Management Student: Lead Activity - Meet the Culture

INLEAD conducted a LEAD Activity – “Meet the Culture” on July 27^th 2012 for the students of June and July 2012 batches. India has a rich cultural heritage and it’s very unique and versatile. The diversity in the cultural heritage can be seen throughout the country. Each and every state has different customs, traditions, beliefs and style of ceremonies as well. As INLEAD also has presence of students from different parts of the country so keeping this in mind the student affairs committee had thoroughly planned this activity for them. 

Students of both the batches have put in their best efforts to exhibit various cultures through skits and dance performances. All the acts were detail oriented, be it the costumes involved, lightning effects, and most importantly showcasing the cuisines of different cultures. The cuisines were tried by the judges and it left their palates salivating for more. All in all it was an afternoon which was full of fun & excitement and students of different programs were able to get to know more of each other.

All the acts were well performed and it did put all the judges in the spot of bother as they were not able to decide the winners because of the extraordinary performances by the students. But in the end there had to be one winner selected among the best performances and it was the Punjabi Team because of the vibrancy in the costumes, F&B Presentation and the exceptional role plays of all the characters. While the team performances received a thundering applause, special mentions were made for two individuals Mr. Tushar Saini depicting the character of Beeji (Punjabi team) and Nipun Gupta portraying as the Asur (Bengali Team). Both of them received the Individuals best performance award. 

Management Student: Industry Expert Session - Industry Orientation and Corporate Expectation (Mr. Vaibhav Gaur)

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session for its International Hotel Management and Corporate Administration & FacilityManagement students of Jan and July 2012 batches. Topic Of the session was Industry Orientation and Corporate Expectations. The session was conducted by Mr. Vaibhav Gaur, Sales Director – Radisson Suites. Mr. Gaur has done his graduation in Hotel Management from Welcomegroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal. He has started his career as Front Office Executive at Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces. Eventually he shifted from the Front Office Department to the Sales Department of the Hotel and has worked in renowned organizations like Radisson MBD Hotel, Crown Plaza, Galaxy Hotels and Spa. Presently he is the youngest person to reach at Director Sale’s level.

Mr. Gaur has over half a decade of experience in this industry and shared his real time experiences with the students. He started the session with describing different departments of a hotel and how all of them are interdependent on each other in order to provide a hassle free service to the Guest. Mr. Gaur also talked on the grooming standards which are an important aspect to work in the industry and also the right kind of attitude required in the organization, which will eventually help them to grow in this lucrative sector.

The session was quite interactive as students being new to the field were very curious to know more about the industry, what would be the growth path and the corporate expectations as well. The Q&A session helped students to understand the hierarchy that is followed in the Hotels, to have a positive frame of mind while working and most importantly improving your skill set at regular intervals to have an effective growth. On being asked that how various hotel chains are surviving in such a competitive market, to which he said that “Service is the Key”. One has to focus on the high quality service being provided to the customer and because that will in the end help you to uphold the guest for a longer period of time. All in all the session was quite well-informed and it helped the students to understand the insights of the hotel industry and overall what are expectations of the corporate from the budding hoteliers.

Event Management: Industry Visit - Galaxy Hotel, Gurgaon

INLEAD conducted an industry visit for its Event Management and Public Relations students of June 2012 batch on 20th July 2012. Students were accompanied by Mr. Sandeep Bhandari, EMPR Faculty at INLEAD. The purpose of the visit was to familiarize them with the subject, Venue Operations. With the rapidly growing demand in MICE industry students should be aware of the latest facilities in a Hotel as a venue. Before doing any event it is very important for an Event Team to do a complete inspection of the venue, get acquainted with the services available at the venue and most importantly to do an appropriate venue mapping on paper in order to give a hassle free experience to the guest on the day of the event.

A Hotel provides various Venue Options like Banquet Halls, Conference Rooms, Board rooms etc. The students were taken on a tour of the Galaxy Hotel and were provided with information like the Layout Plan, Room Division Management, and Restaurant Operations. Students had a great exposure and learning during this visit.

