Program Type: PGDM

The Faculty Development Programme organised by IMI-KOLKATA met with an overwhelming response and participation from the Faculty Community from Eastern India

A one-day Faculty Development Programme on The Art of Paper Writing and Publishing on March 10, 2015. The programme aimed at not only developing the requisite skills needed for good research writing but also focused on inspiring the participants to explore other non-academic avenues of writing. The programme covered topics such as developing ideas, writing different sections of the paper, kinds of writing, ethical issues in writing, etc. The programme was based on lectures, in-class exercises and interactive sessions. The workshop received an overwhelming response. With thirty eight participants including faculty, research scholars and doctoral students from various premier institutes such as IIT Kharagpur, St. Xaviers’s College and universities such as University of Calcutta and Jadavpur University, to name a few, attended the programme. The programme was highly appreciated and acclaimed by the participants.

Resource Person: Dr. Padma Prakash, Editor of e-Social Sciences and former Associate Editor of Economic and Political Weekly.

Programme Co-ordinator: Dr. Khushbu Agrawal

Induction Programme for New Recruits of Axis Bank – Taking forward the Induction Programmes of six days duration for new recruits of AXIS BANK which commenced from 26th January, 2015, the training of 6th and 7th batch aggregating 54 participants were conducted during March 9-14 with excellent feedback. IMI Kolkata is the first private institute to organise such a programme for a top ranking private sector bank.

Programme Director: Sarojakshya Chatterjee

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On International Yoga Day, IMI-Kolkata conducted an event in which students were taught Suryanamaskar and Padma Sadhna postures. The instructor, Swapnil Kumar has been associated with Art of living. The event was successfully organised by the Cultural Committee of IMI-Kolkata.

The 22nd of June marked a milestone in the lives of students who joined IMI-Kolkata batch of 2015-17. The orientation kicked off with welcoming words from our esteemed Director Dr. Arindam Banik, who greeted the students of the new batch.

The chief guest for the orientation was Ms. Alokananda Roy is a dance educationist, choreographer and social worker. Ms. Roy is presently working with the convicts of the Presidency Correctional Home, Kolkata and other correctional homes of West Bengal in ‘Dance Therapy’. Her dialog on how dance provided an opportunity for the convicts to express themselves, made them hopeful and be part of something constructive motivated everyone present in the auditorium.

Mr. Kamal Aggarwal, Partner, Ernst & Young -S R Batliboi & Co. was the Key Note speaker, deliberated upon the corporate expectations from a Masters in Business Administration passout. He stressed on the qualities that students must imbibe and build upon during their stay at IMI, focusing on how empathy, self-awareness and social skills build great leaders.

Mr. Sunil Bhandari, Executive Director, RP-SG Group shared anecdotes of his own college life and how important it is to break away from our comfort zone and bubble by being inquisitive about things. Mr Subhasis Mitra, Executive Director, CESC Ltd., highlighted IMI-K achievements despite being a relatively new institution.

IMI-Kolkata was pleased to welcome Mr. Suraj Kumar, Vice-President, Axis Bank Kolkata to address the batch of 2015-17 on managing organization expectation. Being an HR professional, he believes the key to success is the ability to apply knowledge. Being successful requires clarity of thought and the ability to groom oneself. He emphasized on the blend of soft skills and learning.

Mr. Kumar stressed on the importance of pushing one’s limits beyond capacity. He accentuated the importance of in depth knowledge on a practical level, as no one walking out of a B-school directly becomes a business manager. One needs to understand and excel in different operations of a firm in order for them to manage it. He concluded the session with an inspirational video of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan reciting one of his father’s compositions, inspiring us to never give up and persevere till we reach our goal.