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Workshops /                                             condence.  The  training  facilitated  networking  and  knowledge-  was “Next-Gen Corporates and Economy Revival'. Some of the key   Faculty Research & Activities
                                                                                                                                 speakers were:
                                                                sharing among the participants and the resource persons, provided    ·  Mr. Rahul Mukharji, Vice President – Accenture Interactive
        Research Seminars                                       insights into effective academic practices, and offered exposure to     Operations                                        Prof. Bishakha Majumdar
                                                                the latest developments in the academic, professional, and socio-
          ·  Workshop for students on Sexual Harassment of Women at   economic contexts. Prof. Amit Shankar and Prof. Vivek Madupu   ·  Mr. Ashish Goel, CFO - Intellero                  Prof. Majumdar co-authored a teaching case
             Workplace  (Prevention,  Prohibition  and  Redressal)  Act,   were the program director and co-director respectively.   ·  Mr. Ankur Seth (Director – PwC India              with Jitendra Das, Shilpi Jain and Sriparna
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             2013 was held on 16  November 2019. Women Cell Chair   The 5- Day Programme at IIM Visakhapatnam saw participation from   ·  Mr. Mantosh Roy (VP & Head – Retail Operations & Lead   Basu  titled,  'Organic  Wellness:  Inuencing
             Prof S Sumitra and ICC members Adv Jaha Aara and Dr   32 professionals from premier engineering institutions across India,   Automation at Nykaa.com)                        Consumer  Decisions  via  Cause  Marketing'
             Deepa Mohan conducted this workshop.                                                                                    ·  Mr. Gaurav Shitak, VP Head - Digital Marketing, Sharekhan   which  was  published  in  Ivey  Publishing
                                                                such  as  IIIT  Manipur,  NITs  at  Kurukshetra,  Jaipur,  Mizoram,   ·  Dr. Anvitha Prabhakara, VP - Marketing, Aditya Birla Group   (September  2019).  An  article  featuring  her
          ·  Workshop on Research Methodology by Prof Gopal Naik,   Hamirpur, JNTU Hyderabad and Anantapur; Osmania University;      ·  Capt.  Aditya  Singh,  VP  -  Supply  Chain  Operations,   interview was also published in Harvard Business
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             Dean (Faculty), IIM Bangalore,  on 7  – 8  September 2019.    College of Engineering Pune; Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College   Delhivery                                    Publishing Education on September 20, 2019 titled 'Why Student
                                                                Ludhiana;  Uttar  Pradesh  Textile  Technology  Institute  Kanpur;   ·  Ms. Vidisha Baliyan, Miss Deaf World 2019
          ·  Research Seminar by Prof Md Shameem Jawed on Nature   Tripura Institute of Technology; Government engineering colleges                                                       Clubs Are an Underused Teaching Opportunity'. She along with Prof
             of Price Elasticity of Common Stocks: Evidence from Policy   of  Rewa,  Rajasthan,  Kangra,  Jammu  etc.  The  list  of  attendees                                           Anupama  Sharma,  co-directed  a  one-day  Management
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             Experiment in India, on 19  September 2019.        included Senior Faculty and TEQIP Coordinators from various elds                                                         Development Programme on Personnel Management and General
                                                                of Engineering, Fashion Technology, Basic Sciences, Humanities,                                                           Management Skills for Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Ofcers, at the
          ·  Research  Seminar  by  Prof  V  Nagadevara  on  Customer                                                                                                                     National  Academy  of  Customs  Indirect  Taxes  and  Narcotics,
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             Churn prediction in banking industry, on 10  October 2019.   etc. representing 17 states of India.                                                                           Visakhapatnam which was held on 25  September 2019. She also
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                                                                The  Inaugural  Address  was  delivered  by  Dr.  H  Purushotham,                                                         attended an MHRD workshop on Social Media engagement and
          ·  Research Seminar by Prof. Sankarshan Basu, Professor,   Chairman & Managing Director, National Research Development
             Finance  and  Accounting,  IIM  Bangalore,    on  “Shadow   Corporation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of                                                   practices at Delhi in the month of December.
