PGP HANDBOOK 2014 – 2016 PGDM & PGDM‐HC T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal DIRECTOR'S NOTE
The vibrancy of a society is seen in its ethos and culture as a whole and the spirit behind the actions in various spheres. The society remains in a state of stable equilibrium of sustained growth and development only if every constituent adheres to the underlying principles and ethos wholeheartedly. This applies to organizations as much as it applies to organisms.
TAPMI is a small organic society that functions in certain manners which may differ vastly from large corporations, universities, state‐owned business schools or many colleges. As a student of TAPMI, it is important for you to have a thorough understanding of the ethos, culture and spirits that run through this place. In as much as these aspects are extremely complex to capture on record, TAPMI has delineated the rules and regulations that ensure them in effect. Therefore, it is imperative that you read these rules and regulations and comprehend them well; and it is equally imperative that you also get a grasp of the spirit behind these rules so that the rules per sé do not hang apart in your mind.
Welcome to TAPMI society!
R.C. NATARAJAN
Director, TAPMI
June 25, 2014
CONTENTS Page Nos. 1.
Preface … … … 1 About the Curriculum … … … 1‐3 Courses & Credits ‐ PGDM … … … 3‐7 Courses & Credits ‐ Healthcare … … … 7‐8 2.
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Scholastic Standards & Evaluation Attendance … … … 9‐11 … … … 12 Standards of Classroom Behavior … … … 13 Integrity 7.
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… … … 13‐14 General Behavior … … … 14‐15 10. Disciplinary Procedure … … … 15 … … … 15 … … … 16 13. Academic Calendar for PGP 1(Batch 2014‐16) … … 17 9.
11. Award of the Diploma 12. Merit Awards for Students 14. TAPMI Hostel Guidelines … … … 18‐22 15. Library Information and Rules … … … 23‐31 16. Information & Communication Technology … … 32‐35 … … 36‐48 18. Academic Administration – Contact Points … … 49‐50 … … 51 … … 51 17. Faculty … 19. Amendment of Information & Rules … 20. Appeals … POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT 1. PREFACE The Batch of 2014‐2016 undergoing the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) & Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Healthcare (PGDM‐HC) Programmes at TAPMI are governed by the information, rules and regulations contained in this Handbook and the institute reserves the right to amend/ modify/ alter these rules and regulations time to time without any advance notice. 2. ABOUT THE CURRICULUM TAPMI has always been innovative in its approach to management education and has been updating its curriculum and programme structure to incorporate the constant evolution of new thoughts and practices in management, as well as to address the emerging needs of industry. The institute has recognized for quite some time that management education in the new millennium ought to: a) Encourage students to explore, experiment and learning to learn. b) Enable students to meet with confidence the uncertainties and challenges in the business environment. c) Impart skills to enable students to adapt to changes in situations, people or processes. d) Enable the students to learn functional knowledge and expertise in order to excel in their chosen fields of work. e) Enable the students to appreciate the robustness of management theories with practice. f) Equip the students with an appreciation of values, ethics and principles of social justice. TAPMI’s has a mission statement which is consistent with the above objectives. TAPMI’s mission is “To excel in post‐graduate management education, research and practice.” The curriculum is planned keeping in mind the programme level goals which in turn are derived from the mission statement. The institute has set the following as the programme level goals – •
Demonstration of mastery in the fundamentals of technical and functional areas of management of an enterprise. •
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Demonstration of understanding of effective integration and co‐ordination of all functional areas and resultant impact on performance. Demonstration of conceptual knowledge and skills to view an enterprise as a whole and of how the enterprise’s strategy and organization be harmonized with external forces in the environment •
Application of the principles of ethics and corporate governance in a variety of settings. •
Demonstration of the capacity to take leadership role in business situations. In accordance with the above, the entire Post Graduate Programmes are well thought out mix of classroom study and experiential/practical training. They are fully residential program of two years duration. The programs involve learning through classroom sessions, discussions and exercises, 1
project assignments with organizations, and field based course specific project work. However, the emphasis of the entire programmes would be on self learning. 2.1 Class Room Pedagogy The classroom sessions comprise of six terms spread across two academic years of study. The first year (Terms 1, 2 and 3) consists of a rigorous and intensive grounding in basic management functions. These courses are compulsory in nature. During the second year (Terms 4, 5 and 6), in addition to certain compulsory courses, the student can opt for electives (for PGDM program only), based on their areas of interest. TAPMI offers electives in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Systems, Operations, General Management and Human Resource Management. The class‐room pedagogy ranges across traditional class room instruction, simulations, case discussions, role plays, etc. Simulations and case discussions are adopted extensively across the curriculum, to supplement class‐room instruction/lecture. Simulations illustrate the complex interplay of variables and replicate real situations, and the student can understand or decide on a course of action. Discussion of cases based on business situations helps a student connect the theory that s/he is learning with practical reality. S/he must understand situations, and may or may not have to decide on a course of action, based on the information available. Thus, class room instruction, when supplemented with case based discussions and simulations, helps the student in developing a deep and rich understanding of business and management. 2.2 Field‐based Experiential Learning
The curriculum places great emphasis on field based experiential learning. Learning in the class room is supplemented with field based learning, resulting in an understanding that is holistic, and connects theory with practice. The PGDM programmes has many components that are field‐based, such as Management‐in‐Practice (MIP) for PGDM, Industry Internship (ININ) for PGDM‐Healthcare and Outbound Programme, which are important and integral parts of our program. 2.2.1 Management‐In‐Practice / Industry Internship /Field Work The project assignment with organizations (Management‐in‐Practice or MIP/Fieldwork) has three components. A 3‐day fieldwork (MIP Phase 1) during term 3 introduces the student (without work experience) to an organizational/business setting. During the eight week summer project (MIP Phase 2) after term 3, real life managerial issues confronted by organizations are identified, analyzed and discussed by the students (Both fresh & experienced). Most projects involve a large component of field work. The student is usually attached to a project guide from industry, to help him complete this stage. Possible solutions to the problems are arrived at, and presented to the organizations for implementation. During MIP Phase 3 (Term 4) the student is required to present the report to a group of faculty. Both the viva voce and the report are evaluated. 2.2.2 Outbound Programme In the first year a student is required to undergo an outbound programme normally scheduled in batches at the end of terms 1 & 2. Students go through a series of activities in a challenging environment for around three days where even the simplest tasks require planning, leadership, communication and teamwork. Exact location of the outbound programme will be notified to students after finalization of the same. They are expected to make sense out of uncertainty. They must make the best use of resources available. Team work, communication skills and sensitivity to environment are expected to be improved. Students also understand physical fitness and realize its importance. 2
After going through an experience, students reflect on their learning, conceptualize their learning, and decide to retain functional behavior or, where they desire a change, experiment with new behaviors. 2.3 BrandScan (Research & Innovation Skills) BrandScan is one of India’s largest market research fairs, and is organized by TAPMI. Students seek out companies which have certain market research objectives, and wish to conduct the market research and obtain relevant information. The fair is organized so as to take advantage of the unique demographic profile of the local populace. Students conduct the data collection in creative ways, and analyze and interpret the results for the client companies. It is expected that students take keen interest and associate with various tasks related to BrandScan during the first year of study at the institute and later pick up the two credit elective course on BrandScan during their second year. BrandScan is a compulsory course for students specializing in the Marketing area during their second year of study. 3. COURSES & CREDITS (PGDM) A credit is a term used to denote the extent of effort required to be put in by a student. One credit is used to indicate 10 hours of contact for classroom instruction. However, each session of classroom interaction is to be supplemented with the time equivalent of about three hours of preparation by the student. The two‐year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGDM) consists of a total of about 110‐115 credits of study. Courses equivalent to about 18 to 24 credits are normally slated for each of the first three terms, and credits between 12 to 27 credits are slated for each of the next three terms, across the two academic years. 3.1 First Year (PGDM Programme) The first year courses are compulsory. These courses enable the student with the basic knowledge about different functional areas of management. The student must know about the basic tools and concepts in different disciplines, and must also understand how organizations function. The student must also start appreciating how the disciplines are connected together. First year has credits between 56 to 62. 3
The list of courses for the first year and corresponding credits are given below: Term 1*
Sl.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Course Name
Business Statistics Basics of Accounting Organizational Theory & Practice Microeconomics Managerial Communication‐1 Problem Solving & Decision Making Course Code
Credit BSST BOAC OTPR MIEC MNCN‐1 PSDM 3 3 3 3 2 2 Total Credits 16 Term 2 *
Sl.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Course Name
Course Code Credit Organizational Behaviour Marketing Management Financial Management ‐ 1 Management Accounting Macroeconomics Operations Research Operations Management‐1 ORBR MM FMT1 MNAC MAEC OPRH OPM1 Total Credits 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 21 Term 3 *
Sl.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Course Name Business Law Operations Management ‐ 2 Marketing Research Human Resource Management Financial Management ‐ 2
Strategic Management IT for Business Workshop on Entrepreneurship Management Managerial Communication‐II Course Code
Credit BSLW OPM2
MKRH HRMT FMT2
STMT ITB WBEP
MNCN‐2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 Total Credits 23 * The courses shown above are as per the existing scheme at the institute. TAPMI has a practice of revising its curriculum regularly, due to which the above courses may be subject to change. 3.2 Second Year (PGDM Programme) During the second year of the Programme, there are certain courses that are compulsory in nature. The credits for compulsory courses are around 19, of which 6 credits are to be completed in the form of field based experiential learning (MIP). For the remaining credits students must choose from a basket of courses offered by the different areas of study at the institute (viz., MARKETING, FINANCE, SYSTEMS, OPERATIONS, GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT). The elective credits are to the order of around 36, and the total credits including compulsory courses are around 50 to 58. 4
Students may opt for Auditing of certain elective courses, on a non‐credit basis. This will be subject to the consent of the respective course faculty and availability of the required infrastructure for conduct of the course. PGP schedules will not be altered to facilitate auditing. Students can also pursue areas of their specific interest through the mechanism of Course of Independent Study (CIS). Under the CIS scheme, a maximum of 2 credits worth of work can be undertaken either in addition or in lieu of the electives. The total credits, the actual electives to be offered and the term in which they are to be offered are subject to review at the beginning of the second year. Certain electives may have caps on the number of students based on criteria decided by course faculty. It is also a policy of the institute that courses with less than the defined registrations are dropped. The institute also has the system of running course parallel to each other during any term based on certain criteria. In such a situation where the institute decides that a set of courses will run parallel during the term, it is expected that all such students common to these two courses will choose any one of them. TAPMI reserves the right to change the total credits/courses without prior notice. The content and relevance of a course are assessed by the academic areas before a course is offered. An indicative list of courses and credits for the second year is given below MIP (at the end of Year 1) TERM 4 * COURSE TITLE CREDIT COURSE TITLE COMPULSORY COURSES Business Ethics 3 Project Management 2 GENERAL MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES CREDIT
HUMAN RESOURCE ELECTIVES Strategic Human Resource Management & Human Resource Planning 3 Competency Mapping, Recruitment and Selection 3 Performance Appraisal and Management 3 Enterprise Risk Management 2 Assessment Center Workshop (Pass/Fail type) 0 Business Analytics 3 Workshop on Emotional Intelligence (Pass/Fail type) 0 Consulting Skills and Approach 2 FINANCE ELECTIVES OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES Supply Chain Management 3 Materials Management 3 Quality Management and Six Sigma Green Belt 2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES Commercial Banking Options and Futures Markets 3 3 Business Analysis and Valuation Securities Markets 3 3 Money, Banking and Monetary Policy 3 Sales Management 2 SYSTEMS ELECTIVES Consumer Behavior 3 M‐Commerce Retail Management 3 Brand Management 3 5
