Reflections, on the way forward!

Volume III, Issue II, July 2012

DarshanDarshanl Impart business knowledge through effective and result-oriented pedagogy to meet the challenges of the knowledge era.

l Instill global outlook and social responsibilities in the minds of the future business decision makers.

l Nurture the entrepreneurial spirit by continuous association with industry leaders.

l Impart business knowledge through effective and result-oriented pedagogy to meet the challenges of the knowledge era.

l Instill global outlook and social responsibilities in the minds of the future business decision makers.

l Nurture the entrepreneurial spirit by continuous association with industry leaders.

“To be a premier, value-based

Management Institution creating

Global Business Leaders”.

“To be a premier, value-based

Management Institution creating

Global Business Leaders”.

Sadhana '12 – The Inter Collegiate Management Meet

Sadhana '12, the one day National Level Inter Collegiate Management Meet organized by RVS Group of Management Institutions on March 30, 2012 was presided over by Shri K. Senthil Ganesh Managing Trustee RVS Educational Trust, Coimbatore and inaugurated by Mr. S. Balasubramaniam, Chairman, City Union Bank, Kumbakonam. 38 colleges from different parts of the country participated in the Meet. The events Business Quiz (Pracchana), Best Management Team (Prakrthi), Business Plan (Prayoga) and Best Manager (Prabandika) provided a platform for the students to display their abilities and talents. Mrs.K.Padmavathi Kupusamy, Founder Trustee, RVS Educational Trust, Coimbatore honored the occasion by distributing the Certificates to the participants and the prize winners.

Education Leadership Award – 2012

RVS Institute of Management Studies has been awarded with "Education Leadership Award 2012" for being the leader in providing inclusive & holistic education in Tamilnadu on 24 June 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi by Knowledge Resource Development & Welfare Group (KRDWG).

Dr. Prabha PV, Director - RVS Institute of Management studies has been awarded with "Education Leadership Award 2012" for being the leader in providing inclusive & holistic education in Tamilnadu on 24 June 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi by Knowledge Resource Development & Welfare Group (KRDWG).

Dr. J. NIRUBARANI,Dr. J. NIRUBARANI, Professor & Head - RVS IMS for being awarded Ph.D in Management in December 2011

CMA Student Chapter @ RVS IMS

Coimbatore Productivity Council

thl "The Student Management Day 2012" was organized by the CMA Student chapter Institutes on 11 February 2012 at GRG School

of Management Studies. Students from RVS Student Chapter Institutes participated in the events Business Quiz, Debate & Best

Project.

l "The CMA - Management day" was celebrated on 21st February 2012 at Hotel Residency, Coimbatore with the Chief Guest

Mr. T. Kannan Managing Director, Thangaraja Mills Madurai, gracing the occasion to give away all the prestigious awards. Our

Professor Dr. A.Valarmathi was awarded the “Best Teacher Award for the year 2012”.”The Best Student Award” of RVS IMS student

Chapter College was given to Ms. Ann Mary Jose (2010- 2012 Batch).th

l “Meeting of Minds 2012” the mega event for the Cluster of Student Chapters of CMA was conducted on 17 March 2012 at

Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore as value addition to management education, with the theme "Defy Convention to

Meet Tomorrow's Challenges". Our students participated in the events like Talk the Theme, Best Management Team, Business Quiz &

Emerging Leader in which the Emerging leader contest was organized by RVS IMS. The speakers were Mr. S. Balasubramanian, Chairman, City Union Bank,

Kumbakonam, Mr. P. Tamilvanan, Chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust, Mangalore, Mr. T.L.Varadaraj Kumar, Former President - EMEA, Kinetic Concepts,

Holland, (Camp Chennai), Mr. R. Varadharajan, Director / COO, Rajshree Sugars, Coimbatore, Mr. S. Ganesh Prasad, Director, Wipro GE Healthcare, Bengaluru,

