MANNAT is a national level intercollegiate management festival, which is organised once in every two years aiming to simulate and explore the natural talents and the hidden potentials within the individuals, nurture them to build superlative managerial skills.  Various renowned 20-25 B-schools from all over India will be participating in this management fest. Also eminent personalities and industrialists who have made their work at both national and international levels will be a part of this grand event.

The Inaugural function of the said event will be held on 19^th April 2012 at 10:00.a.m. in the Auditorium of KLS IMER.  Dr. R.R. Hanchinal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad will be the Chief Guest, Mr. G.D. Rodericks, General Manager, HR. Hindalco, Belgaum & Shri. S.G. Punekar, Chairman, Governing Council of KLS IMER will be the guests of honour and Shri. A.G. Kulkarni, Chairman,  Board of Management Karnatak Law Society, Belguaum will preside over the function.

The Valedictory function ( prize giving ceremony) of the said event will be held on 20^th April 2012 at 6:00. p.m. in the Auditorium of KLS IMER.  Dr. H. Maheshppa, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Vishveshwarayya Technological University, Belgaum will be the Chief Guest, Shri. Vinay Jathar, Managing Partner, J.P. Foundaries, Belgaum & Shri. S.G. Punekar, Chairman, Governing Council, of KLS IMER will be the guests of honour and Shri. S.M. Kulkarni, Secretary, Board of Management, Karnatak Law Society, Belgaum will preside over the function.

Thanking you,

mannat invitation

4^th SEMESTER INDUSTRIAL VISIT AGRA-DELHI MARCH 2012

Ninety five students of 4^th semester MBA of KLS IMER were taken for one week industrial visit of Agra and Delhi. Two faculty members Prof. Mahantesh Halagatti and Prof. Shashank Hiremath accompanied with one tour operator.  

The students left Belgaum on 21^st  March 2012 and reached Agra on 23^rd March at 3 am in the morning. On 23^rd the students were taken to Leather processing industry which are there in Agra. As March is a month of financial auditing only limited access was given to the industry. Later on that day students visited Agra Red Fort, Fatehpur Sikri and proceeded towards Delhi.

On 24^th March 2012 a visit was scheduled to Mother Dairy. The students were taken for a round Mother Dairy which was set up in 1974 under the Operation Flood Programme. It is a wholly owned company of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Mother Dairy manufactures, markets & sells milk and milk products under the Mother Dairy brand (Milk, Cultured Products, Ice Creams, Paneer and Ghee), Dhara range of edible oils, Safal range of fresh Fruit & vegetables, Frozen Vegetables, Processed Fruit & Vegetable Products, Fruit Pulps & Concentrates in bulk aseptic packaging and fruit juices at a national level through its sales and distribution networks for marketing food items.

Mr. Michael Jose in charge CIS of Mother Dairy explained about the production of Milk and Milk products at the dairy. Students interacted with him about the Quality Management principles and Human resources policies developed in the company. He also explained how the marketing and logistics activities are carried out so that the products reach in good quality and in time to consumers.

Mother Dairy sources significant part of its requirement of liquid milk from dairy cooperatives. Similarly, Mother Dairy sources fruits and vegetables from farmers / growers associations. Mother Dairy also contributes to the cause of oilseeds grower cooperatives that manufacture/ pack the Dhara range of edible oils by undertaking to nationally market all Dhara products. It is Mother Dairy’s constant endeavor to ensure that milk producers and farmers regularly and continually receive market prices by offering quality milk, milk products and other food products to consumers at competitive prices and uphold institutional structures that empower milk producers and farmers through processes that are equitable.

At  Mother Dairy, processing of milk is controlled by process automation whereby state-of-the-art microprocessor technology is adopted to integrate and completely automate all functions of the milk processing areas to ensure high product quality/ reliability and safety. Mother Dairy is an ISO 9001:2008 (QMS), ISO 22000:2005 (FSMS) and ISO 14001:2004 (EMS) certified organization. Mother Dairy has Certificate of Approval from Export Inspection Council of India also. Moreover, its Quality Assurance Laboratory is certified by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratory (NABL)-Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

The Dairy has got many Awards and recognition, some of them are:

• 3rd Best Employer of India – World HRD Congress (Apr-2010)
• SAP Ace Award 2010 – Best Run Award in Consumer Products 

SAP ACE Awards have recognized the efforts of the company and their business excellence achieved through the implementation of SAP, for its customers across India. Adding to this, Mother Dairy was also the first company in large-scale SAP software implementation in the Indian dairy and fresh foods sector.

