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Sports Update, A Round Up of MDI’s performance at IMT-Chakravyuh and Sprint at SPIMR |
 Why is every great chance a‘ golden’ opportunity? Why is every cherished incident a ‘golden’ memory? Why is every phenomenal feat written down in the pages of history in ‘golden’ words? Why is every glorious age remembered as the ‘golden’ era? Gold. Always. Why? It always baffled us why that on ecolor, one metal, that one element was so overrated and overvalued when there were a million others available. It puzzled us no end. Until IMT-Chakravyuh and then Sprint – SP Jain happened. Epiphany dawned, ‘eureka’ was experienced. And then it was all so clear. Gold is the color your skin is roasted to, when you spend three consecutive days in the sun in an open field. Gold is the color your bruise turns to the day after the injury, when it hurts most, when it gives sweet pain. Gold is the blinders that block the taunts and chants of the hundred strong ‘home’ opposition and lets filter the hoarse cheers of encouragement from the handful of your contingent members.Gold is the tonic that lets you sprint for those last 20 meters, that makes you dash back for that one last defense in stoppage time, and then once more. Gold is the consistency of salivain a parched mouth. Gold is the anesthetic that helps you get over that piercing pain in your abdomen. Gold is that tangy taste in your mouth when you bite into your medal. Gold is the energy that makes you jump to the highest pedestal on the podium, when you could barely stand a minute ago. Gold is what you get when you’ve experienced all that. And more.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 March 2010 )
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Nitin Agarwal (PGPM 2006-08) featured on CNBC TV18's "Young Turks Transformers" |
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 MDI's mission is to create Change Masters and Thought Leaders who can transform the world of business in particular and society at large and one ManDevIan through his unique business venture is on his way to change the way we look at street food.
Nitin Agarwal - a ManDevIan from the PGPM Class of 2008 and thefounder of a unique enterprise "Chakh Le India" was recently featuredon CNBC TV-18s show "Young Turks Transformers"- which focuses onenterpreneurs who are proving to be game changers. Click here for the video.
Nitin started this venture with initial capital of Rs.25 lakhs while he was still in the 2nd year of his course at MDI.The initial idea was to provide healthy and hygienic street food andthis he realised by establishing a unique hub and spoke model.The foodproducts are produced at a central kitchen in Gurgaon from where itreaches the end consumers via the "Chakh Le India" pushcarts positionednext to various markets and corporate offices in Gurgaon region.
Various challenges that Nitin has faced both on the personal andprofessional front, haven't deterred him from realizing his dream. MDI toohas helped him in this journey by providing him guidance to refine hisbusiness model and office space on campus to run his operations. Withhis venture already registering turnover of over 60 Lakhs at a healthymargin of 40%, Nitin is all set to scale it up. He has plans to raisearound 8 crores of VC funding and take his venture to 7-8 metrocities across India.
"Chakh Le India" has provided healthy, hygienic and tasty alternativeto the usual street food to its customers and Nitin has already tastedsuccess. The ManDevIan fraternity extends its best wishes to this"Change Master" and hopes that he manages to achieve the ambitious goalof becoming "India’s most preferred, respected & premium foodcompany by 2015”.
For further details about Nitin's venture please refer "Chakh Le India" Website
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 March 2010 )
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Dr. Atmanand figured prominently in the Business Outlook Magazine |
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It gives us immense pleasure to inform you all that one of our esteemed faculty members Dr.Atmanand has been figured prominently in the Business Outlook Magazine ated 20th Feb 2010 on page no 60.
The story exclusively covers the Energy Management Program at MDI and the contribution made in this field by Dr. Atmanand who is the Chairpersom of this program. MDI continues to expand the portfolio of courses it runs to prepare Change Masters and Thought Leaders of the future.
