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Vantage Point
Inside this Issue:
Note from the Director
Events On Campus
Guest Speakers On Campus
Student Events on Campus
Best Student Activity
Note from the Editorial Team
Life at VBS
Highlights Of the Summer Internship
Process
Summer Internship Experiences
Campus Achievements
Volume 1; Issue 1; Date: 12th July 2012
Note From the Director
Last year capped a very exciting first year for Vanguard
Business School. We were thrilled to welcome our first batch
and guide them on their journey towards becoming frontline
managers. This newsletter gives all our readers a glimpse of
what our first year was like. As we are poised to welcome the
second batch of students at Vanguard, I congratulate the
editorial board at the timeliness of this initiative and hope that
this effort succeeds in sharing our joy and enthusiasm with
you.
ARKS Srinivas
- Director
Message From The Editorial Team
It gives us immense pleasure to bring out the very first
edition of Vanguard’s Newsletter “Vantage Point”. Vantage
Point refers to a position that provides a broad view or
perspective. In wars, as in business, securing a good vantage
point provides a moment to regroup, review and replan
efforts towards the goal.
For the first batch of VBS, we feel that this is exactly the
place where we have arrived at the end of the first year. As
we stand poised to welcome the second batch on campus ,we
are proud to bring out this newsletter which gives an account
of all we have achieved in the last year.
We hope you enjoy reading this newsletter as much as we
enjoyed putting it together for you.
Bhanu Oberoi
Partho S. Roy
Anupam Choudhary
- Editorial Team
Events On Campus
Inauguration Day
It was this day when all our dreams came
true. The day when VBS started. It was very
auspicious for all of us. All the directors
were present for the inauguration along with
Mr. M.S. Ganesh, our Chief Guest for the
day. The inauguration started with lighting of
the diya which was followed by all the
Directors giving a brief talk and explaining
to us the motive and mission of Vanguard
Business School.
Fresher’s Party
On 17th of August,2011 we all assembled at
the Shilton Royale for the welcome party
which was organized by the college
management. The Directors, Faculty, the
entire staff along with the students attended
the party. The party kick started with a ramp
walk which was followed by a series of
performances by our students. The party
went on till late night after Avinash Sairam
and Yamini Varshney were declared Mr and
Ms. Fresher for the year. This event was
indeed the first and the most memorable
event of the Vanguard family
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.” -Lee Iacocca
Events On Campus
Diwali Celebration
It was a lovely get together of the batch and staff
when we all assembled for the Diwali
celebration on campus. What added more color
to the celebration was the birthday party of our
honorable Director Mr ARKS Srinivas and our
batch mate Bhanu Oberoi. Events such as Bindi
competition, Balloon bursting competition,
paper dance competition were conducted for
everybody. Everyone hit the dance floor after
dinner.
Workshop on Brand Management On 19th December,2011 we had the opportunity
of meeting Ms Sirisha Tadepalli ,Brand Manager
at Tata Global Beverages, India. A workshop on
brand Management was organized by the
Corporate Interactions Club. She is an alumnus
of MICA. She is also one of the key players
actively working for the JV with Starbucks on
behalf of Tata. Her workshop was about the
importance of branding in the corporate world
and how it plays a major role in changing the
customer behaviour. Towards the end, we had a
group activity related to the concept of branding
which helped us understand the concept in a
practical sense. It was indeed a very informative
and interactive workshop.
“What gets measured, gets managed”. -Peter.F Drucker
Guest Speakers On Campus
Mr Kartikeya Misra Mr Karthikeya Misra from BITS Pilani, IIMA,
Goldman Sachs and an IAS Officer was on campus.
It was indeed a revelation seeing someone like him
so grounded and so humble .He interacted with the
batch by talking about the simple joys of life like
reading, learning and doing everything with passion
and determination.
Mr A Srinivas Mr A Srinivas, the Vice President of Quantum
Finance, a soft spoken person delivered an awesome
guest lecture to our batch. He spoke on the scope of
finance careers in the world today. His speech was
indeed useful to us with a lot of information which
we could apply in our practical life.