2 TERM 5 * COURSE TITLE CREDIT COURSE TITLE CREDIT
COMPULSORY COURSES MIP OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES 6 Theory of Constraints 2 Game Theory And Applications MARKETING ELECTIVES Business to Business Marketing Customer Relationship Management 3 Marketing of Financial Services 2 Distribution Management 2 SYSTEMS ELECTIVES Digital Marketing 2 Data Mining for Business Intelligence 2 Research & Innovation Skills(BrandScan) 2 IT Strategy & Management 2 IT Consulting Enterprise Resource Planning 2 2 HUMAN RESOURCES ELECTIVES Compensation Mgmt Learning and Development Employee Relations & Industrial Relations Human Resource Information System FINANCE ELECTIVES Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banking Consumer Banking
3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 TERM 6 * COURSE TITLE CREDIT COURSE TITLE COMPULSORY COURSES Business Leadership Executing Competitive Business Strategy ‐ STRATSIM GENERAL MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES Cross Cultural Management OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES Product Design and Development Modeling With Spreadsheets MARKETING MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES Services Marketing HUMAN RESOURCES ELECTIVES International Human Resource Management 2 2 FINANCE ELECTIVES Portfolio Management Project Finance SYSTEMS ELECTIVES E ‐ Business 2 2 2 3 Personal Selling and Sales Negotiation 2 Marketing Strategy Rural Marketing 3 2 2 Talent Management 2 Integrated Marketing Communications CREDIT
2 3 2 2 * The courses shown above are as per the existing scheme at the institute. TAPMI has a practice of revising its curriculum regularly, due to which the above courses may be subject to change. 6
International Exchange Programs (SHU, U.K.) 3.3
International Exchange Programs would enable our students to gain cross‐cultural perspectives, and help them relate with a global environment and work force. These are essential in today’s world, where they have to work in transnational companies, and may be required to be located anywhere in the world. Students would also appreciate how India is viewed as a business location and a market opportunity, by people from other places. TAPMI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, U.K., which has a one year MBA program. Students can exchange a term at TAPMI, with a term at Sheffield Hallam University. Both the institutions shall issue a transcript of courses and credits completed by visiting students which shall be converted to credit equivalents by the parent institutions. In addition, both the institutions shall also provide a certificate of participation to visiting students. TAPMI will work on creating more such opportunities for students by working together with other prestigious institutions and universities across the world. 4. COURSES & CREDITS (PGDM‐Healthcare Programme) The two‐year Post Graduate Programme in Healthcare consists of a total of about 110 to 113 credits of study. Courses equivalent to about 18‐24 credits are normally slated for each of the first three terms during the first year and credits between 13 to 23 are slated for each of the next three terms during the second year of the program. 4.1 First Year The first year courses are compulsory. These courses enable the student with the basic knowledge about different functional areas of management. The student must know about the basic tools and concepts in different disciplines, and must also understand how organizations function. The student must also start appreciating how the disciplines are connected together. First year has credits between 56 to 62. 4.1 Second Year (PGDM‐Healthcare) During the second year of the Programme, the credits for compulsory courses are about 46. This includes the credits for Industry Internship which is in the form of field based experiential learning. In addition to this there are 7 credits worth of courses that are optional in nature. The students can choose elective courses from the corresponding terms of the PGDM programme of TAPMI. These will be from basket of courses offered by the different areas of study at the institute (viz., Marketing, Finance, Systems, Operations, General Management and Human Resources Management). The total credits thus are 50 to 52 in the second year. Students may opt for auditing of certain elective courses, on a non‐credit basis. This will be subject to the consent of the respective course faculty. PGP schedules will not be altered to facilitate Auditing. The existing Auditing policy at the institute is as follows: ‘Courses offered only by the core faculty/adjunct faculty can be offered for audit. Courses taught by visiting faculty are not available for audit purposes. Any student desirous of auditing course/s on a non‐credit basis needs to obtain permission of the concerned course faculty in writing. Based on the permission accorded, the student attends classes as per the guidelines prescribed by the faculty. Guidelines for undertaking the audit course will be issued by the concerned faculty and the student necessarily needs to abide by the same. The course faculty can ask any student to withdraw from his/her audit course in case he/she has unsatisfactory attendance/performance. On 7
successful completion of the audit course to the satisfaction of the faculty concerned, the faculty issues a letter to the student in the institute letter head certifying completion of the course through audit. Audit courses will not appear in the transcripts of the particular term.’ Students can also pursue areas of their specific interest through the mechanism of Course of Independent Study (CIS). Under the CIS scheme, a maximum of 2 credits worth of work can be undertaken either in addition or in lieu of the electives. The total credits, the actual electives to be offered and the term in which they are to be offered are subject to review at the beginning of the second year. Certain electives may have caps on the number of students based on criteria decided by course faculty. It is also a policy of the institute that courses with less than the defined registrations are dropped. The institute also has the system of running PGDM elective courses parallel to each other during any term based on certain criteria. In such a situation where the institute decides that a set of courses will run parallel during the term, it is expected that all such students common to these courses will choose any one of them. TAPMI reserves the right to change the total credits/courses without prior notice. The content and relevance of a course are assessed by the academic areas before a course is offered. An indicative list of courses and credits for the second year is given below: Industry Internship (at the end of Year 1) TERM 4 * Course Title Sales & Distribution in Healthcare Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Product Management Healthcare Supply Chain Management Healthcare Systems & Policies in India PGDM Elective Credits 3 3 3 3 3 TERM 5 * Course Title Quality Management in Healthcare Promotion of Healthcare Products & Services Healthcare Services Marketing Performance Management in Healthcare Workshop on Performance Management in Healthcare Health Insurance Health Ethics Industry Internship Credits 3 3 3 2 1 3 2 6 TERM 6 * Course Title Technology Management in Healthcare Business Leadership Patient Relationship Management Healthcare Law PGDM Elective Credits 3 2 2 2 3/4 * The courses shown above are as per the existing scheme at the institute. TAPMI has a practice of revising its curriculum regularly, due to which the above courses may be subject to change. 8
5. SCHOLASTIC STANDARDS & EVALUATION 5.1 Scholastic Standards: Every student should meet the minimum prescribed academic requirements at each stage(end of term) of the programme to be eligible for the next stage. Students not fulfilling the minimum requirements at the end of any such stage will be asked to withdraw from the programme at that stage itself. The minimum requirements for various stages are furnished in detail in the paragraphs to follow. 5.2 Evaluation: The performance evaluation of students in every course in each term shall be carried out through a set of evaluation methods including, but not limited to quizzes (both announced and unannounced), assignments, exercises, class participation, presentations, projects, short tests, mid‐
term examination, end‐term examination, etc. An appropriate mix of such evaluation methods for each course shall be decided by the respective course faculty. The evaluation components shall be arranged in such a way that students get feedback on their performance at regular intervals. The evaluation and grading of any given course will be in terms of numerical grade points and a letter grade. The details of the evaluation method are given in the following section. 5.3 GPA Based Grading: The grading system is based on letter grades, whose numerical values are as below: Grade Point on Scale Grade Point on Scale
A+ 10.0
C
4.4
A 9.2
C‐
3.6
A‐ 8.4
D+
2.8
B+ 7.6
D
2.0
B 6.8
D‐
1.2
B‐ 6.0
F
0
C+ 5.2
I
Incomplete
As shown above, the letter grades range from A+ (meaning excellent) to F (meaning Fail). The letter grade “I” stands for incomplete. A student who gets `I' grade will have to repeat the course when it is offered again. Unless the student clears the `I' grade s/he will not be eligible for the award of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) / Post Graduate Diploma in Management‐
Healthcare (PGDM‐HC). All components of evaluation will be in terms of marks. These marks will be multiplied by the percentage weight for that particular component. These weighted marks will be added together to get the total score for the course. Letter grades will be assigned based on these scores. The numerical score against the letter grade will be the course Grade Point Average (GPA). TAPMI follows relative grading system in each course. 5.4 Qualitative Assessment: Certain courses may be offered on zero credit basis during any term in the program. Such courses may not be evaluated as explained in points 5.2 and 5.3 above. They are evaluated on a pass/fail 9
criteria. All such zero credit courses during the second year will be open for registration along with other electives, while all such courses during the first year are intimated at the beginning of the year. 5.5 Absence from Evaluation Component(s): Students, who absent themselves from any component of evaluation of a course, will not have any chance to write a re‐examination or a supplementary examination. They will be assigned zero marks for that component. However, the PGP committee, based on the merit of the case, may decide to conduct a re‐examination under exceptional circumstances, only for mid‐term and end‐
term examinations. In such cases the student who is allowed to re‐write the examination has to pay a re‐examination fee of Rs.7500 per course. In situations where students request for facility of scribe well in advance, due to reasons of inability to write the mid‐term/end‐term examinations, the PGP Committee, based on the merit of the case and availability of scribes may arrange for the same. In such cases, the student who is given the scribe facility has to pay a fee of Rs.1000 per course before the commencement of the said examination. Non completion of Outbound Programme will result in the award of an ‘I’ Grade. A student who gets `I' grade in this component will have to repeat the outbound programme when it is offered again. Unless the student clears the `I' grade s/he will not be eligible for the award of Post Graduate Diploma. In case of any student who clears the `I' grade for any course after the Convocation of her/his batch, s/he will be eligible to receive the Diploma along with the subsequent graduating batch in absentia only. Completion of MIP (Industry Internship incase of PGDM‐Healthcare) is a pre‐condition for entering Term 4. A Certificate of Completion from the organization must be submitted to TAPMI within fifteen days of joining Term 4. 5.6 Minimum Standards: Each course/ activity in the PGP will be assigned appropriate course credits reflecting the student workload for that course. There will be minimum overall credit requirements, specified from time to time, to be met by a student to be eligible for the award of the Post Graduate Diploma. 1. The minimum standards to be met for each term in terms of term GPA and Cumulative GPA (CGPA) till that term are shown below ‐ Stage of the Programme Term GPA
Cumulative GPA End of Term 1 End of Term 2 End of Term 3 End of Term 4 End of Term 5 End of Term 6 4.40 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60 4.40 4.40 4.40 4.40 4.40 4.40 10
A student must fulfill both the “Term GPA” and “Cumulative GPA” conditions in every term to remain in the programme. The CGPA is computed using the procedure given below: The CGPA for a term is computed by dividing the sum of standardized GPA by the total number of credits in that term. Standardized GPA is calculated by multiplying the GPA secured in a course by the credits of that course. The sum of standardized GPA is the total of standardized GPA for all the courses in the term. Besides, the student should maintain a minimum cumulative score of 4.40 at the end of first year(GPA’s of Terms 1, 2 and 3 combined) and 4.40 separately at the end of second year (GPA’s of Terms 4, 5 and 6 combined). 2. In addition to the above s/he must have ‘cleared’ the courses with qualitative assessments to qualify for the 2nd year (after term 3) or the Diploma (after term 6). Failure to achieve this will result in non award of the Diploma. 3. All those students who fail to meet any one or more of the minimum standards (GPA and CGPA) will be instructed to withdraw immediately from the Post Graduate Programme at that stage itself. Any student who has been asked to withdraw from the PGP may appeal to the Director of the institute for review of his/her case. The appeal has to be made only after completing all the withdrawal formalities including vacating the hostel. The decision of the Director in all such matters shall be final and binding. 5.7 Outside Classroom Components: PGP curriculum includes several components involving learning outside the classroom like MIP, BrandScan, Outbound programme, etc. Each component will have pre‐assigned credits. The design and evaluation methods for each such component will be announced in advance by the respective faculty in‐charge. The performance of a student in such components will be as much a part of the minimum academic standards as explained above. 5.8 Formula to Convert CGPA to Percentage: For the purposes of converting the CGPA to Percentage the following formula may be used: .
