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Contents I. From The Chairperson’s Desk..……………………….……………………………………….…………3

II. HaRMONEY- The HR and Finance Week……………………………..…………….…….4

a. Alumni Speakers……………………………………………………….…………………………..……….….….5

b. Other Speakers: Panel Discussion……………………………………………………………………8

III. Bees Saal Baad……………………………………………………………………………………………….......9

IV. Campus Buzz

a. Mahindra War Room…………………………………………………………………………………………….10

b. Independence Day – Cultural Program…………………………….……………………………….10

c. Sahyog…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11

d. League Of Titans : Spincarnation.……………………………………………..………..…………..12

e. Press Tease………………………………………………………………………………………………....…………13

V. Q and Alumnus……………………………………………………………………….………………………………14

VI. Alum Quotes…………………………………………………………………………….…………………………….16

VII. Through An Exchange Student’s Hourglass...………………………………….…………….17

VIII. Campus Shots…………………….………………………………………………………………………….….…..18

IX. Suggestions and Feedbacks…………………….…………………………………………………..……..19


From The Chairperson’s Desk

Month of August has kept everybody busy with classes

gaining momentum and various other student activities. The

first event organised by Alumni Committee in FY 2011-2012

has been HaRMONEY, The HR and Finance Week. This event

was special as it was very successfully organised by the new

team of Alcom students under the tutorship of the second

year student mentors.

This time all efforts were made to engage a larger number of

executives from the corporate and we were delighted to have

eight alumni who gave lectures, judged events like quiz and

simulation game, and shared their experiences in HR &

Finance domains.

Enthusiasm of the 1991 Batch was effusive in “Bees Saal

Baad” celebration. We were touched when they told us about

the highly spirited get-together on 21 August and later sent

us some photographs of the event; not to miss the poem! Just

to have our silent presence amidst them Alcom momento was

sent to the rejoicing group.

Wishing them more fun and joy in their life and also wishing

everyone Good Luck.

Dr. Seeta Gupta

Chairperson

Alumni Relationship Committee

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back

and realize they were the big things."

-Robert Brault


Debate winners with Mr. Nitin Khanna

Alumni having high tea

HaRMONEY

The HR and Finance Week

The first event organized by Alcom in the session 2011-12 was HaRMONEY, from August 18th to

August 23rd. Both the students and the alumni took active part in it and displayed great enthusiasm.

The week started with an HR and Finance quiz on the

18th of August, hosted in association with the IMT

Quizzing Committee. Students turned up in good

numbers for the two rounds. The different stages of

the quiz struck a balance between both fun and

knowledge.

Throughout the week there were many guest lectures

delivered by our esteemed alumni, a debate, a case

study challenge and a panel discussion. They took out

time for the students of their Alma mater and shared

their valuable insights on a variety of subjects relating to Human Resources and Finance. On 20th August

the alumni guests who came for guest lectures and panel discussion gathered together with the

chairperson of the Alumni Relationship Committee and placement chairperson for tea. The alumni

interacted with each other and also shared their valuable knowledge and experience with the students.

The Alumni Relationship Committee also hosted the “Stock Market Simulation”, in association with Fin-

niche (the Finance club of IMT), as the concluding

event of HaRMONEY. It was an online stock market

trading competition which tested the participants on

their analytical skills, financial prowess and

spontaneity to changing market situations. All the

teams were on their toes while they competed with

their friends to 'ride the bull'. There was a huge

turnout for the event and the week ended on an

exciting, high note.


Alumni Speakers

Ms. Shamli Paliwal

Ms. Shamli Paliwal was the topper of 1989 PGDBM batch. She is currently the Chief

Manager (Finance) in ONGC looking after centralized procurement activities of

ONGC.

Ms. Paliwal was the first guest lecturer for the week and she spoke to the students

about Infrastructure Finance from the public sector perspective on August 19th. She spoke about the

Project Finance for the ONGC Tripura Power Plant, giving a detailed insight into each aspect of funding

for the huge project. With over 22 years of multifaceted experience in Energy sector in raising resources,

business process re-engineering, project management, corporate finance, commercial, business

development and joint ventures, Ms. Paliwal helped the students understand how the corporate scenario

changed over the post liberalization era. The students learned about a number of financing options and

the different approaches to Project Finance.

