Thursday 19 April 2012

A Guest lecture By Mr. P K Pant. He currently holds the position of vice president in jauss polymer limited.  He has 38 yrs of experience in cotton, textiles, concepts n packaging marketing. He shared his experience as well as given knowledge and more clarity on marketing. He spoke on various topics of marketing like what is marketing, marketing concepts, marketing research. He also answers to some interesting questions like what is buyer’s n sellers market, what is jobber in marketing channels, marketing can b standardized or not, why demand is decrease for nano
He also shared examples relating to packaging. He said boomer is packed in a jar n supply to customer that is, at zero level channel. One of the interesting example he told that boomer is the only brand whose price is constant from the last 20 or 30 years. There is inflation so industry has to focus on cost cutting and increase in production better quality should be there. Boomer price is constant but it quantity is reduced.
Overall it’s a good experience for all of us. He has given depth knowledge of marketing. He told about the practical aspects what the production dept has to do. He also said that previously wool was easily shrunk. So the company enhance the quality and now the woolen clothes can easily washable in washing machine. We can easily recognize it from the name of OSWAL woolen clothes. We all heard about ISI mark. There is a wool mark also. When the wool mark failed OSWAL wool gained popularity.

Monday 16 April 2012

THE ROLE OF INPUT & OUTPUT DEPARTMENT IN NEWS CHANNELS


What is news and why some of the stories are not news for news channels? There is one and only one answer to these questions. It is the prerogative of Input and Output department of the channel. The School of Journalism & Mass Communication organized special lectures on “The Role of Input & Output Department in News Channels” to educate and familiarize the students of SJMC on these issues.

There was an overwhelming response from the students and they interacted with the guest speaker’s during question-answer session. Mr. Gurpreet Singh, Input Head of P7 News Channel explained the process and criteria of the selection and collection of news. He further explained how the Input department collects the raw news stories from the Local Correspondents, Bureaus throughout the country, along with news feeds from various Agencies, Foreign Correspondents and Retainers. He explained the priorities of the News Channels and elaborated the different modes of operations and strategies applied for news gathering.

The next session was conducted by Mr. Anurag Sharma, Deputy Output Head of Star News. He discussed the ways of selecting news for the day and how the run-down is decided, prepared and updated for the whole day. He explained how the news gathered by the Input department is given the final shape and is finally presented on the TV Screen. Mr. Anurag differentiated between news and advertisement and clarified the parameters of TAM / TRP. In the discussion he emphasized about the latest trends of news selection and the reason for story drop out. He satisfied the queries of the students regarding the demands of the Media Industry.

IMS Noida "Workshop on Photo Journalism"

Photography is a documentation of memories, happening and capturing of moments. It has special meaning in Journalism. Photo Journalist is an important person in the Print media. What is the role of photo journalist?  What are the complications and compulsions of photo Journalism?  What are the requirements for a good photo journalist?  Just to answer these questions, SJMC organized a three days workshop.
      The workshop was conducted by Mr. Raaj Dayal, Chief Photographer, Indian Express and Mr. Aswini Joshi, Head, Nikon Professional Services.
      First day was fully devoted to the lecture by Mr. Dayal and his interaction with the students. While telling the characteristics of a good photograph he said that a good photograph must contain at least one component out of three – (1) Animation (2) Relation with the context (3) Depth of field.
   Second day of the workshop was devoted to the photographic drill at chandni chowk & near by areas.  Twenty nine students of various semesters were involved in the Photography Drill under the supervision of Dr. Sachin Batra and Mr. Pramod Kumar. The faculty members briefed about the requirements and the guidelines for the Photography Field Exposure. After briefing the students were dispersed into various locations of Chandni Chowk to click Photographs. Students clicked many photographs sharing the struggle and the life of common man at Chandni Chowk eg: people and their profession, roadside life and colors of the market. 
The concluding day (3rd day) was an exciting day for the students as students got the opportunity to interact with Mr. Ashwini Joshi, the Head Nikon Profession Services. Mr. Joshi displayed the wide latest Range of Camera from Nikon Company, out of which one Nikon J-I series camera was launched same day in Mumbai. Mr. Joshi explained the technical aspects of camera through a power point presentation and demonstrated the wide range of cameras he brought including lenses specially the fish eye lens. The post lunch session was for evaluation of photographs clicked by the students in the presence of Prof. (Dr.) Manorama Trikha (Academic Advisor, IMS)
The photographs clicked by
Anil Chaudhary (MJ – II),
Amir Latif (BJ- IV) were praised.

