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AHMEDABAD BRANCHMulti Mega Event : Ahmedabad Branch ExecutiveCommittee planned and executed its Star Event popularlyknown as Multi Mega Event craved by its membersand families on 5th June 2016 in a glittering function atAhmedabad Management Association with recordattendance of 225 participants.

National President Shri O P Longia presided over event.Shri Malay Mazumdar VP (West) and Mrs. Mazumdarmotivated members and their families with their graciouspresence. Participants assembled on a Sunny SundayMorning and enjoyed Networking Break Fast.

Program started with Auspicious LAMP-Lighting. BranchChairman Mr. H K Gupta than gave his words of welcome:

Mr. President IIMM Shri O P Longia, VP (West) ShriMalay Mazumdar, Guest of Honor Shri Rajesh Rathod,Shri Sanjay Gupta todays recipient of Hon FellowMembership, Dr Pooja Pushkaran and Ladies andGentlemen.

India is on move and will be future Economic SuperPower in world. Entire nation and various NationalInstitutions have to plan accomplishment of this nobleobjective. Friends, if this happens there will be noUnemployment and no fellow Indian will Sleep Hungryand will be able to provide Education to his or her child.

We in IIMM are alive to this situation and are consciousof our responsibility and national commitment. MaterialManagement is most important function of IndianIndustry. We are responsible for optimizing cost of rawmaterials and components which form 50% of MRP ofany product.

Branch Chairman Shri H K Gupta giving his Words ofWelcome.

Shri O P Longia giving his Presidential Address.

Shri Rajesh Rathod Giving his Words of Wisdom.

Shri Malay Mazumdar Expressing his Views onOperations of IIMM Ahmedabad.

Members Directory which will be unveiled soon is animportant task in that direction. Friends it has beencompiled with lot of dedication and have host of usefulinformation. Mr. President has been kind enough tohonor those few who are pillars of IIMM Ahmedabadand we are where we are today because of their self less

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work and devotion to causes of IIMM.

Shri O P Longia presenting Citation to Shri SanjayGupta.

Shri D K Goswamy introducing Speaker Subject.

Dr Pooja Pushkaran Speaker Delivering her Talk.

Mrs Sanjay Gupta Presenting Memento to Dr PoojaPushkaran.

Dr Palak Pandya Presenting Memento to Mrs SanjayGupta

Couple of High Performers besides Family Members andMeritorious Students and members who havecompleted 15 years uninterrupted membership in IIMMwill also be decorated by Mr. President. We will have aninteresting talk by an Eminent Doctor none other thanDr Pooja Pushkaran of Apollo Hospital a householdname in Healthcare.

Mrs Hiral Panchbhai Presenting Memento to MrsDarshina Rathod.

Mrs Nitin Kedia Presenting Memento to Mrs MalayMazumdar.

Friends we are now 358 members in Ahmedabad Branch,because we have been providing lot of inputs to ourmembers through our monthly Knowledge AugmentingSeries at this very location month after month.


Ms Mamta Parikh Presenting Memento toMrs Usha Gupta.

I am told strength of our Alumnis is 459, and which isgrowing. These material management specialists havealready contributed in optimizing performance ofindustries in and around Ahmedabad. He then read outfollowing mission statement of institution.

Shri O P Longia Presenting Long memebrshipAward to Shri Shamik Trivedi.

Shri Vivek Ganatra Receiving President MedalAward at Hands of Shri O P Longia.

To promote professional excellence in materialsmanagement towards national Prosperity throughsustainable development.

National president Shri O P Longia then presented ShriSanjay Gupta Hon. Fellow Membership Certificate and

garlanded him with President,s Medal. Shri Longiapresented on behalf of Ahmedabad Branch a mementoand citation as well.

Mr Harish Gupta Receiving Special Award fromNational President in Presence of Mrs Usha Gupta.

Mrs Usha Gupta and Mr. H K Gupta receiving SpecialRemembrance from Mr. Sudhir Shah and Mr D K G

Shri O P Longia Honoring Decorated Past Student ShriD K Goswamy in Presence of Mrs Goswamy.

Citation of Shri Sanjay Gupta

We, members of IIMM feel proud in felicitating ShriSanjay Gupta for Conferment of Hon. FellowMembership on him by our National President. ShriSanjay Gupta is Vice President and COE- Group Businessat PMC Projects India Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad. He isMechanical Engineer with Post Graduate in MaterialsManagement & M.B.A. (Materials & SCM) from IndianInstitute of Materials management.


Shri Pankaj Panchbhai Profusely Thanking one and All.

Members Singing National Anthem

He has also done Project Management in Major PortsCertificate Course from Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Ahmedabad and Leadership Innovation & StrategyCourse from GE Crotonville Singapore. Shri Gupta hasmore than 25 years of experience in ProjectProcurement- CAPEX & OPEX, Site ConstructionContracting, Materials, Project Cost Estimation, ProjectManagement and Commercial fields of EPC projects.

He has steered senior positions in Industry viz GeneralManager (Corporate Procurement) M/s Era InfraEngineering Ltd. Noida, Cluster Materials Manager M/sLarsen & Toubro Ltd. (ECC Division) Delhi, Asst. GeneralManager (SCM) M/s Global Steel Holding Ltd. SofiaBulgaria (Europe), Chief Manager (Commercial) M/sWolkem India Ltd, Sr. Manager (Store & Materials) M/sHighland House Jhunjhunu (Rajsthan) and Sr Engineer(Materials/Store), Cimmco Birla Ltd.

