Join and Leverage a Global Network of 9000+ Well Placed IILM Alumni

Alumni Relations and networks have been and continue to be an important part of any academic institution of repute and for a business school even more so. Having experienced few years of their lives with an institution, alumni of an institution develop an almost natural bond towards their alma mater and are likely to be its loyal supporters.

An engaged alumni network helps benefit current students, the institution and ultimately the alumni themselves in myriad ways from their skills and experience by offering their support to students, to the institution and strengthening relations with each other. They act as valuable ambassadors and IILM’s 9000+ alumni directly or indirectly help in promoting and marketing the Best B-school in Delhi-NCR to prospective recruiters, corporate and society at large.

Repository of Known Expertise

Alumni networks are familiar and ready repositories of different expertise that the institution and students can look to easily tap into. Placed in different walks of life, members of alumni will likely have a wealth of experience and skills to share with current students via talks, guest lectures, mentoring programs, newsletters etc. Students and institution can turn to their ex-students for knowledge and skill transfer and even beneficial exchange at a mutually convenient time. Engaging alumni in various conferences, talks, and mentorship programs has been a way of life at IILM.

Career Support

A step further is when well-placed alumni offer career support to students by helping them with internships and work placements providing a launch pad. Many old and reputed institutions e.g. IITs etc. are known for their alumni coming back to recruit in large numbers. The age of an institution with accumulated alumni database also provides an advantage. As IILM completes 25 years next year students have the advantage of connecting with those many batches of well-placed alumni. While the Career Development Team of the institute actively helps during the time of placements, alumni community remains at your disposal for a lifetime.

Social Platform

A vibrant alumni community also provides a platform for socializing with fellow classmates, seniors and juniors with similar experiences and memories from their institution being a common denominator. They could meet over lunches, social events or in a manner they like and choose. Alumni events provide an opportunity to catch up with old friends, regale each other with stories of yesteryear and learn what exciting opportunities their alma mater is engaged with currently. Besides being a good networking platform the comfort factor that the commonality brings about also help in making friends for a lifetime quite likely with even those who one could not get an opportunity to not connect well during your years of study. Need for recognition and sense of belongingness getting addressed is also a driving force. Just to give you an example, Keshav Bansal, awarded with Top B School in Delhi-NCR IILM’s most successful alumni in year 2017 says :

Honoured to have received the award for ‘The Most Successful Alumni’ at @IilmInstitute, my college’s alumni meet in Delhi yesterday ☺️ pic.twitter.com/tvYvBEVagR

— Keshav Bansal (@KeshavBansal08) February 19, 2017

Giving Back

Besides effecting the institution in positive ways with word of mouth e.g. admissions etc., alumni community owing to a sense of gratitude for the institution, are generally generous with efforts to raise fund. This philanthropic support can help institutions financially to offer helpful scholarships and bursaries to talented students who may otherwise have to give up their studies. Funds raised also enable help provide students with improved infrastructure and facilities positively impacting the image of the school and life of its students and staff.

To conclude, expressing their thoughts on IILM, our Alumni’s keep sharing their experience which helps the students wanting to start their Post-Graduation Journey with us get benefitted. Here are some the best reviews of our Global Network of 9000+ Alumni.

9 Reasons to Join The IILM PGDM

Uncategorized07 DecemberVikram Sharma

Established in 1993, IILM offers AICTE approved Post Graduate Diploma in Management in its three well-located campuses in the National Capital Region.

9 Reasons to Join The IILM PGDM

1> Globally Benchmarked Curriculum with Experiential Learning

Our curriculum imbibes the best aspects of courses offered at top business schools around the world. The curriculum combines experiential learning so that students are capable of turning concepts into effective decision making, initiating action from knowledge and converting ideas into change.

2> Global Study

IILM mandates a 4-week global study in Germany, Canada, Finland, France or Spain. The purpose of the global study is to give students a global exposure in terms of teaching pedagogy, industry visits, and diverse cultural immersion to enable them to expand and develop their outlook.

3> Career Mentoring Pathways

‘Pathways’, which is at best described as an integrated, cross-functional sequence of courses designed to cater to a particular skill-set or industry requirement for which there are an active student and recruiter demand.

4> Entrepreneurship & Startups

IILM creates future ‘Game Changers’ by fostering the entrepreneurs with 3 Cs ‘Content, Context, and Contacts’ that enable them to design and launch successful start-ups based on innovative methods.

5> Placements (300+ companies)

Our recruiters comprise over 300 companies across the country spanning diverse industries.

6> Full-Time Faculty with Rich Industry Experience

Our faculty comes from leading institutions across the country and have diverse industry experience.

