The Bulletin of BMA

Baroda Management Association

Volume V OCTOBER 2018

30th Annual Management ConventionOrganised by BMA on October 5 & 6, 2018 at the Gateway Hotel

Baroda Management Association had organized its 30thAnnual Management Convention at the Gateway Hotel (TAJ)on 5th and 6th Oct’2018.

The program started with the welcome address by

Keeping in line with the theme of theAMC- Hit, Refresh and Rejoice, the

shared that the workforce of ONGC isrightly called ‘Energy Soldiers’ as theteam has worked tremendously forraising the gas production even thoughthe environment is not very optimistic.Also, the adaptability of ONGC’s ‘Energy

Soldiers’ and the varied roles that they get exposed to hashelped the organization excel at every front.

shared hisvaluable insights of the ‘Culture of ourcountry’ itself. His anecdote on the‘Army Lifestyle’ and how they keepeveryone grounded was for everyoneto follow. Also, Major General urgedpeople to look at every decision from amacro perspective of the organizationand the country at large.

Mr. Rajiv

Thakkar - President BMA.

Chief Guest- Mr. Ajay Kumar Dwivedi

Major Raju K Subramani

Mr. Jay Vasavada’s

Mr. Ajey Mehta

Mr. P Balaji

talk was supremelyenlightening. He shared that in terms oftid-bits, India is a shining star but whatwe need to focus on now is ‘CollectiveStardom and Gain’. Mr.Vasavasa saidthat the leaders should always knowwhen to hit the refresh button and handover the button to the next successor.His talk had indeed recharged and

refreshed everyone’s batteries.

took us through hisexceptional journey so far. His talk onNokia’s journey of reclaiming lost gloryand how it navigated through massivedisruptions, re-oriented itself and cameback even stronger was absolutelyinspirational. He further shared how‘NOKIA’ as a brand takes us to anentirely different world of nostalgia andhow it actually changed the world.

shared that there is asubstantial rise in the production,productivity and standard of living ofour nation. But this is not enough asthere are 600 million who are still at thebottom to be taken care of. He alsoshared about the collaboration

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between the private and government creating a platform toinnovate at another level altogether. Mr. P Balaji said thatfinally the social impact projects built on collaboration isthe way forward to extend a helping hand to the 600 millionpeople who are at the bottom of the rock. He further addedthat for the young India, it is time to hit the refresh again.

shared that the keytakeaway is to be patient and keepworking towards the goal. Be it astudent, a manager or an entrepreneur–everybody has to struggle withinnumerable challenges- but the thingto always remember in such testingtime is that ‘if we want the good, wehave to take the bad. He further addedthat on the leadership front, leaders should deep dive intothinking what legacy they want to leave behind and aleader should possess the capability of genuinely inspiredemployees to contribute towards a larger vision. Mr. RichardRekhy explained us that each one of us should strivetowards formulating a ‘Higher Purpose’ to figure out whywe do what we do.

super-engagingtalk was coupled with delightfulanecdotes from his journey so far. Heshared his ‘5 lakh rupees’ story whichwill be etched in our minds till eternity.The way he discovered the truepotential of ‘Shahrukh Khan’, is themark of a true leader who helps peoplerealize their dreams. Mr.Vaswani shared

his journey of becoming an un-googleable teacher whichalso gets reflected in his movie ‘Rough Book’. HittingRefresh’ and unconventionally changing the pattern of howaudiences consume content, Mr. Vaswani completelychanged the paradigm of how entertainment industryworks.

shared hisunflinching views on the state ofignorance of the constitution of India.He daringly showed us where the futureof this country is headed if we do not hitthe refresh button right away. TheIndian constitution deserves to beadded to list of worshiped books likeGeeta, Bible, and Quran. However, thedown ship is that we as a nation failed to adhere to theconstitutional morality. He said that the constitution todayhas sadly succeeded with large scale corruption,intolerance, serious containments of freedoms of speechand expression, object poverty which had led our countryto be overly-governed. Moreover, he shared the sense ofbrotherhood in Indian fraternity is demising and is diving

Mr. Richard Rekhy

Mr. Viveck Vaswani’s

Mr. Dushyant Dave

the nation deeply. Overall, those events are causingirreparable scenes that are hard to fill.

shared her absolutelyinspiring entrepreneurial journey withall of us urging us to discover ourselves.Drawing logical solutions fromAyurveda right kind of nutrition has tobe linked with the type of your energyi.e. Air, Fire or Water. She saidthatintegrating modern nutrition withancient Ayurveda is a way forward. Ourbody keeps hitting the refresh button continuously and issuper sensitive. So, we have to consciously ensure that weput inside our bodies is to use and build it further. Oneimportant outtake is that medicine is for emergencytreatment and not for lifestyle.

