Lakshmi Bal Mahotsav - 4

                                                                                    

                                                         

                                                                                                                       

‘Samarthan’, the social service club of Institute for Financial Management & Research hosted the fourth edition of ‘Lakshmi Bal Mahotsav’ at IFMR campus on 18th December, 2011. Launched three years ago, in fond memory of Lakshmi Iyer Appu, a beloved student of IFMR’s PGDM Batch of 2008-10, this event aimed at providing a day of fun, learning and sharing, for underprivileged kids. This time the club invited 167 children from 4 NGOs – Hands of compassion, Exnora, SRS Sarvodaya Girls’ Hostel, Sevalaya apart from 9 kids from local areas. This year, the theme of Lakshmi Bal Mahotsav was ‘Cartoon’. The entire campus bore the look of a world of fantasy and cartoons which was adored by Disney world characters and super heroes.

Lakshmi Bal Mahotsav - IV started with a prayer and lighting of the lamp by Dr. Bobby Srinivasan, President of IFMR. The children were then served a healthy breakfast.

The first activity was the ‘Drawing Contest’. This set the stage for expressing the freedom of their mind and creative imagination. The day progressed with innovative stall games like ‘Jigzaw Puzzle’, ‘Memory Game’, ‘Bindi Game’, ‘Tail the donkey’, ‘Sportsmen-Leaders Quiz’, ‘Breaking the Pyramid’, ‘Basketball’ etc. and they provided the children with ample opportunities to be at their creative best. Deliberate efforts on the part of the organizers were made to give the campus the feel of a ‘Mela’ which was adorned with festoons of bright colours. The students were served with a sumptuous lunch which was followed by the Cartoon making competition. Next in line was an hour long mesmerizing Magic Show which left the little guests spellbound. The series of events ended with a lively ‘Talent Show Contest’ where the groups of children showcased their talents; making it a real treat for the on-lookers. Prizes for all the contests held throughout the day were then awarded and all the kids were gifted with goodie packets. As it was time for the little guests to bid adieu to IFMR, all of them painted their hands on the portrait of Lakshmi, giving the fest an approval.

This year, Lakshmi Bal Mahotsav saw participation and contributions from individuals, Alumni’s and various corporates such as State Bank of India, WS Group, ITCot, Dare2Compete.com (Online Media Partner), Business Line (Media Partner) , Research Centers of IFMR and the IFMR Trust.

                       

                           

                       

IFMR Manifest'11

On 8th December 2011, the summit was inaugurated by Prof.Bobby.S.Srinivasan, President of IFMR. He set off the stage by providing information on major achievements of IFMR and lighting the lamp along with Mr.Kaushik Gopalan(Director, Senior HR Leader Symphony Service Corporation). Following this Kaushik Gopalan set the stage off by providing key insights on HR in a changing world and how to move over the change. He told about the different generations we can see in today’s organization, the role revolution, and transformation and berlin wall competencies.
Mr. V.Mohan (Director, AVITA HR Solutions) started his lecture on “Learning and Development” in organization. He gave his inputs on the learning triangle, the difference between education and training, types of training, employment gap and Job oriented education. He also told how the “Internet Age” has affected today’s training and development in organization and the evolution of Virtual corporation.
Next Mr.Ramkumar(Recruitment Head, TCS) delivered his speech on “Gen Z Perspectives”. He explained in detail about how today organizations have changed to be in line with Gen Z who comprises the major percentage of the employees in organization. He also told the various measures TCS has taken to fight the “different world”. Following this session there was a lunch break.
Post lunch session started off with an enthusiastic and inspiring talk by Mr. Madhu (Strategist, TVS) on “Role of young leader in changing world”. His session was filled with many short stories and analogies.
The next session for the day was delivered by Mr.G.D.Sharma  ( Principal, Beeline HR Advisory).  He delivered his speech on the topic “Emerging Trends in HR”. It was an informative as well as a fun filled session with lot of interactions from student’s side as well. He provided a 360 degree view of different trends speaking right from the “gazelle and lion” story of Africa and how to get an employee engaged to the organization.
This was followed by a panel discussion on the topic “First job- Dream vs. Reality, Young Leaders and Business HR ”. The panellists included Mr G.D.Sharma  ,Principal, Beeline HR Advisory , Mr Rajesh, Director, Entier Consultants Mr Madhu, Strategist, TVS Mr.Hari Hara mahadevan, Mind Quest Management Consultants and Professor Raghu Raman,IFMR. The  discussion was mainly focussed on attributes like commitment, responsibility and modesty.The panel discussion was moderated by Prof. Raghu Raman and was followed by a question session from the audience.
Prof  Balasubramanian , Dean of IFMR  rendered the vote of thanks. As a token of  our gratitude and appreciation the guests for the day were felicitated with mementos for presiding the summit.

