Alumni Meet 2019

KIAMS Convocation 2019

‘Please ensure that you are always working for the customer’
- Mr. Atul Kirloskar

Pune, April 20, 2019: ‘‘When you start doing a job, you get used to it and tend to forget that all businesses are there for the customer. This fact is slowly forgotten, and we start thinking instead of what we are doing and what we are offering. Therefore, it is always important to sense the desires of the customer.’’, said renowned entrepreneur Atul Kirloskar. He was speaking to the students at the convocation ceremony of Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) today in Pune.

The convocation of the class of 2019 of KIAMS was held in the presence of Atul Kirloskar, President, Governing Council, KIAMS along with the Chief Guest R. R. Deshpande, MD and CEO, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd and Dr. Vikas Joshi, Founder and CEO, Harbinger Group. Amarshekhar Bhonagiri, Vice President, KIAMS, Dr. V. S. Pai, Director, KIAMS (Harihar), Dr. Amit Sinha, Director, KIAMS (Pune) were present among the dignitaries.  

In the ceremony held on the Pune campus of the institute, 178 graduating students in KIAMS’s Pune and Harihar campus (Karnataka) received PG Diploma certificates at the hands of R. R. Deshpande and Dr. Vikas Joshi.  

From the class of 2019, Neha Agarwal from Pune campus and Ananth Hegde from Harihar campus won the overall gold medal. While the overall silver medal is awarded to Manpreet Manoj (Pune) and Vipul Lahoti (Harihar). Along with the gold and silver medal winners, Soumen Saha, Utsha Ray, Shreya Shrivastava, Aakansha Agnihotri and Satya Prakash were awarded for being toppers of different specializations. A special Distinguished Alumni Award was given to Hitendra Ramachandran, and Shrishail Deshnur.

While talking to the students, Kirloskar also stressed that the real education starts after getting into the business. He said, ‘‘When the students join the corporate world after education, they still must have passion for learning more and more. Listen to the suggestions of others before making any decision. There is always an advantage in the diversity of thinking as you may not be able to think everything.’’

R. R. Deshpande and Vikas Joshi shared some of their learning experiences with the students. Deshpande said that regardless of whether you are an employee or an entrepreneur, respecting people is the most important thing for success. One should not become self-satisfied or get into the comfort zone even if you achieve some goals. He also stressed that continuous improvement is the necessity of the day. Dr. Joshi highlighted the importance of the power of networking capital, continuous learning through difficult situations, and understanding the difference of opinion in a team by narrating his real-life experiences.

Orientation 2019

We conduct a one-week orientation program for the incoming students, to ease their interaction into the KIAMS family. During this week students get to meet other students, become familiar with campus services, and the PGDM program.

While orientation has been traditionally for students, in the previous years, the institute has recognized the fact that parents need help in dealing with the transition. Keeping this in mind, we have added parent orientation on the first day of the orientation week.

The orientation program was conducted on 17th June 2019 at KIAMS Pune for the Pune students.

During the orientation week, students were able to connect with eminent professionals from various areas like Marketing, Finance, Operations, Human Resource and Business Analytics.

The students experienced a wide range of involvement like case studies, presentations, team games and participate in an out bound training session.

The week’s flow of the orientation program:

International Yoga Day 2018

Derived from the Sanskrit word 'Yuj', yoga is an ancient practice that is the union of one's mind and body. It connects the body, mind, and spirit through various body postures, meditation, and controlled breathing. KIAMS practised yoga in celebration of the International Yoga Day on 21st June 2018 and garnered overwhelming participation from the students.cc

National holidays Celebration

KiTABE – 2019 : BOOK EXHIBITION

KiTABE – 2019 : BOOK EXHIBITION

Learning Resource Centre, Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Pune conducted Book Exhibition on 25th & 26th November 2019 from 9:00 AM to 05:30 PM. The event was inaugurated by Dr L. K. Tripathy, Director- KIAMS. The event was graced by the presence of Mr Amarshekhar Bhonagiri, Vice President- KIAMS.

The exhibition was coordinated by Mr Sayed Ahmed Inamdar, Librarian, and Mr Umesh Rakshe, Library Assistant. The display consisted of around 1500 volume of books spread across the various publishers which include McGraw Hill, Oxford, Harvard Publishing, Sage, CRC Press, Pearson, Cengage, etc. covering Management related subjects, fiction, non-fiction, light reading, and other rare collections. The event received an excellent response from the Faculty, Students, & Staff community. Overall the event was successful.

Emblaze 2.0

KIAMS organized its Inter-Collegiate annual management fest “Emblaze 2.0” on the 6th and 7th of February.

Emblaze is the flagship event of our institute, the legacy of which began in 2018-2019 intending to bring together the students of different educational institutes and to provide a platform for showcasing their managerial skills, creativity, and sportsmanship.

