Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Seminar on " Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on India " by CIMS, Hyd.

Cygmax Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad Campus has conducted a Seminar on “Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on India” on 13th Dec 2008 at Plot No 65, ISFS, Nagarjuna Hills, Hyderabad.

The programme started at 10 A.M with the Welcome Address by Prof. O. R .S. Rao, Director, Cygmax Institute of Management Studies.

This was followed by the Key Note Address by the Chief Guest Mr. M. Gopalakrishna, IAS (Retd), Director, AP Gas Power Corporation.

Presentations were given by prominent speakers on the following topics:

Genesis of the Crisis - Dr. A. V. Vedpuriswar, Director, Learning & Dev., UBS India Service Centre, Hyderabad.

Impact on Indian Manufacturing Industries - Prof. O. R. S. Rao, Director, Cygmax Institute of Management Studies.

Impact on IT IndustryMr.Shakti Sagar, MD, ADP Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad.

Impact on Indian Stock Markets Mr. Shomesh Kumar, Head- Equity Derivatives, Karvy Stock Broking Ltd.

Steps taken by Government and suggested further steps - Mr. Pranay Kumar, Chief Manager, Cygnus Business Consulting and Research, Hyderabad.

Prof. Venugopala Krishna, Principal , CIMS, Hyd has concluded the morning session, thanked the speakers and summarized the highlights of the session.

Selected seminar papers were published in the form of compendium and distributed to the invited guests.

Prof .K. N. Rao, Assistant Dean, Cygmax Institute of Management Studies has invited the Chancellor, ICFAI University, Tripura and narrated the events of the seminar.

In the afternoon session selected papers were presented by Faculties and Students of CIMS. This was followed by award distribution and valedictory address by Prof. Subhash Sarnikar, Chancellor, ICFAI University , Tripura.

Finally the one day programme was concluded successfully with vote of thanks by Mrs. A. Maheswari, Senior Faculty, CIMS, Hyderabad.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Inter Collegiate Group Discussion (Finals) at Cygmax, Hyderabad.

Cygmax Institute of Management Studies have conducted Competition on Group Discussion ( prefinal ) at the following 6 Degree Colleges:

1. Priyadarshini Degree College
2. Gokul Degree College
3. Sanghi Degree College
4. Dr. Annee Beasent Degree College
5. A.V Degree College
6. Sri Sai Degree College

The following were the topics for the prefinals at all colleges :

"1. Ragging in colleges : should be banned or done in a tolerable limits"
"2. Terrorist attacks in Mumbai : should India deal in a diplomatic way or take help from military"

From all the participants, 33 students were shortlisted and were invited to participate in the final group discussion competition at Cygmax Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad.

The Final Group Discussion competition was attended by 33 students and the topics were:

1. Education in India compare to foreign countries.
2. Is China a threat to India in the global market ?
3. Is MBA necessary to succeed in life ?
4. Are MNC's superior to Indian companies ?
5. Leaders are born or leaders are made.
6. Using IT is really value to management education.


Judges: Prof. K.N. Rao, Asst. Dean - Cygmax & Prof. Venugopala Krishna, Principal - Cygmax

The winning team was Dr. Annee Beasent Degree Collage and the runner up was Gokul Degree College.

The winning and runner up teams were given sheilds and certificates by Prof ORS Rao, Director - Cygmax & Mr. Sripada Vishwanath, Manager, HDFC Bank. All the participants were given certificate of participation.


Winning Team with Cygmax - Hyd Staff Members.

Press Release

1. The Hindu
2. Andhra Bhoomi
3. Andhra Jyothi
4. Praja Sakhti
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Inter Collegiate Debate Competition (Finals) at Cygmax, Hyderabad.

Cygmax Institute of Management Studies have conducted Debate Competitions ( prefinal ) at the following 8 Degree Colleges:

1. S.P.College
2. Gautami College
3. Gokul College
4. Mytheri College
5. Kasturba Gandhi College
6. Noble College
7. St. Mary's College
8. Hindu Degree College

Topic for the prefinals at all colleges was :" OBAMA THE PRESIDENT ELECT OF USA - THE CHALLENGES AHEAD OF HIM"

From all the participants, 39 students were shortlisted and were invited to participate in the final debate competition at Cygmax Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad.

The final debate competition was attended by 39 students and the topics were:

1. Future of MBA's in the job market.
2. Importance of communication in the 21st Century.
3. Software job scenario in the current & near future.
4. Commuting in public transport in our city.
5. Law & Order situation in our country.


Judges: Prof. K.N. Rao, Asst. Dean - Cygmax & Prof. Venugopala Krishna, Principal - Cygmax

The winner was from Kasturba Gandhi College and the two runners were from St. Mary's college and Gokul College.

The winners and runners were given sheild and certificates by Prof ORS Rao, Director - Cygmax & Mr. Pandu Ranga Rao, Chief Manager, I.V.R.C.L. All the participants were given certificate of participation.