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5.9 Fee for Duplicate Certificates, Transcripts etc.: Students/Alumni who require duplicate certificates/transcripts need to apply formally to the Chairperson‐PGP for the same. Fees are chargeable for this service. The fee applicable would be intimated on receipt of application at the PGP Office. 11
6. ATTENDANCE 6.1 TAPMI students are deemed to have agreed to offer unconditional commitment to their learning process during the two years of their study at the institute. Therefore, the residential programme expects their uninterrupted presence at the campus. It is mandatory for all the students to maintain 100% attendance in class sessions. Absence from classroom sessions and from other academic activities will be regarded as an act of willful indiscipline. Unauthorized absence from class sessions will result in severe penalty that may, inter alia, include being asked to withdraw from the programme. 6.2 Any student who is absent continuously for more than 13 calendar days in a term due to domestic or health or any other reasons will have to withdraw from the programme. 6.3 100% attendance to classes at the institute is mandatory. In the event of loss of any attendance due to absence to classes, the student will attract penalty by way of grade deductions in the concerned course. Further, any student who misses more than 30% of sessions in any course for reasons due to domestic or health or participation in events, seminars, conferences, workshops or any other reasons will be awarded ‘I’ grade in that particular course/s. The student will have to complete the said course/s in the next academic year or future years whenever the course is offered at the institute to be eligible for the award of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)/Post Graduate Diploma in Management‐
Healthcare (PGDM‐HCM). 6.4 Attendance during outside classroom components of PGP such as MIP shall be as per the rules of respective organizations to which the student is attached and as may be specified by the institute. Attendance and leave rules for these segments will be given to all students by the respective Area Chairpersons. Appropriate penalty may also be imposed in case of violation of these rules. 6.5 Attendance is strictly compulsory on the first day of every term with all students requiring to register themselves without fail. Absence will invite penalty up to Rs 5000/‐ per day. No request of any sort is entertained towards condonement of absence in such cases. 6.6 Attendance to the last session of any course in all terms is compulsory for students. Absence will invite a sub‐grade as per the existing attendance policy at the institute. No requests of any sort is entertained towards condonement of absence in such cases. 6.7 It is expected that all graduating students be present for the annual convocation. a) In case due to some compelling reasons a student does not wish to attend the convocation, then prior permission from the PGP Office must be obtained by the students. Permission is granted only in genuine cases. b) A student who is not present during rehearsal of the Convocation will not be permitted to attend the Convocation. Diploma Certificates and transcripts will be given only after three months from the date of the convocation. c) Anyone who is not present for the convocation, irrespective of having secured prior permission, will be awarded Diploma Certificates and transcripts only after three months from the date of convocation. d) All graduating students must be present for the annual convocation. Diploma will not be granted in absentia during the convocation function. 12
7. STANDARDS OF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOUR 7.1
Behavior: All students are expected to maintain proper standards of classroom behavior including appropriate dress code. The management of the classroom environment rests on the course faculty. The faculty may ask a student to leave the class room if the level of pre‐class preparation is found to be of below acceptable level. The judgment and decision of the faculty is final. In addition, the faculty may require such student(s) who disrupt the smooth conduct of the class, to leave the class. In addition, s/he may also report the matter to the Chairperson‐PGP for initiating disciplinary action. Note: Examples of "disruptive” activities would include behavior such as persistently speaking out in a manner which is disruptive, refusing to be seated, leaving and entering the room without authorization, using mobile phones and other gadgetry in the classroom, refusal to abide by the instructions of the faculty, etc. The above list is only indicative and not exhaustive. 7.2
Dress Code and Presentability: Students are bound by dress code of the institute. For the purpose of clarity of principle, “permissible dress code” is to be understood as one that reflects decency. This includes the captions on the dress as well. Formal dress code is expected while making class presentations. This is also the norm during special occasions of importance for the institute (namely: Convocation, Visits of important guests, dignitaries, etc.) Students will be advised from time to time on this. Students are prohibited from carrying eatables for consumption inside the classrooms. 7.3
Usage of Mobile Phones: Usage of mobile phone is strictly prohibited inside the classrooms. Students are required to keep their mobile phones in switched off mode in the basket kept in the classrooms. If any mobile is found ringing (including the alarm ring) the owner of the instrument will have to pay penalty up to Rs.5000/‐. It is advisable that students do not carry their mobile phones into the class rooms. 8. INTEGRITY Academic Integrity: 8.1
All students are expected to maintain integrity and honesty in all their academic work (assignments, reports, examinations, quizzes, project work, etc.). The act of submitting work for evaluation or to meet a requirement is regarded as assurance that the work is the result of the student's own thought and study, produced without assistance, and stated in that student's own words, except matter within quotation marks, references, or footnotes which acknowledge the use of other sources. If a student is in doubt regarding any matter relating to the standards of academic integrity in a given course or on a given assignment, that student shall consult the faculty in charge of the course before presenting the work. Students who violate academic integrity and honesty shall be liable for disciplinary action. A student shall be deemed to have violated academic integrity if he or she: 13
(a) Represents the work of others as his or her own (plagiarism); (b) Obtains assistance in any academic work from another individual in a situation in which the student is expected to perform independently; (c) Offers false data in support of laboratory or field work; (d) Intentionally impedes or damages the academic work of others; (e) Engages in conduct aimed at making false representation of a student's academic performance; (f) Forges or falsifies academic documents or records; and (g) Assists other students in any of these acts. Examples include but are not limited to: cutting and pasting text from the web without quotation marks or proper citation; paraphrasing from the web without crediting the source; using notes or a programmable calculator in an exam when such use is not allowed; using another person's ideas, words, or research and presenting it as one's own by not properly crediting the originator; stealing examination or course materials; changing or creating data in a lab experiment; altering a transcript; signing another person's name to an attendance sheet; hiding a book knowing that another student needs it to prepare an assignment; collaboration that is contrary to the stated rules of the course, or tampering with a lab experiment or computer program of another student; using SMS through cell phones to communicate answers to questions in quizzes/exams. This list is only indicative and is not exhaustive. 8.2 Examination Rules All students are communicated the examination rules at the time of joining the institute and thrice before the commencement of Mid Term and End Term examinations. Violation of norms regarding behavior in the examination hall will attract severe penalty. Students found copying in the examination halls will be asked to withdraw from the programme immediately. 8.3 General Integrity: During the entire two year post‐graduate programme at TAPMI, every student implicitly agrees to abide by the rules, values and culture of the institute. A student is an ambassador of the institute and hence is expected to adhere to high standards of moral values. Therefore, if a student is found to have acted in a manner that is tantamount to cheating‐whether another individual or the institute ‐ such an act, without consideration of the quantum of monetary value involved, will attract the severest punishment, which may include being asked to withdraw from the program. This rule will cover all walks of life of a student during the two year stay at TAPMI. 9. GENERAL BEHAVIOUR 9.1 Students are admitted to the PGP in good faith, based on the belief that their claims to fulfillment of eligibility supported by documents are genuine. This also includes their affirmation that they have completed all academic formalities of the qualifying examination prior to joining the Post Graduate program of TAPMI. However, if it comes to be known that a student did not complete such formalities prior to joining the institute and / or has completed the same after joining the institute without the knowledge of the Chairperson‐PGP, it will be deemed that the student has committed a major felony of misrepresenting the truth and the student shall be asked to withdraw from the program. 14
9.2 Ragging is considered an offence. Any student indulging in such activity ‐ be it in the institute’s premises or hostels or outside‐shall be considered having committed serious breach of discipline and shall be asked to withdraw from the programme. Each student is required submit an affidavit in the prescribed format at the time of joining. This is a mandatory requirement. 10. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE The PGP Committee and/or the Disciplinary and Ethics Promotion Committee shall be the authority for all matters pertaining to student discipline. If the student is found guilty of the alleged misconduct including hostel indiscipline, the PGP Committee and/or the Disciplinary and Ethics Promotion Committee may impose a penalty appropriate to the nature and severity of the misconduct. As mentioned In points 8 and 9, dishonesty in any form irrespective of the magnitude of the monetary value involved will result in the severest punishment. Such penalty shall include (but not restricted to) imposition of fines, suspension from a course/term, being asked to withdraw from the programme, etc. TAPMI has staff quarters and guest houses within the campus and in view of movement of children of employees, family members, visitors and guests attending various executive education programmes, is expected that students maintain disciplinary norms restraining themselves from speedy driving of vehicles in the campus premises, follow decent dress codes etc. 11. AWARD OF THE DIPLOMA To qualify for the award of the PG Diploma, a student should have met all the minimum scholastic standards specified in this document. Convocation for the graduating batch is normally held in the month of March/April at the end of the two year program. 15
12. MERIT AWARDS FOR STUDENTS The Institute encourages and recognizes meritorious academic and all round performance by its students. Avenues for merit recognition have been made available in the form of awards that have been instituted from time to time, by well wishers and stake holders of the Institute. The following awards are announced and handed over to the meritorious students during Convocation. The “TAPMI TITAN OF THE YEAR” award is instituted by M/s TITAN Industries and considers the overall personality and academic performance as its criteria for choosing the winner . The winner of this award is one whom TAPMI wants to project to the world outside, as its ambassador. The “M V KINI AWARD” to the 1st year student scoring highest CGPA in the courses, ‘Organisational Behaviour’ and ‘Organisational Theory and Practice’. The “TAPMI ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR” award is given for exceptional performance in addition to academics. These include contribution to the image of the institute by winning awards and prizes in competitions at institutions of repute, publishing in prestigious journals, taking part in prestigious projects outside the curriculum which are nationally or internationally recognized, contribution to institution building by being a member of Committees or fora at TAPMI, and contributions to local community. The “DR. RANJAN ACHARYA AWARD” to the student scoring the highest in Marketing Specialization at the end of the two years program. The Institute also recognizes the top three academic performers of the graduating batch during convocation. Other awards include Dr S. Dandapani Award given to the student securing the first rank (highest CGPA), Smt. Gangamma Ammannayya award for lady students securing first place in marketing and finance respectively, Dr A. S. Iyer Memorial Prize for the student securing first place in Finance and Prashant Kulkarni Award for the best summer project. In addition to the above “Jaspreet‐Sebastian Award” is given to a student considering the overall personality and academic performance in 1st year. Sir Ratan Tata Trust Awards: TAPMI has an association with Sri. Ratan Tata Trust, whereby awards are given to five meritorious students under the Trust’s Studies in India Programme. Students are selected based on consistent academic performance. They should be among the top ten performers academically. The student should be a resident Indian, currently studying at TAPMI, and should not be receiving any other financial assistance or stipend, to qualify for this award. 16
13. ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR PGP 1 & PGP 1 ‐ HC (Batch 2014‐2016) ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR PGP 1 [PGDM & HC] TERM 1 * (Duration:10 weeks) Induction 29th & 30th June, 2014 (Sun & Mon) Commencement of classes 01st July, 2014 (Tue) Mid Term Exams 8th ‐ 12th August, 2014 (Fri to Tue) End of classes 23rd September, 2014(Tue) End Term Exams 24th ‐ 27th September, 2014 (Wed to Sat) Term Break/Outbound 28th September ‐ 6th October 2014 TERM 2 * (Duration:9 weeks) Commencement of classes 7th October, 2014 (Tue) Mid Term Exams 10th ‐13th November, 2014 (Mon to Thu) End of classes 16th December, 2014 (Tue) End Term Exams 17th ‐ 20th December, 2014 (Wed to Sat) Term Break/Outbound 21st ‐ 29th December , 2014 Institutional events during Term 2 BrandScan, Placement week (for PGP II students) TERM 3 * (Duration:11 weeks) Commencement of classes 30th December, 2014 (Tue) Mid Term Exams 9th ‐ 12th February, 2015 (Mon to Thu) End of classes 24th March, 2015 (Tue) Annual Convocation 28th March, 2015 (Sat)(Proposed) End Term Exams 25th ‐ 26th March,2015 & 30th ‐ 31st March ,2015 Institutional events during Term 3 Founders Day, Atharva * Academic Calendar subject to change by the PGP Office/Admin based on specific requirements. Faculty and Students to confirm with the PGP Office for any clarifications on schedules. 17
14. TAPMI HOSTEL GUIDELINES (FOR BOTH LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSTELS) The following guidelines are purported to make hostel‐stay safe and pleasant for all TAPMI students. These guidelines are not meant to limit any freedom, but to safeguard the liberty as well as to create a positive and conducive learning environment. Please read the guidelines carefully. The students residing in TAPMI Hostels, hereafter addressed as residents, are required to comply with the following hostel guidelines. 14.1 Conditions of Allotment 1. TAPMI is a residential institute and hence all students are required to reside in the hostels. 2.