7> 9000+ Well Placed Alumni

IILM we are proud to have a huge network of over 9000 alumni who are well placed at various capacities across industries both domestically and abroad.

8> Campus Life

IILM has 3 campuses that are centrally located in New Delhi, Gurugram and Greater Noida. Our Gurugram and Greater Noida campuses provide safe and secure residences for students and faculty alike.

9> Merit and Means Scholarships and Loans

We have made provisions for scholarships on the basis of merit and need.

HR CONFERENCE 2017

Career Development (Placement), Conferences, Uncategorized30 OctoberDr. Shyamali Satpathyhr conference, hr conference 2017, HR CONFERENCE at IILM

HR CONFERENCE 2017

“HR & Fourth Industrial Revolution: Dealing with People in the age of Artificial Intelligence”

IILM Graduate School of Management

16, Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida-201 306

28^thOctober, (Saturday) 2017

IILM Graduate School of Management, Greater Noida is in continuous pursuit of all-round excellence in Management Education by narrowing the gap between academia and industry. To that end, IGSM, Greater Noida organized a day-long HR Conference on the theme “HR & Fourth Industrial Revolution: Dealing with people in the age of Artificial Intelligence” on Saturday, 28th October, 2017 at its Greater Noida Campus. A dynamic era of change in the world of work has introduced Fourth Industrial Revolution, which will be shaped by a range of new technologies and innovations like virtual reality, the internet of things, smart robots and artificial intelligence. Advent of machines powered by artificial intelligence has already strongly influenced the work. There are three possibilities in future – machines will replace humans; or it can make people better in what they are doing; or it can invent entirely new jobs. The conference covered a wide range of different horizons related to AI.

Inaugural Session:

The Conference began with a Welcome Address by Dr. Taruna Gautam, Director, IGSM, followed by an introduction to the Conference theme by Dr. Shyamali Satpathy, Conference Chair. Our chief guest Dr. Kamal Singh addressed the students about the dramatically changing business environment where team members have to overcome space, time and cultural barriers to deliver and sustain in the competition. He also highlighted on new information age, internet of things and artificial intelligence are disrupting existing business models and affecting their long term feasibility.

Dr. Singh during his Inaugural session discussed about the challenges that India is facing such as, Firstly, Challenge of leadership – India faces a problem of leadership and we need to work hard to fill the deficit that we are facing today. Secondly, Challenge of Technology Innovation – Technology is changing every second, e.g.; earlier libraries were the only source of information but today google has taken over all sources of information. Thirdly, Challenge of Uncertainty – Uncertainty makes us think differently. We should be prepared for before for the uncertainty strikes us causing more adverse situations to deal. Fourthly, New Changes – Today countries like China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea are among the countries which are advancing in the technologies especially in the area of Artificial intelligence. He also mentioned that the current technological revolution need not become a race between humans and machines but rather an opportunity for work where people recognize their full potential.

The Chief Guest of the Conference Dr. Kamal Singh, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network

The Keynote Speaker of the Conference Mr. Satyakki Bhattacharjee, Executive Council and CPO, ABP News,

Mr. Satyakki Bhattacharjee elaborated on the broad idea about Artificial Intelligence with its definition and examples. He shares the session of John McCarthy, he said that anything which is not human intelligence is Artificial Intelligence. There is a fear that things like more machines, automation and AI could lead to layoffs, and companies will restructure. These new technologies will impact all disciplines and industries, and even challenge us about what it means to be human. He threw a light on the increase in machines, or human output will decrease in the upcoming era. With growing use of use of machines and more of Artificial Intelligence coming into our lives the criteria required for jobs are changing along with a change in job roles. He also mentioned that automation and digitalization will continue to develop in developing countries like India. What is relevant for each country in this respect is the degree of its technological development and the technological skills of young people who will shape the future of the labour market. Young people in developing countries are optimistic with regard to their professional future.

Both the speakers concluded that in order to get adapted with the change of new technologies we need to explore the impact of technology and advent of machines powered by Artificial Intelligence on work. The session was very interactive and students took deep interest in exchanging ideas with the speakers.

Session 1: Digital Culture Shock: HR’s new role in the age of automation.

After the inaugural session, the conference preceded to its first technical session our 2^nd year student Ms Priyanshu Baranwal, moderator of the session, introduced the panel members and gave a brief idea about the objectives of the session.

The first panel member of this session was Dr. Maninder Singh Khalsa. He started the discussion by sharing his own experience in working in different environment. He said that the digital age in context of India has started in 90’s. Then he expressed his views on changes in organization with respect to HR, liquid workforce, and various business models for example: -Uber, changes in employee and employer relationship, shifting of world with our own area of specialization.

