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.