IFMR Business School wins the CFA Global Investment Research Challenge India South Zonal Final

IFMR Business School, Chennai, has emerged as the winner of the CFA Global Investment Research Challenge India South Zonal Final, after battling  against six teams from leading business schools of the South Zone .IFMR Business School’s team comprising of  Mr Abhishek Jain , Mr Abhishak Bohara and Mr Suvra Shankha Dutta  emerged winners after competing  against  Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore), Indian Institute of Management (Kozhikode),  Indian School of Business (Hyderabad),  Indian Institute of Technology  (Chennai), T.A.Pai Management Institute (Manipal), and Great Lakes Institute of Management (Chennai).

The CFA Institute Research Challenge is a global competition which tests the analytic, valuation, report writing, and presentation skills of university students. Students have the unique opportunity to develop and present an equity research report and be mentored and judged by leading industry experts. Local CFA Institute member societies host and launch local competitions involving teams of three to five business and finance students from participating universities who work directly with a local company in researching and preparing a company analysis. The local winning teams will advance to the respective regional finals held in Asia Pacific; Europe, Middle East & Africa; Americas; and New York regions. The regional winners will then advance to the global final in the hope of being crowned as the global champion.

This completes the round of four zonal finals and now IFMR Business School  will compete with other Zonal winners i.e.  IIT Mumbai (West Zone), IIFT Delhi (North Zone) and IIM Shillong (East Zone) in the India National Final on December 13^th to select two teams to represent India in the Asia Pacific Regional Final in Hong Kong on March 2^nd, 2012.

ARTHASABHA 2.0 - 14th October 2011

Arthasabha 2.0 is the second edition of the national level finance summit organized by IFMR in
association with BSE ltd. It is organized with a vision of providing suitable platform for the industry and
academia to come together and discuss the burgeoning issues in the financial sector and economy as a
whole.The theme for Arthasabha 2.0 is "Conundrum- Challenges and opportunities in financially inclusive
India". Arthasabha hopes to gain valuable insights on the challenges as well as foresight on unleashing
the opportunities that lie ahead of us. Corporate leaders, experts, leading academicians and practitioners
will debate on issues involving structural challenges, financial inclusion and opportunities which will help
us to sustain a healthy economic and financial environment.
Some of the eminent speakers are :
Mr. Narendra- CMD, Indian Overseas Bank
Mr. Balasubramanian - CEO, Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund
Mr. Mohan Shenoi - Head of Treasury, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Mr. Amitabh Mohanty, Head Fixed Income - Reliance Mutual Fund
Mr. Muthukumaran - CFO, Aditya Birla Group
Mr. DK Joshi - Chief Economist - CRISIL
Mr. Nilesh Shah - President, Corporate Banking, Axis Bank

Badminton Fever

The IFMRians proved again their love and excellence in badminton. This weekend was one of the most thrilling, competitive and sportive weekends of the year.
The badminton tournament was scheduled to start on 16 th sept Friday but nature had different plans and opening matches scheduled on that day were washed out due to rains. The tournament resumed on Saturday morning with the same spirit and the matches were tightly fought and enthusiastically supported by the audience. Many masters of the game proved their excellence, but some had to taste the upset in the hands of the underdogs.
The tournament moved to its final rounds on Sunday and the favorites of the tournament moved up to the semi finals and the finals. And Sunday evening was the eve of champions IFMR got its New Kings and queens of badminton.
Here are the winners of the Badminton Tourney:

Men's Singles: Nataraj
Women's Singles: Anusha S.
Men's Doubles: Asad and Manan
Women's Doubles: Anusha and Mudita
Mixed Doubles: Anusha and Srihari

Special mention- the college is really thankful to Asad and Natraj for the epic Men`s singles final. One of the greatest contest ever contested @IFMR. And it proved again that Sportsmen’s sprit is always a winner.