The theme of Emblaze 2.0 was #EarthLimitedEdition. This theme was chosen keeping in mind the urgent need to address the issue of saving mother Earth. The theme throws light on the recent incidents that have taken place across the globe mainly the Brazilian rainstorm, the Philippine volcano, The Amazon Rainforest fire, The Australian bush fire on land, and the marine plastic pollution. The need of the hour is a concentrated effort from all the stakeholders to realize the emergency and act accordingly. The motto was to spread the message to youth on a larger scale, as our generation would save the generations to come.

Orientation Program for Batch 2020 – 22

Onboarding Program at KIAMS - Day 1

Key speakers

Mr. Amarshekhar Bhonagiri

Vice President - Governing Council

Dr. L.K. Tripathy

Director – KIAMS Pune

Dr. Bidyanand Jha

Dean (Academics) – KIAMS Pune

KIAMS Pune started its orientation program on 26th June 2020, Friday, for the batch of 2020-22. The entire program was conducted online. The program started with the inaugural address by Mr Amarshekar Bhonagiri - Vice President of KIAMS Governing Council. During his interaction, he took the students through the journey of KIAMS and offered insights on ‘purpose-driven goal setting’. He focussed on creating a success story, to be effective in leading personal and professional life. He emphasized on discovering oneself and getting to know more during the process. This discovery would help each individual, in knowing himself better, and aligning with the process of learning at KIAMS, to achieve the desired goals. In his interaction, Mr Bhonagiri also highlighted the importance of identifying areas of improvement and converting them into the strengths, to take full advantage of the upcoming opportunities. In the end, he re- emphasized on utilizing these two years’ journey, in transforming and crafting a beautiful and meaningful story of each individual.

Dr L.K Tripathy - Director, KIAMS Pune, in his welcome address, extended a warm welcome to all the students. He highlighted how KIAMS Pune, would support in developing the students holistically. The batch size of KIAMS Pune is 60, therefore the development process becomes more effective for the students. The quality of interactions with the faculty, having a limited number of students remains high. The mentoring and hand-holding process is the key to individual development, at KIAMS Pune. In his interaction, he emphasized three crucial thinking skills viz. sustainable, innovative, and rational thinking. These thinking skills would help the students, to exploit opportunities embedded in the two year PGDM program, and also prepare them for upcoming corporate opportunities.

Dr Bidyanand Jha - Dean (Academics), KIAMS Pune welcomed the students and congratulated them for making it to KIAMS Pune. All the students were updated about the Kirloskar Group, and how KIAMS along with the Group companies, ensures the development of contemporary skills, mapped with the industrial practices. The interaction highlighted the determination of students towards the learning and preparedness of the Institute in facilitating the learning and skilling experience. The pride of being a part of the oldest engineering conglomerate was also highlighted. The business challenges, posed by COVID and the solutions adopted by the industry, are going to be the core of academic delivery for this batch. The involvement of senior executives from the Kirloskar Group of Companies and affiliated partners enhances the teaching and ensures the learning in the respective domains with clinical precision. The collaborative course delivery is the unique feature of the KIAMS learning and development process. The entire academic process including session details, examination policy, students’ club activities, library processes, and the unique ‘student enhancement plan’ (StEP), was explained to the students.

The first day of the orientation program and proceedings were concluded with the introduction of all the Area Chairs, Faculty, and Staff members of KIAMS Pune.

Onboarding Program at KIAMS - Day 2

Key speakers

Mr. Anil Yadav

Assistant Manager, Schindler India Pvt. Ltd. Batch 2010 – 2012

Mr. Akshay Amber

Manager – VM & Trade Marketing, Artsana Group,Batch 2012 – 14

Ms. Shreya Shubham

Marketing Manager, Flipkart
Batch 2016 - 18

Ms. Pallavi Kukreja

Business Development Executive, Wysetek Technologies,Batch 2016 – 18

The second day of the orientation program started at 09:30 AM on 27th June 2020, Saturday. It was designed to be an interaction with the alumni of KIAMS. KIAMS started its journey in 1991 and has a strong alumni base; developed over the years. The purpose of this interaction was to induct the students of Batch 2020 – 2022, to the large pool of successful, and well-established alumni of KIAMS. These wonderful exchange of thoughts have been very helpful to the students, to set their expectations and goals. Alumni of different batches participated and shared their experiences regarding their journey at KIAMS and post KIAMS.

Mr Anil Yadav, Assistant Manager at Schindler India Pvt. Ltd., an alumnus of Batch 2010 - 12, interacted with the students and shared his journey at KIAMS and post KIAMS. He expressed how the Student Resource Book (SRB) given at the time of his orientation program helped him navigate his success story at KIAMS. His goal-setting, expectation-setting, and zeroing-in his dream job started after going through the SRB carefully. Along the journey of two years, the skills which helped him achieve his goals, are networking and human relations. Hard work and optimizing the resources were his core skills and learning at KIAMS. His corporate life started from a sales profile and he grew in the industry as a fast- tracker. His achievements of scoring impressive CGPA, and corporate success, were possible because of the skills imparted at KIAMS.

