Pg 1 CAREER COUNSELLING WORKSHOP

Pg 2 PENALTY SHOOTOUT

Pg 3 PART TIME INDUCTION

Pg 3 CDC UPDATE – FIRST TIME EXCEEDER

Pg 4 AIMA

Pg 4 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Pg 5 SANSMARAN

Pg 5 MMS INDUCTION

Pg 8 LIBRARY ORIENTATION

Pg 9 MMS B LIBRARY ORIENTATION

Pg 10 PART TIME LIBRARY ORIENTATION

Pg 11 LIBRARY UPDATES

Pg 11 AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

SGPC’s

Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies (Approved by AICTE and Affiliated to University of Mumbai)

Volume 5, Issue No. 8

EDITION : August – 2016

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Career Counselling Workshop (July 31, 2016)

A workshop was organized on career counselling on Sunday, July 31, 2016 for Executive MBA students. We recognize that one cannot become successful and happy with his work

until his work engages his strengths and passions optimally. Many working professionals do not find the right career fit immediately and the process of changing jobs and careers is difficult today.

The need for Career Counselling among working professionals is immense. Many professionals get stuck in the job routine. Decisions like whether to make a career

change or not, whether to go for the additional education course or not and how to go about getting a job, what skills sets are required for a job transition, how to make a career change, adding to skills etc. were few points which were discussed in the workshop.

Mr. Ajit Joshi (Founder Techxpla.com & Managing Committee Member, Computer Society of India, Mumbai), Ms. Farrida Darruwala (Vice President – Risk Management HDFC Bank) and Dr. Bhupesh Rane (GM Quality Assurance, Woodfield Systems International Pvt. Ltd.) were invited as counsellors. They clarified many doubts of students in regards to career transition, changing professions, and truly aligning interests and personality. While the desire to change one’s career stems from dissatisfaction regarding his/her current and future prospects, as well as from the feeling of being able to pursue

greener pastures in some other career, the counsellors advised the students that

they need to be very

careful and consider

all options carefully

before making a

choice.

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PENALTY SHOOTOUT (August 4 2016)

Guru Nanak Khalsa College is known for its strong legacy

in sports and by carrying this legacy forward, the students

of PGP Sports Management, GNIMS had organised their

first ever sports event of “Penalty Shootout” on 4th August

2016, held at the college gymkhana.

The event was enlightened by the presence of our guest of

honour, Dr. Bigyan Verma, Director of GNIMS, Chief

guests Mr. Onkar Singh, Sports Director, Mr Hardeep

Singh, Physical Education teacher, junior college and Mr.

Shetty, Kabaddi coach, G.N. Khalsa college.

The game consisted of

32 teams, each having

two players. There were

five rounds, i.e. Round

32 Round 16, Round of

8, Quarter Finals, Semis and Finals.

The event started at 11 am and by 2 pm the winners were

awarded with the trophies and certificates and runners-up

with footballs and certificates by Onkar Sir.

The success of the event was appreciated by the Guest of

Honour, chief guest as well as the participants which lifted

up the sports of the organising team.

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Part-Time Induction (August 6, 2016)

Induction for the Part-time Courses (MMM, MHRDM, MFM) (2016-2019) was conducted on August 6, 2016 in G. N. Khalsa’s Seminar Hall.

The programme started with welcoming of the Guest, Mr Sahil Nayar (HR Manager, KPMG) and lighting the Lamp. Dr. Bigyan Verma (Director, GNIMS) gave a welcoming

speech to the newcomers which was followed by an addressing by our Alumni Mr Amrinder Singh.

The programme concluded with welcoming by the CR’s followed by addressing by the Guest, Mr Sahil Nayar.

CDC Update (August 6, 2016)

GNIMS Congratulates Ms. Ashwini Shetty – PGDM 2014-2016 for receiving the Certificate “First Time Exceeder” from the Reliance Securities CEO Mr. Gopkumar.

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All india Management Association (aima) (August 11 & 12, 2016)

Dr. Bigyan P. Verma, Director, GNIMS Business School, Mumbai, took the initiative to host the AMT Process in our Institute. Our Director was also one of the panelists. AIMA conducted the Accreditation of Management Teachers Certification (AMT) in our Institute on August 11 and 12, 2016. Twenty candidates made their presentations in the Board Room, over these two days.

Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon, Library Manager was given the responsibility to arrange the infrastructure as well as the refreshments for the Panel Members and the candidates.

Mr. Tejas Giri, Computer Lab In-charge was given the responsibility for arranging the IT requirements for them.

This was a great opportunity for our Institute to hold AMT Workshop. Our Professors – Mr. Imran Siddhiqui, Mr. Kapil Bhopatkar, Mr. Sameer Salunkhe, Ms. Channpreet Kaur and Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon took this great opportunity and made their presentations.

The Panel were very impressed with all the arrangements done for the presentations.

Faculty development Programme (August 12, 2016)

Librarian’s Day was celebrated by GNIMS to commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary

of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, Father of Indian Library Science. One day FDP was organized on this auspicious occasion on August 12, 2016, by Dr. Jyotinder Kaur Chaddah and Dr. Gautam Trehan. The Programme entitled “Excellence in Customer Service: Key Ingredient in Library Facilities”, highlighted the changes in the Librarian’s Work and how to overcome the new challenges arising out of it. Today’s Library Managers are expected to develop new expertise in Marketing and audience development, in strategic thinking, advocate and partnership skills.

