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.