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December 2008
Corporate Talk: Talk by Mr John Kachiramattam, Administrative Officer- TCS Ltd, Kochi, on "Careers in IT/ ITES".
Corporate Talk: Talk by Mr Aneesh Joseph, Manager- Retail, Tata Tele services on "Careers in Telecom sector"
Corporate Talk: Talk by Mr Tapan Trivedi, Research Analyst, JRG Securities Ltd
Corporate Talk: Talk on Careers in Alcohol & Beverages Sector by Mr EJ Thomas, Regional Manager, MGM Group.
Corporate Talk: Careers in BPO/ KPO by Ms Elsa Abraham, Allianz Cornhill Ltd.
Corporate Talk: Talk on Careers in Media by Mr Manu Jacob Mathew, Assistant Manager (marketing) Malayala Manorama, Kochi.
Workshop: One day workshop on effective Communication by Head, Brain Tree.
Corporate Talk: A session on "Work as an opportunity for learning" by Dr Thomas Chandy, Professor, Santa Clara University, USA.
Workshop: One day work shop on "Conflict resolution in work place" by Mr Joby Cyriac, Master Trainer, TA& NLP.
Corporate Talk: Talk on careers in FMCG sector by Mr Shaji Thomas Philip, Head- Merchandising, Spenser Retail Ltd. Kochi.
Talk on Careers in Banks by Mr Joshi Paul Veliyath, Circle Head, HDFC Bank, Kochi.
Talk on Careers in Insurance by Mr Sanal Kumar, Manager, CLIA, LIC of India, Kottayam.
Talk on Careers in Retail by Mr Riju Antony, GM-HR, Reliance Retail Ltd., Kochi.
Talk on Careers in Hospitality Sector by Mr Ajith K Thomas, Former Director (Sales), Le Meridien, Kochi.
Talk on Careers in Industrial Marketing by Mr Ramesh Venkit, GM- Zuari Cements, Kochi.
Talk on" perceptions about Ethics, life and career" by Rev Dr Joseph Pathrapankal, Director, Anugraha Renewal Centre, Vazhoor.
Mr. Shashikant Pradhan and Mr. Tharun Koshy, Application Engineers, Rolls Royce Marine India Private India paid a visit to SIM.
Workshop: A session on "Goal Setting" by Mr. Sreeduth S Pillai, Performance Management Consultant, Chennai.
Corporate Social Responsibility: Visit to Bethany Old-age Home by the final year MBA's and celebrated Christmas along with the inmates.
November 2008
Management Festival: SIMTHESIS- Management Fest for PG (Final Day). Valedictory function was chaired by Dr. Sivaram Srikandath, Director of Programmes, Manorama Vision, who also gave away the prizes to the winners of the various events.
SIMTHESIS-08 Winners
Business Quiz: First Prize & Second Prize
Best Manger : First Prize & Second Prize
Marketing Game : First Prize & Second Prize
HR Game : First Prize & Second Prize
Business Plan : First Prize & Second Prize
Stock Game : First Prize & Second Prize
Debate : First Prize & Second Prize
Picnics: Combined Picnic to Peermedu & Kuttikanam on 9th November by the students of 2007 and 2008 batches.
October 2008
Management Festival: SIMTHESIS - 2008 the path breaking management festival of the Institute started in 2007 was recast and made a 3 day programme with the first day for undergraduate competitions and the second and third days for MBA level competitions. 27 colleges participated and there were over 330 participants. The events were Business Plan, Best Manager, HR Game, Marketing Game, Stock Market Simulation, Business Quiz, and the now much sought after SIM-DJ which makes everyone rock at the end of the first day of the MBA competitions.
The overall program was inaugurated by Mr. M.S.A.Kumar, Chairman, CII (Kerala Chapter) & MD, AVT Mc Cormick Ingredients Pvt. Ltd., and the competitions of the MBA by Mr. George Paul, Director- Marketing, Synthite Industries Ltd. The dignitaries gave an insight into the management imperatives for the young manages and motivated them to achieve excellence. SIMTHESIS will be back next year.
