Management Games (or Business Games, Business Simulators) refers to the training method for managers. This form of training is based on an artificial environment that simulates the real situation in the management of the organization, whether it’s planning, decision making, control, communications or management itself. Business games allow monitoring of the consequences of decisions, and respond naturally to various situations.

The Management Games conducted today for the students was “Survival on the Moon”. The game was conducted with objective to demonstrate; Leadership, Individual & Group Decision Making process, Communication process, Managing Conflict and Team Work skills.

The students participated with great enthusiasm and zeal. During debriefing session, students were explained the above behavioral concepts in the light of the game played. The session was highly interactive with high degree of student’s engagement.

The session was delivered by the esteemed guest, Mr. Kanak Kr Jain from SSL Academy.

The session focused on learning to get internships and jobs in financial institutions and few game-based activities was also conducted and he also covered the important points in context to following:

·         Enemies of Income i.e, INFLATION & TAX

·         Power of Compounding

·         Advantages of Mutual Fund

·         Benefits of starting Investment early

·         Goals of Life: S-{Specific}, M-{Measurable}, A-{Attainable}, R-{Relevant},  T-{Time Based}

He elaborated the RVCC program which is a 9-day certification program with SSL Academy & NSE Academy (Subsidiary of National Stock Exchange). In 9 days 9 Modules will be covered in detail & an Exam will be conducted from NSE. He further discussed an internship will also be offered to students who wish to have a career in Finance & score above 80% (Grade A) in RVCC Certification Exam conducted by National Stock Exchange Academy.

The 9 Modules of program are as follows: 

·         The Volatility Game

·         Technical Analysis Volatility Game

·         Fundamental Analysis Volatility Game

·         Debt Volatility Game

·         Options & Derivative Game

·         Vision Game

·         Influencer Game

·         Financial Planning Game

·         Mutual Fund Analysis Game

It was a very interactive session and the participants raised several questions which were answered by Mr. Kanak Kr Jain to their satisfaction. Overall, the session was very enriching and full of learning for the participants.

At the end Mr. Debargha Deb proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Kanak Kr Jain.

Prof. Yachna Malhotra of I.T.S School of Management took up the workshop and introduced the importance and requirement of Effective Communication in the personal and professional life.

Initially to get connected with the participants, an ice breaking activity was conducted to make students alert and active listeners for the session.

The session was a mix of both the slide show coupled with some interesting activities, engaging videos and online quizzes to make students understand the significance and need of Effective Communication Skills for making their personal and professional interactions  more effective, clear and result oriented.

Session completely focused on all the three V’s of Communication i.e. Vocal,Verbal and Visual. Students were given demonstration on effective Non – Verbal Communication skills by making them part to some interesting videos on Body Language, Facial expressions and eye-contact during business meetings. Participants were over whelmed with the outputs and experiences they had during the session. Prof. Yachna Malhotra also shared the tips and techniques with the students to enhance their speaking and verbal skills. The session concluded with an energizing activity on Listening Skills in which all the students actively participated and realized that effective communication can help them to enhance their personalities and in-turn will make them better professionals.

Prof. Yachna Malhotra offered thanks to all participants for their patient listening and active participation during the session. 

The complete SSP programme had 4 different sessions on the topics of Effective Time Management, Effective Teamwork, Effective Project Management and Career Development Guidance.

Session speaker was Dr. Manu Vora, President and Business Excellence, Inc., USA IIT(BHU)CHE,1968. And moderator of session is Prof Anil Kumar Agarwal Professor incharge, Training and placement Cell, IIT(BHU).

First Session: Effective Time Management: Dr. Manu Vora defined the effective time management through THE EISENHOWER MATRIX. The Eisenhower Matrix, referred to as Urgent-Important Matrix, helps you decide on and prior tasks by urgency and importance, sorting out less urgent and important tasks which you should either delegate or not do at all.

