Girl Up Club session on Demonetization

It was a shocking moment for whole world when our Prime Minister Mr. Narender Modi Ji  declared demonetization of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes. The decision was taken to curb the black money from the Indian market and control the terrorist activities taking place on a large scale.
Girl Up Club Session on Demonetization Blog

Girl Up Club, that aims to uplift the women and provide them an environment to live with dignity in the society, has recently conducted a session on demonetization and cashless transaction of money in the premises of Navjyoti India Foundation, Gurgaon. The session was conducted with a motive of educating the women and making them realize how easy  it is to move to the cashless mode of transactions. It is very important to educate them because they are the first member of a family and if they are convinced, it is considered the whole family is convinced and thereby uplifting the society.

They were also told about the use of debit and credit cards which will simplify their lives to a great extent. They were made to install the app of paytm and a demo was provided to them about its use. Some of them were already using the app. Dr.  Kiran Bedi-  Lieutenant Governor of  Pondicherry and social activist of our country and founder of Nav Jyoti  appreciated the efforts put in by the club members towards up-liftmen of women and society at large.

 

Alumni Chapter Reunion @ IILM Gurgaon

Alumni of batch 2005 – 07 visited IILM Gurgaon campus on 24th December 2016 to celebrate Christmas Eve with the faculty members and students. The alumni came back to their alma mater after a decade.

It was an emotional evening as they went back memory lane and shared their journey of success with the current students. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each one of you who could come for the reunion from various parts of India.

The evening started with a welcome speech by Dr. Sujata Shahi, Senior Director IILM. She spoke about how the Institute has evolved in the past one decade talking about the change in the teaching pedagogy. Prof. Ruchi Shah spoke about companies that come to campus now along with the packages and profiles these companies are offering. She also discussed the experiential courses offered by IILM for the students.

The IILM band performed for the alumni and made them dance and sing in the cafeteria. It was a great platform for networking as we had alumni working in top companies at high positions such as HDFC, Citibank, Hyatt Regency, Hurix Systems, Capital IQ, Capgemini, Colliers International to name a few. The PGDM students had a great time interacting with them and hearing their success stories.

 

Carpe diem 2017-at IIM-C

Final Round of Carpediem 2017 will be held on 28th and 29th Jan 2017 in KolKota where students from various colleges all over India will participate for the coveted  prize and glory.

Preparation starts much earlier for the event.

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The Carpe-Diem workshop was conducted on the18th and 19th of February,2016 in the Gurgaon campus. This workshop covered two topics namely : Entrepreneurship and Digital Marketing.

The purpose of this workshop was to make students aware of what digital marketing is, and how along with entrepreneurship, one could move forward and start their own venture. Also at the end of two days, 5 students were awarded merit certificate and  selected to compete in a nation-wide competition in IIM-Calcutta in January 2017.

The two day workshop was conducted by Mr. Ujjwal Chugh. He is one of the best orators I’ve come across. The moment he started speaking, all students were pulled in, and were not even bored for a second in those two days.

Students were taught the basics of digital marketing and how entrepreneurship and digital marketing as a whole inter-twined and went hand in hand. They also learnt what is SEM and SEO, how to create a domain name and how to start own website if one wanted to. It was also demonstrated by running a live campaign.

31 students participated in the workshop, at the end of the two days, 5 students namely – Mahipal Jain, Vijaydeep Dhasmana, Surabhi Bhatia, Riya Garg and S.Swetha were selected to compete in the nation-wide competition to be held in Calcutta in 2017.

 

Pravasi Haryana Divas 10-12 th January 2017

The government of Haryana in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) and Federation of Indian Industries(FII) organised  this two day event of Pravasi Haryana Divas on 10 – 11 January 2017 in Kingdom of Dreams, Gurugram with the objective to recognise the achievements of NRI’s and PIOs of Haryana. It was not  exclusively for the NRI’s , additionally, every one of the general population who are currently settled in different locations in India and whose roots are from Haryana were reconnected to their underlying foundations with a specific end goal to tap their energies later on in improvement of Haryana and make a cooperative energy.

On 10th and 11th of January some students from IILM, Gurgaon participated as volunteers in PHD 2017.The event saw participation from stalwarts of politics,sports and Films.

VIP Guest list include

Honorable  CM of Haryana- Shri M.L. khattar, Honorable Union minister Smt. Smiriti Irani, Honorable Union minister Shri Piyush Goyal, Shri kapil dev (cricketer) , Sonu Nigam (singer), Mr. Vijender (Boxer), Geeta and Babita Phogat (Wresling- Dangal fame), Randeep Hooda (Actor), Joginder sharma (cricketer) , Dr. Subhash chandra (Member Rajya Sabha) and many others.

It was our pleasure to be a part of such prestigious event. We thank the Mr. Deepak Jain- Secretary General of FII to give the students of IILM, an opportunity to associate with the mega event. I see this event as a great opportunity to enhance their management and networking skills. Meeting people who came back to their motherland after so many years and talking to them about the developments of India, the power of Indian youth and the power of the country was indeed a great affair.