At the time of admission of a student in the hostel or at the beginning of every year, each resident is required to submit a duly completed personal data form to the Caretaker. A passport size photograph is to be affixed in the personal data form and the telephone number of the parents or guardians must be provided. Caretaker must be updated as and when there is a change in the contact details. 3. Rooms once allotted to the residents for an academic year will not be changed. 4. Residents are to occupy only the rooms allotted to them by the Warden. Mutual exchange of rooms is permitted under exceptional circumstances, only with the Warden's permission. 5. Maintenance of rooms allotted to each student is his / her personal responsibility. He/she should see to the upkeep of his / her room, hostel and its environment. Cleaning of a hostel room is done by housekeeping staff in the evening hours and weekends. The residents should make themselves present during the cleaning hours. 6.
Washing machines have been provided in all the hostel blocks. Please make sure to remove coins, hairpins, paper pieces from the pockets before putting clothes inside the machine. 7. The main Gate of the TAPMI Campus will be closed at 11.30 p.m. every day. The security staff at the Main Gate has been directed not to allow entry to residents later than 11.30 p.m. Students found trying to enter the premises after 11.30pm will be reported to the Hostel Warden for disciplinary action. 8. Residents shall always carry their student ID cards when going out of the Campus. 9. The Warden (or Asst. warden or the Caretaker) may take a roll call at any time after the prescribed hours as indicated above. Any unauthorized absence from the hostel is considered as an act of indiscipline. 10. Students have to get inside hostel by 1.30am, when the hostel gates are closed. 11. The residents are required to hand over their room keys to the caretaker when they leave hostel during vacation. Personal belongings of first year students may be left in their hostel rooms till they return from their vacation. All such articles have to be packed and labeled properly. 18
12. At the time of leaving the campus or shifting (if any) from one hostel to the other, the preoccupied rooms are to be handed over in a clean, empty condition after removing all personal belongings. Appropriate charges will be admissible in case of non‐compliance. Rooms handed over without cleaning attracts a fine of Rs. 500/‐ towards cleaning charges. 14.2 Code of Conduct 1. The residents shall not remove any fittings from any other room and get them fitted in his / her room. 2. The resident(s) of a room will be held responsible for any damage to the property in the room during his / her occupancy. 3. The residents shall not draw graffiti inside or outside the occupied rooms, nor drill any holes for nails. 4. All residents are required to maintain proper sense of decorum that is befitting to the students of higher academic institution of the level of TAPMI. They are expected to conduct fairly and courteously with every one, both inside and outside the campus. 5. Certain behaviors, such as, ragging and harassment of fellow students, altercation and physical fighting, noisy and unruly acts, and use of abusive languages towards fellow residents are considered serious disciplinary offences. 6. Smoking, possession and consumption of alcoholic drinks and /or narcotic drugs in the Hostels as well as inside the Campus is strictly prohibited. Students will not be permitted to enter the campus after consuming alcohol and/or narcotic drugs and such act will attract disciplinary actions leading to debarment from placements and other institutional activities. In extreme cases, it can lead to withdrawal from the programme. 7. Activities of any nature (like playing loud music) which may cause disturbance to the roommates or neighbors should not be carried out in the hostel rooms. 8. Male residents are not allowed to enter the Ladies’ Hostels and vice versa. 9. No student shall leave the hostel or stay away from his/ her room during the nights except with the written permission of the Warden. 10. If any resident wishes to leave the station in case of emergency, he/she should get the prior permission from the Warden/Associate Dean – Administration in writing. 14.3 Guests and Visitors 1. All visitors and friends shall be received first at the Office of the Caretaker before allowing them in the Hostel. 2. All visitors to the hostel will have to make necessary entries in the visitor’s book available at the hostel entrance from the Caretaker. 3. Parents/guardians, and siblings and friends of same gender are permitted to visit the resident in his/her room. Siblings of the opposite gender are allowed only up to the common room. All 19
visitors and non‐residents must leave the hostel premises by 7:00 p.m. No overnight guest is permitted in a resident’s room. 4. Under special circumstances, depending on the availability of a room, parents or siblings may be entertained for overnight stay in the guest house with prior permission from the Warden, on a payment basis. In case of sickness, a resident may be permitted to stay with his/her parents in the guest house. 5. Welcoming unauthorized guests in the Hostel will subject residents to disciplinary action. All residents are advised to extend their fullest co‐operation to see that no unauthorized person enters the Hostel premises. If they happen to find any such person, the matter should be brought immediately to the attention of the Warden/Caretaker. 6. People visiting regularly to deliver newspapers, mail and laundry will be allowed to enter the hostel premises only with the permission of the Caretaker. 14.4 Use of Appliances 1. Use of immersion rod in the room is a serious contender for fire hazard. Private cooking in the hostel/resident's room is strictly forbidden. 2. Electricity consumption charges will have to be paid by each resident on the basis of his/her consumption units as recorded by separate energy meters for each room. 3. When the residents go out of their room they should turn off all faucets and the electrical / electronic appliances. 4. The residents of the hostel are responsible for the safe ‐ keeping of their personal belongings. They are advised to keep under lock all valuable items such as laptop, mobile phone, credit cards, ornaments, etc. Please lock the room when you are out even for a short period. 5. Residents are advised in their own interest not to keep money or other valuables in their rooms. They may deposit all such money etc., which is not immediately required by them in the local branch of any bank or lockers. The hostel authorities do not hold themselves responsible for any loss of private property belonging to the residents. 14.5 Community Responsibilities 1. Residents should not indulge in practices/activities, which may endanger their own personal safety as well or others. 2. Residents are to pay attention to the surrounding in which they live by keeping it clean, healthy and presentable. All the residents are equally responsible for keeping an eye on maintenance of hygiene in the rooms and premises by the employed staff. 3. Residents are not to arrange any picnics, functions, or meetings both within the hostel and/or inside the campus without getting permission from the Warden/ concerned authorities. 4. The cost of any damage of the hostel properties due to negligent or deliberate act will be borne collectively by all residents unless the resident responsible for the damage is identified. 20
5. Residents shall shoulder the responsibility in managing the general upkeep of common rooms and electronic or other equipment therein. They should not meddle with the TVs and PCs kept at the common room, if any. 14.6 Cafeteria 1. All residents are required to enroll themselves as cafeteria members. 2. The cafeteria bill will be worked out based on variable cost and operating overheads of the caterer, and it will be scrutinized by the Hostel Committee and Dean‐Administration and Accounts Section. The final recommendation for cafeteria bill fixation will be considered and approved by the Director. 3. The residents will have to adhere to the time schedule mentioned for their breakfast, lunch, evening tea and dinner at the hostel cafeteria. These timings are tentative and subject to change. The present timings are as follows: Breakfast : 8:00 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. Lunch : 12.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. Dinner : 7.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. 4. Students will have to co‐operate with the caterer and his staff in their efforts. Complaints regarding cafeteria arrangements and facilities will be intimated to the Asst. Warden or Warden for any corrective action. 5. The cafeteria bill will have to be paid at the institute Office/Bank within 10 days of announcement. A fine of Re.1/‐ will be levied per every hundred rupees for late payment from 10th day to 20th day, thereafter a fine of Rs. 100/‐ will be charged for every ten days. Institute reserves the right to change this rate of fine during a financial year with prior notice. 14.7 In Case of Emergency 1. Any emergency situation must be immediately reported to Caretaker/Asst. warden/Warden. 2. First Aid Box is kept at all times with the Caretaker. 3. In case of a fire hazard, use the right type of fire extinguisher, if the fire is manageable. Use of right type of extinguisher and how to operate it, is mentioned on the cylinders. If the fire is not manageable, immediately alert others by saying FIRE, FIRE loudly. The residents have to leave the rooms immediately, walk through the staircase and reach the ground floor and assemble in front of the hostel building. They are also required to warn the fellow residents, avoid using elevator. In case a fellow student is sick, bedridden or not in a position to walk, help him/her to come out of the room immediately. 4. For any medical emergency, Caretaker and Welfare‐Com/Asst.Warden/Warden are to be contacted for further instructions. 14.8 Rights of the Hostel Management Committee Any breach of these rules will invite an enquiry by the Hostel Management. If the resident is found guilty, then the Hostel Management will take disciplinary action that it deems fit. The Hostel Management reserves its right to change the rules from time to time keeping the students informed through general circulars displayed on the Hostel Notice Board. 21
14.9 Important Mobile and Phone Numbers: Dean‐Administration: Prof. Raghunath Rudran Mobile No.: 9448252492 Office No: 0820‐2701006 or Ext: 1006 (Block 1) 0820‐2701115 or Ext: 1115 Gents’ Hostel Caretaker: (Block 2): 0820‐2701215 or Ex: 1215 (Block 3): 0820‐2701315 or Ext: 1315 Ladies’ Hostel Warden: Prof. Vidya Pratap Office No: 0820‐2701067 or Ext: 1067 Mobile No. 9741120114 Ladies’ Hostel Caretaker: Ladies’ Hostel Assistant Warden: Mrs. Parimala Hegde Mobile No: 94808 33192 Office No: 0820‐2701009 or Ext: 1009 Gents’ Hostel Warden: Prof. Debmallya Chatterjee Mobile No: 9480833193 Office No: 0820‐2701023 or Ext: 1023 Gents’ Hostel Asst. Warden: Mr. Ananth Pai Mobile No: 9449924149 Office No: 0820‐2701014 or Ext: 1014 Ambulance (KMC Hospital): 0820‐2575555 KMC Hospital: 0820‐2922761/2571201 100, 0820‐2570328 101 Police: Fire: Travels: ‐ Priya Car Rentals Tel: 0820‐2570844 Mob: 9448252944 ‐ Shreeya Travels 9980166657/ 9448328041 ‐ LULU Travels 9448251944/ 9986486316 Auto: Tel: 0820‐2572456 (Auto Stand) 0820‐2701113 or Ext: 1113 (Security Gate) 22
15. LIBRARY INFORMATION AND RULES TAPMI Library‐a reservoir of knowledge holds excellent print and electronic resources for the benefit of its users. The resources are well supported by dedicated library staff. 15.1 GENERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION: Sl. No. Particulars Details 1 Library Area 13,000 sq. ft. (three floors) 2 Library Users 850 3 Seating capacity 120 4 Working Hours Monday – Saturday Sunday Holidays Library Resources Books total Volumes Books – Titles Periodicals Bound Volumes of Journals. Company Annual Reports[S/C] Students Project Reports Video Cassettes CDs/CD‐ROM’s TAPMI Working Papers TAPMI, HBS, ECCH Cases News papers 8.00 AM to 1.00 AM 8.00 AM to 11.00 PM Closed 36,000 30,500 290 5700 400 Cos 3200 406 3000 87 900 (for faculty use only) 10 (Business & General) 5 • 36,000 • 30,500 • 5,500* • 5700 (*Textbooks will be given to all students) 6 Books •
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10 Library Services 11 Memberships 12 Computer facility in library 13 Library Staff Library web Portal on Intranet (updated regularly) Bar‐coded Borrowing facility; Overnight borrowing Reading/Reference Hall; Photo copying/binding facility Inter Library Loan [ ILL ] Distribution of Textbooks; CDs/Videocassettes Online library data search (OPAC) Remote/Wi‐Fi access to resources Web OPAC (online catalog search) Email communications/reminders Online FT Journal database subscriptions: EBSCOhost‐BSC; PROQUEST‐ABI inform; JGATE‐ JSMS; NCTI’s Trade info; Informed Librarian, IMF e‐library Online Corporate Database subscriptions: Indiastat.com, ISI emerging markets, CrisInfac, Capital line Local Intranet/Server‐based databases: CMIE’s Prowess, CMIE’s Economic Outlook & TAPMI publications such as MIP, BrandScan reports, TA Pai Memorial Lectures etc McKinsey Quarterly, Informed Librarian DELNET, Delhi; American Information Resource Centre(AIRC), Chennai, TERI, and cooperation with local libraries for ILL 10 Multimedia PCs for students with CDD 4 terminals for Staff (LAN) & 1 Printer 4 Document Scanners, & 1 Barcode Scanner 1 laser network printer for students 06 Note: Since TAPMI has special service of distributing prescribed textbooks to all the students, multiple copies of the same are not being added to library collection. LIBRARY INFORMATION RESOURCES: 1] PRINT RESOURCES: 1.1] Books: Library has rich collection of well‐chosen books on management and related subjects. The functional areas such as Finance, Marketing, HR, IT/Systems, Operations etc, have wide range of subject books. The Healthcare area is getting enriched with addition of new books. However, there are a number of books on subjects like Research Methodology, Rural Development, Hotel Management, Agriculture, business fictions/novels too. The collection is broadly divided into three categories namely lending, textbook and reference books. The Lending books (currently located in first floor) are available for home reading for a week and Textbook books (currently in Ground Floor) are meant for ready reference and for Overnight borrowings. The Reference books like encyclopedias, dictionaries, and stock exchange and industrial directories, subject handbooks, statistical data reports and yearbooks are available for reference only. Special Collections: The special collection includes books and reports published by Harvard Business School, Reserve Bank of India, World Bank, ADB, IMF, CMIE, Govt. of India Publications including Census of India 2001. 24
