FINOMENA 2010

FINOMENA ' 10

"The Ever-changing financial system: Defining the new Normal”

Date: September 28, 2010, Tuesday

Timings: 9:30 AM to 4: 00 PM

Venue: S P Jain Auditorium, South Campus, University of Delhi

Session 1: “Crises Aftermath: Building a stronger financial system”

Schedule for Session 1

9:30 AM to 10:00 AM

Welcome Note

Lighting of the Lamp

Address by the HOD

Address by the Chief Guest

10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Address by the Distinguished Speakers

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Panel Discussion

Interaction with the House

Vote of Thanks

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Lunch

Session 2: “Connecting financial markets to the changing world: Integrating the

environmental, social and governance factors in our financial systems”

Schedule for Session 2

1:30 PM to 2:45 PM

Welcome Note

Address by the Distinguished Speakers

2:45 PM to 3:45 PM

Panel Discussion

Interaction with the House

Vote of Thanks

ANNUAL CONVENTION 2010

XXXVII^th Annual Convention, Master of Business Economics (MBE), University of Delhi

The Department of Business Economics is all set to host its flagship event, the XXXVII^th Annual Convention, on September 15, 2010. Aptly themed “Towards a Better Tomorrow”, four sessions, each focusing on the four major sections of the economy, will cover various relevant issues, with a special thrust on Inclusive Growth.

Session 1: Inclusive Growth: Pragmatism or Just a Utopia

Session 2: Financial Inclusion: An Exclusive Way to Inclusive Growth

Session 3: Innovative New Marketing Strategies: De-plugging India

Session 4: Predictive Analytics & Consulting: Improving Insights for a Competitive Edge

Ms. Sushma Berlia, President – Apeejay Stya Group(Former President, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry), will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest, while Mr. Kamal Bhushan Kathuria, Ex-Director, OBC, will be the respected Guest of Honour.

To ensure a conclave rich in information and insights, the Convention will bring together many known and respected personalities to share their views on the hot topic that Inclusive growth currently is. Some of them are:

· Prof Bibek Debroy, Centre for Policy Research and International Management Institute New Delhi

· Mr. Sanjaya Panth, Senior Resident Representative (India Head), International Monetary Fund (IMF) India

·Mr. T.C. Anant, Chief Statistician & Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI)

· Mr. Nirmal Bansal, Director, FINO

· Ms. Sudha Natrajan, President & COO, Lintas Media group

· Mr. Alok Verma, Senior Vice President,WNS Global Services

Venue: Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi

Timings: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm

MBE 2011 Enterance through CAT

Reminiscence...

Reminiscence'2010

Those pretty college days
That dwell for ever
In our heart, they make a mark
Those encrusted old photos
With frayed edges
Capturing a moment of life time
Parting forms a part of the life
We loose trail of our fellow classmates
As time passes the images get blurred
The familiar names become alien
But sometimes some events take you to the past
Those names start ringing a bell
We unexpectedly come in contact with our classmates
A moment of joy, a boon for life
We start living those moments again
It is a reunion of old pals….

The Department of Business Economics cordially invites its alumni for the 37th Annual Alumni Meet - Reminiscence 2010.

Date: August 21, 2010 (New Delhi)

August 28, 2010 (Mumbai)

Venue: Vatika Banquet Hall, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi (New Delhi)

(Mumbai)

Time: 1900 - 2300 hours

We look forward to seeing you there!

Genesis...the first stride

Genesis…the first stride

Build your Brand, Build your Business

The biggest challenge faced by businesses today is that of gaining a sustainable competitive advantage in a crowded marketplace. To achieve this, each firm needs to make the most of its under-utilized asset – its BRAND.

The management of a firm must develop a strategy to move in this direction. It must find out ways to distinguish itself from its competitors in a way that is meaningful to the potential clients. A brand promise can be made simply by saying, “We will be easy to work with”. However, the tougher part is to deliver on the promise the firm has made.

A brand goes beyond being just an attractive logo, a catchy slogan, a trade name or a website. A firm’s brand touches all aspects of a business from market awareness to its reputation. A brand is the way in which a customer perceives and experiences a product, service or company.

