, the logo guessing game. In September, they conducted a number of GYAN SABHAs in fields such as Marketing, Finance, Systems, Human Resources and Operations where PGP II students were invited to present their projects and their summer project experiences. The sessions were enriching and gave the first years a good idea about what to expect.

BISMARC 24 also introduced new events such as PROMOTTO, an event where ideas were invited to promote BIM as it enters its silver jubilee year. PROMOTTO was organized between the 21st to the 25th of January . The idea was to find ways in which BIM can be promoted on a short term and long term basis in the industry. The students were asked to write a promotional plan, complete with financials. These plans were reviewed and the best plans were shortlisted by a panel comprising of Prof. David Jawahar and Prof.Sundar. These plans were then presented to an audience and the teams fielded questions about the feasibility of promoting BIM.

Following PROMOTTO, BISMARC 24 launched ADDICTION, the advertising event, between the 13th and 17th of March, 2008, where students were asked to formulate video ads and posters a product category given to them. Teams of three students participated comprosing of a mix of both PGP I and PGP II. BISMARC 23, which was split into three panels having one product category each, comprised of the customers and the teams were make believe ad agencies. The teams were asked to question the panel and glean necessary information about how the customer would like their products to be promoted. Then the teams were asked to write a summary of their discussion with the panel. Following this, the teams were given 3 days to create posters and video ads for their products. One winner was chosen from each of the categories.

Now, as the year comes to a close BISMARC 23 bows out and BISMARC 24 is tingling with anticipation to welcome their juniors with MARWAR. Lets hope for the best.

Snapshot of Activities by Finclub during the Academic Year 2007-2008

Nidhi Shastra

This event was effectively titled as the “strategy drawn for treasure”. It was the first event conducted by Fin Club of BIM 24 after they took over the reigns from BIM 23. Nidhi Shastra was an event which involved use of financial skills of budding finance managers and entrepreneurs from both PGP 2 and PGP 1. The event was aimed at encouraging interaction as well participation between BIM 23 and BIM 24. Thus the teams were a mix of both batches. Previously, BIM 23 had conducted ‘Kshan’- an event designed to test the ability of students to react to situations and case studies within a short span of time, using their skills and resources on hand. Nidhi Shastra revolved around the same theme, but was entirely finance based in its case studies. The judges were Professor Sriraman and Professor Sivasankaran. The event received huge number of entries with over twenty participating teams of four members each. It was an enriching event, coupled with fun, innovation and creative solutions. It was a successful attempt to analyse and exhibit teamwork, financial and presentation skills.

Bulls and Bears

A quotation which reflects the play of the stocks in the stock market, Bulls N Bears is a FinClub initiative to introduce the students to the art of portfolio management and stock market trading. Students were asked to form teams with both batches and were asked to recommend stocks. Their performance would be evaluated on various quantitative as well as qualitative factors. This was done with online trading at moneycontrol.com. Thus students would be able to experience real time trading with real time data from the stock market. It encouraged many students to become real investors and also encouraged an active interest in others.

Finance Forums

Finance Forums was the brainchild of Finclub of BIM 23, which proved to be a huge success in the past. The finance forums is a platform for students to teach, discuss and learn, among themselves the course contents in the various finance courses, in addition to classroom content. Forums, like last year, were conducted for the topics like Accounting Standards, Risk and Return, Capital Budgeting etc. These forums brought out the teacher in many of the students, and also provided a healthy discussion point, where many new insights were discussed and used. These forums are now being planned for various other subjects, and also the scope being expanded to include new topics in the vast field of finance.

Finanz Utsav

Finanz Utsav was the first time event of its kind in the history of BIM. Conducted over a week of March 4-11, 2008, the festival of finance consisted of various events like Career Forums, Sessions on various happenings, Special Lectures, Quizzes, Equity Research Competition, and the legendary Yudh Vidya. The aim of Finanz Utsav is to introduce the students to various nuances of finance in a fun and competitive way. With the first years ready to embark on the journey of summer internships and the second year students, in the last lap of their course, this series of events provided an opportunity for the batches to interact and share knowledge gained.

The Utsav kicked off with a bang with a series of Brown Bag Sessions - discussion forums on issues like the Budget, Economic Growth Vs Inflation and where is the Indian Stock Market going ? This was also followed up with special lectures by Professor Athreya on the Budget, Professor G Srinivasan on equity research, Professor Ravichandran on Forex and Professor Prasanna Bhat on Financial Services. Career forums were conducted with students from PGP 2, placed in various profiles sharing their experience and knowledge on how to prepare and what to expect at placements.

Buffet’s Pick - the equity research competition was a first time effort and invited students to apply their skills to value firms and show their knowledge of the much talked about stock market, where they were asked to recommend various stocks, with a report on it, which would include fundamental analysis and other parameters. With the number of placements in this area seeing a rising interest, this would be an opportunity for the interested students to try their mettle at this area. With many databases available with a wealth of information for the students, Eureka-the DB quiz was conducted with the intent of encouraging students to use the available information for their advantage. The DB quiz spanned databases like Prowess, IAS, Business Beacon and Crisinfac.

Yudh Vidya, the management strategy game, has been conducted every year by Fin Club to introduce the students to the various nuances of strategies of a business. Students formed teams of four, with PGP 2 and PGP1, and applied their knowledge to make split second decisions on various issues like pricing, promotion, R&D and profit margin. Their inputs in every quarter determined their final performance. A two day elimination game was also spiced up with business quizzes. Yudh Vidya enabled students to make real time decisions and see their effects on the performance of their firm, which would prepare them for the decisions they would have to take in their chosen careers, and their implications. This event was also widely appreciated.

Updates from Sportscom:

As the motto goes……….. “PASSION NEVER DIES”
SportsCom consistently created exuberant platform for the enthusiastic managers to explore their passion – Sports. Managing between time & task, and without hindering regular classes, SportsCom had successfully conducted tournaments scheduling it all during nights.

With brilliant glowing flood lights and the podium filled with excited audience taking a break to watch their favorite teams and players fill the ground with team temperament and sportsmanship, and with t’-shirt printed, polling booth for voting on best players of each tournament, mike announcements/ running commentaries, cheering squads, Referees & umpires, rules & regulations, and with everything in place one can definitely say it was a SPORTS MELA each trimester.

Being effective event managers SportsCom’s 4 P’s were
Prize for winning, Place for playing, People for cheering, Players for entertaining!!!

The following table contains information on various sports events that were conducted by SPORTSCOM 24 during the academic year 2007 - 08:

TRIEMSTER
BOYS
GIRLS
TROPHY
GAME
WINNERS (by order)
TROPHY
GAME
WINNERS (by order)

I
Aug 2007 (20th -28th )

FREE KICK’07 8

Football Tournament

Blitzkreig (PGP 2)
Predators (PGP 1)
Galeej united (PGP 2)

FREE THROW’07

Throw ball Event

Thookipodu (Pgp 2)
Addra Sakka (Pgp 1)

II
Oct 2007
(18th – 27th)

SMASHES ’07 9

Volley ball Tournament

43 United (PGP 2)
Crusaders (PGP 2)
Wild Wingz (PGP 1)

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III
Jan 2008
(22nd – 31st )

SUNDARA
RAGHAVAN CRICKET TROPHY’08

Cricket
Tournament

Pokkri (PGP 2)
RDX (PGP 2)
Yorkers (PGP 1)

SUNDARA
RAGHAVAN CRICKET TROPHY’08

Cricket
Match

Halla Bol (PGP 2)
Chak De (PGP 1)

Highlight -“SUNDARARAGHAVAN CRICKET TROPHY’08” is named after a SportsCom member of batch 23 who had unfortunately expired on 9th Feb, 2007 during cricket tournament. Hence to honor the former SportsCom member and his endeavors, batch 24 SportsCom had kick started this rolling trophy after his name for this flagship event of SportsCom.

ACADEMIC YEAR 07’ – 08’
FIGURES

Total no. of participants

406 (incld PGP 1 & 2)
Total no. of winners
(certificates given)
Boys – 120/ Girls - 52
Total no. of trophies
Boys -6 /Girls - 2
Total prize money
Rs 35,000/-

(Consolidated figures with respect to awards / students turnover for the events during the academic year 2007-08)

BIM Trichy, Runners up in “Trichy ET in Campus Quiz”

The ‘ET In Campus’ quiz, which kicked off with a nail-biting finale in the Chennai edition, had a similar close call in Trichy. After the tough fight that saw a few tie breakers, Sastra University students walked away with the winner’s trophy and the team from BIM (Sumit Dharmsi and Arti Kalyanaraman, Batch 23) was the runners up.

The quiz held at the national college, Trichy, was presented by Cognizant, a leading software service provider. Six teams made it to the finals from over 200 applicants of the Trichy quiz.

The finalists included sastra university, BIM, Cauveri College for Women, NIT Trichy, Thyagaraja college of Engineering and Madurai Kamaraj University. The rule was to take only one team per college.

Cognizant VP GVN Appa Rao was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. The sponsors for the quiz were Cognizant, Reliance Mobile, Sri Krishna Sweets, Sabols and Pathfinder.

Crescita 2007

While information on the great Indian growth story is abundant, questions about its sustainability and challenges constantly haunt our minds. In an effort to unravel some of these questions BIM Trichy had organized a two day seminar in association with ET Empower on ‘India Rising- Emerging Issues in India Inc’ in Chennai on the 3rd and 4th of November, 2007.

‘Crescita’, the annual conference of the BIM Trichy, saw speakers from various sectors share their perspectives on issues such as currency appreciation, inclusive growth, energy requirements, supply chain establishment, financial inclusion, effective communication with target audience and talent retention. “The theme is important for youngsters who will be part of powerful sectors and companies tomorrow. They need to be aware of bottlenecks such as inadequate infrastructure and social exclusion that might affect growth”, said Prof M Sankaran, director-BIM at the inauguration of the conference.

Mr. BL Ghasolia, executive director-chief, corporate finance, ONGC, who inaugurated the two-day seminar, outlined the energy requirements to fuel India’s burgeoning growth. He also advocated the need to tap alternative sources of energy which now becomes an emergent challenge to a growing Indian economy.

The 200+ management students who attended the seminar also tuned in to issues pertaining to specific sectors such as the retail and communication. B Venkataramana, VP-human resources, Reliance Retail spoke on how Human Resources had moved beyond payroll management and data entry to drawing the image and culture of an organization. “Since the traditional HR can be automated or outsourced, the focus is increasingly moving to designing retention strategies”, said Mr. Venkataramana. This was especially important in the retail sector where there are too many jobs chasing few people, he said.

Mr. Alvin Saldanha, national creative director, Shobiz Integrated Marketing Communications, acquainted the aspiring media planners in the audience with innovative means to capture consumer mind-share. “Increasingly, press and TV advertising are playing a support function in driving consumer traffic to the net. Consumers today are not available in the same media and spot as before”, said Mr. Saldanha. Organisations now are leveraging through blogs, social networking sites and podcasts to attract and retain consumers. Innovation is the norm of the day if the company seeks to stand out and catch as many eyeballs as possible.

On Day 1 of Crescita ‘08, the quizzing club of BIM organized BIM Quest, a corporate quiz event. The event was sponsored by Club Mahindra. The Event was orchestrated by Mr. Lloyd Saldanha of Grey Caps. The event had 2 stages, first one was a preliminary stage, open to all teams and the top 6 teams went on to play the finals. More than 100 teams from various corporate entities around the country participated in the opening round of BIMQuest. Top six teams comprising of Bhilai Steel, TCS, GE Money, Irevna, Cambridge Solutions and Sun Microsystems made it to the finals of BIMQuest. The finals had four rounds where the business acumen of the participants was judged to the core by the quiz master. Te audience was kept wired to the quiz throughout by Mr. Saldanha with loads of audience questions and witty comments. The team from Sun Microsystems emerged as the winners and won a cash prize of Rs 25000. The team from Cambridge Solutions came second and got a cash prize of Rs 15000. TCS team came third and got a cash prize of Rs 10000. All the winning teams got holiday packages from Club Mahindra worth Rs 15000 each.

Day 2 of Crescita 2007 had started with Mr T. R Ramachandran, Country Head, Cards Division of Citibank Group, an alumnus of BIM, talking about various economic and financial trends related to the banking industry and its impact on India Rising.

Mr. Moorthi Chockkanathan, Senior VP, Head Delivery, Hexaware Technologies sharing his views about the role of the IT industry in India Rising and what more needs to be done in that direction to sustain the growth rate.

Ms Punitha Arumugam, Head of Madison Communications, took over the stage next and shared her views on how the Media industry, in particular the impact of media agencies in India Rising. She also spoke about the dearth of talent in this sector due to pay scale being incomparable with the BPO industry.

The afternoon session saw Mr Hariharan, Associate Director P & G India, share his views about the economic growth in general and how to sustain it but the emphasis was on the FMCG industry. He spoke about the growth of FMCG industry in India and how the changing demographics are affecting it now and how they will affect the growth rate of the industry in the future. He also shared few points on CSR initiatives of various companies that have a huge role to play in India Rising.

During both days of Crescita 2007, Government representatives in the form of Mr. R. Christodas Gandhi I.A.S (Secretary to the Govt of Tamil Nadu, Social Reforms) and Mr. Ashok Vardhan Shetty I.A.S (Secretary to the Govt of Tamil Nadu, Rural development and Panchayati Raj) applauded the efforts of India Inc for the rising growth rate but spoke about the huge gap in the increasing divide between the rich and poor. They had a common view on the industry going in for inclusive growth that benefits all sections of the society and also would help in sustaining the economic growth over a longer period of time.

All sessions were interactive with students and other guests given ample opportunity to raise doubts and queries for clarifications. The speakers were made to defend their arguments by an eager audience which showed considerable enthusiasm and a spirit for learning through questioning.

The event came an end with the valedictory function being presided over by Mrs. Pamela Ramalingam, Director, ISoft Technologies. Mrs. Ramalingam, an alumnus of the 1st batch on BIM, shared her view on the theme of the event and highlighted a few points that as budding managers and futures students need to keep in mind to ensure India keeps rising.

Further details can be found on www.crescita.in

Enigma 2008
PRCom together with BIMQuest conducted Enigma, an online quiz, attracting more than 1000 registrations from all over the globe. It saw active participation from all the top B-Schools from the country. The event was conducted in four stages viz general business, sports, movies and stock market. The event was concluded with a mega quiz which saw several corporate participants. More updates are available on the BIM website.

Bulletin 2007 - 09 - 04

2007-09-04T06:51:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 4th September, 2007

From the Editor's Desk:

BIM isn’t the place to be. Forget the point of it being popular for the wrong reasons. It isn’t popular at all. If there is something good that is happening it is because of my brilliance, executed through my club. Now it is time to get on with the new found guys, whom I think will work under me. Not that I believe that it is a placement factory, I have decided to suck out whatever I can.

BIM goes through this phase at times. It is more like a fad. The campus keeps mulling over it for a while and then forgets it all in it’s never ending events.

It all had a beginning, when we came and landed up and found in our seniors, our mentors and in our teachers, our gurus. We replicate a BIM show every year. Probably that is the reason why they appreciate you for putting on a good show. BIM 24 is here, in many respects a very non BIM populace to begin with. Now begins the process of BIMization, of putting them into moulds to enact that story of yore.

When there was someone who cared and helped us realize that the world around us was otherwise, they turn out to be an abomination and never fail to be scoffed at.

For the popular culture at BIM and the great minds that make it tick, this is the truth. We are making a thorn out of a flower. We at BNA welcome BIM 24 to paint BIM anew with their ideas. We relish the memories of our past and thank the efforts of our elders and our seniors. We promise that we will do our best to live up to their expectations.

-Editor

Trichy, 2nd July: They would have opted to call it benevolence, the BIM way. While there was a team trying to gain popularity among the captive population of the would-be BIM 24, here at BIM were our friends slogging out day and night. They were taking their supplementary exams, some even playing one days.

Thanks to MessCom for the food that was arranged. Our mess supervisor and our workers had taken every effort to make us comfortable. With a few grumbles here and there, the Exams came to an end as the new students who were dropping in.

Trichy, 4th July: BIM 23 was to be here still some hadn’t come because it was the summer presentations to begin with. Thanks to this community that decided to wait till they felt like coming to get accommodated with the juniors.

