Date / Venue
2/1/2016/ NDIM Campus

Companies Visited

Asahi India Glass Ltd., Manpower Group, Matrix Cellular, JWT, Exide, UPS Inverter, CASTROL, AdGlobal360 India Pvt. Ltd., Auxein Medical Pvt. Ltd., JK Paper Ltd., ICA Group, Bisleri, Bausch & Lomb, Search Manager;s, Evalueserve, Korea Trade Center, Aditya Birla Money, G-Cube Webwide Software Pvt. Ltd., Yes Bank Ltd., Tata Teleservices, Oxygen Media Services Pvt. Ltd., Floursih Foods, JITM Skills, Confluence Integrated Services Pvt. Ltd., Cushman & Wakefield, BIGBOYTOYZ, Relco Trading Pvt. Ltd., Money Mantra, Executive Search, ASSOCHAM, MADISON STREET CAPITAL, Manking Pharma Ltd., Creando, Ibibo Group, Gold Plus Glass Industry Ltd., Varun Beverages Limited (RJ Corp Group), Shopmatic, Shineroad Foods (India) Pvt. Ltd., APCER Life Sciences

Participants                                      Students of 2014-16 batch of PGDM

Date/ Venue                                       01 February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Key Note Speaker

David Wilcox, HBS Alumni, Philanthropist & Social Entrepreneur. A social change leader and the founder of ‘Reach Scale’

Participants        

Members of BRICS Chamber of Commerce, Bureaucrats, CSR innovators and Industry Leaders

Date/ Venue                                      6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Chief Guest                                     Shri Sunil Bharti Mittal

Guest Of Honor                               Shri T.K.A. Nair, Principal Secretary and advisor to Former Prime Minister of India,

Presided by Justice                       Shri B P Singh

Participants                                     2013 – 15 batch of PGDM Students

Address of Shri Sunil Bharti Mittal

* Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal felt energized by the pool of young talent at NDIM

* Advised Students to “Stay with your problems long enough”

* Quoted Albert Einstein, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

* He advised the students to,“ Follow your Curiosity, follow your Passion and you’ll figure out a way”

* “Fighting with Big Giants is very difficult so find your niches and open up opportunities for yourself.”

* “The World is connected hence unlimited opportunities are available for young entrepreneurs.”

* He reminded students of comic books with flying cars which could become a reality in the near future…..the advice was to “be prepared for Big Changes in all spheres”

* He talked about immense opportunities for entrepreneurs which could come up in the fields of Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Analysis and Augmented or Virtual Reality

Date/ Venue                                   6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                                  NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Rohan Bhargava, Co-founder, Cashkaro.com, India’s largest cash back & coupons site. He heads the strategic product development and innovation and digital marketing channels for retailers in India. He is an alumnus of the London School of Economics and qualified CFA

Key Issues Addressed

He said ‘the definition of entrepreneurship is simple and execution is much more difficult. Entrepreneurship is the journey of opportunity exploration and risk management to create value for profit and/or social good,”

He said ‘the definition of entrepreneurship is simple and execution is much more difficult. Entrepreneurship is the journey of opportunity exploration and risk management to create value for profit and/or social good,”

He is of the opinion to hire the right persons one needs to look the candidates past experiences and cover letter to learn more about him as human being.

He showed the keen interest in taking some sessions of PGDM students and helping NDIM students to understand the corporate expectations from young managers

Date/ Venue                             6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                            NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Dhruv Agarwala, Co-founder & CEO of Proptiger.com, India’s leading full stack digital real estate platform. He earlier co-founded iTrust.in, a financial technology venturewhich was acquired by Karvy. He Has M.S. from Stanford and MBA from Harvard.

Key Issues Addressed

Most people think being an entrepreneur is all about coming up with an idea, but that’s just one part,” he said “It’s also important to know right from the start how you will reach interested customers in an effective and affordable way. While hiring, the person should have personality as right skills can be acquired.

NDIM students got an opportunity to interact and share his learning’s & practical experiences.

Date/ Venue                            6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                           NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Honey Sigh, Vice President, Social Media & technology, owns ARM digital Media. He is awarded as one of top social media professionals in India by renowned body CMO Asia & also appeared as ‘Thought leader’ in EY Social Media Marketing India Trends Study 2014.

Key Issues Addressed

Entrepreneurs can change the way we live and work. Their innovation may improve standard of living, by creating jobs and the conditions for a prosperous society. NDIM students gained intellectual simulation by listening to the best and innovative practices. Students also got an opportunity to interact and share the learning’s and his practical experiences.

Date/ Venue                          6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                         NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Sarvesh, a civil engineer from IIT Madras, founder of largest internship platform Internshala started 5 years ago. He has a dream to reach a stage where every students can find an awesome intermship through Internshala & discover their true passion and skills.

Key Issues Addressed

Entrepreneurs believe in themselves. They believe in being confident and dedicated to their project to be successful. He wishes to hire people who are humble, hungry for knowledge and smart to build a great team to achieve great things. He promised to help NDIM students to get the best live projects and summer internships.

