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Inside this issue:IIMT Convocation 2013 on 21st September 2013 .................................................2IIMT Convocation 2013 .........................................................................................4Summer Internships for IIMT Students ..................................................................6Placements for IIMT Students ...............................................................................6Internships for IIMT Students ................................................................................7Winter Internships for IIMT Students .....................................................................8Entrepreneurial Workshop .....................................................................................9Moment of Pride for three ......................................................................................9IIMT Students Win Second Prize at Chandiwala Competition .............................10First year student wins laurels at MDI’s Imperium ...............................................10IIMT Students Excel Quiz Competition ................................................................10Innovation Challenge Winners Trip ...................................................................... 11Innovation Challenge Newsreports ......................................................................12Innovation Challenge 2013 ..................................................................................13Post Graduate Students Visit UK ........................................................................15Singapore Visit ....................................................................................................16The 6th International Conference on Services Management ..............................17

IIMT Welcomes the Batch of 2013.......................................................................18The Cyprus Conference and Visit to Istanbul ......................................................19Industry Experts and Guest Speakers at IIMT ....................................................20Mindset Training and Counseling Session ..........................................................23Faculty Research and Publications .....................................................................24Visit to Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon ..........................................................................26PG Events ...........................................................................................................27Industrial Visit ......................................................................................................28THE InQuiZitive’ #5..............................................................................................30Club Activities ......................................................................................................31Rangoli Competition ............................................................................................34Sambandh Collection Camp ................................................................................35Culinary Leaders Round Table ............................................................................36The Counselor Conclave .....................................................................................37 Conference on CSR & Social Entrepreneurship ..................................................38State-of-the-art campus of IIMT ..........................................................................39IHG CEO Visit ......................................................................................................40

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YIIMT Students feature in BBC World Programmeon 20th August, 2013

Tuesday, 20th August, 2013. The CEO of IHG (Intercon-tinental Hotel Group) with his team visited the new cam-pus of IIMT at Sohna Road to meet the budding hospitality students. The occasion was a familiarization trip of the es-teemed team of IHG and BBC Worldwide to the proposed state of the art campus which is spread in an area of 4 acres. Mr. Amit Kapoor, Promoter, IIMT and Dr. Vinnie Jau-hari, Director IIMT accompanied the enthusiastic guests to show around the campus while responding to their futuristic questions. Mr. Jan addressed a class of SHTM students on various aspects of hospitality business, changes in global trends, growing career opportunities and sustainable man-agement practices. Few of the students also got an opportu-nity to continue this learning session with the dynamic CEO at Hotel Crowne Plaza, Rohini. They experienced a skill based workshop on Italian cuisine with the Culinary Lead-ers of IHG (Mr. Aditya Gemini, Executive Chef & Team) and Mr. Jan (who started his career in hospitality as a trainee in Food Production area). Overall, it was a memorable day for IIMT team and students to spend few hours in the company of the Leadership team of one of the largest chains of hotels worldwide.

IIMT Convocation 2013 on 21st September, 2013

IIMT- Oxford University, Gurgaon held it’s Annual Convocation on 21st Sep-tember, 2013 at Radisson Blu Pla-za, Gurgaon. The convocation was marked by the presence of Prof. John Raftery, Pro Vice Chancellor (Student experience), Oxford Brookes Univer-sity. Distinguished guests from the IIMT Academic & Management Com-mittee as well as industry experts in-cluding Dr. Ramesh Kapur, Chairman IIMT & promoter, Radisson Blu Delhi & Varanasi and Mr. K. B. Kachru, Chair-man, Carlson- Rezidor Hotels, Mr. Harmeet Singh, GM- Archies India, Mr. Nitin Kapur, Member of the Board IIMT, Ms. Kaval Verma, Regional Vice President, Human Resources, South West Asia at InterContinental Hotels

Group, Ms. Vinay Narang, Regional Director Corporate Communications, at InterContinental Hotels Group and Dr. Vinnie Jauhari, Director IIMT also graced the occasion.

The ceremony commenced with the academic procession, looking digni-fied in the ceremonial dress. Dr. Vin-nie Jauhari, Director-IIMT, addressed the august gathering by emphasising on the ethos and values held sacro-sanct by the institute while imparting knowledge to the young graduates. She congratulated two first year stu-dents on their humane gesture in helping an accident victim in need, who later turned out to be an employ-ee at Airtel and who duly felicitated the

students during Airtel’s Annual meet. She stressed on the need for ethics and discipline while maintaining pro-fessional duties and the importance of being a good human being. She also announced IHG’s tie-up with IIMT. IIMT has an IHG academy for hospi-tality sector, to an applauding hall.

The Chairman, Dr. Ramesh Kapur highlighted the importance of being a visionary and following ones dreams. He also detailed the various achieve-ments of IIMT including the wonder-ful placement record of the institution in all the top-rated Corporate Houses of the world and the various entrepre-neurs the institute had borne.

Prof. John Raftery, Pro Vice Chan-

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cellor (Student experience), Oxford Brookes University lauded the stu-dents on their achievements and how they were now a part of an interna-tional community of citizens who were profitably engaged in the society. He presented degrees to the graduating students from B.Sc in Hotel and Res-taurant Management from the School of Hospitality and Tourism Manage-ment, Bachelors of Business Admin-istration from the School of Manage-ment and Entrepreneurship, Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the School of Management and Entrepreneurship and Post Graduate

Programme in Management from the School of Management and Entrepre-neurship.

This was followed by the announce-ment of the prestigious Dean’s List. Distinguished students who achieved high merit both academically and on basis of their participation in extracur-ricular were awarded for achieving the honour of Dean’s list for Overall per-formance by Mr. K.B. Kachru, Chair-man, Carlson- Rezidor Hotels. The ceremony was graced by parents, faculty and staff of IIMT, who were proud to see their wards receive the

degrees and awards.

The ceremony ended with the aca-demic procession exiting and the various batches posing for their batch photographs. Amid the cheers and the mandatory ‘HAT’ throwing by the students, it was a befitting close to another stupendous academic year which saw the hard work of both the students and the faculty bearing suc-cess. The day ended on a cheery note and with a high-tea with saw the parents, students and the faculty mingling to share the experiences of a great journey undertaken together.


Summer Internships for IIMT Students from Under Graduate Programmes

Student Name Organisation Location

Himalaya Sharma Holiday Inn Malaysia

Sidharth Kempinski New Delhi

Jatin Prasad JW Marriott Dubai

Dhanraj Singh Dhillon Holiday Inn Malaysia

Piyush Thakur Al Raha Beach Hotel Abu Dhabi

Abhinav Bansal Four Season Mumbai

Kunal Sharman Al Raha Beach Hotel Abu Dhabi

Yajas Kharbanda JW Marriott Chandigarh

Aseem Rishi JW Marriott Aerocity New Delhi

Kartik Kalra Al Danat Hotel Abu Dhabi

Kushaal Sharma Al Danat Hotel Abu Dhabi

Adarsh Raj Anand ITC Maurya Patna

Harjap Singh Salh Country Inn & Suites Gurgaon

Harjap Singh Salh Curry House Australia

Placements for IIMT Students from Under Graduate Programmes

Student Name OrganisationBaanipreet Kaur Pasricha IHG

Eashak Khan Hyatt Regency

Nikhilesh Khanduri The Oberoi

Sahil Mittal Hyatt Regency

Sidhant Khanijo IHG

Sunny Arya IHG

Sushant Verma IHG

Tushar Malik Hyatt Regency

The following hospitality students were selected for internships:

The following students were selected for final placements:

Placements for IIMT Students from Post Graduate Programmes

Student Name Program Final Status

Akshay Sharma PGDM Dunia Financial LLC, Dubai

Navin Kumar Yadav PGDM Dunia Financial LLC, Dubai

Rohit Jain PGPM Dunia Financial LLC, Dubai

Joshita Arora PGPM Daffodil Softwares

Harsheen Sawhney PGPM Daffodil Softwares

The following students were selected for placements:

The final placements for the PG 2012-14 batch commenced in December, 2013. So far the following have been placed:Additionally, 22 companies have already confirmed their participation for campus placement for the month of January 2014.


Internships for IIMT Students from Post Graduate Programmes

Student Name Program Internship CompanyAbhishek Saini PGPM BSNL

Abhishek Singh Sengar PGPM Outlook

Abhishek Bhola PGPM Air India

Adarsh Kumar PGPM ANMG & Co

Amit Atri PGPM PNB MetLife

Ankit Raikwar PGPM IIMT

Ankit Awasthi PGPM Change My Tyre .Com

Anu Bagha PGPM Big Bazaar

Avinash Kumar PGPM Cotton County

Deepika Rana PGPM Yebhi.com

Harleen Kaur Behl PGPM Air India

Harsheen sawhney PGPM Dreamhome Infrastructure Pvt Ltd

Jatin Chhabra PGPM SAIL

Joshita Arora PGPM SAIL

Jyoti Pathak PGPM SAIL

Kapil Deo Maurya PGPM Edelweiss

Kritka Ladha PGPM Wheebox

Manmeet Kaur PGPM SAIL

Mayank Bhadauriya PGPM HT Media

Nitesh Tiwari PGPM Abhi Industries Pvt Ltd

Pooja Gupta PGPM Agarwal Kamal Kumar & Associates

Pulkit Arora PGPM Tata Motors Finance Ltd

Pushpa PGPM Hansol CSN

Rahul Sahu PGPM IIMT

Ravikant Sharma PGPM IIMT

Rohit Jain PGPM Big Bazaar

Rupika Aggarwal PGPM Mahle Filters Systems Pvt Ltd

Shagun Chanana PGPM HT Media

Sheetal Yadav PGPM Caparo Maruti Ltd

Shikha Gupta PGPM I.H.S

Shivam Dhiman PGPM Lohia Warehouse Pvt Ltd

Simranjit Singh PGPM IIMT

Snehal Agrawal PGPM HT Media

Sukanya Khurana PGPM Kaya Life Style

Sunil Chand Rajwar PGPM Torna Expedition Tours & Travels

Sushila PGPM Air India

Swati Khandelwal PGPM PNB Met Life Insurance Company

Zuber Khan PGPM Big Bazaar

Adnan Siddqui PGPM Siddiqui Estate Consultants

Akshay Sharma PGDM Godrej Agrovet Ltd

Bikramjeet Singh PGDM Change My Tyre .Com

Jatindeep Singh PGDM Abhi Industries Pvt Ltd

Jatinderpal Singh PGDM Abhi Industries Pvt Ltd

Navin Kumar Yadav PGDM Dancing Bees

Saurabh Chaudhary PGDM Anthelio Business Technologies

Varun Goel PGDM Panasonic Novino

Waseem Abdullah Parray PGDM HDFC Life

Hima Chotani PGDM Rahat Continental Pvt Ltd

The following students were selected for internships:


Winter Internships for IIMT Students from Under Graduate Programmes


Student Name Program Organisation

Anirudh Sharma SHTM Holiday Inn, Aerocity ,New Delhi

Gaurav Saxena SHTM Westin Hotel, Gurgaon

Karan Chouhan SHTM Jaypee Residency Manor, Mussoorie

Mrinal Kohli SHTM Holiday Inn, Aerocity ,New Delhi

Namit Yadav SHTM Westin Hotel, Gurgaon

Rhea Nilanjana SHTM Holiday Inn, Aerocity ,New Delhi

Sameeksha Goyal SHTM Holiday Inn, Aerocity ,New Delhi

Annamae Manilal SHTM Holiday Inn, Aerocity ,New Delhi

Arjun Sharma SHTM Taj Vivanta , Surajkund Haryana

Simone Kucera SHTM Crowne Plaza, Greater Noida

Piyush Gouchwal SHTM Holiday Inn, Aerocity ,New Delhi

Shijo Kunjumon SHTM Radisson Blu, Mahipalpur,New Delhi

Vishnu Yadav SHTM Radisson Blu, Paschim Vihar,New Delhi

Das Tajender Chhillar SHTM Westin Hotel, Gurgaon

Atin Yadav SHTM Radisson Blu, Paschim Vihar,New Delhi

Hardik Singh SHTM Radisson Blu, Paschim Vihar,New Delhi

Vikrant Dabas SHTM Radisson Blu, Paschim Vihar,New Delhi

Panav Sarna SHTM JW Marriott, Chandigarh

Rohit SHTM Ksar Hospitality Services, Bhopal

Snehil Rai SHTM Jaypee Residency Manor, Mussoorie

Udit Agarwal SHTM Taj Vivanta, Lucknow

Akshaye Vardhen SHTM Radisson Blu, Mahipalpur,New Delhi

Gagan Kumar SHTM Jaypee Residency Manor, Mussoorie

Winter Internships for IIMT Students from Under Graduate Programmes


Student Name Program Organisation

Akshat Kumar Sharma SOME Microsoft India

Kshitij Todi SOME Microsoft India

Puja Indrajit Shah SOME Realyser

WINTER INTERNSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Two students from BBA who had joined Microsoft were paid a stipend of Rs.15,000/-.Puja Indrajeet shah from BBA who had joined Realyser for her winter internship was found to be exceptional by the company who even went on to offer her a job as an Analyst at a package of Rs.25,000/- per month.


Entrepreneurial Workshop held on 13th July, 2013 at IIMT

IIMT conducted an entrepreneurial workshop “RAISING FUNDS” part-nering with NEN (National Entrepre-neurship Network). The workshop started with a welcome note by the speaker Mr. Tim Mathews to the start up entrepreneurs who participated in the workshop. There were 15 en-trepreneurs from different parts of the country. The speaker discussed various aspects of fund raising and business life cycle, ways to approach investors and to choose the right in-vestor and the right capital. Valuation methodologies were discussed from pitching to signing the term sheet. Structuring deals at different stages of business life cycle was also one of the points that was discussed in de-tail. The workshop was concluded by the speakers Mr. Neeraj Jain and Mr. Surjendu Kuila from Reviews42.com. They began by sharing their own chal-lenges of funding as start up entrepre-neurs and of being 1st generation en-

trepreneurs.The speakers of the sessions were:1. Mr. Tim Mathews, Director PE India, heads early stage and start-up funding. Tim received his B-tech in mechanical engineering from IIT Madras and has pursued his MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Oline Business School at Washington University in U.S.Prior to found providence, Tim was a part of Emerson Climate Technology in US taking care of competitor ac-quisition analysis and product strat-egy, Tim was an Edison engineering graduate (EEDP) at GE Consumer Products and Satyam Engineering services working, on systems engi-neering, new product sourcing and product design for global markets. Tim is currently actively involved in early and growth stage fund raising, corporate financial advisory, business modeling, and in training and mentor-ing of entrepreneurs.2. Neeraj Jain, Founder, Reviews42. com. A first generation entrepreneur, Reviews42.com is Neeraj’s second entrepreneurial venture. He started his start up journey in 2006 after com-pleting his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. His first adventure was Metalogos,

a financial consulting firm. As part of Metalogos, he advised a number of small and mid sized companies from different industries like Logistics, Me-dia, IT, Mobile VAS, Internet, Fash-ion, Heritage, Travel etc., on various issues like raising funds, managing financies, etc. Reviews 42.com was started in April 2012 and it is on a ro-bust growth path after having raised two rounds of funding from prominent venture capitalists in last 15 months.3. Surjendu Kulia, Co-Founder, Re-views42.com. He has been in technol-ogy industry for a decade and worked primarily in the United States for 8+ years in start ups and big organiza-tions such as Apple Computers, RSA securities, EMC etc. Prior to start-ing Reviews42.com, he was heading Rediff Shopping. Surjendu holds a B.Tech degree from IIT-Roorkee and an MBA from IIM-Calcutta.

Three of our PGDM (OBU) & BBA 1st Year students (Mohit Sharma, Mohit Saini and Raj Joshi) are being hon-ored by AIRTEL in the Annual Gen-eral Meeting at EPICENTRE today at 16.30 hrs. The GM Airtel has called personally called the two students with lot of appreciation for these two students.The reason behind the appreciation is; a month ago just after joining IIMT, there was an accident that happened at IFFCO Chowk near Signature Tow-

er, a commercial vehicle had hit a mo-tor bike rider and pillion. One received severe head injury and the second person had a minor injury. Our stu-

dents had helped the injured with the basic first aid in the mean while the police had called the ambulance and took the injured to the nearest hospi-tal. Infact, none of the passerby had the courage to help the injured.

The motor bike rider who had multiple head injuries is an employee of Bharti Airtel at a senior finance position.

Moment of Pride for three of PGDM OBU and BBA 1st year students at IIMT


First year student wins laurels at MDI’s Imperium on 16th November, 2013

Ajay Kourav, First Semester, PGDM-2013 student of IIMT, Gurgaon won 3rd Prize in Negotiation Game at MDI’s An-nual Fest- Imperium, held on 16th November 2013. Ajay, partnered with Urnav from MDI and together they fought contenders from IIMs, BIMTECH, IIFT and other B Schools for the award. We wish Ajay, heartiest congratulations and hope for many more laurels for IIMT on the national arena.

IIMT Students Win Second Prize at Chandiwala Competition on 25th-27th September, 2013

IIMT Students Excel Quiz Competition

It was the 12th Chandiwala Hospitality Ensemble 2013 organized by BCIHM, New Delhi. The

National level competition hosted teams from across India along with the budding chefs of IIMT, Gurgaon. The competition turned into celebration when Gursimran Singh and Kushagra Bakshi of School of Hospitality at IIMT, Gurgaon, amused the judges by preparing a three course menu leading to win a silver medal in the International Cuisine category. The students started the meal with Cream of vegetable soup followed by Grilled Fish accompanied with sumac potatoes and parsley butter, the fresh fruit soufflé prepared along with appealing garnish fascinated the judges to make them win the second prize with an Institute from Pune winning first. We congratulate both the students of IIMT and wish then all the success for future endeavors.

Three students from the Under Graduate Business Program, Adnan Khan, Pyush Gupta and Puja Shah participated in the Business Plan Competition organized by the Korea Trade Center, Embassy of The Republic of Korea at Bangaluru on January 18, 2014.The event was organized at Hotel Leela, Bangaluru under the name K-Move Start-Up Contest and had participation from across the globe.Post the rigors of initial screening with

IIMT Business students stand out amongst the Best in the World.

comprised of submitting the Project Synopsis followed by the submission of the detailed Business Plan, the

team made it to the finals where they competed with the best 25 entries. The team which had made the Business Plan “REJUVINATION” with the Business Concept- “Love your life and live yoga in an innovative way” won accolades from the audience for being the youngest entry in a competition comprising of entries from the likes of Stanford University, Kellog’s University, IIM, VIT, University, etc. to name a few. Overall the team stood 7th in the competition.


Innovation Challenge Winners Trip

On 27th of June, we were to de-part for our trip to London. It was a whole new expe-rience. London is an amazing place to visit. We visited The Buckingham Pal-ace, The London Eye, The Tower

of London, The Crown Jewels, BMW Production Plant, The Oxford Brookes University and many more places. The journey was a great learning curve in my life. To know people from places at the other parts of the globe and to learn about their lifestyles was indeed

Oxford Brookes University As we Saw ita golden opportunity for me.We stayed at London for 5 days, all 5 being really very memorable for me.“Memories are all you have...” is an oft saying.After my return from the UK Trip, I can feel the change in myself. Thanks to IIMT and PAS. I am really grateful to everyone who was a part of the project in any manner. Many many thanks to IIMT for organising such a wonderful event that lifts up the spirit of students like us.Today, while I sit by the fields near my home, writing this note, I can feel the wind caressing me. I can hear the chir-ruping of birds and can feel the blaze of the evening sunshine. I wasn’t an aca-

demic genius. I wasn’t a “sporty” type. I wasn’t good in fine arts or in painting or in music or in dance. Then neither had I had a charming personality. I was not good looking either. But at the end of the day, what matters is the amount of labour you have put in. Give it a hun-dred percent and you’ll get a hundred percent. That’s what I’ve learnt.The IIMT journey taught me a great lesson..“The Road does not end for anybody...It starts from where you start...”Mayank Kumar, The Pentecostal Assembly School Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand

IIMT Innovation Challenge these three words have left an inerasable imprint on my life. It gave me the platform to rise above oth-ers and show the innovative mind within me. It

gave me and my group member Ma-yank Kumar an opportunity to put for-ward our idea of purifying chimney’s exhaust so as to reduce air pollution and consequent global warming. We worked hours for this, worked even on holidays. Made draft and finally our idea got selected amongst top 17 schools in India and we were called for giving presentation in Radisson hotel, New Delhi. Then the time came for presentation, we gave it and finally the results came. I was stunned when it was announced that The Pentecos-tal Assembly won the first prize. We got a trip to UK, was that really true or

I was just dreaming. I mean the thing that I only used to think in my dreams, but yes it was true IIMT paid me for my hard work.Then the time came for going to the UK. I was not having any experience of flying in an airplane ever before. We boarded the flight from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. Af-ter 9 hours of journey finally I landed in the land that I had been dreaming about ever since we won the Innova-tion Challenge. It was an awesome experience there. I have never had such type of an exposure ever before. I did many things there - saw London, the London Eye, the Big Ben, Thames and many more places. The Kohinoor diamond in the Crown Jewels col-lection was of special interest and it was wonderful to be able to catch a glimpse of it. The next day we went to the Oxford Brookes University. Meet-ing the Associate Dean of the Oxford Brookes University and sharing our ideas with him was a big milestone. The visit to the BMW Mini Production

plant in Oxford was also an enriching experience. We also went to the Ox-ford University; I cannot explain my feeling in words when I visited Christ College as well as other academic in-stitutions in Oxford. It was really awe-some. I had a great time there not even realizing how those 5 days just flew past.I would really like to thank IIMT and Oxford Brookes University for provid-ing such an opportunity.I am also thankful to my school, all those persons who guided me in me in taking me to such heights especial-ly Mr. Daniel Michael Prasad and Mrs. Karuna Prasad. I am also thankful to my family because of which I am here, my existence is because of them and for them. Last but not the least I am very much thankful to my group mem-ber Mayank Kumar.