Shri Gupta is an open-minded, friendly and resourcefulproject leader with a sound and optimistic outlook onall things in life. He poses an excellent ability to motivateothers; coupled with the ability to communicatecomfortably at all levels, therefore ensuring an excellentworking environment for all members of the team toperform at their best.

He has knack of identifying cost effective technologiesand implementing them in institutions he heads. He hasimplemented latest Material Management Techniquesfor improving profitability of institutions he has steered

in his professional carrier. He is known for timelyexecution of projects with no cost overruns.

He has built world class Material Management practiceswhich has led to almost Zero inventory of raw materialin many of the sections. He has built ethics in his teamwhich has led to cost effective purchases.

We in all humility take this opportunity to felicitate ShriGupta on this selective recognition and look forward tohis guidance and association for years.

Shri O P Longia, Shri Malay Mazumdar,and Shri RajeshRathod, were presented mementos by Shri Nitin Kedia,Shri Sunil Sharma and Shri Arun Harne respectively.

Mrs Sanjay Gupta, Mrs Darshina Rathod, Mrs UshaGupta and Mrs Malay Mazumdar were presentedmementos by Dr Palak Pandya, Mrs Hiral Panchbhai,Mrs Nitin Kedia and Ms Mamta Parikh Respectively

Mr. O P Longia National President unveiled IIMMAhmedabad Members Directory together with Mr MalayMazumdar, Mr Rajesh Rathod, Mr. Sanjay Gupta, DrPooja Pushkaran , Mr. Harish K Gupta and Mr. PankajPanchbhai.

Mr. Malay Mazumdar, VP West, released IIMMAhmedabad Calender in Presence of Mr O P Longia, MrRajesh Rathod, Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Dr Pooja Pushkaran ,Mr. Harish K Gupta and Mr. Pankaj Panchbhai.

Mr. O P Longia than gave his Presidential Address andhighlighted various programs of IIMM.He said thatAhmedabad is most vibrant Branch of IIMM and growingat a very high speed.Members present responded withthunderous applause.

Mr. Malay Mazumdar VP West said in his Words ofWisdom:

IIMM Ahmedabad branch is the fastest growing branchamong all the 51 branches of IIMM across the Country.Western India is the most vibrant region in the countryand the same also hold good for IIMM. Of the totalgrowth of IIMM, 30% growth is contributed by WesternRegion. Of the 30% growth, 50% contribution of growthis from Ahmedabad and Vadodara Branch itself.

Growth of the Branches does not come easily. We needto put genuine effort to make this happen. These dayseveryone has a high expectation and unlike people donot feel any value addition getting associated with IIMM,they will not become a part of the institute.

IIMM Ahmedabad Branch under the dynamic leadershipof Mr. Gupta is actively engaged in organising numerousprogramme for the benefit of the members. Due to thismore and more people are becoming a part of theAhmedabad Branch.

Mr. Rajesh Rathod Guest of Honor said in his words ofwisdom. In fact, we felt very much obliged and honoredby IIMM when you called us as Guest of Honor forsuch a Mega event. This is memorable event by all meansand standards. Under guidance and leadership of Shr HK Gupta, IIMM Ahmedabad is felicitating many young


material management professionals, which shalldefinitely motivate them more and more not only tocome forward and contribute productively in theirrespective fields of work but to become future torchbearers of IIMM.

Your participative leadership style and progressivethinking of showering motivation and encouragementon youngsters have been some of the purposeful reasonsof grand success of such mega events besides continuedprogress and growth of our IIMM, Ahmedabad branch.

Mr. D K Goswamy Programme coordinator introducedspeaker and subject:

Dr. Puja S. Pushkarna is a Masters in Psychology. She isworking as a consultant with Apollo Hospital. She earlierworked with Shree Krishna Hospital Karamsad andKrishna Heart Institute. She has many publications toher credit such as a case study on play therapy, stressmanagement etc. She is a columnist with B Positive andTimes of India, Divya Bhaskar and Indian Express. She isa member with the British psychology society andAmerican Cancer Society. A visiting faculty at School ofpsychology at Gujarat University and a psychologicalconsultant with Alcohol Anonymous India

Dr Pooja Pushkaran gave a very touching talk on StressManagement supported by real life visuals.

Talk was followed by extensive question answer session,which gave opportunities to participants to find waysand means to execute suggestions of learned speaker.

Mrs Sanjay Gupta Presented memento on behalf of theParticipants to Dr. Pushkaran speaker of the Day.

National President then felicitated with Memento MrBharat Desai& Mr Shamik Trivedi for their Completing15 years of un interrupted Membership with Institute.

Shri O P Longia then presented Presidents Medals tofollowing awardees. Mr. Joshy Varghese / Mr. VivekGanatra / Mr. Manoj Pandey/ Mr. Mayan Shah / Mr SunilSharma/ Mr. Nilay Parikh / Mr. Nitin Kedia / Mr. RakeshRao

Mr. Rajesh Rathod, Guest of Honor presented HighPerformance Awards to following awardees.