Mr Akshay Amber, Manager, VM & Trade Marketing at Artsana Group, an alumnus of Batch 2012 - 14, advised the students to calculate the risk in the beginning and conquer it, such that post-KIAMS, the journey can be smooth and fruitful. Networking with peers and colleagues, for collaborative learning, is very helpful during the course. Working on multiple projects, multiple assignments, chasing the timelines, and being responsible, are the key skills he learned at KIAMS. He appreciated the unique and innovative pedagogy, the challenges are thrown at him during the course, and fair and impartial assessment as the best part of his learning and development at KIAMS.

Ms Pallavi Kukreja, Business Development Executive at Wysetek Technologies, and Ms Shreya Shubham, Marketing Manager at Flipkart, both alumni of Batch 2016 – 18, while interacting with the students, highlighted the importance of internship in the entire PGDM program. They acknowledged whatever transformation they have undergone through it is only with the help of friends, faculty members, and the rigour of the academic process at KIAMS. They emphasized the necessity of being active in various student committees, to learn more skills outside the classroom. The cross-cultural peer group interaction helped them to learn skills, which were very helpful in their initial days of corporate life. They appreciated the role of KIAMS faculty in their building them as a responsible corporate citizen. The faculty member played the role of a local guardian to shape their lives.

The orientation program of the second day, thus, consisted of four distinguished alumni members interacting and offering insightful suggestions to the students of batch 2020 – 22.

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GANESH CHATHURTI 2019

Ganesh Chathurti is celebrate as birthday of Lord Ganesha. Ganpati Bappa is said to be the God of wisdom. Kirloskar Institute of Advance Management Studies welcomed Bappa on 2 September 2019. This event was organized by Cultural committee. All the students danced and welcomed Bappa with great enthusiasm and love. To mark the beginning of this loved festival the session started with all the Faculty and students reciting the traditional aarti and lamp lighting. Students of batch 22 and 21 welcomed Bappa with pomp.

KIAMS SWABHIMAAN 2019 - Cherishing Learner’s Pride

KIAMS Swabhimaan was held on 14th December, 2019 at KIAMS Pune

KIAMS Swabhimaan - aa one of its kind, is an initiative taken by Kiams Pune for the parents to take pride in the achievements of their wards. The event took place on 14th December 2019 at Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Pune. The parents were invited to visit the campus and be a part of the parent-teacher meet. Swabhimaan is an effective way through which the parents can have a glimpse of what is going on in and around the student's campus life. Face to face communication with the teachers immensely helps the parents to plan out the learning process of their child.

The event was inaugurated by the vice president of KIAMS Pune, Mr Amarshekhar Bhonagiri by addressing parents about the scope of KIAMS ranging from academics to life lessons students learn here. The parents were later addressed by Director, Dr L.K Tripathy, and Associate Dean Academics, Dr Bidyanand Jha.

Dr L.K Tripathy threw light on the importance of knowledge, skills, and attitude as building blocks of the career of the learning partners. Dr Jha briefed parents by giving an overview of the academics, student activities, and Industry Coordination Committee (ICC). They were also told about Live Projects for first-year students, Business Immersion (BI), and Placement in the institute.

The program was followed by parents sharing their views on the change and positive developments they saw in their wards, felicitation of meritorious students and question-answer session of parents with the faculties.

Interaction with Directors

Interaction with the Directors

S.L. Kirloskar Centre for Executive Education (SLKCEE) conducted "Insider Trading Compliance Program 2019-20" on the 22nd, 23rd,29th and 30th November 2019 at KIAMS Pune Campus. The Program was graced by the Kirloskar family along with 44 Directors from various companies of the Kirloskar Group, including - Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL), Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited (KPCL), Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited (KFIL), Kirloskar Industries Limited (KIL), Kirloskar Chillers Private Limited (KCPL) and Kirloskar Proprietary Limited (KPL) to name a few. Dr. V.R. Narasimhan, Mr. Tushar Ajinkya, Mr. Sujjain Talwar and Mr. J Ranganayaku shed light on various concepts and aspects of Insider Trading and also talked about the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders to curtail such incidents.

The KIAMS student community was an active partner of SLKCEE and helped in coordinating the program delivery. Students had organized skits and other entertainment events to keep the Directors soothed after the day-long lectures. A one-to-one interaction was organized wherein 14 Directors interacted with the entire student community at KIAMS Pune. The interaction session was very energetic as both the Directors and the students could table thoughts coming from very different mind-sets. The networking dinner also gave a platform to the students for getting to know the Directors and gathering career advices and knowledge from them.

The President’s Citations & Awards Ceremony

Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies.

The KIAMS President’s Citation and Award is a prestigious ceremony for the companies where the students completed their Business Immersion projects.

It was organized to express the Institute’s gratitude and recognize the efforts of the mentors and companies that have supported KIAMS students through their three months of industry experience.

The entire BI Project experience was broadly classified into three stages, Pre-Project, During- Project, and Post-Project. Where in the basic parameters and criteria for this was based upon the nature of the project given to the student, the number of students engaged, the orientation they received during their first day, the proper plan and execution of the project, continuous support and guidance from the assigned mentor, the presentations have taken, feedback and suggestions shared after the completion of the project?

