Alumni Meet - Gurgaon 2017

IBS- Gurgaon organized Alumni Meet 'ROOTS' on 4th March 2017 at The Leela Ambience Hotel, Gurgaon. Prof. S.C Sharma, Director, IBS-Gurgaon shared details about pedagogy and activities at IBS. Alumni shared their happiness about their alma mater taking the initiative to reconnect with them.

Alumni Meet - Mumbai 2017

The second Alumni meet titled “FLAVORS” a social and fun event was organized on 18th February, 2017 at IBS Mumbai campus.200 alumni attended the event. The event began with traditional lamp lighting followed by the welcome address by Prof Y K Bhushan, Senior Advisor & Campus Head, IBS Mumbai.

Prof Y K Bhushan complimented the alumni for making to the event and few who were from other IBS Campuses.

There was lot of interaction between the alumni and many met up with their batch mates after several years. All felt elated having come to the Campus and promised to return again to live up the memories.

Alumni Meet - Mumbai 2016

IBS Ahmedabad first batch Alumni Reunion Meet was held on December 23, 2016 at Hotel Renaissance, Mumbai.
Dr. Vivek Ranga Addressed the Alumni. The Alumni enjoyed the event.

Alumni Meet - Kolkata 2016

The Alumni Meet hosted by IBS-Kolkata on 4th December rocked! About 170 alumni had joined the festivity at Bengal Club.
Dr. Ajay Pathak, Director, IBS Kolkata addressed the alumni. The students of 1st year and 2nd year had put up a song-dance program especially for this occasion. Alumni from different IBS campuses had also joined the event. The evening ended with a promise to remain connected always.

 

Alumni Meet - Bangalore 2016

IBS Bangalore Alumni meet “Rejoice” is an evening gathering at Jayamahal Palace held on 3rd December, 2016.Total 84 alumni participated in the meet.

Alumni Meet - Gurgaon 2016

The alumni were addressed by Prof. S.C Sharma Director IBS Gurgaon. 241 Alumni attended the meet. Several contests were conducted for alumni followed by prize distribution ceremony. Also 12 alumni were recognized for their significant contribution in “Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing Sessions” during the academic year 2016 at IBS Gurgaon.

All alumni enjoyed the evening. The program ended with the vote of thanks by Dr. Vibha Arora, IBSAF Alumni Coordinator, Gurgaon Chapter.

Alumni Meet - Pune 2016

IBS Pune organized an alumni meet on 27th November 2016 at Girivan Picnics a place 60 km away from Pune. It was a day long program. Total 86 members participated in the meet. It was a fun filled program. Most of the alumni had joined along with their spouse and kids. People experienced peace of mind, fresh air and lots of fun. Participation in activities like crossing Burma Bridge, rain dance and adventures games were the highlight of the day.

Alumni shared personal and professional experiences with the gathering. Alumni were vocal in their appreciation of IBS Pune’s efforts in the arrangements and venue.

Program ended with photo session and amidst rounds of promises to meet more often.

Alumni Meet - Gurgaon 2016

IBS Gurgaon organized Alumni meet of Digital marketing workshop on October 15, 2016. 14 alumni attended the workshop at the meet. Mr. Sahil Sachdeva, Director, Exponential Interactive and an alumnus of IBS 2007-09 was the resource trainer at the workshop.

Alumni Meet - Mumbai 2016

The Knowledge sharing /learning event took place at IBS Mumbai Campus on 22nd October 2016. The theme was "Changes in Business Models-Challenges for Management". Prof Y K Bhushan inaugurated the event and set the context of the program. He highlighted how the environment is changing and need to respond to the way different challenges businesses are facing.

60 alumni attended the event was very encouraging and heartening.

The meet was highly praised by the participants and were very happy to be present for such a program. They expressed their interest to attend more of such events in future and they left truly learned and excited.

Alumni Meet - Dubai 2016

Alumni Meet at Dubai was held on 22nd October,2016 at Gallery Café, Hyatt Place ,Dubai. Dr. Pritee Saxena, Dean, IBS Mumbai, addressed the alumni.

Alumni Meet - Guwahati 2016

Alumni meet at Guwahati held on 15th October,2016 at Taj Vivanta, Guwahati.Total 21 alumni members along with their spouses were attended the meet. Dr Ajay Pathak, Director , IBS Kolkata , addressed the alumni.

