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The Newsletter of FORE School of Management, New Delhi

For Private Circulation only Volume No. 1, Issue No. 2, September 2012 www.fsm.ac.in

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PatronDr. Jitendra K. Das

Faculty EditorDr. Mathew Joseph

• NehaGoyal-Editor• KirtiMisra• AkashKeyal• NoyenaAnand

• SrishtiMagan• RitikaPruthi• AmitKumarArora• FarhaanAqeel

Student Editorial Team

Faculty EditorThere had been a significant slowdownin the Indian economy during 2011-12registeringagrowthof6.5percentagainst8.4 per cent in the previous two years. The economic deceleration has continued into

thecurrentyearastherateofgrowthdeclinedto5.5percentinthefirstquarter.Despitethe slowdown inflation remainsathighlevels.Theglobalenvironmenthasdeterioratedwithno resolution of the euro crisis in sight and the downturnspreading to the restof Europe, theUS, and also emergingeconomies.

ThisnewsletterrecountsthemajoreventsatFORESchoolofManagementduringthelastsixmonths.Theseevents,whichhavebeenexpandingovertheyears,showtheeffortsputforthtogetherbytheFOREstudents,facultyandthestaffwiththesole purpose of shaping up the managers of tomorrow. Asthedomestic andglobal economic situationworsens, theseefforts need to become more hard and strenuous.

IhopethatthisissueofFOREprintswillengraveinthemindsof our students some wonderful memories to cherish for a lifetime.

Dr. Mathew Joseph

Student EditorItgivesmeanineffablefeelingofjoytobeapartofthisnewsletter.Thisissuehighlightsthe various academic and cultural events that were held in the institute as well as the achievements of the students and the faculty members.

Over the years, FOREprints has become a symbol of thereflectionsandexperiencesof the studentsof the institute.The whole journey of preparing this edition stirred upmemoriesof thedelightful time spent at the institute. It iswithdeepgratitudetomyteammembers,whowereapartofthis journey, that I present you this issue.

Neha Goyal

Aftertwoyearsofstrongrecovery,theIndianeconomyhasbeen

on a slowdown path from last year and indications are that the

growthwill remain subdued for some time.This reminds us of

the period of late 1990s and early 2000s, when a similar fall in

economic activity prompted amassive restructuringwithin the

Indian corporate sector. Productivitywent up andGDP growth

ratezoomedthereafter.Asimilaroutcomecouldemergeatthe

endofthecurrentdismalphase.Butnobodyknowsthelengthof

thetunnelattheendofwhichtherewillbelight.

Thepresentscenarioshoulddriveourmanagementstudentsto

work harder and improve their competitiveness. FORE School

always attempt to mould our students in such a way as to

become employable for the best in the corporate sector. The

“international immersionprogramme”to be introducedforour

studentsstartingfromnextyearisanexampleinthisregard.

FOREprints captures the various activities at FORE School of

Management and provides a glimpse of the achievements and

accomplishmentsofthemembersoftheFOREfamily.

I appreciate and congratulate the student editorial team, the

facultyandstafffortheireffortsinbringingoutthisnewsletter.

Dr. Jitendra K. Das

Message from Director Editor’s Desk


FORE School of Management held its 19th annual convocation ceremony on 8th May 2012. The event was graced by Mr. N. R.NarayanaMurthy,ChairmanEmeritus,InfosysLtd.Mr.R.C.Sharma,President,FOREinauguratedtheeventbylightingthe lamp and declared the ceremony open.Mr. R. P. Billimoria, President Emeritus, FORE, welcomed and introducedtheChiefGuestfortheprestigiousevent. In his welcome addressheannouncedthatplanswereinmotionforexpansionoftheinfrastructurebyconstructionofanewblockintheexistingcampusas well as a new campus at Sonepat.Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director, FORE addressed the students and congratulatedthemonthesuccessfulcompletionoftheircourse.He,thereafter,presentedtheActivityReportfortheyear2011-2012.The past year was eventful for the b-school as it saw stupendousperformance by the students as well as the faculty. He emphasized on howFOREisnowfocussingoninternationalexchangeandcooperationengagementwithprestigiousbusinessschoolslikeESCRennesSchoolof Business (France); Faculty of Business, UNB(Canada); SavannahUniversity(USA)andAsianInstituteofTechnology(Thailand).Hewentontogivethefinalandsummerplacementrecordsfortheyear2011-12.Atotalof111newrecruitersvisitedthecampusforfinalplacements includingMichael Page International,TATAMotors Ltd,HSBC,Castro,Genpact,C.B Richards,Axis Bank etc. 99% studentshadreceivedtheirfinalplacementsofferby30th April2012and100%studentshadsecuredtheirsummerinternshipsby31st March 2012. He alsoannouncedthatthehighestCTCforfinalplacementssoaredto`32lakhperannumandthesummerinternshipstipendtoanaverageof `15,000permonth.Atotalof268studentsgraduatedthisyear, inthethreevariantsofthePostGraduateDiplomainManagement(PGDM)coursesofferedbyFSM.Ofthese,170werefromtheflagshipfull-timePGDMcourse,56studentsfromPGDMInternationalManagersGroup(IMG)and42studentsfromthePGDMWorkingManagersGroup(WMG)course.Thereafter,Mr.R.C.Sharma,President,FORE,presentedthestudentswiththeirdiplomasandtheScholasticAwardswerepresentedtothestudentsbyMr.N.R.NarayanaMurthy.Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy left the students with invaluableinsightsandadvisedthemtobenchmarkthemselveswiththebestin the world.He urged the students to align personal objectives with thegrowth impulsesofthecountryandtotakeuptheresponsibilityofcontributingtothesociety.

XIX Annual Convocation Ceremony

HequotedAmericansocialwriter,EricHoffer,“Inatimeofdrasticchange it isthe learnerswho inheritthefuture,”andemphasised“every citizen has an important role in the undertaking of thenation’sdevelopment;however,theeducatedoneshaveagreateropportunityandconsequentlyagreaterresponsibilitytowardsthiscontribution”.Hesaid,“Westillhavemorethan350millionIndianslivingwitha mere `36.00perday;250millionIndiansdonothaveaccesstosafedrinkingwater.Over750millionIndiansdonothaveaccesstodecentsanitation.Indiaranks6th or 7thintheglobalhungerindex.It is, therefore, appropriate to think of a few important things.HaveIndiamadesignificantprogresssinceindependence?Canwebehappyabouttheprogress?”Dr.B.B.L.Madhukar,VicePresidentFORE,extendedvoteofthanks.Theconvocationofficiallydrewtoaclosewiththesingingofthenationalanthemandthepresidentannouncingtheclosureoftheceremony.Onanendingnote,evenasthestudents,dressedinshiningblackandgoldenrobes,tossedtheirgraduationhatsintotheair,therewas anoverwhelming andpalpable feelingof nostalgia buildinginside the outgoing students. The students were filled withconfidence in excelling for themselves and the country in theirchosenfields.

List of HonoursBatch 19 FMGFirst Second ThirdYuktiMittal AshimaMathur AnushreeVij

Batch 4 IMGFirst Second ThirdHitaishiGupta PriyankaAgarwal NiharikaAgarwal

WMG Batch 18First Second ThirdAbhishekGupta NishantMalhotra AtulKumarAgarwal

Students Speak• Hitaishi Gupta, topper of IMG-4, says, “It has been a most

memorable and life-altering experience at FORE. I have made someverygoodfriendshereandwouldmissmyMBAdaysalot”.

• AshimaMathur,oneofthetoppersofPGDM-19,says,“Ifeeloncloudninerightnow.Ithasbeenanamazingjourney.Thefacultyhere was immensely helpful and guided us when we were indoubt.Ishallcherishmytimeherealways.”

Mr.NarayanaMurthywithboardofdirectorsduringtheconvocation Mr. Narayana Murthy with one of the award winners

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Corporate India 2020FoundationforOrganizationalResearchandEducation(FORE)hasorganizedtheAnnualBusinessMeetonApril14,2012atTajManSinghHotel,NewDelhi.Thethemeoftheeventwas“CorporateIndia 2020: Competition, Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. Mr. R.C. Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki Ltd. was the chairspeakerforthisevent.Theothereminentspeakerspresentwere:

FORE Annual Business Meet 2012

• Mr.MohitGoyal,Founder-Director,IndianAngelNetwork

• Mr.BharatWakhlu,ResidentDirector,TATAServices

• Dr.JitendraK.Das,Director,FORESchoolofManagement

The eminent dignitarieswho had attended the summit are theCEOs/MDsfromtopcorporates,mediapersonsandFOREfaculty.Nearly80peoplehavegracedtheeventwiththeirpresence.

Mr. R.C. Bhargava on “Corporate India: Competitive Scenario”

Highlightingthecompetitivescenario inthecorporateIndiaandneed of better corporate governance, Mr. Bhargava, who hasled success of Maruti Udyog Limited since its inception threedecadesback,said“Bettercorporategovernanceandmuchlessofregulationarethekeyelementstocreatearightenvironmentforinnovationandgrowthinthecompetitivescenariotoday.”

“Attitude and mind set will have to be changed with bettergovernance, development through transparency in regulation,learn how to team together and don’t create silos” thesewerethegoldenwords andtop linemessagefromMr.RCBhargava,Chairman,MarutiSuzukiLtd.

Mr. Bharat Wakhlu on “India’s growth story through Innovations and Strategies”

BharatWakhlu, Resident Director,TATA Services spoke on howindustry can learn lessons from successful business houses likeTata Group which has been growing and expanding for over acenturynow.Hesaidthatindustryneedstoencouragenewideasandchangeaccordingtothechangingtimes.

He emphasized that people at every level in the organizationsshouldbeencouragedtobringforthnewideasandthereshouldbeaprocessthroughwhichthefeasibilityoftheideacanbetestedandtakentothefinalconclusion.“Thereafterevenifitfails,thisbringsmanylessonsonhownottorepeatthemistakes.Thiscanbe termed as productive failures,” he said, adding, “innovationshouldbethekeytogrowthinthiscompetitiveenvironment.”

Mr. Mohit Goyal on “Developing Indian Entrepreneurship Ecosystem”

Mr.MohitGoyal,Founder-Director,IndianAngelNetworksaidthatgovernment, industryandsocietyshouldhelpdevelopan IndianEntrepreneurshipEcosystemwhereindividualscanbeencouragedtotakerisks.

“RisktakingabilityinIndiaisfarlessthanincountriesliketheUS.Therefore, social security is something that government shouldseriouslylookinto,”hesaid,adding,“ThegovernmentregulationsaretoughandneededacorrectiontohelpIndianstart-upsgrowandbecomegloballycompetitive.Weareheadingtowardsmissionachievementandwithinadecadeweallwillbecompetingwithwestonabundanceofserviceswhichwecanoffertoworld!”

Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director, FORE School of Management said thatcapacitybuildinginnewareasholdsthekeytotheeconomicgrowth. He said that the quality of academia should also beenhanced to realize the sustained economic growth, and askedtheIndustrytocollaboratewithinstitutesofhighereducationtomakecurriculumandotheracademicactivitiesmorerelevanttothe industry.

“Amidst the fast changing market and economy, industry andacademia shouldworktogether and collaboratetoenhancetheindustryrelevantskillsetsamongstudentsindifferentinstitutes,”he said.

DignitarieswiththeDirector,Dr.J.K.Das

Eminentaudienceatthebusinessmeet


The Associate Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India(ASSOCHAM) has organized the 8th ASSOCHAM InternationalEducationConferenceon“ImperativesforChange inEducation”,September26-27,2012atASSOCHAMHouse,NewDelhi.FOREwastheB-Schoolpartnerforthisevent.

The eminent dignitaries who had attended the summit areShri Vinay Rai, Chairman, ASSOCHAM, National Council onHRD, Education & Employment; Shri Pawan Kumar Agarwal,Adviser (Education) Planning Commission, GOI; Dr. Samuel KMbambo, High Commissioner, Republic of Namibia; Prof. S.S.Mantha,ChairmanAICTE;Ms.S.RadhaChauhan,JointSecretaryDepartment of School Education & Literacy, MHRD; ShriVivekAggarwal,CEO,EnglishEdge;Dr.SarbjitSingh,Director,ApeejayCollege of Engineering; Dr. Manoj Sharma, Director E-LearningProgram, Amity University; Ms. Nandita Abraham, HOD, PearlAcademyofFashion;Dr.AkshaiAggarwal,ViceChancellor,GujaratTechnological University; Shri Mian Jaan, Vice-Chancellor, APGUniversity,Shimla;Dr.LachlanStrahan,ActingHighCommissioner,Australian High Commission and Shri Sanjay Modi, ManagingDirector, Monster.com.

Dr.JitendraK.Das,Director,FOREwasoneofthesessionchaircumspeakerforoneofthetechnicalsessionon“UseofTechnologyinDistanceEducation”forthis event.Hewasaccompaniedbythefollowingprominentco-panelists:

• ShriVivekAggarwal,CEO,EnglishEdge

• Dr.SarbjitSingh,Director,ApeejayCollegeofEngineering

• Dr. Manoj Sharma, Director, E-Learning Program, AmityUniversity

• Ms.NanditaAbraham,HOD,PearlAcademyofFashion

8th ASSOCHAM International Education Conference on “Imperatives for Change in Education”

4th Converging India Leadership Summit 2012

Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organized the 4thConvergingIndiaLeadershipSummit2012on21stAugust2012,atHotelTajMahal,NewDelhi.FOREwastheknowledgepartnerfor this event.

The eminent dignitaries who had attended the summit are:Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, PlanningCommission; Mr. Kamal Nath, Hon’ble Minister of UrbanDevelopment; Mr. Salman Khurshid, Hon’ble Minsiter of Law&Justice;Mr.ManishTiwari,Memberof Parliament;Dr. KiranBedi, IPS Officer & Social Activist; Mr. B. J. Panda, Memberof Parliament; Dr. Chandan Mitra, Member of Parliament; Mr.PrakashJavadekar,MemberofParliament;Mr.AmarSingh,Member of Parliament; Dr. C. P. Joshi, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry ofRoadTransport&Highways;Ms.NafisaAli,Actor&SocialActivist.

Dr.JitendraK.Das,Director,FOREwasoneofthespeakersforspecialplenarysessionon“PolicyParalysis-AMythorReality:HowEasy-HowDifficult”forthisevent.Hewasaccompaniedbythefollowingprominentco-panelists:

• Mr.RajivMundhra,President,IndianChamberofCommerce

• Mr.KamalNath,Hon’bleMinisterofUrbanDevelopment,GovernmentofIndia

• Dr.RajeevSingh,DirectorGeneral,IndianChamberofCommerce

Dr.J.K.Dasaddressingtheconference

Mr.KamalNathaddressingtheaudienceatthesummit

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The All India Management Association (AIMA) organized thenationalsummiton“HRSharedservices:AKeyDifferentiatorforTransformation”on 24thAugust 2012, atHotel Sheraton,NewDelhi.FOREwastheacademicpartnerforthisevent.

The eminent dignitaries who had attended the summit are: Mr.PankajBansal,Co-Founder&CEO,PeopleStrongHRServices;Mr.N.S.Rajan,Partner&GlobalLeader,People&Organization,Ernst&Young;Mr.S.Varadarajan,ExecutivePresident(HR),TataTeleservices Ltd; Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Research Director, EverestGroup;Mr.YogiSriram,SeniorVicePresident(LeadershipPlanning&TalentAcquisition), Larsen&Toubro;Ms.DeepaChadha,VicePresident(HRSharedServices),BhartiAirtelLimited;Mr.ManishChoudhary,ManagingDirector,PitneyBowesSoftware;Mr.RanjanSinha, Co-Founder & Chairman, My Parichay; Dr. A.K. Chawla,Head(HR),IndiaNorth,TataConsultancyServices;andMr.A.V.K.Mohan,EVP&GlobalHeadofHR,EXLService.

Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director, FORE was session chair cum thespeakerforthepaneldiscussion(SessionIV)on“StrategicSolutions-Technology:KeyEnablerforHRSharedServicesandAnalytics:

Key impactonbusiness”.He(Director)wasaccompaniedbythefollowingprominentco-panelists:

• Mr. Manish Choudhary, Managing Director, Pitney BowesSoftware

• Mr. Rajendra Ghag, Executive Vice President – HR, HDFCStandardLifeInsurance

• Mr.RanjanSinha,Co-Founder&Chairman,MyParichayand

• Dr. A. K. Chawla, Head (HR), India North, Tata ConsultancyServices.

National Summit on: “HR Shared Services: A Key Differentiator for Transformation”

24th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention 2012

AssociationofIndianManagementSchools(AIMS)organized

the 24thAIMSAnnualManagement EducationConvention

2012 during 25 and 27 August 2012 at Mahindra Satyam

Learning World, Hyderabad on the theme: Innovative

ManagementEducationForSustainableDevelopment.FORE

wastheB-Schoolpartnerforthisevent.

Dr.JitendraK.Das,Director,FOREwasoneofthespeakers

forthespecialplenarysessionon“Environment:Sustaining

TripleBottomLine–Profit,peopleandPlanet”forthisevent.

He(Director)wasaccompaniedbythefollowingprominent

co-panelists:

• Dr.D.N.Reddy,Chairman,RAC,Hyderabad

• Mr.SwagatBannick,BusinessAnlayst,GlobalBusiness

UnitinCapgeminiIndia

Dr.J.K.Dasansweringthequeriesattheplenarysession

Dr.J.K.Dasspeakingatthepaneldiscussion

“Recognition for a job well done is high on the list of motivating influences for all people; more important, in many instances, than compensation itself” (JohnM.Wilson)


Faculty Development in Management Education: Opportunities and Challenges

• Mr.AmitGupta,Chairman,EducationCommittee,PHDChamber

• Mr.PrabhatJain,Co-Chairman,EducationCommitteeand

• Ms.SusmitaShekhar,SecretaryGeneral,PHDChamber

FORE organized a national seminar on “Faculty Development

in Management Education: Opportunities and Challenges” in

collaboration with PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry

on May 15, 2012 at LPS Auditorium, PHD House, New Delhi.

Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director, FORE was one of the speakers in

the inaugural session, session-I, on “International Management

CurriculuminLocalSetting:AGlocal(global+local)Perspective”

and session-II on “UsingTechnology for ImpartingManagement

Education:OpportunityandChallenges”.Thespeakersfortheinauguralsessionwere:• Shri E Ahamed, Minister of state for Human ResourceDevelopment,GovernmentofIndia

• Shri Ashok Thakur, Special Secretary – Technical Education,MinistryofHRD,GovernmentofIndia

• Mr.SandipSomany,President,PHDChamber

Theme: Positioning HR to create value: Building IndianMultinationals-TheHRAgenda

TheAll IndiaManagementAssociation(AIMA)hasorganizedthe11th National HRM Summit “Positioning HR to Create Value:Building Indian Multinationals - The HR Agenda” held duringSeptember 14 - 15, 2012, Shangri-La’s-Eros Hotel, New Delhi.FOREwastheacademicpartnerforthisevent.

The eminent dignitaries who had attended the summit were:Mr. R. Sankar, Executive Director & Head – People & ChangeConsulting, PWC India; Mr. Yogi Sriram, Senior Vice President(Leadership Planning & Talent Acquisition), Larsen & Toubro; Mr.VipinSondhi,MD&CEO, JCB India;Mr.AdityaVijayBerlia, Co-founder & Pro-Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University; Ms.AnuranjitaKumar,CountryHumanResourcesOfficer,Citi India;Ms.VeenaSwarup,GM(HR)-HeadPMBG,ONGCLtd;Mr.D.K.Srivastava,VP (Corporate HR), HCLTechnologies Ltd; Mr.AshuMalhotra, President – HR, Tulip Telecom; Mr. Kuldip Kumar,Executive Director – Indian Tax-Direct Tax, PwC India; Mr. P.Dwarakanath, Director (Group HumanCapital), MAX India Ltd;Mr.A.Thirunavukkarasu,President,Group(HR),VedantaSterliteIndustries;Mr.KrishShankar,ExecutiveDirector(HR),BhartiAirtelLtd;Mr.DiwakarPuri,Head-TalentSourcing,HeroMotocorpLtd;

Mr.PankajBansal,Co-Founder&CEO,PeopleStrong;Mr.HarpreetSingh, Executive Director, Educomp Raffles Higher Education, Mr.RMukundan,ManagingDirector,TataChemicalsLtd.

Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director, FORE was session chair and thespeakerforthepaneldiscussion(SessionII)on“LeadingBusinessOverseas- IndianorExpat?-DevelopingGlobal IndianLeaders”.Hewasaccompaniedbythefollowingprominentco-panelists:

• Ms.VeenaSwarup,GM(HR)-HeadPMBG,ONGCLtd,

• Mr.D.K.Srivastava,VP(CorporateHR),HCLTechnologiesLtd,and

• Mr.AshuMalhotra,President–HR,TulipTelecom

11th National HRM Summit

Dr.J.K.Dasaddressingthenationalseminar

Dr.J.K.Daswithotherprominentco-panelistsatthesummit

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All IndiaManagementAssociation(AIMA)organizedthe2nd

WorldMarketingCongress during 2-3March 2012 at Hotel

Lalit,NewDelhi.The themeof theCongresswas ‘Exploding

MarketingPower’.FoundationforOrganizationalResearchand

Education (FORE)wastheknowledgepartnerforthisevent.