Event Management: Industry Expert Session - Event Marketing Operations (Ramita Chaudhuri)

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 13^th July 2012 for its Event Management students of June’12 batch. The session was conducted by Ms. Ramita Chaudhuri – Business Consultant. Topic of the session was Insights – Event Marketing Operations. Ms. Ramita is a Marketing Professional & has over 12 years of experience as Business Head for renowned brands. She has worked in various industries like FMCG, Media, Telecom and Advertising. Ms. Chaudhuri has made substantial contributions in activation of some of the popular brands like Carlsberg India, Big FM and Hutch. She was instrumental in ensuring that flagship brands such as Carlsberg and Tuborg gained visibility and acceptance amongst consumers across India through effective pan‐India brand activations and trade programs. Never shy of challenges, she is always looking for fresh venture and applying innovative approach to building brand.

The purpose of the session was to give students an introduction about the diverse Marketing Concepts like ATL/BTL activities, Trade marketing, Direct Marketing etc. Ms. Ramita also shared her practical experiences on various brand activation concepts. She stressed on the fact that comprehensive understanding of the Brand and the core Target Group should be the prime concern of the budding Event Marketers.

As India is majorly an emotion driven country so it is important that an event experience should be innovative so that it can engage more number of people and can strike on to their emotional chords. To come up with such a unique thought process it is essential that one should participate in brain storming sessions at regular intervals. The success of a BTL activity can only be measured through ROI (Return on Investment), hence it is essential for a marketer to invoke large number of people by using experiential marketing. According to Ms. Chaudhuri with such massive competition in a largely cluttered market, the person who possesses such skill set can only sustain for a longer period of time.

Healthcare Administration: Industry Expert Session - Disaster Management (Dr. Gaurav Aggarwal)

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 11^th July 2012 for its Healthcare Administration students of April’12 batch. Topic of the session was Disaster Management. The session was conducted by Dr. Gaurav Aggarwal, Director – Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospitals. Dr. Aggarwal has completed his MBBS from JSS Medical College, Mysore and has finished his MD in Internal Medicine from Sri Ramchandra Medical College, Chennai. Dr. Aggarwal is at present the director of Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital and prior to that he had worked with Clinical Diagnostic Centre and Pushpanjali Medical Centre (Heart and Trauma Hospital) as Medical Director. 

 From 16^th July all the HCA students of April’12 batch will start their Quarter 2 internships in various hospitals, so the major purpose of the session was to familiarize them with the effective working atmosphere of hospitals and also to give them an introduction about Disaster Management which is an essential aspect of an administrator’s job profile. Dr. Gaurav had made the session pretty much interactive and shared his practical experience with the students. Dr. Aggarwal also shared the growth story of the booming healthcare sector and according to him the major contributing factor for this is the increase in the competition in the current market scenario. The session also helped students to get exposed to the practicalities of the healthcare industry, what sort of challenges they may face in the real world (while working) and how to overcome them by applying the skills that they had learned in their theoretical sessions. 

During the session Dr. Gaurav also briefed the students on Disaster Management concepts. It helped students to understand about the triage cycle, type of disasters, creating the specific zones to reduce the overall response time and how communication (through different ways) plays a very important role in any emergency. Dr. Aggarwal also shared a format of Hospital Disaster plan with the students and laid emphasis on the fact that all the processes are need to be followed to perfection(an administrator’s primary role) so that the situation may not get  chaotic.

Management Student: LEAD Activity - War of Words

As a part of LEAD module INLEAD conducted an activity for its April 2012 Batch – War of Words. As the name sounds it was a debate competition, where students from all the programs of April 2012 batch had participated. They were all pumped up to do well and were ready with their armory (of Strong Points and facts & Figures). Student’s excitement levels were really soaring; we were glad that we had conducted just WAR OF WORDS and not the WAR OF ARROWS.

The activity was meticulously planned by our LEAD Faculty Ms. Priya Mehta. Students were given topics related to their specific industry domain. Groups were made to talk on For the Motion and Against the Motion. All the students had come up with some strong points and all the points were backed up by concrete facts and figures. Once the speech was over then the 2^nd hurdle for them was to face some hard-hitting questions from the rebuttal panel and as well as from the audience. All in all the activity was lot of fun and overall students had made it quite successful.

It was a closely fought competition and all the students had performed exceptionally well but in the end judges had to decide 1 winner. Students were majorly tested on Language proficiency, presence of mind, communication skills, Question Handling and Audience Connect.