• Business Leadership (Fruit & Vegetable) 

Franchise India (Dec-2010) – Safal was conferred the coveted Business Leadership Award at the Franchisee Expo – Franchisee India 2010. The award recognises efforts in creating an integrated model & bringing in catalytical change in the retail segment to further organise the Fruit & Vegetable sector.

• Best Maintained Plant Award

Mother Dairy markets approximatley 3.2 million litres of milk daily in the markets of Delhi, Mumbai, Saurashtra and Hyderabad. Mother Dairy milk has a market share of 66% in the branded sector in Delhi where it sells 2.5 million litres of milk daily and undertakes its marketing operations through around 1400 retail outlets and over 1000 exclusive outlets of Mother Dairy.

The company derives significant competitive advantage from its unique distribution network of bulk vending milk booths, retail outlets and mobile units. Mother Dairy ice creams launched in the year 1995 have shown continuous growth over the years and today boasts of approximately 62% market share in Delhi and NCR. Mother Dairy also manufactures and markets a wide range of dairy products that include Butter, Mishti Doi, Paneer, Dahi, Ghee, Cheese, UHT Milk, Probiotic Products, Lassi & Flavoured Milk and most of these products are available across the country.

Safal is the market leader in the organized fruit & vegetable retail business in Delhi NCR where it sells an average of 300 MT/day through a network of 350+ exclusive retail outlets under brand name Safal/ Safal Pure Veg, supported by a state-of-the-art large and ultramodern Central Distribution Facility located in Delhi with an annual capacity to handle and process 2,00,000 MT of fresh fruits and vegetables. Safal today operates the largest number of F&V Stores in Delhi NCR and has further expansion plans in place.  Retail Outlets are also present in Bangalore under the brand name Safal Daily Fresh.

Safal has a prominent presence in Export market spread across 40 countries viz., USA, Europe, Russia, Middle East, Asia and Africa and exports Fresh Fruits & Vegetables (Grapes, Banana, Gherkin, Onion, etc.), Fruit Pulp & Concentrate, Frozen Fruits & Vegetables, etc.  A state-of-the-art fruit processing plant of fruit handling capacity of 15,000 MT annually, setup in 1996 at Mumbai supplies quality products in the international market. With increasing demand another state-of-the-art fruit processing plant has been set up at Bangalore with fruit handling capacity of around 50,000 MT annually.

The Dhara range of edible oils is marketed by Motherdairy. Today it is one of the leading brand of edible oils and is available across the country in over 2,00,000 outlets. The brand is known for its PURITY and focuses on the indigenous oil. The brand is currently available in the following variants: Refined Vegetable Oil , Refined Soybean Oil, Refined Sunflower Oil, Refined Rice Bran Oil, Kachi Ghani Mustard Oil and Filtered Groundnut Oil.

Later on that day students were taken to Akshardham Temple complex and in evening were left for shopping. Students visited in groups in the areas of Connaught Place, Chandni Chowk, Karol Bag.

On 25^th March 2012 being a Sunday no Industry visit was scheduled. Students had a chance to travel through Metro Rail and were impressed to see the management and signal system followed at Delhi Metro. They were taken for local sight seeing of Qutub Minar, Lotus temple, India Gate, Red Fort. In the evening the students were left for shopping.

We thank all the 4^th semester students for behaving decently which helped in smooth conduct of the tour. We would like to thank Mr.Ameet Kulkarni and Mr.Sujeet Kulkarni- 4^th sem students for coordinating the visit.

On 26^th March 2012 we left Delhi at 7.35 am by train and reached Belgaum on 27^th March 2012 night.

Place: Belgaum

Date: April 05, 2012

Prof. Mahantesh B. Halagatti                                     Prof. Shashank M. Hiremath

Faculty, KLS-IMER, Belgaum                                       Faculty, KLS-IMER, Belgaum

Mr. Sanjay Bichu, MD, Alucast  Auto Parts Ltd., inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp and delivered the inaugural address. He stressed upon developing entrepreneurial instincts to make this country a developed nation. Sri. S.M.Kulkarni, Secretary, Karnatak Law Society presided over the function.

