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DEPARTMENT REPORT (2019-2020)

P.G. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

HR ORIENTATION

The Department organised H.R Orientation sessions for the first year students as they are

coming from different academic disciplines. Resource persons from the Corporate were

invited to orient on HR practices in their respective organisation.

• Mr.Prashanth, a Senior HR Manager, Ford Motors addressed the students on 27th June

2019.

• Mr.Vignesh, HR Manager, Maersk Line addressed the students on 28th June 2019.

OBSERVATION VISITS:

The First year students made three observation visits to the following organisations as part of

their curriculum during the month of July 2019. The places visited were as follows:

• On 3rd July, 2019, Wednesday, Students made an Observation visit was arranged to

the Lube Blending Plant of Indian Oil Corporate Limited, Tondiarpet, Chennai.

• On 24th July, 2019, Students made an observation visit to WABCO INDIA located at

Ambatur Industrial estate in Chennai.

• On 3rd August, 2019, Students made an observation visit to ASHOK LEYLAND

located at Ennore in Chennai.

GUEST LECTURES:

The Department organized interactive sessions with the Corporates to enhance the student’s

understanding of business and HR world.

• Dr.Priya Sethuraman, Professor at the St. Joseph’s Institute of Management addressed

on the topic “Research Methodology – Multi variate Analysis”

• Prof. B Venkateswaran, Professor at the Pondicherry University addressed on the

topic” Ignite your entrepreneurial instinct and achieve Succcess”

• Ms. SandhiyaThiruvenkadam, HR Analytics Professional -AON Hewitt and

Foundation addressed on the topic” HR Analytics -Spot analysis”

• Dr. Mahalakshmi, DGM – Legal Division Department, TVS Group addressed on the

topic” The Sexual harassment of women at workplace”

WORKSHOPS

The Department organised series of Workshops during the Academic year 2019-20 for the

second year students. The resource persons for the Workshops are as follows:

• Dr.PriyaSethuraman, Professor at the St. Joseph’s Institute of Management, Chennai

conducted a workshop on “SPSS – Application of Parametric & Non-Parametric tools”

• Mr. Santhanam P, Director, Transbiz Consulting Pvt Ltd. Conducted a workshop on

“HR Analytics”.

FORUM ACTIVITIES:

HR SYMPHONY

In celebration of its 15 years the Department of MA HRM conducted the Corporate Event

“HR SYMPHONY 2019” at Madras Management Association, Anna Salai on 4th October

2019. Ms. Gowri Kailasam, President, Rane Madras Limited was the Guest of Honour and

Mr. N. Mahesh, Associate Vice President HR, TAFE was invited as the Special Guest for

the event.

The students of HRM did the Dip Stick Study Presentation on the theme “The “H” in

“Human Capital” which aimed at discussing the definition of Human Capital and what and

all consists of the human capital and also about what are the current practices in HR field

which are prevalent in industry. Followed by the dip stick study presentation was the Panel

Discussion with Eminent speakers from the Industry. The session was highly interactive and

helped everyone to gain a lot of insights. The panellists are as follows:

Panel 1 comprises of the following panelists:

Moderator: Mr.G.D.Sharma, Independent Director, Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd

Mr.Sasikumar.T, VP HR and CSR, Ashok Leyland

Mr.Prabhu Nambiappan, Senior VP HR, Ramco Cements Ltd

Mr. George Oomen, Senior Director HR, CTS

Mr. UdayKumar.G, GM and ROM, SAIL

Panel 2 comprises of the following panelists:

Moderator : Gurubharan S, Asst GM HR, TCS

Prof. V.D Swaminathan, Retired Professor- Dept of Psychology, University of Madras

Mr.Hariram.VM, Head - OrganisationalCapabiliy, TVS and TASPL

Dr.Sumathi Narayanan, President, Creative Communications and Management Centre

Mr.BalajiRenganathan, Head HR, TTK Healthcare Ltd

The Valedictory Address was given by Ms. RajiniSriraman, Corporate HR Head, Malladi

Drugs &Pharamceutical Ltd.

DIGNITARIES ON THE DAIS

PANEL 1: REINVENTING WITH A HUMAN FOCUS

PANEL 2: PUTTING THE HUMAN BACK INTO HUMAN RESOURCE

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS BY MS.RAJINI SRIRAMAN, CORPORATE HR HEAD,

MALLADI DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICAL LTD

CO-CREATE

Co-Create is an intra collegiate initiative by the Department of Human Resource

Management, under the banner of Innovatia 2020. Co-Create aims at bringing together

students from various disciplines. It is a short, intense brainstorming experience designed to

help students to work in teams to generate creative solutions to the existing social concerns in

the community. The event commenced on 4th February 2020. The facilitators for the day were

• Mr. Craig Gonsalvez, TCS - Agile Coach/ Talent Development Lead- Chennai

• Mr. RajkumarJayaraman, HR Manager, TCS – BPO Chennai

• Mr. Preejo, Freelancer- Trainer

HR COFFEE CLUB

HR coffee club – An initiative by the Department of Human Resource Management aims at

creating a platform brewing conversation as stimulating as coffee, bearing an aroma of

newfangled ideas in the air. Tapping into the rich resource pool of the department, HR Coffee

Club proactively synthesizes the ingredients of intelligence and experience of the passed-out

batches, gracefully serving it to the new age dynamic millennials. In contrast to the larger

events of the department like Symphony and Innovatia, Coffee Club is a cozy huddle of

students and alumni dissipating knowledge in the most informal of ways.