BIM 24 had started arriving on campus on the 1st of July and reached the planned strength on the 2nd. Some of the seniors and few from PRCom and taken the effort to tell the students what they were expected to come prepared with and were helping them get familiar with the locality and the BIM culture. Though they had met the juniors at the Chennai meet during their summers, it was a handful that attended it.

Interactions thus began with BIM 23 doing a brand building exercise for BIM. Registrations where going on at the MHD. The institute had made arrangement for commuting within the campus, a van and MessCom made sure that the best of food was served. The day came to an end with BIM 23 addressing some of the immediate concerns of BIM 24 and also clarifying doubts. The session was made interesting by the added humour. Kalaikom had then prepared for the Ice Breaker. The day began with the distribution of chits and identification of chit mates.

In addition to the regulars like treatment with a shower of chocolate, senior were pampered in more ways than one. A new trend was juniors memorizing the Orkut profiles and taking seniors by surprise.

The night was the official license for r*****g. Kalaicom was all set to stage a lively programme with commentators cheering the crowd. It wasn’t all that interesting with BIM 23 asking too many boring questions. BIM 24 was losing patience and most of them were standing on either sides instead of sitting and watching the show. This made BIM 23 feel that the BIM 24 was not showing a great level of enthusiasm in the event. The event came to a happy close with BIM 24 smiling and chatting with BIM 23. It definitely brought in amity.

Thank You Prof. Y Lakshman Kumar

Dr. Y. Lakshman Kumar, affectionately called YLK by his students, has resigned from Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy after eight fruitful years of exemplary service. From 1998 to 2007, he played many pivotal roles including those of an academician and an administrator. He will forever be fondly remembered as a professor who always gave his best for BIM.

Dr. Y. Lakshman Kumar’s stint will be well remembered, by those batches which had the privilege of passing through the portals of this magnificent institution during that period, for his passion for the domain of Marketing. His awe-inspiring ability to quote Kotler and other Marketing gurus left, right and center made his lectures staple diet for every aspiring Marketing Manager in BIM. The manner in which he revolutionarily reinvented himself for each batch to bring them the subject with rejuvenated freshness won him many fans. Even today, the Dr. YLK Orkut Community started by BIM students is one of the many symbols standing testimony to his popularity.

Dr. Y. Lakshman Kumar strongly believed that variety was the spice of life. He, along with Prof. M. Sankaran, constantly brought in new ideas in their respective areas of expertise and distilled them into innovative course content components. The Rural marketing course developed by Dr. Y.L.K. is still remembered for its visionary far-sightedness. Dr. Y.L.K. also earned the reputation of being the Marketing students’ best friend on campus.

In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr. Y.L.K. also took on himself the role of Placement Chairman. The flair with which he handled this difficult portfolio surprised many people considering the enormity of the staggering task. He ensured that BIM, Trichy could proudly claim each year that 100% placements had been achieved even before the end of the academic year. He had extraordinary networking capabilities and was well supported by the BIM alumni network in all his endeavours related to BIM. He was so confident of the Alumni support that he openly defied the BIM management when asked to render his services in placing the students of BIM Bangalore. This was widely appreciated by the BIM students and Alumni.

His tenure as Placement Chairman was very successful. There were always a few murmurs of discontent. But Dr. Y.L.K. ensured that all people got through to the corporate world. He pushed candidates, pulled strings, strategized and pleaded to ensure that no BIMite left campus without a job except in cases where the candidates opted out of placements or were unable to capitalize on the repeated opportunities given to them.

Dr. Y.L.K. also added colour to campus life in many other ways. He had a wonderful way with words and almost all the BIM Nostalgia issues were replete with illustrations of his inimitable linguistic fiascos. He participated in campus events and functions with utmost enthusiasm. His cricketing antics are indelible part of BIM campus lore. He was a friend, philosopher, counsellor and guide to any student who called for help. It will be hard to fill the emptiness left behind by his sudden exit. The BIM News Agency joins the Students and Alumni of Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy in wishing our beloved Dr. Y. Lakshman Kumar a very happy, fruitful and prosperous journey ahead

Bulletin 2007 - 04 - 26

2007-04-27T04:17:00.001+05:30

OnliNews 2007 - 04 - 26

From the Editor's Desk

As moments tick bye, every move of the miniscule entity effects a clockwork, some in harmony and others, in dissonance. It is not the desired that may be harmonious, yet it’s harmony that is desired. When the harmonious be not part of the desirable, human beings elude their desire for goodness. It puts the environment at strife. May be if it were known, the environment as a self propelling agency would have been cautious. For the desired and the harmonious, they would have said three cheers.

BNA with its humble beginnings has grown in leaps and bounds, both in its subscriber base and coverage. At this time, I would like to thank the Alumni for their continued support and the helping hand they have rendered.

I am happy to announce to you that the current subscriber count goes to 555. As acknowledged by the President of the Alumni Association, the BNA contact base is the largest working e-mail database available for BIM Trichy.

Our team of BIM 23 had taken the baton a while ago. We thank our predecessors, Editor Paras Kapoor, Suman Ghandi Pal, I M Mohan, Vidhya, Sowmya and Alu Sumana who ran with us till we could gain pace. With me, Sangle, Sona, Jeevitha and Deepa, we forsee a candid caricature of BIM throughout the year.

Continue to render your support as you have always done. Please do tell others as well.

Editor

Alumni Induction Meet

Chennai, 15th April: The Alumni Meet on the 15th of April, 2007 had a very special purpose indeed. It was on this day that the 22nd batch of students from BIM, Trichy were to be inducted into the BIM Alumni Association. The venue for this momentous occasion was the Aruna Quality Inn in Nungambakkam. Tea was served at 4.30 pm to invigorate the participants ahead of the meeting.

More than 70 students from the 22nd Batch thronged the evening. The turnout from the other batches was disappointing, as usual. Most of the BIMites from the 22nd batch were already flaunting their new Alumni Association T-Shirts. But the relevance of the quote on T-Shirt was a bit cryptic for the comprehension of many observers. The entire gathering was in a jovial mood and the crowd of around 100 BIMites moved on to the next phase of the meeting with much expectation.

The entire audience noted with interest and appreciation the presence of the only stall put up by a Student Team, the BNA. The pains taken by the BNA to print posters and to distribute promotional material was lauded by all.

The meeting started at around 5.00 pm. The Alumni Association office bearers under the leadership of the President Mr. Siddharthan occupied their places on the dais. The President welcomed all the people present and specially the members of the 22nd Batch who were to be later inducted into the Alumni Association.

After his welcome address, the President called forward the members of the BIM News Agency, an autonomous student run organization, and showered praises on them for their efforts to keep the Alumni Community aware of happenings in BIM, Trichy. He was joined in this by all Alumni members present. The Founder-Editor of the BNA, Zubin Somervell of BIM 21, The Former Editor of the BNA, Paras Kapoor of BIM 22, BNA Team members Vidya, I. M. Mohan and Suman Kanti Paul of BIM 22, the present Editor of the BNA, Shiju of BIM 23 and BNA Team member Deepa of BIM 23 were introduced to the audience amidst wild applause.

The President stressed on the importance of the alumni being well informed about the happenings of the institute, which would be possible by supporting the BNA groups at Yahoo. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/BNA_bim/The President also informed the audience that the BNA would be distributing promotional CDs at the end of the meeting to all the Alumni members gathered there. Mr. Siddharth then invited Mr. Jagdish of BIM 23 to present his appeal.

Mr. Jagdish and his team had been working on an initiative to impart primary computer education to children of the Burma Colony Government School. The school had a few computers donated by BHEL and they were in need of few more. He requested the alumni fraternity to donate used computers for the purpose. The programme moved on to the main event.

Sections of the audience which had been growing pretty restive began causing a few issues to the organizers. The students of BIM 22 and some other Alumni members moved out of the hall into the corridor and started interacting with each other. The confusion was compounded by some BIMites who tried to be part of both gatherings by walking into and out of the hall at irritatingly frequent intervals.

Matters came to a head when the corridor became noisy beyond tolerable limits. One of the senior BIMites stormed out of the hall into the corridor and blasted the undisciplined crowd. This served to keep the ‘out-standing’ bunch in check for the rest of the meeting. But this apparent disrespect for the Alumni Association, the senior Alumni and the Office Bearers will definitely have a negative impact on all the students of the 22nd Batch for a long time.

The President tried to give announcing that the Treasurer of the BIM Alumni Association would be organizing some entertainment towards the end of the meeting. He then invited on stage some distinguished Alumni from the senior batches of BIM, Trichy who had come for the meet.Among the biggies were Mr. Nandakumar, Mr. Reginald, Mr. Anant Kumar, and Mr. Dinesh. Mr. Srinivasan, owner of the BIM alumni groups on Yahoo invited alumni to be part of the group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bimalumtrichy/ and to actively voice concerns to keep the Alumni Association active. This gave the newly inducted students an opportunity to interact with Alumni who were domain experts with varied expertise and enormous experience.

There was a very serious session by thealumni who drew upon their vast learning to prepare students for what they could expect and would face in the corporate world. The question answer session was also quite informative.

Inevitably, as all Alumni Association meetings go, the discussions turned to our beloved Alma Mater. The President diplomatically informed the gathering at the very beginning of the discussion that there was nothing the Alumni Association could do to influence administrative decisions in BIM. This led to a heated debate between the BIMites of the 22nd Batch and other senior alumni about the role of the Alumni and the Alumni Association in the running of BIM. The current state of BIM and its future were discussed in much detail but no solid promises could be elicited from the Alumni Association office bearers.

In this tense atmosphere, when charges were being traded between senior alumni and the 22nd Batch students about who was more apathetic about the state of affairs, there was a mini conference going on in the back benches of the hall. BIMites of BIM 21 and a few assorted batches including the 18th were wholeheartedly engaged in multiple discussions of their own. An aggravated Alumnus burst out with vehemence and demanded that the people in these last rows leave the hall. Again, the lack of seriousness of many participants in this meeting was brought to the fore.

The discussion did not yield fruit except that the senior Alumni members promised to visit campus more often and also play a more proactive part in designing the syllabi, ensuring quality faculty and most importantly ensure that placements in BIM kept getting better every year. There was instant applause for this promise of the alumni. But there were also some voices which said that BIM should not become a glorified placement agency and the alumni should not only use their collective strength in ensuring placements but also leverage that strength to put things right in BIM.

The President finally brought the meeting to a close by asking the Treasurer to start the “Fun & Games Activities”. But the smart Treasurer, not wanting to be lynched and sensing that the mood was not festive enough for fun and games, stated frankly that they would not be conducted then.

Following this, the Alumni Association sold T-Shirts to all members present. Piles of T-Shirts, both this year’s and the older stocks were left unsold and are available for sale.

The BNA distributed special commemorative promotional CDs to the gathering. The meeting came to a tame end with BIM 22 leaving for their homes far away among hugs and tears.

Bulletin 2007 - 02 - 07

2007-02-07T07:28:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 07 - 02 - 2007

STUDENTS WIN ACCOLADES

5th February: Founder of Standard Oil Company, John Davison Rockefeller, once said "Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation, every possession, a duty". The evergreen quote holds high relevance in the case of students at the campus who have been bestowed upon the responsibility to keep the flag of the Institute flying high. And like all other previous batches, the current batches have once again helped the Institute to achieve high degrees of success both at national and International fronts and thus maintain the tradition.

There have been quite a lot of milestones being achieved by the students of the institute in last academic year. The most important of the achievements being the final round qualification by a team from the Institute for the third consecutive year in the Global Social Entrepreneurship competition being conducted by University of Washington. Team Banyan from BIM comprising of Sumit Bihani and Ankur Shukla, both from PGP2 is one among the only ten teams that have been selected for the final round of the event and have been invited to Seattle to present their business model in front of an elite bench of judges which would also include some venture capital its looking keenly into the business ideas presented by young teams. While presenting the Institute at a competition of such repute is in itself a huge source of motivation, the team is equally enthused about the chance that they have earned for themselves of visiting a foreign country. The duo has already completed most of the formalities required forVisa.

The duo along with Suprabhat of PGP2 have already won second prize at TAPMI's annual event Atharva for the same plan which is based upon promoting environmental protection by manufacturing wood-free paper and also aspires to provide self-sustenance for poor rural households by giving them employment and ownership in business. This win has definitely lifted their confidence levels further(the contest at TAPMI had six teams from BIM qualifying for pre-final round, highest among all institutes in the country).BNA joins with the BIM family in wishing them luck for the contest. The final rounds will be held from 27th February to
2nd March, 2007.

TAPMI is not the only institute which has been a witness to the brilliance by the students of BIM. There have been numerous others. Prominent among other achievements are first prize win by the team comprising of Abhishek Lauhadiya, Lokesh and Biswarup Das, all of PGP2 at the Business Plan competition at IIM Lucknow. The team has not only won the accolades for the
Institute but also has a venture capital firm willing to provide them with a seed capital worth 20 lakhs for their idea in addition to taking care of training and other such requirements. However,
the team has rejected the offer and seems to be content with the cash prize.

However Business plans are not the only area where students at the Institute have emerged with colorful results. Muthupalaniaapan and Vijay have won second prize at ET in the classroom contest. The team has won quiet some stuff at the 1.35 lakhs Rupees contest which includes Tissot watches which for some unknown reason, both the members have been hiding from their batch mates.

Raamakrishnan along with Aparna of PGP2 also authored the paper that was selected at HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian and International Conference) Conference 2006 organized at Singapore.

Raj Mohan of PGP2 added another dimension to the success by winning first prize at Strategy game ABHYUDHYA: Digital Fortress organized by IFMR, Chennai. At the same event, Christopher Selvin and Arvindh coupled with a team from MICA and won second prize in another category. Both of them won some cool prizes for themselves in the process.

While we have covered only half the story above, the list already looks impressive. PGP1 has demonstrated their mettle too by winning some very prestigious awards notably among them being the second place achieved at INFOCOMM paper presentation contest by Rahul Kumar of PGP1 for his paper on “Innovate to Differentiate". The prize distribution ceremony that was organized at Calcutta saw the President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam handing over the prize to the young author. Also, as a part of the prize, Rahul has also been promised a research project at one of the leading organizations of the country.

Another major achievement was attained when the team comprising of Jagadeesh, Nanditha of PGP1 and Aparna of PGP2 got selected for the regionalround of Dabur Navigator case study contest which saw participation by invitation from leading colleges of the country.

Vasanthan of PGP1 did the college proud by winning third prize in a CSR game Duvidha organized by TAPMI.

Then there were numerous events where students from the Institute went till the last step, unfortunately however, could not cross the last hurdle. Notable among them were AIMA strategy games at Coimbatore, where two teams went till the regional finals; Team from the Institute qualifying for IIMA Strategy game Mouse Trap final round; and Business Plan Competitions held at XIM Bhubhuneshwar and IIM Ahmedabad. The ones mentioned above are some among the prizes that have been won by the students of the Institute already. However, a whole pack of events and contests with presentation from the Institute are still going on as we “key in” the bulletin. Hence, as can be seen, the reputation hard earned by the previous batches continues to inspire the students at the campus to achieve success at several platforms.

QUEST CLUB GIVEN A FORMAL STRUCTURE

5th February: Last days of the previous semester saw a lot of action happening around the ‘quizzing’ theme at the campus. The volumes of activity can be understood from the very fact that the same brought some clubs and committees on a verge of a dispute and ultimately led to a formal structure given to the otherwise a casual open forum, Quest Club. The club, in future, like all other committees will have some specific members who would work towards promoting the ‘quizzing’ as a hobby among the students at the campus. The club, earlier, used to be an open forum with participation from students solely on voluntary basis.

Finclub was first to move as they launched the event that they called “Kshana”. The event was promoted aggressively to ensure good participation. The event was designed to check the participants on their general awareness levels in the basic elimination round. The teams that qualified for the final round were then judged upon several criteria like presentation skills, reasonableness, innovativeness, ability to tackle questions by the judges that included Prof. Jawahar and Prof. Sriram. The event saw enthusiastic participation from both the batches. As the event had several other rounds along with the quiz, there was not much resistance to the idea and the event moved on smoothly. The new team of Finclub from BIM23 did a good job managing the show and tried to bring in as much professionalism as possible in the event.