Mr.SrinivasanKSwamy,Chairman&ManagingDirector,R.K.

SWAMYBBDOPvtLtdwastheCongresschairman.Morethan

300delegatesfromthemiddletoseniormarketingfraternity

participated.

The dignitaries who attended the summit are Shri Jairam

Ramesh, Minister for Rural Development, Govt of India;

Dr.SubramanianSwamy,President–JanataParty;Mr.Mayank

Pareek,Managing ExecutiveOfficer,MarutiSuzuki India Ltd;

andMr.SivaNagarajan,MD,MotherDairy.

Dr.JitendraK.Das,Director-FOREwasthesessionchairaswell

asthespeakerforthesessionon“ExploitingthePowerofthe

Web–E-Commerce”inthisevent.

2nd World Marketing Congress on “Exploding Marketing Power”

FORESchoolofManagementorganisedaninductionceremonyto

welcometheincomingbatchofstudentson18thJune,2012.The

feelingofenthusiasmandeagernessofthestartofanewjourney

fortheincomingbatchwaspalpableintheair.

The inductionceremonybeganwithan invocationand lightingof

lamp.Awarmwelcomeextendedtothenewbatchofstudentsby

theDirector,Dr.JitendraK.Das.Headvisedtheincomingbatchto

give its best in thenext twoyears as itwouldbe a life changing

experience.Hetoldthestudentsthattherewouldbepressureto

meetthedeadlinesbuttheywouldhavetolearntomanagetheir

timewellandprioritizetheirwork.

In keeping with the FORE tradition, the students swore their

allegiancetotheinstitutebytakingtheinductionoath.

This was followed by an address from President-Emeritus, FSM,

Prof.R.P.Billimoria.Hesharedhisownexperiencesofhiscollege

lifewith the students and gavevaluable insightsondealingwith

deadlines and academic pressure. He also emphasised the need to

maintain balance in all spheres of life.

Dr.B.B.L.Madhukar,VicePresident&Treasurer,FSMadvisedthestudentstofocusonexcellence ratherthansuccessandnarratedmanysuccessstoriesaboutFOREalumni.

Induction Ceremony-PGDM FMG Batch 21 & IMG Batch 6

Mr.R.CSharma,President,FOREaddressingthestudentsstressedtheneedofethics inwhateverwedo andgavethemtipsforthecomingtwoyears.

ThevoteofthankswasgivenbyDr.AsifZameer,Chairman-PGP.

The ceremony was concluded by national anthem.

Mr.R.C.Sharma(President,FORE)addressingthenewbatch

Mr.SameerKaur,VP(Marketing),Dr.LalPathlabsPrivateLtd.,honoring Dr.J.K.DasattheWorldMarketingCongress


The induction ceremony of the 21st batch of PGDM WMGstudents of FORE School of Management was held on July 12,2012.Dr.J.KDas,Director,formallyinauguratedtheceremonybythetraditionalpracticeoflightingthelamp.

The newbatchof students are fromvery reputedorganizationslike Evalue Serve, OTIS, Indusind Bank, Volkswagen, CosmoFilms,MunjalShowa,StandardChartered Bank,Sapient, KPMG,Deloitte,SaintGobain,PeasonGroupetc.andhasanaverageworkexperienceof54months.

Addressingthestudentsontheirinduction,theDirectorhadclearlyindicatedthatbeingapart-timeprogramme,thestudentsshouldnottakeitlightlyaswedonotcompromiseonthequalityoftheprogramme.He emphasizedthat the coursedelivery, pedagogy,faculty,evaluationetc.areatparandcomparablewiththefull-timeprogramme.

Chairman (PGP) briefed them about the course and its day-to-day administration, attendance norms and evaluation system. He

mentionedinhisspeechastowhatkindofrigouristhereintheprogrammeandhowtheyhavetomanagetheirprofessionallifeandstudiesatFORE.

Prof. Hitesh Arora, Chairperson (QT & Operations) delivered thevoteofthanksandtheeveningbroketoan informalgatheringovertea, givingthe studentsanopportunitytogetacquaintedwithoneanother and the faculty.

Induction Ceremony of WMG (Batch 21)

Mr. Amit KhuranaCorporate InteractionDivision (CID)organisedthe first Anubhuti session on 25th June2012.The speaker invited for the session was Mr.AmitKhurana,Founder&ManagingPartnerofCorporateAccessandformerExecutiveVicePresident –HR atYESBank.He gavevaluable

insights intoacareer infinancialservicesandthe importanceofliveprojectsandsummerinternshipwithrelevantexamples.

He made the session interactive and asked relevant questionsthatkeptthesessioninteresting.Healsoexplainedhowtochartoutcareerpathandtakeleadbeforecompetitiondoes.Studentsaskedalotofquestionstocleartheirqueriesandtheresponseofthe batchwas highly appreciated by the corporate.The overallexperiencewasveryenlighteningforthenewbatch.

Mr. Kamal SinghIt is not often that we come across people who not only impress us but also inspire us. It is then no wonder that, it was with awe that students of firstyearatFOREwelcomedMr.KamalSingh, the Director at the Centre forManagement Development & NewInitiative MAST-AIMA. He visitedFOREasapartoftheAnubhuti session

conductedbytheCorporateInteractionDivisionofthecollegeonJuly24,2012.Mr.Singhistherecipientofseveralaccoladesandawards,

andwas in fact recently awarded the ‘IndianAchiever’s Award’ byIndian Achievers Forum. Responsible for having launched variousevents, including the recently launched initiative of ManagementAptitudeTestSkillTest(MAST),itwasnowonderthatthesessionthatheconductedwasnotonlyeducativebutalsohighlyinteractive.

Giving it a simple and straightforward start,Mr. Singh involvedthe audience right from the start. Constantly encouraging andsupportingtheenthusiasticstudents,whowereallvyingwithoneanothertoanswer,hemanagedtogiveattentiontooneandall.Startingwithasimplequestionwhereinheaskedthestudentstocitetheemergingchangesinglobalbusinessworld,heeffectivelyincorporatedtheanswersofthestudentstohighlightthechangesthathavestruckthebusinessworldinthiscentury.

Citing reasons such as demographic dividends, innovation andliberalization, increases in life expectancy level etc. he choserelevantexamplestohelpthestudentsrelatebetter.Perhapsthegreatestlearningthatheimpartedwashoweveryindividualcouldbeaneffectivefuturemanagernotonlyatthenationallevelbutalso at global level. Stressing upon the importance of qualitieslikecreativity,passion,efficiency,flexibilityetc.,hechosespecificexampleslikethatofIndraNooyi,IPL,andBharti-Airteletc,whichmotivated the audience.

In addition to this, a very pertinent question at this time, theimportanceofethics,wasalsostresseduponbyhim.Hisdelight,whennearlyninetypercentoftheaudienceregardedethicsasanimportant tool, was obvious.

Itwasthus,notadvicebutexperiencethatstudentstookawayfromthe session. The true highlightoftheeventwashowevertheexpert

An Interface with the Corporate World - Anubhutis

Inductionbylightingthelamp

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mannerinwhichMr.Singhhandledstudents’queriesanddoubts.

Heendedtheeveningonahighnote,leavingstudentstoponderover how they could be visionaries for the coming future. It isperhaps then an understatement to say that every student felt privilegedtohaveattendedthesession.

Mr. Rakesh KumarTrue genius of a person is not inthe reflection of his knowledgebut in how enable others to relate to that knowledge. This fact wasfurtherprovedbyMr.RakeshKumar,Chairman, GlobalQualitative Board& Head of Africa-Middle East-AsiaPacific, Firefly Millward Brown,who visited the institute onAugust

14, 2012 for the Anubhuti session organized by the CorporateInteraction Division.

He very enthusiastically talked about two of the major forcesaffectingthebusinessworldtoday,thatare, ‘therulesforbrandengagement in the socialmedia space’ and ‘themirror has twofaces–dissectinghumanpersonalitiesinthesocialmediaspace.’

Also,thetopicwassuchthatthestudents immediatelywarmedto it. However, it was Mr. Kumar’s proficient handling of thesimpleandattimesbasicqueriesofthestudentsthatmadethesession truly informative. In addition to this he also shared a lot of information based on researches carried out by his company. Healsotalkedaboutthefutureofthemarketingfield.Hecitedrelevant examples, like higher propensity among single children(especially in China) to develop a close relationship to their virtual life.HealsomentionedtheEgyptianRevolutiontostressuponthepower of social media.

Thus his examples, the straightforward approach and thestimulating presentation kept the session invigorating andinspiring.Itwasatrulyknowledgeableexperienceforoneandall.

Mr. Ajay SethTheCorporateInteractionDivisionofFSMorganizedanAnubhuti session for the students on 21stAugust, 2012.The sessionwasgracedbyMr.AjaySeth,founderandpromoterofCopalArts.

Mr.Ajay introduced the business of art from an entrepreneurial pointofview.Accordingtohim,alloneneedsispassion,zealandaninnovativemindsettomakeamarkinartindustry.HemovedontotheroleofCopalArtsinthehierarchyofArtmanagement.

Mr. Ajay talked about where India stands on the global artplatform,which,accordingtohim,wasn’tsobrightfewyearsback.Ascomparedtoa$60billionglobalartindustry,India’ssharewasjust $120million. But thingsmoved fast and from 0.4% share,Indiadoubleditsshareto0.8%.Thenumbersdon’tlookbigbutonarelativescale,Indiamanageda100%growth!!

Then, he recounted his own endeavors. The reason behind the inceptionof the ideaofCopalArtswas educatingpeople aboutthe aesthetic aspect of art. He felt this particular need because once he considered himself to be an art aficionado and his entire artcollectionwasdisregardedbyanexpertas“Junk.”Theincidentforcedhimtoponderupontheabsoluteneedofanorganizationto create awareness and help collectors. He had a vision: art, he had an idea:Copal, and he had amotto: IndianArt is the nextopportunity.Restisasuccessstory.Intwoyears,Copalacquired500collectorsandbecamea$300millioncompany.

Finally, he elaboratedthemonetary aspectof artmanagement.He mentioned the names of many renowned artists like M .F.Hussain, Subodh Gupta, S. H. Raza, Manjit Bawa, Tyeb Mehtaincludingothersandshowedthestudents thegrowthchartsoftheirartworkswhich,surprisingly,showedanaveragegrowthof50to200%and,insomecases,evenmore.Thefiguresweresky-rocketingandthereasonwassimple-theexclusivityandrarityarethetwocriteriawhichkeepthedemandforthesearticlesalwaysraw.

Furtherdiscussion and an interaction -question answer sessionbroughttolightafewotherpointsregardingthetypesofartists-Masters,PotentialMastersandYoungandEmergingartistsandhowthebenchmarkpriceintheauctionsdecidestherelativepriceforanartwork.

