LIFE AT IMI-B

  The Business Thought Leadership Series is the first opportunity for students to get insights into the corporate world through the experiences of leading experts. And this time the engaging Corporate Talk held on 22 nd June was conducted by none other than Mr Sandeep Chatterjee, Director, Deloitte India. 'The New World'  was the theme of his talk in keeping with present times. Right at the onset, Mr Chatterjee offered an overview of the current business climate and focused on topics including the general sentiment of consumer’s buying preference, retail environment, transportation and travel. He also offered a light of hope as he acquainted students with new opportunities that these times have presented us with. “This is not the first crisis that we have faced, and of course this is not the end. But every crisis offers an opportunity. We need to learn how to respond to the crisis. Organizations can learn to recover from it, and be more adaptable to the new normal,” said ...

  There are plenty of academic conferences being held today as compared to the past. Attending a conference, particularly an international one, is not just a great way for students to demonstrate their work, but there’s a lot more to be gained that goes beyond a presentation. Conferences are an important part of academic life. IMI Bhubaneswar not only hosts a lot of international conferences on the campus but also sends its students to different conferences across the country throughout their time at the B-school. Whether it be for creative purposes or knowledge addition, an international conference can benefit the students in more ways than one. Every year, IMI Bhubaneswar organizes three international conferences on the campus. These are- IMI B - EGADE International Conference in collaboration with EGADE Business School, Mexico; IMI B - Sichuan Indo China International Conference in collaboration with Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, China; and Conference on Banking and Fin...

  How can faculty help students experience success factors – directed, connected, focused, engaged, nurtured, and valued – during their college enrollment? Hiring professors and faculty members with distinct and distinguished backgrounds mean going deeper than just their experiences, ethnic & cultural beliefs, and educational qualifications; it also means professional diversity. While it seems seamlessly logical to want to hire a faculty with experience related to the position, there’s no harm to consider experts with other majors. Realize that it’s not the educational qualification but rather knowledge that contributes to the growth of students. Most of the institutions, including some of the leading BSchools in country   do not have the best resources to update the skills of their students on the upgraded technologies and actual software that they would be working on in their respective fields. For instance, although you may want to hire someone with a business manag...