Value Added Courses-Six Sigma 5 Day Belt Awarding Training: Award of Six Sigma Green Belt: 55 students of 2007 batch was trained in 6 Sigma and 41 qualified for award of Green Belt in Six Sigma by master trainer, Mr. Gourishankar of TGS Consultants, Chennai.
Corporate talks by Mr. Shreesh Misra, (Head- Mall Management), Future Group, Mumbai & Mr. Amit Sharma (Marketing Manager), Future Group, Mumbai.
September 2008
Cultural Event: While our senior batch was still on Marketing project, the 2008 batch pulled a coup together by organizing a grand Onam celebrations with the Alumini -1 (2006-2008 batch) as guests.
National Conference: National Conference on Finance and Banking. Sim's debut research focused conference sponsored by AICTE and supported by Travancore Management Association had excellent response from all over India. There were participants from 7states and faculty from a number of institutes of repute presented research papers. The event was inaugurated by Mr. A.P. Kurien, Chairman, Association of Mutual Funds of India and Key Note address was delivered by Mr. Prabhu, Executive Director, South Indian Bank. The papers were published as an edited book 'An Anthology of Contemporary Research in Finance and Banking' by Excel publications. Copies of the book can be procured from Saintgits Institute of Management.
Corporate talk by Mr. Sunil Balakrishnan, Centre Head (Kochi), UST Global.
August 2008
Staff Training: Staff Introspection Tour to Alappuzha was an important event. This introspection in a quiet place, discussions and deliberations enable us to evaluate our strategy and execution of the MBA programme and make necessary modifications.
Corporate Talk by Mr Benny T Mathew, Operations Director, Ernst & Young, Trivandrum
Corporate Talk by Mr Paulson Kurien, Senior Executive-HR, Trinetra Retail Ltd., Kochi.
Talk by Ms Jaya Jacob, Head- HR, Geojit Financial Services Ltd., Kochi.
Talk by Mr Manoj NG, Regional Manager, Geojit Financial Services Ltd., Kottayam.
Talk on International Business by Prof Dr Justin Paul, Nagoya University, Japan.
July 2008
Graduation Ceremony: Graduation Ceremony of the first passing out batch of MBA 2006. The debut batch with 100% placement had top CTC of Rs. 12.6 Lakhs and average CTC of Rs. 2.4 Lakhs. For more details see our "Placement" page.
Corporate Talk by Mr Raphael Llado, Project Manager, Air France Ltd., France.
Talk by Prof Dr Marc Gucci on Knowledge Economy"
June 2008
Faculty Development Programme: FDP by Dr Jayasankaran of Bharatidasan Institute of Management for the faculty of SIM.
Boot Camp: Boot Camp for the new batch-2008 admissions at Anugraha Renewal Centre, Vazhoor. Training sessions handled by Mr Cherian Varghese, Cmdr Justine Xavier, Mr Bruce Miller and Ms Jane Miller.
Faculty Development Programme: Faculty interaction with Dr Thomas Chandy, Cornell University, USA to evaluate their research work and evolve new targets. Dr. Chandy interacts twice a year, each for about 2 months to guide the research. For more details of SIM's research, please visit our page on 'research'.
Workshop: Three Day workshop of Mr Joby Cyriac, Master Trainer, for Certificate Courses on Transactional Analysis and Neuro Linguistic Programming.
Industrial Visit: Industrial Visit for S1 MBAs to Hosur, Bangalore, Palakkad, Kanjikkode and Walayar . The students undertook visits to Companies including Ashok Leyland, Microlabs, Elkeyem Auto Ancillaries, Pepsico India and Malabar Cements. At Hosur, they were addressed by Mr LKM Adhi, President of Hosur Industries Association.
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