IFMR Business School’s anti AIDS campaign -Walk for Life

India has the second largest number of HIV positive people in the world. HIV epidemics are more severe in the southern half of the country and the far north-east. The highest HIV prevalence is found in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the south; and Manipur and Nagaland in the north-east.
Getting a management degree is not just about sharpening your armoury for the corporate battle ahead, it’s also about having social conscience as well . At  IFMR, students  are taught to not only reach the zenith of sterling professional success but also be “humane”. Following the “Walk for Life” week in September which takes place in the third week around the world, Samarthan-The Social Service Club of Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) organized a walk-a-thon on 18th September, 2011 at Marina Beach, Chennai in association with Tamil Nadu State Aids Control Society (TANSACS) and Red Ribbon Club (RRC). The walk commenced at 7:30 am from Anna Memorial. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Saithiri Rangan, Deputy Director of Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC) and Mr. Shanmugam, State Consultant (Youth affairs), TANSACS. The walk had overwhelming participation of students from different colleges around the city like MOP Vaishnav, Womens Christian College, Stella Maris and few others. Working professionals also took part in the walkathon. In total there were more than 450 participants including students of IFMR. The participants were highly enthusiastic and chanted various slogans to spread awareness and also distributed pamphlets among the spectators. IFMR students presented a skit to make people aware about the problems faced by an HIV infected patient and how he/she  should be treated by going against all myths and misconceptions about this gruesome disease. Red Ribbon Club also  opened a unit at IFMR.

The event concluded at 9:30 am at the Lighthouse with a great success. IFMR students vow to continue similar social service acts in future as well for the betterment of the society.

CRUX 2011

 The Entrepreneurship Club of IFMR successfully conducted its first Intra level Event of the Year - “CRUX” on 16^th September 2011. The event experienced participation of first and second year full time PGDM Students of IFMR. 

The theme of the event was “Crisis Resolution- Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?”

Event was conducted in two stimulating environments.

• Block and Tackle: It was an extempore round consisting of 20 participants. Each one was provided with a topic on entrepreneurship and participants were asked to speak FOR and AGAINST the topic as per judge’s instruction for 3 minutes. Only 5 participants advanced to the second round.
• Hypothetical Situation: A case on “Crisis in life of an entrepreneur” was given. Participants were asked to put themselves in shoes of an entrepreneur and suggest the solution to the crisis.

All the participants were extremely spontaneous and demonstrated great deal of clarity of thoughts during Block and Tackle Round. They also presented competent feasible solutions to Hypothetical Situation with their clear understanding of the key issues and innovative thinking.

Crux had the honor of being judged by Prof. Ramachandran and Mr. V.Gopalan, the esteemed faculties of IFMR.

The winner of the event was:

1^st Prize: Ram Kartic                    

2^nd Prize: Anusha

The event was also filled with surprise packages and received amazing response as it was pepped up with Business Quiz and On the Spot Special Entertainment Performances by extremely enthusiastic audiences.

Overall it was quite a successful event that promoted the spirit and essence of entrepreneurship among the hearts of one and all.

SCAENA 2011

 Scaena 2011 was the HR club’s official first event of the year. Being a skit competition, this event saw a lot of creative minds coming together and putting up great skits. The judges of the event were Prof. Raghu Raman from our college and Mr. Madhu from TVS. The event saw 3 teams- Lafangey Parindey, Motley Crew Productions and Mosqueetos showcase their ideas on the theme “conflict”. The first team combined in a very creative manner, Indian mythology and Organizational Problems. They also caught the attention of the audience by imbibing humor in their skit. The second team had a very clearly defined story line and made organizational problems very clear through their skit. The third team presented three different scenarios and interpreted conflict in a very structured manner.

All three teams were extremely unique in interpreting the theme “conflict”. At the end of the event, team “Mosqueetos “with members Anusha, Asad, Ankit, Charanya and Namitha emerged as the ultimate winners. They were followed closely by team Lafangey Parindey and team Motley Crew Productions who were tied in the second place. Team Lafangey Parindey with members Rahul Agarwal, Raghav Seth, Sayanjith,Raman and Jitesh had conceptualized their ideas very well and spruced up their performance with appropriate costumes. Team Motley Crew productions showed great team work and presented a beautiful skit

Overall, the event was a grand success and helped bring out the acting abilities of the creative minds of IFMR.