             banking  in  India:  Do  bank  run  Asset  Management   India.  He  emphasized  on  the  leveraging  of  national  innovation
             Companies  (AMCs)  perform  liquidity  transformation   ecosystem  by  academia.  Mr.  PVS  Ganesh  Kumar,  outstanding   International Immersion                                          Prof. Bhargab Chattopadhyay
             through  exposure  to  Non-Banking  Finance  Companies   Scientist/Scientist  H,  Principal  Associate  Director  NSTL,  DRDO,                                                               Prof. Chattopadhyay attended a seminar titled
             (NBFC)  in  their  debt  –  oriented  schemes  and  will  this   Ministry of Defense, Govt  of India gave the valedictory address.                                                            “Estimation  of  Gini  Index  under  Different
             increase the systemic risk of a bank due to a possible joint                                                        Programme                                                                 Sampling Schemes: A sequential Approach”
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             exposure to NBFCs?”, on 5  November 2019.                                                                                                                                                     at  the  Department  of  Statistics,  National
                                                                                                                                 As part of the course 'Business Planning for International Markets',      University of Singapore on October 23, 2019.
          ·  Research  Seminar  by  Prof.  Bishakha  Majumdar  on                                                                two  batches  of  PGP  2018-20  students  visited  Sri  Lanka  and       For pursuing his future research endeavours,
             Transforming  Talent  Acquisition  through  Predictive                                                                                                                                      he  is  currently  collaborating  with  the  faculty
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             Analytics: Twin Case Studies from India, on 24  December                                                            Singapore respectively in November 2019. The students at Sri Lanka   members of the University of Notre Dame, Loyola
             2019.                                                                                                               were hosted by National Institute of Business Management (NIBM),   University  Chicago,  American  University  and  Charité  –
                                                                                                                                 one of the most prestigious business schools in Sri Lanka, while the
          Post-Graduate Program for Expereinced Professionals:                                                                   students  at  Singapore  were  hosted  by  National  University  of   Universitätsmedizin  Berlin.  He  is  also  the  associate  editor  of
                                                                                                                                 Singapore, the country's agship University. This unique program   Sequential Analysis Journal by Taylor & Francis.
          ·  Workshop  on  Innovation  (including  New  Product
             Development) by Prof Ganesh Prabhu, Professor, Strategy,                                                            with a blend of class room sessions and industry visits provided the   Prof. B. Srirangacharyulu
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             IIM Bangalore, on 6  October 2019.                                                                                  students  a  comprehensive  understanding  of  foreign  market   Prof.  Srirangacharyulu  co-authored  a  paper
                                                                                                                                 scenarios  and  familiarized  them  with  real  world  applications  of
          ·  Workshop  on  Digital  Governance  by  Dr.  Sundar                                                                  management.                                              titled "A Vehicle Routing Approach for Cash
             Balakrishna, Director (Electronic Services Delivery), Govt   Conclaves                                                                                                       Management  in  Banks"  with  Ms.  G.  Kavya
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             of AP, on 24  November 2019.                                                                                        During 20th – 24th October, the PGP – BPIM batch to Sri Lanka was   which  was  presented  at  the  International
                                                                                                                                 accompanied  by  Prof  Shameem  Jawed  and  Prof  Bishakha   Conference  on  Operations  Research  and
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                                                               HRidya 4.0-HR CONCLAVE was held on 7  September 2019                                                                       Decision  Sciences  (ICORDS)  during
                                                                                                                                 Majumdar. The batch to Singapore was led by Prof Anirban Ghatak
                                                               The  HR  agship  event  of  the  student  community  of  IIM                                                              December 28-30, 2019 at IIM Visakhapatnam.
                                                                                                                                 and Prof Bhargab Chattopadhyay. The PGCEP batch on the other
                                                               Visakhapatnam  HRidaya  4.0  was  orchestrated  with  the  theme   hand was coordinated by Prof Anupama Sharma and Mr. Biswanath
                                                               'Strategic HRM: Align it right'. In the conclave, the genesis of gig   Behera, Program Manager (Academic Programs), to Dubai from 1st     Prof. Deepika Gupta
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Prof. Gupta was invited as a guest speaker at
                                                               economy and reasons behind its transpiring presence and growth    – 4th November 2019.                                                      t h e   T i m e s   N I E   P r i n c i p a l s   M e e t ,
                                                               were touched upon. The event offered an insightful glimpse into the                                                                         Visakhapatnam, where she delivered her talk
                                                               new/emerging  facets  of  the  realm  of  HR  and  it  witnessed  an                                                                        on 'Successful Career Options for Students'.