In light of its proud history of 15 years, the discussion for the July- 2019 coffee session

revolved around the topic, “HR Then and Now”, focusing on the evolution of the HR

spectrum, over the years. The first program of the HR Coffee club for the academic year

2019-2020 was held on 16th July 2019 in the MSSW Tag Auditorium. The panelists for the

day were Ms. Emily John, Senior HR Manager, Sundaram Clayton Ltd, Ms. Sonia Shalom,

Head – Talent Management, L&T, Mr. Sandeep Andrew, HR Manager, Sanmar, Mr. Reuben

John, HR in the Middle East and Mr. Avinash Ramakrishnan, Senior HR Manager, Infosys.

HR COFFEE CLUB – EDITION 2

On 18th February 2020, the department conducted the second edition of HR Coffee Club. Mr.

Israel Inbaraj, General Manager of TCS addressed the students on the theme “Code of

Wages” - Act of the Parliament of India that consolidates the provisions of 4 labour laws

concerning wages, bonus payments and equal remuneration for all the workers in India. It

was passed on 30th July; 2019.

INNOVATIA 2020

Innovatia is an Annual student event conducted by the PG Department of Human Resource

Management at Madras School of Social Work. This year INNOVATIA 2020 took place on

25th of February 2020. Various colleges across the city from different disciplines enlightened

the event with their participation. INNOVATIA 2020 had over 125 participants, participating

in 6 events.

The judges for the events are as follows:

• Mr.Gurubaran, Regional HR Head TCS


• Mr.Prabhu, Founder , Genius Academy Chennai

• Mr.Jude. Sr.correspondent, CNBC

• Ms.Padmaja, CEO of Victory Insights.

The events in INNOVATIA 2020 are:

1. Design and Disrupt - A case study challenge

2. Game of Stocks - Stock market

3. Scrumptious Ads - Video making challenge

4. New Gen Millennial Manager - Best Manger

5. Alphabet - Team building Event

6. Inquizitive - Business Quiz

SOFTSKILLS:

The Department organised a series of Soft skill programmes for the first and second year

students during the Academic year 2019-20. The resource persons for the soft skills are as

follows:


handled a session on Team Building - Leader, Followers &Observers

• Mr. Balaji , Founder - Shakthi Academy handled a session on Quantitative and

Qualitative Aptitude

• Mr. Santhanam P, Director, Transbiz Consulting Pvt Ltd handled a session on Stress

Management

• Ms. Padmaja S.N, CEO of Victory Insights handled a session on leadership the

Stephen Covey way

• Mr. Ramesh Sreenivasan, ,Freelancer – Coach handled a session on Attitude and Goal

setting

• Mr. Manish Gupta, Corporate Trainer handled a session on Emotional Intelligence.

• Mr. Veerapandian, Professor at BALM Chennai handled a session on Self Awareness

and Interpersonal Communication

• Mr. Joseph Abraham, CEO, Life@Leadership handled a session on Leadership &

Ethics.


handled a session on Time management, Accountability

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME

The Department organized a Certificate program on “Cognitive Behaviour Therapy”. This

was conducted Experts from Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health (BALM). The

second Certificate program on “Labour legislations” was conducted by Experts from The

Employers Federation of South India (EFSI).

FIELD WORK/INTERNSHIP

The students of MAHRM are doing their internship in the following organisations.

Internship organization Location

KONE Elevators India Vadapalani

Contus Guindy

Pfizer T nagar

TCS BPS Velachery

United India Insurance Nungambakkam

PVR Cinemas

VR Mall,

Thirumangalam

Carborundum universal limited Parry house

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Atmakur Unit ,Guntur

EID Parry

Dare House, Parry's

Corner

Steel Authority of India Nungambakkam

TVS Supply Chain solutions Limited Cathedral Road

Mphasis Porur

TCS BPS Spencer Plaza

PVR cinemas

VR Mall,

Thirumangalam

Titan Private Limited T Nagar

Southern Railways Chennai Central

Intellect siruseri

Tube Investments of India ambattur

Sun Network MRC Nagar

Mphasis Porur

Ashok Leyland Guindy

InThree Access Royapettah

Allsec Technologies Ltd Velachery

Southern Railways Chennai Central

Rane Ambattur

Contus Guindy

Rane Madras Limited Velacherry

TVS Credit Services Limited Nungambakkam

TCS BPS Spencer Plaza

HTC Global Services Guindy

SPI CINEMAS Thiruvanmayur

Apollo Cancer Hospital Teynampet

Rane Ambattur

Ashok Leyland Guindy

Rane Institute of Employee

Development Perungudi

Diamond pick MRC Nagar

Just Dial little mount

Belstar Microfinance Private Limited Ashok nagar

TI cycles Ambattur

SPI EDGE St.Mount

OUTBOUND TRAINING

The second year students had their Outbound training at Leap Learning Academy,

Mathampalayam (Coimbatore) facilitated by CAMI certified trainers between 23rd July 2019

to 25th July 2019. The trainers emphasised on experiential learning by using various activities

like Dynamic Obstacle Course (DOC), High Ropes/ low ropes, Production house, Numbers,