Here is a related excerpt from the Outlook magazine:
This unique MBA programme has a 70% focus on general management and 30% on
power and energy. The novelty is the general management component. But
the programme also ensures exposure to the power sector by sharing
national and international best practices. Field visits are crucial for
this, particularly in understanding subjects like power distribution. A
recent visit to Gujarat gave the participants exposure to
energy-efficiency measures, running on a cooperative basis, in rural
areas.
“We revise the course curriculum every year based on industry
requirements and participant feedback,” says Dr Atmanand, Chairperson
of the Energy Management Programme at MDI. The programme is divided
into four parts, with the final term devoted to the energy sector.
Courses include power management, operations and audit; power trading;
and distribution system management. After the residential programme (12
months), the final three months are devoted to live projects. “The
engineers have to pick up data from their own grids and analyse it in
the light of the models we discussed in class,” explains Dr Atmanand.
Please refer the Outlook Business article here for further details.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 20 February 2010 )
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Mr.Sanjay Verma (PGPM 1995-97) appointed as Asia CEO, Cushman & Wakefield |
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 Cushman & Wakefield - one of the worlds largest commercial real estate services firm has recently named Sanjay Verma - a ManDevIan from the PGPM Class of 1997 as the Chief Executive Officer of its Asia Pacific region. With thishe has become the first Asian to hold the position of regional CEO in Cushman & Wakefield
Prior to this, Sanjay Verma was Executive Managing Director of South Asia before taking on this new role. He is also one of the founding members of Cushman & Wakefield India and as its Managing Director spearheaded the significant growth of the Indian operations, while delivering high profitability and increasing its market share.
Sanjay Verma commenting on his new assignment said, "This is an exciting opportunity for me and I am proud to have the chance to lead the company to the next level of success in the fastest growing region in the world. We have a great pool of talent across Asia and I look forward to working with the Asia management team to maximize the synergies we see across the region to create even greater value for our clients and employees."
"Sanjay’s appointment will further strengthen our regional operations as part of the global firm" stated Bruce Mosler, Chairman of the Cushman & Wakefield’s Global board. “It will help us capitalize our market-leading brand position and global expansion opportunities that will drive future growth in this extremely important region."
Sanjay will succeed CEO, Asia Pacific Michael W.J. Thompson. Commenting on the move, Michael Thompson said "The past 8 years have been a tremendously rewarding experience for me, but it's now the right time for me to pass the baton to my long term colleague, Sanjay Verma." Thompson continues: "I am very confident that Sanjay will take Cushman & Wakefield to new heights as the firm continues its expansion plans across the region. I selected Sanjay as my successor several years ago and together we'll be working closely in the next few months to ensure a seamless transition".
Please refer the following links for coverage of this news: Cushman & Wakefield Official Press Release, Business Standard article
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 20 February 2010 )
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Coverage of MDI Gurgaon @ India Today Aspire |
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 Our esteemed institute is in news again. MDI was covered in India Today for following initiatives:
- 1) India Today Aspire - Cover Story on ‘The Whiz Brigade – Young entrepreneurs share their success mantras’. The story has a quote from Prof. Harsh W. Mishra, where he talks about what it takes for a business idea to succeed.
- 2) India Today Aspire - Cover Story on ‘The Whiz Brigade – Young entrepreneurs share their success mantras’. This story has a full page feature on Nitin Agarwal and his initiative Chakh Le India.
- 3) India Today Aspire – Psychobabble column – This column features a full page article written by Prof. Jyotsna Bhatnagar on her views on professionals taking a sabbatical from work.
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MDI ANNOUNCES NATIONAL ALUMNI MEET 2010 |
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MDI is all set to add another leaf to its Alumni relations chapter with the forthcoming National Alumni Meet 2010!!
Our Alumni have been consistently contributing in building the brand MDI. Their accomplishments are, in large measure, responsible for the ever-growing reputation of the institute. As noted by Dr. B.S. Sahay, Director, MDI, “Alumni are the face of MDI in the industry”. The wealth of experience and expertise that they bring along is immensely valuable to the entire MDI Community!