Mr. Ramit Gupta

Mr. Ramit Gupta, class of 2000, is presently working as General Manager in Strategy

and Transformation in IBM Global Business Services. He discussed the topic

‘Organization and People in Meeting Strategic Objectives’ on August 19th.

Before joining IBM, he had worked in Avalon Consulting for 10 years. He

acknowledged the fact that these days, it is rare to find people sticking to a particular organization for 10

years. One of the main concerns he expressed was the lack of quality middle and upper level managers

required to take the organization forward. Until and unless this issue is addressed, the business will not

be able to reach the next level. He, being a Member of the Placement Committee, recalled the many

sleepless nights he had spent working towards improving the brand IMT.

Mr. Anurag Jain

Mr. Anurag Jain, currently HR Head at B.A. Continuum India Pvt. Ltd (which is the

non-banking subsidiary of the Bank of America) visited the campus on 20th

August, 2011 as the youngest guest lecturer during HaRMONEY. He passed out of

IMT in 2008 with a PGDM degree in Finance, and delivered a lecture on

Compensation Management and Benefit Strategies, his area of expertise.

Mr. Jain talked to the students at length about the HR structure in an organisation, and introduced the

students to the function of Compensation Management. The lecture provided an insight on the subject

for the first year students in the audience, and was of particular value to the HR students there. For the


same reason, it saw a lot of people actively interacting, and asking questions about the lecturer’s role at

his workplace, range of job profiles available, and particularly his choice of switching streams mid-

career. He was very patient with all their queries, and encouraged questions after each slide on the

subject. As such, the lecture struck a balance between theoretical knowledge on the discipline, as well as

practical insights from his work experience at B.A. Continuum. The students got to learn a lot, and also

got a very different perspective on the HR function in any organization.

Mr. Sharad Jain

Mr. Sharad Jain, class of 1998, is currently working with GE Energy Financial

Services as the Vice President leading the origin of the structured finance team

focusing on the energy sector. He delivered a guest lecture on ‘Infrastructure

Finance’ focusing on the power sector, on August 20th. He explained how critical

infrastructure finance is to the economy, also drawing a comparison between

project finance and corporate finance.

Mr. Jain has more than 15 years of experience in financing and development of large infrastructure

projects primarily in the power sector. He has been in the industry since 1992, which marked the

beginning of the liberalization era and thus has an extensive knowledge in the infrastructure sector.

Relating the theory with his corporate experience he made the session very enlightening for the

students.

Mr. Nitin Khanna

The week was livened up with a highly charged debate competition on August

20th. The Debate was held in a fresh format, with each team consisting of three

members; one speaking against the topic, one for the topic and one member

raising questions to the speakers of other teams. The event was judged by Mr.

Nitin Khanna, CEO, Aantrishti Human Development Solutions Ltd. He also

provided the students with a topic that took an interesting perspective at the most discussed issue in

India today. “Zero Corruption is Anti-Development and an Impractical Goal” was the topic and the

students came up with intriguing new ways to understand the issue the country is facing today.


Mr. Kausik Chatterjee

Mr. Kausik Chatterjee, an esteemed alumnus of IMT Ghaziabad from the class of

2002 graced the Finance-HR week “HaRMONEY” with a guest lecture on “HR

effectiveness and Balance Scorecard”, on August 22nd. Mr. Chatterjee is currently

working with the Samtel Group as the regional manager HR, NCR region. He is

highly engaged with academia and visits reputed colleges such as IMT

Ghaziabad, MDI Gurgaon, BITs and Amity Noida as a guest faculty.

The guest lecture was interactive and Mr. Chatterjee engaged his audience very well by talking about

balancing scorecards and their significance in the corporate world. What fascinated the students was the

fact that he drew a synergy between the balance scorecard in a real corporate scenario and how students

can incorporate the same in their own lives to manage their times and aspirations better. The lecture was

very relevant to the concerns of the students with the demanding B-School curriculum and the pressures

of student life.

