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3 Oct CBS Community Nursery

Only after the last tree has been cut down.the last river has been poisoned.the last fish caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." This quote clearly indicates the importance of tree in our life. The students of CBS laid down the foundation to develop a community nursery at the campus under the guidance of a skilled gardener Jagdish Bhaiya. This is aimed at achieving three goals: 1. Utilizing the immense potential of the gardener, 2. Providing easy and less costly access of plants to the society at large and 3. Making students learn this field of potential business.

On 3rd October during the Joy of Giving Week, Dr. Deepak Kaul, Director-CBS formally inaugurated the nursery that would be handled by student coordinators: Mr. Dilip S Hada (PGDM 2010-12), Mr. Arpit Nagar (PGDM 2011-13) and Ms. Richa Saxena (PGDM 2011-13) to scale it up. A Tulsi was implanted at a piece of land identified within the campus. The model is based on a community sharing basis in which 1000 people shall contribute Rs. 10 each in exchange of which everyone will get a rose bud to be converted into a plant. The seed capital shall be used to start developing new plants. Students and other contributors will get a chance to treasure this unique gift from the campus to be with them for a life time.

2 Oct Hygiene Awareness Camp by Dr. Murtuza Malik

Project School is a year old initiative by CBS student volunteers. Children of nearby community learn a lot and the awareness of this project is getting more and more. On 2nd October, first day of JGW'11 the students organized a hygiene camp so to create awareness among village children to help them understand the importance of cleanliness, grooming, brushing teeth regularly; how these things can be done in a cost effective manner and what are the hazards of not following these hygiene measures. It To conduct the camp, CBS students invited Dr. Murtuza Malik who tried to get into the skin of the children by understanding their perception about cleanliness, hygiene etc. Then through an interactive and audio-video session taught various things which can be followed in daily life as preventive measures. After this hygiene awareness camp when the feedback from student was taken they responded very nicely and it was showing that the motive behind the camp was achieved successfully up to a great extent. The students of CBS are looking forward to organize such kind of event in the future also so as to benefit the society. As a great gesture, Dr. Malik expressed his interest of visiting this area more often so that the villagers can get free access to better medical facilities.

Joy of Giving Week'11: Day 1 Vastra Samman Camp at Dewas

"We don't want to grow Goonj as an organization. Rather we want to grow it as an idea."

- Anshu Gupta, Founder Director (Goonj)

With the same spirit, Joy of Giving Week'11 started at Core Business School with a collection of activities to be held every day for next 7 days. On 2 October 2011 2 students Mr. Sanjay Kumar and Mr. Sandeep Yadav organized Vastra Samman camp at Civil Line School for Excellence, Dewas from 9am to 7pm.

It was a thoroughly planned activity in which pamphlets were distributed a day prior to the camp to create awareness. At the very day it was a good number of people who came forward with an open heart to contribute for the noble cause. They were also made aware about the concept of Goonj, Joy of Giving Week and how a person could participate in such activities more frequently.

Approximately 5000 clothes were collected in a day. As per the experience of the two student volunteers, people like to participate in social activities but they don't get access to some honest agency working for a cause. A youth group expressed its interest to work with Goonj if they could get proper guidance. Other students at CBS are also planning to setup such collection drives at other cities.

The Talent Show

A talent show was held on the 17th of September 2011 at the CBS auditorium. It lasted for about one hour and thirty minutes. It was a great opportunity for all the students of CBS to exhibit their talent and also was an opportunity for all the freshers to interact with the senior batch. It was organised by Abhinav and kavya from senior batch and Aditya and Shruti form junior batch. The reflection of the name was found in the content of the show. Fillers like tongue twisters and one minute games were an added feature for boosting the energy of the audience. The solo dance performance by Aditya and Abhishek followed by mimicry by Gaurishankar brought smiles to the faces of all present in the auditorium. The tongue twister and one minute games conducted by Uday, Naveen, Ankur and Dilip from the senior batch brought fun and excitement amongst the participants. Presentation of hymn and rap was good as it was something diverse in itself. The in act performance was awesome as it filled the auditorium with laughter. The group dance performance which was delivered by level one was different than a usual dance and steps involved were different as well. Thus the whole show was setup very nicely with lot of enthusiasm and team work. It provided good entertainment and refreshed the minds occupied in daily schedule.

Janmashtami Celebration

Krishna Janamashtami also known as Krishnashtami or Janamashtami was celebrated with fun and fervour at Core Business School on the 22nd of August. The day began when the student representatives enlightened all on various Brand Management lessons that could be learnt from Krishna through a beautiful display on the notice board. The article which discussed how the horses of Krishna's chariot could be correlated with various elements of management and how a brand manager should cautiously use these elements was worth reading. Though the day progressed with regular lecture schedules but all were eagerly awaiting for the evening "Dahi- Handi" activity which was to take place in the front lawns of CBS. It was probably the most beautiful evening atCBS where the crimson colours in the sky seemed to also celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna. The co-curricular members had made elaborate arrangements for the occasion and the garden was all set for the Dahi-Handi competition where an individual had to break the "Matki" blindfolded. It was achallenging task as the participants had to first tread blindfolded on a zig-zag path to reach the spot where the "Matki" was placed and then had to break the same in one shot. Each participant was welcomed and guided/ misguided with lot of hooting which added spice to the whole event. Despite these distractions few students ultimately turned out to be "Arjunas" of CBS and could finally complete the task in the shortest time and were declared victorious. The first prize was awarded to Ms.Kavya Singh of 2nd year by Mr.DheerajDalal. The second prize was claimed by Gaurishankar from 1st year and the third prize was given to Ms.RichaSaxena, again from 1st year. The sweets were distributed amongst the students and finally the student gathering rejoiced and danced to celebrate the moment.