A brand makes it easier for the firm to attract customers. They can easily recognize a firm’s products and services through the brand, which increases loyalty and hence, increases business. A brand also sets standards for the firm itself. The expectations of the consumers enhances due to brand building, and the firm, in order to survive, needs to provide that level of service as is expected by the consumer. In other words, a firm needs to achieve the consumer expectations set by it in order to be successful.

Maintaining a large and loyal customer base, however, is not the only impetus behind building a brand. A correctly framed and positioned brand pulls the right kind of talent to the firm. With the right kind of talent, the firm has manifold chances of being successful, as compared to a firm having not quite the required talent pool. Thus, the message sent out by a brand plays a huge role in the way potential recruits see the firm, its vision, values and culture, and has the power of attracting the best of the lot.

And, the importance of branding doesn’t end here. Whether a firm is launching a new product, revamping its strategy, entering new markets or collaborating with another firm, a brand’s role in all these situations is unequivocal.

Like all other coins, the coin of branding also has a flipside. Branding, though highly advantageous, has a plethora of challenges associated with it too. For one, building a brand involves huge costs. Building a powerful brand is of paramount importance and requires huge market research and analysis so that the brand reflects just the right message. Living up to the standard set by the brand is also an uphill task for firms. Finally, the brand must be consistent with the firm’s core vision.

Branding is, thus, a desirable as well as a challenging part of building businesses. Without question, brand building is critical for the success of a firm. After all, a brand is a promise to your customers – no business can afford to go wrong with that!

Hello Guys,
We welcome all freshers to the MBE fraternity

Joint Entrance of MBE and MFC

The forms would be out from 25th Jan'10.And the exam is on 21th March'10.

For more details,keep a watch on this space or the website mbe-du.org :)

Aal izz well :)

convention.mbe-du.org

XXXVI Annual Convention - 2009

Established in 1973, Department of Business Economics is one of the leading centres of excellence in Management Education and Business Research. Master of Business Economics, the flagship course of the department is designed on the lines of a similar programme offered by the Harvard Business School.



The Annual Convention is a highlight of the Department’s activity calendar. It provides a platform for interaction between industry and academia with distinguished industrialists, policy makers, professionals and academicians putting forth their views.

The annual publication “The Business Economist” is also launched on the day of the Convention. It is a compilation of research papers and articles pertinent to the theme of the convention. The journal is circulated among a large number of business houses, professionals, academicians, business schools and eminent personalities.

The XXXVI Annual Convention will be held on 29th September 2009 at Hotel Le Meridian, New Delhi from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.

The theme is “India 2020: Shaping a Brighter & Safer Future”. The day is divided into four sessions namely:

• Future of Government Policies & Private Sector Participation

• Redefining Business Practices: A Step towards Financial Stabilization

• New Age Marketing Strategies: Targeting the Reluctant Consumer

• Actionable Analytics: Future Scope from Management Perspective

These sessions will cover issues across fields as diverse as policymaking, finance, marketing and analytics. The speakers will analyse the future of Indian economy and business in the context of these particular areas.

The speakers who have confirmed their presence till now are:

• Mr. Atul Sharma, Vice President, Exchange4Media Group
• Mr. Harshwardan Varshney, Senior Vice President, Indiabulls Securities
• Mr. Sunder Muthuraman, Managing Partner, Meritus Analytics
• Mr. Abhijit Das, Chief Trade Officer, UNCTAD
• Dr. Lalit B. Singhal, Director General, Export Promotion Council - EOU & SEZ
• Mr. Bhavya Sehgal, Assistant Vice-President, Evalueserve
• Dr. Hemant Chadha, Financial Expert, Ministry of Finance (DEA)


The XXXV Annual Convention (2008) was held on 29th and 30th September, 2008. The theme for the same was “Leveraging Global Change: Managing Turbulence in Indian Economy”



Some of the speakers were:

• Mr. Arvind Virmani, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance
• Mr. Anil Bisen, Director, Planning Commission
• Dr. Renu Kohli, Senior Economist, IMF
• Mr. Raman Uberoi , Director, CRISIL
• Mr. Samiran Chakraborty, Chief Economist, ICICI Bank
• Mr. Ramesh Krishnan, Supply-Chain Head, Pantaloons
• Mr. Prasad Narasimhan, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Mobile
• Mr. Rahul Bhalla, Vice President, IBM

XXXVI Annual Convention - 2009

India 2020: Shaping a Brighter and Safer Future

The annual convention is the main event of MBE that encounters rich knowledge sharing from people from industry and excellent academic background. The purpose of this is to review current business issues and examine them in details.