Our Second panelist was Mr. P.K. Shrivastava, Head HR, Continental device India Pvt. Ltd. He discussed in the session about the dependence on electronics that has made our lives easier. In today’s scenario people have to learn about technology or else they will be out of touch with the fact moving pace of the world. He also shared his experience, in late 70’s there were no computers when he started working. He faced difficulties at his workplace as he was recruited in a company where computers were produced. He was coming from an Arts student background with little or no knowledge of computers. Post his selection his company guided which help get adaptive to the new technology and was able to work in the company without any difficulty.

Ms. Runa Maitra, Founder & Director, People Talent International was the last panel member of the first session. She continued the session mentioning us to be a change maker rather than a change taker and Indians have more adaptability than any other country. She talked about social entrepreneurship and technology transformations. She also added that artificial Intelligence will impact the world in a positive way more than a culture shock and AI will keep evolving and makes us be ahead of time. The new age managers would be digitally adaptive, connected with the others, will be willing to learn.

Session 2: Employment trends in the context of people and robotics

The second session moderated by Mr. Prakhar Rajoria, 2^nd year student, introducing the panel members to the audience.

The first speaker of the second session was Mr. Harsh Raj Jain, Manager Recruitment Ebix Software India Private Ltd. He spoke about the fear about Artificial Intelligence and the fourth industrial revolution. According to him we should welcome the change with the open arms. He mentions that rise of machines has the power to break down traditional barriers in organizations by enhancing their human capital. Manpower needs to be empowered by enhancing their creativity and Emotional Intelligence rather than simply able to follow instructions.

Dr. V.P Singh, Former Advisor (Organizational Development) Patanjali was the second speaker of the session. He continued the session by sharing his own experiences. While some jobs are threatened by redundancy and others grow rapidly, existing jobs are also going through a change in the skill sets required to do them. There is a fear that things like more machines, automation and AI could lead to layoffs, and companies will restructure. He also shared that empowerment will offer all business leaders a more meaningful career and will challenge their traditional vision of leadership.

Ms. Shobha Krishnan, Head HR Sukam Power Systems Limited was the last speaker on this panel. She spoke about her personal experience with company Blue Chip and how she faced the shift from a not digital India to a digital India. She shared how amazed she was with the Internet getting faster or how teller clerks were replaced by ATMs. She explained that one thing that will not change in humans is undesirability and adaptability for a long time. She informed us that now people come with HR skills but will soon be emerged with Artificial Intelligence in HR’s new role.

Session 3: Empowering people with the rise of machines

The third session was moderated by Ms. Jessica Arora, 2^nd year student, introducing the panel members to the audience.

The first speaker for the third session was Ms. Geetanjali Saxena, HR Consultant, Sage Global HR. She said that today’s technology is empowering us. She informed that nowadays technology shifts in every 18 months on an average. People who refuse to adopt the new technology often are the ones who loses job. Organizations in future will be very different from today. People are going to be differently managed and that everyone has to adopt the changes and use it for the required purpose. She also shared that the future of automation in the workplace will provide a scope in implementing technology platforms and processes that give employees a great experience and also empower managers to maximize employee satisfaction and performance.

The Second speaker was Ms. Anjalie Chaudhary, GM HR, Organizational effectiveness & Leadership Development, Tech Mahindra. She shared her experience in working with her first job. She mentioned that workforce is 10 lakhs spread over countries and technology plays a crucial part and it makes life easier and automatic in simpler terms. She also talked about sentimental analysis which understands the sentiments as accurately as 70 % through a software. Empowerment will also offer all business leaders a more meaningful career and will challenge their traditional vision of leadership.

Mr. Murlidhar Shyam, Sector head HR Airport, GMR Airports Ltd. was our speaker for the third session. He spoke about the age of artificially stimulated proximity and how we are going to engage our team in AS Proximity. He helped realize the question that how we are ready for the cyber-attacks. He also shared the knowledge on highest level of uncertainty and ambiguity. He mentioned that we need to prepare for ourselves for the dynamics of environment, where technology is changing so quickly.

At the end he concluded by sharing with us the take-away that we should make ourselves capable enough to deal with the changes.

Valedictory Address & Vote of Thanks

Dr. V. P. Singh gave the Valedictory Address focusing on urge to be wiser, thoughtful, and doing a lot more research, to have clear vision. Dr. Singh showed two videos on artificial intelligence and helped us realize that we should not be scared of artificial intelligence and that we should rule over the new technology rather than the technology ruling over us.