However, soon after Finclub, even Bismarc moved into the space that members of the Quest Club claimed to have their right upon. The Marketing club, soon launched their event that they named as “Quixodus”. The event like, all other Bismarc an event was promoted wonderfully and was able to attract attention among the students at the campus. However, it was at this stage when some misunderstanding crept in between some members of the club and the ardent followers of Quizzing at the campus who have been responsible for organizing quizzes till now. The latter claimed that the marketing club had agreed upon the theme of the quiz to be a general one before the launch but had later gone back on the agreement and modeled the quiz to be that of a business quiz one something that was unacceptable to them. Bismarc members however rejected their claim and contended that they had taken all of them into confidence before going ahead with the arrangements. Amid all this confusion, the event always seemed to be in doubt. However, the confusion evaporated as finally an agreement was reached. The quiz was given a green signal and a formal structure was given to the quiz club. The new club so formed would be solely responsible for all quizzing related activities.

The event was conducted with much pomp and show. The quiz that was broken into many theme based rounds saw huge participation from the crowd. Like all their other events, Bismarc
was able to raise the anticipation levels among the students as many of them registered in teams of two. The participation was healthy for the quiz that was arranged in the in the mess complex.

The first round of the quiz was a written one after which saw many of the contestants getting eliminated. Only six teams qualified for the final rounds which emerged as keenly contested ones. Nanditha and Krishna Kumar of PGP1 finally emerged as the winners of the Quiz. Credit goes to the new Bismarc team from BIM 23 for conducting the event successfully despite all the confusion and making it a a resounding success.

SUBSCRIBER IS THE KING!!!

“Looking forward to a placement update from you. Cheers”

-Puneet, BIM-17

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Please include the link to the online edition (blog) as well in all your mails.

- Gunta, BIM-14
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Hello, as much as we may be interested in the activities of BIM, please realize that we would rather like to be spared the hassle of opening 3 mails and downloading 3 attachments on slow internet connections. Why not have the discipline of dating http://bimnewsagency.blogspot.com/ regularly? And the discipline of including that link in each mail ofyours? What is the use of asking for suggestions when they cannot be implemented??? I'm sorry that I'm forced to summarily delete all the 3 mails without having a look at them. I guess that has been the case with lot of others as well but they may not be letting you know this so as to not hurt your feelings or/and avoid unnecessary correspondence. Thanks for your time and hope you get the moral of the story.

Cheers,
Srinivas Gunta
BIM 14th batch(Class of '97-'99)

Bulletin 2007 - 01 - 07

2007-01-14T23:32:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 07 - 01 - 2007

CRESCITA 2006: ABHIVRIDDHI

7th January: The second version of the flagship event of the institute saw some major improvements happening over the previous version as the event continues to evolve with time. Crescita‘06 was organized at The Accord Metropolitan, Chennai on 4th and 5th November in association with Tata Consultancy Services. The theme of this year’s version of conference was chosen to be “Abhivriddhi: Managing Corporate Growth” and saw some prominent personalities from the Corporate World sharing their views about the several options for expansion facing the Indian industry.

The preparations for the event started much in advance with the Students Council coming into action. Students were asked not only to suggest the theme for the conference but also other details like the name, the venue and even the dates. Even though the students of PGP2 primarily managed the event with support from Faculty members, Students Council ensured that participation levels were high even from the junior batch. After many of the post and pre dinner meetings at NNAC, finally two probable themes were zeroed upon. It was either going to be “Retail: the upcoming revolution” proposed by Arun Chacko or “Organic/Inorganic Growth Strategies” proposed by Senthil Kumar. Both of them made presentations to the class and the
themes were discussed upon in detail after the presentations.

However, because of the high relevance of both the themes in the present day scenario, no clear verdict could be achieved. The latter however was later on chosen through a poll among the attending members of the batch.

Once done with the theme, name had to be decided and for that purpose meeting was called upon and a lot of names were discussed upon including names from English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil and even some foreign languages. However, it was later decided to maintain the tradition that the seniors, BIM21 had initiated when they kept a Sanskrit name Karthavya for the theme of the last year’s version on Corporate Social Responsibility. A huge list of Sanskrit names meaning ‘Growth’ was made and the batch discussed elaborately on almost all of them before consensus was finally achieved on ‘Abhivriddhi’ that in Sanskrit means Cumulative Growth.

By this time, however, there were two other initiatives that had started taking shape and which later went on to add new dimensions to the already multidimensional success that the Institute has been achieving through the event over the years. The Management had approved the idea of getting ISO9001:2000 Quality Certification for the event that was put forward by Senthil Kumar of PGP2 and had also approved the proposal of hosting BIM Quest: the Business Quiz for corporate which in turn was proposed by Vijay and Muthupalaniappan.

ISO Certification needed strict procedures to be followed along with a lot of documentation work. For the same purpose student committees were formed to take care of the different activities.

Though the committees were formed on the basis of capability as well as on voluntary basis, strict norms were followed regarding the composition of each of the committee. All committees had to have a minimum number of members from PGP1 and the rule was strictly adhered to. There were committees taking care of Design, Contents, Logistics, Public Relations, Boarding and Lodging, Finance, Speaker Profiling and Sponsors. Other than these, ISO and Quest committees were also formed to take care of all the work related to their respective fields. ISO Organizational chart that was submitted with the consultant earlier also required every committee to have an ISO representative who would act as the link between the respective committee and the ISO team. Around 100 students- by far the maximum participation among the students towards a common cause- enrolled with different committees. All the committee co-ordination affairs were taken care of by the Students Council that in turn also acted as the link with the management. The Organizational chart had Prof. Sunder as the Operational Head and Prof. Sankaran as the Organizational head of the Organization, ‘Crescita’.

Soon after, the machinery that had been set up started rolling. Meetings were called upon and attended, issues raised and solved, discussions done and redone. Sponsors committee finalized upon Tata Consultancy Services as the principal sponsor who once again extended a helping hand. Other sponsors and knowledge partners included ICICI Ventures, Indian Bank, UB Group, Ernst and Group, Hindustan Zinc, Sanmar Group, TAFE, Hutchinson Essar, Sundaram Clayton, Aricent Technologies, Mafoi Consultants, ABN Amro Bank, RPG and IBM. Speakers Committee finalized the list of target speakers that included some of the very prominent names from the corporate world. Some of them accepted to grace the occasion; others declined citing other commitments on their side. Public Relations committee was already busy getting the event covered in national dailies and magazines. By this time almost all pamphlets were already ready, thanks to the splendid job done by both the Contents committee and the Design Committee. Web portal (www.bim.edu/crescita) was also designed for the event which once again was an introduction in this version of the event.

Boarding and Lodging committee in the mean time finalized the venue for the conference, lunch menu as well as the hotel for lodging for the students. Hotel Accord Metropolitan was chosen to be the venue for the conference and students were to stay in Hotel Regency. Train tickets were booked for all the students much in advance by the logistics committee who also took care of local transit both in Chennai and Trichy. This launch of the website also marked the start of the registration process for the BIM Quest. The Quest committee, other than the link already provided in the event portal, used many other innovative media like orkut.com and paagalguy.com for advertisement. On finalizing Giri ‘Pick Brain’ Balasubramanium as the Quiz Mater, invitations and posters were also sent to leading corporate houses.

While the finance committee was busy making accounts and balancing balance sheets all this time, ISO committee along with ISO representatives from all committees were going through rigorous Audits. Prof. Ramesh Venkatraman supervised the internal audit around a week before the final audit that was to be done by the officials from TUV two days before students left for the event.

Transportation was arranged even to the station and minute details were taken care of as students started for Chennai on 3rd Evening on Rock fort Express. The train journey as expected provided the eagerly awaited break as students sat in groups. Proper care was taken that nobody took his or her allotted berth. The fun that the students had on the way can very well be gauged from the results of the post event survey which threw the journey as the clear from the winner in “the most enjoyed part” segment. Such was the enthusiasm level that the authorities at Railways had some real tough time in pacifying the students. According to our reliable sources, some students had taken a wow neither to sleep nor to let others sleep before boarding the train. Surprisingly though, the train reached Chennai on time which even Logistics
team, despite superb arrangements otherwise failed to anticipate. Students had to wait for some time before the busses arrived much to the relief of the half asleep crowd. Despite the odd hours
the crowd showed “Titanic” like chivalry when ladies (there were no children, thankfully) were given priority to board the busses though like “titanic” again, there were some ‘non-ladies’ who forsome reason didn’t show faith in the rule).

Hotel was not very far off and it took just fifteen minutes to reach the place. The sight of the hotel proved too relaxing not only because of the odd hours but because of the grandeur of the sight (Not many had expected that kind of facilities). Full credit goes to the Boarding and Lodging Committee that made superb arrangements within the budget as students were made to stay in luxurious air conditioned rooms in groups of four. Everything was meticulously planned and managed. By the time students slept (though some of them didn’t ‘coz of the “TV in the room” factor), it as already five. Clear orders were given to all of them to be ready by nine and most of them followed the orders. Students left for the venue, Hotel Accord Metropolitan by busses, autos, cars and all other arrangements done by the logistics team after sumptuous breakfast at the hotel itself. By that time, few of the members of different committees had already reached and done the required arrangements which included a huge range of activities ranging from setting up “master of ceremonies” desk to adjusting projector settings for proper focus on the screen.

All arrangements were done in time and the conference finally kicked off with Mr. N Kumar, Vice Chairman, The Sanmar Group inaugurating the function. He also set the tone for the conference by highlighting the evergrowing Indian impact on global business decisions in his inaugural speech. This was followed by Prof. M Sankaran welcoming all delegates from the corporate world to the conference. Mr. Kumar Ramanathan, CEO, Hutchinson Essar South Ltd., the next speaker for the day, however could not make it to the conference because of some urgency that came up at the last second and needed his attention. He was represented by Mr. S. Murali, Vice President, who shared with the crowd how the organization has adopted innovative branding strategies to achieve the position it enjoys today in the Indian telecom market.

Mr. Natraj Subramanyan, Head GSS Operations India, ABN Amro Bank in his speech shared with audience his views about the growth in Indian context. Mr. Sunder Rajan, Director HR, Flextronics (now Aricent Technologies) then touched upon the human element of the organizations in his speech and how crucial it was for sustainable growth of any organization/country. This was followed by the lunch that was served in the hall next to the conference hall. The menu decided by the Boarding/ Lodging committee was well spread and included a good number of vegetarian and non vegetarian dishes. As students savored the food, they also indulged themselves in some much needed off the topic fun.

Mr. Terry Thomas, Partner, Ernst and Young who was the first speaker of the post lunch session was followed by Mr. E. Balaji, COO, Mafoi Management Consultants Ltd who shared the
necessity for strong base of HR processes in any organization striving for growth. Mr. Jeyakumar Janakraj, Senior Vice President, Hindustan Zinc Ltd. shared some of his experiences as a member of top management of the organization with the audience. The last speaker for the day and the most keenly followed one was Dr. T.V. Somanathan IAS, Secretary, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Government of TamilNadu. He used humor as a tool to bring out how government initiatives were critical for economic growth and emphasized that post liberalization the role of the government had increased even further which is against the general belief.

By the time Dr. T.V. Somanathan finished with his speech, it was already time for the final round of BIM Quest. Earlier, the prelim stage which saw huge participation from teams from leading corporate houses of the country was conducted in the hall next to the conference hall. The prelims also saw some of our alumni members representing their respective organizations. Finally six teams from Infosys, Sanmar Group, Ramco Systems, ICICI Ventures, CitiBank and Sify were selected after the preliminary round which was a written screening test.The final round started amid huge excitement from the audience who were mesmerized by the tricky questions fired by the quiz master and equally sharp answers reverted by the participants. The finals were divided into four different rounds and by the end of the second round, only three of the six teams looked like in the race for the title with Infosys enjoying a handsome lead. However, the team from the Sanmar group came back strongly in the third round and the changed the complexion of the contest. The teams went into the final round with only 5 points separating them. The final round which was a quickfire one saw all the teams doing well. However, this was the round where Team Sanmar for the first time scored better than the team from Infosys and emerged as the winner.

As the infotainment came to the end, Prof. Sunder addressed the gathering and also welcomed Mr. Prashanth, the famous actor who was the special guest for the program. Prof. Sunder’s address was followed by Prize Distribution ceremony where in cheques were handed over to the winners by Prashanth. This also marked the end of the first day at the conference. The students quickly came back to the hotel and rushed out of it even faster. While some of them partied hard, others partied even harder. While some of the pictures that were taken that night can not be published for that would go against the moral norms of this magazine, others that could be published include the ones taken at Pizza Hut.

DAY 2:

The second day started at the same note as the first day with heavy breakfast. However, some students exhibited extra-ordinary ‘presence of mind’ when they stayed away from the breakfast for they feared the side effects of heavy meals; more so because of very little sleep the last night (blame it on parties other than the pizza hut types).

The day started with Prof. Sankaran addressing the gathering and welcoming the delegates. The day started with Mr. Sundara Rajan, ED, Indian Bank explaining how implementing technology at the bank has helped it grow despite ever increasing competition. He was followed by Mr. Ravi Vishwanathan, VP, Chennai operations, Tata Consultancy Services addressing the gathering and explaining how the organization has managed to grow by not only concentrating on the overseas markets but also putting due emphasis on the domestic market. He also explained how a few IT Companies have been able to put India on the world map.

This was followed by the most eagerly awaited event when Mr. Dayanidhi Maran, Union Minister for Communications and IT and was welcomed by Dr. Jayasankaran. The minister in his special address to the students emphasized on the importance of individual’s growth to achieve the growth of the society as a whole. He also stressed on criticality of continuous learning and improvement in highly competitive environment that has emerged out of globalization. Drawing examples from his own life as a student and then as a leader, he urged students to explore the unexplored. He also demanded high degrees of commitment among the students towards their respective states and nation as a whole as the gathering keenly followed the young leader. He was presented with a shawl and memento after the national anthem.

After the tea session that followed the address by the Minister, Mr. Ram Ramakrishnan, Director, ODPL (Singapore) in his address to the gathering discussed the strategies that the organizations generally adopt for rapid sustainable growth. Mr.Sunay Mathure, Associate Director, ICICI Ventures, in his address emphasized on the criteria that the organization looked infor before deciding to fund any start up. He drew examples from many such successful ventures taken up by the organization. Mr. M.K. Perumal, AHS Manager, IBM Global Services followed this with his speech which was in turn followed by Mr. Pradipta K. Mohapatra, CEO, RPG Enterprises. Mr. P.K. Kaniappan, Senior Vice President, Sundaram Clayton then in his speech emphasized on how holding to the values and working towards customer delight is the only way to grow. Mr. Navratan Dugar, Executive Vice President, United Spirits Ltd. In his speech that followed emphasized on understanding the customer needs, likes and dislikes and then evaluating one’s capability with respect to them before drawing any growth plans.

Mr. G. Hari, COO, TAFE in his valedictory speech for the function urged the students to do what their and organization’s values allowed them to and also asked them to take on the challenges that come their way as bravely as possible. The valedictory speech was followed by the Prof. Sunder proposing the vote of thanks to everyone concerned. The stage was then taken by Santosh Kumar of PGP2, The student Co-coordinator from Student Council who for the first time officially announced that the Event Crescita had been recommended for ISO certification after the auditors found everything following the set procedures during their two day audit during the conference.

Crescita, hence became only the second event by any Institute in the country to have got this sponsorship for event management systems. The certification process is in progress and is expected toget over by first week of February, 2007.

With this the formal phase of the event came to an end as students gathered around for group snaps. As the snaps were being clicked, Prof. YLK added on to the enthusiasm with his loud cheers which are still remembered by many of the students.With this the event came to an end and students returned to the hotel and then to the college that night by the train.The event not only provided students a chance to listen to eminent leaders from industry but also provided them with a much needed break.

Bulletin 2006 - 11 - 22

2006-11-23T19:20:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 22nd November, 2006

KUGELMASS RESTS AT MALGUDI

22nd November, 2006: The newly founded Book Forum has been one of the most active bodies on campus in the recent past. According to our reliable sources, the forum recently conducted very interactive games for the students as a part of R K Narayan's Centenary celebrations at the campus.