The last year Convention was held at Indian Habitat Centre and the theme was “Leveraging Global Change-Managing turbulence in Indian Economy”. This event witnessed the presence of Mr Arvinder Singh Lovely,Minister of Education, Tourism and Arts,Delhi.The keynote speaker was Dr.Arvind Virmani,Chief Economic Advisor,Ministry of Finance.

As this year is going through the phase of recovering from the global financial meltdown, the theme of this year convention is “India 2020-Shaping a brighter and safer future”. This is to concentrate on each sector of the Indian industries and focus about the futuristic development of the economy. This calls for formulating the strategies and policies weighing the risk factor and other aspects for the betterment of India.
Through this meeting, we intend to put forward the approach to improvise the condition within the coming years in the field of finance, analytics and marketing.
This year’s convention is to be show up on 29th September, 2009 at Hotel Le Meridien from 9 am to 6pm.The honored chief guest of this ceremony is Professor Arjun Sengupta, member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha.
Hereby, I invite you to the XXXVI Annual Convention – 2009 and encounter the words of wisdom of the following speakers-
Mr. Nagesh Pydah, Executive Director, PNB

Mr. Sunder Muthuraman, Managing Partner, Meritus Analytics

Mr. Harshwardan Varshney, Senior Vice President, Indiabulls Securities

Mr. Atul Sharma, Associate Publisher and Vice President , Exchange4media group

Mr. Bhavya Sehgal, Assistant Vice-President, Evalueserve

Mr. Abhijit Das, Chief Trade Officer, UNCTAD

Mr. Lalit B. Singhal, Director General, Export Promotion Council - EOU & SEZ

Ms. Anamika Sohira, Brand Manager, KitKat (Nestle)

Mr. Hemant Chadha, Financial Expert, Ministry of Finance (DEA)

Mr. Ashish Kapur, CEO, InvestShoppe


Ms. Nicola Doidge, General Manager - India, Dunnhumby Ltd.

Mr. Ramakrishnan M, Assistant Vice-President, Evalueserve

Ms.Swati Arora,Financial Controller,British Airways



Visit- http://convention.mbe-du.org/

Finomena'09 The Annual Finance Conclave on 19th sep

Finomena is the Annual Finance Conclave of Department of Business Economics organised by Blue Chips- The Finance Club, of Master of Business Economics, University of Delhi. The objective is to invite top Corporate Heads for sharing their views and ideas on the current financial issues facing the world in general and the Indian economy in particular.
Finomena’08 was based on the theme” Financial Tsunami: The Domino Effect” and had distinguished speakers like:

Mr. Sunil Goyal (CEO Bharti Teletech)
Mr. Manoj Vohra(India Director, Economist Intelligence Unit)
Mr. Tushar Pandey (India Head, Strategic Initiatives, Yes Bank)
Mr. Jaswinder Singh Bakshi (VP, Infrastructure Finance, Tata Capital)

This year’s theme is “Financial conclave - a discussion on current investment verticals” and have following dignitaries’:
For session 1:

Mr. Pranav Haldea-(Director,Prime Database)
Mr .Sandeep Nautiyal-(North and East India Head UTI Mutual Fund)
Mr. R.hariharan-(VP-ICICI primary dealership)
For session 2:

Mr. M Maheswari-(CFO Bajaj Hindusthan)
Mr. Arvind Garg-(MD Walnut Finance)
Mr. Rakesh Singhal-(DGM SBI )

There will be a Quick Finance Quiz in association with MBAUniverse
Attractive prizes to be won




Event Details:

Date: 19th September, 2009

Time: 10am – 4pm (check)

Venue: S.P. Jain Auditorium, South Campus
Registration Details: For more information and details please contact any of the below.