Mr. Arshdeep Khurana

Event: Case Study Challenge

Mr. Arshdeep Khurana, Founder. Job Vision Consultants passed out of IMT

Ghaziabad in 2010, and he was the youngest alumnus we engaged with, in the

course of HaRMONEY: the HR and Finance Week. Besides being a panelist on

Saturday, we also collaborated with him for the Case Study Challenge, on August

22nd under which we invited student teams to compete for a case study analysis, to be judged by Mr.

Khurana.

Mr. Khurana gave us the case study, based on real incidents from his life, and contributed with great

deal of insights on the particular situation described in the case. The case was based on ‘Mergers and

Acquisitions’, and gave the students a chance to test their skills in the field of employee management

and takeover issues.

Mr. Khurana was very impressed with the hard work and dedication that all the teams displayed, with

the short time they had available. The winning team showed perfect time management and displayed

team work and clear communication. Mr. Khurana also shared his own insights on the case, and gave us

many tips on college life and placement processes.


Speakers of the Panel Discussion

Other Speakers: Panel Discussion

Panelists:

Mr. V Natarajan : Vice President & Zone Head – HR, Tata AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Mr. Sumit Mohan Saxena : Deputy Director - Enterprise Sales, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd.

Mr. Prashant Joshi : CEO, Mind Power Consulting.

Mr. Kirit Goyal : Founder Director, Gazelle Information Technologies

Mr. Arshdeep Khurana : Founder, Job Vision Consultants

‘Beyond Pay – Effective Strategies For Tomorrow’ was the topic for panel discussion on 20th August.

Various factors which are important to an individual in any organization were first discussed, eg.

Salaries (compensation), recognition, respect, work culture etc. The panelists gave the students practical

insights as to how an employer looks for an employee who shows real passion for work, rather than one

who complains.

Employee engagement was highlighted as a very important tool. Mr. Natarajan gave the example of his

company engaging senior management by involving them in corporate golf tournaments wherein the

managers got more time to know each other personally as well as professionally.

He also drew an analogy between a goal oriented team and a

chariot with five horses. The chariot will move effectively and

faster only when all the five horses think in the same

direction and work with synchronisation. He thus

emphasised that the goals of an employee should be aligned

with the goals of the organisation.

It was a very interactive session. The students questioned the

panelists on how to select a sector for working; to which the

panelists urged them to take certain calculated risks. The

students also queried them on whether to continue with a

company working on low culture radar or not. The panelists

suggested holding on to a company when the whole industry is in turmoil rather than switching jobs,

and making efforts to improve the work culture. But, if the company’s culture does not improve even

when the industry stabilises, then one should find a better organisation to work for.

Towards the end, the students were shown the Gallup Employee Satisfaction Survey by Mr. Sumit

Mohan Saxena. The emphasis was that the research done by Gallup strongly supports that engaged

employees are more productive, more profitable, more customer-focused, safer and more likely to

withstand temptations to leave.


Alumni from the 91 batch Getting ready to groove!

“Aaj Bees Saal ke Baad,

Laut aayi IMT ki har Yaad.

Woh hawa mein chali goli,

woh keechad ki holi.

Woh amphi ki party,

Woh mess ki chapati.

Girls hostel ki 'Scanty Dress',

Kisne kya pehna, uspe hamaara guess.

Jab humne pee thi desi daaru,

Juniors ka lagana brush se jhaadu.

Raat bhar khelna patti teen,

Subah Ko jaana Verma ki canteen.

Padh bhi lete thay, jab milta tha waqt,

Yaaron Zindagi tab thi khoob mast.

Aaj Bees Saal ke Baad,

Laut aayi IMT ki har Yaad.”

-Sandeep Garg

Alumni dancing

Vineet & Mamta – in the organisers shoes

Nothing better than meeting old friends

"Bees Saal Baad"

IMT 1991 Batch Get together

The

CAMPUS BUZZ

CAMPUS BUZZ

The discussion to organize a get together

marking twenty years of passing out started

many months back. Finally Vineet, Mamta and

Indi took the lead to organize the party -

appropriately named "Bees Saal Baad". On

August 21 (Sunday), 35 of the batch mates met

and had a blast of a time. It was partying IMT -

style....non-stop dancing, laughing and

catching up with each other....


