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UPCOMING EVENTS KARMA: “KARMA” is an intra- college management fest which is to be conducted on 19, 20, 21 March 2014. The event is organized along with social activities with the theme

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“Joy of Giving”. INTERNSHIP: As a part of the MBA programme, 2013-2015 batch will be doing their Internship in their respective specializations outside Kerala during the month of April and May.

An ISO 9001 - 2000 Certified Institution Managed by FBOA Educational Society A Quarterly Newsletter Published by Dr. P.A.Mathew, Dean and Director, FISAT Business School

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PLACEMENTS: Placement drives of Airtel and Synthite Industries.

THE NEW LEADERSHIP AT THE HELM Mr. Paul Mundadan is the Chairman of the Governing Body of

The new Management of the FBOAES took charge in November, 2013.

the College. He is the Secretary of Federal Bank Officers` Association Educational Society (FBOAES) as well as the General Secretary of Federal Bank Officers` Association (FBOA).

An introduction to the new team…

Ms. Anitha P is the Vice-Chairman of the Governing

Mr. P I Bose is the Treasurer of the Governing Body of

Body of the College. She is the President of the Federal Bank

the College. He is the Treasurer of Federal Bank Officers`

Officers` Association Educational Society (FBOAES) as well

Association Educational Society (FBOAES) as well as the

as the President of Federal Bank Officers` Association

Treasurer of Federal Bank Officers` Association (FBOA).

(FBOA).

BON VOYAGE 2011-13 The batch of 2011-13 was given a fitting farewell by the department. The quadrangle of FBS was laid out pleasantly for everyone. Students and faculty shared nostalgic recollections of the past days, and with a tinge of sadness, we parted ways….

Commemorating Women's Day with UN International Theme: The team behind: Arathy. P. Antony, Teena Liz Abraham, Ameer T. P, Lakshmipriya T Babu, Dhanya Ajayaghosh, Shiyas S (MBA 2013-15) and Rajat Jose (MBA 2012-14), under the guidance of Dr. Anoo Anthony (Faculty Editor) Hormis Nagar, Mookkannoor P.O., Angamaly - 683 577, Kerala, Ph: 0484 - 2616267, 2616406, Fax : 0484 - 2616404, e-mail : [email protected],| web : www.fisat.ac.in/fbs

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FORUM 2K13-MANAGEMENT FEST

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ACHIEVEMENTS IN MANAGEMENT FEST

CURTAIN RAISER FOR FORUM 2K13 -FLASH MOB

IN THIS ISSUE:

FORUM 2k13 Rocks On

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Rajagiri Centre for Business 1st in Marketing Game 1st in Operations Game Studies, Cochin.

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St Alberts College, Cochin.

HR Conclave Placements: Countdown Begins Industrial Visit a tribute to great personalities like Sachin Tendulkar, Vishwanathan Anand and Satyendra Dubey to celebrate the spirit of youth. It was organized as a part of announcing “Forum2K13”, the National level Management Meet of FBS to be held on

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FBS Winners All Around Students Research

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Farewell Farewell To To 2011-13 2011-13 Batch Batch

December 6th and 7th, 2013 with cash prizes worth Rs.1.5 lakhs.

Event

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Battle of the Bands

The Students of FBS organized a “Flash Mob” at Central Square Mall Cochin on Nov 30th, 2013.It was conducted as

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Flash Mob at Central Square Mall

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OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF FORUM 2K13 BY MR. SOHAN ROY FORUM 2K13 was inaugurated by Mr.Sohan Roy, the founder and CEO of Aries Group and the director of the movie Dam

1st in HR Game

Mangalam College of 2nd in HR Game Management Studies. C.E.T College of Management Best Manager Science & Technology Elijah Institute of 3rd in Marketing Game Management Studies Naipunya Institute Of 1st in Ad Game Management and Information 2nd in Case Study Technology 1st in Budding Manager

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Lourdes Matha College of Science & Technology

2nd in Marketing Game

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Holy Grace Academy of Management Studies

1st in Marketing Game 1st in Road Show

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RAMS B-School

2nd in HR Game

999. He was also the chief guest for the day. The inauguration was done along with a speech in which he exhorted the students to think differently and to do whatever they were talented in. FORUM is held annually at FISAT in which many colleges across the state, as far as Bangalore and south as far as Coimbatore participate. It has been launched under different themes every year and it is the flagship event of the FISAT Students Association (FMS). This year’s theme was “The Battle For Olympus”- a two day program that broke the mould of the management fest by bringing in an event for the students’ benefit-a Human Resource Conclave with leading human resource managers. FORUM 2K13 had a galore of games to bring out participants’ competition and zeal to win the throne of excellence. Mr. Sohan Roy inaugurating FORUM 2K13