1.2] Print Periodicals: The library subscribes around 290 Print periodicals (Magazines + Journals) published from India and abroad. The back volumes of Business journals are preserved in bound form and about 5,700 such print bound volumes are available in the library. Newsletters are in‐house news bulletins from various organizations. Our library is getting about 30‐40 such newsletters and they are displayed at the bottom of journal display racks. 1.3] Newspapers: Library subscribes to 10 business and general newspapers. The papers are also subscribed separately for faculty Lounge, Deans and Student Hostels. 1.4] Students' Project Reports (MIP): Students are required to submit a report to the institute of their MIP /Summer project. The project Reports right from first batch (1984‐86) are preserved in the library for ready reference inside the library. Soft copies of such reports are available from batches 2003‐05 onwards. 1.5] Brandscan Project Reports: BrandScan is an annual market research fair conducted by TAPMI students under the guidance of faculty members. The research attracts public participation and research data will be gathered through games. The Library has preserved such project reports since its inception in 1993. 1.6] Company Annual Reports: The library has Annual reports of about 400 major limited Indian companies for the past several years. 1.7] TAPMI Working Papers: Working papers are the research publications of institute's faculty members. About 96 working papers authored by TAPMI faculty members are available in the library and the soft copies those papers are accessible on campus‐wide network/intranet. 1.8] TAPMI Case Studies: Our library has purchased over 600 management cases published by Harvard Business School, Darden University, European Case Clearing House (ECCH). TAPMI also has published over 200 management cases and these cases have been deposited in ECCH case depository. The TAPMI‐ECCH cases can be purchased by b‐schools across the globe. However, these cases are available for faculty members only. 1.9] Children Library Books: Children library section has a small collection of 2000 books, comics and magazines for children of employees’ of the institute. 15.2 NON‐PRINT RESOURCES: 1] Audio/Video Cassettes/CD‐ROMs: The library has about 400 quality videocassettes and 3000 CDs/DVDs on Management and related subjects. Besides, VCDs/DVDs prepared during the institute’s activities such as Convocation, Brand Scan, summit and Executive Communication (EC); the online catalog of cassettes is accessible through OPAC. ONLINE Databases 1. Ebscohost’s ‐ Business Source Complete: an International full text e‐journals database in the field of Management. The access is IP authenticated and can be access through Wi‐Fi. 2. Proquest’s‐ ABI Inform Global edition: an International full text e‐journals database in the field of Management. The access is IP authenticated and can be access through Wi‐Fi. The unique feature of this database is the access to synopsis of doctoral dissertations. 25
3. Informatics’s J‐Gate: J‐Gate is an electronic gateway to global e‐journal literature. Launched in 2001 by Informatics India Limited, J‐Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online offered by 9179 Publishers. It presently has a massive database of journal literature, indexed from 28028 e‐journals with links to full text at publisher sites. J‐Gate also plans to support online subscription to journals, electronic document delivery, archiving and other related services. The access is IP authenticated. 4. ISI Emerging Markets database on Indian corporate sector and capital markets, Access is IP authenticated. 5. CRIS‐INFAC Industry Analysis database from CRISIL. Access is IP authenticated and first time registration is required. 6. Indiastat.com online statistical database on macro& micro economy of India. Access is IP authenticated and it is four user licensed access. Intranet/local server based databases: 7. CMIE’s Prowess database on Indian Companies‐ Access is local Server‐Based 8. CMIE’s Business beacon (BB) on Indian Economy. Access is local Server‐Based Memberships with: 9. McKinsey Quarterly database. Arrangement could be done for downloading premium content MCQ articles of request. 10. Trade info database from National Trade Promotion Centre (Membership). 11. Informed Librarian database on information sciences/ Technology. 12. European Case Clearing House for online database of MANAGEMENT CASES, (for faculty members) 13. Developing Library network (DELNET) for online databases and ILL. 14. American Information Resource Centre, Chennai for use of their library resources through ILL 15. TERI, New Delhi. 16. Social Science Research Network (SSRN) databases. Available for Faculty members only. In‐House Developed Databases: The library’s in‐house developed databases are: 1. Bibliographic database of Library books, journals, bound volumes, project reports, case studies, Videocassettes, CDs and company annual reports. 2. Faculty Publications (in process) 3. Softcopy of TAPMI publications such as admission; placement handbooks and Interface(from first batch), 4. Soft copy of TAPMI update (since 1993) 5. Soft copy of TAPMI working Papers 6. Soft copy of TAPMI Students’ Photo Albums 7. TAPMI Alumni Database 8. Soft copy of Full Text of T.A. Pai Memorial Lectures 9. Soft copy of Full text of MIP Reports( since 2003‐05 batches) 10. Soft copy of Full text of BrandScan Reports( since first BS in 1993 all reports) 26
11. Data bank of full text of TAPMI case studies Most of these softcopies are accessible through institute’s Intranet. 15.3 LIBRARY SERVICES AND FACILITIES: The library facilities and services provided to users are given below. 1] Borrowing Facility available for books, periodicals, CDS/DVDs 2] Reading /Reference Facilities & Services: ‐ about 100 students + cubicles for individual reading 3] Newspaper Reading Facility: Library, hostels, KK Pai Block get newspapers for reading 4] Library Automation: Bar‐Coded Transactions: The issues and return of books and periodicals are bar‐coded. This ensures zero defects and reduce waiting line and long hours for borrowing. The bar‐coded library identity card also minimizes the number of library cards to be carried while borrowing the library resources. It also avoids the process of filling borrower's slips at the time of borrowing. On‐line Catalogue Search (OPAC): The FoxPro based databases containing bibliographic details of books, periodicals, project reports, videocassettes, CDs, Cases and company annual reports have been developed in the library. The FoxPro driven in‐house developed library software will allow users to search library catalog (OPAC) on TAPMI web network. The library software allows users to know the availability and status of the book in the library. OPAC allows searching the books though author, title, publisher, and accession number, subject, class no. and keywords. Remote access: Since the campus is Wi‐Fi enabled, the users can access library resources and OPAC across the campus including the library building. 5] Inter Library Loan (ILL): The Library is a member of DELNET (DEveloping Library NETwork), New Delhi and AIRC (American Information Resource Center), Chennai. It can arrange to borrow books that are not available in the library. Besides, it attempts to borrow the required books from local Engineering (Manipal Institute of Technology) and Medical (Manipal University) Libraries for a short period. 6] Photocopying & Binding: The photocopying facility is available in the library and all the members of the library. Lamination and spiral Binding facilities are also available from the centre. On request, arrangements could be made for binding of students' project reports. 7] Text Book Service: Considering the problem of obtaining the required textbooks in Manipal, the library will make advance arrangements to purchase course related textbooks and distribute the same to students as course material. 27
8] Digital Library: Though the campus including library is Wi‐Fi enabled, the library has planned to provide 10 terminals for accessing server‐based resources. The process is in progress and the terminals will be installed soon. 9] Library Staff Service: The library has library dedicated library staff to serve users. The staff members try their best to meet users' requirements and their team work is very much appreciated by users. 15.4 ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY RESOURCES AND COMMUNICATION FROM LIBRARY: 15.4.1 Building Layout: The library is housed in centrally air‐conditioned independent three floored building. Library is located in right side of knowledge centre and InfoTech lab on the other side. The total area of library including all the three floors (Basement, Ground and First) is about 13,000 sq.ft. The building is Wi‐Fi enabled for wireless access to internet and internet‐based library databases. The Main entrance to the library and exit from the same is from Ground Floor with the winding staircase leads to basement and First Floor. Ground Floor: The main entry to the library and exit from the same is from this floor and has about 5000 sq.ft area. The entrance includes property counter (for keeping books, bags and other personal belongings), Circulation Counter (for Issue & Return of books and other materials). Daily News Papers, 10 LAN cabled computer terminals, HBS publications, textbooks, reference books, new arrivals, BrandScan reports and faculty publications are accommodated in this floor. Librarian’s room and Reading cubicles enabled with power‐
points are available in this floor. Users can charge their laptops or can work in these cubicles. In addition, toilet blocks, drinking water and AHU units are also located in this floor. First Floor: First floor with built‐up area of about 4000 sq.ft. includes book stack area, reading space, counter for computers and document scanners. All subject related lending books are shelved in this floor. This floor also includes Video Cassettes, CDs/VCDs storage cabinets and children library section. The children library is meant for children of the employees of the institute only. Basement: Basement with total built‐up area of about 4000 sq.ft. includes display of current issues of journals/magazines and their bound back volumes. This floor also holds documentation centre (photocopying/binding/lamination), reading space, students' project reports, Textbook/Course material Distribution counter, company annual reports. Soft copies of company annual reports are accessible through library web‐portal. 15.4.2 Physical Arrangement of Books, Periodicals CDs, Project and Annual reports: Physical arrangement of Books, Periodicals CDs, Project and Annual reports followed in the library is explained below: 28
Classification Books: The books are classified and arranged according to Dewey Decimal System‐ an international system of classification of books. The books are arranged in open racks and a shelf list consisting class number and subject heading has been displayed at the beginning of each row. New additions to the Library' and Harvard Business School Publications are arranged separately in ground floor Periodicals: The current issues of periodicals are arranged alphabetically on display racks in library. The bound back volumes of periodicals are also arranged alphabetically in the same section. The newsletters and house bulletins of organizations have been displayed alphabetically at the bottom of periodicals' display racks. CDs/VCs: are arranged serially in CD storage cabinets by CD accession number. Similarly, the Video Cassettes are arranged serially in glass‐faced wooden shelves. The CDs or Video Cassettes can be searched through library online catalog (OPAC). Project Reports: Students' MIP and BrandScan reports are arranged according to their batches in the library. The project details are available through online library catalog. Soft copies of MIP reports of recent batches are also available. The Company Annual Reports: are also arranged alphabetically in pigeon‐holed racks in the library basement. The back issues of some of the annual reports are in bound form and shelved in same section. 15.4.3 Communication from Library: information on new additions to the library, changes in library timings, specific notices to students (if any) etc. will be intimated regularly through e‐mail. Students can give their suggestions or complaints either personally or through the network. Students are advised to check their e‐mails regularly. 15.5 LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS: 1] Membership: a) The primary library members include PGP Students, faculty members, administrative staff, Administrators, and research associates of the institute. Others may however avail the library facilities with prior approval from the Librarian. b) Any user who is leaving the institute shall return all the borrowed books and periodicals and pay over‐due charges, if any, to get the NO DUE certificate. c) For PGP Students the Identity card will remain effective for the duration of the programme. d) In case of loss of identity card, a duplicate identity card will be issued by admin department after verification. Students have to pay the fee prescribed by Admin Dept for getting duplicate identity card. 2] Borrowing Privileges: a) The primary members of the library can borrow books, periodicals, CDs, VCs and newspapers for home reading and viewing purposes. The textbooks and some reference books in reference book can also be borrowed for overnight reading. The bar‐coded 29