Ms Nandini Vaidyanathan Ms Nandini Vaidyanathan is the co-founder of
CARMA (Creating Access to Resources and
Management with an ambition to change the
entrepreneurs in India) and a leading faculty in
various B-schools around the world. She spoke
about Management skills and how entrepreneurship
is the need of the hour. She also explained the
importance of a mentorship program and how it adds
value to each of us.
Ms Aparajita Tripathi Ms Aparajita Tripathi, student of IIMK, came to our
campus to enlighten our lives with the management
lessons on one of the greatest epic, The Mahabharata.
She related instances from the Mahabharata and
related them to game theory for Managers. The Ses-
sion ended with a Q & A round with the speaker.
“The smaller the function, the greater the management”. - C. Northcote Parkinson
Guest Speakers on Campus
Ms Asita Anche and Mr Evan Pearce
It was the time when we had two great people on
campus, Asita Anche and Evan Pearce. Asita Anche
Graduated from the University of Illionos. She is
currently the Managing Director of Goldman Sachs,
UK. Evan Pearce was a Portfolio Manager at Cita-
del Investment Group and currently is a partner at
Edoma Capital. Evan explained to us the intricacies
of the Euro Debt Crisis. Asita explained about the
concept of Risk Management. Both of them
explained the practical implications of both these
situations.
Mr Samuel Eddy
Mr. Samuel Eddy, founder of TedX Chennai spoke
about entrepreneurship and how it is very important
for every individual to pursue ones passion as ones
career. He explained how one can monetize ones
passion into a business and make money. The main
motive of conducting these activities was to
understand that every tough problem has simple
solutions. In a nutshell, his speech was inspiring and
it was an interactive session which involved lots of
brainstorming and helped us think differently.
Ms Neha Miglani
Ms Neha Miglani from Mu Sigma delivered a
lecture on Data Analytics. She introduced the
concept of Data Analytics and told us about its
importance and career prospects.
“Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet” -Henry Mintzberg
Student Events On Campus
Money Mania
Money Mania, the Finance Quiz was organized in the
month of December by Fintelligent. This quiz gave the
contestants an exposure to the Financial terms, person-
alities, Banks and enhanced our knowledge. There
were twelve teams competing with each other. Ketan,
Shashi and Nitin were declared the winners of the quiz.
Quiz Mania
Quiz Mania, the Marketing Quiz was organized by
Streetsmart. The quiz was organized to inculcate an
interest in Marketing among batch mates and focused
on brands, logos, taglines and brand ambassadors of all
visionary companies.
Simulation Workshop at Vanguard
The day was 14th of March,2012,when for the first
time ever in Bangalore a Simulation game was
conducted on our campus in Association with IIT
Kanpur and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, (RPI)
USA. The event was organized by Dr Deepu Philip,
Dr Dimitri Markowich and Dr Lois Peters. We all
assembled for the Strategic Innovation Game which
gave us the experience of doing business through a
Simulation exercise. Everybody including the faculty
participated in the event which added further
excitement for the batch. There were thirteen teams
divided into three groups. In the first two groups there
were six teams each while the 13th team consisted of
professors from IIT Kanpur. We would also like to
thank Dr. BV Phani of IIT Kanpur for having fa-
cilitated this event on campus.
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”- Peter F.Drucker
A visit to Toyota
Prof. Krishna Kishore facilitated the Industrial
Visit to Toyota which was planned on 26th
December 2011.We were briefed about the
company’s history along with the philosophy of
the company which gave us an idea about the
management style of the company. We then
visited the factory where we saw the entire car
manufacturing process. We personally would
want to thank Prof. Krishna Kishore for having
facilitated this Industrial Visit for our batch.