Flag hoisting at IMT

Campus Buzz

Mahindra War Room

Living up to the hype and anticipation created around it, the

Mahindra War Room was greeted with great enthusiasm in the

IMT Campus with a full house attendance in the

Amphitheatre.

The War Room is India’s largest and most loved business

school event which started in 2008. Traditionally, India’s

top 17 Business Schools participate in the war room and

IMT Ghaziabad takes great pride in being one of them.

In this contest the leaders from different Mahindra

business sectors share the strategic business issues that they

would like the budding managers from these business

schools to respond to. These issues are then framed into sector

caselets and form the starting point of the contest. The contest is

then launched across the top 17 B-Schools. This year will mark the 4th edition of this prestigious and

coveted event in which IMT Ghaziabad has always made its presence felt. The national final round is

attended and judged by Mr. Anand Mahindra and the Group Executive Board comprising the very same

leaders who share the strategic issues. In this daylong event the 17 teams compete with each other,

present their strategy and persuade the Group Executive Board on the merits of their approach. The

team that emerges as winner is designated as The War Room Hero and is presented with the

“Brahmastra” modeled on the ancient Indian weapon, which is conferred upon those with supreme

focus, concentration and skill.

This year’s War room has been named “The Rise of Arjuna” and looking at the enthusiasm and passion

in the students to prove their mettle, there could not have been a better name.

Independence Day - Cultural Program

India’s Independence Day was commemorated at IMT Ghaziabad campus last

Monday, 15th August, 2011. India completed sixty four glorious years of

Independence this year.

The day started with the traditional flag hoisting by our Director Dr. Bibek

Banerjee. Among those present included the Dean Dr. Suresh Bedi, Dr Shalini

Tiwari and Dr Kausik Datta. After the National Anthem, the Director addressed

the gathering. In his address, Dr. Banerjee spoke about the Prime Minister’s

Independence Day Speech delivered from the Red Fort earlier that day. He

declared that all of us have a shared responsibility to ensure that India breaks

free from the shackles of corruption, disharmony and apathy which can limit our

freedom.


Director, Dr. Banerjee addressing the students

Director, Dr. Banerjee distributing clothes to the

needy

This was followed by a cultural program organized by the

Cultural Committee of IMT Ghaziabad. The cultural

performances touched the chords of patriotism and brought

back the memories of freedom struggle. "Vande Matram" and

Tagore's "Anando Loke" reinstated the unity of India. Children

of some of the blue-collar workers gave a heart-warming dance

performance on their favourite tunes.

The program ended with the promise that 15th August is not a

holiday, but a day of pledge towards the idea of INDIA.

Sahyog

Sahyog, a MADF (Make A Difference Foundation) initiative

is an event where the students and faculty of IMT-Ghaziabad

come together to donate clothes to the needy, thereby sharing

some much-needed warmth. This year on the 15th of August,

the tradition laid down by MADF was continued with

panache. With generous assistance from the students, faculty

and volunteers, we were able to collect, pack and distribute

1200+ clothes, winter-wear, bed sheets, towels and toys to the

less fortunate.

The director, Dr. Bibek Banerjee, set the ball rolling, by

initiating the act of kindness on behalf of IMT. Also lending

their valuable time and efforts were Mr. B. C. Bahuguna, Mr. Kaushik Datta, Ms. Shalini R. Tiwari and

Mr. S.K. Goel. In addition, IMT alumni and erstwhile members of MADF, Vandana Singh and Shaurya

Nigam were also present.

The MADF team visited the areas in the vicinity of the campus, to distribute coupons and invite the

needy.

The labourers working inside the campus and the blue-collar employees were also included in the

initiative. The overwhelming response left everyone speechless. This is exemplified by some people who

brought the coupons securely wrapped in plastic covers, which showed how precious a pair of clothes is

in their eyes. The smiles on their faces and the glow of content in their eyes was an instant and lasting

reward for all the hard effort that Team MADF put in for this event.

The scale of Sahyog continues to increase every year. The generosity on the part of the IMT-G fraternity

helped everyone realize the true meaning of “Sahyog” – Cooperation.