Students were given brief descriptions about four of the characters of the Malgudi Days, one of the very famous creations by the legendary writer. After going through the descriptions, the students were asked to vote for their classmates that they believed resembled most with the each of characters described. Vetri Kumaran, the founder of the forum when asked about the objective of the full exercise told us that he expected an increase in the curiosity coefficients among the participants about the book and the other works by the celebrated writer because the exercise. He also told that the forum in future too would regularly hold such interactive sessions to increase awareness about the books among the students and to turn more and more non-readers into readers.

He was ably helped by a team of first years in the organizing the event that was conducted in the mess. Other than the celebrations, the Book reviews have also been happening on a regular basis at the forum. The most amazing part about the activity has been the support it has been getting from all corners. Dr. YLK expressed his full support for the activity by attending some of the reviews and providing students with the books they wanted to read.

One of our Adjunct Faculty, Prof Sridhar Natrajan went a step further by himself reviewing a book for the students wherein he took the students through the journey of 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' by 'Richard Bach'. Known for his witty nature, the professor chose the right book to motivate the students. He quoted many lines from the text and urged the students to read the book not only because it made for a good read but also because it was only a '80 page' book with half of the pages filled with pictures. He also shared with students how he felt like a young lad waiting to test his knowledge in the corporate world when he first read the book during his college days at IIM.

WHERE PARTYING IS YET ANOTHER CHORE

22nd November 2006: While Treats and parties have always been a characteristic of post placements season at the campus, this year has seen quiet a change in the partying patterns of the students. Treats have become pretty a common feature at the campus with students always looking for excuses just to party. The prominent among all these parties have been the committee treats.

The season was started by the Finclub where in the seniors took the new recruits to Sangeetha Restaurant in Trichy. The format however changed dramatically when Bismarc’s new recruits treated their seniors at the 'Thaai'. The Syscom taking their new team of recruits out for dinner once again at the Thaii soon followed this. The most recent committee treat to happen has been that of PR-Com where, according to our reliable sources, the seniors spent lavishly to welcome their new team at the Kanappa's. However the committee that has scored higher than any other committee on this account, though surprisingly, would be Placom with the members going out on a treat almost once every fortnight.

All these treats give a very good indication of how well the students have absorbed the 'induction' module of their HR courses. Parties have been happening on other accounts as well. One such treat happened when Razik of Placom took the Placement Brochure team out for a lavish dinner at Sangam. Another grand treat was given by six of the members of PGP2 when they hosted a collective treat for their friends. The treat was later coined by the gang as 'SIX Sigma Treat'. PGP1 too had its part of fun when the batch decided to go out for a lunch at the Banana Leaf. Add to this the numerous other Birthday Treats, the parties that happen for a reason and those that happen without a reason and what one will end up with will be a calendar jam packed with treats and parties. Now this is what you call a rocking campus!!!

KALAIKOM CHEERS UP LIVES WITH 'BIM TALKIES'

22nd November 2006: The Kalaikom hit the campus with BIM TALKIES twice within this trimester. The first screening had 'Minnale' and 'DDLJ' for the students. With the rain spoiling the show, the screening was postponed to the next day in the mess. But only a few viewers turned up, as many from PGP2 didn't seem to be happy with the choice of the movies. With this background, KALAIKOM 23 planned another screening this Nov 10th.

The committee played safe this time and a poll was conducted in the mess (Click the flick types) with choices of "Sarkar", "Kal Ho Na Ho" and "Bluffmaster" for Hindi and "Rainbow Colony", "Anniyan" and "Sandakozhi" for Tamil. The polling results threw "Sarkar" and "Sandakozhi" as the clear winners. The screening started early at around 9 in the night. Special permission had been taken for the girls so that they could stay back till the end of the movie. Whistles were heard for all the high-powered dialogues of Sarkar & the fight and sequences of the "Sandakozhi". However, the mock interviews and the GDs that had been scheduled for the PGP2 students the next day spoiled the show for the committee, as viewer ship was very thin from the PGP2.

To make up for the past disappointments, the committee looks upbeat and all set to steal the show once again with their trademark show 'Foxtrot' scheduled to be held very soon. Hopefully, the schedules will be set properly the next time for the benefit of the students.

NIGHT CANTEEN ADDS SPICE TO NIGHT LIFE @ CAMPUS

22nd November 2006: Taking into consideration what Manikandan of PGP2 coins as "need to read with increased energy levels during the exams", the Mess Committee has tried to find out a solution for the problem by putting up a night canteen cum coffee bar for the students at the campus. "We had put up the proposal only a few months back and the idea has seen such a quick implementation only because the administration took keen interest in it" said Anton, a senior member of the committee on the eve of the inauguration by Dr. YLK.

With the new setup coming into existence, the old "tea on wheels at 10 0' clock" has been scrapped. Though this move has been received well by most of the students, a few blocks have expressed their desire to have both the alternatives in operation simultaneously. The canteen operates between 6.30 p.m. and 4.45 a.m. daily and provides students with a varied option of choosing among a host of refreshing drinks including Tea and Coffee.

However, the instant hit among the students has been the tomato soup which some claim is the better than even what they serve in restaurants. Light snacks like kurkure and Lays too recently have found their way into the menu of the canteen. Time and also SCORECARDS carrying CGPAs will only tell how much "energy booster" this new centre would be able to provide the students with but the centre has definitely helped in one tangible way; it has provided extra half an hour for reading to all those getting up at 5 in the morning during the exams as some students, according to our sources, have adjusted their alarm clocks to 4.30 in sync with canteen timings. "Der Na Ho Jaye, kahin Der Na Ho Jaye".

Bulletin 2006 - 10 - 16

2006-11-03T18:34:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 16 - 10 - 2006

COM' CRUNCHES: SPORTSCOM

FREETHROW '06

While the boys were busy scoring goals, the girls too had their share of entertainment during the free-kick season. The throw ball tournament had three teams competing for the trophy. The teams were FURY (pgp2), Thooki-Podu (pgp1) and Utratha (pgp1).

In the first round of matches, despite a sluggish start, the team Fury scored an easy win over the team Utratha. But the other team from PGP1, Thooki-Podu gave them a tough contest in the second group match. However, even a brave effort from Thooki-Podu could not deny the 'Fury' girls the top position after the group stages with two consecutive wins to their credit.

Third and final group match was played between Thooki-Podu and Utratha. In a close match, Thooki-Podu emerged as the winner and booked a place in finals along with Fury. The finals saw the audiences in full flow, hooting and cheering for their teams. The first match of the set was started with high expectations on both the teams. However, with Fury making more mistakes, Thooki-Podu gained momentum and coupled with good team coordination soon won the first set convincingly.

Though, Fury was back in form in the second set with their star players Nandini and Jayapriya piling up points, but the enthusiasm was lost soon, and fury handed over the trophy to the Thooki-Podu team without much effort. Sportscom, as ever, did a good job with the co-ordination work and made sure that everything went on fine.

COM' CRUNCHES: QUEST CLUB

If ever, in a Quiz Competition, the question was asked "What is common between BIM, awareness, success and glory?", the answer would definitely be "Quest Club". The club has always acted as a platform to train the students of the institute to face the toughest of the questions in Quiz Competitions thereby helping them to bring glory to the college.

Of late, the club has taken several initiatives to make sure that the participation levels remain high among the students. One such initiative has been that of conducting theme based quizzes. On the eve of Onam, the club members conducted an 'Onam Special' Quiz which saw a very high participation from members of both the batches. According to our reliable sources, the club also plans to conduct a Quiz competition for the students very soon. Though the club doesn't have a formal structure unlike most other clubs and committees, the sincerity levels have been very high on the part of organizers to make sure that all those participating in "10 O' Clock" quizzes leave the Computer center (where they are generally conducted) with not only some added knowledge about their surroundings but also with broad smiles. The Club has also been receiving very good support from the administration, which has promised them all facilities that would be needed to make the quizzes even more info-taining in the future.

COM' CRUNCHES: PLACOM

Placement Committee at the campus works day in and day out to ensure good placements for the deserving students of the Institute. Last month, the committee members of both the batches along with non committee volunteers could be seen rushing for making presentations to the Corporates and inviting them to the campus in all major cities of the country. Detailed guidelines were given both by Prof. Lakshman Kumar and PGP2 Placom Members to the Students teams before the latter left the campus. Teams were assigned the cities of Chennai, Bangalore, Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai respectively where each one of them made its share of presentations.

Earlier, Razik, PGP2 Placom Member, did an excellent job by co-ordinating the activities of all the individuals and the teams that worked for designing the Placement Brochure and the Placement CD. While Brochure team comprising of Jayachandran, Shankalan, Suprabhat and Paras, all from PGP2 worked on the aesthetics of the brochure, a team of Syscom Members of PGP1 took care of updating the Students Database for the Placement CD. This year's brochure drew it's inspiration from Fast, Exciting and Sophisticated World of F1 Racing.

With presentations over and the placements approaching, everyone at the campus is eagerly waiting for all the effort that the Placom Members have been sincerely putting in for more than an year now to bear fruits.

Bulletin 2006 - 10 - 07

2006-11-03T17:37:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 07 - 10 - 2006

Freekick 2006

Trichy, 7th August: If one were to conduct a survey on Sportscom, the conclusions of the study would definitely bring out image of the brand as youthful, energetic, hard working and initiators. And as all successful brands do, Sportscom 23 with support of Sportscom 22 tried to strengthen this image further by adding yet another, and undoubtedly the most enjoyed event to their calendar, the Free kick football tournament for boys at the campus. The event saw a very healthy participation from both the batches. Having nine teams, each of 11 playing and 2 to 3 non-playing members, participating in the event definitely brings out a good picture of the enthusiasm levels the tournament was received with. Another striking feature of the tournament was that all the matches were played under the lights. The teams were divided into two groups, Group A and Group B based on the draws that were drawn in the presence of the team captains. The Group A comprised of Blitzkrieg (PGP1), Trojans (PGP2), Cavaliers (PGP2), Head Bangers (PGP1) AND Bim-Bagaan (PGP1). Having all the three tournament favourites (Blitzkrieg, Trojans and Cavaliers) in the same pool promised some real exciting matches even in the group stages that were played in league fashion with each team playing every other in the group. The relatively easier group B comprised of Penalty United (PGP2), Real Madriders (PGP2), Khaleej United (PGP1) and Marines United (PGP2)

DAY 1

Though the tournament started on 21st August, the preparations had already started much in advance with rollers being brought in for leveling the ground, Lights and generators being put up, and required equipments being bought. PGP1 Sportscom toiled hard preparing the grounds in a very professional manner. The tournament was kick-started by Prof. Ramesh who emphasized on the importance of achieving physical health as a precursor to efficient and effective work life. First match of the tournament saw two heavy weights clashing with each other, The Blitzkrieg representing PGP1 and Cavaliers representing PGP2. Barring the finals, this match received the highest viewer ship with sentiments playing their role too. Viewers were seen hooting for the teams from their respective batches. Both the teams approached the match with different strategies with Cavaliers banking on their fast paced attack featuring Jayachandran and Prabhakar on both the flanks and Blitzkrieg relying more on their midfield playmakers. Both the teams showed tremendous resolve in the match that ended with each team scoring four goals. Some of the ugly moments of the otherwise a great match included a yellow card being awarded to Blitzkrieg Goalkeeper Pushpreet for excessive appealing, after a goal was given against the team by the referee, Arun Chacko and a own goal by Razik of Cavaliers. The second match of the day was played between Penalty United and Marines United. The match appeared to be one-sided affair with Marines United maintaining a healthy 2-0 lead till last 12 minutes of the allotted 50 minutes. However, some defensive blunders from the team and some aggressive game from the Penalty United saw the latter score three goals in the dying moments of the match and take the full three points. Post match analysis by the BPL (BIM Premier League) officials brought out some startling facts like Marines United playing only 2 defenders even when they had a good 2-0 lead to defend towards the end.

Next match of the tournament was to be played between the Trojans and the Head-bangers. However, to the surprise of the officials and Match Umpire, Jagadeesh of PGP2, the team Head-bangers turned up in formals for the match. As the rulebook of the governing body, BPL didn't allow the matches to be played in formals; match could not be started on time. However, the trouble disappeared soon when Head-bangers were finally convinced to change to shorts-tees. Trojans, knowing that the goal difference could come into play in the later stages of the tournament, played only 2 defenders and ran through the game with their star striker Arun Chacko scoring 6 goals. The game ended with a score of 11-0 in favour of the Trojans.

Fourth and final match of the day was played between the Real Madriders and Khaleej United. The match provided the Real Madriders with a good training session, as Khaleej United never looked like wanting to attack. Even Christopher, a seasoned defender for Real Madriders was most of the time seen standing in the box of the opponents. The match turned out to be much more one-sided than expected with final score reading 10-1. DJ scored the only goal for Khaleej United.

DAY 2

First match of the second day was played between Real Madriders and Penalty United. The match promised to be a tough contest with both teams coming into the game with emphatic victories in their previous matches. However, Real Madriders made more of the chances that came their way and found the opponent's net twice within the first half of the match. The Midfield comprising of Pukazh and Satish provided their star striker Pravin with some very good chances and the star didn't falter. Pawan playing forward for Penalty United however couldn't make much of the little chances that came the team's way. Final score line read 2-0 in favour of Real Madriders. The second match of the day provided Blitzkrieg the win they were wanting so badly. They scored an emphatic 8-0 victory over Bim Bagaan with their striker Parthiban in a very good form. The ball hardly crossed the line towards Blitzkrieg half, leave aside testing their two men defence.

The one sided affair, however, gave way to a very well balanced match, the match everyone was eagerly waiting for. Spectators cheered as the Trojans and Cavaliers marched into the field. There was nothing much to choose between the two teams as both of them looked equally balanced on paper. While Cavaliers once again were relying on their supersonic attack, Trojans played it defensive with Arun Chacko playing as the lone forward. The other forward, Thyagu was moved into the midfield to provide more support in the middle. A defeat in this match for either of the teams could have meant an end to its chances to make for the semi-finals. Initial 15 minutes of the game saw Cavaliers mounting pressure on the Trojan line of defense. Prabhakar, Jayachandran, Shanmugavel and Varun Prasad all ran into the Trojan box every now and then. Though with difficulty, however, the Trojan defence comprising of Elango, Diwakar and Sunil put up a great show in stopping them reach Goalkeeper Arun Selavaraju's net. The complexion of the game changed soon, however, with Trojans starting to make some chances for themselves. Cavaliers felt the pressure and hence Jayachandran was forced to move into the midfield. But, Arun and Navin could not convert any of the chances they got, thanx to some perky man marking by Vivek for Cavaliers. The keenly contested match ended with a 0-0 draw with both teams still in race for semi-final spot.

The final match of the day 2 was played between Marines United and Khaleej United. Both teams were desperate to take 3 points from this match after suffering crushing defeats in their last matches. The highlight of the match was the penalty kick that was awarded to the Khaleej United. However, the chance was missed when Nabarun Paul failed to control his kick. Barring the penalty, neither of the teams came close to scoring and most of the action took place in the midfield only. The match saw some streaks of brilliance by Satish of Marines United who was always seen wanting for support in the midfield. The goal less draw left both the teams praying for some favourable results in the remaining group matches.

DAY 3

As the tournament progressed, support for the teams came in from all quarters. To the surprise of the players and audience, Prof. Y Lakshman Kumar also came down to hostels to view the matches. The first match of the tournament was played between Penalty United and Khaleej United. It was a do or die situation for the Khaleejs. Even a draw with Penalty United would have seen them out of the race for semifinal spots. However, unfortunately for them, Penalty United players found their form when they needed it most. While Lokesh at the back kept on providing the team with clearances, Manish Sharma and Bhavesh Vikramaditya looked invincible in the midfield. The pressure had its say when Manish Sharma scored after 27 minutes of play. Second half saw some good chances being created for Khaleejs but their forwards Nabarun and Kartik could not provide the finishing touches. To the disappointment of Khaleejs, Siddharth Rambadri of Penalty United scored the second goal for his team in the second half with a lucky strike from 35 yards. The final score read 2-0 in favour of Penalty United. Penalty United became the first team to move into the semi-finals with the victory. The defeat however meant elimination not only for Khaleej United but also for the Marines United. Real Madriders and Marines United played the second match of the day. Marines United, being already eliminated, was playing for a respectable exit with a victory. However, Real Madriders proved too much for them and the game ended with a score of 4-2 in favour of Real Madriders. Suprabhat, keeping the goal for Real Madriders, for the first time in the tournament conceded goals. Final Standings of the Group B looked like: 1st Real Madriders; 2nd Penalty United; 3rd Marines United; 4th Khaleej United.