Mr. V.S. Sundara Raman, Vice President, RAMCO Systems, Chennai and Group Captain R. Vijayakumar, Executive Director, Madras Management Association,

Chennai being the Moderator . The participants include about 800 students, 40 faculty,CMA members and press.

l Our students Frinson Francis, Richard V & MohanRaj OM have participated in the Productivity Summit-2012 themed on “Enhancing

Competitiveness through Productivity” at CPC Conference Hall organized by Coimbatore Productivity Council from Feb 15-18, 2012.

l Our students Rathinamoorthy S, Kumaresan, Vimal Kumar, Richard V, have participated in the Productivity Summit-2012 themed on

“Enhancing Competitiveness through Productivity” at Sri Krishna College of Arts and Science on February 13, 2012 and at PSG Institute

of Management on Feb 14, 2012.

CONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONS

VISION

Mission

Students Workshops Organized

Students Participation in Management Meets/Seminars

Students Accomplishments

l Our students JohnPaul S, Kamalanathan T, Dinu D, Varatharaj M, ManojKumar R, Senthil Kumar RM, RameshKumar A have participated in the Management meet “Rapture-12” organized by Sree Saraswathy Thyagaraja College, Pollachi on February 20, 2012.

l Our students Albin George, Jobeesh, Thambidurai S, Vettichelvan M, Vishnu K, Vanisri S, Yuvarani T, Sivakumar M have participated in the Management meet “B'tbaNik'12” organized by Rathinam College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore on February 22, 2012.

l Our students Sadoon TS, Shahul Hameed UR, Savio John, Sahid M, Sivakumar M, Vimal Kumar D, Roshin Mathew, Shyam, Subash S, Praveenkumar P, Sreeresh E, Santhosh Kumar R, Arunkumar S, Shanmuga Priya S have participated in the Management meet “Genesis-12” organized by Nehru College of Management, Coimbatore on February 24, 2012.

l Our students Farsana Parvin CM, Bhavya M, Jinu Kurkoskie, Prema P & Saritha TK, have participated in the Conference on “Women at Workplace- Realities & Challenges” at Sardhar Vallabai Patel International School of Textiles & Management, Coimbatore on March 29, 2012.

l Our student Vetrichelvan M & Vishnu K presented a paper on the topic Risk Management and Mahalingam E & SenthilKumar RM presented a paper on the topic Latest Trends on Banking and Finance at the National conference on "Trends in Banking and Finance" organized by SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore on March 26, 2012.

stl Our student V. Richard has won 1 Prize in the “Oratorical competition” organized by Coimbatore Productivity Council, Coimbatore on February 18, 2012.

stl Our student Arun Kumar H has won 1 Prize in the “Best Business Leader” contest in the Management meet Rapture-12 organized by Sree Saraswathy

Thyagaraja College, Pollachi on February 20, 2012.l Our student T. S. Sadoon has won the 1st Prize in the “Emerging leader” contest and our students KM. Abilash Nair, N J. Lavanya & UR. Shahul Hameed have

ndwon the 2 Prize in the “Best Management Team” contest of an annual mega event by the Cluster of Student Chapters of CMA “Meeting of Minds 2012” at Sri thRamakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore on 17 March 2012.

ndl Our students Jisnajose, K.V. Lakshmi & H. Arun Kumar have won 2 Prize in the “Business Plan” Contest at the National Level Management meet organized

thby Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore on 19 March 2012.

Feb 8 & 10, 2012

Date Topic Resource Person

Mar 2 & 7, 2012

Mar 13, 2012

Employability Enhancement Workshop

Managerial Skill Development Workshop

Soft skills Enhancement Training

Mr. Arul Kumar, Director & TeamRVS Training division, Sulur.

Mr. Jayanadan Director & Team WeGroom Training Services Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore

Mr.James Vineeth, BDM & Team Launch Pad LLC, Coimbatore.

NEN E-Week India '12 NEN E-Week India '12 was celebrated in an inimitable and splendid manner in our campus during 11 - 17 Feb 2012.