Theinteractionwasrichandtheresultwasevidentwhenheaskedthestudentswhethertheyconsideredbuyingartasavalidoptionandover70%ofthestudentsraisedtheirhands.


Workshop on Psychometric Testing & Applications

Dhruv BansalMarketingCitibank N.A.

Havinghadnopriorworkexperienceof thecorporateworld, Iknewthat itwasn’tgoingtobe easy. Butwhenonehas amentor like

Mr.GaganBhargava(AVP,Sales&Distribution,Citibank),thingsbecomechallengingbutenjoyable.TheprojectrequiredmetomeasuretheefficiencyofthesalesforceoftheDelhiNCRregion.Amixofmysteryshopping(whenone has to disguise as a customer) and analysis ofCitibank’sinformationdatabasewas themain task at hand. Themajorchallenge during mystery shopping was to not let them besuspicious of my real identity.Itrequiredmetodoalotofhomeworkonhowtoportraymyselfas a premium prospect for them. I covered 8 areas in and around Delhi forthe sameand successfully, gavefeedbackfor all thesalesrepresentativesencounteredduringtheprocess.TheclassroomlearningatFORESchoolofManagementhelpedme in analyzing the data and present the results to the topmanagement.The resultshelped inassessingthegapsamongthesalesrepresentatives’pitchingoftheproductsatCitibank.The experience has enriched me with on-field experienceand practical approach to problem solving. Itwas a fun-filledlearningexperienceatadreamcalledCITIBANK.

Shipra MehandruFinanceSharekhan Ltd.

IdidmysummerinternshipatSharekhanLtd.withperhaps the largest batch of FOREians they’veever had. Dealing with the financial markets

isalwaysabitofarisk–whichwefoundout inplentyduringour two-monthstint.Sharekhanhasawellcraftedprogramforsummer interns.Duringthefirstmonthweweretrainedtoknowallaboutonlinebrokering,the competition in themarket and how best tomake a pitch tonew investorsfordemataccounts.Whileweweregrilledbyboththeassistantandregionalmanagersonthemostrecentactivitiesofthefinancialworld,andourtakeonhowthenewscouldshapethemarketsthatday,itmadeussweat,andlearn.Therealtestofgritcamewhenwewentliveontradingfloorduringoursecondmonth.Theswingsintheboursesbythesecond,andthesentimentdrivenchanges,wereenoughtoremindusoftheimpishreputationoftheinvestmentmarket.Havingwitnessedtwosidesofthisindustry,havingbeentotteredyetnotdeterred,Ihopetocarrytheexperiencetootherfeaturesofthistrade.Onanendingnote,theinternshipgavemeafirst-handexperienceofonlinetradingandwasamemorableexperience.

Summer Internship Experiences - 2012

Realizing the increased importance of psychometrics in thecorporate and academic world, a two-day workshop on“Psychometric Testing & Applications” was organized by theCentreforPsychometricResearch(CPR)atFOREcampuson16thand 17th February 2012. The workshop aimed at familiarizingthe participants with measurement concepts and tools, and improving the selection and application of psychometric tests.Alongwithtrainingineffectiveadministrationandinterpretationofpsychometrictests,theworkshopdealtwith identificationofsituations in which standardized tests can be used and where tests need to be developed.

ThechiefguestoftheprogrammewasDr.ManasMandal,DirectorofDefenceInstituteofPsychologicalResearch(DIPR).TheinauguralsessionstartedwiththewelcomenotebyDr.SanghamitraBuddhapriya,theProgrammeDirectorofthisworkshop.Sheintroducedthethemeand gave a brief overview of the programme. Dr. Jitendra K. Das,Director,FORE,highlightedtherelevanceofthethemeinthepresentbusiness context. Prof. R. P. Billimoria, President-Emeritus andhonorable boardmemberof FORE appreciated the initiative takenby theCPR and suggestedmeasures to take the centre to greaterheights.Dr.ManasMandalhighlightedthesignificanceofthesubjecton various aspects of professional life and cautioned the participants aboutthetemptationofpredictingtheindividualbehaviourwithoutmuch knowledge and understanding of the psychometric tests. Dr. Prachi Bhatt, Co-Programme Director, delivered the vote ofthanks.

The two-day programmewas divided into sessions focusing ondifferent aspects of psychometric testing & applications. Thesubject-matter experts in psychometrics - Dr. Nishi Mishra, Dr.Y.K.Nagle,Dr.N.KChadha,Dr.AnilPathakandMr.Y.N.Kaushal- shared their perspectives with the participants and enlivenedthediscussionswiththeirinsights.Twentyfourparticipantsfromindustry and academics attended and were benefited by theprogramme.The feedbacks received from the participants wereveryencouragingandtheCentreforPsychometricResearchlooksforwardtoconductingsuchprogrammesinthefuture.

Dr.SanghamitraBuddhapriyawelcomingtheparticipants

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Pranav ShuklaHRVideocon Industries, Gurgaon

BeingfromanHRbackground,myinitialperception was that it would have been a women dominated department but I was

provedwrongasthereweremorementhanfemalesintheHRdepartment.RightfromknowingyourJDKPI(JobDescriptionKeyperformanceindicators)torightpeopleattherightplace,thecompanyfollowedall the core fundamentals of HR. I had to work in theTrainingand Development domain where the focus was on to show how Videocongeneratesprofits.SomeoftheprojectsIworkeduponwere“findinganddevelopingtheresourcestobeusedinlaunchingPerformanceAppraisalSystem”and“tolookatthenewinitiativestakenbythecompetitorsinthefieldofTraining&Development”.

Apartfromthework,thereweresuperSaturdayseveryweekforthe employees. Fromthetopbrass tothemanagers, everybodywouldturnupwithgreatzealtoparticipate.TheseSaturdayswerefilledwithactivitiessuchasyogasessions,gamesandevengoingoutforthe IPLmatches.All inall,the internshipexperiencehashelped me develop both as a professional and as an individual.

Arjun BaidyaMarketingHewlett PackardAs a student of this dynamic program, Icompleted my internship with Hewlett –Packard,BangaloreintheirHPGlobalAnalytics

Division.HPGlobalAnalytics(HPGA)undertakesprojectswhichleveragesanalyticsinternallyinordertomakesmartdecisionsandformulate successful strategies.My projectwas on global salesanalyticsforHP’sTechnologyServicesvertical.

Overallmyinternshipexperiencewasquitefruitful.HPGAhasanopenandfriendlyworkculturecombinedwithgoodprojectsandenrichingknowledge-basedsessions.

Through this internship, I was able to experience a progressiveandglobalworkenvironmentthatallowedmetohonemyskillsinresearchandanalysis.Also,Iwasverythrilledtobeassociatedwithaninternationalbrandwhichgavemeachancetograsptherealitiesofaprofessionalworkenvironment.

Milan DhingraMarketingSwedish Trade CouncilSummer internships are an integral part ofyour MBA, as it allows one to challenge hispresentskillsetandlearnnewones.Outthere

companiesarenotlookingforinterns,butforfulltimeemployeesand with these two-three months of internship you have toconvincethatyouareagoodfit,notforjusttwomonthsbutfortwo years.Add to this the currentweakened global economicscenario, internships are even more important to boost one’s job chances.

My internship at Swedish Trade Council was one of a kindexperience that not only helped me learn about the tricksoftradebutalsomademewonderwhether I couldfit in suchan environment.With a profileofmy choice, itwas an addedmotivation.Initially,Iwasskepticalonhowwouldtheexperiencebe,butthingsstartedoffonagreatnotewhenwewerewelcomedwith warm and open arms and were treated like equals. Thishelpedingivingusaconfidenceboost.

It was a learning experience that helped us bridge the gapbetweentheoryandpractice.Ourpeersweremore likefriendsandguidesandwedidn’trealizehowthetwomonthswentby.Perhaps, Iwouldhave lovedtocontinuethere,butalas likeallgoodthingscometoanend;thisinternshipexperiencealsocameto an end.

Sukriti BabbarHRVideoconThe Internship with Videocon, in its HRdepartment,wasawonderfulandanenrichingexperience.Workingwith a relatively smaller

team, the entire teamwentoutof theirway tomakeme feelcomfortableandincluded.Everydaycamewithnewopportunitiesaswell as challengestooutperformmyself.Theenthusiasm intheorganizationishighlycontagious,whichmakesyouwanttogothatextramile.Alsoyougetto interactwiththeverybestintheindustryandfromdayoneyouareentrustedtodothingsyour own way.

My project involved the analysis of current engagement leveloftheemployeesofthreedepartments i.e.Marketing,ProductPlanningandInformationTechnology.Itrequiredmetoperforman in-depth analysis of the factors that affect the employeeengagementlevelsoftheemployees.Italsoincludedaresearchtoknowthecurrenttrendsofemployeeengagementinvarioussectors/ companies. I also got an opportunity to handle theinduction process of the new employees independently.

Theexperiencewasallthemoreexcitingas Igottoworkwithsome of the best and brightest people of the industry and,to say the least, my internship at Videocon was way above myexpectations.


First Experience at FORE School of Management

Srishti MaganFMG 21

“Experience iswhatone looks forward to at anewplace….experienceiswhatonetakesalongwhenthenewplacebecomesanoldhaunt.”

A cacophony of sounds, which found a senseoforganizationeveninthechaosdescribesthefirstdayatFORESchoolofManagement.Steppinginsidethebuilding,thatseemedtobustlewithenergy, Iwas justanothernervousface.Andonlywithinthespanofonemonth,Ifeelconfidentinawaythatisnotarrogancebutknowledge.

FORE,asaninstitute,instilledrightfromthestart,theimportanceofprioritizing,managing,andlearning.Itisazerolevelstarttothelife that you ultimately want to lead. In only a month that we’ve been here, there’s been such a strong amalgamation of peoplefromsuchdiversebackgrounds,thatIwouldhaveneverthoughtpossible to not just learn, but adjust and build relations.

Being in FORE, I somehow get the feeling that no matter thefutureImaychooseformyself,Iwouldbeequippedwithenoughknowledge,experience,andconfidencetoliterallytreattheworldasmyoyster.Andsowelearnthatwhileeveryindividualisunique,therearecertaincommonfeaturesthatbindusashumanbeings.We learn, not by reading books, but by understanding cases; not by practicing questions, but by applying logic. Simply put,we’relearning.

Thetrueexperiencesofar,iftobesummedupinafewwords,isthatforwhateverourpastlearningmighthavebeen,ofwhetherwewereafresheroutofcollegeorhadaworkexperience,wehavenowbeensimply,subtlybuteffectivelysubmerged inthe“workculture”,andthebestpartiswearedefinitelyenjoyingit.IsupposeFOREhasbeenaperfectclimaxtothegruelingpaththatwetooktogethere…afterallifthejourneytoherewaseventful,thentheend,orratherthenewbeginningwasboundtobeamazing.