Saturday 14 April 2012

IMS NOIDA: MDP on Best practices in Lean Operations


A management development programe ( MDP) on “ Best practices in  Lean Operations”   was organized  by Prof H NSingh, Convener, on 21/1/12 from 9.30 am till 5.30pm . Key speakers were Mr N K Singh, consultant & Director, Avinar Services. He is qualified management consultant  with engineering background.He has worked as  President, profit centre head of  DCM Toyota and DCM Daewoo, Tata Motors. In his career spanning 40 years he has transformed many companies, He has been trained by Toyota, Japan in TPS( Totyota Production systems) and lean manufacturing. Mr H N Singh is proficient management consultant and an erudite academician. He has earned first class mech engineering degree from IIT, BHU. He has held many positions   as profit centre head and transformed organizations in electrical engineering and automobile sectors.
The program was attended by fifteen senior corporate person from various industries in Noida, Faridabad, Delhi. This  program covered  various topics” MURI, MUDA,MURA, JIT, TPS, LEAN OPERATIONS, KANBAN,ANDON,GENCHI GEBUTSI,POKAYOKE,JIDIKA etc . The participating managers rated the workshop as excellent, useful to transform their organization if implemented. The actual photograph, case study were shown where Lean Operations implementation resulted in  saving  of space, reduction of inventory, manpower, delivery time to end customer, warrrunty return reduction , overall increase in bottom line( profits).

Friday 13 April 2012

Case Study Workshop and Case study presentation competition


IMS Noida always endeavors to give extra to its students.  Case study is an integral part of our teaching methodology. A case study workshop was organized on the 28th March, 2012. The students participated with enthusiasm. Prof. HN SINGH and Mr.Kaship Pandey introduced the case study methodology. The students were then divided into two groups, Finance and Marketing. The erudite Dr.Rajpurohit took the Finance group and explained the case study nuances. The Marketing group was supervised by Mrs.Ritu Sharma and Mrs.Surabhi Singh. 
Later, the students presented the cases they had prepared. Our IMS Advisor, Mr.Alok Agrawal and HOD Prof.PK Agarwal judged the presentations. The team of Ms.Lata Mali and Mr.Amit Sinha of PGDM 1st year won the case study presentation competition. The event was organized by Mr.Prajjwal Mazumder.

Guest Lecture by Mr. A K Gupta, GM, Kunta International, at IMS, NOIDA


Mr. AK Gupta, an engineer from IIT, Roorkee , explained the concept of new product development in very lucid manner . He has brought samples of an “Emergency door release” and photos to explain the practical methods f new product development.

Students asked many questions to understand practical approach to the product development.

This corporate guest lecture was organized by Prof HN Singh, in line with being part of subject- Operations Management PG304, being  taught  by him to PGDM first year students in III trisem 2012.