The companies that were part of this assessment were, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd., Kirloskar Pneumatic Co. Ltd, Kirloskar Chillers Pvt. Ltd and Kloudq.

KOEL bagged the KIAMS AADHAAR AWARD 2019 as the best BI Company and it was received by Mr.R.R.Deshpande the Managing Director & CEO, KOEL, and awarded by Smt.Suman Kirloskar.

Mr Abhya Naik and Mr Ramesh Chavan from KOEL received the best Mentor Awards and it was awarded by Mr.Atul Kirloskar(President, Governing Council KIAMS) KIAMS heartily congratulate KOEL and all the mentors of the companies for their unstinted guidance and support towards this industry-academic partnership.

Fresher’s Day 2019

Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies(KIAMS) conducted “Freshers” on 22nd to 25th July 2019.

Day 1- Dodgeball was conducted by the Sports Committee of Batch 21 in Auditorium

Day 2- Blind fold event was conducted by Management Committee of Batch 21 in LH1

Day 3- Cultural Event like singing, dancing was conducted by Cultural committee of Batch 21 in Auditorium

Day 4- The final day was the Talent Hunt Round which included events like Fashion Show, Dancing, Singing and according to this Mr and Ms Fresher were selected.

Guest Lecture of Mr Shashi Kumar

CO. FOUNDER AND CEO, GRAND VIEW RESEARCH INC

Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Pune for the students of Batch 22 and Batch 21 on 26/07/2019 on the topic “Vision to be an Entrepreneur”

He is an entrepreneur and a result-driven director with extensive project management, advisory service, research, and consulting experience. He enjoys a proven record of custom research project management and providing timely actionable recommendations to clients across the industry verticals. Sound research background with the ability to understand the leading-edge technologies, identify market trends, and transform them into marketing strategies.

He gave insights ranging from market analysis, market sizing and forecasting, man management, business planning, market strategy, results from delivery, cost reduction, the international business industry which he is an expert at.

He shared insights and experiences regarding interview techniques and what the industry expects from the candidate. He mentored the students who had budding entrepreneur ideas and want to start on business with a feasible idea with the right partner.

He shared his opinion on “Need to Start a Business”

• Business should solve a problem
• Wisely Choose a Business partners
• Scalability of business
• Understanding importance operational efficiency

The interactive the session had insights on CV building, attitude towards internships, job interviews, building a professional network, to pack of young minds of both the batches.

Swatch Bharat Abhiyan

Green Campus

Environment friendly measures, STP, Biogas Plant, Tree Plantation, Rain Water Harvesting, Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies.

Fire Safety & Solar System

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Industry Visit

Corporate Insight - Session by Mr. R.R. Deshpande

Session on “Leadership, Business Challenges, COVID Impact, New Normal, and the Upcoming Scenario” by Mr R. R. Deshpande.

Monday, 17th August 2020: Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies invited Mr R. R. Deshpande, former MD & CEO, Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited, to share his experience under the “KIAMS-Talk” series.
Mr Deshpande has a vast and rich experience of leading an engineering organization and has been one of the key persons in the success story of Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. He has pioneered many best practices at KOEL, which has gained a lot of recognition and earned many awards. Many of his initiatives have become benchmarking practices among industries operating in the same as well other domains, wherever applicable.
This session was organized to understand the challenges put forth to the leadership during this pandemic (COVID-19), and the way that they were dealt with. Lockdown, dropping business, fearful surroundings, division of zones (Red-Green-Orange), logistics issues, government directives - these were the many dimensions that impacted business verticals, and really tested the sustainability of the organizations. Who better to tell us how to deal with all these problems than Mr Deshpande, with his many years of accumulated knowledge & experience.
During the interaction, he explained all the above points with appropriate illustrations. He shared his experience of dealing with various stakeholders, such as Dealers, Suppliers, Customers, and most importantly - Employees. He mentioned that it was very important to keep the employees motivated, and also to protect them from pay loss, layoffs, and more such negative developments that were happening in industries across the country. KOEL was able to protect its employees and manage to get back to profitability in this challenging time.
He narrated the challenges in logistics, client meetings, technology support, work from home, tension with China, and much more in the business operations, and how these challenges were dealt with by the team of KOEL. It was very insightful and eye-opening.
According to him, health, safety, and business were the priorities of KOEL. He mentioned about the ways that various organizations were dealing with these situations. Some organizations put the people first, and some the business - KOEL managed both; they won the trust of their employees and thereby managed their business verticals. He also stressed the fact that as this is an unprecedented event, one should not compare the business outcomes of this year with that of the previous year. This year must be treated as a disaster-survival year, and if the organizations can protect their people and profitability, it should be considered as a great achievement.
215 Participants including faculty and students attended the session, and it was a great learning experience for all of them.

