Visit to VST Tillers & Tractors Limited on 05-06, September, 2013

The students of MBA had an opportunity to  visit to a prestigious company VST Tractors & Tillers  Ltd, Bangalore on 5-6, September, 2013.
  
The manufacturing plant is located in Whitefield Industrial area near Bangalore. It has 75,00 Sq. mtrs. of land and a built up area of 15,000 Sq. mtrs (approx). The Manufacturing capacity of the company, presently is 25,000 Power Tillers, 32,000 Engines and 5000 Tractors. This capacity can be enhanced upto 30% within a period of 6 to 8 months. This plant mainly deals in manufacturing of Tractors and Farm Equipments.The plant is one of the oldest manufacturing plants in the production of tractors in India. Being briefed through the introduction of VST plant, we were about to explore the India’s most Prestigious Company.The students were divided into group of 15 people so as to have individual attention. Students visited 3 units of the plant right from examination of engine parts, assembling of engine and main manufacturing of tractors.

     The students were explained about How the assembly line manufacturing process works. This section of the plant deals with the installation of the main engine of the tractor. The students are taken through a complete channel of stations on the assembly station and the supervisor explaining each of the complicated process. The units where tractors are manufactured in assembly lines follow Total Quality Management (TQM) and Total Productivity Management (TPM). Every sub-unit contributes to the production. They avoid material handling losses with pulleys and fork-lifts. All these techniques add value to the production. Indeed there is no surprise they improve their quality and reduce time with ever unit of production of tractor. Later we were taken to the canteen for a cup of tea as a relaxation. We left the place thanking the DGM-HR, Mr.Kodandaram after the tea.

 


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Particiapation in "Marketing Conclave" at PESIT on 21-09-2013

Prof. Tejas. B. Vyas, a marketing faculty along with 3 marketing specialization students attended  "Marketing Conclave" conducted by PESIT on 21-09-2013.

WORK SHOP ON "DEPRECIATION OF RUPEE VALUE" 0N 24-09-2013

Department organized a workshop on "Depreciation of rupee value" on 24-09-2013 between 10.45 am - 01.00 pm. 

The event started with the presentation of Dr.Ananthapadmanabhan Professor of Economics on the issue, followed by Prof. Goplakrishna's presentation about the causes and measures to control the falling of rupee. Prof. Muralidhar Reddy talked about the impact of rupee depreciation on Agriculture and Pharma industry, followed by Prof. Gnanendra's presentation on the impact on IT industry. Prof. Raghu has expressed his views on the impact of rupee depreciation on FII's and FDI's, he also emphasized to buy Indian products to reduce the falling of rupee. This was followed by a panel discussion with Dr. R.Krishna as a moderator.

MBA I Semester student Ms Anu Franklin impressed the crowd with her presentation on the depreciation of rupee value. Mr. Ronald & Team from Marketing specialization  mesmerized the audience  with their advertisement on "Stop Smoking". The session concluded with presentation of MBA I Semester students Mr. Parvez and Mr. Manohar   on Share market, which was welcomed by the gathering.

The programme gave an opportunity to students  learn new things and share the knowledge that they have with others. Students were very positive and expressed their interest in organizing and participating in this type of activities.

ONAM celebration on 16-09-2013

MBA Students from KERALA- God's own country brightened the campus on ONAM day by putting 'POOKALAM' in the entrance of both Sir MV Block and DK Mohan block. The celebration became a sweet affair by afternoon as we all relished the sweetness of Payasam made by the boys specially to mark the occasion.

Guest Lecture on Technical Writing on 14-09-2013

Guest Lecture on Technical Writing on 14-09-2013

Mrs.Anupama from JIVIN TECH, Mysore, a technical writing and content development training company addressed our MBA III semester students and explained the the importance and career in technical writing.

Faculty Participation in FDP on "Teaching Pedagogy for Management"

Prof. John Pradeep Kumar and Prof. Sunil M Kulkarni participated in FDP on "Teaching Pedagogy for Management" organized by Oxford college, Bangalore on 14-09-2013.

Paper Presntation by Dr.Ananthapadmanabhan and Prof. Gopalakrishna.

 Dr.Ananthapadmanabhan and Prof. Gopalakrishna presented a paper at National Conference on "MBA at Cross roads" organized by MSRCASC, Banagalore on 14-09-2013.

Title of the paper : An introspection of MBA trends in India

Objective of the conference

To analyse and understand the present situation of MBA Institutions and recognition of MBA by industry.

Programme started at 10.00 a.m. with an inauguration.

Speakers from industry and academia were the Chief guest and Guests of honor addressed the gathering during inauguration.

1.       Prof. Joe Phillip President and Director Emeritus XIME – Chief Guest

2.       Mr.K.Vaidyanath Director ITC Ltd. Guests of Honor

3.       Mr. Sanjay Padode Secretary IFIM Business School

12 Papers were presented by faculty members and industry persons from 2.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Following points were discussed during the programme.

1.       Course content

2.       Process of evaluation

3.       Pedagogy

4.       Linking MBA with Industry realities and placement oppotunities

Certificates were distributed at the end of the programme.

 

Orientation to MBA students on 11-09-2013

Department of MBA organized a orientation programme for the aspiring MBA students. The programme started with HOD - Prof.Gopalakrishna's report about the department, he explained about various activities and programmes organized by the department  in last 1 year and road map for next year. Later the students were addressed by career expert on various aspects of Management and MBA as a career.  The session followed by Prof.Y.Muralidhar Reddy's video presentation of the department profile and students learning. The session was concluded with director Dr.R.Krishna's remarks about the college.

A class room activity for MBA Finance students on “Workshop on Overhead Distribution”

This exercise was used as an activity to make the practical exposure of Overhead distribution of the total cost implied in producing a product.

Description:

   Participants have divided into teams of 5 students each and thrown a real time cases on overhead distribution of total cost of the product.

2.    Team members were given 30 minutes time to analysis between team members under the Faculty Guidance.

3.    On August 30^th 2013 students have presented and explained the real implications of the different situations rise in overhead distributions in front of all other students.

Outcome:

This activity has given practical exposure to the students about the manufacturing process hitches and glitches in production expenses. As well it encouraged the students to expose practical implication of theoretical concepts learn in class room.

This activity was conducted by Prof. GNANENDRA. M,