Second Session: Effective Team Management Prof Dr.Vora, explained the 8 steps to become more resilient in today’ scenario - Accept change. He also introduced the five stages of team development.

Third session: Effective Project Management: Dr. Manu Vora and Prof. Anil Kumar Agarwal moderator of the session explained the applications of project management- strategic plan deployment, managing transformation/ change, capital projects deployment, conducting research- academic and applied, improvement project deployment, software development, enterprise resource planning implementation, product development, construction of bridges and roads, building aircrafts and ships and solving the organization problems.

He also defined the project and its characteristics and given the great examples of successful projects by showing some monuments pictures- Pyramid, Taaj Mahal, bullet train etc. He also explained the project goals: performance cost and schedule.

Fourth Session: Career Development Guidance Session

In this interactive session Dr. Vohra discussed on how to succeed at the University and professional career. The following step success pillars were focused:-

·      Focus on planning

·      Focus on strength

·      Focus on softskill

·      Critical skills needed to succeed 21th century such as communication, leadership, team network , time management , problem solving, project management.

Overall all the sessions were very stimulating and motivating for the students.

The inaugural ceremony was graced by dignitaries including

·         Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S.  The Education Group; 

·         Honorable Chief Guest, Shri Harivansh Narayan Singh, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, New Delhi;

·         Guests of Honour, Prof. S. K. Kak, Former Vice Chancellor, Mahamaya Technical University (Now AKTU) Lucknow and CCS University, Meerut

·         Guests of Honour, Dr. Manoranjan Sharma, Chief Economist, Informatics Rating, New Delhi.

The ceremonial lamp lighting and Saraswati Vandana was followed by the welcome address by Dr. V. N. Bajpai, Director. He formally welcomed all the dignitaries and participants from various institutes and elaborated on the focal theme of the conference.

Shri Arpit Chadha described the importance of the topic in the current scenario. He encouraged the students to listen actively to the assembled guests.

Dr. Manoj K. Jha, Conference Convenor, briefed about the objectives and shared the overview of the two day conference.

During the ceremony, the commemorative journal of the conference was released by the Chief Guest and  Dignitaries.

Shri Harivansh Narayan Singh spoke about living in an age of rapid technological evolution with AI, ML, Cloud Computing and Data Analytics affecting almost every field.

Prof S. K. Kak, provided food for thought on the conference theme, advising participants to evaluate whether disruption is due to Data Analytics and Digitalization, and whether these two are the solutions for the disruption.

Dr. Manoranjan Sharma commended India’s financial and banking sector for embracing digitalization and technology. He also quoted Indians as being resilient for fighting back through difficult times and motivated participants towards a brighter future.

The session concluded with mementos being presented to all the distinguished guests as a token of appreciation. 

The purpose of the lab is to impart communication skills in a more practical way to the participants. In the same series of activities of Communication Lab (The Speakers Forum), organized “PARICHARCHA- 2022” The Student Led Panel Discussion for PGDM batch 2021-23 on 19th April, 2022.

The aim of the discussion is to spark conversation between a group of experts from business, politics and thought leaders. The objective of the activity was to make participants enhance their conversational skills and to make them socially aware about the current affairs of the world. In total 10 groups participated and presented their views in form of panel discussion on different topics like Union Budget-2022, Future of E- Vehicles, Privatisation in PSU, Impact of Ukraine and Russian war on Indian economy, Crypto currency, Evolution of Digital India, Sri Lanka Crisis, Green Marketing, New Education Policy, Bio war and Bio weapon..

Each group has to appoint a moderator, news reporter along with a team of panelist from different sections of the society. All the students represented well with a tinge of humor and entertainment. The discussions were further sparked with the firing questions from the audience and the news reporters being appointed by the group. The other interesting element of the activity was that it gave opportunity to the students to experience the hybrid corporate culture, by providing the option of online participation to two participants only in group. This practice gave students a platform to understand the hybrid style of working and be more competent with virtual communication and net etiquettes.