The Third match of the day took place between the Cavaliers and Bim Bagaan. Cavaliers moved into the ground with a mindset of scoring as many goals as possible. They played with an out-n-out attack strategy with Sankalan being the only one guarding their own goal. Their famous attack however faced some resistance initially from the BIM Bagaan defence line. However as the defenders tired, especially in the second half, goals came in every now and then. Prabhakar top scored with 6 goals to his credit. The final score read 13-0 in favour of Cavaliers. The final match of the day was played between Head Bangers and Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg Challenge came up with a stunning performance in the match and scored a total of 4 goals. Blitzkrieg wanted to win the match with as many goals as possible and hence the team was seen pushing for attacks and counter attacks on Bim Bagaan even in the dying moments of the game. They finally won the match 10-0.

DAY 4

No game could be played on 24th because of the interruptions by the rain. Though some members of BPL wanted to go ahead with the games, the body later took a decision of postponing the games to the next day. The top officials of the body cited water logged ground as the main reason behind their decision. Two games were played on 25th. The first match was played between Cavaliers and Head Bangers. Cavaliers destroyed whatever little challenge Head Bangers could pose. Varun Prasad did a very good job for Cavaliers who ultimately won the match 11-0. However, such was the pressure to score heavily and win the match with a huge goal difference that even a score of 11-0 didn't seem to impress the winners and some of the cavaliers team members were heard shouting and appealing excessively all through the match.

The second match was played between the Trojans and the Bim Bagaan. As expected, Trojans went into the game with the mindset of scoring as many goals as possible and played only 2 defenders. However, Bim Bagaan's resilient defence proved to be much harder a nut than what their opponents had expected it to be. Trojans were leading 7-0 with 3 minutes remaining in the match when a penalty was awarded against them. However, Arum Selvaraju, the Trojan Goal keeper, came up with a brilliant save to deny the little respect Bim Bagaan wanted to leave the tournament with. The Trojans scored one more goal in the remaining 2 minutes and won the match 8-0.

DAY 5

The last two matches of the group league stage were to be played on the day. The first match between Head Bangers and Bim Bagaan proved to be an interesting one with both the teams playing for pride. Head Bangers played their best match of the tournament and even came close to scoring on occasions. However, their effort was not enough to win the game for them and Bim Bagaan won the match easily by a margin of three goals to nil. Elancheran, Karthik, Vimal and Sumit played well through out the tournament for Bim Bagaan.

The second game of the day was a high tension one. Both the teams, Blitzkrieg and the Trojans were equally placed on points and even on goal difference. However, Blitzkrieg enjoyed a lead in goals scored. With Cavaliers already into the semi-finals, the fight was on for the second semi-final spot from the group. Even a draw would have seen Blitzkrieg through but Trojans had to necessarily win the game. As expected, the game was very fast paced with Parthiban, Giri, Aldo, Shailesh and Nikhil playing their heart out for Blitzkrieg. Their efforts paid when Giri scored what was later adjudged the best goal of the tournament from the half line. A goalkeeping error by the Arun gave Blitzkrieg the much desired lead and cushion of a goal. Trojans tried to equalize in the first half but could not find the Blitzkrieg net, much to the disappointment of their fans.

The scene changed, however, in the second half. Trojans re-entered the filed with a very attacking formation. Blitzkrieg replied by pulling in their midfielders into defence. However, it took just 10 minutes into the second half for the Trojans to equalize. Soon later, Arun Chacko scored the second one for the Trojans who eventually won the game 2-1. Trojans marched into the semi-finals and Blitzkrieg was eliminated. Their effort was however applauded by one and all. Final Standings in the Group A looked like: 1st Trojans; 2nd Cavaliers; 3rd Blitzkrieg; 4th Bim Bagaan; 5th Head Bangers.

SEMIFINALS

Both the semi-finals proved out to be much slower than expected. The first semi-final was played between the Cavaliers and the Real Madriders. The game was slow through out the 50 minutes. The 'counter attack' strategy that had worked so fine for Real Madriders in the group stages proved to be ineffective against the cavaliers’ defence spearheaded by Sankalan. Cavaliers won the game 4 goals to nil and moved into the finals. The second semi-final between the Penalty United and the Trojans turned out to be even more slower an affair. Down with injuries, Trojans however still managed to score 2 goals and won the match 2-0.

FINALS

The Finals were played on 30th of the month between the Trojans and the Cavaliers. It was a keenly contested match, a fight between the famous cavalier attack and the resilient Trojan defense. The stadium was jam packed for the finals as fans of both teams came in with the hopes that their favorites lifting the trophy. There were some attempts from both the sides to score but almost all of them were off the target, seldom testing the goalkeepers. The game, though was paced well, but lacked the speed that was seen when the two teams met in the group stages. While Cavaliers tried to attack from the flanks, Trojans relied more on their midfielders Naveen Chelliah and Mohan Raja. The jinx however was broken when Cavaliers scored through a corner kick towards the end of the first half.

Trojans tried their best to equalize in the second half but failed to go past Vivek who once again put up a good show. The match however saw some controversy creeping in when Trojans claimed that Cavaliers Goalkeeper had moved into his goal holding the ball. However, the referee of the match, Giri, was not moved by their appeals. The game finally ended with a score of 1-0 in favour of cavaliers who were declared the winners of the first ever Freekick Football Tournament. The former by three goals to nil won the third position match between Real Madriders and Penalty United. With this, the all-entertaining tournament came to an end. All credit goes to the Sportscom for making it a huge success that it was.

Bulletin 2006 - 09 - 19

2006-09-19T17:06:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 19 - 09 - 2006

BIM CELEBRATES 22nd FOUNDATION DAY

Trichy, 19th September: Shri S. Ramadorai, CEO & MD, Tata Consultancy Services and Chairman of Board of Governors of the Institute presided over the 22nd Foundation Day celebrations on 19th of August. The function was organised at MD Hall, BHEL Trichy. The students of both the batches were informed about the program a day earlier and were asked to assemble at MHD in formals the next day. This provided the students of PGP 1 with the opportunity they were longing for, a chance to show off in their newly tailored suits. As expected, huge volumes of snaps were taken even before the students could move out of hostels. Students reaching MHD well in time however had to wait or some time before they were told about the change in the chief guest’s program. His visit to MHD had been cancelled and he was to directly go to the MD Hall to address the gathering.

Addressing the gathering, Shri Ramadorai stressed upon the need for adopting a multi disciplinary approach on the part of Science, Technology and Management teachers. He also expressed optimism about the conditions prevailing in the country and called upon the budding managers to take up the entrepreneurship as their career objective. In line with his thoughts about need to encourage Innovation based ventures, the chief guest also announced that the company would consider the suggestion made by Prof. Thangamuthu, Vice Chancellor of Bharathidasan University who was also present at the function, to support a Technology management course at the Institute in coming years.

Prof. Thangamuthu’s address to the gathering followed this and the function concluded with the Prize Distribution. Chitra Dey had to walk a lot for this section of the function as she was awarded with Scholastic Prize for her ranking first in first and second trimesters of her course. Summit Bihani won the award for his performance in the third trimester. Badges were also awarded to the winners of Best Summer Project Award. Winners included Krishnakant Agrawal (ISRO), Shailender Bihani (ING VYSYA), Suresh (WEALTHMAX), Raamakrishnan (GENPACT), Aparna Renganathan (WIPRO CONSUMER CARE), Yazhini (CAVINKARE), Gopinath (GODREJ & BOYCE), Prabhakar Rajmanickam (TVS MOTORS) and Paras (TVS MOTORS).

The function was declared closed soon after as the students moved to the lawn where High Tea was served. After refreshments, the students left back to their barracks, happy and elated as their Mother Institute celebrated her Birthday.

THE RELIGIOUS FACE OF BIM

Trichy, 19 - 09 - 2006: 12’o clock in the night, the birthday boy is pulled out, to cut the cake only to have it all deposited on his face, and forced to have a midnight bath with whatever that stinks around. But a birthday was celebrated this ear in a more serene manner. It was the birthday of Lord Gnash. A spiritual atmosphere prevailed in the campus with the beautifully engraved Ganesha idol kept and worshipped in the small ‘mandap’ built for the lord in front of the mess. Bhajans were sung ever day and ritual performed with utmost devotion. Festivals don’t go without feasting our taste buds. The ‘kozhukatai’ and ‘sundal’ was served in the mess. At the end of five days, the idol was immersed in the Tiruverumbur Erumbeshwar temple’s pond.

Another religious ceremony that BIM witnessed recently was that of the harvest festival from God’s own country, The Onam. Students got up early in the morning on the day and decorated the mess beautifully. Traditional ceremonies were performed before fellow BIMites got their chance to taste traditional Kerala food as it was served by the student volunteers in the lunch but the religious feelings of BIMites are not constrained to festivals, but go beyond that. A group of temple goers have recently joined hands and formed a group that aims to explore more of the city of temples. The have even gone to an extent of creating an orkut community called “Aalaya pravaasa” for that purpose.

Bulletin 2006 - 09 - 10

2006-09-10T12:05:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 10 - 09 - 2006

THE KUGELMASS JOURNEY BEGINS FROM BIM

Trichy, 10th September: Dr. Prema Nandkumar, a wellknown speaker and columnist for The Hindu inaugurated the Book Forum of the college on 16th of August 2006. Vetri Kumaran of PGP II whose wholehearted efforts have brought the Book Forum to its present healthy form later named the forum ‘The Kugelmass Journey’. The forum derives its name from the classic fiction by Woody Allen where in the character ‘Kugelmass’ can get into any piece of fiction he wishes to with the help of his magician friend.

In the function also attended by Sunder Sir, Dr. Prema tried to emphasize upon how Literature and Management subjects followed parallel tracks. She shared her
experience of around 50 years of Book Reviewing with the gathering which comprised of both PGP I and PGP II students.

The function saw the birth of a forum which has been pretty active ever since. A couple of books of relevance like ‘The Goal’ and ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’ have already been reviewed by the students of PGP II despite fully packed schedules and a host of other activities going on in the campus. The forum intends not to restrict itself to Management books and instead cover all possible fields and interests including fiction in the long run. Also, there are plans to bring in competitions like ‘Debates’ and Group Discussions.

The newly formed forum has definitely added a new dimension to the already multidimensional co-curricular activities the students here at BIM indulge in.

‘COM’ CRUNCHES: WELFARECOM

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again." - Jawaharlal Nehru (Speech on Indian Independence Day, 1947).

Stepping into the 59th year of our Independence, Welfarecom put up a splendid show to celebrate the Independence Day on 15th of August. All the students gathered on the Tuesday morning, to celebrate the hard won freedom, beaming with energy and filled with aspirations. After the Director, Dr. Sankaran hoisted the flag the national anthem was sung that turned the air electric as all stood saluting the flag. Looking back into the past, Director took us through the economic and social development of Mother India since 1947. He called the students of BIM to create a niche for them, and make a difference to the society they lived in. With the message settled 'deep' in the minds of the students, the celebrations ended with sweets, for a while though.

Jayachandran of PGP II along with a bunch of first years took to the Highway in their successful bid to add a new form to the celebrations. The first year Roadies included Arun, Elancheran, Shiju, Sarvanan and DJ.

Earlier, on 14th Night, the local network of the Institute, ‘IP Messenger’ was almost clogged to death as BIMites sent Independence Day wishes to each other along with attachments that ranged from .ppts telling about the Country to videos of the National Anthem. The Build up to the event also included students replacing their profile pictures on orkut with that of the Tricolour. Whole credit goes to Welfare Com for putting up such a great show.

‘COM’ CRUNCHES: ZETETICA

BIM WITNESSES HEAVY MONSOON SHOWERS

BIM, of late, has been witnessing heavy showers, thanks to the HR club, Zetetica. The club has launched the MONSOON, which tries to improve the communication skills of the participants along with adding new dimensions to their knowledge. The tools being used are primarily Group Discussions and Debates. The event is being seen by the second year students as a platform to prepare themselves for the grilling interviews and group discussions that all of them are shortly going to face as placements approach.

The topics being discussed at the forum have been varied; RTI Act, Web blogs, Indian Industrial Dynasty to name a few. The participation has been really encouraging for the club with YLK Sir also attending a few of the sessions and providing the participants with feedback as well as adding points to the discussion.

The event was primarily targeted at PGP II students, but to the amazement of all, has been able to attract even PGP I students. There has been active participation from almost all the corners. Here’s praying that the event will help the students get their dream jobs as and when opportunity strikes. Amen!!!

Bulletin 2006 - 09 - 02

2006-09-03T17:08:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 02 - 09 - 2006

‘COM’ CRUNCHES: PRCOM

The committee that helps in continuous strengthening up the well-established brand ‘BIM’ in the corporate world, struck again by holding up the position of site manager for indiainfoline.com for the month of July. Articles from Prof. Sunder and many students of BIM21 and BIM22 were published by the website. Also the committee has been in regular contact with the media outside by writing about and getting our events covered by the leading newspapers, the recent effort being coverage of Marwar 2006 by THE HINDU, Trichy Edition. Another major activity being undertaken by the committee has been that of providing content for the newly developed college website. With the new recruits coming in, the committee is set to "PR-ize" the Brand BIM to even a greater extent.

‘COM’ CRUNCHES: SYSCOM

The committee has set off everyone in fast track mode. With the introduction of databases accessible in the hostel rooms last year, the technological improvement has not stopped there. An exclusive server was allocated for the hostel computers with the allocation of 100GB space for storage. This has solved the problems with the last minute download spree from the yahoo groups. Also the storage has an e-notice folder, which has the schedule of this week and the next, which is directly updated by one of the office personnel.

The new look website (http://www.bim.edu/), designed by the Syscom’s Gayathri and unofficial member of the committee, Sankalan with the help of support staff is certainly impressive. The content coming from the alumni for the website has further improved the feel of the website and has been really encouraging. Also the committee has come up with a monthly e-magazine in the form of "KRIYA" which has been uploaded onto the college website (check out the July issue of the magazine at http://www.bim.edu/pdf/Kriya-July2006.pdf) and with the support of PR Committee is also being sent to leading MBA forums like coolavenues.com and indiainfoline.com. Some of the articles from the magazine have already been published by coolavenues.com under its ‘knowledge’ section. With the new team formed, the maintenance of the website and IT infrastructure at campus has been handed over completely to the new recruits.

Also the committee tried to some extent satisfy the otherwise insatiable demand for bandwidth. A proposal of the new connection with higher bandwidth was sought for. But this time, the students had a say in the decision making process regarding the new connection. Students seemed to be extremely delighted with the performance of the new connection (demo version) and also enjoyed to the maximum as Mr. Watchguard, the official firewall was disabled for the demo version. Everyone in the campus is hoping to see the new connection back soon as the demo period has lapsed.

‘COM’ CRUNCHES: MESSCOM

BIM Mess has noticeably changed for the past one year with various renovations being carried out. The wash area has been extended; the area for the evening snacks is also being renovated. Inside the kitchen, a new separate provision for preparing BIMites’ favourite toasts with omelettes and a new stove for quicker cooking has been provided. According to our sources, behind these improvements, there has been continuous and active participation from each and every MessCom member with the support of the Mess staff. Well, this is not the first time when all of the MessCom members have successfully taken up their responsibilities. They did an excellent job during the summer and executive placements last year.

Not only that, the BIM 22 MessCom have contributed to the welfare of their Mess members by opening an RD account of Rs.500 per head funded by the management. They have also been contributing to the Educational Fund in order to help the mess members’ children get education with each student contributing Rs.5 every month. The educational fund was started off in the month of April 2006. The BIMites also have had the taste of delicacies of crab and prawns. This was also the first time when the girls of BIM 22 were allowed to prepare BHEL PURI for the LH Night party, with full cooperation from the mess members.

BIM 22 MessCom are done with the selection process of the prospective members for the Mess Committee of BIM 23. This is one committee that had most rigorous selection process with three phases involving a GD, 4 Case studies followed with Personal Interviews. 10 candidates have finally been selected to the new committee who will carry on the legacy of Mess-Com.