Winners of the competition:-

·      Syed Imran Ali (HCA Batch) – Winner

·      Anjul Garg (Marketing Batch) – 1^st Runner up 

·      Abhishek Bhandari (HCA Batch) – 2^nd Runner up

Career Counseling: Industry Visit - 10th Infra Education Fair

INLEAD conducted an industry visit to 10^th Infra Educa Fair held at Pragati Maidan for its Marketing Students on June 23, 2012. Students were accompanied by one of the marketing faculties at INLEAD, Mr. Mohammed Amir. The sole purpose of industry visit is to give the students the hands on experience or the exposure about the industry in which they aspire, to turn out to be the future leaders. It gives a complete perspective to them about the corporate dynamics of the entire industry. In simple terms they are exposed to the real world, which will ultimately help them to come out as better professionals.

Through the education fair the students were exposed to the marketing practices adopted by the educational institutes with reference to courses like B. Tech, MBA, PGDM, Hotel Management, Nursing etc. They also observed the utilization of marketing tools like ambience, counseling skills, stall set-up, literature of various institutes and did a comparative analysis of it. They also analyzed the footfall of the students with respect to the courses being marketed like: B.Tech, PGDM, MBA, BSc Nursing, Hotel Management etc.    

Event Management: Industry Visit - Kingdom of Dreams (June 2012 EMPR Batch)

The Training and Placement Cell of INLEAD organised an industrial visit to Kingdom of Dreams on June 28^th, 2012 for EMPR students of June’12 batch. The students were accompanied by the one of the faculty at INLEAD, Mr. Sandeep Bhandari. The enticing and exquisite Kingdom of Dreams, in the heart of the “Millennium city” brings to life a vivid picture of India's art, culture, heritage, craft, cuisine and live art...all with the technological wizardry of today.On behalf of Kingdom of Dreams, a warm welcome was accorded by Mr. Rishabh Kumar, Floor Manager and Mr. Raj Kumar, Assistant Manager, Human Resource.

It was the first industry visit for the batch ever since the commencement of the session from 16^th June to give us a hands on experience as to what goes behind the working of one of the biggest entertainment extravaganza. The students were briefed about the sprawling setup at Kingdom of Dreams which included both Nautanki Mahal and Culture Gully. An elaborate culture, arts, craft and food boulevard, from visiting the backwaters of Kerala, savoring the taste buds in the royal nawab style in Lucknow, the statuesque beaches in Goa, an insight of the royal splendor of a Rajasthani Palace, the Mumbai local that rules the lives of major chunk of Mumbai, the live kitchens…..there’s so much you can look forward to at Culture Gully. In the Nautanki Mahal, the magic of Indian Cinema comes alive in a stunning, electrifying on-stage spectacle. It combines creativity and cutting edge technology to create an Entertainment Extravaganza which explodes our senses. The students had a glimpse of Jhumroo, an out and out musical comedy. Packed with 19 Bollywood retro songs, Jhumroo is a celebration of the spirit of Kishore Kumar, a legend who continues to charm the young and old alike. A brief visit to IIFA buzz café, a glamourous themed bollywood VIP lounge, added to the excitement.

The visit came to end with a lively interaction with Mr. Saurabh Kaushik, General Manager, Human Resource. He shared his experience at Kingdom of dreams and followed by a rapid fire round with students, asking questions as to what the students had learnt from the visit to Kingdom of Dreams. The students were also rewarded with gifts for the correct answers. The students had a great experience of learning at the hub of innovative and creative thinking.

Sanya Bajaj and Rashika Yadav

(Student, EMPR June’12)

Management Student: Workshop on Disaster Management - Dr. Shweta Sharma

Indian Institute of Learning and Advanced Development (INLEAD) in association with Safety Circle organized a First Aid and Life Support workshop for CorporateAdministration and Facility Management & Hospitality Operation Management students on 25th June 2012 at INLEAD Campus in Gurgaon. Workshop was conducted by Dr. Shweta Sharma, a certified instructor from National Safety Council, USA. Dr. Shweta Sharma had trained almost 15,000 people as of now and she had given workshops in some of the well-known organizations like Tata, Mitsibushi Motors, Vodafone, Ericsson, BPCL, HPCL, GAIL and Bina Refinery. Her area of expertise includes Emergency Response and Care, First Aid, Stress Management, Ergonomics and Postures.