Mr. D K Goswamy / Mr. Pankaj Panchbhai / Mr. SudhirShah /Mr. H K Shah /Mr. Rakesh Gupta / Ms VidhuSharma / Mr. Payank Patel / Mr. Ajay Jain / Mr. SanjeetSingh /Mr. Hitendra Goswami

Mrs Usha Gupta, Mrs Darshina Rathod and Mrs MalayMazumdar then presented Certificates and Mementosto following Family Members of IIMM for their MeritousPerformance during preceding year.

Devyani Acharya / Ira Pandya / Manoj Chawla / JaydeepRamnani / Shashwat Jain / Rohan Gupta / SakshiPanchbhai / Sakshi Rangwani /Ishika Jain /Vandit Jain /Manan Goswamy / Rohan Jasani / Jash Khemnani /Drupad Gajjar / Parth Das / Prathana Das / Joel Patel /Manish Chowdhury / Renesha Goswamy / Mohit Agarwal/Fenil Goswami / Priyanshi Agarwal / Ms Heer

Champaneri / Hardik Vakotar / Bhargav Vakotar / AlayM Shah / Vishrut N Shah / Kalash Shah / Hemil Patel /Diva Chawla / Trusha Patel

National President then presented Certificate &Mementos to following Meritous IIMM Aluminis.

D K Goswamy /Chintan Desai/ Dilip Chaudhary / VaibhavVarshey /Mamta Parikh / Jaydeep Kothari / Nilesh Mistry/Aninda Dutta / Bhikabhai Rabari / Abhay Singh / KishoreMetalia / Uday Pratap Singh / Jatin Majithiya / ChiragSolanki / Amit Ratnottar / Vinod Pandita / Snehal Shah /Dharmendra Jadeja / Manish Bhardwaj/ Ankit Randive/Gajanand Bharambhe/ Vijay Kochar/ Haresh Parmar /Pragnesh Bhatt / Jayesh Kotecha / Neeraj Lodhi /Jayrajsinh Zala / Pranav Kulakarni

National President felicitated Branch Chairman Mr. H KGupta together with Mrs Usha Gupta for his creativeefforts in building IIMM Ahmedabad..

Mrs. Usha Gupta and Mr. H K Gupta were also felicitatedby IIMM Ahmedabad members on their completion of44 Years of togetherness.

Mr. Pankaj Panchbhai, Vice Chairman in his vote ofthanks mentioned:

Before I start my vote of thanks, I must salute the restlesseffort of our young and dynamic Chairman Shri H KGupta, under whose guidance, motivation andinnovations this IIMM Ahmedabad Branch is achievingnew heights and able to launch Members Directorytwice in his Term. I would like to thank our Shri O P Longiafor coming all the way to motivate us and elaborate hisconcept of Mission 100.

We also convey our gratitude to l Mr. Malay Mazumdar(VP West) for complementing us on Branch performance.We are also grateful to Shri Sanjay Gupta, for acceptingNational Honor of IIMM in form of Hon. FellowMembership. I am thankful to Mr. Rajesh Rathod foraccepting to be our Guest of Honor and his motivatingwords of wisdom.

We also convey our gratitude to Dr. Pooja Pushkaran forgiving us insight on Stress Management i.e. ImpairedMemory, Negative thoughts beats heart 3 times morethan normal, Dont Blame for our stress to anybody.Using Resource Achieving Goals.

I would like to thank our Executive committee members,especially Mr. D.K. Goswamy, Mr. Sudhir Shah, Mr. RakeshGupta, Mrs. Vidhu Sharma, Mr. Hitendra Goswami, Mr.Sanjeet Singh, and Mr. Ajay Jain who played an importantrole in successful organization of this mega event.

Members then joined for National Anthem.

Members then joined for sumptuous lunch which alsogave them opportunity to net work with each other.-------------------------------------------------------------------------

AURANGABAD BRANCHEvery year Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI),Aurangabad conducts Mini Convention on KaizenCompetition. This year QCFI and IIMM Aurangabad


conducted this convention together on 7th May 2016,at Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College (JNEC),Aurangabad.

Chief guest Mrs. Kelkar presnting trophy Also seenQCFI Chairman Dr. Deshmukh IIMM Chairman

ECM Mr. Lalit Lohade Coordinating the competition

QCFI and IIMM Team alongwith Chief guest Mrs.Mohini Kelkar - MD Grindmaster Machines

QCFI Chairman Dr. Sudhir Deshmukh addressing theparticipants

This was a full day program and more than 80 teamsfrom different organizations of Aurangabad hadparticipated in this convention.

Chief Guest for inaugural session were the GunwantKamagar - Mr. H.H.Farooqui of M/s NHK AutomotiveComponents and Mr. Sahebrao Kandekar of M/s BajajAuto Ltd. During this session IIMM Vice Chairman Mr. K.Srihari briefed about IIMM activities and offered bestluck to the participants for the competition.

Following were the award winners of this convention.Best of Kaizen : Badve Engg, Yeshshree Pressings andVarroc Engg., Grindmaster Machines, Blue Star Engg.Best of TPM : Pepsico, Rucha Engg.Best of Pokayoke: Bajaj Auto, Aurangabad Electricals,Laxmi Engg, K.S.PressingsBest of SMED : BKT, Endress +Hauser.Best of Allied Case Studies : Sanjeev AutoBest of 5S : Cambridge School

Chief Guest for the valedictory session was Mrs. MohiniKelkar- Managing Director of M/s Grindmaster MachinesPvt. Ltd., Aurangabad, who acquainted participants that,how practicing these Quality tools helped to prosper herorganization.

