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Volume : 1 Issue : 4 September-October 2017

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Vijnan - Quarterly news letter published by Bhavan's Royal Institute of ManagementChief editor: Prof. (Dr). Rajagopala Nair, Editor-in-charge: Deepa Unnithan. For private circulation only

Casa De Gestao-2K17, the first edition of ourmanagement fest was organised by the students on 4thOct 2017. The Grand Gala, attended by 182 Managementstudents from various South Indian Business Schools,was inaugurated by CA. Sri. Venugopal C. Govind,Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kochi Kendra. Duringhis inaugural address, Sri. Venugopal C. Govind exhortedstudents to brush shoulders with competition while

'Casa De Gestao'-The Management Fest@ Bhavan's B-Schoolenjoying the spirit of friendship. He thrusted thesignificance of management fests in grooming studentsto sustain in a free market of new business models. Hestressed upon the latest developments in all functionalareas of management. Dr. Rajagopala Nair, our Dean,welcomed the gathering and Sri. E. Ramankutty, Diector-BVB and Smt. Sujatha Nambiar, Principal, BMV offeredfelicitations. Under the co-ordination of Mr. Rohit U J &Ms. Swathy S, students of 1st & 2nd MBA respectively,entire staff and students enthusiastically conducted fourevents and by the end of the day Christ College,Bangalore Main Campus emerged as the winners ofOverall Championship. The presence of the film crewof upcoming movie 'Chemparathipoov' added colours tothe valedictory function. The event concluded withcultural programmes by students.

The new boys’ hostel of Bhavan's Royal Institute ofManagement was inaugurated by Sri. E. RamakuttyWarrier, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan-Kochi Kendraon 29/08/2017. In the capacity of the Patron of thisInstitution, Our Director extended warm welcome to all

Inauguration of New Boys’ Hostelthe inmates to their 'Homeaway from Home' and hewished them all prosperityand progress in theiracademic venture. Dr. G.V. Subramanian, DirectorBVB-Kolkota, Dr.Rajagopala Nair, Dean,senior officials from BVB-Kochi Kendra, Staff andstudents of the collegealso attended thefunction. The new hostel inside the college campus isenabled with modern facilities like gym, wifi etc.

Bhavans's Gold medal for College Topper in theUniversity Exams for MBA 2014-16 batch was awardedto Mr. Sreeprakash S. In a grand function held in theSeminar hall, the gold medal was given by Sri.VenugopalC. Govind, Chairman, BVB-Kochi Kendra and Certificatewas handed over by Prof (Dr) P. R. Poduval. Mr.Sreeprakash had secured campus placement as AssistantManager at Prabhu Steels.

Bhavan's Gold Medal for the College Topper

Members of Rotary Club, Cochin visited campus andinteracted with students Rtn. Kishore Ranganathelaborated the activities and youth welfare programmesof Rotary Club. Students were enthused about theRotoract initiatives of the club,exclusively foryoungsters.

Rotary Club-Campus Interaction

Budding Leader Award

Mr. Visakh Ram Mohan, 2nd MBA wonthe title of " Budding Leader" in theAll India Management Fest,Berchnova-207. The winner washonoured with trophy, certificateand a cash prize of Rs. 25000

Winners in HRcontest in themanagement festhosted by MACFEST,Thiruvalla

The team comprising

AchievementsMs. Aparna Lakshmanan, Ms. Aswathy S., Ms. Achla Anoopand Ms. Anamika S. won First Prize in HR contest atMACFEST Tantra.

Winner in PhotographyContest

Mr. Prasanth, 1st

Semester MBA won thefirst runner up positionin the Photographycontest conducted byBPC college, Piravom.

1. Smitha Rajappan & Rohini. S. Nair published a paperon "Exploring the Effect of Workplace Spirituality onJob Embeddedness among Higher Secondary SchoolTeachers" in Taylor & Francis Online Journal (July2017), 4: 1334419.

2. Rohini. S. Nair & Smitha Rajappan presented a paperon "Dimensions of organizational Justice and workengagement among Healthcare Professionals in

PublicationsKerala" at Indian Federation of United NationsAssociations, New Delhi (IARDO) on 16th July 2017.

3. Smitha Rajappan & Rohini S. Nair presented a paperon "Workplace Spirituality - An Emerging Templatefor breaking Organizational Silence" in the Nationalconference on New Paradigms in Business &Management (NCNPBM 2017), SMS CUSAT.