The major purpose for such workshops is to prepare the students in case they encounter any natural or industry disaster like fire, flood, chemical spills, stampede or accidents. Workshop basically intends to familiarize the students with meaning, factors, significance, causes and effects of disasters.Workshop was largely about practical situations wherein topics like emergency action plan, basic life support, chocking, shock, sudden illness, bleeding and wound care, burns, serious injuries, poisoning, muscle injury, moving & rescuing the victim and stature drill was covered. It specifically highlights the essentials of disaster preparedness.

Event Management & Public Relation: Student Induction Program - June 2012 EMPR Batch

On 18th June 2012 INLEAD conducted the induction program of June 2012 batch for Events Management and Public Relations students. INLEAD proudly welcomes the batch of future Event Managers and the PR professionals. The Induction program began at 2 PM with Mr. Deepak Sharma giving an introduction about INLEAD and the experienced faculty members that are part of INLEAD. The Induction program provides an invaluable opportunity to the students to interact with each other and with the faculties to gain a perspective about student life at INLEAD. During the interactive session with the faculty member’s students showed an excited approach and were continuously asking their queries about the industry that soon they will be a part of and how the overall course module is structured.

In the coming two weeks students will go under orientation program where they will go through various sessions that will enable them to understand the rules & regulations and the grooming guidelines which are required to be followed by each and every individual. The session will also help them to learn about the different types of etiquette required in the corporate world that would help them to sustain a longer period of time in their particular industry domain. Students will also undergo through various activities which will bring all of them at the same level as they are from diverse backgrounds. These sessions and activities will enable these students to understand various buzzwords like adaptability, team work and time management.

Healthcare Administration: Industry Expert Session - Dr. Shashi Bhushan Gogia

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 15th June for its Healthcare Administration students of April’12 batch. The Session was conducted by Dr. Shashi Bhushan Gogia – MS, MBBS (Chairperson of IMIA). Dr. Shashi Bhushan has done his Graduation and post graduation in general surgery from AIIMS , New Delhi. He is the Chairperson of IMIA working group on TeleHealth, Consultant to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for EHealth and President of SATHI. Dr. Gogia has special interest in Plastic Surgery and Medical Informatics & Telemedicine.

Topic for the session was Insights– Healthcare Information Management Systems. The session was conducted by Dr. Shashi Bhushan Gogia on Hospital Management Information System (HMIS). Dr. Gogia had made the session pretty much informative and had enlightened our students with his I.T. experience in the Healthcare Industry. The session helped students to understand how HMIS can improve knowledge base of healthcare professionals in various sectors for example it can help in maintaining electronic records in the Medical Record Department of the hospital, it helps in simulation techniques as well. He laid stress on the fact that from an administrator's point of view, one should know the basics of IT, Networking and Connectivity. Dr. Bhushan described how India is slowly and gradually moving towards EMR (Electronic Medical Record) and EHR (Electronic Health Record).

Apart from the Medical Informatics, he also threw light on the concept of Telemedicine which is being taken up by doctors as an alternate source, to provide services to the remote areas of the country. According to him, by implementing the current standards in Information Technology and by applying the change management theory we can give a thrust to the Healthcare Information System. He also touched upon some points on cloud computing which is ultimately the future of Information Technology and can play a major role in the Healthcare Industry.

Event Management: Industry Expert Session - Mr. Bryan Furtado

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 14^th June for its Event Management students of April’12 and October’11 batches. The Session was conducted by Mr. Bryan Furtado, Group Head – Projects, Seventy Event Media Group. Mr. Bryan Furtado has over 10 years of expertise in the events industry, both at the national and international level. He has worked with BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and has conceptualized the entire Dubai Shopping Festival along with the Dubai Government. In India he has worked along with channel V and for the past five years is continuously heading the organization team for Goa Festival. He has a specialized skill set in conceptualization and handling the creative part of luxury and lifestyle events.

