tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78057460503555841782024-03-19T17:25:03.125+05:30DoMS BlogspotDisclaimer: This is purely a student initiative and has no official connection whatsoever with IIT Madras or the Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras.
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-16666965726784435562014-08-24T13:48:00.002+05:302014-08-24T18:17:03.855+05:30The Terry Fox Run at IIT Madras, Chennai
Charity Begins at Home: thus goes the first lesson
in Moral Science.
At a time when everyone seems to be joining the
bandwagon of the Ice Bucket Challenge, IIT Madras takes the road less
taken. While most challenge each other
over dumping buckets of the liquid, better known as ‘Life’, to promote awareness
about Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS), otherwise less known in the Indian
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com110tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-62326552333847084082014-05-02T18:49:00.001+05:302014-08-21T19:20:11.896+05:30Evolution of Indian Insurance Industry
While historians sell what happened yesterday, Insurance companies sell what might happen tomorrow. Some of them even go to an extent to say that insurance companies sell fear! Intrigued by this we decided to get some more in-depth insights on the Insurance industry and decide for ourselves what it is all about. Hence we invited Mr Mohan Babu , Associate Vice President and Global Head of Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-80768696642964022962014-02-20T23:34:00.001+05:302014-02-20T23:34:27.790+05:30Predatory Pricing and the German CartelIn a time long long ago, the world supply of bromine was controlled by Bromkonvention, a German cartel backed by the German government composed of 30 separate entities. This powerful monopoly sold bromine at a fixed price of 49 cents per pound throughout the world.
In 1889 Dow received his first patent after inventing
a more cost-effective and streamlined process for bromine extraction. His Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com89tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-16353877595904610282013-11-13T16:54:00.002+05:302013-11-14T22:21:00.522+05:30Samanvay 2013
Some experiences in life have an everlasting impression in our mind. This year’s Samanvay was one such experience which will be cherished by all of us for the years to come. Managing VUCA was the theme for the 7th edition of Samanvay where VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. DoMS was the most vibrant place in IIT Madras this October with the convergence of some ofDepartment of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-48450356497665863402013-09-17T19:45:00.000+05:302013-09-17T19:45:20.658+05:30Growing Up with Big DataIt was yet another full house at the IC&SR auditorium, where Mr. Anand Rajaram had arrived to talk about Big Data. A renowned IIT alumni and Senior Vice President, Global E-commerce, Walmart, besides donning many other high profile roles, Mr. Anand Rajaram took the stage with ease and familiarity of an old student. Mr. Anand Rajaram, a recent recipient of the distinguished alumnus Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-45586890475796394432013-03-27T00:48:00.001+05:302013-03-27T00:48:52.907+05:30Navigating the Current Macro Economic Landscape
A real charmer
of the audience, Mr Kamlesh Jain kept
around 120 students of IIT Madras quite captivated and enthralled by his
presentation, here at DoMs. The students though mostly from the management
department, also included a good number of B Techs and M Techs as well. As it
happened to be so, Mr. Jain was an Ex-employee of Lehman Brothers and thus had
the first-hand experience of the 2008 Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-16874166390971236142013-03-27T00:42:00.002+05:302013-03-27T00:42:22.069+05:30Governance of Distributed Manufacturing and Service Networks
After a hectic
schedule of assignment and case studies, it was time for a refreshing MILS
session in operations domain by N Viswanadham. He is a Professor and Executive
Director for the Centre for Global Logistics and Manufacturing Strategies
(GLAMS) at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He has held several prestigious
positions before joining the ISB such as Deputy Executive Director of The
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-22265614769735448842013-03-27T00:34:00.001+05:302013-03-27T00:38:07.415+05:30Capabilities needed to be successful in Global Organizations
Mr. John Wyatt , the
president of Wyatt consulting , a firm that specializes in providing consulting
services to senior management on leadership, organization design and change
management, was here at DoMS to interact
with the students and enlighten us on some of the essential skills we should possess
to attain leadership roles in MNC’s. During the past 13 years, John’s Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-84580090236023778742012-11-15T19:26:00.000+05:302012-11-15T19:26:33.036+05:30The Business of Drama
The charisma of Mr Sunil Vishnu K kept the
audience captivated as he narrated each anecdote and hit the bull’s eye again
and again. A native of Bhopal, Sunil is a graduate from Mudra institute of
Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA). Mr Vishnu is the co-founder of Evam Entertainment
Co. which has been entertaining its audiences for the last 10 years.
He started his
talk with a simple thought: ‘Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-54048951339573534682012-11-15T19:04:00.006+05:302012-11-15T19:04:58.956+05:30On a Fast laneThe second quarter of MBA brought with it its fair share of surprises, a quiz in the very first week and tons of case studies. A pleasant break from all the academics came in the form of the third MILS lecture of the series. It was a pleasure listening to Mr. Mohit Dubey talk about his entrepreneurial journey. Mr. Mohit Dubey, an alumnus of Sainik School Rewa and a management graduate from Goa Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-79580195456884367602012-11-06T21:19:00.001+05:302013-01-21T23:49:26.071+05:30IITians on the ALERT!!!
