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MTS - I for 2011-13 Batch will start from February 13th, 2012

KSRM Students undertake certificate course from FTKMC (MCX) in commodity Trading - November, 2011

Book Chapter “Government to Governance: The Challenge of Co – operative Revival in India” by Dr. L. K. Vaswani in book “The Hidden Alternative: Co-operative values, past, present and future” (upcoming in January, 2012)

KSRM hosted: "Regional Cooperative Research Seminar for Asia Pacific from 22nd to 24th July,2011 "

Prof. L. K. Vaswani presented two papers during NAFCUB National Research Conclave on April 30, at New Delhi on “Banking Services & Credit to Unorganized Sector” and Revisiting Stakeholders Linkages to Promote Cooperative Education.

Lecture by Mr. Dilip Ranjekar (Azim Premji Foundation)

Dr. Dilip Ranjekar, CEO, Azim Premji Foundation, visited KSRM on 5th May, 2011 and interacted with students and faculty. In his interaction, Dr. Ranjekar, emphasized on the values indirectly enshrined in the preamble of the Indian constitution like Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. The students were enlightened on the education policy of 1986. The goals of education were discussed and these included “Acculturation” which stands for acquiring good values and then passing it on to our next generation and to society, inculcating sensitivity to the suffering of other people and inculcating scientific temper. Even though two cardinal documents, viz, the Constitution and the Education Policy are there to guide our society, unfortunately our society is still facing inequality, poverty and unemployment. Nearly 13 lakh schools are spread over 98 percent of Indian villages but female literacy level is still much lower than the male literacy level.

Dr. Ranjekar also assured during his speech that “Azim Premji Foundation engages with these and other issues and lays emphasis on infusing professionalism in the development sector”. He said, there is no political bill to ensure accountability. At every level of the education process, many students get filtered out because there is no risk/reward system in the government which favours performance and punishes non-performance. Citizens also have neglected their own democratic rights vis-à-vis the state; for example if there is a school with no teachers in it, the community does not voice its opposition. Azim Premji Foundation is collaborating with state governments and other actors to bring about a change in this scenario

Visitors:

Mr. Ehsanul Bari, MD, Gramin Krishi Foundation - 9th July, 2011

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Dr. Elaine Andrews, Director Environmental Resources Center, University of Wisconsin and Mr. Chris Honeyman, Consultant, Wisconsin, USA

Dr. Elaine Andrews, Director University of Wisconsin Environmental Resources Center, Madison US, delivers Two Special Lectures on “CSR & Environment”, “Sustainability & Communality Education” and Mr. Chris Honeyman, Independent Consultant, delivers two sessions on “Negotiation Skills”.

Dr. K.G. Karmakar, MD, NABARD – 27th November, 2010 – discusses “association between KSRM and NABARD”

Dr. K.G. Karmakar, MD, NABARD discusses “Association between KSRM and NABARD on 27th November, 2010.

Mr. T. Vijay Kumar, IAS, Director NRLM delivered 4th KSRM Foundation Lecture on “Rural Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Livelihoods – Management Challenges”

Mr. Rajeev Agarwal, Member, FMC, speaks on “Commodity Future Markets”

Dr. Linda Shaw, Cooperative College, Manchester, November, 2010

Dr Linda Shaw, Vice Principal and Head of Research, The Co-operative College, Manchester, UK who was in India to EU meeting paid visit to KSRM on 7th & 8th November, 2010. During her visit she visited KISS and met the Founder KIIT & KISS Dr Samanta. She had a meeting with KSRM faculty and shared issues of common interest. She made a presentation to KSRM students on recent developments in cooperative sector in UK. During her meeting with Prof A S Kolaskar Vice-Chancellor, KIIT University and Director, KSRM possibilities of signing an MOU between Cooperative College and KSRM in the area of Cooperative research were discussed.

Skill Development of Rural Youth (13 May 2010 to 1 June 2010)

Prof. Prof.C.S.Sundaresan presents Paper in International Conference on Applied Economics 2010 (Athens University. Greece)

Prof.C.S.Sundaresan has presented the research paper titled ‘Policy Dynamics and Competitive Advantage: Quiet Revolution in Indian Agriculture’. He has also chaired the session on Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and trade farm trends since the revision of CAP reforms. His paper was published by the Western Macedonia university press.

Workshop on “Financing Agricultural Value Chains” (26-30th April, 2010)

Development and field testing of training material on “Financing Agricultural Value Chains” in collaboration with Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy

Prof. Prasun Kumar Das was invited by the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a part of their Visiting Expert’s programme. He was invited by the FAO to be stationed at Rome, Italy for a period of 6 months as a visiting expert in Rural Finance and performed the following jobs:
a. Developed a 10 module training tool kit on "Financing Agricultural Value Chains" based on the work of AGS, FAO in line with the existing modules in the "Agricultural Finance Course" (both the ready-to-use classroom course and Moodle platform on-line training programme)
b. Updated and revised the existing "Agricultural Finance Course", including liaison with universities, training institutes and govt. for their suggestions and use of the training resources.
c. Liaison with universities and training institutes for use of the Agricultural finance, Agriculture value chain finance, marketing and agricultural enterprise related training courses and materials produced by the AGS Division of FAO.
d. Supported the training and innovation and other technical areas of the "Rural Finance Learning Centre" with guidance and access to new materials
In continuation with the above project, FAO signed another agreement with KSRM, KIIT University for field testing the training tool kit with the MBA (RM) students of KSRM and also organised workshop for the banking professionals and agri-business leaders of India in collaboration with FICCI, New Delhi. The pilot testing of the training course will also be delivered in the African continent by the KSRM, KIIT University.