Tuesday 3 April 2012

आइ.एम.एस ने बढ़ाया स्नेहा का प्रोत्साहन

डांस इंडिया डांस 3 की प्रतिभागी स्नेहा गुप्ता ने आज आइ.एम.एस नॉएडा के कम्युनिटी रेडियो रेडियो स्टेशन सलाम नमस्ते ९०.४ में शिरकत की। स्नेहा ने यहाँ सलाम नमस्ते की स्टेशन हेड बरशा छबाड़िया को रेडियो शो एक पहल के लिए इंटरव्यू दिया। बचपन से ही स्नेहा का रुझान डांस की ओर था, और इनका कहना है कि जब ये पहली कक्षा में थीं तब से ही इन्होने डांस प्रतियोगिता में भाग लेना शुरू कर दिया था।
स्नेहा ने डांस इंडिया डांस सीजन 3 2012 में टॉप 9 में अपनी जगह बनाई। स्नेहा ने डांस इंडिया डांस का अपना अनुभव बताते हुए कहा की टेरंस सर की टीम का एक सदस्य होना अपने आप में बड़ी बात है और टेरंस सर से बहुत कुछ सीखने को मिला।
स्नेहा की माँ सुमित्रा गुप्ता ने बताया की स्नेहा को डांस का शौक बचपन से ही है। कहीं भी गाने की धुन सुनते ही स्नेहा की पैर धिरक्ने लगते है। उन्होने बताया की स्नेहा मात्र १० वर्ष की आयु में ही कमाना शुरू कर दिया था और पहली कमाई २००० रुपए की ।
स्नेहा ने बताया की डांस के उनके इस शौक को उनकी माँ ने पहचाना और उभरने का मौका दिया। साथ ही साथ डांस इंडिया डांस में भाग लेने की लिए उनके भाई बहन ने भी उन्हे प्रोत्साहित किया। 
बोर्ड की परीक्षा दे रहे छात्रों की लिए स्नेहा ने सलाह दी की अगर किसी कारनवश अगर अच्छे नंबर नहीं मिल पातें तो भी निराश नहीं होना चाहिए क्योकि हर इन्सान मे कोई न कोई हुनर जरुर होता है जो आपको ख्यति दिलाने में आपकी सहायता करता है 
स्नेहा ने बताया की उन्होने अभी सिर्फ बारहवीं तक की ही पढाई की है पर अपने डांस की हुनर से आज वो जेनिथ डांस अकादमी मे डांस ट्रेनर है और कमा रहीं है स्नेहा ने बताया की कोरियोग्राफर बनने से ज्यादा वों किसी भी डांस में लीड डांसर बनना पसंद करेंगीं।
स्नेहा के प्रशंशकों को उन्हे परफोर्म करते हुए 22 अप्रैल को डांस इंडिया डांस के फाइनल्स में एक बार फिर देखने का मौका मिलेगा।
स्नेहा ने बताया की डीआईडी के बाद ज़िन्दगी और भी रोमांचक हो गयी है समाज में उन्हे एक नयी पहचान मिली है और अब कई डांस कार्यक्रम के ओफेर्स भी आने लगे हैं।
स्नेहा के इस टैलेंट को देख कर आइ.एम.एस ने इन्हें आगे पढने के लिए सौ प्रतिशत स्कॉलरशिप देने का भी एलान किया है। 
सलाम नमस्ते इनके इस टैलेंट को सलाम करता है।

IMS Noida offers Scholarship to Dance India Dance Contestant

Sneha Gupta the fame of ‘Dance India Dance’ was in the Institute of Management Studies’ Community Radio Station Salam Namastey 90.4 for an interview.
Sneha Gupta is among the top 10 finalist of Dance India Dance season 3 and was in the team of the famous choreographer Tarence.
She told that after D.I.D her life has totally changed, now everybody recognized her by face and she has even getting started offers for various shows.
At present her choice is to be a lead dancer instead of being a choreographer.
Her mother Sumitra Gupta told us that Sneha started participating in Dance competitions since she was in first standard and she started earning when she was 10 years old only. Sneha told that her mother supports her throughout the Journey.
Sneha gives a message to the students who are going appear in board exams that if in any case your result is not up to your expectations then just do not worry because everyone has some or other hidden talents and sometime your hidden talent only helps you to achieve your dreams.
She said that she herself is 12th pass but due to her passion for dance, she is the main dance instructor in Zenath Dance academy for last 13 years.
IMS NOIDA offers her 100 % scholarship in any of the courses of her choice to complete her studies further.