Have you ever felt a sense of helplessness during some medical crisis around you, perhaps a road accident
that you happened to witness or a near and dear one suffering some medical emergency? If the answer to
that was yes, then you would agree with me about the necessity of being equipped with the basic knowledge
of emergency care. And if your answer was no, then it becomes all the more Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-49870119141447538852012-10-04T21:49:00.001+05:302013-01-21T23:44:01.973+05:30Gap in the Market or a Market in the Gap!!
Made sense of this statement?? This “enigma wrapped in a mystery within a riddle”, was thrown at us,
students at DoMS, by a man whose name would turn heads in the world of marketing. He is an alumnus
of IITM and IIMC, who after having worked with companies like Rediffusion DY&R, Boots Company and
UDI Yellow Pages, joined DraftFCB Ulka in 1989 and became one of the elite few responsible for Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-20268685361201113382012-09-30T21:49:00.001+05:302012-10-04T21:27:18.867+05:30Mergers – Marriage of Organizations
After a hectic
academic schedule, a wave of freshness was required and it was the first MILS
lecture of the academic year that brought it. Department of Management Studies,
IIT Madras was honoured to invite Mr. Ramakanth Desai, Co-CEO, IT Services
Business, Happiest Minds on 14th September 2012 for a talk on
“Managing new Ventures and Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Desai worked as
Senior Vice Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-44671899278054694562012-09-12T22:59:00.000+05:302012-09-12T22:59:03.811+05:30Shubh aarambh!!!
If you thought that seminars and lectures were the nerds & geeks hub, well then the Extra-Mural
Lecture this time was totally against the norms!! The hall was filled to its capacity, with a very engaging
lecture from a speaker whose charisma captivated the audience, and as a cherry on top of the cream,
every member of the audience was gifted with a Cadbury Silk!!! Wondering if all this Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-43162238850744397772012-09-12T21:47:00.000+05:302012-09-12T22:22:35.692+05:30Let's the celebrations begin!!!!
Friday, August 24th, all of us entered DoMS and there was something different. The rush to
enter the classroom was pleasantly disrupted with
the fragrance of flowers. Before entering
DoMS 101 for the lecture, we couldn’t help but notice the girls wearing lovely sarees and boys
wearing dhotis working meticulously on a rangoli of flowers or “Onapookalam”. That was the
introduction to Onam for Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-57838005964527366492012-09-04T00:12:00.001+05:302012-09-04T23:20:38.415+05:30SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!
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The MBA Invitation Lecture Series (MILS) was honoured to host Mr. Thulasiraj Ravilla, Director-Operations and Board member, Aravind eye care system for a lecture on “ Globalizing the Aravind way and Aurolab” on 2nd February 2012. Mr. Ravilla is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He also serves as the head of LAICO-Aravind Eye Hospital Care System and the initiative “VISION 2020- The right to Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-20680115195630201472011-12-19T21:42:00.001+05:302011-12-19T21:44:05.623+05:30Samanvay day one Lecture: Mr.Prasad Narasimhan‘There is no adequate defence, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.’-the quote from the Nobel laureate physicist Percy W. Bridgman resounded with the session’s essence. It was so simple but so powerful! Everybody seemed ruminating on the message it conveyed. The session had just got over. It was 9th of September, the first day of Samanvay. The honourable guest, Mr. Prasad Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-61638873013993714192011-12-19T20:56:00.006+05:302011-12-19T21:05:07.596+05:30Samanvay day one Lecture: Mr.Pawan AgarwalIf someone had mistaken this man and his colleague to be social activists actively campaigning in support for Anna Hazare, then that person could be forgiven. That’s because you don’t normally find CEO’s sporting a simple white dress, wearing a Gandhi cap. But, Mr.Pawan Agarwal, CEO Mumbai Dabbawala is not an ordinary man nor is the organization to which he belongs.Highly qualified, Mr.Pawan Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-26634462478092199982011-12-05T14:24:00.001+05:302011-12-05T14:43:13.374+05:30SAMANVAY 2011:Day One The annual B-school fest of Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras - Samanvay, took place from 9-11 September 2011. Samanvay 2011, the 4th edition of its kind, comprised of various online and on-the-spot events, which saw the participation of about 6000 participants from over 40 business schools of the country, with 150 participants coming to DoMS. The offline events went on for over Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805746050355584178.post-9813531841272949032011-12-05T09:42:00.001+05:302012-02-08T20:39:18.389+05:30Business Process Outsourcing- Making sense of the sectorThe Management Invitation Lecture Series (MILS) invited Mr. Srikanth Tanikella, Vice President Operations, Hewett Packard on 24th November 2011 for a talk on “Business Process Outsourcing-making sense of the sector”. Before being the Vice President, Operations at HP, Srikanth served as the Head of Knowledge Services Solutions Design at Infosys BPO. He holds a chemical engineering degree from IIT Department of Management Studies, IIT Madrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457328823893194999noreply@blogger.com301