We started as a part of this event on 9th January in kingdom of dreams whereby we met, Mr. Deepak Jain – Secretary of FII, Mr. Rachit and Mr. Gaurav, officers of FII, who briefed us on the event and invigorated us to feel pleased about being a part of this event. By night, we were altogether assigned with our obligations at different locations where, we had visitors from India, as well as all over the globe.  On 10th January, we, a team of 5 students, left  early morning. On reaching our respective locations, we met various teams IMG_20170110_090159 IMG_20170110_131128 IMG-20170111-WA0002 IMG-20170111-WA0004 IMG-20170111-WA0063 IMG-20170111-WA0064 IMG-20170111-WA0070 IMG-20170111-WA0086 IMG-20170112-WA0008 IMG-20170111-WA0013from wiz craft, make my trip, officials from CII and FII. Interfacing with them help us know more about the corporate world, the difficulties confronted in the corporate world and a more extensive skyline of the economy was investigated. Certainly, it was a test of the communication skills we had. By evening, we were all invited to the main venue i.e. Kingdom of Dreams, where we had the opportunity to interact with more delegates and celebrities. By night, we were altogether welcomed to the primary setting i.e. Kingdom of Dreams, where we had the chance to connect with more delegates and big names. On, eleventh January likewise, we were at the focal scene dealing with the occasion and attempting and connect with the delegates.

On an entire, I see this 2 day occasion as an open door which permitted me to learn corporate conduct, enhance my networking skills, organizing aptitudes and for all intents and purposes confront the different periods of administration, which I had hypothetically seen yet. Being placed in the front, whereby we would meet the representatives first then the authorities and attempt and encourage them in the first place, was leverage for us. Knowing the encounters of individuals who left India long back and now wished to return to their countries, made us feel devoted many times and surely, this occasion amplified the adoration for our nation in our souls.

After the event CM of Haryana  met some students ,praised their efforts and wished good luck to them and IILM.

I want to express gratitude toward Vishal sir , FII and CII group to give us the chance to be a piece of this super occasion.

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Smart India hackathon 2017

Students of IILM, Gurgaon are regularly participating in “Smart India Hackathon 20117” an initiative by AICTE for promoting inclusive innovation. Live videos are regularly streamed in the campus for students to get awareness about the initiative and also they can post their queries through facebook and twitter.

It all started from 16th December 2016  and since then various sessions on different topics are taken by experts and Office bearers from AICTE  in the month of December 2016 and January 2017.

Tomorrow (23 dec banner_facebook_leadershipTalk_AbhayJ_218/1/17) also we are arranging for live streaming of session by Union Minister Mr. Prakash Javdekar. 23 dec 1 AICTE IMG_20161216_142504

FICCI HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT 2016

THEME:-LEARN IN INDIA – LEARN FOR THE WORLD

 

Students of IILM Institute for Business and Management attended the global conference & exhibition at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The conference was organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry(FICCI) in partnership with Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. More than 1000 national and international delegates including Indian and foreign University Presidents, Vice Chancellors and Deans participated for deliberations on Future of higher education. Participation from 60 plus countries from EU, UK, Canada, USA, Africa, Middle East, SAARC, CIS etc.

The program started with the distribution of green card certificate to the guests followed by special address in the following manner:

  1. Mr Harshavardhan Neotia, President, FICCI(Welcome Address)
  2. Dr Rajan Saxena, Chairman, FICCI(Theme Address)
  3. Ms Martine Reicherts, Director general, EU, Education & Culture(Special Address)
  4. Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of state for commerce & industry, Gol(Ministerial Address)
  5. Mr N.Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh(Keynote Address)
  6. Mr Sudhanshu(Concluding Address)

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh “Mr N.Chandrababu Naidu” was the key note speaker of the summit who claimed to achieve largest higher education market by year 2025 and wish India to be one of the top 10 countries for education of students. He claims that the principle goal of the summit is to do promote new steps rather than repeating old ones. He claims education is key for:

  • Wealth creation
  • Poverty eradication
  • Value promotion

Key takeaways-

According to a survey by British Council,

  • By 2025, India will have the best domestic Higher Education and India will be the 2nd largest supplier of International students.
  • India will have a position among the top 10 host countries for International Students.
  • Education is the key to wealth creation , civilisation and eradication of poverty.
  • FICCI and CII are involved in the continuous promotion of Human Resource Development.
  • In the current 4th Industrial revolution of technology and Internet of Things , IT is the main asset India currently possesses.
  • Education Institutes in India are focusing on delivering applied knowledge in the form of research projects , Field etc.
  • Among Top 10 Educational Institutes in India 3 are from Andhra Pradesh Also the first University to get International Ranking is from AP.
  • India is the single largest provider of global talent, with one in four graduates in the world being a product of the Indian education system
  • Major challenges – Student teacher ratio , Capacity building ,incubation centres funding and digitalisation.
  • 2 MOU’s signed with Government AP –One for opening an Engineering College and One For setting up a FICCI centre of Excellence in Amravati.