Students showed interest and responded with great enthusiasm while putting up questions to the panelists and guests’ speakers. The conference concluded with Vote of Thanks. All those who had contributed in making the conference a success have been acknowledged.

October 2017 Social Innovation Week

Career Development (Placement), Events, IILM Institute for Higher Education, IILM Undergraduate Business School, IILM University, Uncategorized23 OctoberGeeta GogiaIILM Blog, IILM Social Innovation Week, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Social responsibility

Second Innovation Week for the current Academic Year was scheduled for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students of IILM Institute for Higher Education from 9th October through 13th October 2017 at Lodhi Road Campus. The focus of the Innovation Week was on Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Project Management, Impact and Future Focus
Day One – On the first day, Prof. (Entrepreneurship) Lagan Kochhar, introduced the objective of Innovation Week to the students, which was to expand their knowledge on the subjects of Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, followed by group work on a plan which students would want to propose to create a sustainable social impact. Prof. Kochhar launched the dialogue with the students by discussing how Social Entrepreneurship can change the world while implementing real business models. The session concluded with the audience broadly noting that Social Entrepreneurship is motivated by social gains as against financial gains. There is high level of focus on innovation, creativity and risk-taking. In this regards, Social Innovation aims at creating business models and innovations for the betterment of the society and Social Entrepreneurship aims at rewarding ordinary people for making extraordinary impact on peoples’ lives.

The second session was led by social entrepreneur Mr. Gauarv Mehta, Founder and CEO of Dharma Life. Dharma Life, a Forbes Featured social enterprise is dedicated to poverty alleviation through rural entrepreneurship. Mr. Mehta mentioned that the vision of his organisation is to create “An India, rising from within” and to achieve this objective, their team follows an innovative approach of value creation that combines rural entrepreneur development and multi-product distribution.

Mr. Mehta started the session by sharing with students his journey into Social Entrepreneurship. He recalled the catalyst experience when he was 12-13 years of age and was moved by a poor child who had asked him to give him some money so that he could use it to earn livelihood. That was the trigger point in his life which mentally empowered him to work for transforming the life of people.
Mr. Mehta shared that since 2009, Dharma Life has created a network of more than 11000 rural entrepreneurs who have positively impacted more than 2.5 million consumers in more than 35000 villages across 12 states in India. The areas of focus of Dharma Life are livelihood, education and digital literacy, health, hygiene and sanitation, indoor air pollution, access to clean energy and nutrition.
Explaining the work dynamics of Dharma Life, Mr. Mehta mentioned that Dharma Life develops business capability and provides livelihood opportunities to the people in villages. It facilitates delivery of products and services for social impact and also creates access to finance for the poor people. It focuses on behaviour change strategy and community driven programs with entrepreneurs as catalysts and also markets insight services using technology and innovation to enhance impact.

The final leg of Day One’s session was focused on making the students understand the expectations of the Live Project. The students were given the choice to select their area of work from various categories ranging from livelihood, education, digital literacy to health, hygiene and sanitation to access to clean energy, food and nutrition. The Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC) Team at IILM then explained to them how to form groups, conduct background research, prepare project plan and then deliver it to show visible social impact on the targeted group. Focus on learning outcomes and the most profound life-changing experience was the key to run the project.

Day Two of Social Innovation week saw the students closely working on one the themes opted by them along with the mentors of EDC Team to create social awareness and impact. The students brainstormed and put their ideas on paper and decided their way ahead.
Day Three of the Social Innovation Week viewed the students discussing their project with their respective mentors and discussing previous day’s field visit outcomes on creating social awareness and impact. They also decided the strategy for the day and geared up for the next field visit.

Day Four of the Social Innovation Week noticed the students bringing together their findings, giving structure to their work, drawing conclusions, making presentations and practising delivery of their work to be presented on Day Five.

Day Five was an exciting day. Nine groups composed of a total of sixty students presented to the audience how they worked during the last three days to create social awareness and impact. It was interesting to see how young minds came together to create and implement ideas to cause impact in various areas ranging from hygiene, sanitation and cleanliness to poverty alleviation and education to producing light through clean energy. The groups were assessed on four criterion – namely creativity, project plan, impact and learning.