Vice Chairman Mr. K. Srihari briefing IIMM acitivites

QCFI Chairman and Principal of Jawaharlal Nehru Engg.College Dr. Sudhir Deshmukh expressed the thanks toall participating organizations and IIMM for the grandsuccess of this competition and explained theimportance of these Quality tools and how thesecompetition recognizes the efforts made by theparticipants. He also offered thanks to the judges to makethe evaluation possible. Dr. Narendra Joshi , Chairmanof IIMM Aurangabad , explained the purpose of IIMMand QCFI association , that , is to , reach to more andmore industries including small scale industries , so asto get quality inputs from the vendors . Dr. Joshi alsoenunciated , how these Quality Tools brings customerdelight. He also appealed for becoming IIMM membersto delegates, who are not IIMM members.

From IIMM , along with Chairman Dr.Narendra Joshi, ViceChairman Mr. Srihari & Hon.Secretary Mr. SushantPatare, Treasurer Mr. R D Jaulkar and EC Members Mr.Lalit Lohade, Mr. Harshanand Kalge, Mr. Milind Ghogale,IIMM Anchor Mr. Rateesh Nayar took efforts to makethis event successful.


And From QCFI, alongwith Chairman Dr. SudhirDeshmukh, Treasurer and head of placement cell JNEC- Dr. Abhay Deshmukh, Hon Secretary Mr. NitinKingaonkar, Joint Secretary Mr. Sanjay Vaidya, committeeMembers Mrs. Mrudula Raman, Prof. Mrs. Aarti Salunke,Prof. Mrs. Sarojani made this program a grand success.Program was concluded by national Anthem.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHENNAI BRANCHActivity Report-May 2016 : The Monthly Meeting wasconducted at Hotel Savera, on 28th May 2016. On theoccasion Mr. P Senthil Kumar, CEO-Gardener Consulting,Chennai spoke on Leadership Capabilities of EmergingSupply Chain Professionals. He emphasized on thequalities of leadership in Supply Chain Management inany Organization, keeping in view the current andfuturistic challenges.

This culminated the CEO- level talk initiated on the behestof Golden Jubilee Celebration in the previous month(Discussion on expectation of Supply Chain Managementprofessionals by CEOs- on 9th Apr 2016 & The Futureof Supply Chain in India by Mr. N. K. Ranganath, CEO,Grundfoss Pumps- on the MM Day Celebration).

Monthly meeting Chairman Mr. Sethu Venkatraman

Mr. P Senthil Kumar addressing

Without touching upon the core issues of SCM orOperations, Mr. Senthil Kumar he has simply thrown thelights on leadership qualities one should have in SupplyChain Profession. He highlighted his point of views witha current examples and Case Studies lasting for an hour.Participants were mesmerized by his talk and also therewere Question and Answer session which was knowledgesharing for every participants of the day.

Vote of Thanks by Mr. Subir Mohanty, Vice Chairman

Welcome address by Mr. P Y Venkateswaran,Chairman IIMM Chennai

Welcoming Speaker

The meeting was started with a welcome speech by Mr.P .Y. Venkateswaran, Branch Chairman. Mr. SethuVenkataraman, (Chairman Monthly meeting)introduced the Guest Speaker Mr. P. Senthil Kumar. Asusual the Branch Vice Chairman Mr. Subir KumarMohanty concluded the meeting by proposing a Vote ofThanks.

In-house Training (IHT) Programme for May 2016 : IIMMChennai has conducted two training programmes duringthe month of May 2016.

1. Kone Elevetor India Pvt Ltd, Chennai: On 23rd &24thof May16, an IHT programme on STORES ANDINVENTORY MANAGEMENT was organized for Kone


Elevator India Pvt Ltd, which was appreciated by theparticipants. The faculties who conducted theprogramme were Mr. Kartik Dore and Mr. Gurunathan.This has been supported by a good feedback from theOrganizing Company and the participants, as well.2. Mecaplast India Pvt Ltd., Mahindra City: In line withthe programme conducted for Kone Elevator, we haveconducted One day training programme on STORES &WARE-HOUSE MANAGEMENT for Mecaplast India PvtLtd., on 28th May 2016 which also received a goodfeedback.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

HYDERABAD BRANCHTo commemorate merger of three professionalorganizations and the birth of Indias only professionalrecognized body of Materials Management, IndianInstitute of Materials Management, Hyderabad Branchhas celebrated the Materials Management Day on 23rdApril 2016 in a befitting manner by organizing a technicalsession based on the Make In India initiative of belovedPrime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, on the theme MAKEIN INDIA Contribution of SCM Professionals In ItsSuccess aptly suggested by National Head Quarters.

Keeping in view the innovative ways of creating efficientvalue chains, after a thorough deliberations the speakerMr. Sourabh Jain, General Manager - Free Trade Zone,Cargo Village and Cargo Airline Marketing, GMRHyderabad International Airport Ltd, handling thevarious types of Supply Chain activities at Rajeev GandhiInternational Airport, Hyderabad, which has establisheditself as the most efficient and sought after Airport inthe Country has been invited to share his invaluableexperiences in the process of establishing Supply Chainsto cater to the various needs of different clientele at theAirports for timely delivery of the critical goods requiredby the industry by delivering a lecture on MAKE IN INDIA Contribution of SCM Professionals In Its Success.