The Treasure hunt

Seventh Sense- the Creativity Club at IFMR organized the most adventurous, fun-filled and tension-free event- the Treasure Hunt on 9^th Sept at 5.30 pm within the confines of the college campus. The event attracted enormous participation by ten teams of 8 members each. The game commenced from the library courtyard where instructions were announced to all teams. Thereafter, it was a mad chase all around the campus as teams struggled to solve the riddles and puzzles and participants wracked their brains to crack the clues leading to the next hiding place. To make the task tougher for the teams, volunteers had been put in place to splash water on participants as they ran around college trying to figure out the next lead on their trail. There was mystery and excitement in the air while the hunt was at its peak, and peppy music in the background created a great ambience for the game.    

The campus looked so alive with participants raiding every nook and corner for clues. There was cut-throat competition amongst teams to outpace each other and find the treasure first. All the teams had been advised to use their brains more than their legs, and those who followed it, went far in the game. Those teams which gave up in the course of the game got engaged in the water fights, water-splashing and the dance party.      

Each team had been given a separate trail to avoid confusion and ensure that teams did not get into each other’s way. The teams had to smartly make their way through five rounds of solving riddles, cracking clues and finding props, before being given the final clue which led to the treasure. The final clue was the toughest to decode, and hence took the longest to crack. The hunt went on for almost two and a half hours at the end of which, there emerged a winners’ team and a runners’ up team.

The participants, volunteers as well as spectators seemed to have enjoyed the event a great deal, as the organizers got great feedback. It was a win-win situation because even those who lost out claimed that they played with good spirit and enjoyed to the core.   

Alumni Meet- 2011

There was a distinct aura embezzled in humid air of Chennai on 20^th August. For once the small family at IFMR whole heartedly got entangled into woven fabrics of love and affection spraying all over them in bulk. Erstwhile heroes, mesmerizing faces and vibrant smiles intoxicated the whole environment. Every face had a story to tell what they have been up- to all these days, but the parity was that sad grin expressing “oh wish I would have been here now- why did it all end so fast”.

Effervescence and sense of achievement was percolating all over as our beloved alumni received their degrees from the podium which catapulted yet another batch of talented management professionals into highly challenging corporate environment. For the first time the reunion canvas moved beyond the campus and a grand party was organized at Ambassador Pallava, Egmore at 8 pm. There was certain nervous excitement in the air as it symbolized the union of past and present IFMRIANS at one place. Various fun -filled events kick-started the party and set the tempo to a level which just got better and better the whole night.

The party started with recitation of tongue-twisters by alumni randomly picked from the audience. Even this simple game had audience involved deep into it and touched upon various management concepts like on the feet thinking and pressure handling. The next event had audience in splits as it involved literal translation of flashy mid-90s Hindi songs to English. It led participants to revisit memories as one of the Batch 5 member –one of our esteemed alumni also participated in the event. For once everyone in audience wanted the event to never end as it brought back memories and innocent fun they had in IFMR.

Dedications were pouring in from various corners in the audience with people venting out their unsaid feelings through medium of melodious tunes. The love and cajoling, the blushes, the pain of separation, the never ending goodbyes and those moist eyes- all the emotions were on display. This was followed by breath-taking dance performances by Batch 12 reminding others how proud they were to be associated with such a lovely IFMR family.

There were few speeches; notable among them was of Mr. Amit Gupta from Batch 5. He spoke in length about what it feels like to be from the first batch of Financial Engineering and how terribly he misses the learning mode which he experienced at IFMR.  The appreciation from crowd in form of loud thundering claps in sync were proof enough how much every single soul there connected to the speech.

Innovation continued and for the first time Yearbook was introduced carrying memoirs of batch 10 and how they felt about each other. Yearbook was a bible to whatever the batch has done for 2 years, their emotions and relationships nurtured by them over the period. A video followed containing clips of alumni speaking about how they feel about IFMR and various other things wrapped into IFMR ecosystem.

The surprise package of the meet came in form of an event which unfurled a young rapper from batch 12 onto the stage and he rapped away in glory involving everyone in the mesmerizing performance of his. The popped collar, the tilted cap and the nonchalance in the voice electrified the atmosphere as he picked up random people from audience to jam alongside him. For a moment it felt like Eminem has just announced his arrival in grand style at IFMR. Awestruck would be the only word which would come to anyone’s mind if you mention about his performance. The participation was amazing something which comes very naturally to IFMR management professionals.

Networking was at the forlorn while munching dishes were being served at dinner. There were so many stories to talk about, too many events to catch up. The party came to an end with a group dance sending out a message that though we are sad that our alumni are not there with us anymore in the campus but their memories live on and how happy we are to see them scaling such great heights in their professional careers.  No matter how much ever is the physical distance between us, but there will always be an emotional connect. This campus will always tell their stories in some way or they would be with us in some form always. IFMR is indeed close to our hearts and will always be.