The virtual betting station

Players in action during a match

Crowd cheering for their favourite team

League Of Titans: Spincarnation

After “Smashathon”, the first intra IMT sports event,

the Sports Committee of IMT Ghaziabad followed up

with another exciting event “Spincarnation” – an

Intra College Table Tennis Tournament. The

tournament comprised singles matches for men and

women, men’s doubles and mixed doubles. Great

skill, technique and grit were on display as the teams

fought the battles on the table and off it as well. Large

crowd turned up to support their teams and raised

the excitement by a couple of notches.

The first match between Abhishek and Vivek set the

tone for the tournament with immense display of

power and skills. There were a number of nail-biters

throughout the tournament which gave the

audience value for their time. The betting station – a

virtual betting website created by the sports

committee was another added feature of the

tournament which saw students betting virtual

money on their favourite teams.

The finals were played between two teams of first

year. The eagerly awaited clash did not disappoint

the huge crowd. Section C of first year finally

emerged as winners and Sambhav Jain from the

winning team bagged the “Player of the

tournament” award.


Participants facing a press conference during the event

PRESS-TEASE

Press-Tease, the introductory event of Corporate Communications and Media Relations Committee

(CCMRC), IMT Ghaziabad, was a runaway

success with more than 50 teams registering

for the event. The event consisted of 3 rounds

in which, in the first round, participants had

to use their social networking skills to find

some famous personalities within the

campus. 15 teams made it to the second

round wherein they were given a cryptic

code to rack their brains.

Only the worthy top 9 teams went to the

final round which was a mock press

conference round. The 18 participants of the 9

teams (9 X 2) were split into 6 teams of 3 to

bring them out of their comfort zones. They

were then given topics ranging from the debacle of the Indian cricket team during the recent English

tour to the Government’s stand on Lok Pal Bill which they had to defend in front of an entire press team.

It was a highly charged atmosphere as questions were being fired from left, right and centre. Emotions

ran high as the participants passionately defended their stance. In the end, it was sound logic that

prevailed. The winners and the runners-up were given cash prizes along with certificates for all the

finalists. The entire event was covered by the media.


Q and Alumnus

Mr. Sharad Jain is

an esteemed

alumnus of IMT

Ghaziabad from

the class of 1998.

He has more than

15 years of

experience in

financing and

development of

large infrastructure projects primarily in the

power sector. Mr. Jain is currently working with

GE Energy Financial Services as the Vice

President leading the origin of the structured

finance team focusing on the energy sector. He

came down to the campus to deliver a lecture on

Infrastructure Finance and hence the students

got a chance to interact with him.

Q. What were your most cherished moments in

IMT?

A. We enjoyed our life here, at IMT. There were

quite a few special moments. One amongst them

was when I was out of campus for some time

and the results for the first semester were

declared. When I came back everyone was

congratulating me and then I got to know that I

had secured second position in the whole batch

which I had never expected. To take it further I

cherish the fact that I was the gold medallist in

IMT. Apart from academics, “Passion” the

management and cultural fest was something

very special to me when we used to stay awake

the whole night with the roar around not

wanting to miss any part of it.

Q. It is said that more than the MBA degree, it

is the course that creates an impact, so how

important has an MBA been for your career?

A. MBA was important right from the day one

because I wanted to change my field. MBA for

me was not a career enhancer but a career

mover kind of thing. Finance was something

that always puzzled me and made me anxious

to know about it. So I was always determined to

do an MBA. I joined MBA in 1996 and in 1997

there was a financial crisis as a result of which

not many finance companies turned up for

placements. The profiles that were offered by

the finance companies that came were that of

finance plus marketing. But I always wanted to

go into core finance and which I ultimately did.

So yes, an MBA has helped me a lot in shaping

up my career.

Q. You've been in the industry for almost two

decades, working across four big organisations

and in different capacities so what has been

your most important learning in the corporate

world?

A. The most important learning for me would be

that we need to be on our toes all the time. This

means all mangers should have a very sharp

learning curve. For succeeding in the corporate

world we need to think ahead of others. We

should have a long term perspective of things.