The technical session was chaired by one of the seniorlife member of IIMM, Hyderabad Branch, Shri. V.K.Mahajen, former General Manager (Materials) of NMDCLimited and the session was attended by all the SeniorOfficers of Materials Management Dept., CommercialDept., and Contracts Department of NMDC Limited apartfrom guests from other PSUs, Private Firms and membersof IIMM, Hyderabad. The technical session was alsoattended by entrepreneurs in various fields of logisticsmanagement and other startup companies and studentspursuing the Materials Management courses.

The technical session delivered by Shri Sourabh Jain, wasacclaimed by one and all and generated debate oninnovative logistics management by way of question andanswer session.

To commemorate the Materials Management Day, IndianInstitute of Materials Management, Hyderabad has alsobrought out a Souvenir depicting the mission, objectiveand code of ethics of IIMM, an article on Transparencyin Public Procurement-NMDC showing the leading wayby Shri A. Preetam Kumar, Jt. GM (Materials), NMDCLimited and a message inviting all professionals for the

NATCOM 2016 to be held during November 2016 atHyderabad.

In addition to the technical session, the top ranker inthe previous IIMM exams has been awarded the medalinstituted by Shri D.Dasaradha Reddy, SecretaryHyderabad Branch and the certificate by the Speaker andall the Executive Committee Members of IIMMHyderabad Branch were felicitated by the Chief Guestby way of a memento.

To mark the celebration of Materials Management Day,all the invitees were given a memento by way of a Hatprinted with the theme of Materials Management Day.

The whole programme was applauded by all the inviteesas a memorable day in the Hyderabad Branch ofMaterials Management.The session ended with vote of thanks and special thanksto NMDC Limited for their encouragement andsponsorship for the programme and dinner to all theinvitees and guests.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

LUCKNOW BRANCHIndian Institute of Materials Management, LucknowBranch, organized an evening lecture on Friday the 10thof June 2016. Welcoming the invitees and executivecommittee members Shri K.P.Sharma, Chairman of theBranch requested Shri Bhute to start the proceedings.

Shri Y.K.Ahuja presenting Bouque to Shri Sudhir GargChief Manager, PNB. Others seen in the picture are

Shri C.K.Vishwakarma and Shri P.K.Bajpai.

Shri C.K.Vishwakarma, ED (Retd.) HAL presenting aMemento to Shri Sudhir Garg.


Shri G.D. Srivastava,NC presenting gift to Shri SudhirGarg. Other seen in the picture are Shri R. Bhargava,

Manager PNB and Shri P.K.Bajpai - NC.

Shri Bhute on his own and on behalf of the Branchwelcomed Shri Sudhir Garg, Chief Manager, PunjabNational Bank, and Shri R.Bhargava, Manager of thesame Bank and requested Shri Y.K . Ahuja, DGM^Production Control) HAL, Lucknow to present a bouquetto Shri Sudhir Garg.

Shri Bhute initiating the discussions sharing hisexperiences with the Bank (PNB) said that the bank andthe specific Branch he feels to be his branch and he visitsthe branch almost every day and feels very happy. Bankstaff cooperates with me to the extent possible.

Sqn Ldr. Narendra Nath was requested to share hisexperiences with the Bank as he is the senior mostMember of the Institute. Sqn.Ldr. said that he hasopened his account in Lahore in 1945 before the countrybecame Independant and has cordial relations with theBank and all his work is done without any botherationof standing in queue etc. In addition hospitality is alsooffered by the Bank. He wished all the best to Shri SudhirGarg in the days to come.

Shri Sudhir Garg was requested to address the gatheringwith his views.

Shri Garg thanked all present and said that this is thefirst when a non banking organisation is honouring himon promotion in Bank for the good work done by him.

He further said that during his tenure of 5to 6 years inAvadh Region he has learnt a lot. When he was postedfirst to Faizabad he had a staff range of 6 where asimmediately with in 4 years he got a big branch of HALTownship where there is a staff of 36. In addition thebranch has a Foreign Exchange under the guidance ofShri Rajiv Bhargava. He also praised his staff speciallyShri Bhargava who are helping him in achieving histargets be it Loan or deposit. He thanked IIMM Lucknowfor arranging this program in his honor.

Shri Bhute then requested shri G.P.Srivastava, NC, of theBranch to present a Gift to Shri Garg.

Shri Bhute in the end reqested Shri C.K.Vishwakarma,Executive Director (Retd) Hindustan Aeronautics Limitedto present a memento to Shri Garg.

Shri Garg once again thanked Shri Bajpai, ShriK.P.Sharma, Shri Saurabh Garg, Shri Brajesh Singh andall others present.

Shri Bhute proposed the Vote of thanks saying that ShriGarg with his knowledge and Problem solution tacticswill further go up in life. He also thanked all present forsparing their valuable time in peak hours of a workingday and wished them all the best in future to come.

At this juncture the Honoring ceremony ended with lightrefreshment.