Ritika PruthiFMG 21

The day I entered FORE as a managementstudent,thefeelingwasdifferentandineffable.Theexcitementblendedwithnervousnesscouldbe seen on every student’s face.

OrientationperiodstartedandIgotan insightofall thefirsttrimester subjects.The inaugurationfunctionandtheintroductionoffacultygoteverybodythroughabouthowtheir2 years here will be.

Theteaching system ispracticaland Ibelievethismethodologywill be helpful to all of us in the near future. Apart from thebusy schedule, life here is fun also. The selection process for all committeeswasagreatexperience.Thisalsowasagreathelpininteraction with seniors.

AllIhavelearnttilldateapartfromstudies,istimemanagement.Being in hostel for the first time, giving time to personalmaintenance and college was a bit tricky task but you learnto walk properly only after crossing hurdles. Moreover Inever thought I would be too occupied with piles of work every day.

Surely I would learn a lot here and I hope I am able to fully utilize these 2 years of my life. I am proud to be a part of this institute andIknowthatthisisjustthebeginningofmysuccessstory…..

Amit Kumar AroraFMG 21

“Thedayyoudon’tfeellikegettinguptogotoyourjob.Quit.It’snotworthit.”

ThequotesfrommyinitialdaysofinductioninFOREthat have already etched amarkonmymind.

Theinteractionswiththeseniors,especiallyduringthecommitteeselection process have been healthy. The regular 90 minuteslectures that initially seemed like a challenge are slowlybecomingapartoftheroutine.Thegroupassignmentsandclasspresentations have been providing amuch needed exposure toenhanceourinter-personalskills.OnemonthinFOREhasalreadymademerealisethevalueofmaintaininga“balance”inlife.Thementor-menteeprogramgaveanotherboosttothe interactionswith the seniors.

TherehavebeenafewchallengesaswelltogowiththelearningpartatFOREsuchasmanagingtheworkloadandprioritizingourassignments,presentations,quizzesetc.Beinganoptimistthat Iam,Ijusthopetofallinlovewithtacklingthesechallenges.

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1. How do you see the general business scenario unfold in India in the coming years?

A. India has adapted to new global realities tremendously. Thenew buzzwords are “productivity”, “quality”, “marketing”, and“management structure”. Both imports and exports are rising,and overseas markets are being tested by newly confident Indiancompanies. Foreign companies, sensing India’s potential, have alsobecomeincreasinglyinvolvedhere.Thisisbeingdonebyintroducinggreater competition in the economy through progressive internalderegulation accompanied by foreign direct investment and tradeliberalization.Inspiteoftheglobalmeltdown,Indianeconomyoffersampleopportunitiesforbusiness,bothtothedomesticandforeignentrepreneurs.So,thefuturebusinessscenarioappearstobebright.

2. What are the biggest accomplishments of FORE School of Management?

A.TheachievementofFOREliesinthesuccessofourstudents.OurstudentshavebeenwellplacedinIndiaandabroad.AlotofourpaststudentsaredrivingthesuccessofmanyorganizationsinIndiaandabroad.SomeofthemnowarepartoftheirTopManagementandarebringlaurelstoFORE.Someofourfacultyhavemadeamarkintheinternationalarenathroughtheiracademicaccomplishments.

3. In what ways is FORE School of Management different from its competitors?

A. Transparency has been the key element of our institutionalsuccessineachandeverycaseincludingindividuals,departments,processes, etc.Wehavevisionary leaders,who in the past have

FORE School of Management - Reshaping Careers*

made great contribution to the society at large, as our boardmembersandtheyarecontinuingtoprovidetheirwisdomtothesocietythoughFOREinframingandachievingthemissionofFORE.Wehavealwaysgivenstrongemphasisonvaluesandworkculture.At FOREwe aredriven by employersdemand andwe shape upour students in such a way that they become employable for the bestcorporateintheindustry.WehaveCentersofExcellencetoprovidecuttingedgeinputtotheacademics.Fromthenextbatchallourstudentswillbeputthroughaone-weekacademicrigoratoneofthewellknowninstitute/universityabroadtoprovidethemuch needed international orientation to our students.

4. FORE School of Management has received National A** grading for its PGDM programme by CRISIL. What steps are you taking to achieve 3 star grading on national level?

A.When CRISIL approached us to do an assessment to gradeus,wewere a bit skeptical about it in the beginning. However,considering the flood of “perception based ranking’ and someother ‘performance data’ based rankings using unnatural orabnormal weights of different evaluation components withoutanytruthfulverificationofdataprovidedbytheB-Schoolsmakingmostofthese rankings looknon-convincing,wefeltthatCRISILgradingwillatleastbeatransparentgradingandwillthusprovideuswithmuchneededindependentfeedback.TheyhavegivenustheNationalA**andwehavelookedattheirreportandwearestrengthening the areas needing attention including setting upa new residential campus at Sonepat (Haryana). One point that mustbenotedisthatwearearelativelysmallB-Schoolintermsofcampusgeographicalsize,numberofstudentsandnumberoffaculty as compared to many “top” B·Schools in India.Thus, ifaperformancebased rankingonB·Schooloutputonper facultybasisisdonethenwearewayaheadofmany“top”B-Schoolswhoenjoyalmosttwiceormorefacultystrengththanours.Ourfacultyprofile, and their International exposure, is far ahead of many“top”B-SchoolsinIndia.

*ReproducedfromIndian Management-TheJournalofAIMA-ABusinessStandardPublication,June2012,vol.51,Issue6.

Farhaan AqeelFMG 21

It’s a natural tendency to brand our “firsts”phenomenal: first love, first sight, first car,firstcellphoneamongotherthings.I,forone,havetoofewoftheseenigmaticexperiences…one of them could be: my first experience atFORE…

Theinductionceremonywasaquietevent,withsomeapplauseand some enlightening speeches by the torch bearersofourcollege viz. President-EmeritusMr. R. P. Billimoria, President

Dr. Jitendra K. DasDirectorFORE School of Management, New Delhi

Mr. R.C.Sharma,Dr. Jitendra K.Das,ourDirector andVice-President(Finance)Dr.B.B.L.Madhukar.

Thencameclasses,books,hand-outs,assignments,attendance,claroline, relentless mails, projects, quizzes, presentations,committees,forms,stairsanddo-it-yourselfchairs.Theyspelledcommitmentand lookedgoodfromadistance, likethe“firsts”always do.

Besides, ithasbeenawake-upcall,myfirst experience. It’snotgraduation,it’snotfunny,it’snotcasual,it’snotaboutanyoneelseandit’snotagamethatwehavebeenplayingwithourselvestillnow. It’s real, it’s present, it’s ours and it’s now.


Prof. Jitendra K. Das A lead speaker in the paneldiscussionon “UnorganisedSector/Bottom of the Pyramid Opportunities” for the 15th Annual Convention of the Strategic Management Forum (SMF) held at IIM IndoreduringMay4-5,2012.

Invited and taught the course on “Marketing Channels andDistribution” at theDanube Business School, DanubeUniversityKrems,Austria;May-June2012.

Article publishedDas, J. K., O. Prakash, and V. Khatri 2012 “Brand PersonalityMapping:AStudyonColas”,Asian Journal of Management Research 3(1):193-200.

Prof. Mathew JosephSpeakeratthepaneldiscussionon“Indianeconomyonadownwardspiral:Roadtorecovery”organizedbyPHDResearchBureau,NewDelhi on 27 June 2012.

Articles published • “Indian economyon a downward spiral” in Financial Express,

1 June 2012

• “Taming inflation: Set farmers free” in Financial Express, 19 July 2012.

• “Slump spreading to services sector” in Financial Express 1 September 2012.

Prof. Freda Joseph SwaminathanPresented a paper on “The Uncommon Sense of Advertising –UnderstandingContemporaryAdvertisingAppealsinPressofTopAdvertisers inIndia” intheLCBR European Marketing Conference

Faculty Focus: Papers Presented/Published

2012 inMunich,Germany,9-10August2012organizedbyLCBR(LupconCenterforBusinessResearch).

Prof. Reeta RainaPresented a paper on “Intercultural Communication Competence of Indian Co-Workers as Perceived by European Expatriates inIndia” in an internationalmultidisciplinary conferenceorganizedby International Journal of Arts and SciencesinVienna,April2012.

Prof. Asif ZameerThe doctoratedegreewasconferreduponatthe10thconvocationof Jamia Hamdard in March 2012.

Prof. Vinay Dutta

Articles published• “DebtManagement - LucrativeStrategiestoPlaywithDebt”

Feb-March 2012 issue of Financial Planning Journal, Financial PlanningStandardsBoardIndia.

• “FinancialInclusion:AModelforExperimentation”co-authoredwithDrKanhaiyaSingh,June2012issueofThe Indian Banker, MonthlyJournalofIndianBankAssociation.

Invited as speaker to make inaugural address on the topic of“EnterpriseRiskManagement”duringtheseminaronEnterprise, Insurance and FX Risk Management conducted by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry,NewDelhion17thApril2012.

Prof. Anupam NarulaPresentedapapertitled“EnvisiontowardAcademicQualityandExcellence in Indian Higher Education” at a three-day nationalconference on Excellence in Higher Education organized by IITDelhiduring28-30June2012.

5. What key steps have you taken at FORE to increase student satisfaction? What have been the other key developments at FORE?

A.Wehaveaverytransparent systemandstudentsare involved inalmost all student related activities. Any student concern is takenupon a top priority basis.We are taking new initiatives to involvestudents invarious corporate assignments that get integratedwithacourseworkwiththeobjectiveofstudentsgettingavaluable“on-the-job live experience”.We are encouraging students to work onnewideaprojectsandweplantoprovidetheinitialfunding.Laterthesuccessful initiatives canbe fundedby external investors forwhichwehaveinitiateddiscussionstomeetvariousfundingneedsinfuture.

6. Please throw some light on admission procedure of the three year part time programme.

A. The interested students must submit their application toFOREas announcedbyus everyyear.Aftertheapplicationsarescrutinized, the eligible candidates are invited to appear for theWrittenExaminationandPersonalInterviewinthecampus.Afterthe process, afinalmerit list is prepared after factoringvariouscomponents, such as, performance in the written examinationand personal interview, work experience, previous educationalperformances. Then the selected students are offered admission in accordancewiththismeritlistandtheymustconfirmtheirintentto accept our admission offer by a certain date.

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Prof. Prachi BhattPresented a research paper entitled “HRD Paradigm in IndianBanking System - Switching to Attract, Retain and Motivate(ARM) Mode” inGlobal Mindset Development in Leadership and Management Conference, organized by University of Riverside,California,USAduring2-3March2012.