It was indeed an interactive session. Everyone enjoyed it and appreciated the activities of Communication Lab as it helped the students to gain confidence and improvise their oratory skills.

All the winners were rewarded with Trophies, Individual medals and Certificate of Appreciation by Director- Dr. V.N Bajpai, PGP Chairperson- Dr. Anusha Agarwal, Prof. Yachna Malhotra and esteemed judges- Prof. Mayank Sharma and Prof. Shilpi Rana.

The Winners of the activity were

·         Best Moderator-  Sakshi Srivastava

·         Best News Reporter- Sneha Ojha

·         Panelist No 1-  Shivani Sharma

·         Panelist No 2- Nandini Adatia

·         Panelist No 3- Utkarsh Sharma

·         First Best Group Panel Discussion- Group- 6

·         Second Best Group Panel Discussion Group- Group- 7

The top performers of all the three trimester of Communication Lab were also rewarded at the end of the program.

The talk was delivered by the esteemed guest, Prof. (Dr.) Seema Singh, Professor of Economics, Department of Humanities, Delhi Technological University.

Prof. (Dr.) Seema Singh talked about important points in context of different types of analytical methods: -

·         Content Analysis

·         Bibliometric Analysis

·         Cluster Analysis

She elaborated the opportunities and challenges involved in research writing, and guided students on types of methods of research analysis that should be used. She discussed application of statistics in business problem with the help of case study.

She deliberated on the future working trends and also highlighted the skills required to work in a productive manner via Exogenous and Endogenous model like Complex problem solving, Ethnographic Studies, Other emergent methodology – on-line research method.

It was a very interactive session and the participants raised several questions which were answered by Prof.(Dr.) Seema Singh to their satisfaction. Session concluded with the momento to the guest as a token of gratitude and honour. Overall, the session was very enriching and full of learning for the participants.

The event inaugurated at 6.00 PM with lightening the lamp by Prof Anusha Agarwal, Prof Satish Kumar, Prof Ritika Rathore, and Prof Vikas Kumar. Dr. Anusha Agarwal interacted with students and encourages them to take part in the event.

No event should be started without seeking blessings of Maa Saraswati, The Goddess of Wisdom. Maa Sarawati Vandana was performed by Ms. Rupali. An outstanding dance performance by Ms. Beshnabi Behara followed by a singing performance by Mr. Harsh took the event to the next level thereafter a beautiful song was sung by Mrs. Kesh Bala for the final year students. Some fun activities like question and answer rounds, Dumb Charades were also played by the students in between. Mr. Zafar, Mr. Shubham Agarwal and Ms. Komal Keshari sung some beautiful songs for audience. Mr. Anuj Kumar Srivastava did a standup comedy and entertained the audience. Students participated in the event with zeal and enthusiasm. The event was hosted by Ms. Luxmi and Ms. Vanshika brilliantly.

The event concluded with the announcement of winners of different activities. Prizes were distributed to the winners of both boys and girls in the categories of best dancer and best singer. Mr. Hosteller and Ms. Hosteller award was given to Ms. Ragini Kumari and Mr. Anuj Kumar Srivastava. A DJ system was also arranged for students in the lawn where boys and girls groove to their favorite songs played by DJ.

A special dinner was also served to the students in the lawn in front of ‘Dronacharya Auditorium’ on this occasion. This was an amazing and enjoyable event. These types of activities keep the students active and strengthen the bond among them. 

The program commenced with ceremonial lamp lighting and Saraswati Vandana.

Director, Dr. V N Bajpai congratulated all excellence awardees on their achievements and blessed all the outgoing students. He advised them to always see themselves as good ambassadors of the Institute and to keep on strengthening the relationship with their Alma mater.

