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.