Date/ Venue                      6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                     NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Maninder Singh, Co-founder of Safomasi, a lifestyle brand creating hand crafted home wares and an accessory inspired by their travel was started in 2013 with his British wife Sarah Fotheringham. After in business for a year Safomasi won an ELLE Deco International Design award.

Key Issues Addressed

With a little thought and planning you’ll be able to clearly determine your requirements, find candidates and narrow down your choices. Eventually you should find the right employee for the role you’re offering He is of the view that experienced entrepreneurs have a few advantages over newcomers as one has pool of capital from their previous business.

Date/ Venue                     6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                    NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Rahul Narvekar, an alumnus of Mumbai University, IIM Calcutta and Essec Business School. His entrepreneurial journey is an inspiring tale for everyone who wishes to make it big in e-commerce. His career started with sales campaigns, corporate advertising and marketing to handle revenue. He did all this before co-founding Fashion and You in 2009 a coveted fashion and luxury brands e-commerce store.

Key Issues Addressed

Small, growing businesses can benefit from hiring flexible people able to take on multiple roles in the company. On hiring he is of the opinion, one should have clear job description to be conveyed and clear with expectations.

Date/ Venue                      6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                     NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Navneet kaushal founded Page Traffic in 2002, an internet marketing company that has grown to an 80 person firm managing over 600 projects. His expertise has established Page Traffic as one of the most awarded and successful search marketing agencies in Asia. He is also an editor of Page Traffic Buzz. He is featured in Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, Digital Journal, Search engine Watch and many others.

Key Issues Addressed

Your company has a culture: a way of approaching business, a way of thinking and operating that’s unique. This affects the way your business operates and the way it’s seen by customers.

Date/ Venue                           6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                          NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Neeraj is co-founder and CEO of Hector Beverages, the maker of Paper Boat drinks, traditional Indian beverages. Neeraj is graduate of Wharton Business Schooland was awarded the highest academic honour ‘The Palmer Scholar’.

Key Issues Addressed

To do great business, one should have great product and service and faith in it. Hire people that genuinely believe in your mission and passionate about the product. He promised to give oppurtunity to NDIM students in various live projrcts and summer internship assignments.

Date/ Venue                          6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                         NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Zeba, driven by the passion for sports, launched India’s first participative sports firm, Volano Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Under Volano, Zeba directed the execution of the some of the most path-breaking sports properties like the Devils Circuit, Devils Circut Swift Challenge and GameOn India.

Key Issues Addressed

Not only is the new idea which is important for an entrepreneur but also it more important to know how to reach interested customers in an effective and affordable way. One should take time to choose the best candidate for the company. NDIM students got an oppurtunity to interact and shared her learning and practical experiences.

Date/ Venue                        6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                       NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

Daksh Sharma, Director and co-founder at Iffort, a full spectrum Digital and Social Media agency based in Delhi. The organization has been providing strategic consulting and advisory to brands on digital domain. The current and past clients include brands like Lonely Planet India, Skyscanner, Borges Olive oil, HCL Healthcare etc.

Key Issues Addressed

Entrepreneurs can change the way we live and work. If successful, their innovation will create jobs and a condition for a prosperous society. It is important to appoint people who are flexible, willingness to learn new skill sets and a good team member. He promised NDIM students to give an oppurtunity in live projects and summer internship assignments.

Date/ Venue                       6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                      NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

A ‘Marketing Strategist’, serial entrepreneur PKD Nambiar, Director & Chief Strategist, Flags Communications and Managing Director B-Square Group of Companies, is a name to reckon when it comes to Marketing & branding. He is renowned as a startup and turnaround specialist and a sharp communications strategist for the SME sector and has helped more than 100 businesses across India and abroad.

Key Issues Addressed

On Hiring tip, he was of the opinion of retaining talent and to motivate by innovation, who have out-of the-box thinking. He confirmed his willingness to be associated with NDIM and engage students in various projects and activities and would explore various avenues of collaboration.

Date/ Venue                       6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                      NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

He started Curofy in 2014 along with two batch mates of IIT Delhi. He represented India and IIT Delhi at various national and international forums including Stanford University Entrepreneurship Summit and Oxford University MUN.

Key Issues addressed

He said entrepreneurship is a long term commitment and needs planning as much as possible at the beginning. While hiring, it’s better to wait for the right person than settling for less than ideal person. NDIM students interacted with him and asked their queries. He promised to give opportunity to NDIM students in live projects and summer internship assignments.

Date/ Venue                       6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                      NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

He co-founded Crystal Hues in 1989 and formalized as Ltd company in 1995. As a pioneering organization on integrating the marketing communication services and localization services with the latest in technology, Crystal Hues has four specialized verticals viz; CHL Localization, CHL Worldwide, CHL Digital and CHL Softech. Under his leadership the company has been helping clients not only reach the untouched markets of hinterlands of India but also conduct business globally by bridging the language and cultural divide.