I.T.S Excellence awards were awarded under category of Academic Excellence, Best Leadership, Star Performer, Best Club & Club Member of the batch.  The event witnessed enthusiastic performances from 2021-23 batch. Solo & Group dances, fashion show, surprise games were spectacular and simply mesmerized the audience. Mr. Pranjal Mehrotra and Ms. Tanya Dubey were crowned as Mr. & Ms. Farewell, while Mr. Kushagra Dwivedi & Ms. Koushiki Basu bagged the title of Mr. & Ms. Popular respectively.

Juniors held the audience with their heart throbbing performances. A number of fun filled games were conducted in which the audience participated with full zeal and excitement. Students had mixed emotions as they were leaving Institute and their friends but on the other hand were also excited about as to what future holds for them. Dr. Anusha Agarwal, Chairperson PGDM congratulated them and expressed her desire to see them distinguish themselves across various careers and fields.

At the end, students were all geared to rock the dance floor. With dancing shoes put on, all the students enjoyed the DJ night, specially organized for the seniors by the juniors.

The farewell was a grand success with glitz, glamour and emotions all around.

Hunar Manch (हुनरमंच) event was an academic-cum-fun event, that brought out the Marketing Skills, smartness, drama, laughter, emotions, madness, thrill from the participants in an unique way. This activity ushered participants of PGDM 2021-23 towards creative thinking, team cohesion, active participation and enable them to apply the classroom concepts in a fun way. The event was a Marketing Skit Competition along with banner (digital) presentation and Video Teaser shoot.

Each registered team for this Hunar Manch (हुनरमंच) FunTaskTic Skit Competition ,had performed on-stage enactment (Maximum 15 minutes) where they pitched/sold/position/place/market a product/brand/service in a unique way by adopting the storyline/theme of any bollywood movie, web series/ cartoon series/ famous TV episode. The event saw a huge participation from PGDM 2021-23 batch and 45 students did participated across 08 teams. The event was conceptualised and organised by Dr. Mayank Sharma, Club Coordinator – Marrecus - Marketing Club.

The event was being judged by a panel of 02 members comprising of Dr. Sunil Kumar Yadav and Dr. Sanjeev Tandon who evaluated the teams on 6 parameters of evaluation viz.

-          Conceptualisation of Skit

-          Team Coordination

-          Acting & Screenplay

-          Fitment of product in the theme of act

-          Pitch/Push of product in the Skit

-          Overall Impact & message to the public

The winning teams were awarded with Trophies, Certificates of Appreciation, Team Gift hampers and Individual gifts. The winning teams were:

1) Ist Prize (Team): 'Marketing Hunar Baaz No. 1' – Team Product Pushers (Shivam Pandey, Ankit kumar Jha, Saurabh Singh, Priya Pathak, Amrita Singh)

2) IInd Prize (Team):  'Marketing Hunar Baaz No. 2'   - Team BlackHawks( Niharika Chandra, Papiya Dey, Sneha Ojha, Sakshi Srivastava, Anubhi Sinha)

3) IIIrd Prize (Team): 'Marketing Hunar Baaz No. 3' – Team Sales Yoddha (Shardul Mishra, Amit Kr Singh, Anubhav Saxena, Prakash Chandra Pandey, Shristi Singh, Ravi Prakash Singh)

4) Sabse Dumdaar Performance (Male) - Mr. Ankit Kumar jha

5) Sabse Dumdaar Performance (Female)– Ms. Shruti Maheshwari

6) Most Viral Banner (Team)– Team Mummy keLaadle (Shobhit Singh, Prashant Tyagi, Kunal Sharma, Vipul, Vidhu Saran)

7) Most Viral Teaser Video (Team) - Team Product Pushers

8) Hunar Guru (The Best Comic Judge) – Sumit Kumar

The felicitation ceremony was graced by Dr. Anusha Agarwal, Chairperson PGDM who awarded the winning teams with trophies, certificates of appreciation and gift hampers. Certificates of participation were awarded to all the participating teams.