Kishor Kumar, The Pentecostal As-sembly School Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand


Innovation Challenge Newsreports


Innovation Challenge 2013

Grand Finale for IIMT – Oxford Brookes UniversityInnovation Challenge 2013IIMT - Oxford Brookes Innovation Challenge was instituted in 2010 by IIMT and Oxford Brookes University, UK to create a platform for expression of innovative ideas of young undergraduates in India. It’s an initiative to address the problems faced by India in numerous areas. The effort is to bring out a change at the grass root levels and bring in these ideas to organizations which could adopt them and usher in a change.The first round of Innovation Challenge was conducted in the year 2010. The competition is running for the fourth year now. This year, over 100 teams from schools across India participated enthusiastically. The essays submitted by teams were assessed by panel of academics and practitioners. Top 11 teams got the opportunity to present their ideas on December 6th, 2013 at Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza, New Delhi. The prime focus of the challenge has been to provide young talents of India with a platform to demonstrate their ability to think out of the box and come up with innovative ideas which will propel the country on its trajectory of growth by unleashing its creative energies.

Panel of JudgesThe eminent Judges for the event were:• Mr. Harmeet Singh, GM, Archies Ltd.• Dr. Jatinder Singh, Secretary, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New

Delhi• Mrs. Yasmin Contractor, Principal Summer Fields Gurgaon• Mr. Vivek Kumar, Director, SME Joinup.• Mr. Sunil K Goyal, Founder & CEO, Yournest Angel FundIIMT thanks all the distinguished judges for not only judging the competition but also for giving their valuable inputs to the participants.To encourage more student participation and appreciation of efforts, IIMT and Oxford Brookes University gives out wonderful prizes each year to the winners.Out of the top 11 finalists, judges select the top 5 teams based on novelty of idea, commercial application, execution details and quality of presentation.


Innovation Challenge 2013

First Prize:Motilal Nehru Public School, Jamshedpur presented the work on “Recycling for Environment Conservation”. The School team consisted of Surbhi Kumari, Prerna Kumari, Faizal Raza & Shubham Sharma who were supported by their faculty mentor Ms. Ghazala Khan. The team has won an all inclusive 7 days trip to Oxford Brookes University at Oxford and London & a winner’s Trophy. The students emphasized the importance of Recycling for Environment Conservation.

Second Prize:Delhi Public School, Gurgaon presented the work on “Develop-ing Cleaner Cities”. The School Team consisted of Siddhant Goel & Roshan Ravi Kumar who were supported by their fac-ulty mentor Ms. Sonia Jain. The team has won laptops for each member along with a Trophy. The students proposed a novel idea of Developing Cleaner Cities.

Third Prize:Pentecostal Assembly School, Bokaro Steel City presented the work on “Recycling for Environment Conservation”. The School Team consisted of Philemon Johnson, Kumar Aman, Satyam Garodia & Swarnadip Hazra they were supported by their facul-ty mentor Mr. Daniel Michael Prasad. The students won a Cash Prize of INR 20,000 with a Trophy and Rs. 5000 cash award for the faculty mentor. The student discussed the idea of Recycling in communities for better Environment Conservation.

Fourth Prize:Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School, Jaipur presented the work on “Safety of Women in India”. The School Team consisted of Vibhuti Punjabi, Niharika Gaur & Prerita Agarwal they were supported by their faculty mentor Ms. Anjali Jagdev. The stu-dents won Cash Prize of INR 15,000 & Trophy and Rs. 5000 cash award for the faculty mentor. The student discussed a very important aspect of Women Safety in India.

Fifth Prize:Suncity World School, Gurgaon presented the work on “De-ploying Technology - Smart Road Lighting”. The School Team consisted of Vrishank Bhardwaj, Tanvi Sapra & Utkarsh Nagpal who were supported by their faculty mentor Ms. Poonam Ya-dav. The team has won Cash Prize of INR 10,000 & a Trophy and Rs. 5000 cash award for the faculty mentor. The students proposed an idea of improving road safety by deploying tech-nology through smart road lighting.


Post Graduate Students Visit UK, 29th June to 3rd July, 2013

Exposure and knowledge of business prospects and opportunities around the world is an integral part of the IIMT PGDM curriculum. As part of the PGDM experience, IIMT Gurgaon or-ganized an international edufun trip to UK for the PGDM students from 29th June to 3rd July 2013. The aim of the visit was mainly to expose the stu-

dents to the global business culture and to enhance a student’s outlook and promote growth essential for de-veloping leaders who would have the ability to handle and deal with issues relating to business and other societal matters in a competent fashion.The visit introduced the students to the history and culture of London and provided them the opportunity to ex-plore the business and academic in-stitutions. During the visit the students visited to the Westminster Abbey Cor-onation Church down to The Big Ben and then walking past Hyde Park on to watch the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace. A complete London Experience in itself and to add to it the ride on the London Eye gave them a breath-taking view of the meandering river Thames as well as the Famous London landmarks – the Houses of Parliament, the Wembley Stadium as well as the other amazing sights. The students got an amazing opportunity to visit the Crown Jewels as well as the Kohinoor at the Tower

of London, A UNESCO world heritage site. The second day included the trip to Oxford the university town and home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the country. The friendly

welcome at Oxford Brookes Universi-ty, Wheatley Campus by Grant Clend-ining (Client Manager- International Partner Development) was much ap-preciated and he made the students feel much at home. The group also attended a lecture by Dr Gabor Lu-kacs, Programme Lead for MSc Pro-

grammes on strategic management and were astonished by the use of technology in the classrooms.Later in the afternoon the students were accompanied by David Ainslie (International Partnerships Develop-ment Team Leader, Oxford Brookes University Business School) to the BMW Mini Production plant at Ox-ford. The visit was very enriching for the students as they could relate the classroom theory with the actual as-sembly line.The visit to a famous academic town is incomplete without visiting the famous colleges that has taught many of our past and present day world leaders. So the third day followed with the Ox-ford city tour with the tour guide, Mr Ian Mitchell. It was a great opportunity for the students to walk through the doors of Christ College and appreci-

ate the college in its entire splendor. The tour guide, kept the group aware

with all the facts of the college as well as the fun facts of which parts of it was used in which Harry Potter movie. A visit to Christ College Cathedral – the smallest cathedral in England too was an enriching experience. A walk down the streets of Oxford glancing through the various colleges big and small on a Rainy English day was definitely an unforgettable experience for the group. The last day at London was a shop-aholic’s delight with the visit to the Oxford Street, Bond Street, Covent Garden’s as well as watching a few live performances on the streets close to Piccadilly Circus. On the whole though it was a pretty tight schedule the students enjoyed a lot. This im-mersion trip had a lot to offer to the students and was very memorable.


en to the Yakult Plant and NE Water Plant as a part of the educational visit. We all had a very virtuous time in Sin-gapore and it was a very delightful ex-perience for all of us. And the dream trip to Singapore got over on 2nd July 2013.

Merilion after the completion of city tour we had been allotted with the time for shopping. On the third day, on 29th June, Dr. Durgamohan took us to the Man-agement Development Institute of Singapore. It is one of the largest business schools among private edu-cation institutions in Singapore, with an annual intake of more than 4,000 students. Tour around the MDIS cam-pus turned out to be very productive.The days passed on and we explored Singapore to the best of our time span allotted. We went through heavy shop-ping, ate delicious food and we also explored the most talked about water park of Singapore ‘The Wild Wild Wet Water Park’. We had also been tak-

Singapore Visit for the BBA Students, 27th June, 2013

A small Asian country, Singapore has one of the highest GDP per capita in the Southeast Asia. Singapore is pro-claimed one of the four Asian Tigers because they achieved standard of living and high economic growth. This is among the highest in the world. Sin-gapore is known to be the country of cultural diversity.27th June 2013, Thursday was the day when Institute for International Management and Technology gave us an incredible opportunity to visit

Singapore as a part of the educa-tional trip. 0400 Hours was the time when the whole class came together at Indira Gandhi International Airport, T3 for the flight Departure. We were accompanied by our favorite faculty of our institute, Dr. M. Durgamohan.On 27th evening when we reached hotel we had to rush to the Night Sa-

fari which is is the world’s first noctur-nal zoo and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Singapore. We came across different creatures on the planet under one roof which was followed by creatures of the night show. We had dinner after the safari and turned back to hotel.On 28th we started our day with deli-cious cuisine served at the hotel and was followed by the city tour which included Sentosa Tour, Underwater World, Dolphin Lagoon, Images of Singapore, and Songs of the Sea. We were also been taken to the temples of Singapore, Marina Bay Sands and


The 6th International Conference on Services Management - June 23-25, 2013

A research paper titled as “Culinary Heritage, a potential socio-economic

The 6th International conference on services management was organized jointly by IIMT, India, Oxford Brookes University, UK and Virginia tech Uni-versity at the Acapulco Beach Re-sort, Cyprus. I have attended the pre-vious two editions of this conference and was privileged to attend this edi-tion. There was a special track for the PhD students. The conference had a good blend of papers being presented by the researchers across the globe. A good number of papers incorporated empirical studies using advanced multivariate techniques. A special session was organized by the editors of seven esteemed journals. The conference also provided op-portunity for the researchers to take a break and do some sightseeing on a daylong trip. Concisely, the confer-ence opened great avenues for as I got some useful comments and sug-gestions from the research fraternity, which will help me in my research avenues.Paper 1: A study of factors contrib-uting to tourist satisfaction at herit-age sites in India (Co-author; Prof. S Munjal, IIMT Gurgaon).

value driver: The Chandni Chowk experience”, was presented at sixth International conference on services management held in North Cyprus. The paper was jointly authored by Mr. Sandeep Munjal and Mr. Sanjay Sharma with the focus to probe the commercial expression of culinary heritage and determine if the same can emerge as quintessential socio-economic value creator. An idea to such research was initiated keeping in mind India’s diversity, rich culture and heritage and to see if the same rich-

This paper was based on a survey-based study conducted at two impor-tant Heritage sites in India viz., City Palace Museum, Udaipur and Qutab Minar, New Delhi. The key objective of the paper was to explore the fac-tors, which contribute to the satisfac-tion of tourists at the various heritage sites in India. It was concluded that factors viz., staff attitude and gen-eral facilities, merchandise, food and beverage and accessibility could be used to measure the tourist satisfac-tion scale, which were based on 13 scale items. Management of these factors will help the site management in improving the visitor satisfaction.Paper 2: Retail Service Quality and Shopper’s Demographics: A study of retail customers in the National Capi-tal Region (NCR), India (Co-author; Dr. Kartik Dave, BIMTECH, Greater Noida).This paper was based on a study conducted on apparel retail shoppers in the Delhi and NCR. Segmentation of the market is an important aspect and is essentially useful in the or-ganized retail environment. Although studies on retail service quality have been conducted in various contexts, this study adds a new dimension to the scale, which is based on the am-bient factors under the retail service quality scale. In addition, how these factors are perceived based on dif-ferent demographic factors is empiri-cally tested. The shopper’s profile is always very complex and this would

ness will find expression in its food as well. Our culinary heritage and its di-versity are well recognised, but does it have the potential to act as a value driver that renders sustainability to both the traditional food and its pro-ducers, ensuring its continuity to fu-ture generations? Can it be deployed as an asset that turns locations into culinary destinations? The research findings have practical implementa-tions at various levels and were well appreciated by the fellow researchers at the conference.

help in demystifying the same.Paper 3: An Exploration of Res-taurant Service Quality Factors in India (Co-author; Dr. Kartik Dave, BIMTECH, Greater Noida).This paper is based on a study per-taining to the service quality dimen-sions in the restaurant industry. Ser-vice quality studies pertaining to the restaurant industry in Indian context are very limited. The study takes cog-nizance of the differences in the In-dian context and hence provides an enhanced scale, which is extended

from the popular DINESERV scale (Stevens et al., 1995). In addition, this study will provide direction to the research in measuring service quality dimensions in restaurants in the In-dian context. The restaurant manag-ers would also find this help as ser-vice quality dimensions are primarily known for their influence on custom-er satisfaction, which in turn affects the behavioural intentions.