Orientation Program for Batch 2020 – 22

Onboarding Program at KIAMS - Day 1

Key speakers

Mr. Amarshekhar Bhonagiri

Vice President - Governing Council

Dr. L.K. Tripathy

Director – KIAMS Pune

Dr. Bidyanand Jha

Dean (Academics) – KIAMS Pune

KIAMS Pune started its orientation program on 26th June 2020, Friday, for the batch of 2020-22. The entire program was conducted online. The program started with the inaugural address by Mr Amarshekar Bhonagiri - Vice President of KIAMS Governing Council. During his interaction, he took the students through the journey of KIAMS and offered insights on ‘purpose-driven goal setting’. He focussed on creating a success story, to be effective in leading personal and professional life. He emphasized on discovering oneself and getting to know more during the process. This discovery would help each individual, in knowing himself better, and aligning with the process of learning at KIAMS, to achieve the desired goals. In his interaction, Mr Bhonagiri also highlighted the importance of identifying areas of improvement and converting them into the strengths, to take full advantage of the upcoming opportunities. In the end, he re- emphasized on utilizing these two years’ journey, in transforming and crafting a beautiful and meaningful story of each individual.

Dr L.K Tripathy - Director, KIAMS Pune, in his welcome address, extended a warm welcome to all the students. He highlighted how KIAMS Pune, would support in developing the students holistically. The batch size of KIAMS Pune is 60, therefore the development process becomes more effective for the students. The quality of interactions with the faculty, having a limited number of students remains high. The mentoring and hand-holding process is the key to individual development, at KIAMS Pune. In his interaction, he emphasized three crucial thinking skills viz. sustainable, innovative, and rational thinking. These thinking skills would help the students, to exploit opportunities embedded in the two year PGDM program, and also prepare them for upcoming corporate opportunities.

Dr Bidyanand Jha - Dean (Academics), KIAMS Pune welcomed the students and congratulated them for making it to KIAMS Pune. All the students were updated about the Kirloskar Group, and how KIAMS along with the Group companies, ensures the development of contemporary skills, mapped with the industrial practices. The interaction highlighted the determination of students towards the learning and preparedness of the Institute in facilitating the learning and skilling experience. The pride of being a part of the oldest engineering conglomerate was also highlighted. The business challenges, posed by COVID and the solutions adopted by the industry, are going to be the core of academic delivery for this batch. The involvement of senior executives from the Kirloskar Group of Companies and affiliated partners enhances the teaching and ensures the learning in the respective domains with clinical precision. The collaborative course delivery is the unique feature of the KIAMS learning and development process. The entire academic process including session details, examination policy, students’ club activities, library processes, and the unique ‘student enhancement plan’ (StEP), was explained to the students.

The first day of the orientation program and proceedings were concluded with the introduction of all the Area Chairs, Faculty, and Staff members of KIAMS Pune.

Onboarding Program at KIAMS - Day 2

Key speakers

Mr. Anil Yadav

Assistant Manager, Schindler India Pvt. Ltd. Batch 2010 – 2012

Mr. Akshay Amber

Manager – VM & Trade Marketing, Artsana Group,Batch 2012 – 14

Ms. Shreya Shubham

Marketing Manager, Flipkart
Batch 2016 - 18

Ms. Pallavi Kukreja

Business Development Executive, Wysetek Technologies,Batch 2016 – 18

The second day of the orientation program started at 09:30 AM on 27th June 2020, Saturday. It was designed to be an interaction with the alumni of KIAMS. KIAMS started its journey in 1991 and has a strong alumni base; developed over the years. The purpose of this interaction was to induct the students of Batch 2020 – 2022, to the large pool of successful, and well-established alumni of KIAMS. These wonderful exchange of thoughts have been very helpful to the students, to set their expectations and goals. Alumni of different batches participated and shared their experiences regarding their journey at KIAMS and post KIAMS.

Mr Anil Yadav, Assistant Manager at Schindler India Pvt. Ltd., an alumnus of Batch 2010 - 12, interacted with the students and shared his journey at KIAMS and post KIAMS. He expressed how the Student Resource Book (SRB) given at the time of his orientation program helped him navigate his success story at KIAMS. His goal-setting, expectation-setting, and zeroing-in his dream job started after going through the SRB carefully. Along the journey of two years, the skills which helped him achieve his goals, are networking and human relations. Hard work and optimizing the resources were his core skills and learning at KIAMS. His corporate life started from a sales profile and he grew in the industry as a fast- tracker. His achievements of scoring impressive CGPA, and corporate success, were possible because of the skills imparted at KIAMS.

Mr Akshay Amber, Manager, VM & Trade Marketing at Artsana Group, an alumnus of Batch 2012 - 14, advised the students to calculate the risk in the beginning and conquer it, such that post-KIAMS, the journey can be smooth and fruitful. Networking with peers and colleagues, for collaborative learning, is very helpful during the course. Working on multiple projects, multiple assignments, chasing the timelines, and being responsible, are the key skills he learned at KIAMS. He appreciated the unique and innovative pedagogy, the challenges are thrown at him during the course, and fair and impartial assessment as the best part of his learning and development at KIAMS.

