NIMS-INTELLECTURE-2011 SYMPOSIUM was concluded successfully by active participation

NIMS-INTELLECTURE-2011 SYMPOSIUM was concluded successfully by active participation


Netaji Subhash Institute of Management Sciences believes that faculty is the principal driver of change through their direct involvement in every aspect of the Institute: Academics, Governance, Research, and Consultancy. To further empower them in knowledge, NIMS initiated the concept of Intellecture-Faculty Seminar Forum. It aims at enhancing the academic and intellectual environment in the Institution by providing faculty members with enough opportunities to pursue research and also to participate in seminars / conferences / workshops. The first major event under this forum, NIMS-INTELLECTURE-2011 SYMPOSIUM, Innovative Management Strategies, took place on the 30th of March, 2011, Wednesday in the NIMS campus.Eminent guests from the corporate and the academic arena graced the occasion and manifolded the intellectual worthiness of this event. Prof Steve Rawlinson, President, JRE group of institutions at Raffles Education Corporation/Educomp,India was the chief guest. Dr K.L Chawla , PGP Chairperson , Fore School of Management was the Guest of Honour. Prof K. V Krishnamurthy was invited as a special guest. Along with Dr D.K. Batra, Director, NIMS and Prof. P.C. Chhabra, Head Academics, NIMS, everyone shared their wisdom with the participants and audience. Through the day’s events, presentations were held under three different sessions which were chaired by eminent corporate guests who evaluated the presentations on various parameters.Dr. Tarun Panwar, CEO , Indian Retail School; Dr Ravikesh Srivastava , Dean, Galgotias Business School chaired the sessions along with the Chief guest, Professor Steve and the special guest Prof. Krishnamurthy.The symposium was concluded successfully by a valedictory speech by Mr A.K. Puri, Director General, ITS Group.

Various colleges and corporates from across Delhi participated in the NIMS Intellecture 2011 Symposium with a lot of innovative management strategies to share. Professors from nine colleges and institutes across Delhi & NCR , namely , Lady Irwin college, Delhi University; Bhartiya Vidyapeeth; Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology; Guru Nanak Institute of Management(GNIM); ICFAI , Delhi ; JIMS Rohini; ITS Ghaziabad; Delhi institute of Advanced studies(DIAS) participated in the event. Research Papers and live case studies were presented in diverse areas like Sustainable Development, Branding, Work Life conflict, Event marketing ,Intrapreneurship, Employee Engagement,Total Quality Management to name a few. The first two winners namely Ms Babita Mehra from GNIM and Ms Amrinder Kaur from NIMS were rewarded with a cash prize of Rs 5000/- each. The following 11 best presentations were awarded a honorarium of Rs 1000/- each along with an opportunity to get their paper published in the special issue of the widely circulated monthly magazine of NIMS “SPOTLIGHT”.

The first international symposium organised by NIMS was certainly a benchmark in its journey of becoming a world class business school, the success of which was proved by the active participation and the involvement of one and all, inspite of the strong desire to witness the much awaited India Pakistan World Cup Semi Final.