Dholi taaro dhol baaje! Come bask in the colors of Dandiya!

Dandiya night at SPJIMR 27.09.06 19:00- 22:00 hrs

Beyond the colors and vibrancy of “Navratri” there exists a deeper meaning that signifies the dissipation of ignorance within the "self" using the lamp of knowledge. Sincere devotion yields strength to surmount obstacles with the aid of Durga Ma, bestows wealth to lead a prosperous life with the blessings of Sri Lakshmi and enriches knowledge to do away with ignorance with the help of Devi Saraswati.

At SPJIMR, a new dimension was given to this colorful festival with the advent of “DANDIYA NITE”. Cultural and Sports committee of PGDSM MIT, the “ColosSeuM” embarked on a sparkling initiative of organizing a night exclusively at Bhavan’s cricket ground for dancing to the tunes of traditional Garba and Dandiya music. We also had Dr. Thomas T. Sheehan, Director of MIT-India Program of Virginia Tech, as a special guest gracing the occasion. The event started off with a traditional lighting of the diya by Dr.Sheehan and Prof.Sunil Rai, Joint Director of PGDSM MIT program of SPJIMR.

“Dandiya Nite” indeed served as a colosseum bringing the participants of various programs (PGDBM, PGDM and PGDSM MIT) together under the umbrella of fun, colors and spirit. The ladies were looking their best in ghagra cholis and the men were dapper in their kurta pyjamas adding to the spirit of tradition and culture amongst youngsters.The air was not only filled with foot tapping Dandiya numbers but also with the aroma of mouth watering food items. :-)


And this is not all. Outstanding outfits and graceful dancers were also recognized and awarded.The award for best Attire was given to Rachna Shah of PGDSM MIT02 under the category for girls. Punit (PGP-1) and Maulik (PGDSM MIT03) shared the awards for the same under the category for men. Gaurav (PGP-1) and Kirti (PGP-1) bagged the award for best dancers. As always, all good things come to an end. Yet this was not the culmination but the beginning of unity, togetherness and fun for the participants of SPJIMR.

Kudos to CoLosSeum for the wonderful effort and cheers to all SPJIMR participants for making the event a grand success.

Cheers!

Sukanya.

on behalf of PRCOM

Run up...to the Dandiya Nite

Hey Rakesh..Wassup with stalls yaar? Helloo..hello..haan Saurabh, kudhe aahes tu…Catering ka kya haal hain? Natasha, you got invitations printed? Amid the fun filled mayhem, Shireen is busy arranging for the orchestra…Adi K is busy shopping for the prizes…it strikes to him that he is yet to get the permissions in place. So, go meet the cop…vroom, first gear…chugh chugh..his pulsar is thirsty! While Parag da is busy with the list of invitees, Sonaal is giving finishing touches to a beauty of a poster. Subin shouts from his vaastu certified back bench…hey Arvind, oor ellam poster otti dhool kelappu! The whole class is happy in the busy ambience. Hundreds of IP messenger windows are running here to there and back…with the same enthu of relatives and friends that attend your marriage. Discussions about the creative fluency in the invitations (walla! baandini?) are abound. Thanks to Shireen and Natasha for that.

In the midst of this festive fervor, in comes the good news. A bigger budget has been approved! Class cheers for ColoSeuM …apna sports n cult Com...Tarun wipes the sweat on his brow in the classic SRK tradition. The smile on his face says it all. Great support from the admin and faculty…class brimming with enthu and voluntary support…sCULpTorS’ support in every aspect..pgp and pgdm friends lending helping hands..

So..get ready for the most colorful event on apna campus! See you all tomorrow evening at the Dandiya Nite!

Chalo, I need to get back to Sachin’s Radio…Aye zindagi gale lagale..Suresh Wadkar's number is manchow soup for the soul. Wotsay?

Cheers,
ganga

Guest lecture by Dr. Marc Ghisi

He has a remarkable ability to rearrange alphabets into words that touch the senses.. Dr. Marc Luyckx Ghisi was here at our campus from 19^th to 20^th of September. Dr. Marc Ghisi has worked directly for Presidents of the European Commission, Mr. Jacques Delors and Mr. Jacques Santer, as a member of the “Forward Studies Unit”, in the European Commission from 1990 until 1999. We at SPJIMR were honored to have such an eminent personality & renowned fantast at our campus. He addressed the students on “Why business is changing”.

His speech was packed with enlightening statistics, extra ordinary anecdotal evidence and was undogmatically alive. He took us on a journey to the centre of the transmodern planet. He reached his core premise – the new uneasy struggle between the industrial modern society and knowledge transmodern society. Part sociological thesis, part guidance for future, his speech was engrossing and emphatic. Transmodern state is about non-violent negotiation. On this count, EU is a success, he declared.

“Business has a mission in bringing about change. Profit is just a consequence”, he observed. He pointed out that business education is about two legs. The first leg is where the traditional topics are learnt…finance, accounting, marketing et al. This is about the win-lose world. The second leg is where the soft skills are learnt. This is the win-win world. Both are important. Today’s tools of production are knowledge based. So, in a knowledge economy industrial management and mindset won’t work. He warned us about a serious global problem..that of collective death in spite of money and technology.