‘COM’ CRUNCHES: FINCLUB

BULLS AND BEARS 2006

Bulls and bears is a stock market simulation game conducted each year by FINCLUB. This year also it was kick started by FINCLUB amid a lot of expectation. This year’s game was modified from last year’s version to make the game more interesting and lively. The groups are assigned with guides from PGP-II for better participation and good learning. Three presentations were given by FINCLUB before kick starting the game, so that PGP1 students can understand the game very well. K.Raj Mohan gave first presentation on "CAPITAL MARKETS", J.R Mohan Kumar gave Second presentation on "MONEY MARKETS", and third presentation on "RBI" was given by Santosh Kumar. After these presentation series, the game started on 24th of July. First day was kept as trial where students were let to understand the game well before actually playing it. From 25th July to 28th July, the game was played.

Student participation was very good and majority of participants felt that they were kindled to learn about stock markets thanks to this game. In the end, team BULLS OF BIM comprising of Govindarajan, Thillai Rajan, Ramanathan, Rahul Jajara, Arun, and Mary Reena, all of PGP1 came FIRST. STOCK WIZARDS and KING PINS came second and third respectively. FINCLUB members toiled really hard to make it a big success.

Bulletin 2006 - 08 - 09

2006-09-03T16:47:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 09 - 08 - 2006

MARHABA MARHABA!!!

Trichy, 9th August: It was time to welcome the batch of BIM 23 and get them partying. The Fresher Party given by BIM 22 to the fatchas of BIM 23 was yet another memorable event. The event was organized by the KALAICOM on 24th of July, and started off with a bang. The theme for the gala night was inspired by the famous Arabian Nights and aptly titled ‘MARHABA’, which in Arabic means ‘HELLO’.

The fresher parties in BIM have always been famous for title hunts. This time it was the turn of Aladdin and Jasmine to find their respective identities in BIM23. The preliminaries for selecting the prospective contenders for the titles were held 2 days before the D-day, which comprised of treasure hunt and other team performances. Based on their performance, final participants were selected.

Before rallying for the carnival, the students of PGP 1 and PGP2 treated their taste buds with sumptuous dinner in the mess. Once again the chemistry between the two ‘com’s namely Kalaicom and Messcom worked really well.

The program commenced with a prayer song followed by speeches given by Prof Sundar, Prof Jawahar, Prof Sriraman, Prof Raghavendra and Prof Prasanna.

The amusement sparked off with a spectacular dance performance by the girls of BIM22. Then the title hunt started with the announcement of participants in pairs. They introduced themselves and ramp walked. All this time the panel of judges for the night comprising of – Arun Chacko, Gayathri, Vinod and Suprabhat was evaluating their each step and every word.

The second round was the Talent round, which was elimination one. Every participant had to impress the judges with their spontaneity to the weird and not so weird questions that the judges kept on bombarding them with. While the judges were still compiling the results for the second round, the audience was once again engrossed with a magical dance performance by the girls and guys of PGP 2. The third round was ‘adapt tunes’ in which the contenders had to match their steps and coordinate with their respective partners. The ‘adapt tunes’ were very BIM like with a hint of humour. Later came the much-needed entertainment in the form of a humorous musical skit, which made the audience roar into laughter. This was the skit ‘Munna Anna’ already popular with the BIMites. The tone of the skit was very well carried on by the talented set of actors of PGP2. It was followed by an awe-inspiring performance by Aravind of PGP2 who blended fire with music.

Then the fourth round of the title hunt resumed, in which the participants were asked to convince the judges "Why the only life boat available on a sinking Titanic should be given to his/her respective partner and not to oneself". The replies were clever and witty. The final round of the title hunt had the participants take stand on whether the curfew for girls should be removed or advanced. The girls had to speak against the topic and the guys had to do for it. The next section was all about the introduction of members of various committees. The judges announced the much-awaited results of the title hunt. Finally, Archana and Partibhan secured the titles of Jasmine and Aladdin respectively. The still night stirred up with a bang on the dance floor at around 12 .30 a.m. With the party hard crowd dancing to the tunes till 3.00 a.m., the fun-filled hours came to a still with the wee hours calling in the close of the jamboree. The students of PGP II and I left to their cells, leaving the Eastern Gardens still linger with the scent of celebration of MARHABA.

PRE-PLACEMENT RECRUITMENTS AT BIM

Trichy, 9th August: With the newcomers settling in, PGP 2 has started their hunt to carry on their legacy. Though ‘PLA’COM had a tough time explaining people that their abbreviation was PLACEMENT COMMITTEE and had nothing to do with sport activities, they set the stage afire by picking their 10, after a gruelling 4 days process. Once done, the arena was open for all other clubs & committees to recruit their new team. All possible HR techniques learnt from HRM, OB were set into action during the process, right from giving in the job specification, job descriptions to conducting structured and unstructured interviews. This year, it was unanimously decided and accepted by BIM22 that no student could join more than one committee sparing Radiance, thus giving opportunity for most of the student to work in a team and bring the best out of them for BIM. With almost all the new clubs formed, BIM23 too has matched the pace by selecting their STUDENTS COUNCIL. We all are expecting the new teams to keep up to their fellow mates expectations.

Bulletin 2006 - 07 - 12

2006-07-16T11:55:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 12 - 07 - 2006

ICE WAS NOT ONLY ‘BROKEN’, IT WAS CRUSHED!!!

Trichy, 12th July: As always, the first week here in BIM was yet again loaded with action. Action that saw each and every one of our newly joined family members, BIM23 running with chits in their hands looking for their mystery seniors. Earlier, nicknames were given to each and every PGP2 student and the chits carrying the same were randomly distributed (some even claim that sophisticated statistical packages were used for achieving this) among the ‘freshers’. While some could easily to crack the code (each had to find out the senior whose nickname he/she had got along with the senior’s roommates), most found it very hard with almost no help coming in initially. However help from seniors did come in later stages but not without cool drinks and chocolates in exchange. OM SHREE Shop, in the process banked in good profits. As the drama subsided, it gave way to another one. As usual, the ice breaking session started off with PGP1 entertaining PGP2 by exhibiting their skill sets which included singing, dancing and every other skill that the ‘bullying’ seniors wanted them to. Even though the majority of fatchas were with a work-ex of more than 2 years, all were eager to take their turns and make way for effective relationships in days to come. Kudos to the newcomers!!!

ITALY WINS IN STYLE, BIM CHEERS IN STYLE…

Trichy, 12th July: The event managers of BIM, KALAIKOM kicked off the year, showing the live match of football world cup finals on a huge projector screen in East End Gardens on 9th of July. As the ardent fans of football came with their face painted to support their teams, the tension in the crowd started shooting up exponentially when the first yellow card came up. The penalty shot of Zidane sent the French supporters jumping in the air. But all their enthusiasm was curbed down very soon when Italy equalised through Materazzi. There was constant hooting through out the 120 minutes of play from both the Italian and the French stands. Anxiety levels attained peaks when Zidane was shown the red card and when a few minutes later the match moved into Penalties. Italian supporters left happier than their rivals after their team won the shootouts. In all, it was real good entertainment. Kalaikom, as always did an excellent job.

Bulletin 2006 - 04 - 21

2006-04-23T01:08:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 21st April, 2006

Alumni Induction Programme – Chennai

Trichy, 18-04-2006: The Alumni Induction Programme held on the 14^th at The Aruna Inn, Chennai was an interesting experience. The alumni were present in strength for this path-breaking endeavour of the 21^st Batch. There was an infectious enthusiasm in the air which was felt by all the participants. Encouragingly, there were senior alumni right from the 1^st Batch. They were all gathered to welcome into the alumni fold the younger members of the flock belonging to the 21^st Batch. The event began with Mr. Bilesh welcoming the gathering. Mr. Jose Thankamony, President of the BIM Alumni Association, took centre stage and introduced the office bearers of the Alumni Association.

The students of BIM 21 then made a presentation to their seniors about what they had done during their eventful stay in BIM. Scenes from life in BIM flashed past evoking nostalgic memories. This was followed by some variety entertainment in the form of role-plays and other casual presentations. Ms Ramya had the honour of presiding over the pranks. After the laugh fest, a few of the senior alumni members were called on to talk about their experiences in BIM. The enthusiastic volunteers narrated tales of their unforgettable days in BIM led along by Ms Anupriya.

There was a passionate presentation on serious issues facing BIM made by the students of the 21^st Batch of BIM, through a representative, which was very well received. It raised many thought provoking questions in the minds of the audience. A surprisingly short presentation by the BIM News Agency editor brought the curtain down on the official programmes.

The event concluded with a light supper. It was a welcome opportunity for all the members of the BIM Family to socialize and network. The members of BIM 21 used the alumni induction programme as one more meeting where they could bid farewell to their dear batch mates. The meeting facilitated the joining of many new members into the BNA Family and the BNA’s very own Nostalgia 2006 compilation CDs were distributed free, thanks to a very generous subsidy from BIM. It was a very memorable evening for all members of the BIM Family who were part of the gathering.

BMA Issue Discussed in Alumni Meet

Chennai, 14-04-2006: Before the Alumni Induction Programme started, the senior alumni discussed the BMA issue in much detail. Mr. Murugesh Ramiah made a fervent presentation before the gathering to preserve ‘Brand BIM’. He said that he had met Director Prof. M. Sankaran and that the meeting with Prof. M. Sankaran had been very productive. Mr. Murugesh said that the Director had promised to effect some critical changes so that the new institute, which was part of BIM, Trichy’s growth strategy, could be BIM, Bangalore with the BMA’s role being very minimal. A task force has been formed by the BIM Alumni Association to follow the progress on the BMA issue and take appropriate action whenever necessary. All the alumni gathered expressed their heartfelt desire that the issue should be amicably sorted out so that BIM could concentrate on its growth and development.

Prof. Sankar Leaves BIM

Nagercoil, 20-04-2006: Professor M. Sankar has left Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy. He is an alumnus of the 16^th Batch. He has been teaching students from the time he completed his MBA. Academically brilliant, he is a multiple Gold Medallist in his B. Tech., M. Tech. and MBA. He is a storehouse of knowledge on many diverse and varied fields. He has awed and amazed students time and again with his surprising depth and exhaustive learning in almost any subject under the sun. Above all, he is a person who is willing to stick to his values and principles at any cost.

A hard worker and a meticulous planner, it is his boast that he prepares 3 hours for every hour he lectures. Students have always found his courses enormous value-additions. Prof Sankar has been the person responsible for introducing cutting edge courses like Securities and Portfolio Management, Derivative Securities, Developing Business Models, etc. The level of commitment shown by this inspiring role model has pushed many a BIMite to achieve greater heights.

Teaching the students opting to specialize in Finance and Operations, he ensures that the students are conceptually sound. The way in which he taught Calculus, both Integral and Differential, to the clueless students in the very first trimester speaks volumes about his attention to strong fundamentals. He has numerous fans on campus who admire him for his unique qualities. He has always been a ‘friend’ of the students outside the class. But once he goes into the classroom, he is an entirely different person aware of the great responsibility he shoulders.

Prof. M. Sankar was awarded the prestigious Samajshree National Award for his excellence as a teacher and his quest for perfection. A person with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, he is also a scholar of Sanskrit. A talented singer gifted with a divinely melodious voice, his impromptu concerts result in many lovers of classical Carnatic Vocal Music being treated to exquisite renditions of their favourite ragas. The credit for making ‘Bajagovindam’ one of the most popular tunes on campus goes to Prof. Sankar.

The gratitude and love of the students was very much visible during the Farewell Party arranged for Prof. M. Sankar at the Vasanta Bhavan Hotel in Trichy. The BNA joins the BIM campus community in wishing him all the very best in life. It has indeed been a privilege to have studied under the tutelage of one so great. All his students will proudly claim association with him as one of the men who shaped their lives in BIM. It is certain that undying respect for Prof. M. Sankar will always be there in the hearts of all whose lives he had a chance to touch.

BIM 23 – BIM Family’s Newest Members

Nagercoil, 21-04-2006: The 23^rd Batch (2006 – 2008) of students for the MBA programme in Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy, has been finalized and the selected candidates who have confirmed their admission have been asked to join on the 3^rd of July, 2006. Enthusiastic members of BIM 23 have already taken initiatives to get in touch with their batch mates through the various online resources available. They have formed the BIM23 Yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BIM23/) that all members of the batch can interact with each other. They have also welcomed interaction with their seniors so as to equip themselves to make their entry into BIM as smooth as possible. The BNA welcomes the latest additions to the BIM Family and wishes them all the very best. All alumni are requested to interact with the new batch and to help them out in any way possible.

Bulletin 2006 - 04 - 12

2006-04-23T01:03:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 12th April, 2006

IT’S THE TIME TO DISCO…

Trichy, 12th April: As the days went by, PGP1 and PGP2 were counting their days together here at BIM. Everybody wanted to make the most out the time they had together by snatching every opportunity to enjoy and making every moment memorable. Party, treats and fun were the words ringing in the campus every night with only a few days to go for the completion of the academic year. Thai, Sangam, Jenny's, REC dhabba, Kannapa's, and Azeez biriyani shop were the places all BIMites were flocking in with their buddies these days. Everyone had a treat booked up every night celebrating the placements and their time here. While Guys had fun the whole night outside, girls had a great time inside. They enjoyed and entertained themselves inside LH, playing games, music and so on.

The whole year flew away in wink of an eye. Every moment from DAY 1 here, starting with the ice breaking sessions, MARWAR, foxtrot, BIM Talkies, Thanksgiving, Diwali, Christmas, new year, republic day, volleyball tournament, Yorker 2006, Holi, Farewell was full of fun. PGP1 will definitely miss the 'mokkai' sessions during the teatime in the night and 'quests' in the CC. On the whole there is definitely going to be a space left by the seniors which will stay empty even as the rooms and places are going to be occupied by the juniors the next year, as the selection process is on for BIM23 batch.

LADIES’ NIGHT OUT

Trichy, 12th April: It's said and felt that world ends for LH when the gates close at 9:30pm, but enjoyment was at its peak on 27th of March night. The occasion was the 'LH' night, an exclusive event unplugged. The themes were given to the PGP2 a day before so that each team (each room) could decide upon their costume for the night. The stage was set into action as each team came out displaying their themes, which were 'Hawaiian', 'Unity in Diversity', 'Movies', 'Tribes', 'Halloween', 'Fairytales', 'Patriotism', 'Colours', and the 'Siamese ‘triplets’. As the groups made their entry, the request and the songs dedicated were played which carried specific messages. The entry of the 'Tribes' group was a dance performance for the song 'Jumbalakka' which gave the perfect start for all the actions to follow. The first round of ramp walk started, where each team marketed themselves trying to impress the judges for the day's title of 'The Lost Room'. As the first round ended, homemade' bhel puri was served to all with rasagullas and cool drinks. Games followed. The first game was 'Shipwreck' as each person had to convince the captain 'why she should be given the life boat'. The captain was none other than Faiza of PGP1 and the various personalities who participated were 'Aiswarya Rai' Sumashini, 'MS Subbulakshmi' BOSS- Thenral, Premananda' Arthi, 'Micheal Jackson' Thilakavathy and so on.

As a full round of 'Shipwreck' was done, fun started in form of 'relay' which had 'lemon on spoon' to be passed among the players. This was the quarterfinal, while 'sack race' was the qualifying round for semi finals. All the teams took part with high spirit and two teams qualified for the Grand finale. The teams were 'Hawaiian' and 'Fairy Tales' who faced the challenge of dressing one of the team member as "Chandramukhi"(a celebrated horror movie character in Tamil). The air turned electric as the two chandramukhis, Anitha and Deepthi Aswani, danced for the song "Raa raa", and tried to impress the judges with their classic performance. In the meanwhile, the show was interrupted by a commotion outside the LH gate. The uninvited always-curious 'guys' were trying to grab the girls' attention by honking their cars and bikes, which were parked on the other side of the LH gate. The girls too responded to them by playing the song "Who let the dogs out???" As they retreated to their dens, 'The lost Room' contest resumed.

