CONFLUENCIA'15: Annual Management Summit of DoMS IIT Roorkee

                  Students at DoMS IIT Roorkee always keep their noses to the grindstone, especially when they are bringing forth the Annual Management Summit, CONFLUENCIA’15. The theme of CONFLUENCIA’15 was ‘Prism of Possibilities’. Widely known and esteemed personalities from the industry graced the occasion with their presence and shared their insights with the students in order to prepare them for the times to come. 

The eminent speakers who joined the Summit were

• Virag Jain, Regional Business Head, Reliance Capital
• Baldeep Singh, GM-Operations,Walmart
• Suben Rana, VP – Operations, Bajaj Motors
• Atul Tripathi, Senior Manager, AbsolutData
• Sanjay Srivastava, Director- Analytics, American Express
• Mukesh Jain, VP, Head- Big Data Analytics, Reliance Jio
• Sridhar Bollam, VP - Analytics ,Capillary Technologies
• Shivinder Singh, Senior Product Manager, Dabur India Limited
• Gagan Arora, Co-Founder, Print Venue

The two-day lavishly staged event began with the lighting of lamp by the guest speakers. The knowledge sharing session started off with first speaker as Mr. Virag Jain, Regional Business Head of Reliance Capital, who addressed the audience on 'Make in India and its Financial implications on Indian Economy'. It was followed by a highly knowledgeable session on 'Logistics & Supply Chain Management' by Mr. Baldeep Singh, GM (Operations), Walmart. Thereafter, VP (Operations) at Bajaj Motors Ltd, Mr. Suben Rana delivered an interactive session on 'General Management'.

Post lunch, Mr. Atul Tripathi, Senior Manager at Absolutdata shared his insights on 'Usage of IOP & Logistics in E-Commerce'.  Mr. Sanjay Srivastava, Director - Analytics, American Express addressed the audience on the topic ‘Marketing Analytics & CRM’. It was an extremely informative session. Day 1 of CONFLUENCIA'15 came to an end with an interesting session by Mr. Mukesh Jain, VP, Head - Big Data Analyitcs, Reliance JIO Communication on 'Business Intelligence & Big Data Analytics', which saw active participation from audience.

Day two of CONFLUENCIA'15 kicked-off with a session by Mr. Gagan Arora, Co Founder, printvenue.com. He gave his valuable insights on the topic 'Entrepreneurship Challenges & Opportunities in India'. Mr. Sridhar Bollam, VP - Analytics, Capillary Technologies, spoke on the topic 'Business Analytics integration with Technology' in a highly informative manner. Finally, Mr. Shivinder Singh, Senior Product Manager, Dabur India Ltd, shared his knowledge and experience on 'Marketing Insights of Product Planning'. 

Without any doubt, CONFLUENCIA'15, the Annual Management Summit of DoMS IIT Roorkee, rolled up as a Grand Success. Two days of interesting Knowledge sharing sessions could not be concluded without thanking our title sponsor for the event - Engineers India Limited. Speakers were really impressed with the enthusiasm of students of DoMS IIT Roorkee. They congratulated the department on organizing the event successfully and appreciated the efforts put forth to bridge the gap between industry and academia.

CONFLUENCIA - The trademark of DoMS IIT Roorkee came back to Life with the great efforts of the batch of 2016 and we pledge to keep the tradition going in the years to come.

An enlightening Session on ‘Theory of Constraints’ by Air Marshal Pramod Vasant Athawale (Retd)

How to run your business by its Constraints

Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee has always believed in improving, challenging and increasing knowledge. The department has left no stone unturned to achieve the same. Taking its cognitive approach forward department has successfully organized a guest lecture on ‘Theory of Constraints’ by its esteemed guest Air Marshal Pramod Vasant Athawale (Retd).

                     The lecture profoundly entwined the application of Theory of Constraints in various management decisions. Insights were shared to describe that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link and that processes, organizations, etc., are vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them or at least adversely affect the outcome. Air Marshal Athawale recounted various real life events to explain as how to identify constraints within the system. Various implications of identifying the constraint within the sphere of control and sphere of influence were discussed. The importance of identifying the constraints was explicated in a very simple and perceivable way.

                     The session was full of involving discussions which were followed by exercises to make the students understand the application of theory of constraints and how one can use it to solve various issues one might face in the business. Air Marshal Athawale described the importance of goals and encouraged to manage as per the defined goals of the organization. The session has been really fulfilling to provide a sound perspective to the knowledge of the students. DoMS, IIT Roorkee has always been a hub of knowledge sharing. The same spirit will prevail in the times to come.