Ÿ The E-Cell members along with their faculty took up an 'Entrepreneurship Awareness Creation' rally to 15 colleges within the campus on 11 Feb '12 and Mr. Stanley, Director RVS KVK Institute of Management Studies, Trichy, flagged off the campaign.

Ÿ The E-Cell organized E-Quiz for the students of RVS Institute of Management Studies on 13 February 2012. Ÿ The E-Cell organized a Paper Presentation on 14 February 2012 and had maximum participation by students.Ÿ An E-Talk by young entrepreneur Mr. Vishnu Prasath aged 17 running a fast-growing internet marketing company, Bright Bridge

Info-tech Pvt ltd, Coimbatore was organized on 15 February 2012 to share his experience on the challenges faced as a young first generation entrepreneur at the age of 13.

Ÿ The 50 rupee exercise was conducted on 16 February 2012 to enable the students understand the 4Ps and experience the practical difficulties in running a business.

Ÿ Presentation on the 50 rupee exercise by teams was made on 17 February 2012 to share their learning & rewards were distributed to the winners.

Feb 2, 2012 Future Financial Planning Mr. M. Ganesh Pandi, Executive Wealth Manager, Winfin Solutions, Coimbatore.

Feb 24, 2012 Career Management & Development Mr. Shibu George, Divisional Sales Manager, Qatar National Import and Export, Qatar.

Feb 24, 2012 Need of website in Business Mr. V. Siva Ramakrishnan, CEO, Turn India Group, Coimbatore

Feb 25, 2012 Internet Banking Mr. S. Bhojan, Manager, Union Bank of India

Mar 6, 2012 Recent Economic Trends Mr. Joe Scaria, Assistant Editor, The Economic Times - Cochin division, Cochin.

May 5, 2012 Logistic Management Dileep T Abraham, Senior Vice President - Marketing, International Cargo Logistics, Building materials and Rubber Chemicals Divisions, AV Thomas & Co Ltd., Coimbatore.

May 27, 2012 Linear Programming Problem Dr. R. Sampath Kumar, Assistant Professor ( Statistics), Government Arts College, Coimbatore.

Date Topic Resource Person

Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs a part of CSR initiative an one day computer literacy program was organized for the class 12 students of Government Higher Secondary School, Kannampalayam, Coimbatore on Feb 25, 2012.

Guest Lectures Organised

Training & Industrial VisitsTraining & Industrial Visits

Faculty Publications

Faculty Development Programmes Attended

l A 150 hours of Employability Enhancement Training is being imparted by RVS Training Division for the I MBA students to enable them meet the expectations of Corporate in starting their career and excel in the competitive business environment.

rd thl The I MBA 2011-2013 Batch Students visited Geedee Wailer Pvt.Ltd, Coimbatore on 3 , 4 & 5th April 2012.

stl Our Students along with faculty members had gone for an Educational Trip to Ooty on 21 February, 2012.

l Dr. A. Valarmathi, Professor, published a paper on “Impact of Advertising on Jewel purchase decision: A study among working women in Coimbatore" in the International Journal on Management Focus, January 2012.

l Ms. Esther Jenitha K, Assistant Professor, published a paper on “Construction of continuous sampling plan of the Type CSP-T indexed through AOQ” in the International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, January 2012.

l Mr. Kannan K, Assistant Professor, published a paper on “A study on the current scenario of tourism industry in Tamilnadu” in Global Journal of Arts & Management, January 2012.

l Dr. Radha P, Associate Professor, published a paper on “Environmental Stress in Banking Sector” in the Sciences AJM Asian Journal of Management, May 2012.

l Mr. Viswanathan S, Assistant Professor, published a paper on “Mutual Fund - Systematic Investment Plans and their Benefits - An Analysis” in the Contemporary Business Practices – an Overview, May 2012.

l Ms. Vijayalakshmi D, Assistant Professor, published a paper on “Work Life Balance” in the HRD Times, National Magazine, May 2012.