Shapes & Colours, Blind Trek and Bricks. Key learning outcomes experienced by the

students included group problem solving, idea generation, leveraging of strengths, leadership,

managerial skill, communication skill, team synergy, analytical thinking and understanding

of interdependence & active collaboration.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS:

• The second year students namely Mr.Raghuram, Ms.Sanjana Nair,

Mr.Hrishikesh.N.S, Mr.Arjun Krishnan and Ms.Sandhiya.S took part in the National level

Management event conducted by Thygaraja School of Management and won the second

runners up at Humanitas, Yukti 2020.

• The second year students namely Mr.Raghuram, Ms.Sanjana Nair, Mr.Hrishikesh.N.S

and Mr.Arjun Krishnan took part in the National level Management event conducted by IIM

–T and won the Second Place and received a Cash Prize of Rs.10000.

FACULTY INVITED AS RESOURCE PERSONS

Dr.Jayanthi Peter:

• Served as a Resource Person for conducting a one day FDP for the faculty of Patrician

College, Chennai on the topic: Serve to Lead.

• Served as a Resource Person for conducting a session for the employees of TAFE on

the topic: Social Influence – Conformity compliance – challenges and opportunities for OB.

Dr.P.Mohana:

• Served as a Resource Person for conducting Workshop on “Personality Development

Skills” for the U.G. Students in the One day YRC Study Camp sponsored by Youth Red

Cross, TN Branch, Chennai District at IRCS premises, Egmore on 5th March 2019.

FACULTY PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES

Dr.Jayanthi Peter:

• Participated in the Cenetary Celebrations and National ER Conference – 2019 “Future

of Work – Employment, Employability and Employee Relations” organized by The

Employer’s Federation of Southern India (EFSI) on 9th and 10th August 2019 at Hotel Le

Royal Meridien, Chennai.

• Participated in the the 22nd National Conference of NHRDN on the theme –

reimagining Organizations on 19th and 20th September 2019 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola,

Chennai.

• Participated in the one day CII – Southern Region HR Summit – 5th edition

“Managing Multigenerational Workplace” held at Hotel Radisson Blue on 28th February

2020.

Dr.P.Mohana:





• Participated in the the 22nd National Conference of NHRDN on the theme –

reimagining Organizations on 19th and 20th September 2019 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola,

Chennai.

• Participated in the One Day International Seminar on “Changing Business Models”

organized by the Global Multidisciplinary Research and Academic Foundation (GMRAF)

held at VGP Golden Beach Resort, ECR, Chennai on 29th December 2019.



2020.

• Presented a paper titled “A Study on Organizational support provided to Women

employees post career break” at Global Woman Summit 2020.

Mr.M.Hemakumar





• Participated two days Workshop on Quality Research held on 27 &28 September,

2019 at Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA).

• Attended TWO Week Capacity Building Programme for young social Science

faculty from 19th August 2019 to 30 August 2019 conducted by NIT, Trichy sponsored by

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).



2020.

• Presented a Paper Titled Influence of Rewards and Recognition on Millennial’s turn

over intention at Private IT industry held on 13th December 2019,organised by SRM institute

of Science and Technology.

Ms.P.Sanila



2020.

Dr.P.Prabakaran



2020.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Dr.P.Mohana was the recipient of the Award for Young Faculty Excellence from

Global Multidisciplinary Research & Academic Foundation, Chennai, India - GMRAF

Awards 2019 for recognizing the outstanding contribution in the field of Teaching,

Administration, Publication, Research and development and continued dedicated service to

the academic and student’s community held on 29th December 2019.

• Dr.P.Mohana was awarded the Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.d) from University of

Madras during this Academic year.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS:

Dr.P.Mohana

• Published a chapter in the book titled “HR Analytics – Changing trends and

transformations” in the International Seminar on Recent and Changing Trends in

Management, Economics, Commerce, Social Sciences and Humanities conducted by Global

Multidisciplinary Research and Academic Foundation(GMRAF), Chennai, India. (ISBN:

978-93-89658-04-0)

• Published a paper titled “A Study on Organizational support provided to Women

employees post career break” ( Studies in Indian Place Names (SIPN) with ISSN 2394-3114

is UGC Care listed journal

Mr.M.Hemakumar

• Published a paper titled Impact of Rewards and Recognition on Millennial’s Turn

over intention at Private IT industry , Journal of Gujarat Society(ISSN:0374-8588), UGC

Care List Journal (Group-D)

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