The Winning Team presented their thoughts on use of Clean Energy. They developed a model of producing light at home by use of LED bulbs and water bottle. They demonstrated the procedure to people in slum areas and made them learn how in low cost they could produce light for themselves, thereby reducing their expenditure on electricity and also teach others how to make the model. Their work was commended by not only the reviewing committee composed of Mr. Gaurav Mehta, Dr. Daisy Mathur Jain (Dean, Undergraduate Business School and Prof. Lagan Kochhar, but was also applauded by the entire audience comprising of other participating groups, students and faculty members. Mr. Gaurav Mehta, and Dr. Shuchi Aggarwal, Director Undergraduate Business School awarded the winners. The winners also received reference letter from Dharma Life for twenty hours of community service. The Winning Team was constituted by Manjot Nagi, Riya Kakkar and Surabhi Khullar from Lodhi Road Campus and Adarsh Lairenjam, Aditya Mittal and M.P. Poovanna from Gurgaon Campus.

NB: YouTube link to the video made by the students is https://youtu.be/0s23R5jCdXc

Book Review- “The Anatomy of Success” by Dr Rakesh Sinha

Campus Life, General Blog, Uncategorized07 SeptemberDr. Shraddha MishraBook Review The Anatomy of Success, IILM Blog, The Anatomy of Success, The Anatomy of Success Book, The Anatomy of Success by Dr Rakesh Sinha

The world record winning, Dr. Rakesh Sinha is a gynecological endoscopic surgeon based in Mumbai. He has written his first book entitled; “The Anatomy of success – Management lessons from a surgeon”. Drawing two Guinness World Record from his surgical experiences, Doctor motivates people to achieve excellence in their own professional goals by deconstructing success into easy components. He has focused on higher potential of human being and further suggested that irrespective of the biological components, the success is something which we all are deserving.

His first book is based on management lessons from his own surgical experiences. This book is divided into fifteen chapters and all were sub-divided on the basis of three components; i.e. Biological component; Learning Component and cognitive component. Dr. Rakesh has utilized his education of neurophysiological and neurolinguistics programming for elaborating his experiences of real life. The visualization of dreams can be easily seen through GPS (i.e. Goal, process and success) and further expounded that heredity has to do nothing with the success. The more redefined signature skill will allow us to get the job done in the lesser time and efficiently. Will power is generally based on the thoughts, emotions, performance and impulse. The author has put forward the concept of how to unlearn the things and pursuit the mastery in our fields.

The reading is first of its kind which recommend a person about what to do or what not to do in order to attain the success. As the examples cited in the book is linked with human neurological system, medical terms and surgery. Hence, it become very stimulating for any reader to learn, to become very optimistic.

Self-control, decision making biases and learning through observation or deliberate practice are the most interesting aspects which are covered in the book. Its human nature that if any endorsements or recommendations are given by any layman then we may not accept or acknowledge it but if the lessons or suggestions are given by doctor or professional then we usually not only accept it but also foreword it to others.

This manuscript will enlighten you with the tips of attaining the success in very short span of time and the most beautiful thing proposed in the book is that to err is human and to learn is divine.

The book highlights the few commonalities between management and medicine. Betting the odds and being better than what we could be are the best learning we can gain from this book. Dr. Rakesh has elaborated each inspiring point through the medicinal and motivational theories. His lessons would be meaningful for the patients, doctors, mangers and trainers. He has segregated the entire learning lessons of the book into three sub-parts :

Suggestions for Doctors : The anatomy of success is an entire treatise on the essential path towards success, the anatomy of the mind, the psyche, the carving and passion for success. The book teaches that how success is generated, nurtured and reaches fruition.

Suggestions for Patients : Stress is the worst thing for any patient and it will find a way to infiltrate our immunity. Dr. Rakesh has suggested that Success at just any cost will leave you poorer in end. The art of maintaining a fine balance in work and world is also the hardest lesson that even the author have ever had to learn and it is one that he keep learning every day of his life.

Suggestions for Mangers & Trainers : Dr. Rakesh has asked a question from the mangers and professional that can work alone provide the satisfaction? The response is negative. The success evolve only with the perfect balance of Personal, professional, spiritual and family life.

Dr. Rakesh inspires, motivates and educate us to take a firm control of our future and live up to our potential. The reader will find as if the book is talking about their life journey which is communicated back to you with powerful stories and practical tools. Whether you are a student, a young manager or an accomplished professional in search for further success, this self-believed and thought provoking book will be worth reading ever.

Book Review – But What If We’re Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman. Amberley Publishing (2016)

Campus Life, General Blog, Uncategorized07 SeptemberGeeta GogiaBook Review – But What If We’re Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman, But What If We’re Wrong, But What If We’re Wrong a review, But What If We’re Wrong book review, Chuck Klosterman Book Review, Klosterman’s novel But What If We’re Wrong

Klosterman’s novel But What If We’re Wrong (2016) stems from his scepticism about the beliefs system which human beings have been carrying forward like a legacy. At the very outset, he debunks this beliefs system and speculates upon the possibility of it being false. He broaches a range of subjects from pop culture, music, sports, philosophy and science to display his uncertainty around them and the reader comprehends that the author is against all the principles of conformity.