Gaurav Tripathi, Assistant Professor, IIMT presenting paper at 6th ICSM

Sanjay Sharma, Chef presenting paper at 6th ICSM


IIMT Welcomes the Batch of 2013


The Cyprus Conference and Visit to Istanbul, June 23-25, 2013


Industry Experts and Guest Speakers at IIMT

Visit of Mr. Jaspreet Singh, Asso. Dir., Global Corporates, Standard Chartered Bank on 10th October, 2013

A guest lecture by Mr. Jaspreet Singh, Associate Director, Global Corporates, Trans-action Banking, Standard Char-

tered Bank was organized on 09 October 2013. Mr. Singh was nomi-nated by Standard Chartered Bank,

India for “The Economic Times Young Leaders Program” consecutively for the years 2011 and 2012. He was profiled among the Global top talent pool of the bank as a High Potential Resource.The topic of the guest lecture was Corporate Banking and Wholesale banking. The lecture was attended by BBA students of all cohorts and the PG students too.He explained various verticals under

Corporate banking and wholesale banking and how actually the bank functions in these verticals and the services they offer to their customers. He also focused on the topic of “how to achieve success in professional lives?”. The lecture was in a discus-sion mode followed by a question/an-swer session. The students put across various questions for which Mr. Singh gave apt and precise answers. The students appreciated the inputs given by Mr. Singh.

A guest session was delivered by Dr. Dinesh Gauri, Associ-ate Professor of Mar-keting, IIMT on Tues-day, Oct 1st, 2013. The topic of the ses-sion was Marketing

Analytics in Retail Industry and the

Prof. Dinesh K. Gauri, Whitman Research Fellow, Whitman School of Management, New York on 1st October, 2013

Mr. Barun Jolly, the General Manager at Crown Plaza, Okhla on 10th September, 2013

Ms. Bhawna Verma, Rooms Division Manager, Crown Plaza, Gurgaon on 10th October, 2013

Mr. Arindam Kunar, General Manager, Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon on on 11th September, 2013

Mr. Barun Jolly, the Gen-eral Manager at Crown Plaza, Okhla took a ses-sion on customer ser-vice aspects in hospital-ity. He spoke to a mix of students from all cohorts of school of Hospitality.

The session aimed to develop an un-

Ms. Bhavna Verma is the Rooms Di-vision Manager, Crown Plaza, Gur-gaon. She has worked with Im-perial and IHG on various accommo-dations related po-

sitions. She spoke to a mix of students from all cohorts of school of Hospital-ity. She discussed the importance of room cleanliness as accommodation in hotels tends to be the largest part of

“Mr. Arindam Kunar, General Manager, Crowne Plaza, Gur-gaon visited IIMT on 11th September 2013 to give a talk on Best practices for Sustain-ability in Hospitality.

The session was attended by all co-horts of SHTM. Mr. Kunar shared the

current initiatives that the hospitality sector is talking to be responsive on the aspect of minimizing the carbon footprint. He explained that beyond the CSR rhetoric, actual implemen-tation of measures to conserve or minimize use of energy and water is a imperative for managing costs. It was interesting to see how technol-ogy advancements have brought in

innovations that are helping ho-tels find sustain-able solutions. A range of examples were shared with the students by the speaker to further clarify his views. It was an extremely participative ses-sion that was very well received by the students at large.”

hotel facilities and contributes to max-imum revenue in the hotel. The role of room attendant involves changing the linens, making the beds, clean-ing the bathroom, replacement of amenities and sterilization, vacuum-ing and general organization of room. Besides cleaning, housekeeping is also related to laundry, dry cleaning facilities for guest clothes, shoe pol-ishing facilities, Lost and Found, Hor-ticulture etc., She stressed on the fact that Housekeeping is the department which determines to a large extent

whether guests are happy dur-ing their stay. The fine accom-modation and service are provided to the guest so they are pleased with the hotel. The guest satisfaction is the pri-mary objective and the hygiene factor must always be present in the hotel. Students were really happy with the overall discussion and asked numer-ous questions, the session was very well received.

audience included the 2nd and 3rd year students of BBA, Final year HM students and Final year PG students.The students were taken through one of his scholarly publications on Retail Pricing and Promotions in the Journal of Retailing. The discussion revolved around the three key areas under re-tailing wherein marketing analytics

were strongly applicable i.e. target market, price and promotion model, and effective promotion design. The examples shared were based on the US market, however due emphasis was given on how marketing analytics is applicable in the Indian market.

derstanding of different levels and standards

of services in hotels and also role of flexibility and customization to create guest delight. He stressed on one of the oldest cannons of business, which is to know your customer. He empha-sized the need to get back to basics

and to remember that each and every one of our guests is a unique person and has different needs and expecta-tions from their stay. It was well re-ceived by the student fraternity and exposed them to challenges and op-portunities in the areas of customer services of the Hospitality sector.



Mr. Veer Sagar, Management Consultant & Ex-GM, Dunlop India on 23rd October, 2013

Mr. Veer Sagar, Chairman, Selectronics on 17th October, 2013

Shardul Dobhal, Branch Manager, Samsung Electronics, Gurgaon on 12th November, 2013

Mr. Ashit Ranjan, VP – HR, Tecnova India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon on 25th October, 2013

As part of the module: S t r a t e g i c M a n a g e -ment, Se-

mester III, PGPM, 2012-14 batch, a guest lecture was organized on 23rd October, 2013.Mr. Veer Sagar was invited to deliver a guest lecture on–Strategic Choices. He shared a number of strategies the com-panies formulated and implemented. He shed light on the relevance of hav-ing collective vision, mission and also emphasized much on the values that drive any organization towards build-ing excellent strategies for companies.

Mr. Shardul Dobhal, Branch Manager, Samsung Electron-ics, Gurgaon shared his practical wisdom with the students on Tuesday, Nov. 12th 2013. The target audi-ences were mainly the

students enrolled in BBA 1st year who were also joined by the post graduate students. Mr. Dobhal has a rich experi-

The lecture highlighted the need and role of MIS in Organi-zations and its significance in strategic deci-sion making. Mr Sagar on basis of his vast in-dustry experi-ence simulated

an environment where an organization captures data but fails to carry out ef-fective decision making on one hand.

On 25th October 2013, Mr. Ashit Ran-jan, VP – HR, Tec-nova India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, visited IIMT to address the Undergraduate and Post Graduate stu-dents of the School of

Management and Entrepreneurship. Mr. Ranjan is a Human Resource pro-fessional with around 19 years of In-ternational experience in India, United States, Bhutan and Bangladesh. He has wide experience in Strategic HR

How the organization dwelling on MIS, on the other hand, gains strategic advantage. This was enunciated by rendering various industry scenarios during the session. The lecture was interesting and insightful in generat-ing clarity of MIS purpose and role in organizations. The students were able to relate the concepts with their practi-cal usage in the industry. The lecture was insightful in expanding the ho-rizons of data capture, its usage and achieving competitive advantage as done in various sectors by firms who envisioned the significance of data. Mr.

Sagar took the students on a journey where firms begun automation of busi-ness functions to most recent business processes build up on integration and emancipation of data giving informa-tion that is meaningful and useful. The future trends were discussed and po-tential of technological advancements and scope of DSS MIS was discussed that led our students thinking of much more that can be achieved by putting it into effective use.

management, Organization change management, Performance Manage-ment systems design and implemen-tation, policy formulation, devising of compensation and benefit schemes, HR budgeting, training, recruitment, administration and operations. His specialization lies in the field of Stra-tegic HR management, Change man-agement, Performance Management and Training and Development.

He delivered a talk on “HR Challeng-es” and discussed about the attribute and personality traits that are essential for success in the industry. Mr. Ranjan provided insights on current practices in the industry and techniques to the students to be better decision mak-ers. He further shared interesting ex-periences related to HRM challenges, which were very well-received by the enthusiastic group of students. The session concluded by a brief question and answer session where the speak-er addressed issues/doubts posed by the students.

He discussed with students the condi-tions that are necessary for any strat-egy to be conceived at the onset. He also conducted classroom exercises to engage students in understanding the relevance of strategy formulation and also applied the ‘learning by doing’ ap-proach among students.In brief, Mr. Veer Sagar is a manage-ment consultant with a special concen-tration on IT. He is one of the pioneers who positioned India on the IT world Map. He has more than 48 years of work experience with various compa-nies. His management experience lies in turning around companies through positioning and cost management as

well as creating a management struc-ture which is efficient, flexible and scal-able. The guest lecture was extremely ben-eficial and enlightening to all the stu-dents as he brought his own experienc-es from the industry. Students at IIMT have benefited from such opportunities of attending guest lectures delivered by veterans in their own domain.

ence in the consumer durables indus-try which also includes his previous experience with Philips. He imparted knowledge pertaining to the distribu-tion channel in the consumer durables industry. He also discussed various aspects of corporate branding in the industry. The importance of modern retail formats, sales promotion, com-petition in the industry and brand po-sitioning were some of the key theo-retical insights which were practically

delivered by him. This was the key highlight of this session which also encompassed the knowledge of con-temporary terminologies used in the industry. The practical insights were very useful for the students. The que-ries raised by the students were wisely answered by him.



We were privi-leged to have Mr. Sach-c h i d a n a n d Karna, Head - Revenue Planning & Analysis (b2b

Business) at Bharti Airtel Ltd (India & South Asia) for a special session on Marketing Research on Wednes-day, Nov 13th 2013. Mr Karna deliv-

Mr. Sanjay Pandita, VP – (Asst. F&B Manager – Crowne Plaza, Rohini) on 28th October 2013

Mr. Sachchidanand Karna, Head - Revenue Planning & Analysis at Bharti Airtel Ltd. (India & South Asia)

Workshop on Prezi: A new tool for making effective presentations on 14th November, 2013

PG students and few faculty members participated in 2 hours workshop, “Prezi: A new tool for making effective presentations” held by Ms. Sejal Khanna, a freelance trainer. The workshop introduced the students to the new pres-entation tool, its features, advancement over PowerPoint and use of animation. Held in computer lab, the students underwent a hands-on training demo where they created their first prezi-tations. The trainer emphasized on the need for students to keep themselves updated with latest technology, specially now when they are entering the corporate world. The students enthusiastically participated in the workshop, with a few of them even trying to convert their exist-ing PowerPoint presentations, due for coursework submissions, into prezi-tations.