Sri. S.G.Punekar, Chairman GCwelcomes the gathering. Dr. Purushottam Bung, Director, presented the mementoes to the guests. Dr. P.M.Charantimath,  gave the overall view of the B-Plan competition.Ms. Sunaina Hoogan, faculty introduced the guests. Ms. Shailaja Hiremath , Faculty, proposed vote of thanks.

Bangalore based Maneesh Gas Appliances Pvt. Ltd. visited Institute of Management Education & Research on 6^th February 2012 and conducted pool campus placement drive for MBA graduates of belgaum. The company, which owns brands like Peacock Plus, Super Surya and Panasonic Flame to LPG distributors in India, has an annual turnover of 100 crores. The company offered attractive profiles to the students in the area of Sales and Marketing spread across the country and the pool campus drive was attended by various students of different MBA colleges of belgaum. The company has shortlisted students based on the aptitude test and personal interview conducted in the campus and the final round of selection would happen by the end of the month. Mr.Arun K and Ms.Brinda Ganesh conducted the personal interview and expressed their happiness in visiting the institute and confirmed their visit again in the month of march for conducting a  pool drive for Under Graduate students of Belgaum.

2)KLS IMER students selected in Pool Campus Drive

Karnatak Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research students got selected in the campus drives conducted by Asian Paints Ltd and Careernet Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore. The initial screening was conducted in hubli and the students were shortlisted for the final round of selection. Mr.Shrinidhi Hukkeri, the final year student of KLS IMER has been selected as Sales Officer by Asian Paints Limited, and he is the only student from belgaum to be selected through campus placement in the 2012 batch. Ms.Gloria Vaz, a final year student of KLS IMER is selected by Careernet Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore in the domain of recruitment. Both the selected students went through a rigorous selection procedure and have been successful in gaining a job. The Management, Staff and student fraternity wishes the students the best for their future endeavors.

3)State Bank of India Life visits KLS IMER for Campus Placement

State Bank of India Life visited Karnatak Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research on 20^th February 2012 and conducted campus placement selection for final year students of MBA.        SBI Life offered the position of Management Trainee and selected four students from the IMER campus. The initial screening was conducted two weeks back in the IMER campus by conducting an aptitude test and shortlisted eight students for the final round of interview. Mr.Saurabh Shyam, HR Manager, SBI Life and the Zonal Manager of SBI Life conducted the final interview to the shortlisted students. The students underwent the final round of interview in the KLS IMER campus along with other students from management colleges of Hubli. The students who cleared the final round of interview were Ms.Rashmi Math, Ms.Preeti Honnamane, Mr.Shailesh Shahpurkar & Mr.George Borges from KLS IMER and would be joining the company in the month of June 2012.

It may be noted here that KLS IMER is the only MBA institute from Belgaum which has been shortlisted by the company and has been visiting the institute for the second consecutive year and has selected students. Mr.Suhas Rajput, Placement Officer, KLS IMER organized the campus visit of SBI Life and the representatives expressed their happiness in visiting the institute for the second time and picking management graduates for their company.

4)KLS IMER students placed in Coca Cola in Campus Placement

Five Students of Karnatak Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research [IMER] were selected by Coca Cola, the largest soft drink company in the world. The students underwent through a regressive selection procedure of three rounds. Initially a total of 14 IMER students were shortlisted for the pool campus drive organized in Hubli on 25^th Feb 2012 and five among these made it to the final selection. The students are offered a position of Team Leader and would be undergoing training cum probation period of six months and post which they would be confirmed with a salary ranging from three lac to three lac fifty thousand rupees. The selected students name are Mr.Gajendra Shiroshi, Mr.Ameet Kulkarni, Mr.Guruprasad Tenginkar, Ms.Ratika Mirji & Mr.Ganesh Patil, and all are from marketing specialization. The students of IMER were the maximum to be selected by Coca Cola and the HR manager expressed their happiness in selecting the students based on their talent, knowledge and managerial skills. The Management, Director, Placement Officer, Staff members and student fraternity of KLS IMER congratulated the selected students and wished them the best for their corporate career with coca cola.