The apparent contrarian that Klosterman is, he urges his readers to expand the horizon of their thought process and create their own truth by critically examining the given state of affairs. He underlines that believing what is being portrayed is so intrinsic to human beings that they do not even harbour the minutest idea of questioning the depicted reality. The underlying intent of the author injected by regular dose of humour is to make the readers question the cultural and scientific theories which are, by default, believed to be universally true. He implores his readers to become disassociated from the pictured truth and analyse themselves the various things around them.

He explains that the starting point is to set the premises that we are wrong, as such a process would facilitate thinking in an objective manner. The second step which he explains by touching a stream of objective and subjective issues characterising the current world is, to wonder how these things would really appear in a distant future as he supposes that, “it’s impossible to understand the world of today until today has become tomorrow.” Such an approach, he believes, would make his readers find the truth.

The author remarks that a child is not under any pressure to demonstrate his conformity with others and therefore conceives things according to his or her own reality. On similar tangents, he hopes the readers embark on such a process. However, what is striking about the Klosterman is that he doesn’t impose such a move on his readers. He is rather the one who leads by example. The work is baked with a series of interviews with various thinkers, namely, Amanda Petrusich, Brian Greene, David Byrne, Dan Carlin, George Saunders, Jonathan Lethem, Junot Díaz, Kathryn Schulz, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, Richard Linklater, and Ryan Adams among others. The author first dissects their thoughts, and then demystifies them, in order to arrive at his very own understanding around them.

The interwoven layers of thoughts of various theorists and intellectuals coupled with Klosterman’s own opinion around them define the peculiarity of the book. Through the simplicity of the language employed and wit, the author keeps the readers’ interest activated till the end.

To conclude, the book is definitely worth a read. Happy reading!

Miss. Geeta Gogia
(Assistant Professor – French)

Teacher’s Day Celebrations at IILM

Campus Life, Events, Guest Blog, IILM Institute for Higher Education, Uncategorized07 SeptemberManisha BothraCultural Club of IILM, IILM Blog, Teacher’s Day, Teacher’s Day Blog, Teacher’s Day Celebrations, Teachers Day Celebrations at IILM

“You Dream We Guide”

Becoming a teacher requires strong conviction and utmost commitment. Teachers’ Day is celebrated to acknowledge the indispensable role of a teacher in guiding and preparing the students to not only chase their passion in the choicest field but also achieve their dreams by keeping their moral values and sense of social responsibility intact.
Dr. Radhakrishnan was born on 5th Sep 1888 and became the President of India in 1962. He was approached by a group of his students and friends with a request to allow them to celebrate his birthday. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s reply was “instead of celebrating my birthday separately, it would be my proud privilege if September 5 is observed as Teachers’ day”. This request showed Dr. Radhakrishnan’s love for the teaching profession. Whatever be the position he held whether as President or Vice President of India, he remained a teacher all his life. T The teaching profession always remained his first love. The highest award of the nation, The Bharat Ratna, was conferred on him in 1954 in recognition of his meritorious service to mankind.

The Cultural Club of IILM, Top Management college in Delhi-NCR celebrated this special day on Wednesday 5 September 2017 with utmost zeal. The students, who had been preparing for the grand event for more than a week, organised an appreciable show dedicated to their teachers. The students undertook a great effort in decorating the auditorium with intricate detailing and ensured that teachers are engaged and enjoy the event thoroughly. The event started with a melodious prayer followed by phenomenal dance performances, innovative music, and skit. The skit was the highlight of the event, there were giggles echoing all around the auditorium during the skit.

Amidst the extraordinary performances by students of Best B school of Delhi-NCR, there were innovative games like musical chair, tie-a-tie in 15 seconds challenge, drape-a-saree in 30 seconds challenge and Just a Moment (JAM) were conducted for the teachers by the students. The winners were gifted with yummy chocolates.
The efforts of the students were appreciated by all the teachers and we are thankful to our students for giving us beautiful memories to carry alonguntil the next year.

Changing Leadership Competencies in the VUCA world

Career Development (Placement), General Blog, IILM Graduate School of Management, IILM Institute for Higher Education, IILM Undergraduate Business School, IILM University, Uncategorized20 JulySanyukta Jolly

In the recent years, the world has continued to undergo a series of transformational shifts. As we know technology has made momentous changes throughout the world, leading to great benefits and adding challenges. Let’s face it, our lives, both at work and at home, are in a constant state of flux. The looming question before us is-“how can we manage effectively in this constantly changing, dynamic situation?” The words of Charles Darwin seem to resonate more poignantly than ever: “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, or the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change”. The VUCA environment as we know it. VUCA is an acronym that recently found its way into the business lexicon. It originally derives from the military vocabulary in the 1990’s and reflects volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity of general conditions and situations that we all find ourselves in. VUCA seems to be an apt description of our constantly evolving world.