Key Issues addressed

He is of the opinion that the best qualified candidate on the paper may not be the best fit for the job. NDIM students gained intellectual stimulation by listening to the best practices and the innovative practices. Students got an opportunity to interact and share his learning and practical experiences. He promised live projects and summer internship assignments for NDIM students.

Date/ Venue         9th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants        Students from Delhi University, MBA Colleges from Delhi & NCR and NDIM Students

Judges                Air Marshal P K Roy & Major General P N Tripathi

Topics for Debate

1. Education is Self-Driven facilitated by teacher and technology

2. Why India needs Net Neutrality

3. Digital India is a boon or a bane

Date                      12th and 13th February 2016

Venue                   NDIM Campus/ Netaji Sports complex Jasola

Participants

Colleges of Delhi namely, North& South campus colleges of Delhi University, private institutions of Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad. Almost 400 students from 26 different colleges participated in the event Inauguration The Program was inaugurated by Faculty members and students wherein hydrogen gas filled balloons were flown to mark the occasion.

Events

Football, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket and Volley ball were the sports held on 12thFeb at Jasola Sports complex and Table Tennis, Tug of war, Pool, Carom, Chess, Tug of War, Kho-Kho held on 13th Feb at NDIM-Tughlakabad Campus

Key Points

Sports meet aimed at imparting lessons on sportsman spirit. It is not only playing opportunities which are presented and offered, coaching roles were also being offered to different teams for motivation Trophies & medals were bagged by aspiring students from different colleges and NDIM. The event ended with cheerful note and filled with promises for the young and aspiring sports enthusiasts.

Date/ Venue                       6th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Participants                      NDIM students and Faculty

Key Speaker

She founded Bloggers’ Mind, a social media marketing and analytics company that monitors, measures and analyzes the social media arena and factors that influence this medium for brands. She Specializes in Establishing brand building strategies for companies (extensive experience in Technology sector) Conceptualizing and devising successful Social Media buzz strategy for companies and developing communities on web (PC and Mobile) Mobile VAS and consumer technology.

Key Issues Addressed

On hiring the right people in her company, she is of the view to put them through the test by giving them a few tasks that they will be responsible for and see how well they perform. NDIM students and faculty gained intellectual stimulation by listening to her best and innovative practices. She expressed her willingness for live projects for NDIM students.

Date/ Venue              15th February 2016/ NDIM Campus

Key Speaker

Mr Sudarshan Banerjee, President-Starting Global and former MD & CEO, Vodafone, Kodak and Amway

Participants

NDIM Students and Faculty

A Global Corporate Expert came from Canada to address Students and faculty of NDIM. Students of NDIM also got an opportunity to interact and share the learning’s & practical experiences

Date/ Venue                              17th February/ NDIM Campus

Participants                              NDIM Students

Purpose                                    To test the business acumen and managerial skills of participants

Round 1: Business Quiz       25 questions to be answered in 15 minutes

Panelist                                    Prof. Bharat Sharma

Round 2: Debate                    3 Topics were informed to the teams to prepare for and against the motion

Judges                                     Prof. Veena Kumar and Prof. S Mookherjee

Round 3: Case Analysis

The analytic ability and logical thinking prowess was analyzed. The case study was provided to participants beforehand and they had to come up with best possible solutions

Analysts                                  Prof. Ravinder Chawla, Prof. Sarika Tomar, Prof. Veena Kumar, Prof. Deepak Goel

Round 4:                                Stress Interview Participants tactfully answering the questions thrown by the judges

Judges                                    Prof. Tripti Desai, Prof. Veena Kumar, Prof. Ravinder Chawla and Prof. Deepal Goel

The winners were announced and they will be gearing up to represent NDIM in Inter College Managers’ Melange Event in Spandan 2016.

Date                                 18th February 2016

Industry                          Contract Logistics

Location                         Mewat district

Participants                    Students of NDIM with Operations and Supply Chain Management Specialization and Faculty

Purpose                          To understand how a warehouse operates

Learnings

ITC runs two warehouses – one for fresh garments and the other for return garments. Students learnt how fresh garments arriving from suppliers are checked and then put on racks. They are then picked and packed for shipping to retailers. Similarly, they learnt how return garments are rectified and then send back to different types of stores

Date                   18th February 2016

Industry             Yakult Location Sonepat

Participants       Students of Marketing and Faculty

Purpose             How Yakult works

Learnings

Design of the factory based on international standards and special care was taken while designing to maintain the highest level of hygiene standards and deliver the best product to its consumers. The process of making Yakult is completely automated and there is no human touch at any stage.

Date                    22nd February 2016

Venue                 The Lalit, New Delhi

Organizer           Miles Education

Participants        NDIM Faculty and Students

Key Speaker

Gary Cokins, an internationally recognized expert, and author in Performance Improvement Systems & Advance Cost Management

Key Points

Helps NDIM in curriculum development which would help NDIM students at later years to appear for CMA