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Vijnan - Quarterly news letter published by Bhavan's Royal Institute of ManagementChief editor: Prof. (Dr). Rajagopala Nair, Editor-in-charge: Deepa Unnithan. For private circulation only

Noble thoughts, is the leadership lecture seriesfeaturing inspirational corporate leaders who

share a set of discourses on practical contemporarymanagement with students.

The year 2019had a remarkableopening of thelecture series withan exceptionalsession by Sri.Dinesh P. Thampi, V.P. & Delivery Head- Tata ConsultancyServices(TCS), andPresident KMA. The

topic was 'Corporate Readiness - Life Beyond Campus'.Sri. Thampi accentuated the need of certain key traitsneeded for management aspirants like observation,technology savvy and design. He also thrusted the

Noble Thoughts-Lecture Seriesaptitude for life longlearning. Developmentof social attributes anda strong value systemare quintessential forthe corporate progress.He also urged studentsto create a mindset to accept failures fast as well asadapt fast. In the interactive session, Sri. Thampielaborated on the application of blockchaintechnology in practical business and patiently clearedthe queries raised by students. By the end of thesession, Sri. Dinesh P. Thampi offered students a livelearning opportunity through visiting the TCS campus.

The gracious presence of our Chairman Sri.Venugopal C. Govind, Chairman - BVB, added valueto the session as his encouraging words stimulatedstudents to be oriented towards the lecture in anenthused and focused manner.

Inauguration of 2019-20 Bhavan's NIPM StudentChapter was held on 30th Jan.2019 in the presence

NIPM Student Chapter Inaugurationof leading luminaries from the field of HR in theState. Dr. K. Anilkumar, Vice Chairman, NIPM Kerala,Dr. A. J. Augustine, Sr. General Manager, HR, KMRLand Hon. Addl. Secretary, NIPM, Kerala, Ms. JayaJacob Alexander, Head (HR), Geojit Financial ServicesLtd. & EC Member, NIPM, and Mr. Anand A. S., Asst.Manager(HR & IR), Sud-Chemie India Ltd. & ECMember, NIPM blessed the occasion with theirpresence and pearls of wisdom.

A renowned quiz master, our Dean, Prof (Dr.) Rajagopala Nairconducting a quiz programme at Nirmala College

Bhavan's Team was privileged as the invited attendees in theBudget Discussion & Analysis by Cochin Chamber of Commerce

and Industry.

Ms. Aswathy Mohan, Asst. Professor, participated in the SecondIIMA-INDAM Research Workshop titled 'Management Research inthe Indian Context: Opportunities and Challenges' from January

4th -6th, 2019 in IIM Ahmedabad campus.

As part of Bhavan's commitment to ensure holisticdevelopment of students, a parents' day was

organized at the campus. The meet was marked byactive participation by parents who viewed it as anopportunity to connect with faculties and friends oftheir wards.

Parents' Day

1. Mr. Girish S. Pathy, Asst.Professor, presented a fullyfunded paper titled - "Mapping theperception of customers of post-liberalisation generation towardssymbolic values of gold' at theconference on Gold and Goldmarkets organised by India GoldPolicy Centre - IIM-A on February2019 at New Delhi.

2. Ms. Aswathy Mohan, Asst.Professor presented a paper titled "A Study on theeffect of Organization Culture on CorporateGovernance: Mediating role of Ethical leadership "inthe Second IIMA-INDAM Research Workshop.

3. Mr. Girish S Pathy, Asst. Professor published a papertitled "Study on preference of post and Pre-

Liberalisation Generationwomen towards forms ofphysical gold" inInternational Journal ofCurrent Advanced Research.

Faculty Presentations & Publications4. Ms. Aswathy Mohan, Asst. Professor published aresearch paper titled,"impact of corporategovernance on sustainability and outreach ofmicrofinance institutions: empirical evidence fromindia" published in Vol.8, Issue-11, November 2018,issue of Academicia: An InternationalMultidisciplinary Research Journal (ISSN: 2249-7137).

The students who had undertaken a live projecton location based customer analysis for McDonald's presented their findings to the company'spanel who appreciated the students for theirmeticulous research findings and conduct.

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The Annual Sports Meet, Ira-2019 was held on 2nd

February 2019 with zeal and enthusiasm. Theinter-house competitions was dynamic with activeparticipation from staff and students.

The Sports Meet culminated with a "Run for aCause" on the theme of the year," Health for all and

Ira'19-Annual Sports Meet & Run for a Cause

'Prajna-2019' the arts day of the Institution was ashowcase which celebrated the students' artistic

talent from a diverse range of genres; includingmusic, poetry, theatre, visual art etc. Film actressMs. Anjali Nair, a famed Cine artist in Malayalam filmindustry inaugurated the arts day. Prizes for thevarious competitions conducted as part of Prajna-

Prajna-2019 : Arts day

2019 was distributed. Team Velocita won the overalltrophy and Ms.Lakshmi Sadanandan of 1st MBA andMs. Jubiya Romwald of 2nd MBA year were adjudgedthe individual best performers of the arts daycompetitions. The vigour of creativity and talentsexhibited by students enthralled the audience.

Chairman’s interaction with the students

Bhavan's team of 1st year students, NayantharaMangatt, Akhil. V., Vysakh S. and Anagha M. P. won1st runner up position in Marketing Gameconducted as part of the management fest at KMMCollege.

Congratulations

Mr. Evin Sebastian, 1st MBAwas recognised as one of the'most likely to succeedcandidates' and Ms. Aiswaryawas part of the team thatwon the best performanceaward in the two dayworkshop on 'The last mile2019 - Eligibility 2 Employability' organised by TheCochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Wealth for the nation". The run was formallyinaugurated by Shri.E.Ramankutty, Director, BharatiyaVidya Bhavan, Kochi Kendra, by lighting the SportsDay torch. The run for a cause started fromKaringachira , covered nearby places and ended atthe College ground.

Ms. Ganga Krishnakumar, 1st MBA secured Bronzein 100 m race in Kurukshetra-36th Intercollegiateathletic meet organized by the Cochin University.

Industrial Visit

Industrial visits are opportunities for students togain firsthand knowledge on practical conduct of

business. The students accompanied by faculties visitvarious industries periodically throughout theircourse.

The first year students of the institution visitedKamco Ltd as part of their curriculum. These visitsturned out to be opportunities for students to developgreater clarity about various technical concepts ofmanufacturing industry.

The second year students visited Kitex Ltd. andgained practical insights on various functions ofmanagement. The interactive session held with thestaff as well as Mr. K. C. Pillai, Gen. Manager wasextremely useful for their practical understanding onreal time functional business.

Financial Education Workshop

An initiative by SEBI and NISM for financialeducation, a workshop on investment planning

for executives was held in the campus. Sri. Joseph T.J., HoD-Dept. of Commerce at Bhavan's College of Arts& Commerce was the resource person of the event.

The holistic endeavors of Bhavans in overallenrichment of all Bhavanites is done with active

participation of Management in day to day conduct ofthe campus. Our honorable Chairman, Sri. VenugopalC. Govind, and Director Sri. E. Ramankutty took timeto interact with students and staff for realisticassessment and offered guidance for future activities.

Thirteen students were associated with CormentConsultants Pvt. Ltd for their all Kerala naukriDrive for Degree students. Interns worked closelywith the company in all stages of the drive whereinthey learned the human resource planning andrecruitment through practical experience.

Live Project & Internship

Prof. (Dr.) Rajagopala Nair, Dean, inaugurating the Annual DayProgramme of Bhavan's Varuna Vidyalaya