CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus

Christ Institute of Management (CIM), Lavasa, one of India’s emerging leading business schools launches a unique Corporate Immersion Program (CIP) with the aim of improving industry learning and engagement. CIP ensures continuous industry interaction for students in the second year of the PGDM Program, allowing them to experience and learn from various aspects of an organization in a working environment. Students apply knowledge and learning under the guidance of industry and faculty mentors, and are able to gain valuable hands-on experience by tackling real-world business scenarios and working hand-in-hand with business executives. Each week, students visit companies to immerse themselves in and study in detail the day-to-day workings of an organization. The program further allows for companies and organisations to assess the potential of students in a live scenario, which is highly conducive to learning. Dr. (Fr.) Jossy P. George, Director, CIM Lavasa says, “Classroom l...

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” – Eleanor Roosevelt Christ Institute of Management, Lavasa, recently on 9th June 2018 celebrated the graduation of the batch of 2016-2018. Dr. Fr Kurian Kachappilly, Honourable President, of Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore, chaired the convocation ceremony, along with Chief Guest Mr. Prakash Wakankar, CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra (two-wheeler division). Mr. Rony Kurien, Dr. Vedamani Gibson, and invitees from Lavasa Corporation and various guests added to the magnificence of the event. Recipients of awards in various categories on academic and overall performances included Ms. Neelakshi Jadhav (HR), Mr. Marcel Chaudhary (Marketing) and Mr Sunder Singh Solanki. (Finance) for highest Cumulative Grade Point Average and performance in academics. Ms. Sakshi Thorpe and Mr. Rubin Pawathu Roy were awarded Best Outgoing Students. The evening was colourful, cheerful and memorable for students, fa...

Mr. John K. John , Head, Capability Development-Leadership Transitions, Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai, spent a day at CIM, Lavasa on the 19th of June, 2018, guiding students and faculty on  how to capitalise on one’s strength. The book titled “Discover Your CliftonStrengths” from Gallup and Tom Rath entitled students and faculty to answer the 170 questions which led to the discovery of the top 5 talents of each individual. Based on the these top 5 talents one can identify their dominant domain which are Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building and Strategic Thinking. It was interesting to note that though there were more than 3 with similar talents, yet their action plan were different from each other. This is because as Mr. John says, “ We are all unique individuals with our own talents.” He further explained that the talent is just the beginning, once honed and sharpened  it becomes one’s strength. The first year PGDM students found it insight...

AS RECOMMENDED BY FACULTY AT CHRIST INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, LAVASA With the batch of 2016-2018 graduating, we can’t help but feel a little reminiscent about the last two years. The path to educating Business Management students is always interesting and the one lesson that we try to impart is that learning never stops. Hence, as a group of young students embark on their journeys towards successful careers, we would like to wish them all the best, and share a list of 10 favourite books that the faculty recommends that all students should read. 1. ‘JEH' - A life of J.R.D Tata by Baktiar k. Dadabhoy  2. Dynamics of Industrial Relations by C B Mamoria, Satish Mamoria and S V Gankar 3. Corporate Chanakya by Radhakrishnan Pillai   4. The 100 - A ranking of the most influential person in history revised and updated by Michael H. Hart 5. The Law Of Success by Napoleon Hill  6. Financial Intelligence by Karen Be...

On 3rd and 4th March 2018, faculty members from the Christ Institute of Management, Lavasa conducted a two-day career counselling workshop in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The workshop titled “Game of Careers” has in the past received many accolades when conducted in the cities of Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore, and the response from Indore was equally as impressive. The Game of Careers workshop is organised by expert academic and industry members of the Christ Institute of Management, Lavasa with the aim to orient youth seeking careers in management on principles of modern management and business analytics. The workshop addresses the changing needs of organisations and expectations from management in the present and future industry scenario. Christ Institute of Management, Lavasa is an Institute for enhanced learning with a focus on experiential and pragmatic teaching of modern management principles, where academics and industry professionals come together to engage young m...

CHRIST INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, LAVASA CRESCEDENT SPORTS FEST A MASSIVE HIT The recently held Crescedent Sports Fest at Christ Institute of Management, Lavasa brought with a lot of adrenaline pumped competition and excitement as teams from across the nation including corporates, colleges and clubs participated. Conducted between 2 nd and 4 th March, the second edition of the Sports Fest brought with it immense excitement in basketball and football, from participants and crowds alike. This year, 12 teams competed for the coveted football trophy, and five teams battled it out for the basketball championships, all uniting under the banner of Crescedent 2018 to celebrate the spirit of sports. While all matches were intense and competitive, it was the nail-biting finals of basketball was held on between teams Accenture and Hawks that grabbed everyone’s attention. Each team played its best to the last second, but in the end it was the Hawks that emerged victorious as th...

In the quest for continued Excellence and Service, CIM, Lavasa organized an International Conference on Economics, Business Management and Business Analytics on the 17 th and 18 th of February with the Theme: “ Emerging Perspectives in a Disruptive Economy”. Ms. Unnati G Hunjan was the organizing chair and the student organizers team included- Linju, Vyashnav, Roshan, Elvis, Prerna, Nikita, Jeswin and Jinto. Emerald Publishing is releasing a special issue for the papers from this conference. The selected papers will be published in Journal of Indian Business Research (JIBR) and Journal of Advances in Management Research (JAMR). The conference proceedings will also be published in USHUS- Journal of Business Management (ISSN 0975-3311). As part of the conference, we collaborated with KEISIE University, South Korea as well as with Vision India. The President/ Chancellor of KEISIE University- Dr. Wayne Bottiger and Brand Ambassador of Vision India- Dr. Hari Krishn...