The students of SHTM 2011 had a great opportunity to discuss the Themes that they are going to or-ganize as apart of their Events Management Module with Mr. San-jay Pandita (Asst. F&B Manager – Crowne Plaza, Rohini) on 28th October 2013. Mr. Sanjay shared a lot of inputs on each Theme that the students were planning to organize. The students gained a lot more con-

ered the lecture to the students of second year post graduate program specializing in Marketing and also the first year post graduate students who were likely to take up marketing research projects in their forthcom-ing summer internships. The ses-sion focused on the basic theories as well as practical insights and also the emerging trends in Marketing Research. Mr. Karna, who had rich experience in both academia and

fidence as Mr. Pandita gave them inputs on Menu, Décor, Staffing & Costing. The session was very fruit-ful for the students as the sugges-tions shared by Mr. Pandita, helped them to understand the dynamics of Events at a different platform.

industry, aptly linked theory with the practice. He also discussed briefly how Airtel is utilizing research for revenue and planning analysis. The session was interactive and stu-dents asked many questions which were appropriately addressed by him. Overall, the session was useful for the students in getting the con-temporary and practical insights of Marketing Research.


Mindset Training and Counseling Session

Workshop – Mindset Training, Chinmaya Mission SchoolSolan, Himachal Pradesh 9th October, 2013

Lawrence & Mayo School, Kota 20th December, 2013

MT. Carmel Satya Niketan 2nd December, 2013

IIMT has been conducting a series of Mindset training and counseling seces-sions with school and colleges, as a tool towards determining suitable career paths for self. The objective of these workshops and session is to engage young minds in rec-ognizing future career paths and to take appropriate career related decisions.

Principal Speak - Mind-set Training Workshop

Tejas Arora, Student, Spring Dale School, Amritsar. The workshop was superb. It is much appreciated. It was an eye opened for me. The workshop has acted as a motiva-tor for me to write down my career goals and it will definitely help me to achieve them.

Kavita Thapa, Student, Army Public School, Dehradun This workshop is very good for students who are looking for building a career for themselves. I will recommend this workshop to everyone.

Rudali Huidrom, Student, Selaqui International School, Dehradun. The workshop was really amazing. Hope more students in our country attend such workshops.

Kulwinder Bawa, Faculty, Springdale School, Amritsar. Students enjoyed the session as it was quiet interactive and triggered the thinking process amongst them. Thank you very much for the ses-sion and we would look forward to have it as regular annual event.

Mr. Charles Samuel,Principal, Mount Carmel School, Chandi-garh The mindset training conduct-ed in our school was a great learn-ing experience for the students. Everyone was immensely benefited through this session. Such interac-tions help the students understand that there are various avenues available for them to explore. We thank you for sparing your valuable time for our students.

Mrs. Yasmin Contractor, Principal, Summer Fields, Gurgaon said, “The school is grateful to IIMT for ac-cepting the invitation to conduct the mindset training workshop. The stu-dents found the session extremely educative and enriching.”


Faculty Research and Publications

At IIMT academic research is an integral part of the overall development of the scholastic as well as intellectual capabilities of the teach-ing team. We have on board, a brilliant mix of academicians with doctorates and extensive international/ national publications as well as industry experts who believe in hand holding students in their march towards a successful career.

VINNIE JAUHARI, Ph.D., Director

Dr. Jauhari had lot of publications and was an invited speaker at various national and inter-national forums.AWARDS RECEIVED • Winner of the Highly Commended Pa-

per Award for 2013 by the Editorial team of International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management published by Emerald, UK. This is for the work co-au-thored with Sonia Bharwani -“An explor-atory study of competencies required to co-create memorable customer experi-ences in the hospitality industry.” This paper was published in International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp.823 – 843

• WON THE SECOND BEST PAPER AWARD sponsored by EMERALD PUBLISHERS - Jauhari, V. and Rishi., M. (2014) ‘Marketing Sustainability in the Luxury Lodging Industry – A thematic anal-ysis of preferences amongst the Indian transition generation’ 2014 Annual Confer-ence of the Emerging Markets Conference Board on the theme ‘Listening to Consum-ers of Emerging Markets’ conducted by IIM Lucknow at the Noida campus NCR Delhi, January 9-11 2014

• Veer Bravery Award for immense Contri-bution to the Educational Sector and pav-ing a constructive path for the youth of the nation in shaping their future, at Vigyan Bhawan, Sept. 16, 2013 by All India Anti Terrorist Front.

• Award for Contribution to the domain of Higher Education by All India Manage-ment Association, Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza, Dec. 30, 2013.

PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS1. Jauhari, V., Sehgal, R. & Sehgal, Pooja

(2013) Talent Management and Employee Engagement : Insights from Infotech Enter-prises Ltd., Journal of Services Research, Vol. 13, No.1 , April-September 2013.

2. Jauhari, V. (2013) ‘Building Employability in Hospitality: Insights from IIMT Gurgaon-Oxford Brookes University collaborative effort’ Worldwide Hospitality and Tour-ism Themes, 5:3, pp. 268-276.

3. Jauhari, V. (2013) ‘Fostering Effective Uni-versity-Industry Partnerships: Concluding remarks’ Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 5:3, pp. 301-306.

4. Jauhari, V., Thomas, R. (2013) ‘Developing effective university-industry partnerships: A introduction’ Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 5:3, pp. 238-243.

5. Verma, S., Jauhari, V. (2013) ‘Exploring Impact of Technical and Interpersonal as-pects of the Doctor on Patient Satisfaction in Dental Department of Multi Speciality

Clinic In Dubai’ Journal of Services Re-search, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 31-51.

6. Bharwani, S., Jauhari, V. (2013) ‘An ex-ploratory study of competencies required to co-create memorable customer experienc-es in the hospitality industry’, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp.823-843

7. Jauhari, V. (2013) ‘Urbanisation and Man-aging Energy: Opportunities and Challeng-es’ Journal of Technology Management for Growing Economies, 4:1, pp. 83-96.

BOOKS PUBLISHED• Jauhari, V., Wasan., P. (2014) ‘Rediscover-

ing Gandhi, Vol. 5: Humanizing Science and Technology: Some Case Studies’, New Delhi, Concept Publishing Company (P) Ltd.

BOOKS IN PRESS(FORTHCOMING) in 2014 • Jauhari, V. and Bhushan, S. (2014) (in

press) Innovation Management: The Changing Corporate Landscape, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

• Jauhari, V. (2014) Managing Sustain-ability in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry: Paradigms and Directions for the Future Apple Academic Press, New Jersey.

PAPERS IN BOOKS • Vinnie Jauhari and Tanaya Verma (2014)

Designing Sustainable Hotels: Techni-cal and Human Aspects in Jauhari, V.(ed) Managing Sustainability in the Hospi-tality and Tourism Industry: Paradigms and Directions for the Future, Apple Aca-demic Press, Toronto and New Jersey.

• Dutta, K., Singh, S. , Parsa, H,G. and Jauhari, V. (2014) Destination Manage-ment and Sustainability in Jauhari, V.(ed) Managing Sustainability in the Hos-pitality and Tourism Industry: Para-digms and Directions for the Future, Apple Academic Press, Toronto and New Jersey.

PAPERS AT CONFERENCES • Jauhari, V. and Rishi., M. (2014) ‘Market-

ing Sustainability in the Luxury Lodging In-dustry – A thematic analysis of preferences amongst the Indian transition generation’ 2014 Annual Conference of the Emerg-ing Markets Conference Board on the theme ‘Listening to Consumers of Emerg-ing Markets’ January 9-11, 2014 IIM Luc-know Greater Noida Campus. WON THE SECOND BEST PAPER AWARD spon-sored by EMERALD PUBLISHERS

• Jauhari, Vinnie(2013) Urbanisation and Managing Energy, in l Al Sager Round Table on Managing for Growth: Emerging Perspectives in Organising Finance, re-

sources and enterprise, IIT Delhi, Jan.18, 2013

• Jauhari, Vinnie (2013) Curriculum for Suc-cessful Hospitality Career, Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management, MDU, Rohtak, April 22

• Delivered the Key Note Address at The Christ University Bangalore 2013 Nov 13 on Research and Future Trends for Hospi-tality Industry.

WORKSHOPS and FACULTY DEVELOP-MENT PROGRAMS CONDUCTED IN 2014 • Faculty Development Program for Edu-

cators at IIT Delhi, Oct 26, 2013. Deliv-ered half day workshop on the following themes: • Building an Effective Research Cul-

ture in an Institution • Building University Industry Partner-

ships: Towards Excellence in Educa-tion

• Round Table for Culinary Leaders was initiated and conducted jointly with Prof. Sandeep Munjal for culinary leaders and chefs from leading hotel brands across India on Sept. 6, 2013 at Radisson Delhi. The workshop focused on understanding the contemporary culinary trends and also challenges and opportunities in the do-main of culinary education. Issues around curriculum development, executive edu-cation and building in sustainability in the discipline was also discussed.

• CSR and Social Entrepreneurship: Was a Co Chair for the conference which was initiated in partnership with PhD Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 29, 2013 at Radis-son Blu Delhi.

• Innovation Challenge Final Round was conducted at Radisson Blu on Dec. 13, 2014.

• Counselors Workshop was facilitated on Dec. 6 2013 at Radisson Blu Delhi with over 100 school counselors in Delhi.

• Moderated CEOs panel discussion fo-cusing on, ‘Restoring the Dream’ hosted at Hotel Investment Forum India conference on Jan. 15, 2014 at the Leela Kempinski Gurgaon. The participants in the panel were Mr. Raymond N. Bickson Manag-ing Director and CEO, The Indian Hotels Company; Mr. David Kong, President and CEO Best Western; Mr. Vipul Mittra, Prin-cipal Secretary – Tourism, Government of Gujarat; Mr. Arun Kumar Nanda, Chair-man, Mahindra Holidays and Resorts Ltd.

• Panelist at AIMA led event PRAGATI- Celebrating Achievements for Women: Equity in Diversity: A Golden Opportu-nity to Evolve Together, March 11, 2014 at Silver Oak Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

• Two Day Workshop on Research Meth-


Faculty Research and Publications

ods and Publishing for faculty of Hospi-tality School at Christ University Banga-lore: March 19-21, 2014. This workshop was conducted under the aegis of Christ University Academic Staff College under the Quality Improvement Program.

CONFERENCE CHAIR • 6th International Conference on Services

Management : Managing Services Across Continents, 23-25th June, 2013 Cyprus. Co-partnered with Virginia Tech Univer-sity, Institute of Tourism Studies Macao, Oxford Brookes University, UK.

EDITED SPECIAL ISSSUE OF JOURNALS • Theme Editor of Theme Issue of World

Wide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 2013, Vol. 5, No. 3. How can effective uni-versity industry partnerships be developed?

• Theme Co Editor: Rhodri Thomas, Leeds Metropolitan University

CONTINUING EDITORSHIP OF JOURNALS • Journal of Services Research Vol. 13,

No. 1 and 2. • Journal of Technology Management for

Growing Economies Vol. 4, No. 1 and 2.

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER • International Journal of Contemporary

Hospitality Management

Reviewer for International Journals • International Journal of Hospitality Man-

agement • International Journal of Contemporary

Hospitality Management • Technovation

Dr. DurgamohanProgram Director (BBA)

• Uncertainties in Business Environment – political exigencies versus economic reali-ties: The saga of Zimbabwe Iron & Steel Company (ZISCO) Emerald Case Study 2012.