In an endeavour to further strengthen the ties with the alumni, the MDI Alumni Committee is hosting its biggest event - the National Alumni Meet on the campus. It is time to reconnect our alumni with their alma mater, the institute that shaped their future. It would be an opportunity for everyone who is a part of MDI Community to invoke that nostalgia and rediscover the lifelong relationship with MDI.
We cordially invite MDI fraternity – our distinguished alumni, esteemed faculty and staff members and the students of MDI on the occasion. We would like to extend the invitation to the family members of alumni and faculty and staff to give them a glimpse of MDI Culture and the finest of the times they spent at their alma mater!
The details of the event are:
Date: 13th Feb, 2010
Venue: MDI Gurgaon
Time: 6 PM Onwards
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 January 2010 )
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MDI Rocks at IIML fest - Manfest! |
ManDevIan's have continued their winning streak in inter b-school fests by acing some of the biggest competitions @ Manfest - the annual inter-B school fest of IIM-Lucknow. (http://iimlmanfest.com/) held from 22-24th Jan 2009. Gaurav Tripathi, Ankit Nahata, Arun Singhal and Puneet Mehrotra won the flagship event 'Call for Arms'which involved application of all the major domains of management. They were awarded with a huge shield that proclaims MDI as the "Best B-School of the year" besides a cool Rs.1,50,000/- in prize too! Sagar Thakur won the marketing event 'Marksmen', bagging Rs. 40,000/- as the prize for his brilliant work. Marksmen involved evaluating problem scenarios,enumerating alternatives and then envisioning a roadmap to overcomevery real business issues. Sidharth Maheshwari added another feather to the ManDevIan cap by bagging the runner up position in an exciting and challenging event aimed at unearthing the Next CEO among the b-schoolers.
In another event 'Opstrix', Taufiq and Piyush stood runner-up while Shefali Omer, Ritambara Vasudeva and Jaideep Singh stood second-runner up in the M 'n' A Wars competition. So, all in all ManDevIan's continues to rock @ the inter b-school competitions. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 )
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Delphique '09 comes to an end with Dr. Pachauri as one of the chief guest |
MDI is one of the few B Schools that are talking about the increasing relevance of climate change in the business environment, and Dr R K Pachauri, Nobel Laureate and Director, TERI, resonated that thought in his valedictory address during Delphique ’09, the annual national management convention of MDI Gurgaon.
Delphique’09, the student research initiative spanning over three months, culminated in the two-day national management convention on the 28th and 29th November, 2009. The panels for Delphique ’09 were based on the theme "Resurgence of Industries in the backdrop of Global meltdown". The event was inaugurated by Mr Arun Goyal, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, India (FIU-IND) and attended by 40 eminent personalities from the industry. Nobel laureate and Director TERI, Dr R K Pachauri, and Executive Managing Director, Cushman Wakefield, Mr Sanjay Verma, gave the valedictory address on November 29, 2009.
During the two day event, the topics for discussion included Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities, E-Entrepreneurship - The way forward, Impact of Social Cause Marketing campaigns on branding, Competing for Analytics, Youth drifting away from traditional media: How should FMCG companies respond?, Saplings of the Next Economy – The role of HR in the upturn and To survive or thrive? Gaining competitive advantage in the current economic scenario.
Some of the eminent personalities who addressed the MDI community included Dr Ravi Ajmera, CAO – Deutche Bank, Mr Manoj Piplani, MD and Site President, Citigroup, Mr Tarun Bhagat, Marketing manager, PepsiCo, Mr Aquil Busrai, ED-HR, IBM India Pvt Ltd, Mr Oscar DeMello, Country Head – Hay Group, Mr Gaurav Gupta, Director – Deloitte, Mr Prashant Agnihotri, Head – GSM/EDGE Business, Global Nokia Siemens Network and Mr Manish Mittal, VP – Professional Services, Cognizant, to name a few.