Ms Pallavi Kukreja, Business Development Executive at Wysetek Technologies, and Ms Shreya Shubham, Marketing Manager at Flipkart, both alumni of Batch 2016 – 18, while interacting with the students, highlighted the importance of internship in the entire PGDM program. They acknowledged whatever transformation they have undergone through it is only with the help of friends, faculty members, and the rigour of the academic process at KIAMS. They emphasized the necessity of being active in various student committees, to learn more skills outside the classroom. The cross-cultural peer group interaction helped them to learn skills, which were very helpful in their initial days of corporate life. They appreciated the role of KIAMS faculty in their building them as a responsible corporate citizen. The faculty member played the role of a local guardian to shape their lives.

The orientation program of the second day, thus, consisted of four distinguished alumni members interacting and offering insightful suggestions to the students of batch 2020 – 22.

In January of this year, KIAMS launched its debut event KIRIT – a case study competition. The main idea behind this event was to provide an opportunity to young, brilliant minds to apply their skills to a real-life situation.
We received an overwhelming response from the top Institutes across the country with 1323 teams (each consisting of 3 members) registering for the Crown Jewel of KIAMS. The Round 1 was an Online Quiz conducted on the Dare2Compete platform. Only 109 teams made it to Round 2. In Round 2, the teams were required to submit an analysis of case study to enter the Finale. Only 6 teams were shortlisted for the Grand Finale, which was held on 26th February 2021. The Finalists teams were from IIT, Kharagpur; IIT, Kanpur; IIM Bangalore; NITIE, Mumbai; BITS, Pilani; and IIFT, Delhi.
The finale was judged by a panel of industry experts from Kirloskar Group of Companies. The panel included Mr. Sanjeev Nikmar, Managing Director & CEO, Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited; Ms. Gauri Kirloskar, Director, Arka Fincap Limited; Mr. Mahesh Chhabria, Managing Director, Kirloskar Industries Limited; Mr. Ravindranath Gumaste, Managing Director, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited; and Mr. Srinivasan K, Managing Director, Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited.
The grand finale was conducted through an online Google meet mode from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each team presented their case study solutions and faced a series of critical and practical questions from the panel of judges.
Team Blueprint from NITIE, Mumbai were adjudged the Runner-up while Team Enigma from IIT, Kharagpur were declared winners for KIRIT 2021.

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Orientation 21-22

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KIRIT 2.0

Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) was set up in 1991 by the Kirloskar Group at Harihar (Karnataka) as a Management Development Center for training managers of the Kirloskar Group. Since 1998, KIAMS has been offering a two-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) at its Harihar campus. In 2010, the second campus of KIAMS started operations in Pune, offering PDGM. The PGDM program at both campuses are approved by the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. About KIRIT - The Kirloskar Crown Jewel is up for the taking!
After the success of the first edition of KIRIT, this year KIAMS, in association with Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL), Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited (KPCL), Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited (KFIL) and ARKA Fincap – announces the second edition, KIRIT 2.0.
KIRIT is a national-level inter-collegiate case analysis competition. This event is aimed at providing an opportunity to young managerial minds for showcasing their critical thinking abilities in assessing and proposing solutions to real-life managerial challenges faced by organizations.
Eligibility: The competition is open to all 4-year full-time B.Tech/ BE and 2-year full-time regular PGDM/ MBA students.

Ganesh Chaturti

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Kartyavya

‘Kartavya’ a Social Welfare Drive, an initiative taken by B-24 students of KIAMS - Pune. The idea behind this event is to help the needy and spread the importance of education everywhere. KIAMS believe in giving back to the society in any way possible and we feel that it is our responsibility. Hence we named this initiative as 'Kartavya' Making A Difference.

The first event of this programme was concluded on 18th December, 2021. All the students of B-24 went to a government school (Zilla Parishad Prathmik Shala). The day started at 7 am and after reaching the school we started interacting with some of the students there while the rest of the students continued on their daily chores which included writing the quote of the day, cleaning the room, etc. All we team members of B24 felt like we were back in school by looking at the innocent children. We all participated in singing the national anthem including the principal and the teachers. That was followed by everyone saying the pledge of the preamble.

Apart from this right from the Principal of the school to the student participants, shared the importance of education in everyone`s life.
After all this, we distributed them with stationery which they could use for studying like copies, boards, pen, sharpener, erases and crayons.
The smiles and satisfaction on the face was captured in a frame. It all ended with us planting two saplings in their play area.

KIM Best Practices!

At Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) we believe in creating best practices such as Student Ownership and Self-directed Learning. A student takes ownership of personalized learning. Students are motivated to reflect on their career path and design personalized learning experiences to hone the knowledge and skill required to face the challenges of the future. KIAMS offers support to the students with the right resources and tools.

KIMAYA- The Art Circle

Kirloskar Institute of Management is pleased to announce that we organized KIMAYA- the Art Circle, a series of workshops on drama and theatre arts.