Guneet : 9873755909

Yashi : 9711709779

Neha : 9871238108

Mayank : 9968065336









Event Sponsors: Finomena is sponsored by Lotto







Our Online media partner is Coolavenues.com








The Official Management Portal is MBAUniverse.com









The Education Partner is Pagalguy.com





Note: All Participants will get a certificate of participation and there is a nominal fee of Rs.100 for attending the conclave.

We'll miss you...

First Day in new life of MBE

Finally D day dawned and I woke up to remember the questions whose answers I had to get today the orientation was to begin at 11 am and I reached by 10:15 as if my friends(who accompanied me) and I were to get early bird prize.We explored the campus and saw some of our batchmates No sign of seniors I thought I would be welcomed by seniors by garlands and rose water

Then the students assembled in a assigned room where all the faculty members gave us brief intros and welcomed us..After that,a break for snacks and tea/coffee This break was used for exploring the campus and of course the famous Bamboo canteen

Our seniors had a rocking time asking us to do this that..Ragging is not the right word for me atleast had to show some attitude to a guy who had to tease me there was rakhi ka sawyamvar,dance performance,samba act etc..I had a good time laughing through out all the performances even at mine because that guy asked me for TZP
Some gyaan about groups and clubs was given by seniors and some more masti
The session had a bad ending
a)Formals to be worn till orientation is on
b) Speech on career goals on friday..I still don't know mine
c)Business plan PPT What is that God help me

That's all for the day 16th July 2009 ..keep watching this space for more updates

The Final Admission Result is out!

Click here for the List

http://www.mbe-du.org/mbedocument/Finalresult09.pdf

Welcome Batch 2009-11!!

Finomena - The Finance Summit

It is a matter of great pride for all of us at MBE that Finomena has turned out to be a grand success!! The Topic of the Summit was what all in India would like to have an answer for "Financial tsunami :The Domino Effect". And therefore we selected speakers who could give us different views on the topic. The 3 hour long session made sure that we had at the end of the session a good bit idea about the answer. The tireless hard work of MBEites was duly paid by the Excellent Speakers and an engaging experience. 

It's Magic!!

Published in Coolavenues

I say I swish my wand, call out ‘wingardium leviosa’, at your hat and cause it to hover in mid- air. Well that’s classic magic for all potter heads to believe and may I confess that officially I am a committed potter head myself. Or say you feel like eating chocolate fudge late night and the delivery boy drops one at your doorstep by mistake. You can take it as a lucky coincidence, or a wish of the moment granted, or perhaps a little bit of both. Or say you had a dream about a friends visit and the next morning you know the very person drops in for a hello!! So what’s your interpretation of the event- an intuition? , a premonition? , or was their something more to it???. When you want something, wanna have something, wanna see somebody, or achieve something, the entire universe conspires to grant you your wish. Sounds familiar??? This pearl of wisdom is dropped from Paulo Coelho and the Guru goes on to tell us that there are omens strewn across our path, we only need to recognize them and realize their significance. After all everything happens for a reason and there is always a good reason behind it.

Magic may be a simple five letter word, with two vowels and three consonants, but means different things to different people, has varied interpretations and conjures up myriad of images and allusions. When a mother holds her baby for the first time, the moment is magical for her. When you return home after a bad day at office, a simple reassuring smile from your partner can work magic. A guys first date is magical and so is every girls Cinderella night. The belief in the existence of the greater power, the omni potent and the omni present Almighty God only implies the existence of something else, which can be paraphrased as ‘good things happening to good people’.

For me magic is love, and love is the greatest magic, the supreme philosophy, the truth stripped to its bare minimum, the life giving force which cradles this planet through sunrise and sunset. The fact that this earth is but an imperfect sphere, hanging mid-air is magic- a thread which runs deep through this creation, its existence and its truth. There is nothing sub or super about it. Everyday we sleep, we get up, we breathe, we eat, we drink and we procreate because that’s the magical law of nature- as natural as can be, as obvious as it seems, and yet continue to mystify and baffle generations. Guess simplicity does leaves one stump!!!!!!