' Life is a Sport, Make it count ’ - EXUBERANCE-2014 at DoMS, IIT Roorkee

Mixing up sports with a business school might sound uncanny to someone, but the fact is, there is nothing better than to indulge oneself in the sporting spirit. As sports is not just about entertainment but can serve the purpose of a learning ground, especially for management enthusiasts. Apart from giving a time- out from the hectic routine, it can play an important role in one’s personality development.

From lecture halls to sports complex, DoMS IIT Roorkee has been a great learning place for the students. Its distinguished sports facilities have proved to be heaven for sports fanciers. Sports are in fact the best way to learn about management. Taking this fact into consideration, DoMS, IIT Roorkee organized Intra-departmental sports fest; EXUBERANCE-2014. It was fully loaded with the action packed performances by both 2015 and 2016 batches.  2015 batch emerged as overall winner of EXUBERANCE 2014.
                          

The event met with modest acclamation from both the junior and senior batches. Both batches showed enthusiastic participation to represent their teams. Numerous sports events were organized, like Cricket, Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton, Lawn tennis, Football, Table tennis, Carom, Chess, Pool, Snooker and Squash, taking the panoptic interest into account.

               

The event gained huge applauds. Viewers were as much excited as the players. A healthy environment was created to foster the kinship between 1^st and 2^nd year students. Seniors were encouraging the juniors. True sportsmanship spirit was observed which facilitated the sense of competition between both the batches.

               

The tournament was jam-packed with some exciting matches of Cricket and Football with equally commoving indoor matches like Table tennis, Carom and Snooker. 2015 batch went home with the winning trophy. Exuberance is undoubtedly the most awaited event of DoMS ,which left everybody with endearing memories to cherish, with a tint of excitement for EXUBERANCE 2015.

DoMS Premier League (DPL), the Call of the DPL @ DoMS, IIT Roorkee

In the lights of the DPL, the players and the owners shine the brightest. Behind the scenes, a team of specialists provide their trade to give a franchise the shape of a corporation. It’s known as the businessman’s game for money. DoMS, IIT Roorkee came out with a plan of DoMS Premier League (DPL), to try their hands at different functions like business development, sponsorship, finance, marketing, operations and such.DPL was held during a week long period from 9-15 Sept, 2014.

The player’s auction was held, in which 66 outstanding players were sold after rounds of bidding. After the successful bidding process, DoMS brought a competition, DPL Fantasy League, specifically for people who were not players or owners of any team in the league.

Matches were held during 10-15 Sept, which were of 12 over each. From the winner’s team, Pallav Angrulla from 2014-16 batch scored blistering half-century twice in the series and won ‘Man of the Series’ award.

However, the challenge for the players who performed was to find ways to get consistent, as the format demands that players constantly think on their feet. The rapid pace and the sequence of games in the DPL tested the emotional-management skills as well, as there are bound to be a lot of ups and downs, collectively and individually. Besides, players had to upgrade their technical and mental skills regularly.

Among individual players, Pallav Angrulla, Amit Gangwar, Sri Chandrashekhar, Vikas Sangwan and Amar Keshri were the favorites to get the highest bid. DPL in addition to providing entertainment to a huge amount of people also provided an opportunity to brush up the management skills. DoMS, IIT Roorkee is proud to have organized such event and is looking forward for such riveting events in future as well.

Saving three lives at a time - Blood Donation camp at IIT Roorkee

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibres connect us with our fellow men.

- Herman Melville

Blood donation campaign by National Service scheme at IIT Roorkee Hospital on 7th September was very well laid out. Students, faculties and staffs came up for this cause in big numbers.

Massive participation was observed and long queues predominantly comprised of enthusiastic youth who made their little and appreciable attempt to save someone somewhere. Throughout the day, the hospital was equipped with donors. Firstly, body mass index was properly checked and other requisites and precautions were considered. The collecting agency identified whether the blood is type A, B, AB or O and the donor’s Rh (D) type. Proper instructions were given during pre-and-post durations of blood donations to each individual. Volunteers distributed pamphlets of Do’s and Don’ts. Further, the screening of blood samples includes testing for diseases that can be transmitted by a blood transfusion, including HIV and viral hepatitis.

Blood transfusion is vital during pregnancy-related complications such as bleeding cases before, during or after delivery, for patients during surgical operations such as cardiovascular operations and organ transplant surgery, victims of accidents, cancer patients, patients with blood diseases etc.

Far flung impact of this blood drive proves that the finest gesture one can make is to save life by donating Blood. Blood donation is something you can do anytime, not just when there is an emergency, and be sure that you have helped someone. It takes only 45 minutes to donate 450 ml (one unit), which can save three lives. Do consider the fact the next time you see a blood donation camp. After all, we cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.