NITIE, in association with INSEAD Business School and SJM SoM IIT Mumbai hosts SOM 2010

NITIE, in association with INSEAD Business School, The School of Management, University of Texas – Dallas and Shailesh. J. Mehta School of Management, hosts SOM 2010, an Annual International Conference with the theme “Positioning Operations Management for Global Excellence” is an effort to provide a global forum for practitioners, policy makers, teachers, researchers and learners to share their practical experiences and models for redefining operations to meet the changing requirements of global business. The objective of the conference would be to provide a knowledge sharing platform for promotion of research and experiential finding through empirical study, qualitative modeling and case studies. It is intended to address various frameworks, models and best practices in business excellence through scientific thinking for developing dynamic and sustainable organizations to meet the requirements of emerging knowledge economy.

SOM 2010 invites researchers, learners and practitioners to submit research-based as well as practical papers linked with the theme of the conference. The broad areas/ sub-themes that will be of interest for the conference are given below. Extended abstracts (5 – 6 pages) of papers can be submitted in any one of the following sub-themes or related areas.

• Operations Strategy
• Procurement/E-commerce
• Manufacturing Management
• Technology Management
• Inventory /Stores Management
• Knowledge Management
• ERP/Supply Chain Management
• Applications of O.R and O.M tools
• Quality and reliability
• Large Scale Operations & Logistics
• Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
• Productivity and Competitiveness
• Optimization Techniques
• Business Process Outsourcing
• Decision Support Systems
• Innovation
• Project Management
• Service/Healthcare Operations
• Empirical Modeling
• New product development
• Public Systems management
• Sustainable Operations Management

All submissions to be made through email to som2010nitie@gmail.com before September 15th 2010.

Students pursuing Ph.D and Post Graduates by Research are invited to participate in the Doctoral Consortium which will be held on 17th December 2010. Students pursuing their masters degree can submit the extended abstracts of their projects undertaken in any of the relevant areas. Interested students may send a report of their research not exceeding five to six pages to som2010nitie@gmail.com.

REGISTRATION FEES:
Delegates from Industry : Rs. 5500/- US$400
Delegates from Academic/ R&D Organizations : Rs. 4000/- US$350
Delegates from SOM : Rs. 3500/- US$300
Students : Rs. 1500/- US$125
SOM Student Members : Rs. 1000/- US$100
Registration fee may be sent to the Conference Chair by draft/cheque drawn in favour of “NITIE, Mumbai A/C SOM 2010

In the “groove” of B school

Groove, the official ‘welcome’ by the final year students to the freshmen, started on the 17th of June, 2010. It aimed to break the ice and establish a sense of camaraderie among the students. It was meant to offer them their first glimpse into the life that NITIE had to offer: sleepless nights, enthralling tasks and a lot of fun!
The first day started with an orientation session by the Dean (Academics) and a number of other faculty members. As soon as that was over, a plethora of events that included introductions, impromptu performances, games gauging team work and leadership, set the tone for the next 3 days. Work on a case study on finance, prepared by $treet, the finance forum, extended late into the night (and for some even early in the morning) for the freshmen. This is when most of them got a chance to have their first night snack at campus outlet of Nescafe.
The second day started with a morning walk around the campus. After having slept as late as 6 am, having spent the entire night deciphering the cryptic finance case, the serene environs of the campus were a little difficult to appreciate. But curiosity got the better of a few students. Questions ranged from favourite hang outs in the campus to leopards visiting the place! However the panoramic view of the college, flanked by the Powai and Vihar Lakes and the view of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park from the MDP Hostel rooftop aptly compensated the stress of the students.
The second day was packed once again. The marketing case studies saw some creative ideas being put forth, making judges hard to pick the winner. In the group skits, the performance of Dinesh as ‘Aag’ was an absolute show stealer, so much so that his team is often requested, to this date, for an encore of that act. The second night was reserved for an SCM case study. With hopes of garnering Pre Placement Interviews from C2X (the SCM forum), the freshmen spent another sleepless night engrossed in concepts such as supply-demand constraints and performance improvements.
The third day witnessed the introduction of the now infamous and highly addictive game called ‘Mafia’. The evening saw the campus being enthralled by two illustrious alumni from HSBC and E&Y. They shared their memories of the campus, their experiences in campus and the transition into corporate life, among others. The third day also had a lot of activities that aimed at getting the freshmen to know each other better and make new friends.
Being a student at NITIE, life somehow doesn’t seem to stop. As someone said, “I have been a part of NITIE for only a few weeks now, yet I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t living here, when I didn’t have coffee and Maggi at Nescafe at 2am or when I didn’t know the people who have become such an integral part of my life. You get surprised by the humongous talent of people around you and at the same time humbled by their docility.”