CondolencesThe staff and students of Bhavan's RoyalInstitute of Management hereby expressour deep sense of sorrow on the saddemise of Ms. Swapna Ashok, 2010-2012Batch.We sincerely pray that her eternalsoul rest in peace. Our heartfeltcondolence and prayers to the bereavedfamily on this difficult time.

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Noble Thoughts is a lecture series wherein eminent andscholarly people from different walks of life conductdiscourse with students in the campus. Dr. G. V.Subramanian, Director-Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, KolkotaKendra, the distinguished academic and scholar wasthe guest speaker of Noble thoughts. He interacted withstudents on the topic "Personal Excellence". Heenlightened the audience on how lives can be carvedin an extraordinary manner by simple yet invaluable

Noble Thoughts - Lecture Series

concept of "Buy One get three Free", as a course ofpursuit of excellence.

Mr. Siju Vijay - Sales DevelopmentManager at NetApp, conducted asession of corporate interaction. Heshared the nitty-gritties of moderndata services harnessing hybridcloud. Mr. Siju Vijay, who is analumnus of Bhavan's Royal alsorecalled his memories of student days and how theinstitution helped him to shape up his career.

Corporate InteractionMs. Reshma Ramesh, 2nd MBA and Ms. Aswathy Mohanan,1st MBA received The Star of the Month award for August,2017 from the Dean, Prof. (Dr) Rajagopala Nair. Theaward is given in recognition of the students'development in terms of management aptitude.

Stars for the month of August

Hedge Equities conducted a game based session oninvestment training in the campus. The sessionacquainted students to the practicalities of investmentassessments in a very interactive manner.

Game based Investment TrainingProgramme

A session was organised on digital marketing for thestudents in our campus by the experts from Digi AryaDigital Marketing Solutions. The session served as anenabler to the students to understand the growingsignificance of digital marketing in contemporarybusiness arena.

Digital Marketing Workshop

A discourse on securities and financial planning wasorganised in co-operation with ICICI Securities in thecampus. Students aspiring to build a career in this areafound the session extremely useful as it gave them anopportunity to clear their doubts with practitioners inthe area. Ms. Suniti Varma, Zonal Marketing Manager,ICICI Securities was the resource person.

Discourse on Securities and FinancialPlanning

The students of 1st MBA visited Kerala Agro MachineryCorporation Ltd. (KAMCO), accompanied by facultyrepresentatives. The students learned about theproduction process of power tillers and the managementof work division in a large production factory byobservation as well as explanation by employees. Thesite visit was extremely enriching experience for students.

Industrial Visit at KAMCO Ltd.

Bhavan's Royal Institute of Management has enteredinto a MoU with Global Talent Track (GTT) for theenhancing the employability skill sets of our studentsthrough Career Clap, the technology platform and otherface to face initiatives. GTT is a Training Partnersponsored by Barclays and NASSCOM Foundation as apart of their CSR initiative. Dr. Rajagopala Nair, Dean,Bhavans Royal Institute of Management and Ms.Shreevidya Kurup, Marketing Head, GTT, signed the MoUat the campus.

MoU between Bhavan's Royal Institute ofManagement and Global Talent Track (GTT)

Prof. Dr. Rajagopala Nair, Dean, conducted an invitedsession on "Research Orientation' for the Post Graduatestudents of St. Albert's College, Cochin.

'Research Orientation' session for PGStudents of St. Albert's College

The FDP on Multivariate Data Analysis using R wassuccessfully organised by Bhavans Royal Institute ofManagement on 6th & 7th October 2017. Subjectexperts in R., Dr. Sreejesh S (SMS-CUSAT) and Dr.Satheesh Kumar( Dept. of Future Studies, KeralaUniversity) were the resource persons for the sessions.The programme was inaugurated by CA.Vivek Krishna

FDP on Multivariate Data Analysis using RGovind, President, KMA who appreciated the instituteand its endeavors for spreading the advancements ofresearch and technology for the development of theeconomy at large. Department Heads and Facultymembers of colleges from the length and breadth ofthe state attended the programme.

School of Legal Studies, Cochin University hosted ourDean, Prof. (Dr.) Rajagopala Nair as the resourceperson for the workshop on empirical research in legalstudies and social science. The session was attendedby academics and researchers in the areas of legalstudies and social science.

Workshop by Dean on empirical research in legal studies and social science

Mr. Krishnaswamy, IIM alumnus and Co-founder ofKonfidence Key conducted an aptitude training sessionfor students. He guided students on the tips andtechniques for cracking corporate aptitude test papers.Students could gain clarity on the expectations andassessment criteria of prospective employers withregard to aptitude element through the interaction withthe resource person.

Aptitude training