Alumni Meet - Chennai 2016

Alumni Meet at Chennai was held on 22nd October,2016 at Green Park, Chennai. Total 28 alumni members were attended the meet. Dr. Venkata Seshaiah, Director IBS Hyderabad , addressed the alumni.

Alumni Meet - Hyderabad 2016

Rendezvous 2016 alumni meet was conducted on September 17, 2016 at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad.

The event was promoted live to other alumni, who couldn’t attend, with live videos of the activities posted on Facebook, Instagram and snapchat. The response was tremendous as the alumni members enjoyed the event immensely.

Alumni Meet - Jaipur 2016

Several alumni from Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Gurgaon and Jaipur enthusiastically attended the meet. Dr. G D Rathod and Dr Archana Rathore along with all faculty members of IBS Jaipur attended the meet.

The meet also witnessed the presence of Prof S C Sharma, Director, Dr Renu Varma, Associate Dean both from IBS Gurgaon along with Dr Venkateswarlu and Mr Satyanarayana T V V G from IBSAF,HO. Evening full of enjoyment and celebration concluded with dance and dinner.

Alumni Meet - Chandigarh 2016

49 Alumni attended the Alumni Meet at Chandigarh. Meet was addressed by Dr S Venkata Seshaiah, Director IBS Hyderabad. Alumni shared their experiences at IBS and appreciated the role of faculty in changing their personality.

Alumni Meet - Bangalore 2016

An alumni meet on Knowledge Enhancement 2016 was held at IBS Bangalore campus, on Saturday 6th Aug 2016.

Mr Nagaraj Subrahmanya, CAO, Redwood Analytics conducted a Captivating session on “Role of Analytics in managerial decision making”. It was an interactive session and was very well received by the Alumni. The Alumni were very pleased that they attended the session.

Alumni Meet - Mumbai 2015

Splice 2015, an alumni meet, was held at IBS Mumbai campus, on Friday the 18th Dec2015. It was an informal gathering of around 250 alumni of all IBS campuses. Many alumni joined the gathering with families. Prof Y K Bhushan, the campus head, welcomed everyone.

IBS Mumbai students presented an entertainment programme. The distinguished alumni from the first batch of IBS Mumbai, Class of 1997, were felicitated. Mr. Vishnu, budding bollywood producer and IBS Mumbai alumnus, screened trailer of his forthcoming Hindi movie. The director of the movie also shared the theme of the movie. Prof Dr Ajit Patil, coordinator of IBSAF Mumbai chapter proposed the vote of thanks. The programme concluded with a special dinner and informal interaction among those present.

“Every alumnus is a source of pride for the institution”.

Alumni Meet - Bangalore 2015

We had a presence of aluminums form almost all the batches but the maximum turnout were form batch 2008, 2009 and the last two batched 2014 and 2015.

Majority of the guest were form Bangalore but to our surprise we have guest form Washington D.C. (alumni batch of 2000) and two form Chennai.

We had a presence of aluminums form almost all the batches but the maximum turnout were form batch 2008, 2009 and the last two batched 2014 and 2015. There were prizes for best attire men and women .Two alumni-couple where recognized in the meet. Last but not the least Arun Mozi our alumni guest were given a bouquet for his selfless effort in Chennai flood.

“Every alumnus is a source of pride for the institution”.

Alumni Meet - Gurgaon 2015

IBS Gurgaon hosted its Alumni Meet on Saturday, December 5th 2015 at Epicenter Gurgaon. The event witnessed a gathering of over 250 attendees.

The evening started with the IBSAF coordinator Prof. Prapti Paul updating the audience on the alumni based initiatives taken at IBS-G in 2015 and what’s in store in early 2016. She praised their contribution towards the growth of the institute’s Alma Mater and emphasized the need for further strengthening the linkage between the Alumni and the current students.

The alumni appreciated the efforts of IBSAF towards institution building and student development. The meet successfully came to an end after the alumni relived their college memories and bid farewell to each other only with a promise to meet again soon.

Alumni Meet - Chandigarh 2015

It's a matter of pleasure to share with you that Alumni Meet at Chandigarh was conducted successfully on 31.Oct.15. 25 Alumni attended the event.

Alumni spoke about their experience at IBS, life afterwards & how education at IBS had helped them grow in their careers. Everyone was elated to meet their batch mates, seniors & juniors. They exchanged their phone numbers with each other, dined and enjoyed on the DJ music.