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Lead College of Management 1st in Marketing Game Marian International Institute of 1st in Marketing Game Management,Kuttikkanam Jai Bharath School Of 1st in HR Game Management Studies 1st in Best DCSMAT Management Team

EVENTS AT FORUM 2K13 The main events held with media partners Asianet and Radio Mango had games titled according to the names of Greek Gods, so apt for the battle to begin at Olympus! 'Atlas',' The Throne of Zeus',' Lair of Hermes', 'Flight of Eros' and 'Board of Athena' were some of the games. Students from not less than 36 colleges registered for different games, arriving in teams of two or three per college. The events were organized and conducted by the students of FBS .It was a trip of rigor, fun and frolic which made the budding managers think, question, laugh, layback, smile and what not!

1st prize The eyes of Mousai, Rajagiri Business School

1st prize Economic Rating, (Atlas) Christ university, Bangalore

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FACULTY RESEARCH Papers Presented: 1. Dr. P.A. Mathew: International Seminar on ‘Diasporas in India’s foreign Policy and National Security : A comparative Perspective on 6th& 7th November, 2013. 2. Dr. P.A Mathew : International Seminar on ‘China as a Civilization State: Issues and challenges in state – Society Relationship’ on 8th & 9th November 2013. 3. In absentia presentation on ‘Perspectives to the expression of authentic self as a New challenge to global Business Management” by Delma Thaliyan in 6th annual International Business Conference (IBC 2013), held in Dearborn, Michigan, US- published in International Journal of Global Business 4. Jose Varghese: ‘A Study to analyse the impact of organizational identification, pay satisfaction and experienced meaningfulness on customer orientation of sales people in the 1st prize Best Management Team,Christ University, Kengeri

Treasure hunt for non-finalists

Overall Champions, CHRIST BANGALORE(Kengeri Campus)

service sector’ at Annual Conference on Emerging Markets, IIM (Lucknow), NCR Delhi, on January 8th-11th, 2014. 5. Dr. Joshua Ambat: ‘Service marketing in the Globalised Arena’. It was accepted for publication in TSB Edited Volume- Strategic marketing for Emerging Environment-

BARDES ROYAUX

HR CONCLAVE – FRESH TALENTS IN THE CORPORATE PERSPECTIVE

The battle of the bands- a musical performance event stood out in its sheer originality. Six

‘Technology enabled differentiation in Banking Services Delivery: Strategic Initiatives and Best practices’ Seminars attended:

campus based bands presented their own compositions and some of the memorable

1. Dr. P.A Mathew: Annual Conference on The Indian Society Of Labour Economics conducted by CESP, CISLS, SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in December 2013.

tracks of the past. The program was inaugurated by MotherJane rock guitarist Mr. Baiju

2. Delma Thaliyan: International Conference on ‘Trends and Challenges in Global Business and Management’ at SNGCE, Kolenchery

Dharmajan. The teams were judged by famous playback singer Sachin Warrier, DJ

3. Delma Thaliyan: National Conference on Indian women Managers conducted by Indian Women Network in October, 2013 at Bangalore.

Tominel and James Jude Peter. The winners of Bardes Royaux were Rockezaurous and Two Decades and After. The highlight was FBS’ own UNPLUGGED performance – a one

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hour medley of beautifully sung and instrumentally supported music by the students and

1. ‘A study on the common imperatives organizations require for creating productive employees: creating a perspective to the expression of authentic self as a new challenge to the

teachers of FBS.

