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Volume : 8 Issue : 2 May-June 2017

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AIM organized an Orientation Programme titled'mPOWER' for its new batch students (2017 -

2019) in association with 'Vertical Eye' - a popularTraining & Development organization based at Nilgiris.The learning focus areas and methodologies weredesigned in consultation with the college placementcell and the programme addressed the diverse aspectsof management education and the corporateexpectations, in order to build the skills required formanagement students to achieve peak performancein their career and life.

The programme began on 20 June, 2017 with theWelcome Address by Dr. Geo Jos Fernandez, Dean,AIM and an Introductory Talk by the placement team.The class was divided into groups and they were takenthrough numerous activities by the resource personsin terms of ice breaking for blasting the mind blocksand removing the limiting beliefs of the students. Then

mPOWER @ AIM

the participants were made aware of various barriersto effective communication, with an emphasis onspoken English, presentation and public speaking skillsand appropriate body language. The program alsofocused on building qualities of a successfulmanagement professional, positive attitude,leadership, team work, confidence building, reading,resume building, etc. using methodologies like Groupactivities, Management Games, Theatre basedexperiential learning, and Role plays.

All the participants were felicitated with a Certificate;and the Team 'Ignite' emerged as the Champion team.Its members Ms. Niya Eddin, Ms. Jeena George, Ms.Ummu Kulzoom, Ms. Elizabeth Teema, Mr. PrannavPadmanabhan and Mr. Akshay were recognized with aMedal for their outstanding performance. Mr. Sudhir S.secured the 'Best Performer' award and Mr. John Josewas adjudged as 'Mr. mPOWER' of the 4-day programme.

Glimpses of mPower 2017

World Elders Abuse Awareness Day Observed @ AIM

The Rotract club of AIM and HelpAge India jointlyorganised a Poster Designing competition on 14 June

2017 in connection with 'World Elders Abuse AwarenessDay'. Mr. Bimal Thankachan and Ms. Ann Maria Sunny,volunteers of HelpAge India coordinated the competitionwith Ms. Dlisha Azeez and Ms. Amila Alex (President andsecretary of Rotract Club of AIM), The third semester MBAstudents participated in the competition with the theme"AGEISM".

On 15 June 2017 observed the world over as 'WorldElders Abuse Awareness Day', our students alsoparticipated in a Signature Campaign in support of the

above cause. Fr. Joesph Sherin, Asst. Manager, St. Albert'sCollege and Dr. Sadanandan Vice Principal, St. Albert'sCollege spoke on the necessity of voicing our oppositiontowards the abuse and suffering inflicted on the oldergenerations. The prizes of the Poster DesigningCompetition were distributed to Ms. Gopu Prakash, Ms.Riya Jose and Ms. Nayana Vinod, who had secured first,second and third positions respectively.

Prize winners with the dignitaries

Students @ Signature campaign

Seminar on Insurance Marketing

The Insurance Institute of Ernakulam conducted aNational seminar on 'Emerging Trends in Insurance

Marketing' at The International Hotel, Kochi on 20 June2017. The talk was on creating awareness about theupcoming products and trends in the Insurance Sector,changes that may take place as a result of GST and alsosuggested feasible measures for improving the sector. Thesession was addressed by Mr. Randeep Singh, Chief

General Manager, IRDA and Mr. P. Rajagopal, SecretaryGeneral of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai. Ms.Sherin Joshy, Ms. Jahnavi Viswanath, Ms. Nayana Vinod,Ms. Maria Rose Agnes, and Ms. Maria Philip, Students ofThird semester MBA along with their faculty member Mr.Nidhin Johny, attended the seminar, which was sponsoredby Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.

More Albertians Secure Placement Offers

May and June turned out to be very eventfulmonths for the passing out Albertians in terms of

their major project and campus placement. 'Bajaj AllianzGeneral Insurance Company' visited the AIM campus andMr. Denny P. D., Mr. Rohith R. and Mr. Davis Thomas wereselected as Executive Trainees; Mr. Jojy Antony waswaitlisted. Other students who received job offers were

Ms. Maria Goretti from 'Uber', Mr. John P. J. from 'HDBFinancial Services', Mr. Vishnu M. from 'Sterling HolidayResorts' and Ms. Binsu Raju from 'Kerala Matrimony'.The students were also given opportunities in afew other noted organizations like Decathlon, DCBooks, Abad Builders, Geojit Financial Services and OyoRooms.

Round Table meeting with Shri. Akhilesh Mishra(The Ambassador of India to Maldives)

FICCI Kerala State Council has arranged a roundtable meeting with Shri. Akhilesh Mishra ,The

Ambassador of India to Maldives with the President/VicePresident of affiliated Chambers and Trade Bodies of FICCI,invitees from key selected sectors such as tourism, touroperations, education, health care, film industry and theoverall general trade to Maldives on 16 June 2017. Thediscussion focused on existing bilateral trade betweenIndia and Maldives, and also on how to accelerateinvestments, joint ventures, and business venturesbetween these two countries in these sectors. Dr. Geo JosFernandez, representing the education sector hasdiscussed the possibilities of collaboration of education

Round Table meeting with the Ambassadorsector in India with the Ministry of Education of Maldivesand with the universities in Maldives. During thisinteraction, the Ambassador has offered all necessarysupport to FICCI, the business community and to therepresentatives for the promotion of trade and investment.