Industry Institute Partnership cell, NITIE magazine Jigyasa

IIPC magazine ‘Jigyasa’ launched

To further the mission of NITIE – “To nourish a learning environment conducive to foster innovations in productivity and business development” forward, Industry Institute Partnership cell, NITIE came out with its quarterly magazine “Jigyasa”. The magazine contains  articles on different aspects of Micro medium and Small Enterprises (MSME) sector like business practice, innovation, trends and finance, besides having and exclusive section dealing with the happenings in MSME sector. As a member said “This is an endeavor to bring the practical knowledge of students, faculty and other MSMEs readily available to MSME sector.”

The magazine is available on request. For your copy, kindly drop a mail to editor.jigyasa@gmail.com. Suggestions and feedback regarding the magazine can mailed to editor.jigyasa@gmail.com.

Started in 1995 under the aegis of AICTE, IIPC NITIE endeavors to provide cost effective solutions to the techno-managerial problems faced by MSMEs through participation of NITIE Faculty and students.. IIPC, NITIE seeks to extend the training & consultancy services to MSMEs by organizing seminars, conferences and workshops, besides undertaking business improvement projects.

XV Annual Convocation ceremony at NITIE

On 13^th February 2010, the lush green campus of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) came alive with celebrations, as the institute honoured the graduating class of students at the XV Annual Convocation ceremony.

The event was graced by Chief Guest Padma Vibhushan Dr. Anil Kakodkar – Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India.

This year, a total of 214 students from the four post graduate batches of Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Industrial Safety & Environmental Management and Information Technology Management received their diplomas in the esteemed presence of the Chief Guest and other eminent dignitaries including Shri Adi Godrej – Chairman of the NITIE Board of Governors, Dr. Subhash D. Awale – Director of NITIE and other Board members along with the institute’s illustrious alumni.

Addressing the congregation, the Director Dr. Subhash D. Awale spoke of NITIE’s students as its real assets, with the teachers being the main pillars behind their success. He said “We consciously imbibe in their minds our commitment to the society. We want our students not only to be job seekers but to become potential job providers.” Consistently ranked among the top ten B Schools in the country, NITIE received the Outstanding Management Institute Award from the Bombay Management Association for the year 2008 – 2009. This institute also has the distinction of twice winning the Indira Gandhi Official Language Award First Prize, for excellent implementation of Hindi.

In his convocation address, Dr. Anil Kakodkar congratulated the graduating students and wished them best of luck for their professional careers. He mentioned that through proper education, our youth can make India one of the most powerful nations of the world. We can build global technologies out of the knowledge pool available within our country and need not remain dependent upon the West. He stressed upon the necessity of empowering the youth and the role played by institutions of higher learning in this regard. He elaborated upon this by adding that our education system should ideally provide an environment conducive to bridge the gap between research work and application of technology. Concluding his speech, Dr. Kakodkar expressed hope that each student, while climbing the ladder of success, would contribute to the society and to the country.

The Chairman’s Medals for Best Student in the streams of PGDIE, PGDIM, PGDISEM and PGDITM were awarded to Mr. Vaibhav Singh, Mr. Arun S. Jayaraman, Mr. Guruvugari Anup and Mr. Ashish Awasthi respectively. The Appejay Trust Award for Best All Rounder was awarded to Ms. Richika Ambastha.

As the day came to an end, NITIE bid adieu to yet another batch of brilliant minds. Riding high on the confidence instilled in them by the institute, these super achievers will now spread their wings into the real world and make the country proud with their accomplishments.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/education/India-capable-to-build-global-technology-Kakodkar/articleshow/5569987.cms

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Workshop by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt

Workshop by Dr. E. Goldratt

NITIE will be an event partner to a workshop series run under the aegis of the guru of Supply Chain Management and the originator of “Theory of Constraints”, Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt. Dr. Goldratt, the strategist, thinker, management guru & author of the popular book ‘The Goal’ would be in Mumbai between Feb 15th to 17th 2010 to present a program titled ‘Now and Into the Future’ (NIF). NIF events are a series of international workshops that have been recently conducted in UK, Japan & in the America’s & have been highly appreciated for its contents & coverage. Dr. Goldratt’s visit to India and his presentation has contextual relevance to the current business issues on stability & future growth. The session aims to serve as an effective platform to improve the quality of decision-making and formulating strategies during a downturn.

Dr. Goldratt is a global thought leader in the area of Supply Chain Management. He is the founder and chairman of the Goldratt group incorporating Goldratt Consulting, Goldratt Schools and Goldratt Marketing. He is the author of several books and research papers including “The Goal” which till date remains a global business bestseller twenty years after it was first published.

Annual International Conference GLOGIFT ‘09

The National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai will be organizing the 9th Annual International Conference GLOGIFT ’09 of The Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management from November 12 to 14, 2009. In addition to NITIE, the event will also be co-hosted by University of Texas at Dallas, USA, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and National Insurance Academy, Pune. In order that the event be a truly global affair it is held at a different location each year. GLOGIFT ’08 was hosted at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA.

