As part of the industry connect and industry interaction initiative,   our  Institute has been organising a series of lectures from industry experts. The Institute invites experts from various industries to share their practical insights and  interact with students. In pursuit of this  guest lectures are being are organised regularly.

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Guest Lecture was organized on "An Overview of Auditing Industry and Big four firms". On 31st March 2021 @ 3.15 pm by Mr. Shriram Adithiya-Our Alumnus, State Street Global Advisors, Investment Oversight- Senior Associate.

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RIM presented the 4th session in the interdisciplinary guest lecture series. After exploring the dimensions of spirituality and various forms of art, we now plunge into the nuances of sports that impacts management. We are privileged to have Arjuna Awardee, Olympian, Swimming World Champion and a Motivational Speaker - Ms Nisha Millet - a name that needs no introduction. Join us for an enriching session.

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Guest lecture on "Leadership Branding in Startups" by Mr Nithish Mathur on the Personal branding for startup leaders has become vital for survival in this virtual world and social media engagement with employees, customers and investors has opened up a plethora of new growth possibilities.

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Guest Lecture on “Product Strategy @ Microsoft” by Mr. Pratik Mohapatra, Product Manager, Microsoft, Bangalore, was held on 19th March 2021 @ 9.00am. This Lecture was organized by Special Interest Group, Ramaiah Institute of Management for the IV semester students of Strategic Management Course. He gave a holistic approach to product strategy and its formulation. He delivered the session with a real-world use cases on Facebook, Instagram, Asian paints and many more.

  

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Guest Lecture was organized as a part of the industry inputs for the course Business Communication. The topic would focus on "Interview Skill and Personality Development in the context of Corporate and Personal Life."

Date: 30.01.2021

Topic: "Interview Skills and Personality Development"

Guest Speaker: Ms. Revati Gore

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Guest Lecture : "Practical Aspects of Companies Act 2013" on 29th January 2021, Friday from 11.15 am - 12.15 pm.

Date: 29.01.2021

Topic: "Practical Aspects of Companies Act 2013"

Guest Speaker: Mr. Ajit Pai, Chartered Accountant

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Guest Lecture: Ms. Apoorva Sharma, Senior Product Manager at UpGrad for a guest lecture on Trends in Product Management on 23.01.2021 at 9.00 AM

Date: 23.01.2021

Topic: Trends in Product Management

Guest Speaker: Ms. Apoorva Sharma

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Guest Lecture: The Department of HRM is organizing a guest lecture titled The Secret of CODE which would focus on the CODE that reflects the Connections, Opportunities, Desires, and Emotions. The lecture would further highlight on how well we balance and give importance to each one of them without losing our values.

 

Date: 22.01.2021

Topic: "The Secret of CODE"

Guest Speaker: Ms. Sahiti. P

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Guest Lecture: Mr. Poorvank Purohit, COO, RL Fine Chem for a guest lecture on "Leadership for Young Adults". A topic relevant for our young students at the cusp of life.

 

Date: 20.01.2021

Topic: "Leadership for Young Adults"

Guest Speaker: Mr. Poorvank Purohit

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Guest Lecture:  Leadership Communication. The topic would focus in the context of the most important goal of leadership communication: To cultivate a sense of trust at work place in order to keep the employees engaged and focused.

Date: 19.01.2021

Topic: "Leadership Communication"

Guest Speaker: Mr. Praveer Priyadarsi 

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Guest lecture: "Cloud Computing in Business Scenario" , 13th January 2021 @9.00am by Mr.Chetan kumar.C ,CEO and CO -Founder , AiKaan Labs Pvt Ltd., Bangalore.

Date: 13.01.2021

Topic: "Cloud Computing in Business Scenario"

Guest Speaker: Mr.Chetan kumar .S 

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Guest Lecture: The topic "Strategy and Product Management @ Amazon" , 11th January 2021 @10.00am by Mr.Parthasarathi Dutta Sharma, Sr.Product Manager - Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United States.

 

Date: 11.01.2021
Topic: "Strategy and Product Management @ Amazon"
Guest Speakers: Mr. Parathasarathi Dutta Sharma

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Guest lecture: “Data Analytics in Healthcare- An Analytics Continuum Approach” organized by the Department of Business Analytics & Data Science on 29th December 2020

A Guest lecture organized by the Department of Business Analytics & Data Science, RIM. Joining Live from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dr. Prakash Muthudoss will be sharing his insights on “Data Analytics in Healthcare.”