After the above program, Shri P.K. Banerjee , Senior LifeMember informed that one of our Life Member who hasserved the Branch in various positions Mr. ShackeilAhmad is no more with us. The Branch has lost a stalwardin him and wished that let his soul lie in piece. Twominutes silence was observed.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

LUDHIANA BRANCHLudhiana Branch Organized Seminar On Supply ChainManagement At Hotel Lamellz Opposite DhandariRailway Station Adj Audi Showroom On 18th June,2016. Around 50 Members Including Professionals OfVarious Industries Who Are Working In Purchase AndStores Attended The Event. Speaker Shri S.K. SharmaImmediate Past National President IIMM.

Shared The Topic With The Audience. Cross QuestionSession Was Really Fruitful. Chairman Of The BranchMr.S.K.Arora Welcomed The Participants And GivenWarm Welcome To The Dignitaries From ChandigarhIncluding The Chief Guest Mr.O.P.Longia Who Is HoldingThe Level As A National President Of Iimm. Mr.Arora AlsoNarrated The Benefits Of Iimm As To How The WorkingProfessionals Increase Their Working Skills And Beat The


Flute Of Recession. Branch Is Having 55members As OnDate. At The End Vote Of Thanks Was Given By S.JatinderPaul Singh Who Founded The Branch In 2009 And IsAlso National Councilor Of Ludhiana Branch.

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MUMBAI BRANCHDISHA 2016 SUCCESS CELEBRATIOBN: Mumbai Branchcelebrated the success of DISHA 2016 by cutting the cakein its EC meeting held on 14th May, 2016.

Mr. Ajoy Sarkar offering cake to Mr. B V iyer

Mr. Kishor Narewadi offering cake to Mr. Ajoy Sarkar

Mr. Satish Palekar, Vice Chairman expressed hissatisfaction over the success of the program and thankedall the members, advisors, well wishers, participatingorganizations, Expert Speakers, office staff andSecretariat for their contribution in DISHAs success. Theprogram DISHA 2016 on the theme Indian BusinessResilient & Surging was held during 22nd & 23rd April,2016 at Hotel Westin, Goregaon (East), Mumbai. Theprogram was attended nearly 200 participants wherein18 experts contributed and shared their views on thetheme.

The feedback received was very encouraging and mostof the participants rated the program as excellent. It wasreally commendable and creditable to hold such a bigprogram and make it successful in the days of scarcityand dull market.

Examination Schedule: GDMM/PGDMM Exams fromJune 11 to June 19th and DSM & DIT from June 27 toJune 30 2016 Centres: Goregaon & Thane

GDMM/PGDMM/PGDLM / DSM & DIT ADMISSIONSons for June Batch: New admissions for above programshave started from June 1st week. Emails have alreadygone to all members and industries about the NewAdmissionsForthcoming In house Training Programs/ MDPs:In house Program on Warehousing at ACC Limited,Thane in June endManaging Sourcing & Procurement of Services- in 1stweek of July at Thane CampusSupply Chain Certificate Course in 2nd week of July,2016--------------------------------------------------------------------------

MANGALORE BRANCHIIMM Mangalore branch arranged Executive Committeemeeting followed by celebration of MaterialManagement week at Hotel Royal Darbar, Mangalore on21-April-2016.

Executive Committee discussed about enhancingprofessional skills of its member by way of conductingseminars/workshops.

Thanks giving were arranged for Shree H.N Sukumar forhis outstanding contribution as founder member/ECmember towards development of IIMM Mangalorebranch on the occasion of his retirement from his serviceafter successful completion of 37years of service in MMdepartment at MCF Ltd. Mangalore.

Dinner were arranged, members dispersed with fondhope of meeting soon another interesting meet.

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NASIK BRANCHMM Day Celebration: IIMM, Nasik Branch organized anevening program to celebrate MM Day on 23rd April 2016,at Hotel Bon Vivanta, Nasik on theme topic MAKE ININDIA - Contribution of SCM Professionals in its success


The guest speakers were Mr. Sudhir Mutalik, Chairman,CII North Maharashtra Zonal Council and ManagingDirector, M/s Positive Metering Pumps (India) P Ltd &Mr. Umesh Baganikar, Business Head, EHV Switchgear,Crompton Greaves Ltd. Nasik. The program started withIIMM corporate CD presentation, introducing IIMM tothe guest speakers and new members.

Mr. Atul Sheth comaring the program

Mr. Naik welcoming Mr. Baganikar

Mr. Mutalik delivering speech

Mr. Baganikar giving his speech

Mr. Kogekar Admisitering oath

Mr. Kogekar felicitating Mr. Mutalik

Mr. Manoj Patil felicitating Mr. Baganikar

Audiance for the program


Branch Chairman Mr. Laxmikant Dashpute welcomed themembers and greeted on occasion of MM Day. In hiswelcome address he stressed the importance of thecelebration of Materials Management Day andImportance of IIMM, in the professional growth of themembers. He also shared future activities of branch andrequested members to take active participation. He madean appeal to make efforts to increase membership inNashik.

Mr. Mahesh Lele, Hon. Secretary, summarized variouseducation activities and seminars conducted by Nasikbranch during this financial year.

Mr. Deepak Ratnaparkhi introduced the first speaker Mr.Sudhir Mutalik.

Mr. Mutalik in his fluent style explained various initiativesof Government since 1991 globalization and comparedthe same with Make In India initiative. Based on factsand figures, he explained that success of this programwill depend on success of MSME, which constitute largerportion of supplies to the bigger industries. Involvementof SCM initiatives at MSME level need more focus if weneed make Make In India to succeed. He invited IIMMto take this as a social challenge and volunteer toimplement SCM best practices in MSME to improve theirproductivity.