Mr. Pramod Pathak, a versatile actor, and director best known for his roles in Gangs of Wasseypur, Mirzapur, Raees and Raazi, led the first session of the workshop.

He enlightened students on ways to overcome the challenges in life and freely express their thoughts and emotions. He also shared his extensive knowledge of theatre, art, and expression with the class, which will undoubtedly benefit the students in their future endeavors.

The entire session was engaging and informative. All these activities fostered in the students a sense of teamwork, the value of personal expression, self-knowledge, and overcoming social norms.

Ganesh Chaturthi

Amid chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya, we celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with great fervour and euphoria!

Finance workshop (Hedge Funds, Options Trading, KPO Startup for the students of PGDM )

Kirloskar Institute of Management, Pune conducted a Finance workshop with the main focus on Hedge Funds, Options Trading, KPO Startup for the students of PGDM. We were pleased to have Mr. Sharanbir Brijnath, Founder & Managing Director - IRIS RESOURCING INDIA LTD, with us as the guest speaker!

The event was graced by the auspicious presence of Mr. Atul Kirloskar, President of the Governing Council - Kirloskar Institute of Management.

Strategy Development

It was an honor to host Mr. Ajoy Behari Lall, Ex Vice President – Operations for the Commercial Vehicle Business Unit of Tata Motors Limited.

Mr. Ajoy Behari Lall led a session on "Strategy Development." The session focused on the importance and implementation of strategy and the balanced scorecard.

It was an interactive and insightful session for the participants.

We will take this opportunity to express our gratitude to Mr. Ajoy Behari Lall for hosting the session and for taking the time and effort to share his experiences with us.

Empowering women through Change Management

Kirloskar Institute of Management organized an employee training program on "Empowering women through Change Management."

Mrs. Suchitra Chatterjee, Founder, of IWNO (International Women Networking Organization), Insight Life Coaching Institute, Pune, led the training session. The program focused on raising awareness about women's empowerment as per the AICTE guidelines to observe a pahkwada on "Discrimination Against Women."

KIM has always raised its voice against discrimination against women and is in favor of women's empowerment.

MoU Signed between Kirloskar Institute of Management & University of Ladakh

The Kirloskar Institute of Management recognizes the value of inter-institutional cooperation and collaboration.

We feel honoured to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Ladakh, the sole institution of higher education and research located throughout the Trans-Himalayan range.

This MoU will facilitate faculty and student exchange. Furthermore, it will open up opportunities for technical exchange, collaborative research, and cooperative participation in academic programs and seminars.

MoU Signed between Kirloskar Institute of Management & Karnatak University, Dharwad (KUD)

As they say, "Collaboration is the essence of life. The wind, bees and flowers work together, to spread the pollen." We at Kirloskar Institute of Management believe in collaborative growth practices!

We are honoured to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the prestigious Karnatak University, Dharwad (KUD), the second oldest university in the state of Karnataka. The MoU will facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical expertise, the exchange of students and faculties and the conduct of joint research activities. It will also enable student participation in seminars, meetings and engaging in cultural activities.

K TALKS Program, Lieutenant General A Arun, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Dakshin Bharat Area.

As part of our prestigious K TALKS program, we were honoured to host Lieutenant General A Arun, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Dakshin Bharat Area. He’s a recipient of numerous distinguished accolades including the Yudh Seva Medal, the Sena Medal, the Vishisht Seva Medal and he has also received the Chief of Army Staff’s commendation four times.

Lt. General A Arun enlightened us about “The Power of Straight Lines” with the main focus of not just inculcating leadership skills in our students, but also imparting life skills to help them become better human beings.

Lt. General A Arun spoke extensively about the qualities that make a true leader, which included:
1. Drive & Passion 2. Desire to lead 3. Integrity 4. Doing the right things 5. Intelligence - critical thinking & problem solving

It was an inspiring session wherein our prestigious guest shared his real-life experiences to lead a happy life. Some of the highlights that he mentioned were:
1. Always start from scratch to reach higher levels. There’s no shortcut to success. 2. Try to find positivity in everything around you. 3. Enjoy every moment. 4. For motivation, there are a lot of stories around you. Explore them. 5. Learn from the experiences of others.

Alumni Homecoming

It was amazing to host our alumni from Batch-23 at our Pune Campus!

The day began with a brainstorming session over breakfast with our alumni and the Director, Mr. Tarun Agarwal, Pune, KIM. What is a homecoming event without a game? The aura was full of smiles and giggles when the alumni celebrated the kid within them. Treasure hunt, Tug of War, 3-leg race, Squid game, you name it, they played it.

The day culminated into a cultural evening. The group dance performance by Batch-25 was so incredible that the crowd couldn’t help but stand and applaud. The crowd gasped in admiration as our super girls, Ritika and Bhakti, performed a lovely dance routine.

Our poet, Namit, charmed the audience with a beautiful love story.

Our in-house singers, Romil, Hardik, and Sakshi, transformed the atmosphere with their breathtaking voices.