l Mr. Jeyakumar V, Assistant Professor, published a paper on “A study on mergers and banks performance in India” in the International Journal of Research in Commerce, Economics & Management, May 2012.

l Dr. Nirubarani J, Professor, published a paper on “Ethical behavior in Advertising” in the Sciences AJM Asian Journal of Management, June 2012, published a paper on “A Comparative Study of Training Needs and Effectiveness with Special Reference to IT Pockets in India” in the International Journal of Business Management Economics and Information Technology, July 2012 and published a paper on “Hurdles Faced by IT Professionals during Training Period” in the International Journal of Business Administration and Management, July 2012.

l Dr. Radha P, Associate Professor, published a paper on “HRD today” in the HRD Times, National Magazine, June 2012.

l Mr. Preetham Sridar S, Assistant Professor, published a paper on “Workplace harassment experiences of women nurses” in the International Journal of Research Journal of Social Science & Management, June 2012 , published a paper on “Locus of Control and its influence on Workplace harassment- A study among women nurses” in the International Journal of Management Focus, June 2012 and published a paper on “Workplace harassment – Influence of demographic & workplace factors” in the Zenith International Journal of Business Economics & Management Research, July 2012.

l Mr. Kannan K, Assistant Professor, published a paper on “A study on Marketing of tourism products in Tamilnadu” in the Global Journal of Arts & Management, June 2012 and published a paper on “Impact of credit rating on investment alternatives & stock performance of selected public sector banks in India” in South Asian Academic Research Journal, June 2012.

th thl Mr. Preetham Sridar S, Assistant Professor, attended a workshop on “Corporate Governance and Ehthics in Management Education” on 6 & 7 January,

2012 organized by GRG School of Management Studies, Coimbatore in association with IIM Ahmedabad & IIM Calcutta.th

l Ms. Radhamani R & Ms. Subbulakshmi E, Assistant Professors, attended a program on “Performance Management” on 8 February, 2012 organized by GRG School of Management Studies, Coimbatore.

th thl Mr. Rejish David Jose, Assistant Professor, attended a workshop on “Strategies on enhancing research” on 16 & 17 February, 2012 organized by Anna

th thUniversity of Technology, Coimbatore and attended a program on “Operations Management” on 6 & 7 March, 2012 organized by Sri Venkateswara Group of Institutions, Coimbatore.

thl Mr. Velamuthan N, Placement Officer & Mr. Jayakumar J, Assistant Professor, attended a workshop on “Metoring Skills Enhancement” on 4 February, 2012

organized by NEN at PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore.

l Mr. Viswanathan S, Assistant Professor, attended a program on “Emerging Trends in Business” on 5th February, 2012 organized by Indo – German Chamber, Chennai.

l Mr. Hariharan AP, Assistant Professor attended a program on “Securities Analysis & Portfolio Management” on 10th March, 2012 organized by Sri Venkateshwara Group of Institutions, Coimbatore.

l Ms. Mehta Vani Joghee Assistant Professor, attended a program on “Financial Inclusion: way for Inclusive growth” on 28th March, 2012 organized by GRG School of Management Studies, Coimbatore.

l Ms. Subhashini Assistant Professor, attended a program on “Women at Workplace- Realities &Challenges” on 29th March, 2012 organized by Sardhar Vallabai Patel International School of Textiles & Management, Coimbatore and attended a program on “Marketing Management” on 20th April, 2012 organized by Coimbatore Productivity Council, Coimbatore.

thl Ms. Vijayalakshmi D and Mr. Jeyakumar V, Assistant Professors, attended a program on “Advanced statistics and statistical modeling of data analysis” on 17

th& 18 May, 2012 organized by Bharathiar School of Management & Entrepreneur Development, Coimbatore.th

l Ms. Esther Jenitha K & Ms. Sridevi K, Assistant Professors, attended a program on “Statistical Modeling for data analysis” on 18th & 19 June, 2012 organized by Vivekananda Institute of Management Studies, Coimbatore.

l Mr. Velamuthan N, Placement Officer, Mr. Jayakumar J, Mr. Ajith Sundaram and Mr. Vivek Subramaniam Assistant Professors, attended a workshop on rd“Business Model & Business Plans: getting it right” from 23 to 25th February, 2012 organized by NEN at Dr.MGR Educational & Research Institute, Chennai.

rdl Ms. Sridevi K & Mr. Selvakumar, Assistant Professors, attended an Orientation Program on Entrepreneurship Education on 23 June, 2012 organized by NEN

at PSG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.