The final round had intricate questions directed towards each person. Many secrets were unravelled as the questions from the audience were fired at each participant. As the last round turned interesting, a few of PGP1 girls were also pulled on to the road. Then the judges, Valambal, Yazhini, and Pallavi of PGP1 announced the much-awaited results. Room '83' was awarded the 'The Lost Room'. The winners of the contest, Hawaiians received a bowl full of chocolates as the prize, which were shared between everyone. And to end the show, the girls hit the dance floor at 2, which went on till 3 p.m.

The credit goes to both PGP2 and PGP1 for making the show a great success. PGP2 took pains in dressing up for the show and keeping up the spirit throughout. PGP1 worked hard as the show was planned just a day before. Right from purchasing the necessary items for making the bhel puri, to decorating the LH street, high involvement was seen in giving our seniors a pleasant and an enjoyable party, which will be cherished for years to come.

Siya Bonga: BIM21 SAYS GOODBYE

Trichy, 12th April: BIM21 finally leaves the campus today. The batch that will always be remembered for the honors it brought to the Institute. The batch that will always be remembered to have achieved everything what others believed was impossible. The batch that will always be remembered for the friendship and bonding among the batch mates. The batch that will always be remembered for what it was like. The batch that will always be remembered for the Thanksgiving party they threw to their juniors, BIM22. The evening started with some really delicious delicacies that were served in the special tents that were put beside the East End Gardens. Since the evening coincided with the Telugu New Year eve, UGADI, the menu was specially given a spicy tinge.

Sudhan and Indu played the anchors for the evening. The theme for the evening was Siya Bonga, which in Afrikaan means ‘Good Bye’. Dr. Jayasankaran and Dr. T.V. Subramaniam graced the evening. The evening started with each of the lecturers being invited to come up onto the stage and deliver their last lessons to the outgoing batch. While some of them asked the ‘almost managers’ to use what they had learnt in the class room, the others simply bombarded this by referring to these classroom lessons as garbage and asked the outgoing students to be practical and just use common sense. In short, it was a good infotaining session for the audience.

This was followed by the cultural events that were staged by the groups of the students of PGP2. The highlight of the evening was a short 2 minutes dance by Pari, the 4- year-old daughter of Santosh, PGP1 who is visiting her father these days. Audience was also entertained by the dance performances by GK and Group, Spice Girls & DJ and Aparna. The skit performed by the members of ‘EPP’ group tried to add some message to the otherwise masala evening and was widely appreciated. The screening of some videos showing how BIM21 spent its 2 years at campus that were framed by the kalai-com followed this. Videos showing different groups of friends like Mavericks, EPP, Navratnas were shown. The highlight of this screening was the notorious activities of Aruloli that had been captured.

As usual, the evening came to an end with the dance floor. The evening was definitely a memorable one. All credit goes to Kalaicom members who with the help of Messcom members arranged for such a nice party.

Bulletin 2006 - 03 - 28

2006-04-02T16:42:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 28th March, 2006

FINDING NEVERLAND: BIM22 Bids Farewell to BIM21

Trichy, 28th March: Shining girls and glittering guys, all dressed up to find Neverland. Two years ago these 120 odd people had nothing in common, but now they find themselves bound by one single link; the link of affection, the link of memories of many great and some not so great times that they shared during their stint here, the link of a force called ‘BIM’. It was the eve of 16th of March, the eve of farewell when BIM22 officially said ‘bye bye’ to their seniors BIM21.The theme of the event was ‘Finding Neverland’ as chosen by the event managers ‘Kalaikom’ of PGP1. The dress code for the evening was ethnic.

The farewell party started with the usual ‘special’ food in the mess. To start with, Prof. Sundar, Prof. Ramesh, Prof. Raghvendra and Prof. Jawahar wished PGP2 good luck for their future.

Each PGP2 student was given a candle, which got the source of light from Prof. Sundar’s candle. The bonding between the seniors and juniors was staged and the event turned highly nostalgic, as PGP2 handed their light to their PGP1 buddies.

Later, Dharmaraj Sir selected the nominees for the ‘Peter Pan’ & ‘Tinkerbell’ contest. The ‘so-called’ randomly selected couples included ‘Algates’ Algappan MR & ‘Metallica’ Meha lal, Ajoy Kumar & ‘Queen of PRCOM’ Kamatchi, ‘Sensible’ Vasant & ‘Cutie pie’ Kavitha, ‘Aaasthaa Sirrr’ Astha & ‘Syswhiz’ Shantanu and ‘maddy’ Madhu & ‘family’ Sharmitra. After the brief introduction of the couples and a ramp walk, the mementos were presented to the PGP2 students by the PGP1. As PGP2 climbed the podium for receiving the memento, an exclusive song was played in the background for each person, depicting his or her life at ‘BIM’. The best was “Bhaja Govindam’ for Sankar sir’s pet Mani.

This was followed by the distribution of prizes by Sports-com and Fin-club for Yorker 2006 and Yudhvidya 2006 respectively. Meanwhile, to make farewell 2006 more memorable every member of the outgoing batch signed on the pyramid of the ‘Bon Voyage’, which also carried autographs of some of the popular groups.

Then the contest started with 5 rounds where the couples were asked to find original tracks from alternates, answer questions like ‘what is the name of the boy working in ‘OMSHREE’, and anagrams. Before the results were announced, members of PGP 1 entertainmentained the audience with skits and dances.

Finally ‘Sensible’ Vasant and ‘Cutie Pie’ Kavitha were crowned with the ‘Peter Pan’ & ‘Tinkerbell’ titles.

The event ended with the usual, most favored song, ‘Mustafa’, as everyone climbed the stage for a group snap, before hitting the dancefloor. Even though it was a BIM22 show, Kalaikom of BIM21 put their heart and soul into the event and made it a grand success. This event shall be remembered and cherished by BIM21 and BIM22 for years to come.

Bulletin 2006 - 03 - 24

2006-04-02T16:38:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 24th March 2006

BIMites PAINT THEMSELVES IN ‘COLORS OF JOY’

Trichy, 24th March: Colour was the order of the day. The celebrations started in the morning with the music waking up BIMites earlier than usual. The budding managers soon put huge inventories of colours, both dry and wet, to optimal use. ’Unity in Diversity’ was colourfully exemplified, as after an hour of smearing bright powders and squirting coloured water at each other, identification became nearly impossible.

Exhausting hours of playing were followed by some pet-pooja. Everyone’s appetite was satisfied with awesome samosas, rasagullas, kachoris and cool drinks that were served in the afternoon. These celebrations, to some extent, helped many to fulfil their dreams of looking ‘fair & lovely’.

This extravagant but fun filled use of water by the BIMites forced BHEL water board to take up certain actions that they would not do on normal days. The credit goes to the organising team members who whole-heartedly worked towards making the festivities as enjoyable as possible.

Bulletin 2006 - 03 - 19

2006-03-20T00:14:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 19, March 2006

PGP 2: Tour of Kerala

Trichy, 15-03-2006: This year the PGP 2 students of BIM went on a short visit to God’s Own Country. The annual tour this year was from the 1st of March to the 5th. It was a truly exhilarating experience to be part of this amazing group of budding managers on a tour of Kerala.

Watching professionals unwind is not a sight you’re treated to every day. Those four days were a revelation in many ways. On 28th February at around 6.30 pm, a hooting and howling horde of business administrators left the BIM campus in a bus and two vans. Arriving at the Trichy Junction railway station, this multitude of managers flowed into the railway station in a bubbling stream. Their objective of boarding the Tea Garden Express was accomplished with optimal effort. The members of the BIM family were spread out in two coaches and once the journey had started the revelry began. Except for a short break during dinnertime, the incessant activities continued late into the night. Dumb Charades, Antaksharies, Photo Shoots, Chat Sessions and Card Games were some of the activities that kept the BIMites occupied.

The BIMites who made the mistake of going to sleep were woken up at 3.00 am by Manikandan, who was under the mistaken impression that the train would reach Trissur by 3.30 am. The train arrived at the Trissur railway station at around 4.45 am. The BIMites disembarked in their usual casual manner and took a surprisingly short time to assemble on the platform.

The tour organizers had tied up with Panicker’s Travels, a reliable name in tourism, to operate this trip. There were three luxury buses waiting at the Trissur Railway Station. There was a swift rush to get into the buses. The BIMites settled into the buses with their respective gangs and friends. After that the tour organizers made a few preliminary announcements and a check was made to ensure that all the members of the touring party were there. The BIMites, most of whom had been waiting for an opportunity to continue their disturbed slumber, went to sleep and the buses set course for Munnar.

Arriving at the Sree Narayana Tourist Home in Munnar, room allocations were done and the people prepared for the visit to the Dam after a quite hearty breakfast at the S. N. Restaurant. The dam visit was pretty good with many students venturing out into the lake on speedboats. The 40 odd knots the boats did made the most adventurous of them scream with delight and the daredevils were ecstatic when there were heart-stopping turns. Some of the BIMites went for a ride on the more docile and bigger boats.

There were also photo shoots amidst the tea gardens during which some BIMites had the exclusive experience of being driven out by the gardens’ watchmen. After a visit to the Echoing Point, which was cut short by the steadily increasing drizzling, the bunch returned to the restaurant for a very late lunch that was arranged for them by the organizers.

To be specially mentioned during these trips on the mountains in the buses are the human gyroscopes who always remained in horizontal position irrespective of the terrain on which the buses moved. This was an excellent tactic against the new group activity in which a part of the BIM family was engaged in tandem.

That evening there was a campfire organized near the S. N. Tourist Home and all the BIMites participated in the dance party. The highlight of that evening’s dance party was Manikandan’s Magic Moment, which will be long remembered. After a timely dinner, the BIMites went back to sleep. The first day of the tour was cool.

It was during the next day that the BIMites became aware that life in God’s Own Country was not as heavenly as it seemed. The people in Kerala seem to have a very strong belief that if they did not have at least a single bandh or hartal in a week, then it was a week wasted. So the people’s representatives, the people’s leaders and the people treat themselves to regular orgies of general strikes. So in order to make sure that the visiting tourists got a taste of the other face of Kerala, a daylong bandh protesting George Bush’s visit was organized. This resulted in the tour plan being jolted a bit.

Since the BIMites were stuck up in the mountains without anything worthwhile to do, the tour organizers arranged for a trekking expedition to the top of a nearby mountain. Those who were wary of strenuous physical exercise were provided with a jeep to reach the summit. The people who did not go for trekking went for boat rides in the nearby Blossom International Park. The others ventured into Munnar town for some shopping and sightseeing. The entire day was spent in Munnar enjoyably and the organizers ensured that all the people had nothing to complain about. The Cherai Beach Trip was postponed due to the bandh. The buses left Munnar in the evening and moved on to Kochin. The Riyan Hotel was where the students were lodged during their stay in Kochin. The BIMites went to bed after a late dinner. The second day was interesting.

The third day of the tour was in many ways the most eagerly awaited. The visit to Veegaland, one of the anchors of the tour plan, was on the third day. The students started early from the Riyan Hotel. Even before starting, the hero of BIM 21 Manikandan caused enormous consternation to the hotel administration by getting himself locked inside the hotel elevator during a power cut. After the successful rescue operation, the relieved BIMites left for Veegaland. The short ride to the theme park was uneventful. Once the touring party reached the place, tickets were bought for all the people and quite a few people missed the half-ticket mark (in height) very narrowly.

The whole day was one fun filled frolic. All the people enjoyed the dry rides, such as the dashing cars, the double twist, the flying boat and the space gun. Even some who were afraid to try these rides tried them out and came out happy. The water games held more fascination for all the BIMites. After around 12.00 am, almost all the BIMites were in the pools. The rapid river was the favourite ride and many of the people went in them more than thrice. Those who wanted thrills went in for the riskier rides. Even there, the genius of the BIMites was apparent when they did a massive advertising exercise forming a huge human chain in the pool. There was a minor ruckus when Varmakalai Varadarajan, a student council representative, displayed his negotiating prowess using tactics that highlighted his soft skills. On the whole, the day was memorable and elated the spirits of the BIMites.

That evening when the BIMites returned from Veegaland, some of them wanted to do some shopping in Kochin and went to M. G. Road. The roads became deserted after 9.00 pm and there was a short downpour which made thing worse. It proved to be a night of adventure for quite a few people who ventured out into Kochin. All the people made it safely back to Riyan Hotel.

The next morning, the people packed up their things and went out into Kochin for shopping, sightseeing, boating and just loafing around. In the afternoon, the party except for a few explorers went to Chirai Beach. They had fun and played games on the beach. After 7.00 pm, the people came to the Ernakulam Junction railway station. The Tea Garden Express picked up the entire group. The return journey to Trichy was also fun-filled. The BIMites were given interesting tips on social responsibility by a friendly railway guard. The games and music went on for quite some time.

The BIMites reached Trichy at around 6.00 am on the 5th of March. Two vans were arranged to transport the exhausted but ecstatic group back to campus. Thus ended the PGP 2 Tour. It was an immensely enjoyable experience that will be remembered by all the people who went for the tour. The tour organizers deserve thanks and praise for the way in which the entire trip was planned, organized and executed.

Bulletin 2006 - 03 - 16

2006-03-20T00:09:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 16, March 2006

BIM Lifts ET in the Classroom Quiz Title

Trichy, 16th March: Quizzing has always been to BIM what soccer is to Brazil. And this action packed season was no exception. Another fluorescent feather was added to the cap when our team yet again won the Trichy edition of the ET Classroom Business Quiz 2006. When it comes to professional quizzes, it doesn’t get bigger than this for the quizzing fraternity of Trichy. The ET Quiz is a veritable giant among quiz contests – one of the biggest of its kind in the whole of India. Muthupalaniappan N, PGP1 and Sathiaseelan, PGP2 waved their magic wand once again in the ET quiz after a few days of their visit to the national finals of the TATA Crucible.

On March the 7th, Bishop Heber campus was filled with 300 and odd teams, of which only six teams, made it to the podium. The teams included two teams each from BIM and NIT, one each from SACE and Thiyagaraja College, Madurai. Heaps of pressure was built as the quiz went on. There was a tie between three teams, after a tough tussle BIM claimed the crown. The other team of BIM Ashwin Nayan Rai and Arun Kumar G both of PGP2 came fourth with just a few points down the stream.

This is the third consecutive time that BIM is gleaming with this title. The sweet fruit has been borne out of sheer hard work by the BIMites. Hats off to you guys!!

Time for the other 'E T' now

Trichy, 16th March: We might have come across the term ‘Equilibrium’ thousands of times in our lives. Be it in Sciences or Arts or any other study for that matter. We have always known it as a ‘state’ or a ‘noun’. However, the recent lecture by Dr.Prateep V. Philip, IPS the respected Police Commissioner of Trichy District. He gave insights into how the same phrase could be used and understood as an adjective - no it was not about Grammar, but about the most sought after, thought provoking and insightful concept called 'Equilibrium Thinking'.

The folks in the hall were unaware of this topic initially and thought that the special lecture by the IPS would be on facing life and the unavoidable circumstances it poses and also expected to be presented with some clips from his real life experience regarding the same. But to everyone's awe and surprise, this was a concept which was never heard of and which was out of the box and conceptualized by Dr. Philip himself. The lecture took off with the introduction of ET, put in simple words, blend of equilibrium and thinking, either of which is usually missing when people think and act. The presenter, whose fluent simple style held every one of us spell bound, very well elucidated how Equilibrium could be achieved and practiced. Appropriate examples from his real life experience and quotations of eminent personalities helped the concept to get imbibed into the minds of the folks.

The concept of ET revolves around the basic self, values, thoughts, attitudes and behaviour. According to the latest version of the 80:20 principle, people at best use only 20 percent of their mental capacity and the rest of 80 percent is unutilized. How to go about utilizing the available capacity to the optimum? Well, conditioning - that is meditating or telling mind consciously on a continuous basis about what you want to do, can do it. Interesting? The more intriguing thing was on how one could practice it. So, stick on...The importance of creativity, spirituality and perseverance was well portrayed in form of the equation:

HQ = IQ + EQ + SQ + PQ
(High Quality) =(Imagination+ Emotional+ Spiritual+ Persistence) Quotients

It was also told that principles played a pivotal role in shaping an individual and these were the ones, which gave an individual his or her freedom, power, security and wisdom. Following the inquisitive queries of the students, a few minutes were spent on distinguishing wisdom from knowledge.