NC Member, Mr. Kogekar, introduced the second speaker,Mr. Umesh Bagnikar.

Mr. Bagnikar explained the difference in Make in Indiaand Made in India. He explained that Make In India aimsto take benefit of low cost resources in India likemanpower, land, quality and provide a manufacturingbase for companies across the world to cater globaldemand. This will attract big global OEMs to open shopsin India who will in turn need reliable vendor base. Thelocal industries will have to adapt to the OEMs cultures.SCM will have to play bigger role to bring this change tothe shop floors of their suppliers who will be mainlyMSME sectors. Also he expected SCM professionals toget more involved in technicalities of the products andto understand the customer requirements (real needs)and pass it on to the vendors. This will lead to improvedquality at lower price.

Both the learned speakers stressed upon need IIMMreaching out to MSME segment to adopt latest SCMpractices.

Mr. S.V.Kogekar, NC Member administered oath of IIMMCode of Ethics to all members. Vice Chairman, Mr.Sandeep Naik summarized the session and proposedvote of thanks. Senior Executive Committee, Mr. AtulSheth co-ordinated the program. 70 members fromvarious industries attended the program, which wasfollowed by cocktail dinner.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

PUNE BRANCHA one Day MLS Training Programme on StrategicNegotiating was conducted on Saturday, 5th March 2016at IIMM Pune Office. Despite short notice, 30 delegates

attended this program from leading companies to namea few, SKF India, Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd, KriloskarPneumatic Ltd., WNS, Tropolite Foods Pvt. Ltd., KohinoorHospitals, Siemens, WMI Konecranes, FEI Cargo&Duisport Packing Logistics I P Ltd. And so on. Certifiedcore trainer Mr.S.K.Murthy, IPSCM., Director Education& Programmes of our Branch designed and delivered thisprogram . Cdr (Retd) Kaushik Chakrabarty, our IIMMfaculty was the Co-trainer for this programme. Togetherthey ran a number of case studies, Role plays etc.Participants expressed that they achieved an outcomebased learning.

Face to face negotiation session

Mr. Sanjeev Khandelwal, Tropolite Foods Pvt Ltd.,Indore, receiving participation certificate from Mr.

Mohan Nair, Past Chairman

Tuesday, 8th March 2016: International Womens Day :Pune Branch proudly celebrated Womens Dayat ourIIMM Pune Office on Tuesday, 8th March 2016. Branchhad invited SWaCH, an NGO, who are an autonomousenterprise that provides front-end waste managementservices to the citizens of Pune in solid wastemanagement. We addressed SWaCH members as UnsungHeroes! Lady members of SWaCH were felicitated at thehands of Branch Chairman Mr.K.R.Nair and pastChairmen of Pune Branch namely Mr.P.K.Nayyar,Mr.Pradip Nadkarni and Mr.Mohan Nair. This programmewas well conducted, attended by 30 including IIMMmembers wives.


Mr. Mohan Nair, Past Chairman addressing. Seated Lto R Branch Chairman Mr. K.R. Nair, Past Chairmen Mr.

Pradip Nadkarni and Mr. P.K. Nayyar along with Ms.Aparna Susarla from SWaCH

SWaCH Team receiving donation from IIMM PuneBranch

1st Branch to complete Audit for 2015-16 - PuneBranch

Pune Branch has earned a name as Trendsetters in allprofessional development activities. Nevertheless, forthe past many years they have been always the FirstBranch to submit to NHQ, the Fully Audited Accounts.Under the able guidance of Chairman Mr.K.R.Nair andHon Treasurer Mr.Amit Borkar - Mr. M G Ayyer, theExecutive Secretary of the Pune Branch should get theentire credit. He is associated with IIMM for past over35 years.

Kudos to Mr. M G Ayyer!

Mr. M G Ayyer

An MLS Training event on ADVANCED NEGOTIATIONMANAGEMENT 7th& 8th June 2016

A two-day workshop was conducted for ThyssenKruppIndia on 7th & 8th June 2016 at their Pimpri Factory,Pune. TKs procurementexecutives from Nasik, Mumbai,and Pune plants participated.

The Trainers were our Life Fellow &Certified CoreTrainerof MLS, Mr.S.K.Murthy, Director Pune Branchand IIMMs National award winner for Best Faculty andour Life Member (Retd.) Cdr.Kaushik Chakrabarty.Trainers delivered this programme using ITC Genevasslides; they built 6 exercises and two elaborate role plays.

VERBATIM SUMMARY of Feedback captured from 16participantsis below:- It was a systematic trainingmethod. Excellent picturesque and nicely presented.Verystructured manner, which is understandable easily.Topics are interesting & covered nicely. Stratgiesexplained were Great. Joint interaction done perfectly.Each member participated frankly. Negotiation withsuppliers will be improved, as now I have learnt newideas, facts, tactics.This topic is essential in the field ofprocurement. Overall the Training was good.

Both trainers received Excellent Rating on Overallattitude, Overall subject knowledge,Clarity ofexplanations/delivery and answering questions &managing discussions.

