Jan - May 2011 - S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

HarvestReaping Rich RewardsMarch, 2011Final round at Asia Venture Challenge,ThailandAsia Venture Challenge is touted as the most widelyrecognized new-venture competition for graduatebusiness programs in the region. It is hosted by theThammasat University and The Stock Exchange ofThailand.This year the final round hosted in Bangkok broughttogether 13 MBA and graduate programs from 8different countries. The various teams were joint by keyfinancial players, private investors, venture capitalists,educators and representatives of the R&D community.From India, SPJIMR s team was one of the two to getselected to go to Thailand for the final round. The teamcomprised of Kinnar Shah and Sachit Mohan, fromPGDM batch of 2010-12.The competition spanned over 3 days, and includedvarious rounds judged by various varied panellists.M. R. Pridiyathorn Devakula; Former Minister ofFinance; David Washenfelder; Partner- Baker &Mckenzie; John Stevens; Group Managing Director-POV Media Group, Thailand.‘Coming on Top’ at IIML-ManfestJanuary, 2011Piyush Guliani along with Arpan Anand 1st prize atThe Stratstruck event in Manfest (IIM-Lucknow)and also secured PPI from Accenture ManagementConsulting.Sai Kiran, Kirthiga Sridhar and Aparnavalli Vfinished as National Runners up, in Yajna - a panIndia CSR Challenge, in Manfest.Akansha Dixit and Disha Goel stood 3rd at TAS Zeus- strategy competition at Manfest.Piyush & Arpan at Manfest 2011Clean Sweep at IIT Kharagpur Sachit Mohan won CleanTechnology Competitionand Saumya Oli, Ashwini Rand Ritika Dokania came inSecond Runner-Up position. Nishant Chawla wasSecond Runner-Up,Popular Choice CategorySachit Mohan at GEC, IITin GLICK, a photographycontest organised as a part of L'Attitude1305,Annual Management Fest of Great Lakes Instituteof Management, Chennai. Manejit Ghatak and Shreya Jain stood 1st at IndiaCalling - policy paper presentation contestorganized at IIT Kharagpur.May 28 - 29, 2011Won CSR paper competition at BGRC, CEIBS-ShanghaiBGRC conference is aflagship event ofChina-EuropeInternational BusinessSchool (CEIBS) whichprovides a platform toexchange ideas on Navneet receiving award at ShanghaiCorporate Social Responsibility. It is the largest studentorganized International CSR conference in Asia Pacificand provides a networking platform for MBA studentsand corporations across the globe to discusscontemporary business challenges and innovativeideas which seamlessly combine genuine socialcontribution with profit generation.The theme of BGRC 2011 was Vision in Action withfocus on Social Innovation, Environment Sustainabilityand Corporate Social Responsibility. The conferencewas attended by more than 200 MBA students fromreputed B-Schools across the globe. Some of the keyspeakers in the conference were Mr. Rakesh Makhija,President Asia, SKF Group; Mr. Mei Wei Cheng, CEOSiemens North East Asia; Mr. Ning Li, Founder of Li-Ning Brand; Mr. Jet Li, World renowned movie star andFounder of One Foundation; Mr. Bo Wen, TimeMagazine Eco Hero 2006 and many others fromdiverse fields.Navneet Kumar, PGDM 2010-12, was invited to theconference based on his papers titled CSR: A way tosustainable competitive advantage andEnvironment sustainability through Green SupplyChain Management . He was only student selectedamongst 200+ participants from top B-Schools acrossthe globe for delivering a presentation in theconference. He won the international competitionorganized by BGRC 2011 for his papers.28SPJIMRnews