Observation of National Science Day - 2013

What is the greatest invention of all times? The answer may vary from the 'Wheel' to the 'Space Shuttle' or from the 'Printing technology' to the 'Internet' or from 'Penicillin' to 'Human Genome Projects'. 

The development and progress of humanity, at all times, is based on scientific discoveries and inventions. From the basic inventions of tools, fire, shelter, boat etc. to the unending list of inventions in various fields of Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Life sciences, Medicine, Agriculture, Engineering, Manufacturing, Information and Communication Technology, and so on.. led the humankind to this present progress.  

The observance of National Science Day on 28th February provided the students of JICM  an opportunity to have a glimpse of the body of scientific knowledge. The Day is celebrated in India to commemorate the discovery of Raman Effect by the great indian Physicist Sir. C. V. Raman. The National Council for Science and Technology Communication aims to spread the message of importance of science and its application through this observation. 

The JICM event included video presentation on scientific inventions, movie clips generating scientific curiosity and a talk on the importance of Science, and the Day by Ms. Shanthi Mathai. 

The programme threw light on us about the scientific inventions in the past and boosted our interest in science and general knowledge on science and scientists. We understood how important is science in our lives. Science and its applications made our daily lives easy through the various facilities of transportation, communication, achievements in the field of medical treatment, and advancements in the field of business. 

It was an enriching experience to be part of this observation of National Science Day - 2013. 

[Contributors:  Ajai Gupta, Deepansh Aswathi, Dhruv Singh, Raj Gulani, Trishala Sisodia, Udgosh Pandey (B Com II & B Com IV)]

Heritage Walk

2-Day Sports Event Begins

Sports aficionados of  JICM   have a reason to rejoice as our annual sports meet, Junoon begins. The two-day sports extravaganza promises to provide a platform for  players to benchmark themselves against other stalwart teams, and enhance sportsman spirit among students. This year, the main events in the offering for boys and girls are Basketball, Volleyball, Kho-Kho, Kabadi, Cricket, Marathon, Relay and Tug of war.

Though Junoon is intended to be a sports meet, there has been an attempt to broaden the appeal and make it more like a fest.

Field Trip

The students of PGDM-C Trimester Vtook a field trip to Vishal Mega Mart, Kolar Road, Bhopal to gain insights and practical knowledge of management in the retail industry.

The class trip was organized by Mr. Amit Kumar as part of the Retail Management module.

During their visit the students got an opportunity to meet and interact with Mr. Aseem Saxena, Store Manager of Visal Mega Mart .During their interactions with the employees, the students asked a lot of questions covering the following areas in retail management:

• Developing brand / store equity
• Location planning
• Consumer behavior in retail
• Marketing research
• Customer relationship management
•  Customer service, satisfaction and loyalty / loyalty programs
• Competition
• Margins
• Promotions / marketing communication
• Role of POP
• Merchandise planning
• Visual merchandising
• Inventory planning
•  Store design / layouts
• Space planning
• Outsourcing
•  Sourcing and supplier selection
• Private labels and their contribution
• Category management
• Pricing
• Supply chain management and logistics
• HRM in retail
• Role of IT in retail operations

While exploring many new areas in retail management , the students got practical tips and insights on how the day-to-day operations are conducted in a retail store, what are the challenges and opportunities and how to make a career in retail industry.Overall, the class trip was very fruitful and resulted in value addition for the students.

Learning without borders

With Inputs from Aditi Agrawal , Ankita Garve and Priyanshi Patel
 
It gives us immense pleasure to take you through the interesting journey of one our most interesting add-on certificate course that is open to participation for students of any discipline, It is called THE CCBC Project- An acronym of Cross Cultural Business Communication. 

Funded by the Leonardo da Vinci programme, an initiative of the European Commission, this programme funds innovative practical projects and many different types of activities, enabling organizations in the vocational education sector to work with partners from across Europe and other continents.

From Bhopal , JICM and BSSS college participated in the program this year. Other participants included colleges from Delhi, Chandigarh Estonia, Slovenia and Hungary.

To begin the project, we formed a virtual company called “Blocks and Threads Pvt.Ltd” and did business with other national and international virtual companies namely:

• K.C.ELECTRONICS[ESTONIA]
• BITTERSWEET[HUNGARY]
• SMART GLASSES[BUDAPEST-HUNGARY]
• MANGALAM WEDDING WISHES[CHANDIGARH].

Our company dealt with fabrics like Chanderi ,Maheshwari, Dabu and prints like Bagh and Batik from MadhyaPradesh. “BITTERSWEET” was dealing with yummy cakes, pastries, lollypops, and candies, “K.C.ELECTRONICS” dealt with all electronic items like CCTVs etc .“MANGALAM WEDDING WISHES” was a wedding planning company while “SMART GLASSES” was dealing in spectacles.

During the entire course of this project we maintained our portfolio’s and recorded our daily progress and activities. We also had informative role- plays based on intercultural customs and habits. For example, we were divided into three teams and each team had to present a conversation including different customs and habits and greetings of various cultures. One of the teams presented a conversation based on a party which was organized on the 50th birthday of one of our team member’s wife! It was all fictitious but enjoyable.

To get a business like feel we also organized a Skype business conference with the “extremely shy boys” from the Tallinn University in Estonia and the “chubuli Punjabi kudiyan” from the government girls college in Chandigarh!!

Through this three month long exercise we came to know how a business runs and what all hindrances occur when we communicate with each other and with different countries. It helped us enhance our communication skills , knowledge of corporate work culture and familiarized us with the business etiquettes in different countries. It also gave us an invaluable opportunity to practic English in life like situations.

We had a great learning experience and we would like to thank our CCBC Coordinator Mrs. Rolii Khare for giving us practical exposure and supporting us through the thick and thin . It has indeed been a rewarding project, one which will be cherished forever!