This auspicious event begins with the Prayer Song, after which the lamp was lighted by the dignitaries as well as the participants. Dr. Bigyan P. Verma gave the inaugural address. He started that only about 7% of the student population use the library resources and that the loyalty of the customers is no longer there. The Librarian and the library staff will have to bring back the loyalty by engaging and interacting with the students.

The speakers for the programme were Dr. Jyotinder Kaur Chaddah and Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon. Dr. Chaddah is the Faculty In-charge of Marketing and Academic Coordinator (Part-Time), and has vast knowledge in different aspects of Management. She shared her experiences about the Oxford University and other various libraries which she has visited during her career. She said that the library collection must meet the interest of the readers. One has to move the changing times.

Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon, Library Manager, spoke on the “Glimpses into The Future Reality Library.” Dr. S. R. Ranganathan was the first librarian who identified the real need of Library Science Education in our country.

Only good technology is not enough it should be supported by good attitude only then the library will be a boon for the students.

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She explained in detail the new innovations taking place in GNIMS library and her future plans for the library. She added that the librarian’s will have to adapt and adopt new technology and implement new innovations to survive in this profession.

The Speaker’s emphasized on the practical steps to ensure every user feels welcome, plus understanding the importance of first impressions of the space and the services provided by the library. The Wow Factor – how to create a Dynamic showcase area to impress customers with the library offer. The work a day building daily routines for active engagement with users and with books to bring the Library alive. The Win Factor - Maintaining everything you have learned to improve the user’s experience, making a win for you, your visitors and the Library. One has to catch-up with the technology, change our mind-set and connect with the end-users.

Librarians of various colleges participated in this Programme. The Programme was interactive along with presentations, role plays, activities, demonstrations and discussions. Both the speaker’s solved the questions raised by the Librarians.

All the Participants were awarded mementos as well as certificates for attending the programme. The Participants also visited the Library and were impressed by the library services.

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Sansmaran Research journal

GNIMS Research Journal have been accredited with Impact Factor 3.678 by

International Innovative Journal Impact Factor.

This has been achieved by the work done by Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon and her editorial team. Congratulations….

MMS induction 2016-2018 (August 22, 2016)

MMS Batch 2016-18 was inaugurated on Monday, 22nd August, 2016 with the addressal of our Director Dr. Bigyan Prakash Verma. He spoke and addressed the students about the dynamic environment of today’s management and expectations from students towards course. Students were also addressed and greeted by our Faculty - in - charge Prof. Kapil Bhopatkar – Finance, Dr. Jyotinder Kaur – Marketing, Prof. Unmesh Alawani – Operations and Prof. Imran Siddiqui – Human Resource. They introduced respective specialization faculties and spoke about specializations, history of the institute, its memories and basic discipline. This was followed by the addressal of CDC Head, Ms. Gurjeet Multani, about overall placement scenario and organizations who visited institute for placement. She spoke about the kind of a mind-set and basic discipline required by the students for the course.

This was followed by the addressal of Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon (Library Manager) wherein she spoke about the availability of Library Resources, Books, and Journals for students.

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Students were addressed by Honourable Chief Guest Mr. Inderjeet Singh Matta – Senior Manager at Accenture. Mr. Singh interacted with students about today’s corporate world and their expectations at the grass root level. He also explained about competencies required from an MBA student irrespective of all specializations i.e. Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations or Information Technology.

Post lunch session was conducted by Mr. Hemant Tiwari on Goal Setting where students were addressed about how to set your targets and objectives in professional life and necessary steps needed for the same.

Psychometric test and Ice breaking workshop was conducted by Ms. Pratima Kaur – Professional Counsellor, which helped students for self-analysis and to know themselves better and explore their strengths.

Last session of the day was conducted by Prof. Sameer Salunkhe - Class Coordinator (MMS First Year) in which Students Handbook was explained in detail. It helped students to know culture, basic rules and regulations of the institute.

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Library orientation (August 23, 2016)

Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon, Library Manager gave an overview of the GNIMS Library to the MMS A Batch 2016-2018. This was conducted on August 23, 2016 in Room No.201. She explained about the various resources available in the library, the rules and regulations of the Library, the procedure for making Library Cards as well as the book issue-return procedure. The students were also given the tour of the library, to gain practical knowledge about where the books and journals are sacked in the various racks.

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MMS B Library orientation (August 26, 2016)

Library Orientation for MMS B Batch 2016-2018 was conducted on August 26, 2016 in Room No. 201. Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon, Library Manager gave an overview of the GNIMS Library. She explained about the various resources available in the library, the rules and regulations of the Library, the procedure for making Library Cards as well as the book issue-return procedure.

The students were also given the tour of the library, to gain practical knowledge about where the books and journals are sacked in the various racks

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Part Time Library orientation (August 26, 2016)

Library Orientation for MMM / MFM and MHRDM Batch 2016-2019 was conducted on August 27, 2016 in Room No. 201 / Library Premises. Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon, Library Manager gave an overview of the GNIMS Library. She explained about the various resources available in the library, the rules and regulations of the Library, the procedure for making Library Cards as well as the book issue-return procedure. The students were also given the tour of the library, to gain practical knowledge about where the books and journals are sacked in the various racks.

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Library updates

Wishing you a Happy birthday

Mr Dheeraj Tikhe 03rd August

Mr Aldrin Jolly

04th August

Mr Ravi Chauhan

07th August

Ms Rajinder Kaur 16th August

Dr Gautam Trehan 25th August