Mr.Vijay Jain, from Astute

Last Sunday i.e 4th September 2011, Mr. Vijay from Astute Systems visited the campus and shared their chunk of knowledge with us. He is an entrepreneur who has worked at various levels in different organizations before embarking on his journey of being an entrepreneur..

Prior to founding Astute, Mr. Vijay Jain was the Vice President at NTT DoCoMo in Japan. At NTT Vijay led the R&D efforts in the WCDMA area and he was responsible for launching the world's first Mobile TV phone. Earlier, he has served as Senior Consultant with IAP Tokyo in Japan.  Vijay started his career in 1999 with Zenith Infotech as a Wireless Consultant. He has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in Wireless Network Planning, Consumer Services, Engineering and Operations, and was responsible for all new R&D  in Wireless and Telecommunications Network Operations in BPL Mobile and Nokia in Mumbai. At Astute, Vijay leads the Company’s R&D initiatives. Vijay earned his Bachelor of Engineering and Masters in Advance Computing  degrees from Pune University in India. At present he is CEO and Co-founder of Astute Systems; which was found in year 2003. Initially the company was not doing that well, since the market was not favorable at that time and the smartphones were just introduced. The company provides many applications for smartphones working on different platforms of the mobile phones these platforms are Andriod, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows Mobile, iOS. The application provides many services like free phone to phone calling, short codes, etc.

The crux of the lecture delivered by Mr.Vijay was ‘the roadway to success for an entrepreneur to improve his business. He described these steps as:  Dare to take decision i.e an entrepreneur should take decisions how and when necessary, Right guy at right place i.e employees should be placed on the jobs where they deserve and what they are capable of, Sharpen your vision i.e whatever vision is selected he should be specific to it, Find challenges market is full of challenges everyone should be ready to face them, Black swan get to the pulse of business, Differentiate between personal and professional life.

He also added that he had followed these same steps to reach the place where he is today. According to him,  “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown” which means that with a role also comes a responsibility and he believes that neither the role nor the responsibility should be taken lightly.         The session was very valuable for students and the students’ interaction was phenomenal.

Mr. Jitesh Agarwal- Safe-flex International Ltd.

On Sunday 4th Sept 2011, Core Business School organised a guest lecture for the students. The speaker for the occasion was Mr. Jitesh Agarwal, owner of Safe-flex International Limited which deals in manufacturing and export of Industrial Bulk Packaging and has a turnover of over 43 corers. Now the owner is planning to expand their business, which will make their worth 300 corers.

Mr. Agarwal, graduate of IIT Delhi has worked as a professional for 3 years in different firms and then started his own business. According to him being an entrepreneur is not a matter of one time, it’s a spark which is in everyone since childhood, but the one who has capitalised on this and converted it into a full fledged fire, has taken steps for being an entrepreneur. He also emphasized on the fact that there is no such age limit within which one can become an entrepreneur. He cited his own example in support of this as he started his business after working for a fairly long time for other firms. He shared his experience and the kind of challenges he had to face on the path of entrepreneurial journey. He also realized that those were the same factors that made him firm factors were there which made him strengthen his decision to start a company.

He also stressed on the fact that today, India needs more of entrepreneurs than managers which will help our country grow faster because it is his firm belief that more opportunities will be created through this.

The students were inspired by this session since they could picturize themselves in him, and could work in the right direction of being an Entrepreneur.

Mr. Varun Kant- Area Manager of Big Bazaar

On 21st August the students had a guest lecture on retail management as it is one of the booming fields. Mr Varun Kant who is the area manager of big bazaar came to share his practical experience of the retail management with the students. He holds an experience of 11 years and started his journey as a store manager way back and since then he has he has constantly been on the path of growth and never looked back.

Mr. Varunkant started the lecture enlightening the students on thebasics of retail management and then continued with a round of discussion between the students and himself. He then went on to explain the working as well as the future prospects of the retail sector, in detail, which would be really important for the students in near future. The session proved to be an interactive session where the students were motivated to think on various issues.Mr. Varun, being a retail sales person helped clear the doubts and queries of the students and gave the students insight into the recent trends in the retail industry.Taking an example on ‘Big Bazaar’, he was able to convey to the students as to how different departments in an organization work in sync towards achieving the objectives of an organization. He furthermore explained the way they set targets for various activities and how they assist the employees to achieve the same.

By the end of the session the students were enthralled by this opportunity provided to them and were looking forward to many more such sessions.

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