In this connection, Dr. Calvin Miller, Senior Officer of FAO paid a visit to KIIT University during September, 2010 and also explored various areas of future co-operation between FAO and KIIT University.

Knowledge Seminar Series:

Mr. Rajeev Agarwal, Member, FMC, speaks on “Commodity Future Markets”

Visitors:

Dr. K.G. Karmakar, MD, NABARD – 27th November,2010–discusses “association between KSRM and NABARD”

Dr. Linda Shaw, Cooperative College, Manchester, November, 2010

Dr. Calvin Miller, FAO, September, 2010

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IRRI, DG visited KSRM on 3rd Foundation Day

The 3rd Foundation Day Lecture of KIIT School of Rural Management was delivered by Dr. Robert S. Zeigler, Director General, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila on 20th November 2009 at 4.00 p.m. He spoke on - Orissa role as rice bowl for eastern India Promises and challenges for global food security.


Dr. Robert S. Zeigler and Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on behalf of IRRI and KIIT University respectively to promote collaborative research work in improving the rice production and marketing system in India and neighboring countries.

They released "Kaleidoscope" a KSRM Publication which contains applied research work done by KSRM students during 2007 - 09. The KSRM students hosted a cultural programme in honor of Dr. Zeigler, celebrating 3 years of KSRM. A highlight of the program was skit played emphasizing the ill effects of deforestation on climate change Livelihoods of rural communities.

Dr. Robert S. Zeigler is an internationally respected plant pathologist with more than 30 years of experience in agricultural research in the developing world. He was named DG of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in 2005. Headquartered in the Philippines, IRRI focuses on sustaining, understanding, and using the genetic diversity of rice to improve rice productivity and the livelihood of rice farmers and consumers. Dr. Zeigler, who earned his Ph.D. in plant pathology from Cornell University in 1982, also serves as a spokesperson on a wide range of issues that affect rice growers and consumers worldwide.

Dr. Zeigler had a late with the students of Rural management and faculty of KSRM and KSOM earlier on the day when he visited the School of Rural Management. During his visit Prof L.K Vaswani, Pro. V C (KSRM/KSOM) made presentation on the genesis and growth of KSRM from 20th Nov 2006 till day

KSRM students present a street play on climate change on International Voluntreers Day at Bhubaneswar.

INAUGURATION OF COMPETENCY CENTER IN PLM ON 21ST OCTOBER

An innovative concept of training in Product Life Cycle Management for management students has taken shape and a Competency Center in Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) is being set up in collaboration with Dassault Systems. The Center will be inaugurated on 21 October, 2009 at SOM Auditorium. The Center will train the students of SOM and SRM in this advanced area of Marketing

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ORIENTATION PROGRAMME - MBA in Rural Management, MBA(RM) 2008-10 on 30th Jun 2008.

Shri S.S. Nandurdikar, MD, Paradeep Phosphates Ltd delivered the inaugural address to newly inducted management students – both regular MBA and MRM.At the outset he expressed his concern on quality of human resources available to industry from engineering and management schools. He emphasized that business school training should enhance the employability of students through effective interface with the industry. Sh.Nandurdikar also shared with students his assessment of growing opportunities which are emerging in a fast growing economy like India both in corporate world and more particularly in rural sector. Read on...

"Gaon Se Gaon Tak" First VILLAGE STUDY SEGMENT(VSS) exhibition on 26 March 2008

The students are required to stay in the village during the entire VSS and complete following three assignments. Village Study Component and National Service Scheme Component will be administered and evaluated by KSRM. Rural Action Component (RAC) will be administered and evaluated by the host organization.
1. Village Study Component (Village Report, Organisational Report and Theme Paper)-4 weeks
2. National Service Scheme Component : 3-5 days
3. Rural Action Component : 6 weeks

KSRM in Top 10 in Mousectrap: Online Business strategy Competition conducted by IIM-A, Confluence, 2008

A team of KSRM Students (MRM-07-09), S.Bavan, Akhil sangwan, Aditya, Ashutosh Khetan And Sunil Sharma Team Chanakya_KIIT participated in an Online Business Simulation game, Mousetrap conducted by IIM-A, Confluence, 2008.They secured Ist rank in the final round. This called for sincere application of business acumen in each round & top position in last phase awarded KSRM 9th position among 500 Indian B Schools and 100 International B Schools

"CHANAKYA" - KSRM Participated in National Student Management Game-2008, Organised by All India Management Association (AIMA)