In the pre-modern world, the cosmos was sacred. In the modern world, the cosmos is relegated to being just an object. We need to take a leap into the transmodern world where men and women are part of the cosmos…where people bring about positive changes to sustain and nurture life. Dr. Ghisi explained how the animosity between France and Germany was made to evaporate in about one and a half generations. Why isn’t it possible to do the same in south Asia? Food for thought! When a visionary is pointing at the moon, it’s foolish to look at the finger. The moon is symbolic of non-violence. The finger is “free trade” between nations. It is high time that the governments took note of this.

For all of us, this talk was a vivid handshake with one of the best minds from the EU.

To have a further look on Dr. Marc’s publications and interests do visit: http://www.vision2020.be/

Today is my day

Hey readers, this is not my first attempt at blogging but I am not a professional blogger as is Godfather “Ganga” - as I fondly call him. Seriously speaking I really do not understand some of his serious blogs like the one about night canteen. But that doesn’t really matter. As a matter of fact what more can you expect of yours truly who has made fewer appearances in Eco classes than the same of a guest faculty at SPJIMR. But thankfully my classmates do recognize me as one of them and don’t ask me awkward questions like “Are you in PGDSM MIT?”

I would like to just throw a beam of light into the life of a PGDSM-MITian through this blog. But it’s from my point of view, which would of course match with that of Ambar, Amit Maheswari, Parag, Taha, Pramod and rest of the ‘most sincere’ participants of PGDSM MIT 03. Topper’s league consisting of Shireen, Maulik, Rakesh, Pranav, Praveen, Partha, Sonia, Anamitra and others are better off in Pamplin…hehe. There was an ip from heaven that there is an urgent need of ‘Smart Working’ people for Business Analysts and higher profiles in the “Soul Chain Management” (SCM) wing over there and would be paid handsomely. So, I forwarded the resumes of all people in the topper’s League. As of Praveen, he can always carry his Halo over there. The rest like me can enjoy ‘Welcome Party’ in hell. The ones left out are very much invited to do “Dandiya’ tomorrow.

Don’t blame me if Prof. Tom comes next day into the class and says “Today, you have to make a rational rose model of Dandiya at Virginia Tech”! I really do have amazing B-plans. Otherwise, how do you think Bansal Polishing Company made it to Fortune (- 500) list. It’s this much from me right now. But before I leave I really promise one thing. PGDSM-MIT will have its own mirror blog site on intranet soon. Will be of great use during all those hours of no-internet! Bye for now.

- Sudhir Jena

Prof. Tom Sheehan has arrived...

It is a great pleasure for the students and faculty of PGDSM MIT to extend a warm welcome to Dr. THOMAS T. SHEEHAN. Dr. Sheehan is the Director of Masters in Information Technology Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr. Sheehan will be here with us from 25.09.06 to 29.09.06. He will be teaching ‘Systems Approach to Business Modeling’ to PGDSM MIT 03 participants.

It's the time to dandia!!

Folks,
ColoSeuM...apna sports n cult com...is organizing a gala dandia nite on 27th september. We promise foot tapping dandia numbers till you drop! And more. So, mark your calendar. Come and be part of the most happening thing on our campus on 27th sep! Check out the lovely invite below.

What we are reading...

*. Nitish Shukla

- Options, Futures & Derivatives, (a textbook for other courses) by John C Hull -

- Microsoft Excel - Data Analysis and Business Modelling, by Wayne L. Winston –

- The Google Story, by David A Vise

- The Search, by John Battelle

*. Moon Nagar: India 2020 by APJ Abdul Kalam

*. Amit Kumar: Introduction to Material Mgmt.....by Tony Arnold

*. Partha: Deception point by Dan brown…unputdownable!

*. Praveen: Lee Iacocca.. About the book – It’s pretty old and has got a stale smell to it.

*. Ganga:
- The undercover economist by Tim Harford
- Ten deadly marketing sins…signs & solutions by Phil Kotler

*. Abhishek Ranjan: IT in financial banking, retail industry..

*. Aditya Baliga
- Insurance - fundamentals, environment, procedures by Bodla, Garg and Singh
- Ordinary man's guide to the empire by Arundhati Roy

*. Karthikeya Rathore
- The Fifth Discipline by Peter M Senge
- Games People Play by Eric D Berne

*. Sukanya
- The Walmart effect - Charles Fishman
- Doing it Right - The makeover of India's Manufacturing (An ET intelligence group report)

*. Maulik Shah
- The Search for the Perfect language. - Umberto Eco
- The Ultimate CRM Handbook - John G Feeland
- Stalin - Gimenez, Manuel
- Rosicrucian Enlightenment - Yates, Frances A
- Course of German history: A survey of the development of German history since 1815 by Taylor, A J P

*. Manas Sahu: - Lateral Thinking...by Edward De Bono..

*. Ruby Singh: - An Intimate note to the sincere seeker by H.H.Sri Ravi Shankar