In the whole process, there were these two phrases prevailing in the minds of the entire audience; 'Be at it' and 'Beat it’, which have eventually acquired popularity with the folks. These phrases explain about acquiring and enhancing positive thoughts and behaviour and reducing and overcoming negative thoughts and behaviour. Other learning included the examination of different types of personalities based on how people use their five senses and to what extent. According to the personality types, people can be visual, auditory or kinesthetic. The concept of 'Be at it' - be persistent in doing positive things and 'Beat it' - overcome negative things was beautifully woven with examples and explained. The students even had a glimpse of how to practice this. All of them along with Dr. Philip repeated an example phrase ' be calm, Beat anger' for a couple of minutes. The session was really good and students are looking forward to more of those.

‘COM’ Crunches

ZETETICA

The ‘cake’ committee has of late has been quite busy with celebrating birthdays. In fact, a few of the students have started associating the committee with Birthday Bumps and the rotten eggs. However, the action has been missing on other fronts like the Manthan Series of mock GDs that the committee conducted with the support of Students Council during the last trimester. The sessions were really good and were widely appreciated. Also missing is the HR magazine that the committee came up with in the first trimester. As they say, ‘Form is temporary, Class is permanent’; everyone’s waiting for the committee to regain its lost form.

Bulletin 2006 - 03 - 04

2006-03-06T01:47:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 04, March 2006

Orkut: BIM’s Newly Acquired Obsession

Trichy, 4th March: BIM has been experiencing a new revolution, which has in a very short time engulfed the whole campus. Definitely, this finds sync with emerging trend of emphasis on Relationships in Management. And like always, the students here have extended a very warm welcome to the new trend. Our research team has been working with complicated software packages like SPSS and Crystal Ball to study and analyze the new trend and has come out with many startling findings.

Students have shown very high degrees of indulgence with average per capita time spent on Orkut being at least 25 minutes per day. The BIM community, already boasting a membership of 120, stands to gain maximum due to the revolution. Orkut has also provided the much-needed platform for the BIMites to showcase their creativity (in profiles) and coolness (in albums). The students frequently indulge in exchanging fans, testimonials and legends among themselves. This has resulted in many records being broken everyday. 100% trusty, 100% cool and 100% sexy ratings, that otherwise are a near impossibility, have been achieved by many of the BIMites without much trouble & the ratings keep on growing.

Some critics of the new revolution have pointed out the detrimental effects of excessive indulgence shown by the students. They claim ‘It has become a part of life for these people who tend to show irritation and other such behaviours on the non-accessibility of the network.’ But, whatever they may say, for the time being, it’s the ORKUT way for BIMites.

Thanda Matlab ‘Om Shree’ Juice Centre

Trichy, 4th March: Hotdogs, hamburgers, ice cream, lemonade, watermelon ... sandals, sunburns, parks and beaches, all these are surely not even in the vicinity of BIM but nothing to worry till we have our good old “OM SHREE”. It has started off with a fresh juice stall to quench the thirst of starving BIMites who earlier had no other option except the monotonic lemonade otherwise served in the mess. It’s now refreshing to have cool drink after a long drive from MHD in the scorching sun, that too for a fair deal of 10 bucks. Summer time isn't all about eating, but it can seem like it sometimes!

‘COM’ Crunches

STUDENTS COUNCIL

Well, student’s council works beyond changing examination schedules and negotiating for holidays. There are new exclusive reading rooms in the Hostels. It is situated in the Warden’s room for the guys and in an unoccupied apartment for the girls.

The students had the pressure of updating themselves in the busy tight schedule, where in they couldn’t access the library at unearthly hours. So our elected delegates plunged into action and convinced the management how deprived we were without the books after 8. So came the idea of the reading room, now flooded with almost all the magazines subscribed for the library. Also now the library is open, even on Sundays to quench our knowledge thirst too. And the Owl of Minerva keeps on hooting at BIM!!!!

Bulletin 2006 - 02 - 23

2006-02-23T19:20:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 23, February, 2006

BIM Family Rocks in Bangalore

Special Feature By
Mr. Hari (BIM15), Mr. Prasanna (BIM19), Ms. Sowparnika (BIM19) & Mr. Sakthi Kumar (BIM20)

Bangalore, 20-02-2006: What an evening it turned out to be... We had around 115 alumni attending the BIM Alumni Get-together in Bangalore on February 18th, 2006. It was an expectedly huge turnout with representation from almost all batches. Most of the alumni had brought their families along.

At the outset, we would like to thank Dr. Sriram for taking part in this fun event along with us, Sharing his BIM moments, taking part in games and even blindfolding himself to take part in one of the games. While addressing everyone, he happily said, "I am also a BIM alumnus".

We thank our director, Prof. M. Sankaran, for taking his day off to be with us and taking us through his memories, both as an alumnus and as the director of the institute.

We had around 10 games, classified into group games, individual games, games for the couples & games for the kids.

We started the evening with an Ice Breaker game where we were divided into groups (with coloured bands in our hands), focussed on winning the prizes, getting to know the senior / junior in the team, making friends, having animated conversations with little kids... we could see them all :-). There were batch wise introductions with many of the classmates, meeting each other after a long time.

The event started by 6 PM and went on till 11 PM. The dance floor was open soon after the dinner by 8 PM and soon we could see how all BIMites missed BIM. Guys, gals, Kids, couples, everyone started dancing on and on and on! The DJ kept us jumping to his tunes with tracks from Hindi, Tamil, English and Telugu songs.

There were groups of alumni helping themselves to the food and catching up with their friends after a long time. They would come in to dance for their favourite tunes (Old memories die hard :-)) and then go back to continue their chat.

It’s difficult to describe the events on that evening, but it turned out to be one of the best evenings for the BIM alumni at Bangalore with huge representation across the industry and across the batches, everyone could feel proud to be associated with this group.

We had arranged for sponsors for this event. Ford Motors, Reebok, Standard Chartered & DNA Football (a start-up from the 19th batch alumni) had sponsored this get together. Above all this, we had an excellent support from the present Alumni Association Office bearers. Thanks Jose, Sudhakar, GnanaPrakash...!!!

One of the greatest outcomes of this event, we were able to track a lot of BIM alumni across Bangalore, who were missing in the action for a long time. Some of you might be surprised to know that one of your classmates is here. Do drop in a mail with your contact details to one of us (contact details below) and we will send you the details of your class mates.

Let’s have more such events in the future to bring us more as a family and work for a common cause...BIM!

Cheers,

Hari - 15th batch: hari@utiventurefunds.com
Prasanna - 19th batch: spprasu@yahoo.co.in
Sowparnika - 19th batch: sowparnika.babu@caritor.com
Sakthi Kumar - 20th batch: sakthi.kumar@symphonysv.com

Bulletin 2006 - 02 - 21

2006-02-22T12:32:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 21, February, 2006

Health Management – new buzzword in LH!!!

Trichy, 18-02-2006: After enough of persuasion of the management by the members of SportsCom, the new Gymnasium in the BIM Ladies Hostel has come into place. Hats off to SportsCom and to the lasses of BIM for the zeal and enthusiasm shown by them.

Surely, Girls Yearn for Management (GYM), depicting the contemporary nature of the new age woman. Once again proving the age-old saying, ‘Healthy mind in Healthy body’, girls in the Ladies Hostel have started working-out right from the next day of the arrival of the equipment.

This Gym boasts of modern equipment, which are about eight in number. The training campaign is being taken care of by the one and only Nandini Perumal, popularly known as Nandy and as per the latest information, there are quite a number of girls who are following this instructor to make themselves fit and fine.

Not heavy weight champions, but expectations are high on that this new GYM will definitely be successful in serving its purpose. And of course there are no gains without pains.

This newly established GYM is yet to be inaugurated officially by our beloved Director and that golden moment is eagerly awaited.

Once a Student, Now an Inspiration

Trichy, 19-02-2006: One of our most favoured alumni, Mr. Raja Shanmugam, VP of Testing and Practice, Mindtree, was back on campus. Needing no introduction, he started off with his agenda of the day, a two hour long counselling session on “Careers in the IT Sector”. He quickly took us (PGP- I) through a roller coaster ride of the career path he took, from the day he stepped out of BIM. He shared the burden of enlightening us with his colleague, Mr. Chetan Raj, who told us how he started of as an apprentice in Taj and ended up as a Senior HR executive in Mindtree.

Although, he ended up shattering the hearts of the hardcore finance guys, that there wasn’t much for them to do in IT industry other than the business analyst role, Mr. Raja ended the session answering a few questions posed by the anxious students.

‘COM’ Crunches

Trichy, 20-02-2006: This column will feature the initiatives taken by various Committees selected, elected, & which were expected to perish exponentially with time, but have survived to merit an exclusive column in BNA.

BisMarc
The creators of the Great War of BIM, Bismarc, assures ‘New sense Guaranteed’ through their everyday news bits of BIZBUZZ, featuring the outside world rumblings. Initially premièred five minutes before the class with apparently no audience, the organisers have finally found out a solution to the problem. The recent versions of the event were timed during the breaks, and were successful in waking BIMites from their one hour long deep slumber. Some amount of brainstorming happens after the BIZBUZZ as the “LOGON” tries to squeeze the little bit of RAM BIMites have in their heads to guess the logo as each box opens up. Keep up the good work, guys!!!

Hoping for the continuous support,
The New BNA Team.

Bulletin 2006 - 02 - 18

2006-02-18T03:17:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 18, February, 2006

Yudha Vidhya 2006 Final Day

Trichy, 15-02-2006: It was a day of surprises for the participants of Yudha Vidhya 2006. After the heady experience of handling lakhs of rupees, managing mammoth corporates, building and acquiring assets worth tons of money and making decisions affecting entire industries, the participants of Yudha Vidhya came back to mundane real world affairs with no visible hangovers.

The students of PGP 1 who participated in this business simulation game were all of the unanimous opinion that Yudha Vidhya was a really interesting and entertaining avenue of learning. The organizers were also happy that the objective of this activity had been attained. There is another event, BIMEX, scheduled to start after the mid-term examinations. This Stock Market simulation game is also expected to provide a satisfying learning experience.

On day 1, there were 19 teams. After the elimination rounds on the first day, the top 10 teams were selected. Kriya was on top in day 1. They went into the final day as the favourites to win the title. On the final day, the 10 teams were put through gruelling simulations of eight quarters.

The day started off with the Director, Prof. M. Sankaran and Dr. Y. Lakshman Kumar addressing the finalists. Then the teams were allotted seating positions and new names. The final day’s quarters saw a see-saw contest in progress.

Each quarter’s result was announced before the start of the next quarter. Every quarter produced a different team enjoying a slight lead over the others. The students also participated in this contest with utmost professionalism. One of the teams even designed a corporate logo and displayed it on their team’s worksheets. The excellent work done by Dimpi Tejani of team Six Sigma was widely appreciated.

In the end it turned out to be a close finish. Team Kriya consistently outperformed its competitors and kept bettering market expectations. Kriya ran into difficulties when two of its five members had to retire citing poor health. But their gritty determination and their consultant saw them through. The effort of all the teams was laudable. A few teams also had bitter experiences when human error on the part of the organizers led to their falling out of the lead. The BNA congratulates the winners.

The enterprising FinClub members of PGP 1 who were part of the organizing team worked hard to make it a memorable event. They also learnt a lot about event management and crisis handling. They deserve to be specially congratulated. The PGP 2 members of FinClub who actively involved themselves in the conduct of the event in spite of a tight schedule also need to be specially thanked for providing the juniors with the fulfilling experience of participating in a competition and completing it without any hitches.

Bulletin 2006 - 02 - 15

2006-02-15T02:49:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 15, February, 2006

BIM Alumni Meet in Bangalore

Trichy, 14-02-2006: Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy prides itself on its illustrious alumni who are among the choicest Crown Jewels of the corporate world. It is indeed a glad occasion when all these lustrous personalities come together. Such a delightful occurrence will happen on the 18th of February, 2006. The BIM Alumni Association has planned a gala fest this Saturday in Bangalore.

The venue for the alumni meet on the 18th of February is the Hotel Canopy in Bangalore. The hotel is located on the 2nd floor of Utility Buildings on MG Road. The revelry is scheduled to start at 5.30 pm in the evening and is expected to go up to 10.00 pm in the night.

Around 130 to 150 members of the BIM family who had the privilege of passing through the portals of this magnificent institution are expected to participate in this alumni meet along with their families. The organizers of this meet have taken special efforts to make sure that this remains an unforgettable memory for all the participants. In addition to the huge number of BIMites currently living and working in Bangalore, people from other locations are also invited to participate in this weekend extravaganza.

The organizers have taken care to make sure that not only the BIMites but also their families enjoy the evening out. Special programmes for the entire family including games for the children, a dance party for the adults, music to suit the nostalgic mood and a professional DJ combined together definitely promise a fun-filled evening for all. It will give the spouses of the BIMites a chance to experience for one evening the heavenly times we all enjoyed at BIM. On the whole, the programme promises to be wholesome entertainment.

In addition to the alumni, the BIM Alumni Network has also ensured that the Director of BIM, Prof. M. Sankaran and other faculty will be there on the 18th of February to celebrate the grand reunion of juniors and seniors. This camaraderie of the BIM family will definitely cement the bond of love and respect that holds all of us together.

For all of these, the event organizers in Bangalore need the support of the BIM Community. The organizers include Mr. S. P. Prasanna, Mr. Hari Krishnan, Ms. Sowparnika Babu and Mr. Sakthi Kumar. The expenses for the alumni meet will be covered through sponsorships obtained from various corporates. The wholehearted collaboration of the BIM family is expected to make this happen and to ensure that this event is a huge success. For all related enquiries, interested BIMites who can help are requested to contact Mr. Hari Krishnan of the 15th Batch. His mobile phone number is 98450 88010. His email address is hari@utiventurefunds.com.

The Official Invitation and the Sponsorship Form are available on the BNA website as part of the Bulletin 2006 - 02 - 15 in pdf format.

Bulletin 2006 - 02 - 13

2006-02-13T01:27:00.000+05:30

OnliNews 13, February, 2006

Yudha Vidhya 2006

Trichy, 12-02-2006: It is during the last trimester of the academic year that the most interesting things happen on campus. In accordance with this unwritten rule, the FinClub of BIM started the Yudha Vidhya 2006 Business Simulation Game for the members of BIM 22 today.

There were 19 teams from PGP 1 comprising a maximum of 6 members per team. The enthusiastic participation was a shot in the arm for the organizers. It was evident from the professional way in which the inaugural session was handled that a great deal of planning had gone into the preparations for this event. The complex process was flawlessly executed.

Yudha Vidhya 2006 was inaugurated by the Director, Prof. M. Sankaran in a brief ceremony. In his address to the gathered students, the director emphasized that it was in events like Yudha Vidhya, BIMEX and MarWar that the students actually had a chance to implement the theoretical knowledge they had gathered. He said that such practical application of thoughts and ideas would definitely stand them in good stead when the students went out into the competitive business environment.

After the Director’s speech, Hemant Sethia, FinClub member of PGP 2, made a detailed presentation to the audience about the event. He covered the required ground exhaustively. Then the teams were announced and the first day’s materials were distributed to the teams. A sample of what was expected of the teams was explained to the PGP 1 members. Then followed a question-answer session where the questions raised by the participants were answered by the event organizers.

After that, the teams were moved over to the classrooms where the appropriate seating arrangements for the teams had already been made. There they started on the work for the day. Most of the teams made use of laptop computers while a few had scientific calculators as their only aid. After an interesting session, Kriya was announced as the winner for the day.

A Brief History of the BIM News Agency

2006-02-12T14:10:00.000+05:30

The BIM News Agency is the news network that provides the alumni of Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy with campus updates. Its activities encompass the coverage of campus happenings, committee activities, student profiles and other BIM related events. It helps the alumni to rekindle memories, relive BIM and keep in touch with life in BIM.

The BIM News Agency was born on April 2, 2005. It started off as a free newsletter to the 21st Batch of students in Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy. After a few months, the enormous potential of this new tool was realized. On August 8, 2005, there was a paradigm shift in policy and the BNA became a subscription based news service for alumni from all batches of BIM. From then there has been no turning back. Today, the BNA reaches BIMites from Batch 1 to Batch 22.

The alumni response to the BNA has been really good. They are all appreciative of the good work being done. They also love to hear from their alma mater. The administration of Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy has been very appreciative.