 

 

CONCLUDING ADDRESS:

 Mr.Sudhanshu Pandey (Joint secretry- Ministry Of Commerce)

“Education cannot be stolen by a Thief

Education cannot be acquired by a King

Nor can it be divided among Brothers.”                                             

Key takeaways-

  • Globalisation means taking the best services in every way.
  • To become a responsible supplier of education , we need to improve on -State of education in the country & Recognition of Institutes and Courses
  • Industrialists need to contribute to the development of Higher Education.
  • If we give education to others – it multiplies and even we learn more.

 

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SOWER OF SMILES-YUVA GOONJ NEW YEAR EVENT

It’s a new dawn, it’s a New Year .Nothing would have been best than the way New Year step in bringing the happiness of innocent kids.

YUVA GOONJ-NGO club of IILM Institute of Business And Management with the vision of spreading gaiety, kissed the world of slum children by celebrating the arrival of New Year. Few hours of joy and fun was in every way cherishing for them. Read more

Student Engagement activities classes at IILM Gurgaon

Work-life balance is the quintessential need in today’s day and age. For some its taking time out to pursue a hobby and letting go of all the worries.

Keeping this in mind, Student Engagement activities have been organized after classes at IILM Gurgaon.

A game of Volleyball became the breather in the day for some of the students while for the others, Badminton was the sport that helped rejuvenate them.

One of the most loved activities was the movie screening of ‘Conjuring’ which kept everyone gripped onto their seats.

The making of a Video on ‘Life as a Management student’ got some students excited to display their hidden talent and share some special moments at IILM Gurgaon.

To kick-start the weekend and to help ease off the week’s stress, a Dance Workshop on Hip-Hop was been scheduled

Stay posted for more!

Yuva Goonj NGO Club of IILM Gurgaon celebrating New Years with the slum children

Yuva Goonj NGO Club of IILM Gurgaon ushered in 2017 with a celebration for the slum kids. Yuva Goonj have been running a school for Basic Education, “Pathshala” for these children and today they are like an extended family with the number rising to a 100. This New Year we planned to celebrate with these children who awaits us regularly for their evening classes. Their enthusiasm, spirit fills each with joy and gaiety. The experience is exhilarating. We had cut a cake and distributed clothes and small gifts which was donated by each student, staff and faculty of the institute. The kids then presented their talents. It was wonderful to see them so disciplined and well mannered. The Yuva Goonj team has been putting in a lot of hard work, and it is visible from the growth of the number of participants in the school.

Event – ISTD – Gurgaon Chapter:

Theme: People, Technology, Innovation – The Key drivers for Make in India

 

The Indian Society for Training and Development, on the momentous occasion of its 3rd foundation day hosted a conference on the 28th of October with the theme of the event being ‘People, Technology, Innovation – The Key drivers for make in India’

With an open to all invitation, the conference aimed at attracting reputed B-Schools and their enthusiastic students to present their own Take on the Make in India initiative launched with pomp and fashion by our P.M. Narendra Modi on the 25th of September 2014.

 

With many a B-School involved, Including the Hosts as well as universities like Ansal University, two groups from IILM Gurgaon also prepared to take centre stage to compete against the other institutions.

 

With the participant’s list counting six teams, the stage was primed for presentation amidst a stellar judges panel along with the presence of distinguished guests like Mr. Debashish Sarkar,CGM, SBI and Dr. R Karthikeyan, National President ISTD being the Chief Guest and Guest of honour respectively. The event kicked off with much enthusiasm.

 

The main idea was to assess the Make in India initiative in all its holistic glory through its genesis, impacts, future success and various other parameters.

The teams from Ansal and ISTD Gurgaon chapter certainly proved themselves to be worthy competitors by shedding light on the initiative from different angles which were very enlightening.

Two groups from IILM Gurgaon consisting of Sudhanshu Mewati, Sagnik Das (Group 1) and Rahul Chitrakar, Bharti Goel (Group2) set the stage ablaze with renewed zeal and enthusiasm shedding more light on the Micro-economic and Macro-economic impact of the initiative that is burgeoning the country to greater heights. Shedding light on not only the global but the domestic (Immediate) impact of the initiative gave one Team of IILM,Gurgaon(Bharti Goel/Rahul Chitrakar) the competitive edge, which was appreciated by the judges as a refreshing touch which substantiated all the facts we so eloquently put across; which was validated by the fact that IILM Gurgaon Bagged first prize for its presentation of what Make in India Holistically stood for and represented.

 

The Competition/Conference in its entirety was an extremely fruitful affair for students  because it was such an enriching experience to have had an opportunity to present amidst so many able competitors and a stellar panel of judges. This level of exposure and experience is priceless. and students also feel honoured to have been given a chance to represent the College at such a platform.img_20161028_173103 img_20161028_182623 img_20161028_185800