Industry Interactions

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ANTARPRERANA: CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Centre for Entrepreneurship (CE) is a yet another initiative of the Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai exemplifying its commitment to help foster the Industry - Academic Interface. It helps in the application of managerial practices in corporate with emphasis on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, Non- Government Organizations and Governmental Agencies.
The TSM-CE's mission is to work with various entities through formal consulting engagements with a view to improve their managerial effectiveness and enhance their performance. It is also the intention of TSM-CE to carry out applied research to develop, adopt and implement appropriate solutions to the issues confronting such entities. This process would also facilitate developing case-materials with local flavor for the MBA programme.

The division is currently headed by the Director, Prof. N. Venkiteswaran, who has substantial years of experience in industry and in business consulting. The consultants are drawn from the TSM faculty depending on the needs of each assignment/study. These consultants have considerable academic experience in different management functions and disciplines.

Industrial Visits
Industrial visits were arranged as part of the curriculum to the following industries:

• Madras Cements Private Limited, Virudhunagar
• Loyal Textiles Limited, Sattur
• Fenner India Limited, Madurai
• Penguin Apparels, Madurai
• Meenal Packaging, Madurai
• Tata Tea Limited, Munnar
• Dhrangadhra Chemical Works, Tuticorin
• LGB Limited, Karur
• Retail Yatra, Bangalore
• Tuticorin Port Trust and St. John’s Logistics, Tuticorin
• Hi-Tech Arai Limited, Madurai
• Pepsi & co., Madurai
• Chethar Vessels Limited, Trichy
• AquaSub Engg., Coimbatore
• Ashok Leyland, Chennai
• Hi Tech Arai Ltd. Madurai
• Rope, Madurai
• Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited, Cochin Division
• Kochi Refinery, Cochin- A unit of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)

Campus Visitors
A vital part of preparation in the Teaching Learning process at TSM is the Guest lectures programme. Aimed at providing invaluable exposure to global thought leaders with ethical values, this programme brings the students face-to-face with the biggest names in business and academics, from around the world.

Mr. Prashanth Seetharaman, Founder and CEO, Akmin Technologies Private Limited spoke on “Strategy of Akmin” on 04.04.2011. Mr. Prashanth’s talk became a live case for students who are going through a course on 'Strategic Management' The talk was followed by Q & A session for both first and second year MBA graduates. Akmin’s software products are today used by over 5 lakh users worldwide. Akmin's Products were winners/nominees of prestigious industry awards like CNBC Emerging India Award, Webby awards(USA), Mobile Internet World Innovation 2008 Award (USA), NASSCOM top 50 Innovators, etc. Akmin’s products are used in over 40 countries with strong user base in North America and Western Europe. Some of its international clients include American Red Cross, GE, Vodafone, Pfizer, Philips, Cisco, etc. For the past 3 years it has also started to focus on the Indian market and it has quickly won clients like Airtel, Orient Longman, IndiaMART, etc.



Mr. S. P. Muralidharan, General Manager of Hi-tech Arai Limited spoke on practical applications of industrial marketing on 11.03.2011. Hi-tech Arai Ltd. is an example for B2B marketing and it has effective practices to enable the product to be delivered on time to the customers. The Japanese practices such as the 5S Concept, JIT and proper planning has also contributed a lot to the success of the firm.

Mr. Ralph Simmons BEC trainer from Cambridge ESOL visited TSM campus on January 29, 2011 for addressing the students on interview techniques, preparing resume, and on the business etiquettes required.

Mr. U. R. Bhat, Managing Director, Dalton Capital Advisors India (Private) Limited visited TSM campus on 17 February 2011 and addressed the TSM-MBA students on the topic, /Financial Services: The Road Ahead. /The highlight of the interaction was a lively question-answer session on the state of the Indian economy and the financial markets in particular.

Dr. Asoke K Talukder, recently visited TSM as a Chief Guest for an International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT-2010) on 16-17 December, 2010. Dr. Talukder was the DaimlerChrysler Chair Professor at IIIT-Bangalore, and Visiting Professor at VIT University Vellore. Currently he is Adjunct Faculty at ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior, Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, NIT Warangal, and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Computer Engineering, NITK Surathkal, is a creative individual with expertise from technology to creative arts.

Mr. N.C. Krishnan CEO , of Acurus Solutions interacted with the TSM students on 13th December 2010. Mr. Krishnan spoke about the convergence between what you like to do and what you need to do. He also discussed on the 4 C’s for a successful career viz. Commitment, Completion, and Culture and Customer experience.

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TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY

General Management Programme for the Postal officials organized from 9th September,2011 to 18th September ,2011

Department of Posts is conducting the first ever induction training programme for the newly created Postmaster Cadre officials. This induction program aims to train the postmasters in Postal operations, Statutory duties and responsibilities, various flagship projects of the department of posts and General Management concepts, soft skills and personality development. The Department of Posts has taken assistance of Thiagarajar School of Management to deliver expertise in the area of General Management Concepts. A three days training programme was organized in the campus of Thiagarajar school of Management during the first week of September,2011 .The training covered expert lectures on different functional areas of Management such as strategic management, marketing management, cost management, human resource management, operations management, etc., A total of 120 trainees attended the programme.The intention was to mould them as Managers rather than mere supervisors to satisfy the changing perception of the customers of the Post office and make the post office the centre of the community again."

The Public, Private, NGO’s and Institutions can contact Director for consulting at TSM

Consultancy typically involves problem-solving – both in private and public sectors. It provides an opportunity for faculty to share insights with practitioners and brings in contact with real-life managerial problems which adds value to the class room teaching as well.