5)KLS IMER hosts mega campus placement drive for Shoppers Stop

Karnatak Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research hosted a one day mega campus drive for under graduated & post graduates for a retail giant company Shoppers Stop from Bangalore on 28^th February 2012. Students various institutes of Belgaum, Hubli-Dharwad, Gadag & Bagalkot participated in the drive.  More then 200 hundred students participated in the drive and after clearing the communications test and personal interview, 34 students got the offer letter from the HR Manager the retail major. Ms.Ameena, HR manager expressed her happiness in conducting the interview and also finding good amount of talent in this part of the country. The campus drive began with a presentation from the HR manager to the graduates and post graduates separately and then the students underwent a written communication test. After clearing the written test, seventy five students were interviewed and thirty four students were finally selected for the job. Two students from KLS IMER were also selected and were congratulated from the Management, Faculty & student fraternity of the institute. Dr.Poornima Charantimath, Director, KLS IMER welcomed the representatives of the company and  Mr.Suhas Rajput, Placement Officer, KLS IMER, co-ordinated the event.

6)Students of KLS IMER placed in HR Consulting Company

Three Students of Karnatak Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research [IMER] were selected by Centre for Excellence in Organisation, a leading Chennai based HR Consulting company recently in a campus selection drive organized in Dharwad. The students underwent an initial screening of two rounds, followed by a personal interview before being offered a job of Management Trainees in the Consulting division of the company. The students who were offered the job are Ms.Ratika Mirji, Ms.Rutuja Mane & Ms.Mayuri Kaveri. The Management, Faculty & Student fraternity congratulated the students and wished them for a great consulting career.

7)Pool Campus Drive by Wipro Technologies, Bangalore on 10^th March 2012 at KLS IMER

Bangalore based IT major company Wipro Technologies is visiting Karnatak Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research on Saturday, 10^th March 2012. The pool drive would start at 10.00 AM with a presentation from the HR Manager and then the recruitment process would begin. The pool drive is open for all final semester students of BCA Course. And the selected students would be briefed on the career growth at Wipro Technologies on 11^th March 2012 in the auditorium of KLS IMER.

Additional details can be obtained from the placement cell of KLS IMER on 0831 – 2405511.

Placement Officer                                                                                                   Director

Mr. Suhas Rajput                                                                   Dr. Purushottam Bung

 “SAMAGAM 2012” is a State Level Management Fest for the undergraduates organized to unleash and encourage their creativity, team work, and skills. It is based on the principles of leadership and self development.  The theme is “YOUTH AND A BETTER INDIA”.

Inauguration function was held today at 9.30.a.m.  Shri.Avinash Potdar, District Governor, Rotary Club, Belgaum was the Chief Guest, Shri.A.G. Kulkarni, Chairman, Board of Management, Karnatak Law Society, was presided over the function.

The function begin with Innovation song by Aksha Patil and Group.  Dr. Purushottam Bung, Director, KLS IMER, welcomed the gathering.  Dr. Kirti Shivkumar, Co-ordinator, Samagama – 2012 briefed about the programme, Dr. P.M.Charantimath, Professor, Shri. Suhas Rajput, Placement Officer were also on dias.

Shri.Avinash Potdar, Chief Guest and other dignitaries inaugurated the same with lighting the lamp.

In his speech Shri.Avinash enthralled the audience with his speech filled with true life stories of great individuals like G.R.Vishwanath, Sunil Gavaskar and the late Shri.Sunil Dutt.   “ From my experiences with them, I understand one thing,  leaders don’t become leaders by accident, they have determined streak in them which helps them achieve their goal.”   He asked the students to take the opportunity which IMER has provided to them.

In his presidential address Shri. A.G. Kulkarni impressed upon the student the fact that success does not depend just academic qualification but on the creativity  and imagination that the individual possesses.   He congratulated IMER as the effort put into organizing Samagam-2012.

Ms. Rutuja Mane, student of 4^th Semester proposed vote of thanks.           

 Eighteen (18) teams  ( 175 Students) from all over the state are participating in the event.  This event is aimed at attracting undergraduate students as prospective students for  future MBA Programme.