Prof. Sanghamitra BuddhapriyaPresented a paper entitled “Diversity Management Practices inSelectFirmsinIndia:ACriticalAnalysis”inTwelfth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations attheBritishColumbiaUniversity,Vancouver,Canadaduring11-13June2012.

Prof. Ambrish GuptaBookentitled‘Financial Accounting for Management: An Analytical Perspective’ acclaimed and adopted by IIT, Roorkee for their MBA programme.

Invited to be and appointed as a member of editorial advisory board of Pezzottaite Journals’ International Journal of Applied Business Management Perspectives.

Attended and completed successfully a certificate course on“International Taxation” at the International Tax Academyunder the aegisof International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, Netherlandsconductedduring21-23August2012.

Prof. Kanhaiya SinghHe participated in 9th International Conference on Applied Financial Economics held during 28-30 June 2012, jointlyorganizedbyINEAGandNationalandKapodistrianUniversityof Athens at SAMOS Island, Greece. In this conference hepresentedaresearchpaperon“Asset-liabilitymanagementinbanksinIndia-Adynamicapproach”.

Prof. Faisal AhmedInvitedasapanelistina5-memberroundtablediscussionon“DemocratisationofMyanmarand Its Implicationsfor India”at the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS),athinktankunder the aegisofMinistryofDefence,Govt.of India,on31August2012.

Articles published

• “G20 should focus onGlobal DevelopmentArchitecture”,The Financial Express, 7 June 2012, p. 9

• “EnoughGlobal Problems forG8 andG20”,The Economic Times,17May2012,p.15

• “Crisis in Syria: Need for Cautious Economic Diplomacy”,Diplomatist,Vol.4,No.8,August,2012.

• “AsianDevelopmentBank–PreparingforDevelopmentthroughEmpowerment”,Diplomatist,Vol.4,No.6,June2012.

Staff ColumnMr. Rajesh Kumar Bhardwaj (Librarian) published apaper on “Emerging Trends in Information Resource andInfrastructureDevelopmentinEngineeringandTechnologyInstitute Libraries: A Case Study” in the Journal of Indian Library Association,Oct-Dec,2011;Vol-47,No.-4,p.5-21.

• “UNCTADXIIIandtheDevelopment-centredGlobalisation”,Diplomatist,Vol.4,No.5,May2012.

Prof. Mohita Gangwar SharmaPaperpresentedandpublishedintheproceedingson“SpareLifeTimeValue” byMohita co-authoredwith K.N.Singh at the4th World Conference Production & Operations Management and 19th Annual EUROMA Conference jointlyorganisedbyEUROMA,JOMSAandPOMSheldatAmsterdam,TheNetherlandsduring1-5July 2012.

Prof. Himanshu JoshiPresentedapaperon“DividendDistributionTaxandPayoutPolicyofIndianFirms”atAcademyofBusinessResearchConference,fallAtlanticCity,NewJersey,U.S.A.,September10-12,2012.

Presented a paper on “Managing FX Operating and EquityExposuresofanExporter:ACaseofBajajAutoLimited.”at15th SMF Conference at IIM Indore,May2nd-5th,2012.

Articles published“Impact of Increment in Dividend DistributionTax on DividendPolicy:EmpiricalEvidencefromIndia.”Abhigyan,July-September2012.

Prof. Sumeet KaurPaperpresentedandunderpublicationintheproceedingson“14th National Biostatistics Congresswithinternationalparticipation”atKayseri,Turkey,4th-7thSeptember,2012.

Prof. S. ChandrasekharPresented a paper on “Business Intelligence Application InFinancialSector”atBusiness Intelligence Asia Pacific Summit 2012 conducted by Global Science &Technology Foundation (GSTF)along with Singapore Computer Society, Singapore BusinessFederation, Hong KongComputer Society,AustralianComputerSociety&CIOForumduringSept11-122012atSingapore.

Prof. V.M. MathurPresentedapaperon“BandwidthManagementDynamicsinIndia’sE-Governance”(publishedintheconferenceproceedingsonIEEECanada chapterWebsite - Industry Forum), at the International Conference on CommunicationsjointlyorganizedbyIEEEandtheUniversityofOttawa(IEEE-ICC2012)atOttawa,Canadaduring12-14June2012.


Alumni Retrospection

Lifeisonemarathonwecannotavoidbutrun.The breaths and gasps of friends alongsideprovide an uncanny sense of assurance while the smirksoffoespaintheheart.Scarrystretchesof loneliness haunts the cerebrum while the beautiful flora in the next junction heightensour artistic sensibilities. The race seems endless

filledwithdollopsofparadox.Itsenergysappingandallthemorereasontolookbackoveryourshoulderstocherrypickthosepearlsofjoyandwisdomyougatheredontheway.TodayasIsitdowntopenmythoughts,Iamnostalgicaboutmyalma materFORE.It’stheJobsiantruth“youcanonlyconnectthedotsbackwards”

The seeds of a competitive corporate career was sown in the portalsofasprawlingbuildingintheInstitutionalareaofMehrauli.Business is about taking calculable risks.Who can answer thatbetter than theWave-1 Foreians.Meeting the topmanagementushered in an unparallel confidence from day one and closeinteractionwiththemandsomehighlyratedfacultywitheachoneofusgaveusunbridledhopeandpride.

Thetrainingonleadershipwasimpartedtousintheseinteractionsandnotwithinthewallsofaclassroomalone.Aleadermustexudehope and confidence evenwithin all constraints.TheCEO’sor aBusinessHead’sconfidencehasacascadingeffectonhisteam,thecreditofsuchafundamentallearningcanonlybeattributedtotheFOREManagement.

Inmodernbusiness a successfulSales&Marketingprofessionalmusthaveasoundfinancialknowledge.AndIamsuremyother

Wave-1 Foreianswouldvouch for these learnings at school.Mybrushwithfinancialgymnasticskickedofffrommydaysasaprofitcenterhead.AndIattributemysuccesstomytrainingatFORE.

Theteam-playingabilityinusgerminatedduringourdaysatFORE.The nomenclature Genesis for our festival emanated within a small group and supported by all. Every extra-curricular activity wassmoothly executedonaccountof teamformation.Presentationskillswerehonedintheclassrooms.Planningandadministrationwere learnt a more practical way. We participated in othermanagementschoolfestivalsandwonlaurelsforouralma mater. Industry interaction took off in one innovative way called the“Anubhutisession”Corporateleaderswere invitedtosharetheirthoughtsandideaswiththebuddingfuturemanagers.Wegotourfirstpeepintothecorporatelifethroughtheseinteractions.

IstartedoffwithWhirlpoolasamanagementtraineeandworkedwithElectroluxandGodrejbeforeImademyforayintotheluxuryindustry. IcreditmygroomingatFOREtobesomewhereatthegenesisofadaptingtothischangelikeacrocodiletakingtowater.

In a way FORE created many an astute and emotionally firedup corporate professionals who are managing and establishinginternationalbrandsandconsolidatingIndianbrandsamidstaneweconomicparadigm.

Mr. Jyoti Das

Batch1(FMG) BrandManager–SwatchIndia(BusinessHead-India)

Aim for a ‘C’Hello fellow FORE-ians! Tomorrow’sentrepreneursandexecutives…

Just last week I received this email frompublicationdivisionofFOREaskingmetosharewith you all some tips, lessons I’ve learnt ever

sinceIpassedoutofFOREbackin1998(yeah,I’mold).Friends,Ihavejustonesuggestion.Aimhigher;atthetop,really.

Mostofus,lookingforwardtosteppingintothecorporateworld,areaimingtodoreallywellinfieldswespecialisein.Themarketingguysarelookingatheadinganddrivingsomefamous‘brand’someday…TheIT&Financeguysprobablyseethemselvesinleadershiprolesprettymuchthesameway.Butthat’samistake.

AnMBAcourseteachesus,familiarisesuswiththeintricaciesofabusinessasawhole.Yet,mostofusfindcomfortfocusingonourrespectivedomainsofexpertise.Thatfocus,trustme,isverylikelyto become an impediment in your career path, especially towards attainingpositionssuchasCOOandCEO.

These are positions that require a greater understanding offinanceandaccounting,thanperhapsconsumerbehaviour.(Yourcustomers will now be shareholders, financiers and a companyboard.) A macro view is appreciated over a micro one. And tobe an effective leader, you better have better-than-averagefundamentalsinallareasofbusinessmanagement,thanjustwhatyou choose to specialise in.

It’ssomethingIneedn’thavelearntthehardway.AndIdobelieveitwillstandyouingoodstead8-12yearsfromnow,whenyouareCMOs,CFOs,CIOsandarepoisedtomovetothenextlevel.

Wishingyougreatsuccess….

Mr. Anurag SharmaBatch5(FMG)Head-StrategyPlanning&DeploymentOneAppuccinoCRM&DigitalMarketingServices,NewDelhi

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Student Exchange Program 2012

My Experience in France“Asharedexperience ismorethanabond; it isajointdiscoveryofunexpectedopportunities.”

My French culture professor in Rennes, Arsene,wouldbeproud if he knewthat I still rememberthese quotes he loved. And my experience in

Francewasexactlylikethesequotes.

We had a fantastic welcome at ESC Rennes School of Businesswhose students have aWell’come Team just for taking care ofinternationalstudentssincetheyreceiveabout150ofthemfromall parts of the world every semester. So I would say instead of a FrenchexperienceIhadatrulyinternationalexperience!

After we had settled down for about a week our classes startedwhichweremostlybasedonseminar-type lessonsandwerequitepractical in the way they were conducted. The school focuses on case studiesandpracticalsolutionstorealworldmanagementproblemsandthefacultywereagoodmixofteachers,consultantsandpresentbusinessmanagers.Infactthefacultyitselfwasquiteinternationallydiversifiedanditwasfascinatingtolearnthroughtheirexperiences.Wedidourprojectswithamixof international studentsandthatwas a challenge and learning in itself. Overcoming the languagebarrier,thinking incompletelydifferentdirections,presentationofcases and just the way someone else approaches a problem was averyuniqueexperience. Infact inoneofmyclasseswehadfive

different nationalities inone team!Western students have averyorganized structure when it comes to doing projects and that isprobably the reason why these countries have been so successful for solong.Besidestheobviousadvantagetheygetininfrastructureandresourcesavailabletothem,thisorganizationintheirthinkinghasbeenquitesuccessfulforthemwhichisthecompleteoppositewayoftheglorified‘Jugaad’wayofthinkingofIndians.

Besidesthestudies,itisalsoagreatopportunitytotravelaroundthe country and meet new people. It is an eye opener to see how little Europeans know about India and such a cross-cultureexchangecanonlymeangoodthingsaswegettoknownewideasandtheygettoknowmoreaboutus.IwasmorelikeanambassadorforIndiathroughthistermaspeoplehavesomanyquestionsfromridiculousone’slike‘doyouhavesnakesontheroad?’tothemorereasonableone’saboutarrangedmarriages.

