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IMS BIKANER- MY

INSTITUTION

BUILDINGEXPERIENCES

By :Dr. Trilok Kumar Jain

Management Consultant and Career Advisor

Afterschool Career Guidance Trust

Sivakamu Veterinary Hospital Road,Baginada

Bikaner 334001, Rajasthan, India

Mobile : 9414430763, 0151-2544275

[email protected], www.afterschool.tk


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At IMS Bikaner, we were blessed with guidance from many eminent

personalities of that time, that included the following : -Prof. V.S. Vyas, Ex-Director of IIMA

Prof. Azhar Kazmi

Prof. Ravi Tikku, Principal of BJS Rampuria Jain College Bikaner

Prof. M.L. Mishra

Prof. Udai Pareek, Ex-professor of IIMA

With their guidance, we were able to prepare a roadmap for the

progress of IMS Bikaner. We had following roadmap in our mind : -

To form strong alumni network

To emphasize on research and publications

To form strong network with industry and corporates

To provide rigorous education

To encourage comprehensive summer training to the studentsTo have daily seminars with focus on high quality in content and delivery

To invite best visiting faculties for updation on latest themes in management education


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A roadmap helps and it worked in IMS Bikaner also. I remember the

great contribution of Prof. S.S. Surana, Dr. Om Kuvera, Dr. N.S.

Rathore, Dr. Mukta Arora, Dr. Aruna, Dr. G.M. Saxena, Dr. M.R. Khatri,

Dr. Ved Sharma, Dr. S.D. Dave,Dr. Pant, Dr. Amod Bhardwaj, Dr.

Meenakshi Handa, Dr. Sanjeev Prasher, Dr. D.K. Khatri, Dr. Neeraj

Anand, Mr. Atmaram, Mr. Anil Lata, Ms. Shiran Mukerjee, Mr. Jugraj

Sethia (who was the Secretary of the Managing Committee), Mr. U.C.

Kochar (who later became Secretary of the Managing Committee),

Mr. Bhanu Prakash Purohit, Mr. Mangilal, Mr. Moolsingh, Mr. Narsingh

Das Maru (he was a very devoted class IV employee, he died in an

accident, we had started Antakshri Competitions in his memory) and

others.

Students from Bikaner used to be hesitant in English speaking. I used

to give particular attention to this aspect and used to conduct

special classes for the students in English communication. I recall the

great contribution of Dr. M.R. Khatri in this regard. I appreciate his

contribution.

We used to induct students in every activity of the institution. There

were active students empanelled in every committee of the student.

We had students working in academic committee, visiting faculty

committee, placement committee, industrial tour committee etc. The

students were actually our main workers. They used to work and

learn. I remember that when I was compiling database of alumni

and trying to contact them, Mr. Ali Menon (who was a student of

MBA at that time) used to offer great support. The contacts with

alumni helped us in getting their support in many forms including

support in summer training, support in arranging industrial tours and

support in placements of our students.


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Focus on Research and Publications - When we started the

newsletters (FCD Summary) and the journal (Bikaner Journal of

Management), we found that there were many supporters who we

had ignored. I recall that for the first few issues of the journal, we

didnt face any problem. There were many donors willing to help us

in publication of journal and other such materials. We used to work

with the mission of establishing IMS Bikaner as a strong brand and

we were successful in our ventures. We were excited when Business

India ranked our institute as A+ institute and ranked us as 35 ranked

business school in the country.


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Student groups - We had many active student groups, where

students used to devote lot of time for preparation on some themes.

There was a spiritual discussion group called SOUL, where we used to

have some or other spiritual discussions. We also had a group on

marketing which used to formulate marketing related plans and

projects. We used to have regular reading of economic times in FCD

Club. We used to have a research club where students used to

discuss about research issues. There were many students activities,

which were of very high quality. Many of these activities didnt have

any faculty involvement. It used to be purely students organized

programme. Mind your Mind was one such programme where

students used to invite some spiritual trainer to train the students inYoga, Meditation and Self Control. The students used to extensively

participate in many social development activities. I remember, that

the students gave their full support to many social and cultural

organizations. I remember that students like Manoj Nagpal

organized surveys of Harizan Basti in Bikaner and recommended

course of action for their development. There were some student

groups, which prepared marketing plans for Indian Oil, BPCL and

other companies in Bikaner. The students also prepared marketingstrategies for other institutions for example one group of student

prepared marketing strategies for some schools in Bikaner.


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Seminars the most memorable moments - Students had to present

their seminars almost every day. The seminar could be a

presentation on some contemporary issue or it could be summer

training report. We used to give very high emphasis on quality of

summer training. If a student couldnt give convincing presentation

of his summer training he would be asked to undertake summer

training again. We had established a very rigorous system of summer

training. The student had to take prior permission regarding his topc

of study and get it approved through a synopsis. His research

methodology and research instruments had to be approved. We

used to take regular feedback from the industry project guide also.