The panel on Climate Change complemented Dr Pachauri’s views on the definite need for policy changes towards environmental protection and the existence of viable business opportunities in the realm of sustainable development. While the Marketing panel focused on the changing marketing climate due to the growth of new age media vehicles, the Communications panel dealt with social cause marketing and the need for Corporates to keep it on a long term perspective rather than a short term one-off activity. While the HR panel cautioned the students that the economic resurgence is yet to take place, leaving much to be done, the Entrepreneurship panel stressed on the need for business schools to nurture job creators rather than job seekers.
In his valedictory address, Dr Pachauri urged the corporates to shift from thinking about financial debt to thinking about ‘natural debt’. He felt that no business could survive in a dying society. He cited various international leaders he often spoke to and expressed the satisfaction on the importance in the realisation that has come across the world on the issue of climate change. In his view, Politics, Science and Society should work together to ensure swift and affirmative action. The success of political leaders in Australia, Japan and the US who won elections based on their stand on environmental policies indicates coming together of these three forces. In response to a question, Dr Pachauri responded that even if government enforces regulation, ‘corporates will always innovate’.
MDI alumnus Mr Sanjay Verma, Executive Managing Director, Cushman Wakefield spoke to the students about ‘Industrial Resurgence’ and what it meant to various stakeholders, most important of them being society. Decision-makers are unaware, negligent or unable to correlate the impact of their decisions on climate change and this impedes the implementation roadmap. He encouraged the students to be more aware and stay connected with the world around them. In this, his words echoed Dr Pachauri who felt we must all take our blinkers off. Mr Verma wanted the students to feel a sense of belongingness to the institute as well as society and urged them to speak up and act. Like the Agravashi he asked the students to ‘realize the difference they can make’.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 December 2009 )
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Sreedhar Prasad, Associate Director, KPMG reminisces about MDI Gurgaon |
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Thursday, 29th October2009: MDI alumnus Mr Sreedhar Prasad, Associate Director, KPMG Consulting addressed students of MDI in an informal session today. He gave the students an insight into consulting as a career,placements and the recruiter viewpoint. Nostalgic at times, he also talked about his experiences at MDI and gave students valuable advice on what they must take away from MDI.
Mr Prasad began by retracing his career and listing all the mistakes he made a la Chetan Bhagat’s novel. He was very candid about all the do’s and dont’s of an MBA and a career thereafter. In response to a question, he highlighted the key variables that defined a consulting career by describing his typical day at work. He also briefly discussed the Indian consulting industry. He was of the opinion that ‘sales needed flair’ and ‘ultimately operations were at the core of everything’. The students found this perspective quite unique. Quoting from his own experiences at MDI and at KPMG, he talked about being pro-active in everything and being aware of all the fields of management irrespective of a major and a minor. He also gave the students an insight into the recruitment process and held that ‘differentiation was the key element for a good placement’. He maintained that besides a decent GPA, good articulation and a personal connect were essentially what an interviewer typically looked for. He urged the students to dig beneath the ‘jazzy sounding designation’ and unearth what the work profile on offer actually entailed, and thereby make informed decisions about placements. Mr Prasad felt that ‘one must evaluate one’s CV at the end of every year and see what value-add has occurred’. Towards the end, he aired his views on MDI. A strong brand, the network of peers, the freedom and flexibility for personal development were, in his opinion, the biggest take-away MDI offered. The entire session proceeded more like a general discussion than a lecture or a Q&A.
About Sreedhar Prasad: Sreedhar Prasad, batch of 2004, MDI Gurgaon, started his management career with Wipro Technologies as a Consultant, post which he joined KPMG as a Senior consultant. He has risen quickly through the ranks and is currently the Associate Director.He has over 7 years of professional experience in Consulting -Operations/Process advisory and Information technology and has worked with national and multinational clients representing diverse industry segments.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 November 2009 )
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