Topic of the session was Career Opportunities in Events Industry. The session helped students to understand that Event Managers can only succeed in their profession if they have an open vision. An Event Manager should not have any kind of limitation in their mind's eye or they might lose the plot. They have to be liberal in their approach and should take NO for an answer. They should be able to handle any crisis well (it can come only through experience) because eventually event managers are called as crisis managers. Mr. Bryan Furtado has mainly handled luxury and lifestyle accounts and has showcased some of his remarkable work to our students which helped them to understand the tremendous scope available in the events industry. 

Management Student: Industry Expert Session - Mr. Anil Yadav

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 12^th June for its Corporate Administration & Facility Management and Hospitality Operations Management students of April’12 and October’11 batches. The Session was conducted by Mr. Anil Yadav, Head – Operations, Real Estate & Facility Management at Eight Management Services. Mr. Anil Yadav has previously worked with some of the reputed Multi National companies like HCL, Philips and Samsung.

Topic of the session was DifferentAspects of Facility Management and Career Opportunities in the FM Industry. The session started with general introduction of FM industry and what are the technical and the soft services aspects of any Facility Management company. Mr. Anil Yadav had made the session very much interactive and had tried to impart the ground realities to the students. His main focus was to showcase the practicalities of the Facility industry and not to put any stress on bookish knowledge. The session helped students to learn about important departments of any organization that a Facility Manger has to handle Vis-à-vis Transport, Food and Beverage, Housekeeping and Security. On being asked by certain female students about their scope in the facility industry; to which he had categorically said that there is no gender biasness in the industry and the only requirement is that the female employees need to give their full commitment towards the job and should not give the importance to their watches as it is not a 9 to 5 job.

    

He also threw light on standards for Waste Management, Utility Management and Space Management. He laid stress on the facts about the immense opportunities that are available in the facility industry and a fresher should have the right kind of attitude to build an illustrious career out of this field. According to Mr. Anil, for a fresher to succeed in the industry he should have a practical and a proactive approach to any situation and should be able to provide some cost effective measures to the organization. He cannot be a soft spoken personality and should have the capability to handle situations tactfully. 

Hospital Management: Industry Visit - Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital

On 8^th June 2012 INLEAD conducted an Industry visit to Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital for its Healthcare Administration students. The visit was intended to give a practical and theoretical exposure of the Blood Bank Services in the hospitals. Dr Anupam Chabbra, HOD of the Blood Bank department at Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital had shared his expertise with the students and gave a detailed tour to the students. The industry exposure helped students to get a clear idea of the functioning of the department, equipment required, staffing pattern, planning considerations & the role of a manager in the blood bank. 

Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital is located in Vaishali, Sector 1 – Ghaziabad. It is a tertiary care facility which has been designed to serve the medical needs of the nation and beyond. It offers an unparalleled spectrum of preventive, diagnostic and treatment alternatives with follow-up care in virtually all medical specialties.

Management Student: LEAD Activity - Golden Gate

In INLEAD Leadership, Education and Abilities Development or LEAD certification is awarded to students to bridge the gap between campus life and corporate life. This certification basically helps a student to build up on current personality, communication skills, grooming standards and developing the right attitude towards leading and working in a team.

The LEAD module is planned for all the programs which are offered at INLEAD and under this module several activities are held at regular intervals. On June 1st 2012 INLEAD conducted a LEAD activity Golden Gate for the April 2012 batch.  The purpose of such activities is that students from different programs can all come under one roof for few hours and along with the enjoyment can also gain some important learning’s from the activity. In Golden Gate activity participants have to use scrap and other resources to form a bridge. The bridge was then analyzed on three parameters strength, length and height.

The activity was started by dividing the participants in teams. Each team had a time limit of 45 minutes in which they had to use scrap and other resources to the best of their imagination and made a bridge that can be tested on strength, length and height.

At the end of the activity our faculty Ms. Priya Mehta who had meticulously designed this activity said “activity was full of energy & enthusiasm which helped participants to focus on collaboration & Team Work while having fun. It also highlighted the importance of planning and showcased creative skills during the performance. In this activity participants were able to understand the importance of Time Management and how to make best use of Scrap or in other words resource planning.” 

