Workshop on“The New Dynamics–Industry Academic Interaction”

Date:3^rd August 2019;  Place: Seminar Hall, Birla Global University

The operations club of Birla School of Management organised an Industry-Academic Inter action on“ the New Dynamics” for the MBA and BBA students. Mr Rakesh Adlakha, Vice President, SMS India Pvt. Ltd., was the Chief Guest during the inaugural session; Mr Arya Patnaik, Founder, RIMS, Rourkela, was the Guest of Honour, and Mr Sushant Routray, Sr. GM and Head, TATA Motors, Mumbai as the Chief Guest for the valedictory session.

Guest Talks and Webinars

Date:11th February 2020; Place: Seminar Hall,  Birla Global University

The operations club organised seminar on Innovation. Mr. Jeet Basa, Proprietor of ROBOCAFE, Cybercity, Bhubaneswar, was the resource person and shared his experience of starting an innovative saturate in Bhubaneswar. Mr. Basa is a twenty-seven-year-old Civil Engineer from VIT, Vellore, with a post-graduation from California State University. He also co-manages a construction company in Odisha.

Date: 30th August  2020

The operations club organised an online seminar on Service Operation Management. Mr Basudeba Behera, the branch manager of HDFC Bank, Puri , was the resource person and shared his experience with the operations management students of MBA 2019-21 and BBA 2018-21 students. Mr Behera discussed different areas of Operations areas in a Bank, such as Branch Banking, Customer Management, Current challenges of the retail banking sector, and the Increased role of Information Technology in banking: Post COVID-19.

Date: 4th October 2020

The operations club organised an online seminar for MBA and BBA students of Birla School of Management on the Operations aspects of Reliance Fresh. Mr. Jayant Pattnaik, Chartered Accountant and Chief Finance Officer of Reliance Fresh, East Zone, was the resource person and spoke about the impact of the recent acquisition of Big Bazar by Reliance Group on the Indian and Global E-Commerce market.

Date: 11th October 2020

The operations club of Birla School of Management organised a webinar on Supply Chain Management for MBA and BBA students. The panel members of the webinar were Mr. Nill, Head of Supply Chain Management of Whirlpool India based in Delhi; Mr. Milind Swami, Plant Head & General Manager of COGEMEP revision India Pvt. Ltd, a leading Tier1 auto component manufacturer from Pune; Mr Venkat Kishore, MBA 2016-18 and ex-Consultant, Supply Chain Management of KPMG, Bangalore was the webinar moderator. The program is for MBA in both the batches and the BBA 2028-21 batch.

Date:29th December 2020

The operation club of Birla School of Management organised a webinar on “Career Prospects in Operation Management”. Mr .Arun Kumar Singhal , Head Corporate Relations & Placement Coordinator, IIM, Udaipur, was the resource person for the webinar. Mr. Singhal is a Silver Medallist from both BITS, Pilani (1978) and IIM ,Bangalore(1981).He started is career as an

M.T. of Hindustan Lever and went on to work for Johnson and Johnson (Director – Regional Franchise Operation, Asia Pacific, Singapore) and Dumex India (now Danone Nutrition) as Managing Director. Mr. Singhal also runs his own management consultancy company in Mumbai, which was established in 2007. After relocating to his hometown, Udaipur, he now heads the Corporate Relations and Placement Cell of IIM, Udaipur, since 2015.

Date: 31st October 2020

The operation club of Birla School of Management organised an online fun-filled, ice-breaking interactive session – “Minute To Show It”, exclusively for the MBA 2020-22 new batch students. Besides, MBA 2019-21 students and BBA 2018-21 also attended the session online. Thee vent was a talent show activity .Each shows topper was given one minute to introduce herself/himself. The show continued with talent demonstrations such as singing, say a rise, dancing, and hobbies like photography and painting. short speech or short story etc.

Date: 31st  December 2020

The operations club of Birla School of Management organised a Management Quiz Brain Storming Activity for the MBA 2020-22 Batch,organised by the MBA 2019- 21 Batch. The presence of the BBA 2018-21 batch was also an inspiration for the organiser and the participants as well. The event was graced by the Honorable Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Dean, Birla School of Management, and other faculty members as the virtual audience. Their brief speeches and interaction with the students were highly motivating. The winners of thee vent were Ms. Shradha shree Mishra (First), Mr. Sourav Ojha (Second), and Mr. Yadu Gupta(Third).

Date: 29th December 2020

The operation club of Birla School of Management organised an online guest lecture on “Career Prospects in Operation Management”. Mr Arun Kumar Singhal is the Guest Speaker. Mr Singhal is Head of Corporate Relations and Placement of IIM, Udaipur, as well as Principal Mentor & Managing Partner of Enrich Mentor, the consultancy company in Mumbai & Udaipur, and was the resource person of the webinar. Mr. Singhal is also a silver medalist from both BITS, Pilani as well as IIM, Bangalore, and has worked for Hindustan Lever, Johnson & Johnson (Director-South-East Asia), and Dumex India (now Danone Nutrition) (M.D.) in Sales, Marketing, Operations and General Management in senior positions in India and Asia Pacific