library identity cards will be issued to all the members of the library, which needs to be produced while borrowing books and other materials. b) For PGP Students the identity card will remain effective for the duration of the programme. c) In case of loss, a duplicate library identity card will be issued after verification. 3] Loan Privileges: For Students: a) Four books in lending section can be borrowed for the period of one week. b) Two Text books in reference section can be borrowed for overnight reading, c) Two back issues of current periodicals can be borrowed for two days, d) CDs/DVDs and VCs can be borrowed for short period. e) Project Reports and company annual reports are meant for reference only. However, they can be issued on special permissions. f) The reference books like encyclopedias and dictionaries are for reference only and cannot be issued. For Faculty/Staff Members and Administrators: The faculty and other staff members can borrow more books and other materials for longer period. They can also borrow the books and magazines in children section for their children. 4] Issue/Return Timings: a) Books will be issued only against the Borrower's IDENTITY CARD b) Since the library transactions are bar‐coded, the issues and returns can be done during library working hours. c) The text books for overnight reading are issued during closing hours and they need to be returned by next day morning. d) New additions to the library will be issued to the users only after complete processing is done. e) Renewal of issued books is not allowed. However, books can be reissued only if there is no demand from other users. However, the book(s) should be brought to the library for the purpose. f) Issues of books for vacations and project works will be considered on special requests. g) The library can recall the books issued to the user at any time, if required. (However, if a book is issued to a Faculty Member, the priority will be given to the requirement of Faculty). 5] Overdue Charges: The user should return the books on or before the due date. Books can be reissued only if there is no demand from other users. If a book is not returned on the due date, the user needs to pay the Over Due Charges (ODC) as per the following rates. Since the ODC calculation is software driven, the fine will be added to individuals account and the cumulative amount will be adjusted in their textbook deposit at the end of year. 30
Category Of Documents Fine Per Book Lending Books Overnight issues (reference books and back issues of journals) Rs.1 per day / book Rs.5/‐ per day 6] GENERAL: a) Personal belongings such as bags, briefcases, umbrellas, opaque covers etc., are not allowed inside the library and they have to be deposited at the entrance of the library. b) Users need to produce library Identity card in person while borrowing books and other materials from the library c) Users leaving the library should allow the staff at the counter to examine their belongings, d) Users are requested to maintain silence within the library premises. e) Smoking and eatables are not permitted inside the library. f) The orderliness of furniture inside the library needs to be maintained. g) Users will be responsible for the materials borrowed from the library. Borrower will be charged for any loss damage to the material(s), by way of mutilation and disfiguring of pages, by either asking for a replacement of the document. In case of out of print documents, the member will have to pay the cost of photocopying the same and also pay a fine equal to the cost of document. h) Users are requested to ensure that all the documents taken out of the library are after following proper procedures of issue. 7] MISCONDUCT The following will be treated as misconduct in the library premises and they will be reported to the authorities and respective heads of departments for further section. a) Unauthorized removal of library documents. b) Mutilation and disfiguring of library documents. c) Non‐response to the intimations of library for return of documents. d) Misbehavior with the library staff on duty. 31
16. INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 16.1 IT Infrastructure The computing resources at TAPMI include world‐class servers and workstations, notebooks and desktops, campus‐ wide networking, complete Wi‐Fi zone and Internet connection from two ISPs. The IT facilities for students’ use are located mainly in five labs spread over three locations currently supporting 213 computer terminals. The details of the centers and labs are as follows: a) Knowledge Center ƒ Computer Lab1 : 36 desktops (Ground floor) ƒ Computer Lab2 : 33 Desktops (Ground floor) ƒ Systems Lab : 30 Desktops (I‐ floor) b) T M A Pai Block ƒ G1 Lab : 60 Desktops (Ground floor) c) K K Pai Block : ƒ Computer Lab :54 Desktops (Lower ground floor) 16.2
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16.5 Rules for Usage: 1. Information Resources: In order to facilitate the optimal use of computers and related facilities in the Computer Centre(CC), the following rules and norms are put forth; these need to be adhered to, in letter and spirit, by all. This is a must to ensure that all users get the required service(s) with minimum inconvenience. •
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a) Any student who gets admitted to TAPMI is eligible for student account identified by the ‘name.year’ (Ex: a student of batch 2014‐16 will have name.16 as ID) and this will be continued until the student leaves the institute. b) A computer user account that is given to a student is for her/his exclusive use. Each student should protect her/his account with a password. Accounts found to be not protected will be withdrawn and such students will lose their privilege of using an independent account until the end of the term in which the lapse had occurred. c) A student shall not disclose her/his password to anybody else. d) An unprotected account status cannot be given as an excuse for plagiarism, or for your work being stolen or lost. 3. Facilities Usage a) No student shall service any computer or peripherals. All breakdowns should be brought to the notice of IT staff. Trying to service/repair any computer or other equipments by student is tantamount to tampering; and s/he will have to bear the cost of the repair and s/he may be debarred from using TAPMI computer facilities for a period determined by the IT Committee. 34
b) At any given point in time only one student is allowed to work on a terminal. Whenever there is a group task, the group may be allowed to work on the terminal provided the concerned faculty member or the IT staff accords the permission. c) Network Laser Printers are provided in all the labs and library (it is chargeable). d)
Bit map printing utility should not be used for internal communication purposes. Those who are found violating this rule will be fined. e) The downloading and browsing via Wi‐Fi facility provided are primarily for academic use. While utilizing the bandwidth for non‐academic purposes , say to listen to music for instance, is not banned in the campus, we would like to rely on the thoughtful utilization of the finite resource on the basis of the community’s self‐restraint and understanding, rather than on the basis of rules and regulations. We look forward to having your full hearted co‐operation in this regard. 4. General Rules a) The facilities in the Labs are intended for academic purpose only. b) Students must get the prior permission of the IT staff before bringing outsiders into the Lab. c) Students upon completion of using the computers may logout of the system and Leave. d) Students will have to pay for the repair charges if they cause damage to the furniture, equipment, and other property in the Lab. e) Students have to take full responsibility of their laptops and accessories. f) We are taking all necessary steps aimed at securing information and maintaining the health of the network. Your active support and cooperation is crucial in making this a success. 5. Misconduct Any violation of the above mentioned norms shall be treated as Misconduct and shall be referred to the IT Committee. 35
17. FACULTY 1. Dr. Natarajan R C , Director, TAPMI Prof. Natarajan obtained his doctorate in management from Manipal University. He holds a PGDRM (IRMA) and MA‐Econ (JNU). Prof.Natarajan has 30 years of work experience, of which 15 years in Sales and Marketing in FMCG industry in India [including six years at AMUL where he worked before shifting to academics] and 15 years of teaching in TAPMI and IIM Indore. He has published a textbook on Marketing Channels, jointly with Coughlan, Anderson, Stern and El‐Ansary [Pearson‐Prentice Hall]. He has many publications to his credit, which include articles in peer‐reviewed journals and three case analyses in Vikalpa of IIMA. He teaches Marketing Management, Distribution Channel Management and Marketing Strategy at TAPMI. His research interests lie in writing cases and papers in the areas of Distribution Management and Marketing Strategy. He is interested in training in the areas of Communication, Negotiation and Conflict Management. Prof. Natarajan was conferred the Dewang Mehta Best Teacher of Marketing Management award by the 17th Business School Affaire at Mumbai in 2008 and Best Director Award – South India by MBA by Choice – Discovery Education Media Pvt Ltd in January 2013. Prof. R. C. Natarajan holds the position of the Director at TAPMI since February 2012. 2. Prof. Abilash K Ramani Prof. Abilash K holds a B.E. degree from PSG Tech, Coimbatore, and a PGDM from IIM Kozhikode. He has 8 years of work experience which includes five and a half years in the IT Services field and two and half year stint as faculty in the Information Technology area. His research interest includes application of Information Technology for governance and operations of Public Services. He has presented papers in various conferences on the above area. 3. Prof. Aditya Mohan Jadhav Aditya Mohan Jadhav is a B.E. (Mech.), MBA (Finance), MTP (Finance) and Ph.D. (Finance). He has 8 years of experience with six years in academics and two years in industrial research. He has completed his Ph.D. from ICFAI University, Dehradun in the area of Project Valuation and Corporate Finance. During his Ph.D. work, he has worked at Monash University, Australia as a Visiting Academic in 2008‐2009. Prior to joining TAPMI, he has worked as Financial Analyst with CRISIL and Assistant Professor, Finance at ICFAI Hyderabad. He has published his research in reputed Indian journals and magazines. He has conducted Management Development Programs for Indian Railways, Intelligroup, Progress Software, ICICI Bank, etc. His particular areas of interest are corporate finance, corporate governance and financial inclusion. 36
4. Prof. Ajay Kumar Gupta Prof. Ajay Kumar Gupta is an Erasmus Mundus Fellow, University of Milan. He obtained his doctorate degree in management from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He holds a Master in Management from Asian Institute of Management, Manila. Prof. Gupta has 18 years of industrial experience, which includes 09 years in Indian Air Force and 09 years in banking industry in middle management cadre, and 4.5 years in teaching and research. He won the best paper award in International conference on his case study titled “Commonwealth Games 2010: Wealth out of Common Games”. 5. Prof. Ajith Kumar J Ajith Kumar is a professor in the area of operations management. He holds B.Tech and M.Tech degrees, both from IIT Kanpur and a doctorate from IIT Madras. He has published papers on managing knowledge and learning in organizations. His current research pertains to the staff scheduling problem in call centers. He has also published cases that are used for teaching in business schools. He teaches courses involving quantitative techniques and decision making such as operations research, production planning, game theory, system dynamics and simulation modeling. In addition, he organizes and participates in training programmes for companies and faculty members of other institutions. 6. Prof. Animesh Bahadur Animesh Bahadur is Associate Professor in the area of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. He completed his B.A. and Master of HRM and Industrial Relations from University of Lucknow. His PhD is in the area of industrial relations and his post‐doctoral research is in the areas of corporate responsibility at workplace, diversity imperatives in the private sector and the organizational challenges for non‐
profit organizations. He has taught courses like Human Resource Management, International HRM and Employee Relations and Labor Laws. He is currently the Associate Dean‐Administration at TAPMI. 7. Prof. Aparna Bhat Prof. Aparna Bhat joined in June 2012 as Assistant Professor at TAPMI in the area of General Management and Entrepreneurship. With MA, MPhil in English Linguistics and Literature as well as Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, she has 20 years of teaching experience. A City & Guilds (London) certified softskills trainer, she has conducted workshops for students, corporate and teachers at various levels. She has presented research papers in the communication skills area in national and international conferences. She has also book chapters and publications in communication skills and education areas, to her credit. 37
8. Prof. Chowdari Prasad Prof. Chowdari Prasad is a First Division Graduate / Post Graduate in Commerce (with ranks) from Osmania University, Hyderabad. His specialization was in Cost Accounting and Personnel Management/Industrial Psychology. He has qualified in allied professional areas like Banking (CAIIB‐IIBF), Industrial Finance (CIF), Training & Development (ISTD), Computer Programming, Merchant Banking and Industrial Relations. Prof. Prasad teaches courses like Accounting, Management of Banking and Financial Institutions, Financial Services, Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation, Industrial Relations, Venture Capital & Private Equity, Micro Finance, Retail Banking and Business Law. He has over 4 decades of work experience in Banking Management, Rural Finance / Development, General Administration, Exports‐Imports, Leasing/Hire Purchase Finance, Management Education and Academic Administration. He is currently the Dean (Public Relations) and also Chairman‐Admissions at TAPMI. Prof Prasad is a life member of IIBF‐Mumbai, ISTD‐New Delhi and AIMA‐New Delhi. He published and presented research papers on banking and financial services at National and International Conferences. He is also engaged in social service through Lions Club. 9. Prof. Debmallya Chatterjee Prof. Debmallya Chatterjee is a PhD from Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad and an M. Tech. in Operations Research in Industry and Business management from NIT, Durgapur. He did his Masters in Mathematics from University of Burdwan, West Bengal and Masters of Information Technology from MAHE, Manipal. Prior to joining TAPMI he has worked for eight years with Management Institute of Durgapur, an AICTE approved Institution of repute as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of business administration. He has published a few papers in refereed International and national journals and also presented a few in international conferences. He is with TAPMI as Assistant Professor in the area of Operations for nearly three years. He has taught Operations Research, Business Statistics, Problem Solving and Decision Making and Production and Operations management before. His research interest includes multiple criteria decision making and application of fuzzy mathematics in managerial decision making. 10.Prof. M Durga Prasad Prof. Durga Prasad holds Masters Degree in Commerce and doctorate in Commerce and Business management from Kakatiya University‐Andhra Pradesh. He brings with him 18 years of teaching experience in some of the best management institutions. He has published four papers in refereed Indian journals and has presented seven research papers at National (6)/International (1) conferences. He has authored two text books on “Computer Applications in Accounting” and “Financial Accounting” for under graduate and postgraduate students. His academic interests include Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Finance, and Securities Analysis and Derivatives. 38