Event Management: Industry Expert Session - Mr. Amit Arora

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 31st May for the Events Management students of April’12 and October’11 batches. The Session was conducted by Mr. Amit Arora, Manager- Marketing at TAM Media Research.Mr. Amit Arora has earlier worked with some reputed organizations like Ganex India Marketing Pvt. limited, The Helping Hand - Program Partner ICTRC and Telemarketing at Qualified Learning Systems.He has specialization in ATL/BTL activities, Account Management, Customer Relations, Internal and External communications and is an expert on TRP's.

Topic for the session was Television Audience Measurement. The session helped students to understand the methodology used by TAM Media Research for audience measurement of television and radio in the form of TRP's. He shared that there is a nine step procedure which is being used to select the households to install the TVM5 meter which then sends the data back to TAM Media Research for the viewership analysis. Currently there are 8165 TVM5 meters located in urban class 1 towns which are 162 in total.

Once the data being collected, then it is analyzed at the backend and a report is generated. This report contains viewership analysis of the content of different broadcasters which then help broadcasters to understand viewership and this helps them to review their content from time to time. The report also helps advertisers to make an effective media plan for their clients as they come to know about the programs which are doing well on television. 

Healthcare Administration: Industry Expert Session - Dr. Parveen Gulati

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 23rd May for its Healthcare Administration students of April’12 batch. The Session was conducted by Dr. Parveen Gulati, MD – FIMSA and Member Governing Council & Director Imaging, Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital.

Dr. Parveen Gulati presently is running three successful diagnostic centers – Organ Imaging Research Centre in South Delhi, Clinical Diagnostic Centre in East Delhi and Escorts VGS MRI centre, Faridabad. All the three centers are interconnected with Teleradiology to maintain the imaging and interpretation quality.
Dr. Parveen Gulati is also an active member of number of professional organizations which include - International Society of MR in medicine (ISMRM), Radiological society of North America [RSNA] and Delhi Medical Association.

 Topic for the session was Radiology Services. The session helped students to learn about the basic concepts of Radiology and how the new technology has helped it evolved in the two decades. He stressed on the point that presently the scope of radiology is not just limited to X-Rays; it now also includes much more modalities like MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), CT scan (Computed Tomography), Nuclear Medicine (Using of Radio Isotopes) and DXA (Dual X-ray).

He also threw light on the legalities that are involved with these devices, what are the different certifications that are need to be taken care of by the administrator before the installation of the devices and how he has to monitor that proper tests are conducted during the installation and proper precautionary measures are taken care of before they are open for the general public. 

Event Management: Industry Visit - Kingdom Of dreams

INLEAD is always being known to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and the practical knowledge. To survive in this competitive world, it is important that one should understand the ground realities of their respective domain. With this scenario in mind INLEAD had always send students to the industry visits of their respective domains.

On 21^st May 2012 INLEAD conducted an Industry visit to Kingdom of Dreams for its Events Management students. The visit to Kingdom Of Dreams was once in a life time opportunity for the students of INLEAD Gurgaon. The visit helped students to understand the insights of Nautanki Mahal, Culture Gully and Showshaa theatre. It also helped students to learn about various aspects of assembly.

Kingdom of Dreams is the ultimate entertainment and leisure destination. The company behind the lofty project of `KINGDOM OF DREAMS` is the 'GREAT INDIA NAUTANKI COMPANY' (GINC). GINC is a combined venture of Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Apra Group of Companies and Raghbeer Group of Companies. This fabulous Kingdom brings to life a blend of Indian art, culture, heritage, craft, cuisine and performing arts...all with the technological wizardry of today.

Event Management: Industry Expert session - Mr. Shariq Khan

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 17th May for the students of Events Management of April’12 and October’11 batches. The Session was conducted by Mr. Shariq Khan, Manager – Marketing, Arctic Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Shariq Khan has started his career as an Account Manager Newgen Software Technologies and then later on he moved to Tangerine as an Assistant Manager - Marketing.

Topic of the session was Social Media Marketing. The session helped students to learn about the new thought process that the current generation possesses. Mr. Shariq Khan emphasized that the contemporary generation is the attention seeking Generation. The session helped students to understand about Google Ad words and Ad sense and their applications. The session also helped students to understand how Google and other social media websites earn revenues for themselves through these ads.