global business management’ Dr. K.P. Saraswathyamma, DelmaThaliyan, Lakshmi. J. in International Journal of Global Business, Vol 6, No.2, December 2013 (ISSN Print 21517541, online ISSN- 1945-1792) 2. ‘Senior Citizens’ Acceptance of Information Communication Technology- A study of E- Banking in India” Dr. K.P. Saraswathyamma, Samoj M Panicker in International Journal of global Business, Vol 6, No. 2, December 2013 (ISSN Print 2151-7541, online ISSN- 1945-1792) 3. ‘Trade and investment in China – India relationship: Complementary or competitive?’, Dr. P.A Mathew in Journal of 6th All India conference of China studies, 12-14 December 2013.(ISBN: 978-81-926239-3-1) 4. “Can SRK Pester? A Study on the popularity of celebrity endorsers in inducing pester power among kids for the purchase of biscuits” Dr. K.P. Saraswathyamma, Ajay Jose published in ‘Trends and Challenges in Business Management’ISBN 978-93-82338-84-0:Nov 2013 Under the aegis of FORUM a Human Resource managers’ conclave was conducted on Crowds going wild at Bardes Royaux

the theme “Fresh Talents in the Corporate Perspective: Experience and Expectation”. It was held in two parts. The first was a seminar in which the distinguished speakers shared their views on the topic. The second part was a panel discussion which answered questions put forward by the viewers and the present trends in hiring, especially among the larger companies. Some of the speakers who enlightened the audience with their talks were Mr. Varghese Mathew, Chief People’s Officer-Shapoorji Pallonji& Co Ltd., Mr.Ramakrishnan, Zonal Manager- South (HR and Admin), Voltas, Mr.Jaljith Narayanan, Senior HR –UST Global, Mr. Rajesh Nair, Associate Director/ Market- E&Y.

5. ‘Soft Power and Diaspora: The Indian and the Chinese Experience’, Dr. P.A Mathew in the conference Proceedings at Jawaharlal Nehru University, 6- 7 November, 2013, ‘Diasporas in India’s foreign Policy and National Security: A comparative Perspective’. Guest Talks: • Dr. Joshua Ambat: Resource person for two day national seminar on “Service sector in India- Trends, Prospects and Challenges” 26-27 Nov 2013 • Dr. Anoo Anthony : Guest Talk for MBA students on “ International Business Prospects of Fisheries Industry” at KUFOS (Kochi University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies) Projects/Evaluations conducted 1. Dr. K.P. Saraswathyamma: PhD Guide: M.G. University, Kottayam and Bharathiar University ,Coimbatore- Principal Investigator for UGC Sponsored Major Research and Minor research Projects 2. Dr. Joshua Ambat: PhD Guide and Evaluator for Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

Unplugged medley by FBS

Performance by Baiju Dharmajan Hormis Nagar, Mookkannoor P.O., Angamaly - 683 577, Kerala, Ph: 0484 - 2616267, 2616406, Fax : 0484 - 2616404, e-mail : [email protected],| web : www.fisat.ac.in/fbs

FISAT BUSINESS SCHOOL COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY The chalice of adoration and forbearance- women- has always been the support and inspiration for entire mankind. Women have carried the weight of worldly chores on her shoulders without complaints or protest and yet, they have excelled in all the arenas they have stepped in. Since the beginning of time, women have been the source of inspiration for men, whose unending patience to understand him, unwavering strength and support, and caring without judgement has led to his success. Since the first known Women’s Day observance in May 3, 1908 in Chicago, this beautiful day has been celebrated around the world giving honour to women around the globe. FISAT Business School commemorates International Women’s Day with this issue of our Newsletter and wholeheartedly pledges support for the 2014 International Women's Day Official UN Theme- “Equality for Women is Progress for all”- as the institute’s memorandum of belief. Abhishek M Ashok ( 2nd Year MBA 2012-14) Hormis Nagar, Mookkannoor P.O., Angamaly - 683 577, Kerala, Ph: 0484 - 2616267, 2616406, Fax : 0484 - 2616404, e-mail : [email protected],| web : www.fisat.ac.in/fbs

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INDUSTRIAL VISIT- KITEX LTD.

The batch of 2012-14 has done us proud by showing how well they have benefited from the environs at FBS. This has been achieved through letting students unlearn their

The students of 1st semester MBA visited Kitex Ltd as a part of their

impressions and conventional wisdom and ensuring that almost every student participated in off campus professional student meets and managerial skill competitons. This was

Industrial visit programme. They were excited to know the real pulse of an industry where they saw the entire Dhothi and Bag production process in the

done side by side with rigorous training and classroom work. TRAINING PROGRAMMES: Training was provided to the batch through FACE, Focus Academy For Career Enhancement in three phases in which the students were oriented to

Kitex plant, Kizhakkambalam. The visit helped them to understand about the importance of production, wage system, plant efficiency and production target.

the corporate world with aptitude and soft skills.