Chankya is a business Simulation Game conducted nationwide by All India Management Association (AIMA). In this strategic game one team of four students from KSRM participated in South Region (Coimbatore).
Name of student:
1) Sumit Satyen (CEO) 2) Sunil Kumar (CFO) 3) S. Bavan (COO) 4) Jeo Mathew (CMO)
Chanakya provides a challenging and real time exposure to run a business Operations in a virtual Industry. Business has to run in four (or 5) quarters taking macro and micro economic state of affairs in to consideration. In every quarter you have to respond in a changed and challenging scenario.
Winning in regional semifinal paved the way for regional final in which KSRM stood 2nd and further qualified for the National Semifinal among 21 teams out of 300 teams (appx)

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Kurien wants to do an Anand in Orissa. Business-Standard, 26 Dec. 2007

When Dr Verghese Kurien's dream of creating and leading a world-class rural management institute in the country through the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) left him disillusioned, the veteran reformer turned to a university in Orissa to carry forward his vision.
A year later, the university he backed, the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)'s School of Rural Management (KSRM) at Bhubaneshwar, is quietly making plans to outdo the institute it was modelled on.

Unlike IRMA, which offers a two-year Post Graduate diploma in Rural Management, KSRM will be able to award an MBA in Rural Management to the first batch of 72 students passing out in 2009 owing to its deemed university status.

The institute has also received the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approval for increasing the number of students from 74 to 100-120 for the second batch of students in 2008.

LK Vaswani, who taught at IRMA for 16 years and is now the director of KSRM, says the new institute retains the IRMA model of building and sustaining a partnership between rural people and committed professional managers.

But according to Vaswani, a key element that separates IRMA from KRSM, is the lack of inhibition towards its students choosing to work with the private sector.

Although over the years, IRMA has softened its stance towards corporate companies with development and rural positions, there is an unsaid rule that the institute has and will be a place for rural managers.

"KSRM has decided to avoid taking a sectoral association. We do not believe in having any inhibitions towards the corporate sector considering more and more of them are entering the development sector. In fact, we are associated with the private sector where our students can have hands-on experience in agri-business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), NGO management, finance and the like," says Vaswani.

He added that in terms of on-the-field education or experiential learning, the institute hopes to surpass all other rural management schools.

For starters, the institute will hold live field training modules for a duration of 12 weeks which will be conducted thrice a year. The first batch of 72 students from 16 states will be asked to go back to their own states and adopt a village where they will work at the grassroot level. Students will also work with KIIT's tribal school which has 3,000 children studying in its campus.

While IRMA, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top B-schools face a shortage of faculty, KSRM officials say it does not worry them

Along with seven core rural management faculty members, three of whom are from IRMA, Vaswani says faculty from the KIIT university's other institutes like school of law, school of management, school of technology, school of social sciences etc. contribute to almost 50 per cent of the teaching load, making it a very healthy student-faculty ratio. Around 15 rural management faculty will be inducted in 2008.

With the objective of linking rural management to different sectors, KSRM has chosen to promote science and technology among the rural masses.

The institute has proposed an academic collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to ensure the participation of its students in the government's 'Science for Society' programme in partnership with over 40 NGOs.

Induction and Orientation Programme of MRM(RM) 2007-09 Batch of Students.

The first programme of MBA in Rural Management MBA(RM) of KIIT School of Rural Management (KSRM) started on 2nd July 2007.
Prof. Abhijit Sen, Hon'ble Member of Planning Commission, Govt. of India, was the Chief Guest at the inaugural ceremony held at 2.30 pm in the Auditorium of School of Management.
The Chancellor, Vice Chancellor of KIIT University and Director KSRM addressed the gathering The Chancellor, Dr. A. Samanta, felicitated the Chief Guest with bouquet. Read on...

First Foundation Day Lecture delivered by S. Sivakumar, Chief Executive, Agribusiness, ITC Ltd. on 20th November 2007

Role of Corporates in Indian Agriculture

Dr. A. Samanta, Chancellor, Dr. De Sarkar, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Vaswani, Director, KSRM, Prof. Jain, Pro-Vice Chancellor, SoT, Prof. Mishra, Pro-Vice Chancellor, SoM, Directors, Principals, Deans and Faculty Members from different schools of KIIT, other invited guests, students of KSRM and students from other wings of KIIT, representatives of electronic and print media, Ladies and Gentlemen. Read on...

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Foundation stone laying ceremony 20th November 2006

Foundation Stone Laying
The KIIT School of Rural Management (KSRM), Bhubaneswar came into existence with the laying of the foundation stone by the Father of White Revolution, Dr. Verghese Kurien on 20th November 2006 in the premises of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), University. Read on...

ADDRESS BY DR. V KURIEN ON THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF KSRM ON 20TH NOV. 2006

"Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan, Hon'ble Minister of Industries, Law and Rural Development, Govt. of Orissa; Shri Surendra Nath Nayak, Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of Orissa; Shri S. N. Tripathi, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of Rural Development and Information Technology, Govt. of Orissa; Dr. Samanta, Chancellor, KIIT; Prof. S. C. De Sarkar, Vice Chancellor, KIIT; distinguished members of KIIT Board of Management, faculty, staff and students of KIIT, esteemed guests, media representatives, ladies and gentlemen, Read on...

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