Industry Expert Session - Mr. Sunil Chandwani

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 14th May for the Healthcare Administration students of April’12 batch. The Session was conducted by Mr. Sunil Chandwani Head - URS, Business Strategic Solution, India. Mr. Chandwani has a rich experience of more than 22 years, of which he has more than 10 years of exclusive experience in Manufacturing Management and 12 Years of experience in Management Consulting, Training / Auditing in Manufacturing & Service Sectors like Telecom, Life Insurance and Media.

Topic of the session was Introductionand Implementation of ISO in Healthcare Industry. The session was started with a small test, by asking students about their knowledge about quality. Mr. Sunil threw light on different concepts of Quality like SIPOC (Supplier, Input, Process, Output, and Customer), FTR (First Time Right), and CTQ (Critical to Quality) with the purpose to enable the students to form a foundation for learning the concepts of ISO. He also highlighted the eight clauses of ISO 9001:2008 that set out the requirements for Quality Management System. He explained the documentation control policy to be followed by the organizations going in for ISO.

Orientation Week Activity - Talk Show

TALK SHOW – The latest addition to the student’s activity calendar culminated into a resounding success. The activity was meticulously planned by Ms. Priya Mehta and passionately executed to perfection with active and enthusiastic participants from the students of April 2012. The show had the students mimicking prominent personalities from Bollywood, Politics, Business and Cricket and participating in a talk show in their signature style.

While all the performances were received with a hearty laughter and thundering applause, special mention needs to be made for Abhishek Chandra’s depiction of Navjot Singh Siddhu and Naimish Shroff’s Shekhar Suman, that even had the faculties in splits of laughter and students rolling on the floor. For some of the students, if they  ever think about an alternative career, Bollywood certainly can be one of the options and as ever, Mr. Sandeep Bhandari will be there to assist them in placements there as well J.

Although there were no tickets involved to see the show but it was a complete PAISA VASOOL SHOW!!!

The winner of the activity was the Politics team because of their overall balance in the whole act and the individual best character was won by Abhishek Bhandari who played the character of Navjot Singh Siddhu.

The activity brought together students coming from different parts of the country and its witty and humorous outlook settled down the initial hesitation and nervousness of the incoming batch. All the acts were packed with clever and witty one-liners and some scintillating dance performance gave the show the feel of a comprehensive masala package.

Faculties also believed that there is no dearth of talent in April 2012 batch and they would like to see these students to carry forward the same spirit and enthusiasm in future activities and to their respective professional careers.

Lead Activity - Save Balloons

In INLEAD Leadership, Education and Abilities Development or LEAD certification is awarded to students to bridge the gap between campus life and corporate life. This certification basically helps a student to build up on current personality, communication skills, grooming standards and developing the right attitude towards leading and working in a team.

Under this certification several activities are held at regular intervals. One of the recently held activities was “Lead Activity – Save Balloons “. This activity is full of energy and enthusiasm which helps the participants to focus on collaboration and team work. It also highlighted the importance of communication and planning while performing the given task.

 The group was divided into two teams. The first task was that each and every team member has to blow up two balloons and strap it on their ankles. Then the team leaders would place their members strategically, according to the competencies of the opponent team. The second task was that each member from the two teams would come in the centre and try to deflate the balloons of their opponent. When all the participants had done this once then team leader would decide their top five members and then each member would go in the middle and follow the same process. In the end the team left with higher number of balloons  would win the activity.

Convocation Ceremony for the Class of 2010

An atmosphere of pride and excitement prevails in the campus as we prepare to celebrate the achievements and successes of INLEADers through the Convocation Ceremony. Scheduled on 6th April 2012, the graduating class of 2010 will be awarded PG Diploma Certificates on 6th April in the ceremony. The Convocation Ceremony will commence at 4:30 in the evening in the evening, at 4:30 PM, the ceremony will honour special accomplishment of select INLEADers from the class of 2010.

INLEAD’s strong alumni base is spread across diverse sectors and is playing a crucial role in shaping the business landscape of new age economy. It has been a privilege and honour to have helped shape some of the brightest young talent in the country and we hope that the successful alumni will be the ideal role-models for the present and future students. We also hope to maintain and fortify a lasting association that extends beyond the campus and believe that the INLEADers will play a responsible role in shaping the country’s future.