As it has been said “Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost”. This is not the end; just the beginning. The next chapter will resume in Mumbai soon and yet again we will revisit all such emotions. We would like to thank all those alumni for taking time out of their busy schedules and gracing us with their presence. We would also like to thank everyone who were part of this great occasion and brought it to such level. And lastly we are highly indebted to IFMR for giving us such lovely people to work for.  Signing off for now and promising to meet you all very soon

Alumni Committee

Finquizitive’11 Event Report

Marking the start of the finance club events of IFMR, the first event for the academic year 2011-12 , FINQUIZITIVE’11 ,an intra-college finance quiz was conducted on 16^th of August , 2011. The event aimed at creating awareness regarding finance and related topics amongst IFMR students. The students were tested on various areas of finance. The theme was focused on financial knowledge and awareness about current business scenario of India as well as world economy.

The event was conducted in two rounds:

     A.PRELIMS:

The students had a screening round containing 20 objective questions.

21 teams (teams of 2) participated and the top 5 teams were selected for the main round

B. MAIN ROUND :

The main round contained 4 sub-rounds.

1. Question answer round: Students participated in teams (two per team)

2. Buzzer round - 5 Questions were asked and the teams were given points in “first to hit the buzzer” style.

3. Audio-visual round –This sub round again had 5 questions which were clippings of videos and related questions.

4. Rapid fire round: Each team was given 90 seconds to answer the question set.

AUDIENCE ROUNDS: There were 3 rounds for the audience and there was overwhelming response from the audience as well.

Towards the end of the brainstorming quzzing the winners of the FINQUIZITIVE’11 were declared.

1^st prize: Rakesh Adiga and Nikhil Goenka

The team was awarded a cash prize of Rs.1500

2^nd prize: Shyam sundar

3^rd prize: Hitesh and Faisal

The event got fantastic support and received appreciation from one and all. 

LIFE @ IFMR from the eyes of a new joiner

“Two roads diverge in a yellow wood

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler…………”

These lines of Robert Frost exactly depict my dilemma of which Bschool to choose from other offers I had before I joined IFMR. My intuition and passion for finance made me zero in on IFMR. Though my decision to join IFMR was from my heart, there was always a feeling of intimidation at the right corner of my auricle about my decision.

Having never lived in a hostel before, I was apprehensive about the type of life it would expose me to…but all of my apprehensions were soon put to rest, because of the warm welcome I received. IFMR received me like a long lost prodigal daughter and took care of every of my needs so well, that within a span of only a month it has become not my “Second” home, but rather my “home”.

If you want to have a glimpse of “Incredible India” instead of running around the length and breadth of this country, try and spend a few hours here at the luxurious green campus: you will find people from all parts of the country: north, south, east and west peacefully co-existing. Bright young minds, brimming with new thoughts and actions, makeup a mélange of beautiful company

Finally it was the first day @ IFMR (July 1)-a day to start building my destiny towards a management career. Even after years of school, college and corporate life it was in no way different from my day one at kindergarten, haunted by the feeling of alien land (except that I dint cry out loudly). But I dint ever imagine that this alien land would make me feel like home in less than a week. The small cozy campus which made me complain previously is now the peaceful place which I love. A walk at the boulevard and campus especially at night gives me a sanguine sense of comfort and calmness. And the next best part is the liberty which we as a student get to express our views, problems and demands to the management who are quick to act instantly. Also the subjects are handled with a practical approach which acts as a strong foundation for our career. The professors here are amiable and are approachable without any second thought. In a nutshell, the students are solely responsible to shape up their future and there is no force feeding of things that are against our will. The different kinds of clubs and committees ranging from the core finance club to the creativity club helps to improve our knowledge tree by engaging us in various sorts of activities. And the nitty-gritty is they help creating a strong bond between the students through team work. To cap it all, I find that the seniors over here guide us in an extremely friendly manner and they make us feel them like our buddies than seniors. And the most fun-filled part is the hostel and its nocturnal life. From evening cricket, Night badminton, midnight maggi to graveyard shift studies, it’s a place which would make us reminisce in the rest of our life. In short, Life @ IFMR is completely driven by students and one would feel respected and dignified as a student here. Whoever comes to the campus will observe a huge banyan tree with its prop roots covering a large area forming a canopy at the centre of the campus. And I feel it as an epitome of synergy between the institution and its students. The prop roots symbolizing the students, support the main trunk, which is the institution and in course of time prop root becomes indistinguishable from the trunk and the tree as a whole expands and reaches a greater height. Thus we students like prop roots would always strive hard to create an unique brand name to IFMR standing by the lines of Robert Frosts lines in Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening                   

