Famous Bollywood playback singer “Sanjeevani” (first winner of Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa ) is yet another celebrity attendee of the 3 days star studded International Conference on “Spiritual Paradigm for Surmounting Global Management Crisis” @ SMS, Varanasi (February 24-26, 2012).
Sanjeevani’s portfolio includes Hindi movies like Kareeb, Kya Dil Ne Kaha, Road, Rules-Pyaar ka super hit formula, Socha Na Tha and more. She has won the “Best playback singer Aashirwad award”, “Best playback singer”. Sanjeevani has also sung for Nepali and Telugu films.

Famous Bollywood Actress, Director and Producer Pooja Bhatt will add to the glory of the International Conference on “Spiritual Paradigms for Surmounting Global Management Crisis” @ SMS, Varanasi (February 24-26 , 2012) with her benign presence.

Dr. S.A. Dave, Chairman CMIE (Center for Monitoring Indian Economy) and Former Chairman , SEBI & UTI has Kindly consented to be the chief guest.

Mr. T.R. Bajalia , Executive Director, IDBI , Mumbai
Mr. Frank F. Islam, President and CEO, FI Inverstement Group, USA
Prof. M.J. Xavier, Director, IIM, Ranchi
and
Dr. Henry Tisdale , President , Claflin University, USA would be the guests of Honour at the Inaugural Function of International Conference on “Spiritual Paradigm for Surmounting Global Management Crisis”.(Feb 24-26, 2012)

Eminent Speakers of the International Conference on “Spiritual Paradigms for Surmounting Global Management Crisis (24-26th Feb 2012) @ SMS Varanasi.

Eminent Speakers of Conference

1.Mr. Mahesh Bhatt, Renowned Film Director, Writer & Producer of Indian Motion Picture

2.Prof. Geshe N. Samten, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Tibetan Studies, Varanasi, India

3.Swami Shuddhanand Brahmachari, World Renowned Spiritual Guru

4.Prof. Samani Charitra Prajna, Honb’l Vice Chancellor, Jain Vishwa Bharti University, Rajasthan, India

5.Prof Prithvish Nag, Vice Chancellor, M.G.K.V.P., Varanasi

6.Swami SatyaVedanta, Former Chancellor, OSHO Multiversity, Pune, India

7.Prof. Amita Singh, Center for Law & Governance, JNU, New Delhi, India

8.Prof.  P. Krishna, Secretary Krishnamurti Foundation, India

9.Dr. Shagun C. Jain, Chairman, International School for Jain Studies, New Delhi, India

10.Ms. Brenda Roberts, Executive Director, The Center for Living in Harmony, USA

11.Prof. Sanjoy Mukherjee, IIM-Shillong, India

12.Mr. Kaushik Chakraborty, Vice President, Royal Bank of Scotland, India

13.Dr. Lois Hecst Oppenheim, Prof. & Chair, political Science, American Jewish University, USA

14.Prof. Rana P. B. Singh, Deptt. Of Geography, BHU, Varanasi

15.Prof. Harpal Singh Grewal, Dean, School of Business, Claflin University, USA

16.Dr. Zia Hasan, Vice President, Planning, Assessment & Information Services, Claflin university, USA

All Alumni and PG students interested to participate and present paper may contact Mr. Amit Kishore Sinha @ 9451744577 for further details.

As a part of the Guest Lecture Series @SMS,Varanasi Prof. Pramod Pathak from Department of Management Studies, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad interacted with the PGDM students on the topic “PSYCHOLOGY IN MANAGEMENT”.

Some highlights were:
Today also management comprises of only 2 things-Technology & Psychology;
Motivation is the essence of human behaviour; essential features of a manager’s job is to understand the human behaviour, predict it and modify it if possible.

The newly constituted Varanasi Management Association (VMA) held its maiden programme in the form of a panel discussion on “FDI in Retail Sector in India: The Issues Ahead” at the Khushipur campus of the premier B-School of the region, School of Management Sciences (SMS), Varanasi where a panel of experts constituting the Founder-President of VMA, Prof. S. K. Singh (Dean, FMS-BHU), Founder-Vice President Prof. P. N. Jha (Director, SMS-Varanasi), Prof. J. P. Mishra (Dean, SMS Varanasi), Prof. Chhote Lal (Director, IMS-SHEPA, Varanasi) and Prof. A. K. Agrawal (FMS-BHU) expressed their viewpoints about the hot debatable topic for more than an hour.