There were some enthusiastic students, who used to give more thanone seminar during a sessions. These seminars were an occasion for

their development. Students of final year used to help the students of

first year in preparation of the seminar. There would be one

chairperson and one speaker (out of the students only) for the

seminar. The students used to prepare seminar leads, seminar

synopsis, seminar invitation well in advance and used to circulate it

widely in the campus. The speaker used to take 30 minutes in

presentations, followed by queries / debates / discussions whichused to take another 30 minutes. The later part the queries /

debates / discussions used to be more interesting and exciting. The

students had their own informal groups and they used to spend

nights in preparing for seminars. The rival groups used to prepare well

for the seminars also and used to ask tricky questions at the end of

the seminars. We also used to have regional and national seminars.


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I recall tremendous support that I got from many persons in

organizing national seminars. When I organized National Seminar on

Management of NGOs, I got tremendous support from Dr. Om

Kuvera, Dr. V.N. Singh, Mr. Arvind Ojha, Mr. Yogendra Kumar Rawal,

Mr. Indu Bhushan Goyal, Mr. Deep Chand Sankhla, Mr. Mool Chand,

Mr. M.L. Saini and others. The national semiar was a great success.

Large number of MBA students prepared papers for the seminar and

there were two sessions dominated by the papers presented by the

MBA students. I recall that Mr. Apoorva Dubey and Mr. Ashish

PUgalia (both were MBA students) worked very hard during those

days in organizing seminar. Prof. V.S. Vyas gave full support during

the seminar. He motivated Dr. Sunil Ray and Dr. Jain to participate inthe seminar. Just after this seminar, we had another seminar,

organized by Dr. Om Kuvera.


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Outstanding staff club - Dr. S.D. Dave had organized a staff club,

which consisted of some fund generated collectively by all the staff.

We used to contribute some amount of money to the staff club every

month. This money was used to providing financial support / loan to

staff members who needed it. Many persons were able to get

funding for their financial needs through this staff club. The staff club

used to offer gifts and mementoes in all important occasions. If there

would be marriage of any staff member or his / her son / daughter,

there would be some gift by our staff club. There used to be one

party hosted by staff club every year, in which we used to have one

meeting and then we used to have lunch. The meeting used to be

presided by the senior most person and Dr. S.D. Dave used to readout the minutes of the staff club meetings and used to declare the

dividend of the staff club fund. I have not seen any other similar club

working so devotedly for the interests of the staff members. When Mr.

Narsingh Das Maru died, the staff club immediately provided support

to the bereaved family of Mr. Maru and represented his case to the

management. The management agreed to give some financial

support to his family and to provide employment to the son of Mr.

Maru.

Some Important features

We used to organize some programmes regularly and it was a

regular feature. For example, on 9 January every year, we used toorganize a Quiz in which all the schools and colleges of Bikaner

would participate. On 26 Feb we used to organize pre-budget

discussion, followed by post budget discussions on 2 March every

year. These activities were almost routine activities.


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Admission Counselling

We used to provide pre-admission counseling and training to the

students. We used to get students through all Rajasthan Entrance Test

and we used to provide free training and guidance to the students.

The students had to appear for counseling at Jaipur. A few of us used

to go to Jaipur to provide counseling and support to the students.

Participation in FDPs

The institute used to encourage us to participate in FDPs and other

such occasions. Many faculty members participated in many such

events. Many faculty members did refresher courses. Many faculty

members participated in national seminars / conferences.

Considering the fact that it was a self financed institution, it was a

great step to encourage faculty members to participate in such

occasions

Innovative courses and programmes - Our institute was pioneer inintroducing innovative courses and programmes. We were the first in

the district to start courses on computer science, courses on hotel

management, courses on French and German language, courses on

English speaking, courses on vocational skill training, courses on

journalism, courses on entrepreneurship and a lot of other courses.

All these helped us in developing the society and in establishing our

linkages. We conducted many programmes for NGOs and social

development organizations. We conducted studies and research forNGOs like the Hunger Project, Ajit Foundation etc. All these helped

us in doing our ultimate work upliftment of society. It was a purely

academic pursuit - many money minded persons of today may not

believe in all such activities.


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Industry Interactions - We used to have extensive industry

interactions. We got support from Bombay Stock Exchange. Local

entrepreneurs like Mr. Triloki Kalla, Mr. Hemant Daga, Mr. Ashok

Dhariwal, Mr. Sridhar Sharma, Mr. K.B. Gupta, Mr. Mathur, Mr. Pachisia

were always keen for association with us. Our students did many

projects for them. The Rotary Club Bikaner organized a programme

to recognize our contribution, in which all the industrialists gathered

to recognize our institutes contribution.

Great Academics - Dr. Sanjeev Prasher used to take extra classes

on Sundays to make the students strong in marketing. We used to

give focus on marketing. Some people say business is marketing we also believed in this. Faculty members also used to give seminars

and discuss about their research projects / publications. We always

ensured that students read the best books available for the subject

even if that book was very high priced. Good books ensured good

inputs and it helped us in developing the students. We used to offer

tremendous support to the students. Whether it was study material /

book / summer training / placement / career guidance / seminar or

any topic we were always available. Our close association withstudents helped us in creating a strong fabric of rigorous academics.

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