The technical staff explained about the effective marketing strategy which is used

Ms. Asha Fenn’s talk on artifactics and chronemics also proved to be effective in the development of the students.

by the management – the promotion of their products at lower profit margin. They

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also offered their products at a lower price in an outlet near the plant. The

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students were also encouraged to buy some of their products from the counter. The experience they received from Kitex Ltd was really worthwhile .

CORPORATE INTERACTIONS HELD AT FBS

ABHISHEK M ASHOK

ANU VARGHESE

ALBIN PAPPACHAN

TWISHA VALSAN

VARSHA GEOGY

GIBIN LUKOSE

CHINTHAMOL C.S

GIBIN K.L

JUSTIN BENNY

GEEVARGHESE JACOB

TOJAN THOMAS

TIYA GEORGE

NITISH ZACHARIAH ABRAHAM

BIJO JOSE T

SEBIN SEBASTIAN

MUKIL K.S

SHARATH K NORBERT

TOJAN THOMAS

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ASHWATI MENON

NEETHU PAUL

ASHA P.R

RESMI

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ANU SREE.V MENON

SURIA UNNIKRISHNAN

DIVYA PEETHAMBARAN

TIYA GEORGE

K.S AKHIL

APRNA DAS

STEFY RENCIL ROZARIYO

NOEL CYRIAC

JOMON K J

SHARATH K NORBATH

DIVYA PEETHAMBARAN

LINTO THOMAS

ARUN ANTONY

ARYA S

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JOMON K.J

M.M ROHIT

RAHUL RAJ

J JAYALAKSHMI

TONY HAMLET

Mr. Brijesh J Mathew: CFO, LITMUS 7 system Consulting Ltd Mr Brijesh J Mathew who has 14 years of corporate experience had a talk with the business management students on the topic “Power of Equity”. He delivered ideas on how to make good investments in the stock market. The talk made the students aware about how to create a career in stock market services and also about equity research and analysis certification. Mr Joshi Paul Veliyath, The Vice President and Circle Head of HDFC Bank Mr Joshi Paul’s talk was on the topic was on the topic “Career opportunity in Banking Sector”. He spoke about banking structure in India and the business segmentation in banking. Career prospects for a management graduate in banking, recruitment process in banks and pattern of aptitude test in selection process were the other relevant topics discussed on. A mock test for the bank aspirants was also conducted on the same day.

Mr. Anish Aravind, Associate Director, Organisational Effectiveness and Team Enabler, Arbitron Technologies Mr. Anish Aravind gave a talk to the students on the topic ‘Social Media and its relevance to HR’. He talked about the importance of social media and how to use it to become unique in a corporate world. He talked about the importance of using Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and other social media in a better way to make good relationships with different professionals. Mr. Anish gave an insight on how career prospects could be improved through social networking. He also explained how one can make himself unique in a social media by joining professional groups and being an active member in the groups by raising queries, idea, commenting on articles read etc... The talk was very much relevant for the students as management professionals.

PROGRAMME ATTENDED BY FBS STUDENTS AT PUNE, MAHARASHTRA

'IVth Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad'- Indian Students Parliament was held at MIT (Maharashtra Institute of Technology), Pune under the coordination of Human Resource Department, GOI and UNESCO. Seven students-Noel Cyriac, Tojan Thomas, Rahul Raj, Vaishakh P. V, Riya Joju, Priyanka Dilip and Jithin Kumar attended the four day event. Talks were presented by eminent personalities in person and through video conferencing. It aimed at sensitizing the youth and promoting nation building among

STUDENTS RESEARCH Papers presented: 1. “CSR:A tool for sustainable inclusive growth in India” by Riya Joju and Divya Peethambaran in National Conference at Institute of Management & Technology, Thrissur. 2. “UNIDO's initiatives for ensuring sustainable development- an Indian context” by Lakshmi Sasikumar and Priyanka in National Conference at Institute of Management & Technology, Thrissur. 3. “Student- The prime stakeholders of education: The role of the UGC” by Riya Joju and Sidarth Bharath in Inter university paper presentation competition at St. Teresa's College,Ernakulam. 4. “Creating the best place to work on earth” by Lakshmi J and Mrs. Delma Thaliyan(Faculty, FBS) in International conference at SNGCE ,Kolenchery.

NITISH ZACHARIAH ABRAHAM

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Hormis Nagar, Mookkannoor P.O., Angamaly - 683 577, Kerala, Ph: 0484 - 2616267, 2616406, Fax : 0484 - 2616404, e-mail : [email protected],| web : www.fisat.ac.in/fbs