super-engaging talk was all peppered up withabsolutely delightful anecdotes. Heexplained us that the core idea is tobecome like a ‘SPONGE’and absorbgood things freely to make our lifebetter by listening,learning andadaptingnewideas and thoughts fromwise and sage people one meets in the

course of the lives. Ranging from a leader’s ability to putaside their top hats and work with people way below theirranks to super-active listening to being a sharp observerand having humility, the ‘SPONGE’ learning framework hashelped us.

gave us anenlightening talk. He said that India istremendous in terms of growth invarious fronts and needs to hit refreshwhen it comes to High ProductivityWork, High Income Opportunities andTechnology etc. By harnessing thepower of technology, education,entrepreneurship, India can go a longway. Mr. Vastupal’s inspiring entrepreneurial journey wasabsolutely mesmerizing on how he faced the rough watersand made it big. He said that once we decide we have to dosomething we can go miles ahead. We do not need ACTS butACTION.

showed us thetremendous power of meditation. Thesimple meditation techniques showedby him could completely transform ourlives as meditation is not just about ‘De-stressing’ and helping us calm down butit also helps us to see how content ourminds and hearts are and to understand

Dr. Shikha Nehru

Mr. Ambi Parameshwaran’s

Mr. Rajiv Vastupal

Mr. Latesh Shah

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the way we construct the world with greater clarity andacceptance.

showed us the ‘NineRasaas’ through her performance,which in turn taught us that life is full of‘Expressions’ and we should strive to befully ‘Self-expressed’.

Guruji took us through an enriching rideof management ideologies explainedthrough the golden lens of our richancient wisdom. Guruji absolutelycaptivated us his your Simplicity, Humility and Grace. Thenew mantra he asked us to follow is ‘Charge, discharge andrecharge’.

“Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of

our spirit”.

Ms. Sujata Mehta

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22nd Student Management Games’18

Baroda Management Association provides a commonplatform responding to the management education needsof the academic institutions and industries. The activitythat kicked off this year was a 22nd BUSINESS SIMULATIONGAME COMPETITION organized by All India ManagementAssociation to inculcate the business problem solvingacumen among participants mainly young professionalsand university students about- to step out to the real worldthrough holistic thinking and an innovative and creativeapproach. Baroda management association with thesupport of ITM Universe hosted the program.

In all twenty eight teams representing 6 universitiesparticipated in the competition. The program was

inaugurated by the President- Mr.Rajiv Thakkar, Chief GuestDr. Nirmit Jha (Managing Director at ASTA India Pvt Ltd),Guest of Honor Dr.Baba Pai(Director-ITM Universe) and Mr.D.K. Gupta(Director- Student Management Games),representative from All India Management Association.

It was a three days event with Grand finale on the 25thOct’18. The first place was bagged by Team 1 from PacificUniversity, Udaipur. The first runner-up was team ITMUniversity and the 2nd runner-up was Team 2 PacificUniversity, Udaipur. The valedictory function was graced byMr. Premraj Keshyep, MD, KYB Conmat. He shared hispersonal life experience which inspired all the studentspresent at the event.

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Publication Committee:Ms. Malti Gaekwad - Chairperson

Editorial Team:Mr. Ashish Parasharya - Hon. SecretaryMs. Malti Gaekwad - EditorMs. Pallavi Vyas - Deputy CEOMs. Naisargi Shah - Trainee Program Officer

Venue : BMA, Guru Narayana Centre for Leadership, 2nd Floor, Anmol Plaza, Old Padra Road, Vadodara.

Friday Evening Talks

Sr Date Topic & Speakers

1. 05.10.2018 Namaste to Hi Bro By Mr. Naman Rao

2. 12.10.2018 Dynamic Governance By Mr. Umesh Mangroliya

3. 26.10.2018 Effective Listening By Ms. Bijal Mistry

Dear Friends,

- Malti Gaekwad

From the desk ofEditorial

One Day MDP on

Advanced Excel

Date: 31st October, 2018

Venue: The Guru Narayana Centre for Leadership, BMA

Speaker: CA Nilay Shah

MDP covered following areas

• Performing complex calculations more efficiently,using various excel functions.

• Organizing and analyzing large volumes of data.

• Creating MIS Reports

• Designing and using templates.

• Consolidating and managing data from multipleworkbooks.

Forthcoming Events

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