The conference aims to provide a global forum to explore various frameworks in business excellence for flexible, dynamic and sustainable organizations to meet requirements of emerging knowledge economy.

According to the schedule, November 12 – 14 will mainly involve presentation of the papers selected by a panel of experts over a period of around 3 months. Topics for the presentation will touch upon a range of areas like Enterprise Flexibility, Global Competitiveness, Financial Flexibility and Risk Management and Information Systems Flexibility to name a few. In all, 150 papers from leading institutes in India e.g. IITs, IIMs and NITIE as well as foreign universities from USA, Canada, Japan, Italy etc. will be presented.

Prominent speakers during the conference will include Prof. Ludo F Gelders, KUL, Leuven, Belgium; Dr. SS Mantha, Chairman, AICTE; Dr. SD Awale, Director, NITIE; Dr. Rajan Saxena, Vice-Chancellor, NMIMS; Dr. Pradeep Oburai, Director, National Insurance Academy; Dr. N Sambandam, Dean (R&D), NITIE; Mr. Kalyanraman, Consultant, Singapore; Prof. Vinay Sheel Gautam, IIT Delhi; Prof. Michael A Haughton, Canada; Prof. Ruth Harris, Canada; Prof. Eri Aoki and Prof Mineo Tominaga, JMAS, Japan.

On November 13, in addition to the paper presentations, there will be panel discussion on “Mergers & Acquisitions – Issues and Opportunities in Asia Pacific”, with participation from accomplished industry captains from various fields.

For registration details kindly visit http://www.nitie.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=899&Itemid=417

NITIE organizes Envision 2009

“A management event with a difference, an eye opening experience and a fantastic show overall”, said Himanshu Deshmukh, a student of NITIE who attended Envision 2009, a sustainability focused management event held on 26th August 2009 at Hotel Rodas, Powai.

Envision 2009, an annual event organized by the students of the Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety & Environmental Management of NITIE (National Institute of Industrial Engineering), Mumbai, which aims at bringing the leaders from industry, academicians and students from the participating institutes together to discuss business risks associated with environment and share their perspectives on the same.

The day started with the Director Dr. S. D. Awale’s inaugural address which made the hair on one’s neck stand up. His ideas about the all pervasive environment will no doubt leave a mark on the young minds that were fortunate enough to be there for his speech.

The first event in the offing was the ‘Lets Go Green’ case study contest. Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd. had provided the live case of Marketing any one of the wide range of green products that their company manufactures. The 5 teams that were the finalists for the day were from ISB Hyderabad, IIM Shillong and NITIE. After some enthralling and well researched presentations NITIE was declared the winner with ISB coming in second.

This was followed by ‘EnQuizitive’, a business quiz with an environmental flavour. This concept was developed and implemented by Prueba, the Knowledge Forum at NITIE. Prueba had received 437 entries from which 5 were shortlisted. The finalists were from SIBM Pune, SJSOM, NITIE and TCS. The quiz tested the teams in their knowledge of various aspects of the Environment, what the quizmaster called “Environmental IQ”. The audience also had a good time as there were numerous audience questions and gifts that were given away.

Panel Discussion at Envision 2009

Post lunch, the main event of the day, ‘The Sustainability Forum’ panel discussion got underway with distinguished luminaries from the fields of Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Consulting and Banking got together for a very intellectual discussion. The panellists for the event were – Mr. Prahlad Bhugra, Senior Manager, Eaton Technologies; Mr. Ravindra Utgikar, Head, International Business Unit, Suzlon Energy Ltd.; Mr. Arvind Sharma, Associate Director, KPMG Advisory Services and Mr. Sachin Khandelwal, Senior General Manager, ICICI Bank. The discussion was moderated by Mr. Aanand Pandey, Features Editor, Business Standard.

They made individual presentations about their particular views on the burning topic of the day – “CLIMATE CHANGE: ARE INDIAN INDUSTRIES DOING ENOUGH?”, provoking a lot of thoughts in the young audience that had gathered in numbers to listen to these distinguished professionals. After this, they was a discussion followed by an open house session which ended with a few questions from the students to make the event a wholesome experience for all present.

“We should have more events like this for the youth, they are the ones who are going to take this forward.”, said Mr. Prahlad Bhugra.

After an exciting day and an equally exciting line up of events, students and faculty alike were very pleased to have witnessed such an event. Professor Neelima S. Naik , Group Coordinator of the PGDISEM course said that through the Panel discussion, the fact that – India was making her efforts towards CO2 reductions, but wasn’t willing to accept emission caps because it was still a growing economy – came out. She was very pleased with the efforts that her students had put in.

Team Envision ended the day on a high, with a successful event, a good turnout and promise to work towards a greener tomorrow.