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ITBI 201012th November 2010 witnessed the 2nd

International Conference on Information

Technology and Business intelligence

(ITBI-10). It brought together research-

ers, developers, practitioners and usersof IT from diverse regions of the world to

converge and share their knowledge,

expertise and research ideas. The theme

for this conference was "Reinventing

Business Growth through Intelligent In-

formation Technology & Optimization".ITBI was conducted under the guidance

of Prof. R. K. Jena, one of the General

Chair members of the conference. The

conference was sponsored by the IEEE,

the worlds largest professional associa-tion for the advancement of technology.

The conference was inaugurated by the

honourable guest Dr. Nat Natrajan, who

has been associated with Microsoft for

the past 12 years. He spoke to the dele-

gates about cloud computing, business

intelligence and the emerging trends in

enterprise IT.

Among the other guests of

honour was Dr. Lipo Wang

from Singapore. He con-

ducted the INNS

(International Neural Net-

work Society) workshop

along with Prof. Suash Deb,

the Chairperson of INNS

India. The workshop was on

Optimal Scheduling in

Computer Network using

Computational Intelli-

gence.

The following two days con-

sisted of paper presenta-

tions and panel discussions

by the delegates.

The heartthrob of IMTN!Issue 5, December 2010

As the end of the year approaches, people are like flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their agility,

dreamy and demented, they turn slowly about the window in the first icy mists of morning and fall down the

curtains. But for IMTians, its again time for sleepless nights, never-ending group discussions and frequentvisits to the canteen in the bone chilling cold as the project submission dates & exams are round the corner...

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International Case Conference

(ICC2010), Goa

When you think of case studies, what

names come to mind first Harvard? Ivey?Emerald? This is not surprising since most

Indian B-Schools rely on cases created by

such Ivy-league foreign B-Schools to aid

our curriculum. This trend is not due to

lack of caseswe do have plenty of organi-zations who have succeeded or failed ingrowing/ reinventing themselves, provid-

ing plenty of food for thought to us. Rather,

it is because very few Indian faculties have

taken to writing case studies for theirclasses.

Today, the world of management acade-

mia has recognized the need for Indian

case writing to take off and build itself into

a strong force in this arena so that we have

quality Indian cases to help us in class dis-cussions. In tandem with this develop-

ment, IMT Nagpur conducted its first-ever

International Case Conference in Goa, be-

tween November 16-18, 2010. The confer-

ence, with its niche theme was well-attended by over a hundred delegates

who were academicians and researchers

from B-Schools all over the country andvery well-received. Our Director Dr. Nar-

gundkar, Dr. Jayasimha and Dr. Halve

were the Conference Chairs.

There were different tracks for the various

streamsMarketing, OB & HR, Finance, IT,

members from the premier B-Schools of India. These in-

cluded Prof. Laxminarasimha from IBS Bangalore, Dr.

Sourav Mukherjee from IIM B, Dr. Ranjeet Nambudiri from

IIM I, Dr. P Saravanan from IIM Shillong, Dr. S Ghai from KJ

Som, Prof. Neeraj Dwivedi from IIM L, Dr. N Chowdhary

from Aegis Global Academy and Profs. Nargundkar,

Jayasimha, Halve, Mitra and Phatate from IMT Nagpur.

There was also a track for first time case writers.

The format of the conference was the most attractive andeffective part there were no Powerpoint presentationswere nobody would be listening to the speaker except the

panelists. Instead, based on the stream, each track com-

prised 7-8 participants and one track Chair who would sit

around a table. The cases of each track were mailed to all

the participants a prioryso the round table discussion pro-ceeded very well with one-on-one feedback not only from

the Chair but also from fellow delegates.

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Marque and Envision rise with Phoenix

For the very first time, two IMT forums Envision and

Marque came up with Phoenix: a game whichinvolved the magic of cinema and the fun of Marketing

with the goal of challenging people with the Marketing

of movies.

The game comprised two rounds. In the first round, the

teams had to complete a crossword puzzle related to

movies with the help of clues that were placed at

different sites in the campus, and the evening came

alive with the participants thundering from the faculty

residence to the main gate and haggling with thesecurity folk for clues! Teams of three were

formed and the first eight teams that came up with the

right solution to the puzzle were promoted to thesecond round.

In the second round the teams had to select a movie of

their choice and prepare a marketing strategy for the

same. The strategies were evaluated on basis of their

effectiveness, reasonableness and sale ability. Team

Bob which was represented by Nitin, Dolly and Jaya

were declared Winners whereas Ganja & Co.

comprising of Pradyumna, Priyank and Shivang

became Runners-up.

Kudos, Finaholics!

Mr. Ajit Banerjee, Vice President Finance and

Investments, Bharti AXA General Insurance Company

Limited had recently visited the Institute and

addressed the student managers on the evolving face

of the investment scenario in India including changes

in the financial markets and measures by regulatory

bodies and their impact on institutional investment

strategies on the eve of Finance Conclave Arth-Vyuh

2010. Mr. Banerjee in his note appreciated the team

members of the Finance Forum for their commitment

towards the purpose, harmony and coordination within

the team. He was very impressed with the hospitality

and courtesy extended to him during his visit. He also

anticipated participating in many more such future

programs to come.

IMTweets!

Woof_Woof: Hot debate raging on Google Groups

regarding IMTs numerous vulpine friends! Some love

them, some love to hate them... even as the dispute

progresses, the number of doggy Romeos pining after

Co-op leftovers has considerably dwindled are they

subscribed to the Google Groups too?

Beer_Belly: There was a temporary respite from the

mess(y) food when our canteen-wallahs attempted a

tie-up with Mustard, Kathi Roll Junction & other food

outlets to provide their menu on-campus. But like

many other ventures begun with stone and fire, this

too ended with a hiss and smoke, leaving many

IMTians in a mess (pun intended).

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