Chairperson's Message

MBAEx Batch 18 with Chairperson, Dr. Pragyan Rath

#MBAEx Batch 18 FIRST

AY 2024-25 has been a year of new initiatives, sponsorships and industry connect. With 80 students, 105+ industry experts interaction, 5 new electives, 20+ new initiatives, 2 new additions in modules in International Immersions on Live Project and Entrepreneurship, 1 Start-Up Hackathon, 2 pan-India inter-IIM initiatives, 3 Pan IIMC events, 3 dedicated alumni events, 1 dedicated induction event of the in-coming batch, 7+ sponsorship supports from industry, 23 core courses, 44 electives, 4 inter-disciplinary courses, 4 academic workshops and 2 industry-career development workshops, 100% growth in Live Project firms, MBAEx batch 18 (Class of 2025) has been a pioneer in re-shaping MBAEx as an immersive experience of industry-academia synergy, future of work agility and institutional building responsibilities.

I will proudly call MBAEx batch 18 as a batch of the FIRSTS

#Induction FIRST

• MBAEx Batch 4 alumnus – Ramaswamy says: “From Job Seekers to Job Creators: Reimagining MBA in Contemporary India.” And for the first time, the MBAEx inauguration had a line-up of 6 industry CEO-co-founders, whose work exemplifies the India growth story.

#Startup Garage Hackathon FIRST

• The “Startup Garage hackathon” had Batch 18 actively participating in a simulated lock-down mode to live through the entrepreneurship immersion.

#New Position of Responsibilities (PoRs) FIRST

• Alumni team was rechristened as the Alumni Engagement Team, and added for the first time 5 members, and the rest is history
• We initiated a Cultural team for the first time. Long Due.
• International Immersion Team is now the International Immersion Prep team with 4 members
• We created a new Election Team, which was responsible for smooth elections of all PoR teams.

#5 New Electives FIRST

• Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations – OB Group
• Auction and Business Applications - Economics Group
• Economics of Climate Change: Implications for Financial Sector – Economics Group and Finance Group (cross listed)
• Statistics for Data Science and Business Analytics – OM Group
• Responsible AI and Future Tech Strategies – MIS Group

#Live Streaming FIRST

• All Industry Speaker Series were live streamed with MBAEX Alumni

#Leadership Workshop FIRST

• Workshop on Building Leadership Potential with Professor Abhishek Goel, where MBAEx students find their own leadership pathways for future.

#Poetry FIRST

• Lattice hosted Nayab Midha's poetry session as part of the cultural night
• Homecoming had poetry recital session with Professor Vidyanand Jha

#Industry Insight Series FIRST

• InsurTech Panel
• EnergyTech Panel
• SpaceTech Panel

#Lifestyle Cultural Event Homecoming FIRST

• Tarot Readings
• Live Sketching
• Live Perfume Making
• Live Photo Printing
• Turkish Ice-Cream

#NextGen Forums Series Workshop FIRST

• Career development initiative with simulated pre-placement experiences hyper-personalized for each student over 2 + 2 days, in a workshop mode – a joint venture by the student placement prep team from the Career Development and Placement Office (CDPO) in collaboration with the Alumni Engagement Team from MBAEx programme vertical.

#BluSmart CEO presenting MBAEx Business Review Magazine FIRST

• The 6th edition of the MBAEx online business magazine, MBAEx Business Review, themed "Horizons of Change”, was inaugurated digitally by Mr. Punit K Goyal – Co-founder, BluSmart

#Live Projects (new firms) FIRST

• Takshashila Consulting
• HPCL
• SavvyParent
• Central Cargo Movers
• DGliger Consulting
• Goldratt Consulting
• HML Industries Pvt Ltd
• MountTech Growth Fund
• Sterling & Wilson
• Summit Consulting
• Vow Cabs

#International Immersion FIRST

• ESADE Business School, Spain
  • Entrepreneurial finance and corporate venturing
  • Creating high growth ventures
• SDA Bocconi, Italy
  • Hydrogen in Europe Challenge: Action plan for ISPT (Institute for Sustainable Process Technology)

#Admissions Webinars FIRST

• Webinar Title: Networking – Power of connections in Career advancement

#Responsible Management FIRST

• Installation of Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines in NAB with Rotary Club in collaboration with MBAEx batch 16 (2023)

#Ekatva FIRST

• MBA cohorts across IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore and Kozhikode were part of the inaugural edition f EKATVA (एकत्व), the 2-day cultural-sports festival exclusively for one-year cohorts of the six institutes initiated by IIM Ahmedabad

#Confluence FIRST

• Welcomed the forthcoming MBAEx batch 19 on campus
• Attended a live session of Machine Learning in Action with Prof. Soumyakanti Chakraborty
• Participated in Being A CEO session with the session guest speaker – Mr. Dhaval Jain,
• Transferred a structured knowledge transfer (KT) session

#Sponsorships FIRST

• Lattice: SBI, PNB, HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd), VCNow, The Times of India & The Economic Times (Print and media partner)
• Industry Insight Series: SBI
• Home Coming: National Insurance Company, Eastern Coalfields Ltd.
• Confluence: SBI, SafeExpress

#JBS-BARO-C Live Band FIRST

#Social Media Initiatives FIRST

• Alumni in spotlight series

  

• Footprints in the sand

  

• ThankYouProf

  

#Lifestyle Cultural MBAEx Farewell Event FIRST

• Mentalist
• JBS Baro-C
• Photo Booth
• Writing Wall for Faculty, Admin, and students

Dear Batch 18, looking forward to many FIRSTs as Alumni