“SAMAGAM 2015” ….

Alumni Meet - Jaipur 2015

IBS Jaipur organized the alumni meet at Hotel Fortune Select Metropolitan, Jaipur on 1st Nov 2015.

The evening began with the welcome address by Dr. G.D Rathod, Associate Dean, IBS Jaipur Dr. P Venkateswarlu from IBSAF Hyderabad and Dr. P B L Chaurasia, President, The ICFAI University Jaipur. Meet was attended by 59 IBS Alumni from Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. All faculties of IBS Jaipur, placement and marketing managers were present at the occasion. Alumni appreciated the effort of IBSAF in institutional building activities. Presence of IBS alumni across the world is the most motivating factor, wherever you go you find one IBS alumnus.

“Like branches of tree we have grown in different direction but our roots are one”.

“Remain Connected” ….

Alumni Meet - Kolkata 2015

20 years of Togetherness & Happiness was the theme for the Alumni Meet hosted by IBS-Kolkata on 14th November. Since it was Children’s Day we had asked alumni members to bring their kids too! About 170+ alumni members & family, faculty and staff of IBS-K participated at the event at Tollygunge Club. The current batches of students had put up a song-dance program especially for this.

Alumni from different IBS centers had come and we are delighted that the chain is becoming longer. The welcome address was given by Director, Dr. Ajay Pathak. Students anchored the variety program interspersed with contests like ‘Best Dressed Male’ ,’Best Dressed Female’, ’Best Couple’ amidst loud clapping and giving away of prizes.

“Remain Connected” was our farewell refrain.

Every alumnus is a source of pride for the institution ….

Alumni Meet - Bangalore 2015

IBS Bangalore campus head Dr. Uma Sreedhar shared her words of wisdom and inaugurated the Day meet. She expressed her joy to have a congregation of 104 IBS alumni in the IBS Bangalore campus for the meet which included alumni of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Gurgaon campuses. It was indeed home coming …………

The event was based on the theme “Surviving the Leap from Employee to Entrepreneur”. IBS Bangalore had the opportunity to have the audience addressed by its 3 alumni who are now successful entrepreneurs.

Frontier redefined ….

Alumni Meet - Dubai 2015

In our effort to have Alumni Federation together and spread across boundaries, “Dubai Meet” stood out to be a classic reunion with more than 50 Alumni participating in the event held @ Ramada Hotel, Bur Dubai. A gathering filled with nostalgic moments, sharing experiences, which leaves us with a proud feeling at their achievements and reminds us

"Every Alumni of our institute is an IBS brand ambassador ....

Memories refreshed ......

Alumni Meet - Ahmedabad 2014

The very look at the IBS logo Coffee MUG , given at the registration desk was unique followed with a AV of our memories . Mr Naresh Sharma welcomed us. Refreshing was when a guitar play was done by 2015 & 2016 batches. Followed with a DJ, dance and dinner we were happy to see each other and new IBS Building. Interacting with each other and watching the AV was fun.

"An evening with memories refreshed" .... !!!!

Evening Revive ......

Alumni Meet - Bangalore 2014

A successful event has ambiance, venue, participation, hospitality and was felt in every sense at Bangalore. An evening with valuable inputs from Campus head and Well executed by Placement team and Philip’s follow up did make it memorable.

It was even more impressive to know the alumni were from 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 batches interacted among and had motivating time in the presence of the Dean. An event with fun filled games and sumptuous lunch.

What made it special was the count...we expected 200, while we were 201 .... !!!!

Fewer, Inspiring ......

Alumni Meet - Dehradun 2014

A general notion carried across is an event is always in large numbers. Well we had witnessed Alumni meet with twelve who were "interesting, ethustaic and interactive”.

It was even more impressive to know the alumni were from 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 batches interacted among and had motivating time in the presence of the Dean. An event with fun filled games and sumptuous lunch.

"Alumni who planned to stay for an hour, were enthralled & stayed till the end”

Samagam ......

Alumni Meet - Jaipur 2014

An event spoken, heard and messaged for over a month among the Alumni’s in Jaipur came true as SAMAGAM.

Having more than 50 members, the day took off with welcome address by eminent academician and administrators Dr.S.S.Jain, Dr. G.P Srivastava, Mr. S.K Mathur, Dr P.Venkatswarulu, Dr. G.D Rathod who mentioned, “Alumni are the pillar, strength and the brand ambassadors”. Couple of team building games followed with various cultural programs was definitely an event to remember.