In his address to the gathering of entrepreneurs, academicians and a large number of student community, Prof. S. K. Singh, President VMA, said that various studies and worldwide indices are indicating India as the hottest destinations for retail sector in the time to come. In the Global Retail Development Index, Russia and China trail behind India and same is the case with Retail Labour Index. Moreover, the growth of the ‘middle-income group’ and the absence of ‘organised’ retail (India has only 4% organized retail) make India attractive for retail giants. However, it will need a huge investment which means that the break-even would be achieved with delay. Our GDP growth rate is also linked to this issue. China witnessed the best GDP growth since they opened up retail in 1994 and India is tipped to grow with retail but there is a caution, we need restricted FDI within a legal framework, said the President in his opinion.

Prof. P. N. Jha, Vice-President VMA opined that our ‘kirana stores’ are not going to vanish away if FDI in retail penetrates India. Instead, it will assist in the development of required infrastructure and would benefit the farmers and consumers both. He further added that the 51% factor means relinquishment of control which is indigestible. Further the coming of e-commerce in a big way would certainly have its say.

Prof. Chhote Lal as a Guest panelist envisaged that Retail is the next thing to happen in India but the major concern is what about the profits earned from the Indian soil and repatriated back to the origin country? Infrastructure breeds growth and this sector will help in developing needed infrastructure, he added. He said FDI has to be accepted but through certain safeguards. Government should be clear in Tax liability and related provisions.

Prof. A. K. Agrawal, another Guest Panelist at VMA, said that eliminating ‘middleman’ is not the solution but more the competition, better it is for the consumers. Prof. J. P. Mishra as a panel member questioned that it is for us to understand whether this issue is an economic decision or a social decision? Whether can we revert back from our Globalization steps? Whether this FDI would help us bridging the foreign trade deficit gap? Whether we have reached saturation?

Mr. Rajkumar Singh (Swasthyavardhak Pharmacy, Varanasi) said that five entities would be affected – the unorganized retail, the MSMEs, farmers, employment generation and of course consumers. Others who shared their views from audience included Prof. S. C. Singh, Dr. Abhijeet Singh, Dr. Anurag Singh (all from FMS-BHU) and Mr. Sandeep Singh (Associate Professor from SMS Varanasi).

Earlier Prof. S. K. Singh presented the theme of the panel discussion while the Joint Secretary, Mr. Anupam Kumar (Reader, SMS Varanasi) presented the objectives and activities of the VMA. He said that the local entrepreneurs, industry professionals and academicians should join the VMA in order to strengthen it further to the benefit of the masses. A membership drive would shortly be initiated where both individuals and institutions can join VMA. Shortly the next programme of VMA would be announced. The treasurer Prof. N. B. Singh, other founder members Dr. M. P. Singh (Executive Secretary, SMS Society), Dr. Amit Gautam (Assistant Professor, FMS-BHU) were also present on the occasion. The vote-of-thanks was proposed by Prof. J. P. Mishra while the programme was conducted by Mrs. Anjana Harish, members VMA.

The following PGDM/ PGIB IV Sem students have been selected by  Beacon Insurance Broker P Ltd in the campus placement drive held on December 23, 2011 at SMS, Varanasi campus:
1.Riturag Dubey
2.Deepesh K. Dubey
3. Prassenjit Saha
4.Abuzar Ansari
5.Badrish P. Singh

Campus Placement 2011-12: “Beacon Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd would visit SMS, Varanasi Campus on December 23, 2011 for Campus recruitment of Assistant Manager (Marketing/ Operations).

Friends join me in congratulating Mukesh Kumar (PGDM III Semester) for his final selection in “Wadhwan Retail (P) Ltd.”.
Congratulations Mukesh,we wish you luck and success in all your endeavors.