Table Tennis Competition
Sports is the most loved form of recreation at
VBS. At VBS we have some of the best Table
Tennis enthusiasts. Two of them are Avinash
Ranbaore and Saam Ajay. Both of them are tennis
freaks and refuse to budge an inch when it comes
to competition. As expected they met at the final
round of the table tennis competition. It was a
clash of the “Titans”. The match started at 10 am
in the morning and the five set of the match
lasted for about forty five minutes. Neither left no
stone unturned, both tried to outdo the other, but
in the end Avinash won the game with three
closely contested sets to NIL (3-0).
“What gets measured, gets managed”. -Peter.F Drucker
Best Student Activity
It was a great experience and opportunity
for the whole batch when we were taken for
a outward bound training at Pegasus Institute
for Excellence in Bangalore under the
guidance of KK Sir, Ajay Sir and Ashish Sir.
It is one of the premier institutes in India
offering comprehensive outward bound
management training and organizational
development services. It was a two day
workshop at Pegasus. We learnt a lot from
the team building lessons at the workshop
and we also enjoyed the camp fire at the
night. This training helped us come together
as a batch. The bonding among our batch
mates was even more strong than before .We
could understand each other better and this
training changed the relationships among our
batch mates for good. We were excited to
sleep in tents in the nights, which added to
the fun and joy for all of us.
Out Bound Training at Pegasus
“Good managers have a bias for action.” -Thomas J Peters
Life at VBS
The journey of my first year of MBA trails down to a
memorable yet arduous experience I have had. As I look
down the memory lane, my faculty and campus life
come first on the list. Every faculty taught me not only
their subjects but also certain unique qualities that an
MBA should possess. The entire faculty team taught me
hardwork, dedication, honesty and above all, humility. I
was quite taken aback when every Professor gave us
personal attention towards all of us , and encouraged us
to seek their help whenever needed. While it may sound
clichéd to say this, the fact remains that they were
extremely dedicated and that, in a way, motivated me to
take my leap forward. They made me overcome my fear
of stretching myself and that made me give my best in
everything that I did. Thanks to the reproachable
deadlines. They made me more professional and most
importantly, a better manager! Our hectic, overloaded
schedules were balanced with refreshing sessions like
Table Tennis matches or sometimes even small
get-togethers to keep our spirit going. Coming to my
hostel and friends, I had a lot of learning in terms of
balancing my hostel and college life. There were also
some unfavourable experiences that I had to overcome
but nevertheless, I came through all of them, and now I
stand as someone who can vouch for all my actions and
be completely confident of pursuing my next year of
MBA with a whole new perspective towards life.
“The one word that makes a good manager -- decisiveness”. -Lee Iacocca
Internship created quite a buzz in our
college two months back and now, I am
done with it. Abbott India in Mumbai,
was where I interned, for the two months
period. My project was on identifying
areas / opportunities of cost optimization
across various support functions and
businesses of the organization. The best
part of my internship was to interact
with all the senior people in the organi-
zation and this gave us ideas and views
which in turn, helped us to give our
recommendations for the project.
Another important learning for me in
particular, was business communication
at work place. Overall, it was a brilliant
kickstart for me as I managed to engage
myself in short conversations with a lot
of other MBA pursuing students.
Mathangi Sridhar
First of all I would like to thank all
those who made it possible for me to get
into Tata Motors specially Arkss Sir and
Arka Sir. To work in a company like Tata
Motors was a fabulous experience
for me. Though I had work experience in
the past. The exposure and the kind of
work culture which I saw was just out-
standing at Tata Motors. I feel lucky to
have got an opportunity of having done
my interns in such a big and reputed
company.
Swarup Kumar Basuri
My first corporate experience was the best
and the place where I did my interns was
at 24/7 Innovation Lab, Bangalore. It was
a four month roller coaster ride with a lot
of fun and learning going hand in hand.
The project which I was involved into in-
cluded text mining of data along with
business insights and recommendations. It
was into Data Analytics. I was the only
intern working in my team along with the
employees who were from IIMs and IITs.
I learnt how to adapt myself in the
corporate culture. The best part of my in-
ternship was my team at 24/7 along with
all the Senior People I interacted with.
This corporate experience was the first
and probably the best where I learnt a lot
of small things which would help me not
only now but for the rest of my life.