Sharing their experiences and the enthusiasm of students was overwhelming .... !!!!

Foot Forward ......

Alumni Meet - Pune 2014

We were always under the impression Alumni meet is just a gathering, well ours was surely an adventurous one. It was more of an excursion, to meet old friends and their families, lots of fun filled sport activity. It only reminded us of our good old college days, campus rock climbing, cycling and paddle boat, the urge in us was who could put their best Foot Forward.

A fun filled outing left us on one note “we shall meet again “ .... !!!!

Reunion with difference ……

Alumni Meet - Mumbai 2014

If only reunion is meant to meet old friends, this one was new, expressive and happy.

Knowing their families and whereabouts, an event which started with proper initiation, arrangements, transport and hospitality. The day begins with inspiring talk by Prof. Bhushan, fun filled activities and good food. Alumni do express their willingness to share and help students between pre-placement talk and final selection. Most heartening to meet friends from the first batch of 1996

"Sharing their journey of success made us all very proud" .... !!!!

Rejoice ……

Alumni Meet - Kolkata 2014

If festivals mean celebrate, an Alumni Meet is more than a festival.

A moment of joy, togetherness and smile. Well we had it all with over 180 Alumni meeting each other, faculty and staff members. Warm welcome with dance programs performed by 1st and 2nd year students ,Mr. T.V.V. G. Satyanarayana and Mr. Vijaya Kumar who mingled freely with the guests, deciding the " Best Dressed Male and Female " loud cheering and clapping with prize distribution and variety of fun filled programs.

“The evening ended with a promise to remain connected always ” .... !!!!

Rewind and Relive……

Alumni Meet - Gurgaon 2014

An event to know each other from where we started to where we reached, interaction on our journey with faculty members and batch mates. An evening with fun filled events and sumptuous food, all of us enjoyed and it reminded us of our

“The good old IBS Days” .... !!!!

Why Nostalgia……

Alumni Meet - Hyderabad 2014

The day began with a warm traditional style Welcome, Mentorship program, fun filled events and cricket match. As time passed we were witnessed to meet, hear from various Alumni’s, reminisce their past ,their stories followed with motivational speeches, a cultural event having every Alumni’s feet to hip hop and dance at western contemporary dance.

Memorable fashion show, interactions on journey so far. Towards the end, an association which had all cannot be called an event ...it’s just “Nostalgia “.... till we meet again next year.

Meditation Workshop was conducted for the IBS Bangalore .....

Meditation Workshop was conducted for the IBS Bangalore for students, faculties & staffs on 23rd Dec 2015.The workshop was conducted by Natesh Kare Alumni batch of 2003 IBS Hyderabad and he works for Accenture Bangalore as the General Manager Operations .Mr. Natesh is also an active member for Heartfulness link: http://en.heartfulness.org/.

Meditation is an extreme form of concentration. It allows your mind to focus on one thing. Strengthen that connection and cultivate an inner knowing that wisely directs and guides our lives. Grow to face the challenges of life with courage and acceptance. Live by the heart, and become what we’re meant to be.

Review your fellow alumnus new book .....

Rajni Kant Rajhans, IBS Hyderabad, Class of 2011, has written a book on “Problems and Solutions in Financial Management: Step by Step Approach”.

The book is available for sale on Amazon and Kindle. Please, find the link of the book.

Yoga the world in…….

Our Alumni Abhilash C Mouli-IBS-B 2008 has started "Broken Buddha" a yoga teaching center meant to dispel all myths about the discipline, a chance to enlighten and understand yoga for corporate firms.

Classes conducted on Sunday @ S & B Towers, MG Road Bengaluru

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Workshop on International Placement

IBS Bangalore organized workshop on International placement with special focus on “BRICS Nations”.

Manas Patra, Alumnus IBS Bangalore from East Africa, shared his experience on working in India, China, Brazil and South Africa. He addressed areas like import & export on executive leadership and negotiation skills in international Markets.

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New Orientation

IBS Gurgaon organized “Orientation sessions" conducted by Alumni Mr.Abhishek Singh, Manager Bank of America-IBS-2008 and Mr. Vaibhav Chandra, Group Head Ameriprise-IBS-2009.

The session is aimed to help new students know the strengths of the institute which can guide them shape their successful corporate career, which the students found very informative.