As a manager we must have the decision

making ability, and even if we take a wrong

decision it is an opportunity to learn, a process

that makes us better.

Q. Some change you would suggest in IMT to

better suit the requirements of the business

world?

A. MBA is more like being the jack of all trades

where you get to know about operations,

marketing, finance etc. So an MBA gives you a


global perspective. I am not sure whether

anything needs to be changed in terms of the

curriculum but certainly there should be more

and more industrial interactions so that the

students can learn from the experience of people

already in the industry. I did my MBA after

having some corporate experience but for

students who don’t have a professional

experience; corporate interactions can be very

helpful. You learn when you practice something,

and what can be a better way to learn a thing

from the people who are already doing it and

hence more focus on corporate interactions

could be a great learning for the students.

Q. Any specific advice for the present students

of IMT?

A. This present batch is good and the students

were very interactive. I don’t have anything

specific to say but one advice would be to make

the most of these two years of MBA. The

students here at IMT have a lot of calibre, they

just need to put that extra effort to compete with

the top B schools and I am sure they have that

potential.


Alum Quotes

“My two years at IMT made me realise the fact that

not being from an Ivy League business school did not

necessarily mean that I was not good enough; it just

meant that I have to try harder and work smarter.

These are the traits that have become second nature to

me and have proved to be very rewarding throughout

my career which spans more than a decade. I wish all

IMTians even more success.” - Robinder Singh

“IMT encourages new ways to think — and opens up

the mind to the creative and competitive challenges of

the future. It builds a high performance culture

essential to strategic success. The focus is equally on

content as well as process — nurturing a remarkable

learning environment for a highly rewarding

experience.”

- Atul Chand

“IMT inculcates entrepreneurial skills which are a

requirement for all in today’s competitive scenario,

both for a salaried executive and an entrepreneur”.

- Asheet Makhija

“Something people don’t know about me is that I

have made it to the IBM ‘Band 10’ in the shortest

possible time of 9 years of work experience and

globally the fastest to do so. I am also the youngest

Associate Partner with minimum experience. I

believe that this is not an achievement; however this

accomplishment is because of the drive to be the best

that I learnt in IMT.”

- Gautam DS Bardoloi

“At IMT, the interaction with industry at all levels is

unparalleled. This level of interaction enables a

confident and smooth student-to-manager transition.

The skills learnt are not just in Finance or Marketing

but also more importantly on issues like group

tasking and crisis management.”

- Anjali Kumar

“IMT is an excellent place to explore new and

different career paths and find a job that makes you

want to jumpout of the bed in the morning. You also

receive an unbelievable amount of support from

faculty, classmates and alumni. The opportunity for

personal growth is one of the most enduring benefits

of coming to IMT.”

- Anil Sarin

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Through an Exchange Students’ Hourglass

"Studying at IMT was a great experience. I learned a lot about India and her rich

culture and made some good friends. The students were really nice and made my

stay unforgettable. Furthermore, the lectures had a high energy level and were

very interesting. The campus is wonderful and provides everything the students

require"

-Jürgen Wachter, EXCHANGE STUDENT 2010

"IMT Ghaziabad offers a stimulating environment which really enhanced

my experience. I spent 7 months at the IMT campus and I had the

feeling of being surrounded by brilliant and cordial students. The

campus is fine, green and quiet and it’s a wonderful experience!"

-Olivié Peti , EXCHANGE STUDENT 2010

"Namaste IMT! My name is Clémence and I'm from the exchange program of

2010.

An experience in India is, in itself, extraordinary and my experience at IMT surely

met my expectancies! I had the chance of discovering a beautiful country,

following real interesting classes - especially Rural marketing, which was my

favourite subject - and, above all, IMT gave me the opportunity to meet extremely

enriching people, whom I made friends with. If I had only a few words to tell you, I would clearly say:

GO FOR IT! If I had the chance of doing it again, I would do it 10 times!"

- Clémence Kilné Metz, EXCHANGE STUDENT 2010

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1389441043

http://www.facebook.com/olivie.peti

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520741351


Campus Shots


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Compiled By:

The Sampark Team

Alumni Relationship Committee

IMT Ghaziabad

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