Indian Chemical & Minerals

Shoppers Stop Ltd

KALS Information Systems Ltd

Aditya Trading Solutions Pvt Ltd

Aditya Birla Retail Ltd

Steroid Soft

Sundaram Direct

ITC Retail Ltd

24 x 7 Learning Pvt Ltd

New Wave Computing Pvt Ltd

ICICI Securities Ltd

HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd

VWR Lab Products Pvt Ltd

Woodlands

Manappuram Finance Ltd

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City Union Bank Ltd

New India (Impulse Group)

Aditya Birla Retail Ltd

HDFC Bank Ltd

Apollo Tyres Ltd

Vario India

Storm Group

Sundaram BNP Paribas Golbal Securities Pvt Ltd

Empire Management

Strategic Outsourcing Services Pvt Ltd

Pranas Technologies Pvt Ltd

Cegon Soft Pvt Ltd

Aptara Learning Pvt Ltd

Axis Bank Ltd

Manpower Consultancy for Apple Products Ltd

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Faculty Contribution in Seminars & Conferences

Staff Development Program (SDP)

l Mr. Viswanathan S, Assistant Professor presented a paper titled “Crowd Sourcing – A New Management Paradigm”, at the National Conference on “Crowd Sourcing & Management Paradigm” organized by Sree Narayana Guru Institute of Management Studies, Coimbatore on February 4, 2012.

l Mr. Hariharan AP, Assistant Professor, presented a paper titled “Fashion Industry 360 Degree” at the National Conference on Advancement in Management practices and business cultures organized by Sri Krishna Arts & Science College, Coimbatore on February25, 2012.

l Mr. Rejish David Jose, Assistant Professor, presented a paper titled “Enhancement of service value through lean system in IT Industry” at the Conference on Leveraging competitiveness through Lean & Agile Management organized by Avinashilingam School of Management & Technology, Coimbatore on March 13 &14, 2012 and presented a paper titled “Emerging perspective in Green Technology Management” at the Conference on Big Idea – Mega Trends organized by Happy Valley Business School, Coimbatore on March 30, 2012.

th stl Mr. Gopal N, Librarian, attended a three days program on “Innovative Library Services in Digital Era” from 19 to 21 January, 2012 organized by Dr.

thMahalingam College of Engineering & Technology, Pollachi and a one day program on “DELNET Resources services & facilities” on 30 January, 2012 organized by Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology, Coimbatore.

thl Ms. Saradhamani G, Assistant Librarian, attended a one day program on “Effective usage of e- resources” on 28 March, 2012 organized by PPG Institute of

Technology, Coimbatore.

We, in our benign endeavour in creating global business leaders with all around managerial & entrepreneurial skills have succeeded in realizing our vision through the enhanced employability opportunities in the placement process 2012. The placement process of year 2012 has provided a platform to enable the corporate get their prospective candidate and ensure the students, their deserving placement. The major recruiters associated with us in this process include companies from various sectors viz. Manufacturing, Consulting, Financial Services, IT & ITES Services, and FMCG.

The Placements '12 has seen a positive note with new organizations getting associated in our Placement endeavour of Enabling Maximum, Deserving, Quality placements.

PLACEMENTS '12

Most of the students have got multiple offers on hand to enable them a preferred career start. Some students preferred to go for higher studies or plan to become entrepreneurs.

Name of the Company Name of the Company No of

students placed

No of students placed