And I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

- Arthy

                                                     

                                       

About the Author:

Arthy is currently pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Management ( PGDM) from  Institute For Financial   Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai. She is an elegant, impressive and humorous blogger who writes articles ranging from random personal stuffs to social deterrents. She is an appealing poet and lover of nature who pens poems that are metaphorical in nature. She is a painter and enjoys drawing caricatures.                    

                                                                                          

                                                                             

                                                                           

Gully Cricket Tournament

The Sports Club of IFMR (B-Sportive) organized a gully cricket tournament. Rules of the game were quite different and strange, as in hitting the walls directly was out, concept of dummy runner etc. But these rules were quite well known to the students, some even having attained tags like “boom boom Afridi” or “Mr. Dependable”. In total 10 teams participated in the event and each team had 6 players.  Names of the teams were quite interesting: “sons of pitches”, “gusto”, “sumo cricketers”, “deccan kings” etc.

All teams played with very high passion and enthusiasm. We had the privilege to witness many close matches. Those who were not participating also showed lot of interest, with a healthy audience present.

The final was between “Sons of Pitches” and “Deccan Kings”. It was a very tight match, but in the end deccan kings chased the score and won the tournament.

Because of such a high response for gully cricket tournament, the sports club will be organizing gully cricket champions league soon.

Fresher's Party for Batch 12

The 12th PGDM batch of IFMR enjoyed a very warm official welcome to the IFMR family on 5th
Aug ’11 at Dee Cee Manor, T-Nagar. The Freshers’ Party was organized by the 11th batch to bridge the
junior-senior divide, and to kick-start an eventful and enjoyable journey called “MBA” that we would
remember all our lives. The theme of the party was “Bollywood”, and all of us freshers were expected to
put on our coolest threads to impersonate our favorite actor or actress.

We all assembled at the venue by about 7 p.m and the seniors kept pouring in till much later. We
were so enthralled by the ambience and the decor of the banquet hall, that the initial time was spent
in endless photo sessions with friends, batch mates and seniors. Once most people had arrived, the
program started with a few song dedications from freshers to: the first friend we made, to the person
we admire, to the “hot chick”, to the “handsome dude” and so on…. Most of these came as a surprise,
and all of us enjoyed a good laugh watching the most unexpected people grooving to the music.

These song dedications were actually interspersed throughout the program which we- as freshers had
practiced and prepared. The first performance was that of the skit which had only male actors. It was
a hilarious act- thoroughly enjoyed by the audience who were hooting and cheering till the curtain
came down! This was followed by entertaining dance performances by couples as well as groups,
spanning various genres such as freestyle, hip-hop, contemporary, salsa and Bollywood. A small group
of trained vocalists from the new batch performed a melodious mix of Hindi and Tamil songs, to which
we all tapped our feet. The seniors had organized some fun games like a rapid-fire session about life
and people at IFMR. Some freshers were rapidly called upon to participate, and this event was widely
enjoyed because funny secrets were revealed, and surprising truths discovered about life at campus and
the students.

What followed was an elaborate spread of Mughlai and Chinese cuisine for dinner, which we all relished
immensely. More popular than the food turned out to be the delicious dessert- gulab jamun coupled
with scoops of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. One of the last events before the dance party
was the distribution of prizes such as- “The Best Dressed Fresher”, “The Best Dancer”, “The Winner of
the Rapid Fire”, “The Best Ice-breaker Introduction Mail”, and of course- the most prestigious awards
of”Mr Fresher” and “Ms Fresher”. Mr. Fresher and Ms Fresher then walked the ramp, encouraged by
our cheering and loud applause.

The dance floor was then declared free, which most of us were dying to burn down with our dance
moves to popular tracks and the lively, upbeat music. Everyone enjoyed the dancing and head banging
to the fullest. As all good things come to an end, our show ended with the cake-cutting ceremony which
marked our official welcome to the IFMR family. A slice each of the chocolate truffle cake was greatly
savored after sweating it out on the dance floor. We all came back to college- elated at having put up a
great show, excited to have shown our talent to everyone, happy at having made a new friend or two,
and pleased to have gotten a chance to know the seniors better than we did before the party.