Press Release

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Press release on " Seminar on Global Financial Crisis (13th Dec 2008) " by Cygmax - 4th Dec 2008

Cygmax Institute of Management Studies (CIMS), Hyderabad will be conducting a seminar on “Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on India” on 13th December, 2008 at 10 AM at 63, Nagarjuna Hills, Hyderabad.



The seminar will have 2 sessions – morning and afternoon. Morning session will be addressed by invited speakers from Industry. Afternoon session is reserved for presentations by faculty members & students of Business Schools.

The seminar will dwell on the following 5 Key Themes.

  • Genesis of the crisis

  • Impact on Indian manufacturing industries

  • Impact on Indian Services Industries

  • Impact on Indian Stock Markets

  • Steps taken by Government, so far & suggested further measures

Guidelines for contribution of articles by faculty and students:

1. The article can be maximum 4 pages of A-4 size and one side printed.

2. The paper should be the author’s original work. It should not have been published earlier in any magazine.

3. The paper should accompany with the declaration as per format enclosed Declaration Form

4. The paper will be the property of Cygmax, who will have the right to publish the article in its publications, after editing, if needed.

5. Papers should be sent to seminars@cygmax.org by 6th December 2008.

6. Authors of papers selected for presentation will be informed by 8th December, 2008. Authors of papers selected for presentation will be given an award & a certificate.

7. The presentation should be given in 15 minutes using power point slides (PPTs). LCD projector will be provided. They should e-mail their PPTs to Seminars@cygmax.org by 10th December, 2008.

For details of the programme, please click Agenda.

Press Coverage

Coverd by Sakshi Newspaper on 05th Dec 2008.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Industrial Visit - A. P. Dairy Development Cooperation Limited (Vijaya Dairy) - 25th Oct 2008

Cygmax Hyderabad has visited a second Industrial Visit to Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Cooperation Limited (Vijaya Dairy) on 25th October 2008. The students of CIMS could get the information starting from Procurement to production.


The visit was informative like procurement, pasteurization, production, packaging and Marketing i.e., Distribution channel of milk and milk products. Vijaya Dairy produces varieties of Milk Products like Toned Milk, Standardized Milk, Milk Powder, Flavored Milk, curd and Milk sweets.

Guest Lecture - Mr. Mahendra Pala

"Service Marketing and Opportunities in the Hospital Industry" by Mr. Mahendra Pala

Cygmax has organized the 4th Guest Lecture in the Hyderabad Campus on 18-10-2008. Mr. Mahendra Pala, Dy General Manager (Business Development) has delivered the Lecture on the topic “SERVICE MARKETING AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HOSPITAL INDUSTRY”.


The Guest Lecture has gone well. The Lecture is interesting and information of the Health Care and Hospital Industry. Present scenario of the Hospital Industry and growing trends of the Hospital (Health Care) Industry and the opportunities various co-industries like Hospital Textile, Hospital Equipments and Health Insurances etc.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Press Meet on 01st Oct 2008

Cygmax Organized a Press meet on 01-10-2008 to brief the Events/Activities organized to improvise the quality education in affordable fee. Ms. Asha Singh, Soft Skills Faculty has briefed the steps and actions are taken in the interest of the students’ personality development.


The Director (CIMS) and the reporters from The Hindu, Andhra Prabha, Saakshi, Andhra Jyothi, Business Line, TV5 and Zee news have attended the meet and appreciated the development programs that CIMS is conducting for the MBA students.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Gandhi Jayanthi: Blood Donation Camp - in association with Image Hospitals - 30th Sep 2008

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, 02 Oct 08, the staff and students of Cygmax Institute of Management Studies have Organized a blood Donation Camp at their premises in association with Image Hospital, Ameerpet Hyderabad. The Students of Cygmax Institutes feeling themselves responsible for the people of India and to humanity, have decided to donate Blood for those who may need it to save their lives. This event promotes brotherhood, secularism and the sense of service without return.

Dr. Naidu has expressed his good thought of Blood Donation. He also encouraged the students to donate not only the blood but also signing the eye donation. Also he suggested the students to visit the old age homes once in while and meet the elders and help them in sharing their emotions and feelings. He also appreciated the Cygmax Team and Students who come forward with good thought of Blood Donation.

Dr. Naidu - Image Hospitals

Such Blood donation is not intended to save only the life of one whom we know, but to save the life that we even do not know by name, gender, cast, creed and religion. We know only the saved life of human being irrespective of whether of Hindu, Muslim or Christian of any gender.

Dr. Naidu, Prof. K.N. Rao & Dr. Merab

Association of Image Hospital, Ameerpet, Hyderabad with their valuable Human, Technical and Medical resources is an other asset to the Cygmax Institute. This is first time that Cygmax and Image came to work together for a noble cause. TV-9 and TV-5 and other media provided wide coverage and thus made the event successful.

