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Volume : 5 Issue : 3 March 2014

Rev. Fr. Antony Arackal and Mr. George AlexanderMuthoot at the inaugural function of the seminar

A National Seminar on ‘Indian Companies Act2013 - An Introspection’ was held at Albertian

Institute of Management on 21 March 2014. The 2013Act when enacted, will set the tone for a more modernlegislation which enables growth and greaterregulation of the corporate sector in India. The 2013Act is expected to facilitate more business-friendlycorporate regulations, improve corporate governancenorms, enhance accountability on the part ofcorporates and auditors, raise levels of transparencyand protect interests of investors, particularly smallinvestors. The primary objective of this seminar wasto deliberate on the far-reaching implications thatthe changes in the 2013 Act would bring, in themanner in which corporates operate in India.

Mr. George Alexander Muthoot, M.D. Muthoot Groupinaugurated the seminar by lighting the lamp. Mr. GeorgeMuthoot in his address remarked that the companiesact being a voluminous act is something that should bestudied section wise,in-depth. He touched upon someof the new provisions in this act like The one personcompany and the 2% that should be set apart for CSRactivities. He also said that CSR would requireconsultancy and would give a lot of new jobopportunities. CA Vivek Krishna Govind, C. S. Jayan K.,and Mr. George Thomas, Chief Manager, BPCL, Kochiwere the other resource persons on the occasion.

The inaugural meeting was presided over by Rev.Fr. Antony Arackal, Manager, AIM. Dr. Rajagopala Nair,

Institute News

'Indian Companies Act 2013 -An Introspection'

- National Seminar @ AIM

Prof. K. V. Thomas interacting with the audience in thevaledictory session

picture of the history and growth of the film industrythrough this visit. The students also got to enjoysome of the beautiful land and lake sights at Ooty,

which is a queen of the hills. The students wereaccompanied by faculty members Mr. Sajeev C.S.and Ms. Indu George.

M s. Shiny C. M., Asst. Professor, AIMparticipated in the CII Annual Day & Brand

Summit 2014 organised by CII on 4 March 2014 atHotel Dream, Kochi. The Summit was inauguratedby Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, IAS, Managing Director,Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation.Eminent personalities from the field of marketing,

advertising and branding addressed and sharedtheir views on the upcoming trends in branding.

Ms. Shiny C. M., Asst. Professor, AIM presenteda paper on ‘Indian Retail Industry - Growth,Opportunities and Challenges’ in a seminar on“Indian Retailing- Opportunities and Challenges”organized by KMM College of Management andTechnology, Thrikkakara on 25 March 2014.

Placement Cell at AIM could establish tie-ups withmany organizations that are in full swing in terms

of their fresh recruitments for the new financial year.The month March witnessed the selection of 4 studentsby Axis Bank Ltd. Mr. Antony Kiran, Ms. Vyshna T. G.,Mr. Nithin Jose and Ms. Mary Ann are the ones pickedup by Axis Bank. Further, this batch students wereprovided with opportunities in companies like RelianceCommunications, Hedge Equities, Nile Stream InfoTechnologies, Prerana Group, etc. A considerablenumber of students are at various stages of theirselection process, and many of them look forward tobe selected by these Organizations.

2012 - 2014 Batch:Placement Touches 40% Mark Kite Events associate with AIM

Kite Events - one of the divisions of TOI (TourOrganizer India) are into Events, Promotion and

Marketing Solutions based at Cochin with its reach atmajor business hubs in the metros and urban townsin Kerala has sought support of AIM in order to meetthe human resource requirements of their clientorganizations. In this connection, their officialsconducted a preliminary screening test for the finalsemester students in the campus. 16 Albertians wereselected to participate in the rest of the selectionprocedure, chalked out by various organizations.

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Glimpses of the Seminar

Director, AIM welcomed the gathering. Dr. CyriacMathew, Vice Principal, St. Albert’s College, Dr.Francis Cherunilam, Former Director of AIM and Dr.Titus Correya also spoke on the Occasion.

Prof. K. V. Thomas, Honourable Minister ofState(Independent Charge), Union Ministry ofConsumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution wasthe chief guest at the valedictory function.

Dr. Cyriac Mathew, Mr. George Alexander Muthoot,Rev. Fr. Antony Arackal and Dr. Rajagopala Nair

in the inaugural session

Plenary sessions being addressed by C. A. VivekKrishna Govind, C. S. Jayan K., and Mr. George Thomas

Audience at the seminarDr. Regupathi the Technical chair addressing the audience

Interaction at AISAT

The fourth semester class of Albertian Institute ofManagement got a wonderful opportunity to have

an interactive session with Ms. Beena George, Dean,Cameron School of Business, University of Thomson,Houstonon 12 March, 2014. Rather than just deliveringa formal structured presentation, she gave an informaltalk and a very exciting interaction session. Thepractical exposure and field based study that theyhave in each module differentiates their way oflearning them from us.

She said that in U.S.A., students find it hard tocope up with the curriculum as well as to pay theirfees. Her advice for the students was to occupytheir space in the best way possible so that even all

the challenges would turn out to be untouchedopportunities.

The AIM students with Ms. Beena George

Numismatics Show 2014

Prof. Harry Cleetus inaugurating the exhibition

Albertian Institute of management was witness toNumismatics Show, 2014 on 20-21 March, 2014.

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency,including coins, tokens, paper money, and relatedobjects. While numismatists are often characterizedas students or collectors of coins, the discipline alsoincludes the broader study of money and otherpayment media used to resolve debts and theexchange of goods. Numismatics Show 2014' was heldin the library hall of Albertian Institute ofManagement. The exhibition was inaugurated by Prof.Harry Cleetus, Principal, St. Albert's College. It wasorganized for the purpose of charity and the fundcollected was donated to 'Kafarnaum' Orphanage,Kaloor.

The persons behind the show - Ms. Dhanya, Ms. Dona,Mr. Augustine and Mr. Sajeev C. S. with our Director

Lifelong Learning Foundation Lecture

Mr. Sajeev C. S., Faculty Member, AIM accompaniedby students Ms. Ramya Mohan, Ms. Varsha

Vasudevan, Ms. Padmini P. V., Mr. Midhun Joseph, Mr.Ankith Tolasaria, Mr. Vidhyat G. S., Ms. Jaimey Joy &Ms. Divya Asok got an opportunity to listen to theworld renowned author and inspiring speaker Mr.Charles Eisenstein on 19 March 2014. The theme ofthe public lecture was "The More Beautiful WorldOur Hearts Know Is Possible". He said that each of

us has a gift to give to this world and that we shoulddiscover that gift. It is only when we discover thisgift that we will have something meaningful in life.We try to change everything into money, Nature isturned into money and everything around us is alsodependent on money. Every tree, every mountain,every river around us is also intelligent and that weshould not destroy it to make money; we shouldbecome part of it.

Industrial Tour

The Second year MBA students had theirindustrial tour to Ooty from 5 - 7 March 2014.

The tour started with a visit to the Kerala AgroMachinery Corporation Ltd., an India governmentundertaking at Palakkad. The students got a clearidea about the various agro machinery products thatare produced and sold throughout India. The secondvisit was to the Doddabetta tea factory at Ooty.

The entire tea manufacturing process fromcrushing and fermenting of the leaves to its finalappearance as packed tea in various flavours wasan eye opener to many on the tea that have in theirdaily life. Another industry visited was theHindustan Photo Films Mfg. Co. Ltd., which has beenselling various varieties of photo films under thebrand name 'Indu'. The students got a very clear