Apparently, that was not the end! On returning back to the hostel, we had been invited to another in-
house dance party in the college premises. The DJs from both the batches made us all sway to the music

played by them. It was about 3 in the morning, when we were all finally made to return to the hostel
and call it a night!

Workers Day Post-Event Report

On 7^th August 2011, SAMARTHAN, the social service club of IFMR had their mission completed in the field of social arena with the WORKER’s Day Event being a succesful one. The event was in the premises of IFMR and comprised of  mess workers, security guards, housekeepers etc and their kids.

     The event was formally augmented at 3.30 pm with speech by Samarthan club representatives Pulkit Gupta and Kritika .The event then started of with various games which were specially arranged for them like Inflating Balloons, Paper Glue Stick, Blindfold game, Musical Chair and Passing the Parcel, and for the same the respective winners were also decided.

 After that snacks and T-shirts were distributed to all the workers and volunteers of Samarthan club.

 We are really grateful for the support that SAMARTHAN received from the college students and staff. We are also grateful to Prof. G. Balasubramaniam for felicitating the winners. The day was rounded off at around 6:30 P.M. with song and dance routines.         

 The prizes distributed for the winners comprised of wall clocks, coffee mugs, food containers and chocolates.

 We hope to continue the graceful and honest work of Samarthan in future with similar gusto.   

  









L) Inflating Balloons                                                                               R) Musical Chair

L) Passing the Parcel                                                                                     R) Blind Fold

  

L)Team Samarthan                                                                      R) Sticking the paper

Worker's Day by SAMARTHAN

SAMARTHAN is back again with full Josh and Enthusiasm.  A club focused on social activities.

 It is one of the most prestigious club of IFMR ( Institute for Financial Management and Research ).

The club works with the objective of spreading smiles in the life of needy.

Worker’s Day

How many times do we take some time out of our busy schedule and talk to the people who strive 18 hours a day taking care of us? This is that great auspicious moment for all of us to come forward and show our gratitude towards them by spending a day with these people, who look after us round the clock.

After a stream of successful events for the society last year, Samarthan Club is now striving to broaden its horizon to other hard working class of society. As a part of this, we have planned a celebration this Sunday i.e. 7th of August from 3:00pm to 6:00pm with the mess workers and other ground staff like housekeepers, cleaners, security guards etc, in which we will have some fun filled activities with them.

The chief guest for the event will be our Beloved Dean Mr. G. Balasubramanian (PhD), who will grace the occasion to celebrate the spirit of the hard workers in our college campus.

    Hence, The Team Samarthan cordially invites you to be a part of this celebration and make it a grand success. Be a part of this great fun filled event.

BUZZ Post-Event Report

Buzz 2.0 concluded fine at Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) campus. It gave remarkable opportunity to contestants to discover their advertising instincts. Participants were required to make a promotional video on product or service of their choice within the time limit of 3minutes. The main rationale behind organizing such an event is to test the alignment of participant’s thinking with the perception of a audience via a media which appeals through vision, hearing and holds the interest of audience while promoting the product.

The event started off well with great enthusiastic participants. There were 20 teams comprising of at most 3 members. Variety of promotional videos based on diverse products and services were presented.  The videos which were presented were not only pleasing to audiences but also educative in content in the sense that they had a social, economical, technological and political impact on the society.  To name a few:

1.)  Save water

2.)  Indian Railways- Shatabdi Express

3.)  Digital cameras

4.)  Mobile navigational tools

5.)  Alternative for cigarettes

6.)  Automobile- Flying car

7.)  Matrimonial portals

8.)  Fruit-Apple

   The winner of this edition of Buzz promoted a fan and the runner up promoted a shoe. It was a tough choice for the judges to select the winners as most of the videos were brilliant in their respective areas. The entire show was a great learning experience. The choice of products and services chosen by the participants was very vast. It helped people to learn more innovative and creative ways of advertising a product.

    INSIGHT, the marketing club of Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) likes to thank its judges for allocating their valuable time. Special thanks to the participants and volunteers who have shown great enthusiasm and commitment in making this event a great success.

(L) Insight team along with the Judges      (R) Buzz participants

(L) Buzz Winner                                            (R) Buzz Runner up

Watch BUZZ Videos Here

BUZZ Invitation

                   THE BUZZ IS HERE!! AGAIN!!                   