Bhanu Oberoi
It was an awesome experience for me to
work for Mini Box Office. It was a
wonderful 4 months for me as the Project
in Charge and also as the Festival
Coordinator for BSFF-2012. It was real
exposure for me where I learnt a lot of
stuffs such as communicating with the
filmmakers , searching for sponsors and
thus speaking with them to finalize the
deal. Finally the event was a dream come
true for me when the 1st edition of
BSFF-2012 was a huge hit and success in
Bangalore.
Anupam Choudhary
“Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership." - Bill Owens
Summer Internship Experiences
Highlights Of Summer Internship
Process
Vanguard Business School completed its very first summer internship process. The truly en-
couraging part of the process for a first time business school involves the nature of summer pro-
jects and profiles offered to our students as well as some of the big names that visited our cam-
pus for the Summers process. We are proud to share that we achieved 100 percent placement of
all students in less than a month and a half of the process. Below are some of the highlights of
the summer internship process.
27 Companies made 46 offers to 38 Students
Students have been offered profiles offered ranging from roles in Sales & Marketing,
Operations, ITES, Finance, HR, etc.
Sectors as diverse as Media, Education, Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Pharma, Consumer
Durables, Data Analytics and BFSI have made offers to Vanguard Students
Students placed in firms like Abbott India, who historically only offer internships to
students from IIMs.
Profiles of the Summer projects at Exide, Tata Motors are related to Supply Chain, Opera-
tions and Manufacturing Process Improvement.
100 percent placement (summers) in a span of a month and a half
Approx 73 percent students have been placed in major locations outside Bangalore
The Companies participating in the Summers process include
Industry Majors from Corporate India such as Abbott India, Ebay ,Fractal Analytics, Tata
Motors, Exide.
Established names such as Shanti Boilers, Deccan Coach Builders,V2 Solutions Inc, Value
Pitch offering Niche profiles.
Promising Start-ups such as Tender Leaves, Xplore 360 and niche firms that offered very
interesting profiles.
“We need leadership, and we need it now." - Byron Dorgan
“The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.”- Faye Wattleton
We are Proud to be associated with:
And many more...
Campus Achievements
Faculty Achievements
International publications published papers:
“Knowledge Management- A need of trend” Mousumi Majumdar and Krishna Kishore
in Research Journal of Social Science and Management, The International Journal,
Singapore, Vol 2, Number 2, June 2012.
India’s Role towards Sustainability Management through International Carbon
Trading” Vasanth Kiran and Dr. Joy Mukhopadhyay (IISc, Bangalore) in ITM University
International Journal, December 2011. (Awarded the best paper).
Edited Books
“Innovation in Visionary Leadership Practices”, Krishna Kishore and Vasanth Kiran,
published in the edited book “Innovative management practices in modern business
era” edited by Dr. V.M. Senthilkumar and S. Kowsalyadevi,Mithila Publications, Erode,
Tamil Nadu March 2012.
“Management Education and Corporate expectations - Gap Analysis” Mousumi
Majumdar and Krishna Kishore accepted for publication in Handbook of Manangement and
Behavioural Science, Vol 7, edited by Dr. Sunil Kumar and Dr. Shyam Lata Juyal, June 2012
International publications Accepted papers
“Innovative Marketing Strategies For Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises” Vasanth
Kiran , Mousumi Majumdar, Krishna Kishore is accepted for publication in International
Journal of Contemporary Research in Business (IJCRB), USA, Vol .4, No.1, June 2012.
“Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts." - Erskine Bowles
Student achievements
National Seminar On “Challenges and Opportunities before the Management Education
in India: A Critical Review” by Mazid Ali Khan and Shireen Khan at ‘The Matrix Business
School”.
Cultural events
Our college participated in “USHUS’ cultural organized by Christ University, and secured
the third place in the Simulation game.. Avinash Sairam, Saam Ajay, Bhnau Oberoi and
Mathangi Sridhar took part in the event
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world." - John Le Caré