Mr. Sandeep MunjalAssociate Dean

PublicationConferences and Seminars• Munjal S. and Sharma (2013), ‘Culinary

Heritage a potential socio-economic value driver: The Chandni Chowk Experience’. Presented at International Conference on Services Management in June 23-25,2013 at Cyprus.

• Singh A. and Munjal S.(2013), ‘Emerging Revenue Management Practices and its Challenges: Indian luxury Hotelier’s Per-spective’, Global Competitiveness and Corporate Governance Imperatives in Emerging Economies, Surinder Batra and Sona Vikas (eds.), Ansal University Gur-gaon, India, pp. 628-638.

Chapters in Books • Munjal, S and Munjal, P.G. (2014) ‘Sus-

tainable Tourism Destinations: Develop-

ment and Creation’, Jauhari, V. (eds), Managing Sustainability in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry, USA, Apple Aca-demic Press Inc.

• Bannerjee, R and Munjal, S. (2014)’ Sus-tainable Restaurants- Current status and future path’, Jauhari, V.(eds), Managing Sustainability in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry, USA, Apple Academic Press Inc.

• Tripathi, G and Munjal, S. (2014)’ Heritage Communication and Sustainable Tourism- Current status and future path’, Jauhari, V.(eds), USA, Apple Academic Press Inc.

Dr. NH Mullick, Program Director(Marketing) & Professor

• N.H. Mullick (2013), “Factors for shopping malls to be success in Delhi NCR (In-dia)”, in Asia Pacific Journal of Business (APJB), published by Department of Mar-keting, College of Business Administra-tion, Kangwon National University, South Korea, Volume 4, Number 1, June 2013.

• N.H. Mullick (2013) ‘The Success of Shop-ping Malls Lies in the Hands of Mall Devel-opers’ a paper published in ‘Indian Jour-nal of Marketing’ (Volume 43, Number 6, June, 2013).

Chapter in Books• Mullick, N.H. (2013) ‘International Market-

ing’ written a chapter in the book: “The Routledge Companion to International Management Education, Routledge.

Case Study• N.H. Mullick, Gaurav Tripathi (2013), ‘FIAT:

A good product with a wrong strategy’, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection, 3:1.

Dr. Rumki BandyopadhyayAssociate Professor

Workshops Participated/Attended:• Participated in a Three days workshop for

the faculty for Kick Starting Entrepreneur-ship at Campus at Indore - National Entre-preneurship Network.

• Attended two Days workshop of CII-MoMSME - WIPO – India, National Forum on Sharing of Best Practices on Intellec-tual Property for Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMES), at India Habi-tat Centre, New Delhi, 17-18th September.

Research Paper in progress• ‘Small Business Owners: Issues and Chal-

lenges: A Case of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh’ (Abstract accepted for ICCB-IIT Delhi).

Dr. Kalpana MaheswariAssociate Professor

Publication• Maheshwari, K. (2013) ‘Women in Busi-

ness: Banking sector takes a lead’ The Global Analyst, Feb 2013, pp. 64-67.

• Maheshwari, K. (2012) ‘Managing the Workforce in Service Sector: A Key to

Sustainable Growth and Development’, in Service led Inclusive Growth: The Indian Perspective (eds) Jain, P. & Kakkar, D. Delhi: JIMS.

Ms. Garima GuptaAssistant Professor

• Gupta, G. 2013. Anomalies in Indian Stock Market - Month of the year events. Confer-ence on Emerging Issues in Indian Financial Markets, New Delhi, 15th February, 2013.

Mr. Gaurav TripathiAssistant Professor

Journal Articles• Tripathi, G. and Dave, K. (2013) ‘Retail Ser-

vice Quality and Shopper’s Demographics: A study of retail customers in the National Capital Region (NCR), India’ paper to be presented at the 6th International Confer-ence on Services Management 23-25 Jun, Cyprus.

• Tripathi, G. and Munjal, S. (2013) ‘A study of factors contributing to tourist satisfaction at heritage sites in India’ , paper to be present-ed at the 6th International Conference on Services Management 23-25 Jun, Cyprus.

• Tripathi, G. and Dave, K. (2013) ‘An explo-ration of restaurant service quality factors in India’, paper to be presented at the 6th International Conference on Services Man-agement 23-25 Jun, Cyprus.

• Tripathi, G. and Dave, K. (Forthcoming in 2013) ‘Store Format Choice and Relation-ship Quality in Apparel Retail: A Study of Young and Early-Middle Aged Shoppers in New Delhi Region’, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier Publications.

• Mullick, N.H. and Tripathi, G. (Forthcoming in 2013) ‘FIAT: A Good Product with a Wrong Strategy’, Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies. (This case was also presented by Dr. Mullick at the International Case Study Conference organized by European Case Clearing House and ICFAI, 14-15 Dec, Hy-derabad).

Workshops/Conferences Attended• Advance Multivariate Analysis for Man-

agement Research by Dr. Sridhar Vaithi-anathan at BIMTECH, 18th-20th Apr 2013, Greater Noida.

Mr. Vimal BabuAssistant Professor

Papers Published• Babu, V. (2013) ‘Post-innovation Chal-

lenges: A Case-based study of Indian In-novators’ The case was accepted with 6th International Conference on Services Man-agement, June 23-25, 2013, Cyprus organ-ized by Oxford Brookes University(U.K), IIMT, India, Virginia Tech University (USA) & Institute for Tourism Studies, China.

Book Review• Babu, V. (2013) ‘Take Charge-Building an

Entrepreneur Mindset’ 1st edition by ‘Gaurav Marya Journal of Services Research, 13:1, April-Sept. 2013, pp.187.


Visit to Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon, on Friday, 23rd August, 2013

“Students of SHTM 2013 started their academic journey with their first expo-sure to industry best practices at Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon. In the first week of academic session 2013-14, students visited this 5 star hotel property of Inter-continental Hotel Group on Friday, 23rd August, 2013. They were welcomed at the Lobby Lounge by Ms. Bhavna Verma,Director of Rooms and Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Manager Human Resources. Students got an opportunity to see the IHG world through the eyes of Mr. Arindam Kumar, General Manager. Many of their curious questions were answered by the team at IHG. They also expe-rienced a Hi Tea session with Leadership team of the hotel. Mr. Sarad Upad-hyay, Director F&B took an initiative to show around the Back & Front area of hotel while answering their spontaneous questions. As a new entrant to the dynamic hospitality world, students were quite excited and overwhelmed by this event and made notes of many operational and management practices.IIMT plans many such initiatives to upgrade and update the knowledge and skills of its students.


PG Events

A workshop on “Goal Setting” was organised for PG 3rd Semester stu-dents by Mr. Subrata Kumar Nandi, Assistant Professor, IIMT-OBU. The session emphasized on the impor-tance of setting goals, nature of goals and also the benefits of hav-ing written goals. The session was aimed at making the students self aware about their path ahead and

Goal Setting Workshop on 2nd September, 2013

Pre-placement Training on Monday, 2nd September, 2013

Briefing on student activities on Thursday 5th Sept., 2013

Mr. Bhavya Banga, Marketing Manager BCC Research Session on Digital Marketing on Friday 13th Sept., 2013

Making Effective Presentations on Friday, 23rd August, 2013

The 3rd Semester PG students were exposed to the rigours of placement process via an assessment center comprising of 3 rounds- A mock ap-titude test, Group Discussion and a personal interview. The students sat for a 1 hour objective-type paper on the lines of those by companies re-cruiting fresh MBA students. Based their performance and clearing the cut-off, students were shortlisted for round two-group discussion. The shortlisted students discussed the topic “Durga has lost her powers in the 21st Century India”. The students

IIMT lays a lot of emphasis on the overall development of the students. Hence, every Thursday, student ac-tivities are organised towards build-ing an all rounded personality. These included quizzes, team games, guest speakers and creativity games for the 1st year students. The students of 2nd year are organised in Clubs

A workshop was organised for PG 1st semester students on “Making Effective Presentations” by Ms. Rau-nica Ahluwalia, Assistant Professor, IIMT-OBU. The workshop appraised the students on role of pre-planning, generating content, structuring the content, slide design and layout and

lastly delivering effective presenta-tions. The workshop ended with stu-dents being asked to form groups and make presentations on “Management Learnings from a book/movie”, which was presented by them in the next workshop.

discussed issues pertaining to role of women in society, corruption, reli-gion and sports. The students were further shortlisted for personal inter-view where they were interviewed by a panel comprising of faculty and placement team. The entire process was video recorded as well as peer assessed to enable each student to know their strengths and weaknesses. The students will further be trained to improve their performance and hence ace the following final placements in the months.

the importance of planning for the same. The high point of the session was an inspirational video of Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple addressing a con-vocation at Stanford. The speech of Steve Jobs paved the way young minds need to think and act as they make a mark on the world.

(Marketing, HR and Finance) based on their specialisations. A briefing session was undertaken towards the activities scheduled for the com-ing semester. The students also elected the activity coordinators from amongst themselves who would be responsible for the overall conduct of the scheduled activities.

Mr. Bhavya Banga, Marketing Man-ager BCC Research, addressed the PG students on “Digital Marketing: Scope, Trends and Opportunities”. The workshop highlighted the grow-ing role of digital marketing, the key skill sets desired from freshers want-ing to work in this field and the type

of roles and job opportunities avail-able to management graduates. Mr. Banga would also be holding a 2 day workshop in October for interested students, to train them into nuances and tools of digital marketing.


PG Events

“Resume writing” workshop was held for students of PG 3rd Semester on 26th September, 2013 With a focus on the upcoming placements, a “Resume writing” workshop was held for students of PG 3rd Semester on 26th Sep-tember 2013 by Ms. Raunica Ahl-uwalia, Assistant Professor (Mar-keting), IIMT. These workshops are part of the Personality Devel-opment sessions developed for final year students towards pre-

paring them for the upcoming placement season. These weekly sessions cover all aspects of placement-based training and include extensive hands on practice on GDs and interviews , apart from skill based training. The “Re-sume writing” workshop was 1st in the series and helped the students understand the importance of the document, the nature of selection and/or rejection decisions made based on this page and the structuring of the format. The students would be submitting the same for perusal by fac-ulty experts.

Resume Writing-II workshop was held with PG 3rd Semester on 3rd October, 2013 Taking the PD workshop forward, Resume Writing-II workshop was held with PG 3rd Se-mester on 3rd October, 2013 (Thursday). Students were appraised on the interview ques-tions which can arise from the information produced on a resume. The students shared their resume information and discussed queries related to gaps in education, low marks, their strengths and skills and overall impact their resume was making. The workshop will enter the next stage this Thursday, where basics of Group Discussion will be dealt with.

on “Extempore Speaking” was held with PG 1st Sem students on 4th October, 2013

Workshop on “Extempore Speaking” was held with PG 1st Sem students on 4th October, 2013 (Friday). The students played a story-telling game to quick-en their thinking process and introducing creativity in ideas. This was followed by chits being passed which carried contemporary topics ranging from politics to sports to social issues. Students were given 5 minutes to think and then ad-dress the class extempore. The activity was effective in making the students overcome their fears of public speaking as well as exposing them to “think on their feet”.