                   AND IT’S BIGGER AND BETTER!!

An opportunity to discover your advertising instincts. Participants are required to make a promotional video on product or service of their choice with the time limit of 3minutes. The main rationale behind organizing such an event is to test the alignment of participant’s thinking with the perception of a audience via a media which appeals through vision, hearing and holds the interest of audience while promoting the product.

IFMR Placement Report 2011

Institute For Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai, completed its placement process for its 111 students across three post graduate programs- PGDM, PGDM-Financial Engineering and PGDM-Development & Sustainable Finance. Year ended on a good note with recruiters from different sectors like IT , Consultancy, BFSI (including PSUs like Bank of India), FMCG, Hospitality & Manufacturing visiting the campus.

With regard to number of offers being given, ICICI bank tops the list with 20 offers followed by INFOSYS (17 offers) and Genpact (14 offers). Accenture was the highest paying recruiter offering Rs 10.65 Lakh followed by Bank of America offering Rs 9 Lakh.A total of 30 companies made offers during the placements. Two students opted out of placement process, one for pursuing higher research work and the other to join his family business.

Batch Strength	111
Students opting-out of placements	2
Effective number of students for placements	109
Total number of companies	30
Total number of offers	118
Offers/student	1.06
Highest salary	Rs 10.65 Lakhs
Average salary	Rs 7.34 Lakh

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI)
41% of the batch got placed in Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) sector with roles offered in corporate finance, corporate and institutional banking, commercial banking, risk management, equipment finance, derivative & equity research , wealth management and marketing.

ICICI Bank was the largest recruiter with 20 offers as assistant manager scale II. Bank of America was the highest paying recruiter in this sector, package offered was Rs 9 Lakh. Irevna offered profiles of equity and derivative research analyst. UBS offered roles of research analyst. L&T finance gave roles in equipment financing. PSU bank ‘Bank of India’ and HDFC bank offered roles in finance and marketing. SBI life, SBI capital, Sriram city union finance ltd, ICICI securities offered finance profiles in their respective domains. FINO and IFMR trust offered roles in rural finance and micro finance. A total of 48 students opted for roles in BFSI sector.

IT/Systems
IT/Systems majors like Infosys, Accenture, Cognizant, HCL, Mahindra Satyam, Mphasis, 3i Infotech, Ramco systems & GAVS visited IFMR for recruitment this year. Accenture became the highest paying recruiter in the IT/Systems sector by offering package of Rs 10.65 Lakh. The company offered the role of Team Lead. Infosys, with 17 offers, became the recruiter who gave maximum number of offers in the sector. Infosys offered the profile of Associate Consultant. Cognizant, HCL, Mahindra Satyam, Mphasis, 3i Infotech & Ramco systems offered profiles of Business Analyst and Business Consultant. GAVS offered profiles in human resources. A total of 48 students opted for roles in IT/System sector.

Consulting
The consulting sector was represented by Deloitte, Capgemini & Genpact. Genpact became the largest recruiter in this sector by giving 14 offers. Genpact offered varied profiles in risk management, Treasury & Marketing. Deloitte was the highest paying recruiter in consulting sector with Rs 8.06 Lakh, the profile offered was that of Business Analyst. Capgemini too offered the role of consultant.

Others
Companies from Manufacturing, FMCG, Hospitality & Business research sectors too visited IFMR for recruitment. UCAL Fuels Ltd. offered HR profiles. Berger Paints offered marketing profiles. Hospitality sector was represented by ITC Welcome group, which offered a marketing profile while Business research sector was represented by A C Neilson.

Summer Placements:
Current IFMR students of the batch 2010-2012 have got placed for summer internships in varied sectors, profiles and roles. Some of the reputed government firms where students have got placed are Reserve Bank of India, National Housing Bank, Allahabad Bank, Punjab National Bank & State Bank of Hyderabad. Other important BFSI firms where students are doing their summer internship are Federal Bank, IL&FS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Shared Services, Dun and BradStreet, ICRA, IDBI, Reliance Capital , ING Vysya, IndusInd Bank, TATA Capital, IFIN, SREI-BNP PARIBAS etc. Consultancy profiles were offered by giants like KPMG , Price Waterhouse Coopers & Deloitte .TCS and Mphasis offered internships in IT services . IMRB & JWT offered internships in market research and Client servicing domain respectively.