Participants were highly impressed and were satisfiedthey received an outcome based learning at the end ofthis workshop. The training was a great success. Thistraining was assigned to us by the PSM CAMPUS RegionalTrainings India, of ThyssenKrupp Academy at WestGermany. They have already confirmed dates for nextfour training slots during end June , July and August 2016 Topics will be - Sourcing methodology and Strategiesand Cost & Price Structure Analysis incl. Total Cost ofOwnership.

GDMM /PGDMM June examinations were conductedexcellently at the Pune Branch.!

Cdr.Kaushik Chakrabarty anchoring Role playpreparations.

It was as business as usual. On June 11th, 2016 ourBranch premises was very vibrant.GDMM and PGDMMExams started with a Bang.! Nearly 40 students wrotethe examinations and very seriously. As you may all knowPune Branch is conducting our IIMM courses for the past33 years, since the year 1983. We are now getting readyfor DSM and DIT June examinations and 24 participants


are expected to appear from Pune branch!

We are vigorously canvassing for new admissions to thisJuly session for GDMM/PGDMM and also PGDLSCM andsurely for DSM & DIT courses too. No doubt many a timesPune Branch has received the National Award -BestBranch in Education.

Exams : GDMM Examinations conducted by IIMM PuneBranch.

Students giving GDMM examination June 2016

Annual General Meeting Report for MMR : The AnnualGeneral Meeting (AGM) of IIMM Pune branch was held28th May 2016 at IIMM Office, Pune. Branch ChairmanMr. K R Nair welcomed all for the 50th AGM meeting.

Branch Vice Chairman, Mr. Hitendra Admuthe, inabsence of Hon. Secretary Mr. Suhas Gawas, gave a briefreport of the activities carried out by the branch duringthe year 2015 2016 to members present.

Branch Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Amit Borkar requestedapproval of members for the audited Statement ofAccounts & appointment of Auditors for the year 2016 2017. The same was proposed and seconded bymembers.

Chairman Mr. K R Nair addressed members & highlightedthe key activities accomplished during this year. He thenrequested National Councillor Mr. S V Gadgil to briefeveryone on the 157th National Council meeting heldon 21st May 206 at Kolkata.

Mr. S V Gadgil started by giving a brief about the structureof National Council and its role in leading the wayforward for IIMM. He said that Pune Branch is known asone of the top five active branches across India. Heappraised every one of the major highlights of themeeting and topics debated and resolved during themeeting.

He stressed that Pune has to strive hard for 500+members this year and congratulated Mr. M G Aiyyarfor continuously being first to submit audited financialreport in India.

National Councillor Mr. Terrence Fernandes thankedeveryone for coming. He also thanked Mr. GaneshDhokane for being a part of IIMM Pune Branch andwished him best for his future. A token of appreciationwas given to him by the hands of Mr. S V Gadgil. Mr.

Terrence Fernandes also congratulated Co-optedmember Mr. Narhari Wagh for successfully completingtwo levels of IPSCM examinations.

Mr. K R Nair thanked all for coming for the meeting. AGMconcluded with fellowship & high Tea.

L to R Mr. Terrence Fernandes - National Councillor,Mr. K R Nair - Chairman, Mr. Hitendra Admuthe Vice

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ROURKELA BRANCHIndian Institute of Materials Management celebratedMaterials Management Day at Rourkela in associationwith Steel Authority India Limited Rourkela Steel Plant.Shri Ashwani Kumar CEO of Rourkela Steel Plant gracedthe occasion as Chief Guest, Shri R.V. Naphade GM incharge Materials Management as Guest of Honor, ShriS.K. Bishwal Professor XIMB as key note speaker. Prof.Bishwal deliver a talk on Role of Materials Managementin Supply Chain Management. Senior EDs and GMs ofRourkela Steel Plant, Industrialist of Rourkela, Membersof different industry associates and commercialestablishment were invited as guest. all members ofIIMM Rourkela Branch were present during celebrationof Materials Management Day and during oath taking.The CD provided by Head Office also displayed inoccasion. Some photo graphs of the event are attachedhere with.

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VISHAKHAPATNAM BRANCHIIMM VSKP Branch conducted MM Day Celebrations on27.04.16 at Hotel Diamond Pearl at Visakhapatnam.

Chief Guest of the function is Sri MMK Murthy ED MMVSKP Steel Plant. Speaker is Dr Rabi Naraya Padi otherdignitaries are Chairman Sri V K Pravi Raj, Sri UdayaBhanu NC Member.

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VAPI BRANCHMM day was celebrated by IIMM Vapi Branch on23.05.2016 with full of Joy & cheer. Chairman Mr. J RSHAH being on leave of absence, ceremony was presidedover by Vice Chairman Mr. Bijal Naik. He welcomed theMembers & Students of the branch. There were 22 nosattendance including members & students are presenton the ceremony. Evolution of IIMM & CorporatePresentation was screened. Mat. Quiz was conducted bycourse co-ordinator Mr. Santosh Sahoo. TreasurerMr. Dibyendu Dasgupta got Ist prize & Past ChairmanMr. Manish Doshi was awarded 2ndprize . Mr. Bijal Naikdelivered presentation on MAKE IN INDIA ROLE OF SCMPROFESSIONALS. Mr Rakesh Nandre elaborated one casestudy on Supply Chain Management. Function wasconcluded by National Anthem. The vote of thanks wasextended by Mr. Anant Kapadia. The function concludedwith delicious dinner .

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