The cultural committee deserves appreciation for what they’ve managed to pull off. This memorable day ended with alumni sharing their words of wisdom and it was an incredible experience for the students of B24 & B25!

Girish Konkar (retd), Ex. Submarine Commander, Indian Navy, CEO Beyond Horizons, Author of ‘Sshhh Commander Girish spoken about "Rewire your Brain"

We were delighted to host Commander Girish Konkar (retd), ex-Submarine Commander, Indian Navy, CEO of Beyond Horizons, Author of ‘Sshhh…It’s Not a Secret’ and a renowned Leadership & Transformation Catalyst at Kirloskar Institute of Management, Pune.

Commander Girish Konkar enlightened us about "Rewiring Your Brain".

Commander Girish Konkar spoke about stress, self-limiting beliefs and how they affect us, and how these fears and beliefs develop. He then went on to discuss how to consciously overcome these beliefs, by walking the audience through a variety of techniques such as:
Affirmations
Visualization
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Psych-K

It was certainly an inspirational session for all the participants. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Commander Girish Konkar for an enlightening evening. We are grateful for the time and effort you took to share your thoughts and experiences with us.

Case Study Competition on the Harvard Business Case "Dilemma of an Accountant"

As part of our student enhancement program, KIM Pune conducted a Case Study Competition on the Harvard Business Case "Dilemma of an Accountant"

Students of Batch 24 participated in the competition with 2 teams from each campus!

Team Fantastic 5 from our Harihar Campus stood victorious while Team Ace from Pune Campus finished as runners-up! The competition was judged by the Finance Area Chairs of Harihar & Pune.

These competitions help in instilling analytical skills and a competitive spirit among budding Leaders.

Krishna Janmashtami

On Krishna Janmashtami - May the melody of Krishna’s flute bring care and love to your life.

Independence Day Pune

Live from KIAMS Pune: Glimpses of Independence Day!

Fresher's Day for Batch 25

Dr. Tarun Agarwal, Director (Pune campus), inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp and delivered a wonderful speech. Students from Batch 24 organized colourful and fun-filled events for the new students to showcase their talents and know one another better.

Based on the performances, Vimal Gupta and Bhakti Trailokya were selected as Mr. Fresher and Ms. Fresher respectively. Every new student was awarded a tagline based on his/her personality and the event ended on a high note with an energetic DJ party.

PGDM students visited SKF India Limited

Our PGDM students visited SKF India Limited on August 3, 2022. Began its journey in 1923 as a ball-bearing manufacturing company, SKF has now evolved into a knowledge-driven engineering company and is empowering customers to achieve business excellence through innovative tech-driven solutions.

The purpose of the industrial visit was to understand the real-world applications of operations management and there couldn’t be a better choice than this top-notch manufacturing unit. Our students got opportunities to observe and learn process implementation and management right from the beginning to the end of the value chain.

Not often does one see management students spending time in the manufacturing units. It is this holistic approach that sets our institution apart and enables our students to become multifaceted professionals.

Orientation Program for the PGDM batch

Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies organized INCEPTION, an orientation program for the PGDM batch of 2022-24 on the 20th of June 2022.

The 3-week program began with the inauguration address by Mr. K. Srinivasan, Managing Director, Kirloskar Pneumatic Co. Ltd. Pune. Mr. Srinivasan highlighted 6 values that a human must possess to be successful.

The program was presided over by the Vice President of KIAMS Governing Council, Mr Amarshekhar Bhonagiri. Mr Bhonagiri spoke about leadership and highlighted a pathway towards becoming a great leader.

Dr. Tarun Agarwal, Director, KIAMS addressed the gathering about the legacy of KIAMS which was followed by an introduction about the orientation program by the Associate Dean, Dr. Ashok Patil. We extend a warm welcome to the PGDM batch of 2022-24 (B25).

Knowing Each Other - 2022

Day - 2 - 21st June 2022 - The theme for the day was "Knowing Each Other" and the day started with the lighting of the lamp. We welcome, and Introduce the Guest of honor Mr. Madhav Chandrachud - President of Kirloskar Proprietary Ltd. He addresses the students regarding the "History and legacy of the Kirloskar group". Further, the day continues as per the theme of employee and student introduction with fun activities and ending the day with a briefing and distribution of a case study competition. The day ended with a bonfire, music, dance, games, and dinner.

IDP

Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a platform to assess each student to rate the competencies needed to achieve the student development objectives. It identifies both the professional as well as the educational development opportunities for students to work actively towards self-development. IDP also takes into account the interests and strengths of each student while considering skills and qualifications.

IDP, as a dynamic document reflects an on-going consideration of short and long-term objectives. It would provide students with guidelines that can measure progress towards individual students’ goals.

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IQAC Day

Ace the case studies with a line of events KIAMS has brought to you all.

Master your analytical skills with Blast Your Brains. Let your expertise do all the talking and make you emerge as a winner.

National holidays Celebration

Gurukul (POSH, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Communication, R Program)

National Conference on Management

Co-curricular