So how does VUCA manifest itself in our lives? Volatility is nothing but the nature, speed, volume, magnitude and the dynamics of change. Gone are the days when leaders and managers would have the luxury of time to plan for the next change. Today the change is here, even before we realize it. Things change unpredictably, suddenly, extremely, especially for the worse. Change is now seen as way of life and we need to constantly adapt and innovate. As Alvin Toffler correctly quotes “The illiterate of the 21^st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn”. Uncertainty is the lack of predictability of issues and events and gets reflected in all areas of individual and social life. It’s the lack of predictability which leads to chaos and anxiety. Complexity of the confounding issues and the chaos that surrounds us. The complexity of the VUCA world is evident. The past, present and future are perceived with confusion, but at the same time are extremely interconnected. This can lead to an inability to be decisive because we find ourselves overwhelmed with both information and choice. Clarity is no longer a commodity that can be easily gained. Ambiguity is the haziness of reality. Today, every decision presents a series of ambiguous dilemmas. Situations and events are open to more than one interpretation, and the meaning can be understood in different ways. This can not only create confusion, but even conflict. Thus, sometimes it may get very hard to make the ‘right decision’.

Since VUCA seems to be the new normal, how can leaders today manage this transition and be more effective? The leadership process needs to undergo a 360-degree change. Therefore, what organizations need today is Leadership Agility and Cognitive Readiness. The leadership today is a contextual and a temporal process of constant learning and practice. Cognitive readiness is the mental, emotional and interpersonal preparedness for uncertainty and risk and the ability most required by leaders in today’s’ context.

Leaders are therefore required to adapt and change from context to context and it becomes imperative for the organizations today to understand and grasp the new meaning and usage of the word leadership. There is a clear distinction between developing leaders and developing leadership. To be successful in this VUCA world, the leaders cannot afford to lead and guide people, the way it was done a decade ago. Today the leader needs to ‘walk the talk’. Today, most organizations are in a constant state of flux, undergoing radical changes, the leader behavior also needs to undergo a transformation. Some of the successful organizations rely on the following strategies. First, the leader should provide guidance and direction to teams across time zones, cultures and organizational barriers. Second, invest in talent and help nourish talented workers by giving them opportunities to grow and progress, developing a high performance organization is more imperative today than it ever was. Third, closely related to the second, is to invest in people, create a work environment which is engaging and that will foster commitment. Last, but not the least, all stakeholders in the organization (customers, employees and employers) need to be the part of the organization growth curve.

Change is inevitable in organizations and is at a critical tipping point, the increased pace of change in today’s global environment has created even more problems for leaders struggling to help their organizations adapt. Therefore, simply managing change is not sufficient. Successful change, therefore, requires leadership. Change or Perish is the new mantra in this VUCA world……

SKILLING TO EMPLOYABILITY – AN INDUSTRIAL MEET HARYANA VISHWAKARMA SKILL UNIVERSITY

Career Development (Placement), General Blog, Guest Blog, Uncategorized11 JulyVikram SharmaIILM Blog, SKILLING TO EMPLOYABILITY

An Industry-academia meet was organized by The Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University on 7th July 2017. The meeting focused on the topic “Skilling to Employability”. An Industry-academia meet was organized by The Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University on 7th July 2017. The meeting focused on the topic “Skilling to Employability”.

The Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University has been enacted by the legislature of the state of Haryana with an objective to establish a Skill University in order to facilitate and promote skill, entrepreneurship development, skill based education and research in the emerging areas of manufacturing, textile, design, logistics and transportation, automation, maintenance etc. and to raise skill level in various fields related to these areas.The event was honoured by Sh. Sudhir Rajpal, IAS and the Principal Secretary of Industries & Commerce Department, Haryana, Sh. Raj Nehru – Vice Chancellor, Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University and many other distinguished person. This meet encouraged and enhanced the interaction between the stakeholders for building a strong skilling framework. It served as a platform to discuss about the current needs of the industry in terms of skilled human capital and how the academia can help in nurturing the potential work force with desired skill set.

After the welcome message, Shri Raj Nehru, Founding-Vice Chancellor of the University addressed the gathering where he emphasized on the loopholes of the education system in India thus bringing in the reason for the establishment of such a University where vocational and skill education would be the prime objective. He also explained the 10-20-70 Rule. Where 10% is formal learning in classrooms, 20% is through Practical trainings and 70% is learning on the job.