                                                               invigorating  participation  both  from  students  and  the  corporate                                                                      She was also invited to speak on 'Competitive
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Strategy & Innovation for Export Manufacturing
                                                               world.  There  were  two  panel  discussions:  i)  Gearing  up  for  Gig
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Firms'  by  the  Brandix  Knowledge  Series  at
                                                               Mavericks ii)  Social Media Frenemy of HR. Some of the key speakers
                                                                                                                                                                                          Brandix, Visakhapatnam. She attended the 'Teaching with Cases'
                                                               were:                                                                                                                      workshop conducted jointly by IIM Ahmedabad Case Centre and
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                                                                   Ÿ  Mr. Pradeep Chavda, Director HR Sodexo India                  Batch to NUS Singapore                                HBS Publishing, at IIM Ahmedabad on 6 -7  December 2019.
      Faculty Development                                          Ÿ Ÿ  Mr. Kshitij Bhusari, Deputy GM, Schindler University                                                              Prof. Kalyan Kolukuluri
                                                                      Mr. Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Director ScaleOn Technologies
                                                                      Inc                                                                                                                 Prof. Kolukuluri attended the 'Teaching with
      Programmes                                                   Ÿ  Ms. Rashmi Mansharamani, CHRO The Wave Group                                                                        Cases'  workshop  conducted  jointly  by  IIM
                                                                   Ÿ  Mr. Anil Kumar Misra, CHRO MagicBricks                                                                              Ahmedabad  Case  Centre  and  HBS
                                                                                                                                                                                          Publishing, at IIM Ahmedabad on December
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       3   TEQIP  III  Professional  Development  Training  Programme   Ÿ  Ms. Bishakha Majumdar, Asst. Professor IIM                                                                     6 -7  2019.
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       was held between 9  -13  December 2019.                        Visakhapatnam
       The Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme III (ve-  Ÿ  Mr. Rajesh Lele, General Manager e-HR Projects, Tata     Batch to NIBM, Sri Lanka                                              Prof. Kaveri Krishnan
       day)  at  Indian  Institute  of  Management  (IIM)  Visakhapatnam  in   Motors                                            Initiation  of  Public  Speaking                                          Prof. Krishnan published a paper titled “Has
       December 2019 was the third one hosted by the Institute, the rst   Ÿ  Mr. Collin Mendes, General Manager & Head, HR &                                                                               the  Global  Financial  Crisis  Changed  the
       programme  having  been  held  in  July  2019  and  the  second  in   Administration, Voltas Beko                         and Literary Society                                                       Market  Response  to  Credit  Ratings?
       August 2019. The aim of the programme was to create the needed                                                                                                                                       Evidence from an Emerging Market” in the
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       capacities  in  policy  planners  and  administrators  in  higher   VRIDDHI  -  Annual  Business  Conclave  was  held  on  23 -24    The growth of a business person and a human being depends on   Journal  of  Emerging  Market  Finance.
       education  towards  their  gaining  greater  appreciation  for   November, 2019                                           how  thoughtful  he/she  is  and  how  effectively  they  are  able  to   https://doi.org/10.1177/0972652719877472.
       governance,  institutional  and  policy  reforms,  as  well  as  the   'VRIDDHI',  is  the  Flagship  Annual  Business  Symposium  of  the   communicate  the  thoughts  and  ideas.  Keeping  this  in  mind,  a   The publication is co-authored with Prof. Ashok
       management principles, precepts and practices, so that they can   students.  In  its  maiden  version,  the  conclave  welcomed  various   “Public Speaking and Literary Society” was initiated under Students   Thampy and Prof. Sankarshan Basu (Professors  from the Finance
       full  the  role-responsibilities  envisaged  of  them  as  mentors,   industry stalwarts to foster innovation and excellence, concerning   Academic  Council.  The  club  organized  various  debates  and   & Accounting Area of IIMB). The paper analyses the differential
       facilitators,  and  champions  of  change,  with  competence  and                                                         discussions which provided the students with ample opportunities   market response to credit rating revisions in the pre and post global
                                                               both, Indian and Global context. The theme of the Business Conclave
                                                                                                                                 to showcase and improve their communication skills.      nancial crisis period using data from India.
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