11. Prof. Ganes M Pandya Prof. Ganes Pandya is a faculty member at TAPMI in the Operations Management area and holds a Ph.D.(Mathematics) from Bharathiar University. He is into academics for the past 16 years and handles courses like Statistics for Business and Economics, Modelling with Spreadsheets and Operation Research. His Doctoral work was based on General Topology and he has published papers in Indian and International journals on General Topolgy. Prior to Joining TAPMI, he was with Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar –Gujarat and Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore‐
Tamilnadu. Currently he is handling Courses on Managerial Statistics and an elective “Modeling with Spreadsheets” which explores the potential of Microsoft Excel in Modeling Business Situations. He is also interested in Astrology and currently working on ways to introducing astronomical variables as categorical variables in business analysis. 12. Prof. Gururaj H Kidiyoor Prof. Gururaj H Kidiyoor has a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, PGDM from TAPMI and a PhD in Marketing from Manipal University. He has a total work experience of 25 years in industry and academia. Prior to joining TAPMI, he has worked in companies such as TVS Electronics, Wipro, and Digital Equipment in various capacities. He teaches Marketing Management, Sales Management, Business to Business Marketing and his academic interests include marketing of High‐tech Products, Industrial Marketing and Sales Negotiations. He holds the position of Dean (Academics). 13. Prof. James P S Prof. P S James, from the area of Human Resources and Organization Behavior has a Master’s in psychology and defence studies besides his MBA and PhD in Leadership. He has served as a leadership consultant of United National Development Project, in the United Nations Operations in Africa and in the Indian Army. He brings his experience as a corporate president to the class as also his expertise in consulting in competency mapping and evaluating training. He has trained senior managers in various organizations in competency mapping, team leading and design, motivation, managing complexity, leading change and assessment center. He has been awarded the UN Service Medal, ‘The Order of the Dronacharya’ for training excellence and ‘The Chief of the Army Staff Commendation Card’ for excellence in projects. 14. Prof. K. J. George Prof George K.J holds a Masters in Ancient Indian History and Culture and a Masters in Retail Operations. He has 20 years of experience which includes 15 years in the Retail Industry, his last assignment in the Retail industry was as the Head Operations and Marketing for a rural retail format and for the last 5 years he is involved in academics. He teaches Retail Store Operations, Merchandise Management, Rural Retailing and Marketing, Franchising and International Retailing. His research interest lies in the field of Retail and e‐tailing and he is currently pursuing his PhD on the topic “Customer 39
intention to Complain‐ Online Retailing”. Prof George holds the position of Chairman Placements. His hobbies include reading and playing cricket and Badminton. 15.Prof. Kedareshwaran Subramanian Prof. Kedareshwaran Subramanian is an Assistant Professor in the IT and Systems department. He holds a PGDBA (Finance, Systems) from Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai and BE (Computer) from VJTI, Mumbai. Prof.Kedareshwaran has over twelve years experience in industry and academics. In industry he has worked as an I.T. Engineer and IT Business Analyst. He has taught Enterprise Resource Planning, E‐Business, Management Information Systems, Business Process Management and Business Models in a Digital Economy. His research interests lie in the area of Enterprise IT and Management of Technological Innovation. 16. Prof. Kedar Pandurang Joshi Prof. Kedar Joshi obtained a Fellow (Ph.D) degree from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Further, he holds an M.E. degree in Production Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai University and a B.E degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shivaji University. He has published papers in international journals such as, Journal of Multi‐Criteria Decision Analysis, Journal of Modelling in Management, International Journal of Informational Systems for Logistics and Management. He has a total 7+ years of experience in academia with Production and Quantitative Management Area as an Academic Associate at IIM, Ahmedabad; Mechanical Engineering Faculty at DKTE's Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra and AD College of Engineering & Technology, Ashta (Sangli), Maharashtra. His teaching and research interests are Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Multi‐Criteria Decision Making, and Services Operations Management. 17. Prof. Kumar Kunal Kamal Prof Kunal holds a doctoral degree in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore. Prior to that he completed graduate studies in English Literature (University of Delhi), subsequently completing Master of Arts in Linguistics (University of Delhi). He has many academic publications to his credit; his research and teaching interests include topics in Organizational Behaviour and Business Ethics. He is widely travelled and has presented papers in academic conferences across the world. He has been awarded the prestigious European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Sponsorship for the year 2010, and has been selected from India to be a contributor to the 40‐Nation study “Yin Yang: A New Perspective on Culture”, funded by School of Business, Stockholm University, Sweden. 40
18. Prof. Madhavi Latha Nandi Prof. Madhavi Latha Nandi is a Mechanical Engineer with Ph.D in Information Management from XIM‐B. Has an industry experience of six years and two years of teaching in academics. Prior to joining TAPMI, she has worked for companies like CADD Center, Lumious ETS Pvt. Ltd and L1 Technologies Solutions (P) Ltd. and academic experience in Institute of Public Enterprises, Osmania University, Hyderabad. She has a number of publications in national and international conferences of repute and also has specialized skill sets that include SAP‐B1, ESRI software suite alongwith working knowledge with databases. Her teaching interests include areas like Management Information Systems, E‐Commerce, ERP, Managerial Computing, Decision Support System and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). 19. Prof. Madhu Veeraraghavan Madhu Veeraraghavan is a Professor in the area of Finance. Prior to joining TAPMI, he was a full professor (tenured) at Monash University, Melbourne. Prof. Madhu’s research interests are in the areas of Corporate Finance, Behavioural Finance and Corporate Governance. He has published over 40 papers in leading journals such as the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Macroeconomics, Pacific Basin Finance Journal etc. He has also presented his work in top accounting and finance conferences. In 2013, Prof.Madhu Veeraraghavan's paper titled "Executive Equity Risk‐Taking Incentives and Audit Service Pricing" won the Best Paper Award at the MIT Sloan Asia Conference in Accounting. He teaches Financial Management and Behavioural Finance courses. He is currently the Chair of the Accounting, Finance and Economics area. 20. Prof. Prashant V Yatgiri Prof. Prashant Yatgiri is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering, post graduate in Management (MBA) and Ph.D from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He has a total work experience of 21 years with 6 years in industry and 15 years in academia. Prior to his academic role, he has worked in the Kirloskar Group of Companies in the areas of Sales and Marketing. He has attended and participated in MDP/ FDP organized by reputed institutions and also presented papers in various national and international conferences. He is associated with RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur (State University) as an external expert for examining Ph.D thesis in Management area. His teaching and research interests lie in areas of Consumer Behavior, Marketing Research, Strategic Management and B2B Markets. He is currently the Chairman, Post Graduate Programmes (PGP) at TAPMI. 21. Prof. Raghunath Rudran Prof. Raghunath Rudran is B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and PGDRM from Institute of Rural Management, Anand. He has twenty eight years of work 41
experience. Of this, sixteen were in industry, in the areas of manufacturing and projects. Prior to joining TAPMI, he was General Manager in Galaxy Surfactants Ltd., Mumbai He has extensive experience in commissioning and running of chemical plants. He has eleven years of work experience in academics (all at TAPMI). His teaching interest lies in the areas of Production & Operations Management, Advanced Inventory and Lean Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Strategy, and Business Statistics. He has research interests in the area of Service Supply Chain Management. He has done consultancy in the past, in the area of inventory management and productivity improvement, at Manipal Technologies Limited. He has conducted courses under EEPs of TAPMI, for executives at MRPL, HP and Oracle, across the years. During the last three years, he has been regularly invited by L&T Institute of Project Management, by their Vadodara, Chennai and Mysore Centres, to conduct one day modules on “Quantitative Toolkit for Project Managers” and “Project Management” for their junior and middle level executives. Prof. Raghunath Rudran was conferred the Dewang Mehta award for the Best Professor in Operations Management in 20th Dewang Mehta Business School Award at Mumbai in 2012. He holds the position of Dean (Administration) at TAPMI. 22. Prof. Rajiv V Shah Prof. Rajiv V. Shah has a Post Graduate degree in Commerce and is a Fellow of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. His areas of interest are Management Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Taxation. He joined TAPMI in 2007. Prior to that, he was with the Income tax department for 14 years where he gained experience in the areas of training, judicial matters and investigation. Before that, he worked as an international financial researcher at CIFAR Emerging Capital Markets Pvt. Ltd. He is currently pursuing his PhD in the area of Environmental Taxation and has presented at international conferences on this topic. 23. Prof. Ram Kumar Dhurkari Prof. Ram Kumar Dhurkari joined TAPMI as an Assistant Professor (Systems) in May 2014 and is currently in the final stages of his fellow program in management (FPM) at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode. Prior to this, he was working as an Academic Associate (2006‐08) at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and as a lecturer (2004‐05) at Shri G S Institute of Technology and Sciences Indore. He is post graduate in computer applications from Rajiv Gandhi Technological University Bhopal and a graduate in science (Mathematics) from Devi Ahilya University Indore. 24. Prof. Sankalpa Bhattacharjee Prof. Sankalpa Bhattacharjee has over ten years of experience in academia and industry. In 2003, he was awarded a doctoral research fellowship by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). Subsequently in 2008, University of Calcutta awarded him Ph.D in Economics for his work entitled “Software and Services Industry: A Case Study of STP Kolkata”. His research has been published in journals of repute. 42
25. Prof. Seena Biju Prof. Seena Biju, has an experience of 18 years of teaching Probability & Statistics, Operations Research, Research Methods, Quantitative Techniques, Decision Theory and related topics to students of the Post Graduate & Under‐Graduate programs of various disciplines. She earned her PhD for her study titled “The 6‐sigma strategy in quality metrics of services in academic institutions” from the Department of Statistics, Manipal University. A post graduate in Applied Statistics (MSc) and Business Administration ‐ Operations (MBA ) , she is a Six Sigma Green Belt Certified and an alumnus of the Indian Statistical Institute Hyderabad. She has also qualified the State level Eligibility test for Lectureship conducted by the UGC, India. She was previously with the Manipal University, Dubai, UAE. She has conducted and co‐organized workshops in Research and Statistical Analysis. She has international journal publications and conference papers to her credit in the areas of Multilevel modelling, Six sigma Theory, Academic Quality Measurement & Assurance. 26. Prof. Sham Ranjan Shetty Prof. Sham Ranjan Shetty holds a B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics from Manipal Institute of Technology and a PGDM from TAPMI, Manipal. He has 10 years Industry experience and 2 years of academic experience. His industry experience includes around 6 years in Corporate Solutions in the General Insurance Sector. He is a faculty in the Operations Area and his academic interests include Operations and Quality Management, Healthcare Operations, Supply Chain Management and Business Process Reengineering. 27. Prof. Simon George Possesses M.Sc, MBA and PhD qualifications and is the Professor and Area Chair (Marketing) at TAPMI. He joined TAPMI in 1991 and was the Dean‐ Academics from 2008 to 2013. He teaches courses like Marketing, Brand management and Services Marketing. He has about 28 years of teaching experience. He was one of the first to offer the courses of Services Marketing ( 1993) and Blue Ocean Strategy (2011) in any b‐