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Step towards Stock Market,

IBS Gurgaon conducted a seminar on How to make career in Stock Market as a Research Analyst. The Assistant Vice President, Marketing Head and Equity Research Head of the company Wellindia Securities conducted the seminar in the campus auditorium.

As part of the session the experts spoke on ,How the Research is done, Importance & Types of Research, Derivative & Technical Research, Several Techniques & strategies used in various companies.

Mr. Lalit Singhal, Alumnus IBS Gurgaon, currently the Equity Research Head at Wellindia Securities was instrumental in arranging the seminar for the development of the students.

The session was very useful for the students as they are soon approaching their Summer Internship.

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New Initiative,

IBS Gurgaon had invited The National Stock Exchange of INDIA (NSE) to spread awareness on Information of Securities Market.

NSE representatives had touch based on various Security and Trade issue which also covered the Basics of Financial Planning, Investor’s Rights and Obligation, Information on Exchange Traded Products and also Do's and Don'ts of Stock Market.

The entire session was found very informative and did benefit the participants.

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Sharing a success story of 2 of our alumin from IBS Pune, Bharat Kulkarni (Batch 2002-04) and Samarth Singh (Batch 2004-06). They started their own venture ‘Velocita Brand Consultants’ in 2008. Velocita is a creative design agency, specializing in areas of designing, like brand identity, websites & portals, marketing collaterals and UI/ UX design. In just a short snap of 6 years, they’ve managed to get some of the biggest global brands onto their portfolio. See their website at VelocitaBrand.com .

The entire IBS family is proud of them and wishes them a very successful future.

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IBS Mumbai – Teachers Day on 5th Sep'2014

IBS Mumbai celebrated Teachers’ day on September 5, by recognizing and awarding its best teachers and staff members. Dr. Anjali Raina, Executive Director Harvard Business School India Research Centre was the Chief Guest of the event. Three IBS Mumbai alumni, Mr.Yogesh Bhawnani, Management Consultant, Mr.Remesh Kumar, Senior Sales Manager – Oracle India Pvt. Ltd., and Mr. Nishith Bhandhari, Chief Manager – FX Resource Raising – ICICI Bank graced the occasion to honour the teaching fraternity. The event began by honoring all the previous award winners. Prof. Y K Bhushan, Chief Guest and Alumni gave away the citations, certificates and cash prizes to the Award Winners for the year 2013-14.

The face book link of IBS Mumbai for Teachers Day Celebration

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Hasan Ali Gumani, IBS Hyderabad, Class of 2014, Has written a fiction Novel called “…..and They called it a Love Story”.

It is a story about two groups of friends who met because of a prank. Their friendship was on high when there arises a friction in the whole group which creates a crack in the whole group specially in that of two who further categorizes themselves as best of friends. So whether their friendship comes to an end or they are able to keep it alive. The answer is in '...and they called it a love story'. Basically, It is an up and down journey of the friendship.

The book is now available on major online portals such as flipkart, amazon.in (both paperback and ebook versions), uread.com (national and international) and infibeam.com.

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SHARIQUE MANAZIR, IBS Hyderabad, Class of 2013, received Honor Code Certificate from Harvard University Graduate school of Education for successfully completing GSE2x: Leaders of Learning a course of study offered by HarvardX.

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SHARIQUE MANAZIR, IBS Hyderabad, Class of 2013, received award for UN 2013 Volunteer Award at United Nations Development Programs in India, Headquarters in New Delhi by Ms. Lise Grande UN Resident Coordinator.

Sukhavasi Venkata Vamsi, from the Class of 1999, IBS Chennai was awarded the Chairman's Council Award.

Vamsi works with Citi Private Bank where he has been for the last thirteen years having worked in Korea, India and Singapore where he is currently based. In the picture above Vamsi can be seen with the Chairman, Global CEO and Asia CEO.

Debdoot Das , from the Class of 2011, IBS Hyderabad participated in the TATA Business Leadership Awards 2011 - 2012 and won the Western Region Rounds. His team stood at 6th position in the National Finalsamong more than 100 TATA companies.

Sonia Dubey, Class of 2009, IBS Pune launched bPOSH a year back with a simple &strong belief that a positive personal & professional image can be created while sticking to your personal style.

Sonia is a certified Image consultant trained from Image Consulting Business Institute. She started her career with GfK Mode as a Research Ananlyst and worked there for almost two years before starting bPosh. www.bposh.in