Workshop: Team work for PG 1st Semester students on 11th October, 2013An activity on Team work was organised un-der Personality Development workshop for PG 1st Semes-ter students on Friday, October

11, 2013 by Ms. Raunica Ahluwalia. The importance of working in cross-functional teams, sharing of resourc-es and negotiation was emphasized using a game. The students were grouped in 4 teams and distributed some material unequally. Each team was strong in some resources and weak in others. The teams had to per-

form some tasks which involved shar-ing of resources with other teams, bartering, negotiating and coordina-tion. The team which managed to complete the task first and most ef-ficiently won prizes. The winners of the activity were : Shantanu Nirwan, Mohit Saini, Vikas Thakur and Ajay Kourav (photograph attached).

Professional development workshop held on 17th October, 2013The professional development work-shop entered its next step with stu-dents practicing the skills learnt in the last few weeks. A practice GD session was held on 17th Oct, 2013 (Thurs-day), jointly by Mr. Nandi, Ms. Garima and Ms. Raunica. The students were

divided into groups with each of the faculty members mentoring the groups. The students were evaluated on their communication, persuasiveness, leadership, team work and content based skills by the faculty co-cordinators and given extensive feedback on their performance in the GD. The topics ranged from gen-eral to abstract to controversial.

Industrial VisitIndustrial Visit: Mother Dairy on Saturday, 7th Sept., 2013

The students of PG 1st Semester visited Mother Dairy on Saturday, 7th September, 2013. The visit entailed a pres-entation on the process followed by Mother Dairy towards collection of milk using cooperative scheme and the techni-cal processes of clarification, homogenization, pasteuriza-tion and standardization followed. The students were also exposed to the plant site and later treated to ice cream. The students later submitted a report on the Dairy Industry of In-dia and their observations from the visit.


Industrial Visit

Visit to Archies Facility in Manesar on Saturday, 7th Sept., 2013

In order to enhance exposure in in-dustry set-up and learning by obser-vation, students of PGDM, Ist Semes-ter, have been taken to Archies Ltd. as part of their industrial visit. It was, indeed a great experience for all the students. Mr. Harmeet Singh, Gen-eral Manager-Modern Trade, CRM & Promotions welcomed and accommo-dated us very well with the company’s hospitality.

Students along with the faculty coordinators viz. Mr Vimal Babu and Dr. K. Maheshwari reached the company premise by 10:30 am. Having received well, Mr Singh took all of us to conference room for the brief up about the company’s his-tory, achievements, products etc. He also discussed about different strategies and challenges faced by the company. Later on, students were taken to the production line to observe and understand the way greeting cards are printed and packaged. He also connected with the students by emphasizing more on emotional aspect of sending and receiving greeting cards.

Visit to NSIC of the BBA (SOME 2010/11) final year studentsOn receiving the letter of permission from National small industries corpo-ration ltd. (NSIC), class of 2011 with Dr. Rumki Bandyopadhyay went on an industrial visit to their campus on 13-11-2013. It was the day we were all waiting for as we were aware that the trip is going to be very informa-tive. During the presentation we came to know what NSIC does, how it em-ployees unemployed people and how it produces best out of nothing. Some of the products like soya milk, biscuits, toilet paper, tomato ketchup, ice cream cone, paper plate, RO wa-ter etc. are produced at NSIC. NSIC also runs a program where people can enroll to learn more about the production process and during they process they will also be certified by the government of India at a very nominal fee. Apart from briefing us about NSIC host was kind enough to boost us up for our future. At 1200 hours we were taken towards the production area where an instructor took us through the machines and showed us the production process of all the products they manufactured. Everything from the presentation to the production area was very much informative. There was an exhibition going on at NSIC but we unfortunately could not make it to the exhibition but it was not at all disappointing because we had gained all the information and even more than what we had expected form NSIC. They say you cannot cross every (t) and dot every (i) in life, therefore we were happy with the information we had gathered from the organization. We left the premises at 1500 hours and the informative, interesting and successful visit came to an end. We express our heartiest thanks to Dr. Rumki Bandyopadhyay who took the initiative and arranged this visit for us. We look for-ward for more of such visits from the institute. Visits like NSIC would definitely act as ‘cherry on sundae’ to our profes-sional career.


THE InQuiZitive’ #5 on Friday, 25th October, 2013

Another fun filled day at the IIMT campus which marked the five exciting years of the annual quiz at IIMT. With another exciting, brainstorming round of the ‘THE InQuiZitive’ the students had a mash up of anxiousness and excitement. Purely new and nail biting set of questions kept the partici-pants on their toes constantly. It started off with the elimina-tion round which was MCQ/objective type written round. In

total 7 teams participated and top 4 went to the final round. The subsequent rounds almost made students skip a heartbeat. With three levels of questions to crack in three rounds, finally one team made it to the top. An exciting and fun filled participation by faculty and students made it an interesting day. The audience was also bound to their seats for the entire rounds. It was exhilarat-ing for them to win chocolates for every right answer they gave. The quiz was organized by the Mind Bogglers Club which was managed by Dr. Kalpana Ma-heshwari and Mr. Gaurav Tripathi. The quiz master was Mr. Gaurav TripathiThe list of winners is as follows-First • Bikramjeet Singh (PGDM 2012)• Saurabh Chaudhary (PGDM 2012)• Abhishek Bhola (PGPM 2012)Second• Tushar Malik (SHTM 2010)• Joshita Arora (PGPM 2012)• Nitesh Yadav (SHTM 2010)Third• Amit Atri(PGPM 2012)• Ravi Kant(PGPM 2012)• Kapil Deo Maurya(PGPM 2012)Fourth • Shagun Garg (SHTM 2011)• Pooja Shah (SOME 2013)• Sharang Rai (SHTM 2011)

A Beverage quiz was held on 4th Oct. 2013 organized by the hospitality club of the college. The event was presided by Mr. Sanjay Pandita, Assistant F&B Manager Crowne Plaza,Rohini,New Delhi. Several teams participated and contributed their efforts for the quiz. The quiz namely had 3 rounds. 1) Choose the correct one. 2) Visual round.3) Rapid fire round .

The winners were Team consisting of Simone and Anamae of the SHTM 2013 and runners up were Team con-sisting of Gaurav Saxena and Rhea Nilanjana SHTM 2013.The quiz provided a perfect opportu-nity for the students to showcase their General Knowledge skills and pro-vided good learning to the audience as well.

BEVERAGE QUIZ

Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz (SINMQ-2013)

Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz (SINMQ-2013) was organized by

the Embassy of Sweden in India. This was an inter-college quiz con-test based on the life and works of Alfred Nobel, Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel prizes and the country of Swe-den. The quiz was scheduled on Nov 16th 2013 and the venue was Jesus & Mary College, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. Two teams from IIMT partici-pated in the quiz contest – A: Puja Shah (SOME 2013), Sha-rang Rai (SHTM 2011), Shagun Garg (SHTM 2011)B: Kapil Deo Maurya (PGPM 2012),

Ravi Kant Sharma (PGPM 2012).The competition was intense as al-most all the colleges from Delhi-NCR participated in the quiz contest. The preliminary round of the quiz was in the written format consisting of 25 questions and the students of IIMT delivered a strong participation. Even though the students did not reach the final round they were happy to get an international exposure. They also interacted with the representative of Swedish company Ericsson. Overall, it was a great day for the students.


Club Activities

To nurture the creativity and to in-crease awareness of recycling op-portunities Incubators Club at IIMT organized a Waste O Mania competi-tion with the theme “Go Green” on Fri-day 18th Oct 2013, for the students of both undergraduate and post gradu-ate programmes.Through this Best out of waste com-petition the students were provided a platform to showcase their creativ-ity by designing some innovative and useful things out of waste material. The idea was not only related to eco-nomic and material value for people, but it was also helpful in creating en-vironmental consciousness among them that is the need of the hour. The aim was not only to teach the students methods of reusing but motivating

them thinking on such ideas. This can lead to tremendous new inventions of such methods and also generate environmental consciousness among them.The activity was very well received by the students and they participated with full enthusiasm fun and creativity.The winners of the Waste O Mania Competition were:First Prize winners – (Aarushi Aggar-wal and Vishal Choudhary) - SOME 2012Second Prize winners- (Joshita Arora, PGPM 2012 and Anugrah Pachori, SOME 2013).

WASTE O MANIA - Best out of waste Competition


Club Activities

The Finance Club at IIMT organized a Group Discussion for PG second year students of Finance Specializa-tion on Thursday, 19th Sept. 2013. The main idea behind this activity was to provide an opportunity to students, to talk about contemporary topics in fi-nance and seek feedback about their communication skills, especially in a group setting.The activity had two rounds and a to-tal number of 9 participants. The first round saw a discussion on the topic “Is more FDI good or bad for the In-dian Economy?”. The second round saw participation by 4 students who were chosen after the first round. The topic for the second round was “Does devaluation of Indian rupee always have negative impact on the Econo-my”Swati Khandelwal from PGPM 2012 was declared the winner. All participants were judged on the

basis of their content, communication and soft skills.At the end, the Faculty coordinators Dr. Rumki and Ms. Garima provided constructive feedback on the topics discussed, body language and com-munication skills.

Finance Club Activity (Group Discussion)

Workshop being held for final year PG students session on Group Discussion was held on 10th October, 2013As part of the professional develop-ment workshop being held for final year PG students, session on Group Discussion was held on 10th October 2013, Thursday by Mr. Subrata Nandi and Ms. Raunica Ahluwalia. The ses-sion introduced the students to Group Discussion as a tool of assessing candidates. It involved clearing com-mon doubts on types of GDs, the

process, types of questions and com-mon evaluation criteria. The students were then asked to form a group with buddies allocated to evaluate each participant’s performance. The group was asked to discuss on the topic “ Campus Placements are a must for succeeding”. The group actively dis-cussed the topic and were guided towards generating ideas, examples

and taking different directions. Some necessary do’s and don’ts were point-ed to and the buddies shared their feedback with each of the participant. This workshop will be followed by se-ries of mock GDs next week, where students will be exposed to different formats and GD types.

GD for 2nd year PG students on Thursday, 17th Oct., 2013A group discussion session was or-ganized for PG 2nd year students on Thursday, 17th Oct as a part of the Personality Development Sessions. The students were given an oppor-tunity to express their views on two

topics – “Vote for Aam Aadmi Party. Will you?” And “Small is beautiful”. Students participated enthusiasti-cally and showed a keen interest in developing their communications and soft skills. The GD was coordi-

nated by faculty coordinator Ms. Ga-rima Gupta who shared individual feedback with them at the end of the session. The students had an oppor-tunity to rate their peers and provide feedback to each other.


Club Activities

Marketing Club Activity: Product Innovation on 19th September, 2013

Marketing club activity : Goal Setting on 26th Sept., 2013

Marketing Club activity: “Dumb Charades - a tagline guessing game” on 10th Oct., 2013

News Analysis Activity : “Is inflation good or bad for the economy?” on 17th Oct., 2013

The first marketing club activity “Product Innovation challenge” was con-ducted on Thursday, 19th September 2013 for PG 2nd year students by Mr. Subrata Kumar Nandi, Assistant Professor and Ms. Neetu Ahmed, Assistant Professor, IIMT-OBU. The Objective of the activity was to stimulate creativity and critical thinking among students. Students were divided in six groups and product-”Rural ATM” was given to all groups. Using their learning’s of Market-ing, they build a prototype in the form of chart and explained their strategy to market their product. The winning team developed there model on the theme of “ATM on the wheels”. The winning team members were Ravikant Sharma, Snehal Agarwal, Kapil deo Maurya, Zuber Khan and Naveen Yadav.