school in India. His cases have been published in Vikalpa ‐ Journal of IIM Ahmedabad. He is bringing out a book on ‘Cases in Brand management and Services Marketing’‐ a compilation of live cases written by him. He regularly conducts training programmes for practicing managers. He taught a Marketing course, for a semester in Oakland University, Michigan, US. He received the Best Marketing professor award in the National Leadership awards instituted by Dainik Bhaskar. 28. Prof. Sivakumar A Prof. Sivakumar is a Professor in Marketing and has been with TAPMI for close to 2 decades. His interest areas are Retailing, Agribusiness, Financial Services, Healthcare, International Marketing and Design. He has keen interest in other areas like Written 43
Analysis and Communication and Case methodology. He has contributed to TAPMI in Academic Administration (PGP Chairman and other responsibilities), Teaching, Research, Consultancy, Faculty Development and Executive/Management Development programs. He has published a book entitled "Retail Marketing". He did a 2 year Post–
Doctoral stint at Technology University Delft, Netherlands on sabbatical from TAPMI. His postdoctoral research was on BoP issues in the healthcare domain. He has several publications in magazines and journals to his credit. He heads the AACSB activities at TAPMI and was in April 2014 invited to speak at AACSB’s Annual meeting at Singapore. He coauthored a prize winning case on Primacy – a Manipal Technologies group company in the ISB Ivey Global case writing competition now distributed through the Harvard case collection. 29. Prof. Sridhar Telidevara Prof. Sridhar Telidevara holds Ph. D from State University of New York, University at Buffalo, USA. Has several years of industry and teaching experience prior to joining TAPMI. His teaching interests include Financial Economics, Econometrics, and Research Methods in Economics and Management. His areas of research are Impact Evaluation, Financial Economics, and Economics of Crime. He has published papers on Crime, Public Distribution System, Microfinance, and Demand for Money. At present, he is working on several papers related to Economics of Crime, Demand for Money, and Modularity of build to order products. 30. Prof. P Srikanth Prof. P. Srikanth has Bachelors Degree in Commerce and Post Graduation in Management (MBA) in finance. He did his Doctorate from Karnataka University, Dharwad. He has completed FDP from IIM, Ahmadabad. He has 8 years of experience in industry and 11 years in academics in reputed institutes. He is SEBI certified Trainer for Financial Literacy. He has a few book chapters, journal articles, conference papers and case to his credit. He has also participated in a number of MDPs/FDPs organized by various institutions of repute. His areas of research interest are Financial Services, Accounting, Financial Management, and Corporate Finance. 31. Prof. Srivatsa H S Prof. H. S. Srivatsa is an Associate Professor and has been teaching Digital Marketing, Marketing Research, Customer Relationship Management, Services Marketing and Marketing Management at TAPMI. He has earlier worked at National Bank of Dubai, Dubai, UAE and ITC Information Systems Division (now known as ITC – Infotech) in India. He earned his PhD from Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His dissertation topic was titled ‐ “Psychographic segmentation of retail banking customers in Karnataka (India) – An empirical study”. He obtained his Master of Science in Management Studies from Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engg ) from Bangalore University in 1992. His research interests include Services 44
Marketing, CRM, Technology Adoption, Banking and Financial Services and Green Business. 32. Prof. S Sudeep Kumar Prof. Sudeep Kumar joined TAPMI in April 2008. After completion of MBA from Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) and a short two years stint as Marketing Officer in the state owned Dairy Industry in the Cooperative sector in Kerala, he had a long tenure spanning 21 years with the third largest General Insurer in the country, viz National Insurance Company Ltd. He was teaching at the Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida (UP), prior to joining TAPMI. He was one of the outstanding Branch Managers felicitated by National Insurance Company Ltd. at the All India Marketing meet at Surajkund in the year 1995. He is a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai and used to regular contribute articles in the erstwhile employer’s in‐
house magazine called “National Insurance News”. His areas of interest include: Risk Management and Insurance, Liability Insurance, Loss‐minimization and control. He has handled administrative responsibilities as Chairperson (Admissions) and as Chairperson (MIP). He has co‐authored the case ‘A logistics conundrum’ which was presented at IBS, Hyderabad in Dec.2012. 33. Prof. Sulagna Mukherjee Prof. Sulagna Mukherjee is in the area of economics and finance. She has completed her B.Sc (Economics) from Scottish Church College, Kolkata and M.Sc (Economics with specialization in International Trade and Finance) from University of Calcutta. She has also done her M.Phil in International Relations from Jadavpur University. She holds a PhD degree in the area of corporate finance from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Her teaching and research interests lie in a variety of areas like Macroeconomics, Financial Management, Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, International Trade, and Behavioral Finance. 34. Prof. Sushanta Kumar Sarma Prof. Sushanta Kumar Sarma has done his B.A. in Economics from Gauhati University and PGDM from Assam Institute of Management. He holds a doctoral degree from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) in the area of Organization Theory. His research interest lies in the area of Institutional theory and microfinance. He worked for more than five years in non‐profit sector with organizations of national repute like CAPART, SEWA‐Lucknow and PRADAN. Mr. Sarma presented his research work in many national and International conferences including EGOS (Sweden). He published his work in journals like Economic and Political Weekly, and Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies. His case study 'Weaving Strength with Suta' was selected as the third best entry for publication in the compendium of top 10 case studies under Sitaram Rao Livelihoods India ‐ Case Study Competition, 2010. 45
35. Prof. Vidya Pratap Prof. Vidya Pratap has a M.A in Psychology (Annamalai University), M.Sc in Organizational Behaviour (University of London) and Ph.D (Manipal University). She has more than 23 years of academic experience teaching undergraduate and post graduate students in subjects like French, Psychology, Applied Behavioural Science, Organizational Behaviour, Training, Understanding Self, and Managerial Communication. She worked for almost 5 years in Manipal University as Director, Public Relations and Media Communications and as Director, United States‐India Educational Foundation. Her research interest is in managing domestic waste. She has presented papers in both national and international conferences. Her paper, “Domestic Waste Management” won the 1st prize at the 3rd National Conference on Population Control and Waste Management, organized by Aravalli Institute of Management, Jodhpur. She holds the position of Ladies’ Warden at the institute. 36. Prof. Vinod Madhavan Prof. Vinod is from the domain of sales and marketing. He has over thirteen years of experience in the industry and academics. A trainer with over four thousand hours of stand up training experience, he has trained managers in the senior management and middle level managers in companies such as Kirloskar Group, Atlas Copco, West Coast paper Mills, Brakes India Ltd, Mysore, Raman Boards Ltd (now a part of ABB), Automotive Axles Ltd, Mysore, Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Plant Ltd, Bellary and Kasturba Medical Hospital, Manipal. Vinod commenced his academic career as faculty member in Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) and then moved to SDM Institute of Management Studies (SDM‐IMD). He joined Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) and was heading the executive education business. He joined TAPMI in September 2010. Earlier to his academic stint, Vinod was heading sales and marketing at ExxonMobil India. He was handling territories spread across South India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Vinod is a MBA from Madras University. He was awarded by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the “CII Industrial Fellowship Scheme” for developing a ‘Supply Chain Model’ for Food World Supermarkets Ltd., Chennai. 37. Prof. Vrishali N Bhat Prof.Vrishali Bhat has a Post Graduate degree in Commerce from the Pune University. She is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has also completed the Intermediate Level of the Company Secretary course conducted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She is also a qualified Mutual Fund and Insurance Advisor. Her areas of interest are Financial Management, Management Accounting, Corporate Laws, Security Analysis, Financial Planning and Portfolio Management. Prof. Vrishali Bhat brings with her work experience of 8 years in private sector with Stock 46
Holding Corporation of India Ltd. During this period she has gained experience in managing customer relations, Depository and Broking operational activities, portfolio management etc. She has also been engaged with ICFAI National College, Udupi as visiting faculty for Accounting and Finance, Mercantile and Corporate Laws. 38. Dr. Manjunatha K (Librarian) Dr. Manjunatha is working as librarian at TAPMI since 1986. He obtained PhD Award in Library & Information Science from Mangalore University in 2002 for his research study on "Quality of Library and Information Services: A study of Customer Satisfaction in Academic Libraries". Prior to joining TAPMI, he worked as Asst. Librarian in Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal and Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management studies, Harihar. He has published one edited conference book; contributed chapters to several books and published many articles in journals. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Management Librarian 2012 award from AIMS International. Two of his conference papers won Best paper award too. He also won third place in ASIST International paper competition for developing countries and the winning paper published Elsevier’s journal IJLIS in 2009. He is active in social worker and member of some local associations. 39. Prof. A S Vasudev Rao (Adjunct Faculty) Prof. A S Vasudev Rao is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from KREC, Surathkal (presently NITK) and a Post Graduate in Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He obtained his PhD in Management from Karnatak University. He has over 46 years of experience in industry, consulting and academics. Prior to joining TAPMI, he had worked in Tata Steel in Design & Projects , TECSOK, Bengaluru, as Deputy Chief Adviser and at KREC‐STEP, a Science & Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park, as Director. He has extended training and consultancy for feasibility studies, Business Plans, implementation to a number of Small & Medium Enterprises. His academics interest are in Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, Project management Small Business Management and Family Business studies. He teaches courses on Entrepreneurial Strategy & New Venture Creation , Project Management, and Small Business Management. He was previously involved in the New Campus project planning and execution , as former Dean Administration . 40. Prof. Mohan Kumar (Adjunct Faculty) Prof. V. Mohan Kumar is a graduate in Electrical Engineering and obtained his Masters Diploma in Computer, Information and Control Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He has 26 years of work experience, of which 15 years are teaching in TAPMI. His academic interests include Application of IT in Business and Government, Transforming Education using ICT, and Project management. 47
41. Prof. Rajesh Rajah (Adjunct Faculty) Rajesh Rajah an accomplished BSSI professional, has nearly 2 decades of experience in the Banking Industry and has worked in strategic roles in the Retail Banking. Rajesh teaches elective courses for final year students in the Banking and General Management areas. An active member of the Executive Education Programs of the institute, writing case studies from client engagements and researching on Customer Service cultures is his passion. With over 2000 hours of training experience, he runs a consulting firm which works on business transformation and business strategy. In the learning and development space he conducts workshops and TTTs to corporates. 42. Prof. Vinit Thakur (Adjunct Faculty) Prof.Vinit has completed his Master of Science in 1985 from University of Mumbai with a first class and a course in Business Administration from Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany. He teaches ERP and has wide ranging consultancy experience with leading corporate such as 3M India Ltd., SAP India Ltd., GE and so on. He was the Global Head of Learning and Consultancy Development at US Technology Resources LLC. He has designed training programs such as “Large Group Intervention” for Oracle SEG Group, “Open Space Technology Workshop” for 3M Automotive Division, etc. among many others. He is also a certified psychometric analyst. 48
18. Academic Administration (Contact Points) Dr. R C Natarajan ‐ 2701002, 2701020 ‐ 2701009 ‐ 2701006 ‐ 2701038 ‐ 2701045 ‐ 2701037 ‐ 2701045 ‐ 2701010 – 2701051 – 2701066 ‐ 2701027 ‐ 2701005 ‐ 2701018 ‐ 2701112 Prof. Debmallya Chatterjee -
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