I couldneverhavehad such an experiencehad I goneto Franceat any other point in my life as a tourist or on business. Students shouldusethisopportunitytohavenewexperiences,learnaboutotherculturesandthuslearningfromsuchprogrammesasyoucantravel anytime you want in your life, but you can be a student only once.TheyshouldgrabthisopportunitythatFOREprovidesusandinfacttakethistoanotherlevelandhavemorecollaborationswithotheruniversitiesacrosstheglobe.

Mr.AbhishekMehtaBatch19(FMG)

FORE Alumni Network (FAN) of FORE School of ManagementorganizedMarkFinMarch2012atitscampuswhichwasaninteractionof the alumniwith the current secondyear batchof FMG-20 andIMG-5 regarding the summer internship projects. The event wasgraced byMr.TarunMudgal,ChannelManager,Corporate Sales atBhartiAirtel.Mr.Mudgalwas an alumnusof the 2008-2010 batchfromtheinstitute.Hesharedwiththestudentshisownexperiencesofsummerinternshipandwhatthestudentsshouldexpecttogetoutofsuch an internship. He also discussed the various do’s and don’ts while workingasaninterninanycompanyandgavethestudentsinvaluabletipstoexcelintheirsummerinternship.

ThestudentsalsointeractedwithMr.PankajSarin,analumnusofthe1998-2000 batch of FORESchool ofManagement. He is currentlyworking as Regional Manager–Enterprise Cloud Services (North&East)atHewlettPackardIndiaSalesPvt.Ltd.Mr.Sarinemphasizedtheimportanceofsincerelyundertakingthesummerinternshipandworkingwithdifferent people to develop a deeper insight into the

MarkFin 2012

corporateworld.He stressedon asking probingquestionswith theimportanceofclearlyunderstandingthejobassigned.

The event achieved its objective of helping students clarify theirqueries before embarking on their summer internships. It was aninteractivesessionwithallthestudentsparticipatingandposingtheirrespectivequestions.

Mr. Tarun Mudgalwithstudents


The welcome bash for the junior batch was held on 20th July, 2012 atFORESchoolofManagement.Theexcitementandenthusiasmofthejuniorbatchwaspalpableintheair.TheeventbeganwiththeDirector,Dr. J. K.Das addressing the students and advising themtowork hardduring their twoyears at the institute and balanceworkwithplay.Prof.R.P.Billimoria,President-Emeritus,FOREalsogracedtheoccasionwithhisesteemedpresenceandblessingsforthe new batch.

The event started with the band and dance performance by the junior and the senior batch. This was followed by the selection for Mr. and Miss.Fresher.Theparticipantsweremadetogothroughseveralrounds.AgamAroraandAnkitaHandawereselectedasMr.andMiss.Fresherrespectivelyafteranumberofselectionroundssuchasansweringtowittyquestions,animpromptuperformanceetc.

The evening endedon a high notewith the students dancing in fullspiritsandmakingtheeventamemorableone.

Freshers’ Welcome Bash 2012

Prof. Gopal KumarProf. Gopal Kumar has submitted his PhDthesis on Supply-chain Collaboration” inIIT Kharagpur. He received his Master ofTechnology in Industrial Engineering &Management and Bachelor of Technology

inElectricalEngineeringfromIITKharagpur.Hisprimeresearchinterests lie in collaboration, application of game theory,sustainablebusinessstrategiesanduseofmultiagentsysteminsupply.

Prof. Mohit AnandProf.MohitcompletedhisPh.D.fromEMLYONBusiness School, France. over 4 years of teachingexperience,hetaughtseveralcoursesacrossMasters,BachelorsandExecutivelevel.

Heholds Intl.MBAfromReimsManagementSchool, France. Before plunging into academiaworld he had6yearsofprofessionalandconsultingexperienceintheinsuranceindustry therein he executed risk management projects andmanagedinsuranceportfolioofseveralmultinationalsandfirmsofrepute.HealsohadstintsatBajajAllianzandING.

Prof. Faisal Ahmed, Ph.D, MIBM

Prof. FaisalAhmedhas 9yearsof experienceas an academic, researcher and consultant. HehasbeenconsultanttotheUnitedNationsEconomicandSocialCommissionforWesternAsia(UNESCWA)andotherorganisations.He

is frequently invited as speaker and expert panelist by leadingthinktanks,chambersofcommerce,universitiesandgovernmentand professional bodies.

His teaching areas are: international business environment,international trade, trade and geopolitics, WTO studies, andinternationalbusinessstrategy,amongothers.

Hehaspublishedtwenty-onepapers/articles,twomonographs,andpresentedsixteenpapersinconferencesinIndiaandabroad.Besidesthat,hisarticleshavealsoappearedinnewspapers likeFinancialExpress,BusinessStandardandTheEconomicTimesontheEdit/Op-edpages.

Welcome to FORE Family

Students at the freshers’ party

“Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information” (PeterDrucker)

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Raktdaan

Team ANTARandFORESports&CulturalDivisioninassociationwith Rotary Blood Bank conducted a blood donation camp“RAKTDAAN”on30thJuly2012atFORESchoolofManagement,New Delhi.

Through this camp, students FORE School ofManagement andnearby institutes like IIFT and IMI were encouraged to donateblood and join hands in making a difference to the unhealthyand suffering. The response was overwhelming and highlycommendable.Pre-eventregistrationswereabove135inall.Theeventwitnessed about 101 donors participating. But on variousfitness grounds, 68 volunteers were able to donate blood andcontribute to the cause. Eachdonorwas providedwith adonorcardandatokenofappreciationbytheRotaryClub.Thedonorswouldalsoreceiveadetailedbloodreportswithin15days.

During the event we witnessed some of the exceptional caseswhichareworthmentioninghere.ThestudentsfromIMIhadmid-

termexaminationonthedayof event.Afew students cametodonatebloodinthetimeavailablebetweentwoexams.SomeofthestudentsfromFMG-20andIMG-6batchhaddonatedbloodduring their summer internships, showed great disappointmentsince theywere not allowed todonate again in time spanof 3months.

ThefeedbackfromRotaryClub’smanageroftheeventMr.Vishalis mentioned below: “Blood Donation at FSM was above our expectationthisyear,weexpectedaround45unitsofblood,theenthusiasminstudentswasamazing.Wehadtostretchourlimitsandallourstockintermsofbloodbags,refreshmentswereover.Thankyou FORESchoolofManagement fororganizing such anevent”The support from the students and staff of FSM is appreciable and hasmotivatedustoorganisesucheventsinfuture.

TeamTHINKTANK conducted their first event ‘Ad-Dict’ for theacademic year 2012-13, on 31st July, 2012 at FORE School ofManagement. The event allowed exclusive participation from1st year students only, i.e. FMG 21 and IMG 6 and witnessedparticipationofapproximately60students.

Theeventwasaimedat judgingparticipantsontheirawarenessrelated to the field of advertisements (both pertaining toverbalisers and visualizers) and their knowledge of marketingstrategiescombinedwiththeircreativeabilities.

Theeventwasapproximatelyof2hrsdurationandhad3roundsrequiringcandidatestoregisterinteamsof3membersperteam.

In the preliminary round, each team was given a mix set ofquestions rangingfrom identifyingcompany logostofiguringoutAd-campaigns.ThefollowingroundsawtheteamsactivelyengagedinPrint-Addesigningforagenericproductallottedrandomly,usingonly the given rawmaterialsover a brief spanof time.TheThirdround involved enacting a oneminuteT.V.Ad for the previouslyallotted product and saw the participants at their creative best.

Ad-Dict

The winners and 1st runners up were selected on the basis of the cumulative scores of all the activities; it was decided to identify the 3rdspotwinnerthroughsocialmediaplatformsoastohighlighttheunderlyingyetincreasingsignificanceofDigitalMarketing.

Theparticipant’sPrint-AdentrieswereputuponthecommitteeFBpageandtheAdthatgotthemaximumnumberof likesoverapre-announceddurationwasdeclaredthewinnerfortheonlineextensionofthewinner.

StudentsattheblooddonationeventorganisedbyTeamANTAR

Studentsparticipatinginthecompetition


• AD-MIREisamarketingstrategychallenge,part of the annual management festorganized by the prestigious Vinod GuptaSchool of Management, IIT-Kharagpur.The competition focused on testing coremarketingskillsofstudentsfromB-schoolsacross India. The teams competed againstwere from top-notch business schoolsacross India.CreativeGaga, theteamfromFORE,comprisingofRashiJainandShayeriSarkar, bagged the runners up positionbeating teams from ISB Hyderabad, IIM–Kozhikode,andIITkharagpur.

TheSUPER8CricketTournamentorganizedbytheFORESports&CulturalDivisioncametoanenthrallingfinishwiththeStrikersbeatingthePackersinanail-bitinglastoverfinish.TheTournamentheldfromJuly23rd2012toAugust4th2012inSanjay Van, saw participation of 12 teams that comprised of students from 2011 and2012batches.Thetournamenthad8oversasidegameandtheofficialswerethemembersofTeamFSD.The12teamsweredividedinto4groupsof3teamseach.Thetournamentkickedoffwith a RoundRobin stage andwas followed by the subsequentknockoutstages.

TheteamsthatcompetedfortheSUPER8cupwereTheStrikers,SlamDunkers, Fighting underdogs, Hangover boys, B-FORE, Draconion,FORE players, Revengers, Team Relapse, The Packers, HuytonHammersandIMG-6.

The inaugural match took place on July 23rd between FORE

playersandTeamRelapse.Theleaguestagewasoverby28thJulyandthetop2Teamsfromeachgroupcompetedintheknockoutquarterfinalsstage.ThePackersandHangoverBoysmadeittothefirstsemi-finalwhilethesecondsemi-finalsawtheStrikersbattleitoutwithIMG-6.ThefinalmatchwasplayedbetweentheteamsledbyUtsavBasu‘TheStrikers’and‘ThePackers’ledbySandeepSingh.TheStrikerssetatargetof73butthePackersfellshortby4 runs.

The tournament brought the students of both the batchestogetherandhelpedinfindingnewtalentsforthecollegecricketteam for upcoming inter college tournaments.It was the firsttournamentorganizedbyFSDinthe2012-13academicyearandwasagrandsuccess.ThecreditforwhichgoestoTeamFSD ledbyNitinGandhi.TheTournamentwassuccessfulinkeepingupthemotto“EnergisingtheFOREians“.

THE SUPER 8 - Cricket Tournament

• FICCI in association with IntellectualPropertyOfficeandDepartmentofIndustrialPolicy and Promotion (DIPP) organized thedebatecompetitiononApril10th,2012.Thetopicfordebatewas“DevelopingIndigenousTechnology vs. Importing StandardTechnologies”. Ms. Pallavi Srivastava (FMG20) of FSM secured the first prize in thedebate competition.