The “Goal setting activity” was organ-ized for the first year PG students by Ms. Neetu Ahmed on 26th Sep, 2013. The Goal setting is a powerful pro-cess for thinking about ideal future, and for motivating vision of future into

The “Dumb Charades-a tagline guessing game” was organized for the first year PG students by Ms. Neetu Ahmed on 10th Oct, 2013. The objective of the game was to instigate

The “News Analysis Activity” was organized for the first year PG stu-dents by Ms. Neetu Ahmed on 17th Oct, 2013. The objective of the ac-tivity was to raise awareness level of students and development of an

importance of team building and non-verbal communication among stu-dents. The game was played among 5 teams consisting of 3 members each. The game was based on taglines and

students enjoyed acting and guess-ing the names of organizations and taglines. The winning team members were Ashik Dorjee, Varsha Sharma and Kanika Sharma.

opinion or a perspective on worldly affairs. Such knowledge helps stu-dents to relate theoretical concepts with current affairs, which enables to increase their knowledge of the inci-dents happening in their immediate

environment. Students discussed the basics of inflation, its measurement, causes, measures to control inflation and its impact on Indian economy.

reality. The process of setting goals helps students to choose where they want to go in life. By knowing pre-cisely what they want to achieve and to know where they have to concen-trate their efforts. Students worked in

groups, painted their palms creatively, put handprints on the chart, and wrote down their goals. Then they outlined the steps they think it will take to ac-complish it. Each handprint carried the student’s goal for the semester.


Rangoli Competition on 31st Oct., 2013

Debate Competition on 11th Nov., 2013A debate competition was organized on 11th Nov. 2013 to celebrate ‘Education Day’ in the memory of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education minister of India. Prof. NH Mullick, Head, PG Programs shed some light on the significance of Education Day and its relevance to the student community. The competition was open to all cohorts and six teams across various cohorts participated in the event. The debate was organized based on the following topics:a) Should students make their career choices based solely on their interest?b) Are online social networking sites deviating students from their studies?The competition was judged by Professor Sandeep Munjal, Associate Dean and Dr. Rumki Bandyopadhyay, Head, PGDM, Ist year.Students put up a nice show by sharing their innovative ideas and vibrant views on the subject. The winner of the debate competition was the team from 1st year BBA comprising Depuraj and Pooja. Runners-up was from SHTM, Ist year com-prising Udit and Panav. Pooja was adjudged as best speaker. Before the event culminated, both the panel judges gave their valuable inputs to the participants and the audience as well

Club Activities

IIMT had organized RANGOLI competition for the students in the college Diwali. There were seven groups for the competition. The competition saw a huge participation, showcasing drawings and exquisite designing. The competi-tion lent a traditional feel to the ambience as the students etched some marvelous designs while experimenting with colors and shapes. In rangoli competi-tion The winners were all smiles as they bagged the prizes for their flair. The ex-ceptional creativity of the students was praised by one and all. The Director, Dr. Vinnie Jauhari o congratulated the win-ners and appreciated the spirit of par-ticipation shown by the students. She impressed upon the students the im-portance of following our traditions and culture and enriching it by adopting val-ues that are an exceptional balance of traditional heritage and contemporary trends. The winners of rangoli competi-tion were:Sukanya Khurana, PGPM 2012Manmeet Kaur, PGPM 2012 Joshita Arora, PGPM 2012


Sambandh Collection Camp on 30 Sept. - 7 Oct., 2013

Under the guidance of Ms. Monica Bhardwaj, the ‘Sambandh Collec-tion Camp’ was organized from Sep-tember 30th to October 7th by the post graduate students (PGDM and PGPM). The campaign was wide-spread across the entire IIMT campus and aimed at sensitizing the students towards social issues and concerns. The students conducted various pro-motional activities to spread aware-ness of social issues and details of the collection camp. They also de-signed innovative posters, cards and

badges. All the donations are being sent to an NGO called ‘Earth Saviours Foundation’ in New Delhi. The NGO is actively working towards social good and the donations will be distributed to underprivileged people.The enthusiasm of the students was contagious and touched every indi-vidual’s heart. The faculty, staff and all the students of IIMT were extremely encouraging and supportive which made the event a huge success.


Culinary Leaders Round Table organized on 6th Sept., 2013

Professional education institutions must create common platforms for practitioners and academicians to debate on aspects which matter to them and the society. As an academic institution of higher learning, IIMT or-ganized a Roundtable for Culinary Leaders to debate inputs on key op-portunities and challenges in the area of culinary education in India. The workshop was organized on Friday, 6th September, 2013 at Radisson Blu Plaza, New Delhi.The attendees included representa-tion from leading hotel brands like IHG, Hilton, Radisson, Park Plaza, Marriott, Sarovar Hotels, etc. The leading Chefs of Culinary world as Chef Bakshish Dean, Chef Rakesh Sethi, Mr. Kapil Chandhok actively participated to make this event a suc-cess. Many revealing issues were identified and explored through effec-tive contribution by an experienced pool of Chefs. A passionate research-er Dr. Vinnie Jauhari, Director-IIMT and Prof. Sandeep Munjal, Associate

Dean-IIMT moderated the discussion on following key areas.

1. Understanding the Contemporary Culinary Trends

2. Challenges around human re-source recruitment, retention and training in the culinary domain.

3. Analyzing existing culinary focus programmes, their nature and ac-ceptance.

4. Evaluation of existing curriculum and training approaches and rec-ommendations for improvement.

5. Sharing Sustainable Culinary practices across different context.

IIMT aims to tabulate, analyze and present the discussion in a formal structure to the entire fraternity includ-ing educators and practitioners to con-tribute to the much needed change in culinary education.


The Counselor Conclave on 22nd Nov., 2013

IIMT thanks all the participants and speakers for making the Counselor Conclave 2013 a huge success. The Conclave conducted on 22nd Nov, 2013 at Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza, New Delhi provided a meaningful coverage on ways to analyze and enhance the overall personality & behavior of young minds by provid-ing an industry and psychologist’s perspective to the counselors. The workshop saw participation from over 90 educators including faculty, senior counselors and academic coordina-tors across Delhi / NCR schools to-gether with distinguished senior fac-ulty from IIMTThe Conclave brought together an ensemble of eminent speakers like Dr. Aruna Broota, a well renowned psychologist, Mr Mehernoosh Dittia, VP-Talent Development, Max Health Care Institute, New Delhi, Dr. R.K Suri, Practicing Lawyer & Clinical Psychologist and Mr Ranjan Malakar, GM-Holiday Inn-New Delhi Airport. The highlights of the conclave were the quality of discussions around in-novative techniques and best practic-es for counseling and engaging with students. The speakers also shared their views and perspectives on ca-reer opportunities in the domain of services industry.The Conclave was highly appreciat-ed by all, thus adding another feather to Outreach Program cap of IIMT.


Conference on CSR & Social Entrepreneurship on 29th Nov., 2013

IIMT Gurgaon in association with PHD Chamber of Commerce organized the Conference. The inaugural ses-sion was graced by Dr. S Y Quraishi, Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India; Dr. Ramesh Kapur, Chairman and Managing Director, Radisson Blu Plaza, New Delhi and UMAK Educational Trust; Dr. Jatinder Singh, Secretary, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi; Dr. Vinnie Jauhari, Director, IIMT-Oxford Brookes University (U.K.), Gurgaon and Mr. Anil Khaitan, Chairman, SNK Corp.Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, while giving the keynote address, emphasized on the need of corporates to visualize busi-ness from a social perspective. He stressed on the fact that the society needs to be uplifted if businesses are to sustain in the long-run. The Ple-nary session focused on CSR and Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship including emerging management is-sues in CSR; sustainability of CSR projects; shaping of best practices on social entrepreneurship; sustain-able models for emerging markets, etc. The Conference brought together an ensemble of eminent speakers viz. Mr. Ashutosh Chadha, Director, Corporate Affairs Group, Intel South Asia; Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Padma Bhushan recipient and Founder, Su-labh International Social Service; Dr. (Ms.) Jyoti S A Bhat, Adviser/Scientist G, Department of Scientific & Indus-trial Research, Govt. of India and Mrs. Jyotsna Bhatnagar, Head – Corporate Responsibility, BP India. The ses-sion was moderated by Dr. Jatinder Singh, Secretary, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi. In the second half, Round Table session was organized on “Merging Lines of CSR and Social Entrepreneurship for Inclusive and Sustainable Develop-ment”. The eminent panelists were in-vited such as Mr. Axel Goethals, CEO, European Institute for Asian Studies; Mr. Deepak Jolly, Vice-President, Public Affairs & Communications, Coca-Cola India and Southwest Asia; Mr. Rahul Pandit, President & Execu-tive Director, The Lemon Tree Hotel Company, New Delhi; Lt Gen Ra-jender Singh, CEO, DLF Foundation, Gurgaon; Mr. Parul Soni, Executive

Director and Practice Leader, Ernst & Young (E&Y) and Mr. Erik Famaey, Senior Associate, European Institute for Asian Studies. The session was moderated by Prof. (Dr.) Umashankar Venkatesh, Professor in Marketing, International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi. Thus, the endeavor of the conference in bringing together corporate chief-tains and social entrepreneurs to-gether to discuss mutually beneficial partnerships towards Sustainable De-velopment, was successfully met.The Conference rightly struck a chord by meeting the objective of understand-ing the role of CSR initiatives and the possibilities of working with social en-tities to have a larger impact of the ini-tiatives taken in the long-run


State-of-the-art campus of IIMT on Sohna Road

IIMT’s new building is an all inclusive, state-of-art, fully air conditioned, Wi-Fi enabled, 16 acre campus within 15 minutes of Gurgaon in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. The campus is also being built in an environmentally conscious manner by complying with the Indian LEED standard. It also has plethora of facilities for the student community as well as for the members of the IIMT family.The campus includes various Academic buildings to accommodate over 1000 students at any one time. These buildings include classrooms with contemporary AV systems, group discussion rooms for students and common room for recreational purpose. To make the student experience extremely rich, On-site hostel for boys and girls, has been constructed, that includes a recreational room, vending machines and laundry facility. There is an exclusive area dedicated for placement activities. The library on the campus is technologically advanced that hosts journals, text books and casual reading material.Further, a state-of-the-art student center is included that offers a gymnasium, food court, bookstore, café, student union, medical facilities, provision store and a bank/ATM. Recreational facilities that include a football field, jogging track, tennis courts, and a basketball court, are also being built. To ensure that the learning and working experience at IIMT, matches the global standards, landscape design has been done on the concept of “Pursuit of Knowledge”. The scenic beauty of the campus shall be marinated as it would be a Walking only campus, with vehicular traffic restricted to the periphery.


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Haryana

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Email: [email protected]: www.iimtobu.ac.in

IHG Team Visit to IIMT Campus

newsletter january - june 2014

Documents

iimt convocation

graduate students

chandiwala competition

challenge winners trip

international conference

cyprus conference

year student wins laurels

mdis imperium