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RBI Seminar on Monetary Policy

The Department of Economic and Policy Research,Reserve Bank of India conducted a seminar on 9

June 2017 at Hotel PGS Vedanta, Kaloor. The talk wasdelivered by Dr. Janak Raj, Principal Advisor, MonetaryPolicy Department of RBI on the topic 'Monetary Policy-Recent Developments'. Mr. Raj discussed about theMonetary Policy in India, Monetary Policy Transmission(MPT), Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) and InflationForecast Targeting (IFT). Third Semester students Mr.Arun Menon, Mr. Hrishikesh Nandakumar, Mr. AlbinScaria and Mr. Binoj M attended the seminar with ourfaculty member Mr. Jose William. Our students at the RBI Seminar

Interaction with 'Bajaj Allianz' Officials

AIM provided an opportunity for its thirdsemester students to interact with certain key

officials of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.,at the AIM campus. Mr. Senthil Raj - Zonal Sales Head,Ms. Divya Shukla - HR Manager and Mr. Jithesh G. -Area Agency Manager addressed the group anddeliberated on various trends in the financial andinsurance industries. They also advised the studentsto take up internships so as to have an idea of howthe business world works. The given opportunity waswell utilised by the students to clarify their doubtson corporate expectations, best practices, etc.Bajaj Alliance delegates addressing our students

Seminar @ KMA'My country, My Vision, & our Social Start-ups'

was the topic that was discussed by Mr. P.Vijayan IPS, Inspector General of Police, Kochi rangein the evening lecture series of KMA held atManagement House, Panampilly Nagar on 20 June2017. In his discourse on the various issues that affectthe Indian mentality towards start-ups, he told thecrowd that many of the well-known institutions inthe world today are headed by Indians. Mr. Vijayan'scommunity initiatives are many and he gave a pictureof how persons can be involved in social start-ups.

His community initiatives include a police call centreat Kozhikode, Pink autos programme inThiruvananthapuram for safe travel by women. He isalso an initiator of "Punyam Poonkavanam" - a projectto promote cleansing of waste at Sabarimala. He hasalso set up a Traffic Safety and Learning centre atThrissur and School protection groups. Mr. SajeevC. S. faculty member and the students Mr. Binoj M.,Mr. Arun Menon M., Mr. Seyyid Faiz P. M., Mr.Hrishikesh N., and Mr. Albin Scaria attended thelecture.

Academic Retreat @ St.Albert's College

St. Albert's College organized 'To Transform & ToLead, an Academic Retreat and Strategic Planning

Programme for its faculty members from 26 - 27 May,2017. The programme was inaugurated by Very Rev.Msgr Mathew Kallingal, Vicar General, Archdioceseof Verapoly at Ashir Bhavan where the first 2 days ofthe programme was conducted. Eminentpersonalities like Dr. Jayekar Chellaraj, FormerPrincipal, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, Dr. SabuThomas, Professor, Dept. of Polymer Technology, MGUniversity, Kottayam, Sri. T. P. Sreenivasan IFS (Retd)

Environment day Celebrated @ AIM

Albertain Institute of Mangement CelebratedWorld Environment Day this year by planting a

fruit tree in its premises. The Tree was planted bynoted environmentalist Prof. SitaramanSankaranarayana Iyer, in the presence of ManagerRev. Fr. Antony Arackal, Dean. Dr. Geo Fernandez,Students, and faculty members. Later Prof. Sitaramanenlightened the students on the need for

The chief guest planting the sapling Prof. Sitaraman addressing the students

The Rotary club of Cochin East and Soukyam Project of Kerala Government jointly donated hearing aidsfor those suffering from hearing loss on 3 June 2017. The programme was inaugurated by Sri. Hibi EdenMLA and Ms. Amila Alex, Ms. Dilsha Azeez and Ms. Sarangi T. belonging to Rotaract club of AIM attendedthe programme.

& Former Head of the Council for Higher Educationof the state of Kerala shared their thoughts during thesessions. The final day of the retreat was held at 'Islandde Kochi', a resort near Vallarpadam. The programme

became an ideal venue for serious deliberationsregarding the various strategic plans to be charted forthe college as a whole as well as for the differentdepartments for the upcoming academic year.

KMA Diamond Jubilee And Award Night

The students of Albertian Institute ofManagement, attended the Diamond Jubilee and

Annual Award Night conducted by KeralaManagement Association (KMA) on 23 June 2017 atLe Meridien Convention Centre. The Chief Guest ShriA.C. Moideen, Honorable Minister of Industry andSports, Government of Kerala inaugurated thefunction and also gave away the awards to thewinners. The key note address was given byAmbassador Dr. Deepak Vohra, Special Advisor to thePrime Minister, Lesotho and Guinea-Bissau, SpecialAdvisors to Ladakh Autonomous Hill DevelopmentCouncils, Leh and Kargil. It was an evening ofrecognition and accomplishments. While the winnersbasked in the glory of accolades showered uponthem, the audience carried home the winning cluesand success stories of the night's stars. Mr. DeepakVohra made a presentation on how India changedafter Independence. Our students - Ms. JhanaviVishwanath, Ms. Rubiya Robert, Ms. Maria Philip,

Ms. Maria Rose Agnes, Ms. Susmitha P. G.,Ms. Suhana S.S., Ms. Sherin Joshy, Mr. Arun Menon,Mr. Hrishikesh Nandakumar, Mr. Jissmon George,Mr. Mohammed Saaki, Mr. Praveen P. Varghese andMr. Amal John accompanied by the faculty memberMr. Jose William attended the event.

Aim Students at the KMA Award Night

interventions in our environment as the situation wasgoing out of control in many areas across the world.He told the students about his efforts in protectingthe river Periyar. He highlighted the dangers of sandmining and the steps that should be taken to preventthem. The session was an enriching experience for thestudents.