Students - CIMS

The Cygmax Institute of Management Studies, Director, Management, Admin, Teaching / Non teaching staff and students are conveying their hearty thanks to everyone, who happily extended their cooperation to make this event a success. We all realize that it would not have been so without help of above mentioned Organizations and individuals. Cygmax is wishing all a happy, prosperous and healthy atmosphere which is needed to have a better life in this polluted environment.


This is a successful attempt by the Cygmax to make the future responsible and socially sensible Managers, who will give importance to bigger interests than their own. It is an initiative taken by students themselves under the guidance of the staff and faculties and association from all corners.

Press Release

Friday, September 26, 2008

Launch of Cygnet ( CIMS Newsletter ) by Mr. Kasu Prabhakar Reddy

Launch of CygNet - The Cygmax Newsletter, September 2008 Issue by Mr. Prabhakar Reddy Kasu, Chairman, Ortus Consulting, on 26th September 2008 at Cygmax Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad






Thursday, September 25, 2008

Industrial Visit - Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd - 25th Sep 2008

Cygmax Hyderabad (48 students, 10 faculty members and Asst. Dean) has visited the first Industrial Visit to Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. on 25th Sep 2008.


Had an interaction and PPT session with Mr. Y. Sri Ram Rao (Executive Customer Relations) and Mrs. Rama Devi (Production & Operations Manager) about the process of manufacturing of the Coke like purifying the water, concentrate the Beverage, preparing the Sugar Syrup etc.

Students have also posed many questions about the marketing and the distribution process and channels, quality maintenance like best before the date, etc., We went to the Bottle filling Plant, where we have observed the process of bottling i.e., bottle cleaning and filling process and the quality maintenance.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Inauguration of Soft Skills Lab on 20th Sep 2008

The Soft Skills lab was inaugurated in the college on the 20-9-2008. A Public Speaking Session was conducted for the benefit of students. Every student was given a Topic on which he/she spoke for 3 minutes and a question answer session followed the speech.



A real life situation was created in the class room where the students role-played the following:

a) Inviting the speaker to the dais

b) Giving vote of thanks.



The students actively participated in this activity and showed a lot of enthusiasm in delivering the speech as well as asking questions. The session was also video recorded.



Some of the topics taken by the students are as follows.

  • Web Analytics/ Cyber Crime
  • Why do Companies Go Bad?
  • Is India Heading Towards an Economic Revolution?




  • How do B-Schools help management students?
  • Average Cost and Marginal Cost
  • Socialism and Communalism.




  • The Role Of Ethics In Business.
  • Role Of The Auditor In a Company.
  • Measures to control traffic in the city
  • Women in B.P Os- How Safe?




  • Youth in Politics
  • Terrorism- A Threat To India
  • Traffic in The City –How Can We control It?
  • What Industry Expects From M. B.A.s


Quiz Competition held on 20th Sep 2008







Friday, September 19, 2008

Guest Lecture - Mr. K.V.R.B. Harinath

"Effective Marketing of Financial Products" by Mr. K.V.R.B. Harinath

Cygmax Institute of Management Studies conducted a Guest Lecture for its students and faculty at its Hyderabad campus, on September 20, 2008, on ‘Effective Marketing of Financial Products’. The Speaker of the session was Mr. K.V.R.B. Harinath, Sr. Vice President, SKI Retail Capital Limited, Shriram Groups



Profile:

Mr. Harinath is an MBA Marketing from Osmania University, B.E. from Andhra University. Presently he is associated as Vice President, with SKI Retail Capital Limited, Shriram Groups for last 14 years. Earlier he worked as Regional Manager for APDDCF Ltd., and was designated in Key managerial positions in various reputed organizations like Jumani Ice Creams Ltd, Shree Dairy Products Ltd etc.





Welcoming the Guest, Director, Staff & Students - Ms. Swati Prasad



Introducing the Guest - Mr. Anwar Hussain Shaik





Mr. Harinath advised the students to follow the Success Mantra of KLB so that they are successful in their Sales/Marketing careers, be it financial products or otherwise. KLB formula consists of - KNOW THE JOB, LOVE THE JOB AND BELIEVE IN THE PRODUCT.



The key to selling financial products is building and nurturing credible relationships, as it is a game of relationship selling.



All students should inculcate Positive Attitude and sound value systems, which are the foundation for one’s professional career. In today’s fast changing age, it is important that students should keep themselves updated with latest developments.



In order to sell a product successfully, students should build in-depth knowledge of the product/service. Only such of the people that are passionate about their jobs, can be successful in their careers.



Thanking the Guest - Mr. ORS Rao, Director

Prof O.R.S. Rao, Director of Cygmax Institute of Management Studies highlighted that Financial Services is one of the most potential sectors for jobs for MBA students and exhorted the students to implement the suggestions given by Mr. Harinath.





Vote of Thanks - Ms. Shefali Mishra



Mr. Harinath signing in the Visitors Book



Director, Asst. Dean & Faculty Members having Snacks & Tea with the Guest