CongratulationstoMs.PallaviSrivastava,Ms.RashiJainand

Ms.ShayeriSarkarfortheiroutstandingperformanceinthe

competitionsheldoutsideFORE.

Achievers’ Column

Enthusiasticstudentsatthecrickettournament

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FoundationstonelayingceremonyofFORESchoolofManagementnewbuildingatRajivGandhiEducationCity,Sonepat (Haryana)wascarriedoutbyHon’bleChiefMinisterofHaryana,Mr.BhupinderSinghHoodaon10June2012.TheprojectwouldcostRs75croreandshallhavestate-of-the-artfacilities. TheinstituteshalloffercoursesonManagement.Theworkontheprojecthasalreadycommencedandshallbefullyresidential.TheInstitutewillhaveanintakeof120studentsperyearwhichwouldgraduallygoupto600students.

Academic Partnership with MCX-SXTheMCX-SX,MumbaihavechosenFORESchoolofManagementforestablishingacademicpartnershipforcapacitybuilding intermsoffinancialmarkets research,curriculum development, special reviews and studies, conducting workshops/seminarsetconfinancialmarketsandrelatedareas.Underthearrangement,MCX–SXwillorganizetheactivitiesinassociationwithFORESchoolwherestudentsandfacultymemberswillhaveactiveparticipation.Thisarrangementwillprovidevalueaddedexposuretoourstudents.FOREisoneoftheB-SchoolspreferredbyMCX-SXinDelhiregion.

FORE - Sonepat Campus

FORESchoolofManagementorganizedanindustrialvisitforthestudentsoffirstyeartoMewat(Haryana)on30thAugust2012.

Thestudentshadalife-timeexperienceduringthevisittotheNaiNanglavillage-100kmfromDelhi.NaiNanglahasundergoneaphenomenal transformation under the aegis of Mr. MehmoodKhan,anIIM-AgraduateandUnilever’sformerheadofinnovation.Overthepastfiveyears,Mr.MehmoodKhanhasbroughttogethergovernment,NGOsandbusinessestomakehugechangestolifeinMewat.Now,around85%ofchildrenareinschool.

Thevillageboastsofa95%literacyrate(earlier,itwas23%).Thereare350motorcyclesand35cars inavillageof200households.Many village women have taken sewing as a vocation and areearningRs.1000to2000permonth.MehmoodKhanissettoturnthe local resources into a productive enterprise - hydro-electricpower, methane cooking gas, rain water harvesting, MotherDiarytie-upswith localmilkmenand loadsmore.Gross incomefromagriculturehasgrownuptoRs.1.2crorefromRs.80lakhs,thevillagehasagrowthrateof15%perannum.Thereare1200villagesinMewat.

The studentswent into the nook and corners of the village byvisitingthesewingfactory,amodestbuildingtakingordersfrombigcompanies;UniversalAcademy,aschoolontheoutskirtsofthe

Mewat Trip

villageequippedwithlibrary,acomputerlaboratoryandhundredsofkidswithadreamintheirhearts-adreamtothinkbig.

The students also interacted with the villagers regarding theirconsumptionofconsumerdurablegoods.While interactingwithone of the students, a villager said,” Nobody cared till he (Mr.MehmoodKhan)cameandchangedeverythingforus”,highlightingthedevelopmentthevillagehasseenoverthepastyears.

Mr.Mehmood Khan addressed the students telling them abouthisjourneythroughtime,travellingovertheworld,havingalltheluxuryandultimatelyfindingtruesolaceinhishometown,intheeyesofthepeoplehecaredandworkedfor,thepeopleheloved.

FoundationstoneofFORESchoolofManagementnewbuildingatSonepat

StudentsandfacultyduringtheMewatvisit


Management Development Programmes(March 2012 – August 2012)

FORE School of Management conducted following 9 open programmes at its campus at New Delhi during March - August 2012:

1. “Financial Intelligence and Financial Planning for WomenExecutives” conducted by Prof.VinayDutta and Prof.ShaliniKalraSahiduringMay10-11,2012.

2. “Improving Interpersonal Effectiveness and Team Building”conductedbyProf.NeetuJainandProf.NeerajKumarduringJuly12-13,2012.

3. “CSRPracticesinIndianCompanies”conductedbyProf.ShalliniTanejaduringJuly16-17,2012.

4. “SpreadSheetModelingforBusinessValuations”conductedbyProf.HimanshuJoshiandProf.VandanaGuptaduringJuly26-27, 2012.

5. “DevelopingCommunicationCompetency”conductedbyProf.ReetaRainaduringJuly30-31,2012.

6. “Developing Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership” conducted by Prof. Sanghamitra BuddhapriyaonAugust1-3,2012.

7. “Research Techniques for Effective Marketing Decisions”conductedbyProf.AsifZameerduringAugust13-14,2012.

8. “Effective Spares Management: Winning in the Aftermarket” conducted by Prof. Mohita G. Sharma duringAugust16-17,2012.

9. “Training of Trainers” conducted by Prof. Neeraj Kumar andProf.NeetuJainduringAugust27-29,2012.

A total of 109 participants attended these programmes. Someof the well known companies which participated in our openprogrammesincluded:BehrIndia,CBRESouthAsia,CentralBankofIndia,Coca-ColaIndia,DaburIndia,DevelopmentCreditBank,Dhanuka Agritech, Emami, Faith Healthcare, GMR-Delhi IndiraGandhi InternationalAirport,GopalpurPorts,Grasim Industries,Gujarat NarmadaValley Fertilizers, Gujarat State Petronet Ltd,HindustanAeronautics, HMTMachineTools, HondaMotorcycle&Scooter India,HyundaiMobis India, IFFCO,IndianRareEarthsLtd,JKCement,KRIBHCO,LICofIndia,LumenisIndiaPrivateLtd,MahanadiCoalFields,MaharashtraStateElectricityDistribution,National Fertilizers Ltd, National Housing Bank, NHPC Ltd,NTPC-SAIL Power Company Pvt Ltd, Numaligarh RefineryLtd, Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell, GOI, PNB HousingFinance, PNB Investment Services, Power Finance Corporation, PunjabNational Bank, Ranbaxy Laboratories, RITES,TATASteel,Telecommunications Consultants India, Thales India, SingareniColleriesCompany,StateTradingCorporationof India,ThomsonDigital,Voltasetc.

FORE also conducted the following customized in-company programmes during this period:

1. “International Trade & Shipping Logistics” for State TradingCorporation conducted by Prof. Pradip Chakravarty atHyderabadduringMarch16-17,2012.

2. “Gaining CompetitiveAdvantage through People” for NTPC-SAILPowerCoPvtLtdconductedbyProf.S.P.ChauhanatNewDelhiduringMarch26-27,2012.

3. “Developing Emotional Intelligent Leadership” for PetronetLNG conducted by Prof. Neeraj Kumar at Dahej (Gujarat)duringMay10-11,2012.

4. “Developing Emotional Intelligent Leadership” for PetronetLNG conducted by Prof. Neeraj Kumar at Dahej (Gujarat)duringMay25-26,2012.

5. “Customer RelationshipManagement” forAll-e-TechnologiesconductedbyDr. JitendraK.Das atNoidaduringMay 11-12,2012.

6. “WorkLifeBalanceforWomenExecutives”forNBCCLimitedconducted by Prof. Sanghamitra Buddhapriya at New DelhiduringJune28-29,2012.

7. “OperationalExcellence”forPetronetLNGconductedbyProf.SanghamitraBuddhapriyaduringatDahej(Gujarat)July12-13,2012.

MDP participants with faculty

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FIFAFootballisbyfarthemostpopularfootballvideogame.Itwasa keenly contested eventwith every participant trying to applytheirfootballingbrainsandgettheirgameright.Intheend,afterallthefinalwhistlewasblown,therewasoneclearwinnerwhocamethroughallroundsunscathed.

Winner:AshishRawat

Runner Up: Chayan Kedia

Yet another tournament organized by Team FSD was a hugesuccess. Keeping true to itsmotto, FSD energized all FOREiansnotonlytheparticipantsbutalsothespectators.Finally,wethankeveryoneinvolvedinmakingthiseventamemorableone.

The tournament lasted for 6 eventful days from 16th to 21stAugust2012.Therewereseveralgamesforallstudentstochoosefrom.Thefollowinggamesfeaturedinthisyear’stournament:

• CounterStrike1.6

• NeedForSpeed–MostWanted

• FIFA’11

AllgameswereofficiatedbymembersofTeamFSD.CounterStrikeisataccalfirstpersonshootergame.Eachgamewasplayedby2teamsof5playerseach.Immensecoordinationandteamworkisrequiredtoplaythisgameeffectively.After3gruelingroundsandwhen the dust settled, one team prevailed and was crowned the winnerforthisyear.Winner:TeamPOLIEZZZ(PranavShukla,AnkitMahajan, Harsimranjeet Sekhon, Manish Arora, Moiz Shabbar)Runner Up: FMG 20 C (Samridh Nagpal, Nikhil Joshi, VaibhavAggarwal,Yogesh Luthra, Rishi Kalantri). Need for Speed is themostsuccessfulvideogameseriesintheworld.Fourplayersracedagainsteachotherforthetopsspot.Inthepreliminaryrounds,the2fastestracersqualifiedforthenextround.Itwasaninterestingfinalmatchwithsomecloseencountersbutintheendthewinnercamethroughcomfortably.

Winner:AshishRawat

Runner Up:PranavShukla

Blitzkrieg 2012, the Chess TournamentwasorganizedbyFORE Sports and Cultural Division.

The tournament lasted for 11 eventful days from 13th to 24thAugust 2012. The event consisted of five rounds. There werethreepreliminaryroundsbeforesemifinalsandfinals.TheentiretournamentwasaknockouttournamentwherethebestmindsofFOREcompetedagainsteachotherinspeedchess.Eachgamehadatimelimitof10minutes.Thefinalwasplayedfor15mins.

Therewas an overwhelming response in terms of participation.The tournament was very interesting which required a lot ofconcentration. The time clock built up the pressure. The intersection and inter batch competition built up as the rounds progressedandthecompetitiongottougher.

ThefinalmatchwasplayedbetweenHariramSubramaniamGopalofFMG20BandManishAroraofFMG20B.

Gamer’s AsylumTheLANGamingTournamentwasorganizedbyFORESportsandCulturalDivision.

Blitzkrieg 2012

FinallyHariramSubramaniamGopalemergedasthechampionandManishArorawastherunnerup.

FORE School of Management“Adhitam Kendra”

B-18, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi- 110016Phone: (011) 4124 2424 - 33, Fax: (011) 2696 4229

E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.fsm.ac.in

Students at chess tournament

StudentsatLANgamingtournament

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