Various industry persons from esteemed companies like Hero MotoCorp Ltd.. Maruti, HDFC etc. and various institutions like IILM Gurgaon, Amity University etc. also joined the meet.

In the end, Mr. Raj asked the audience to give their valuable advice on how they can improve their University. Some of the various suggestions were:

► There is a lot of emphasis given on numbers i.e. number of people registering for the skill courses. This should be avoided.
► The education system needs to be diverted towards vocational and skill learning rather than mere passing examinations.
► The students coming from various institutions are not job -ready, they still lack the required skills.
► The courses should have long term employability i.e. they should be structured in a manner that is relevant for the industry even after five years from now.
► A suggestion of a skill test also came up in which when a candidate shows his/her interest in joining the skill course, he/she would have to give a skill test, the results of which will indicate as to which course he/she should opt for.
► A suggestion of virtual courses also came up to facilitate the working class.

He even highlighted that the vision of the University was not just limited to India but it wanted to become a global mark. He also appreciated the hard work of his team members by pointed out that they did not work like government employees rather worked just like any other competitive corporate employees. He also mentioned Cooperation extended by IKLM, Gurgaon by providing students volunteers which helped greatly in making event a success. Lastly, he thanked all the industry people for contributing in the event and joining hands with the University.

Contributions from
Minal Gupta
Nikhil Gupta
(PG16-18)

The Future of HR

General Blog, Uncategorized05 JuneAnindita Chatterjeecoming 10 years of HR, Future of HR, future of human resource, Human Resource, Human Resource Management

HR has been evolving a lot as a function in the recent times. The talent pool has been increasing, and as a consequence organizations are looking at HR as a strategic role more importantly than before.

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In a recent survey done by the Society for Human Resource Management, HR professionals say that the three biggest challenges facing HR executives over the next 10 years are :

Retaining and rewarding the best employees as in Talent Retention.
Developing the next generation of corporate leaders as in succession planning.
Creating a corporate culture that attracts the best employees and creating a talent pool as in Talent Engagement.

So if we look at the upcoming 10 years of HR, here is what will be different and dynamic :

HR will be flexible

As per a recent survey of SHRM, providing flexible work arrangements will be a top priority for organizations. 9 to 5 work culture may move to more flexi timings, as young professionals are looking for places where they can have the chance to take time off to be creative, be able to take a break without being monitored, or even work from home with pre-assigned objectives.

Employees want greater flexibility and will excel in their performance if they are allowed to adjust both their work and personal lifestyle. HR is starting to understand that, we see many startups and MNC’s implementing such methods and the next 10 years will only bring more of this.

HR will be more social.

Intranet, internal social platforms, and many other ways of promoting online collaboration and communication across the company will be part of HR responsibilities in the future. HR can use social tools to predict behaviors in office performance by giving extra benefits to high performers of the month or give incentives to employees who are great performers and represent the organization. The work experience will be taken live and will bring a stronger social component to organizations and their culture.

HR will be mobile

We all know that mobile is the new hot trend in almost every industry; HR is no exception. HR can be app based out of your smartphone in the future (organization specific) .You will want to leave comments, assign tasks, and when arriving to the office have your team already working on such tasks. You will want to able to check, while having a coffee before entering an individual performance meeting, what comments were given during the last meeting. You will want to be able to check how you’re performing in terms of workforce happiness, to check the latest stats on your mobile and give a report to your CEO.

All in all, the lifestyle of an HR person will not be desktop-based. It will be wherever they are, whenever they want and in fact mobile / on the move.

HR will be about data

How many days does it take to hire a new person? What is the best quarter to hire specific profiles? When are people the happiest throughout the year? Who are the most performing people and why? What are the trending skills we need to acquire in the next hire? These and many more questions are all connected to the hot topic of big data. But data is meaningless without interpretation and context. HR will have a great deal of responsibility in analyzing the data, interpreting it and making the right decisions in order to ensure the right acquisition, training, development and retention of talent, all a part of people analytics.

HR will be integrated

HR will be composed by tech savvy people, data scientists, and recruitment experts. People that are able to do copywriting, for job descriptions that correspond to the company culture. People that are able to read and interpret data and forecast trends. People that are on top of the latest technology and can solve problems or bring additional benefits to the company. People that are connectors, socially active and can attract more talents to the company. HR will be about diversity of skills.

The next decade is crucial for HR to evolve and become a key role in any organization. HR might no longer be a single department in the future. HR might be part of something greater in the years to come.