Date: 29.12.2020
Topic: Data Analytics in Healthcare - An Analytics Continuum Approach
Guest Speakers: Dr. Prakash Muthudoss

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Guest Lectuer: Today more than ever, leaders at all levels of every organization have found themselves facing decisions about how to handle present and potential disruptions to operations. Situations are radical, more unexpected and more unstable, loaded with variability and of unknown duration. Despite the information explosion, there is insufficient information and understanding of cause-effect relation for decision-making.

Date: 30.12.2020 and 31.12.2020
Topic: Globalization and Organization debacles in the manufacturing sector
Guest Speakers: Dr. V. Raja Sreedharan

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Guest Lecture: Attend the forthcoming expert session on Lean Six Sigma in the Service Industry and get enlightened on these lines of though.

Practice is not the thing you do once you are good. It is the thing you do that makes you good. Speed and agile responses are everything – they are indispensable ingredient to  competitiveness. The Most Dangerous Kind of Waste is the Waste we do not recognise.

Date: 29.12.2020
Topic: Application on Lean Six Sigma in the Services Industry
Guest Speakers: K V Ramanan

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Guest Lecture is organised on COVID-19, is not here to stay. The Global Talent will soon be gearing up for another international assignment. Who works to ensure a consistent talent experience for mobilityassignees? Global mobility team working behind the scene plays a crucial role in smoothexpatriate experience.

Date: 29.12.2020
Topic: Global Mobility as a Career
Guest Speakers: Ms. Aditi Ashesh

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Guest Lecture is organised on " Internet of Things in Industry 4.0 applications" , 23rd December 2020 . Dr. C.Pethuru Raj is an eminent researcher and industry consultant addressing all the students.

Date: 23.12.2020
Topic: Internet of Things in Industry 4.0 Applications
Guest Speakers: Dr. C. Pethuru Raj

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Department of Marketing and IB invites you to join a talk by an industry expert Mr. Ravi Agarwal on " Insights into online Retail Management",  scheduled on 21st December 2020 at 2 pm.

Date: 22.12.2020
Topic: Insights into Online Retail Management
Guest Speakers: CA Ravi Agarwal

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Department of HRM is organizing a Panel Discussion on Leadership in Times of crisis on 22ndDecember, 2020 with the aim to understand the contemporary practices and styles of leaders and to delve into various employee engagement practices during the crisis.

Date: 22.12.2020
Topic: Panel Discussion on Leadership in Times of Cris
Guest Speakers: Mr. T N Hair, Mr. Augustus G S Azariah, Mr. Rajorshi Ganguli, Dr. Ajith Kumar V V

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A guest lecture by Mr. Chetan kumar.S CEO and Co-Founder at AiKaan Labs Pvt Ltd.,  was held on 13th January 2021 from 9.00am to 10.00am at RIM. He has addressed students of first semester on the topic “Cloud computing & Its Applications’.

Mr.Chetan emphasized on cloud , cloud computing, types and its use cases in the context of running a business and also on the cost effectiveness of having cloud in business scenario.

Mr. Chetan Kumar S is CEO and Co-Founder at AiKaan Labs Pvt Ltd., a Edge and Fog computing startup at Bangalore. AiKaan Labs (www.aikaan.io) provide Edge Controllers for Industrial and Enterprise IOT systems, which helps in Operations and Management of Edge and Fog infrastructure. He also serves at the board of Nut Labs Pvt Ltd.,

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A guest lecture by Mr. Parthasarathi Dutta Sharma Sr. Product Manager was held on 11th January 2021 from 10.00am to 11.00am at RIM. He has addressed students of fourth semester on the topic “Strategy & Product management @Amazon. He gave a holistic approach to a strategy formation working backwards from the Vision statement. He delivered the session with a real-world use case from the electric vehicle industry and strategy formation to reach the last mile customer experience. Mr. Parth currently working as Sr. Product Manager -Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United States.


Date: 29.07.2019
Time: 3p.m to 4p.m
Venue: MDP Hall (Level 2)
Topic: Brand Experience
Guest Speaker: Dr.Govi Kannan, Senior Vice President, Mack Global Brand, Mack
Trucks Inc, USA

About the event:
“Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Brand Experience”. In the beginning of the lecture, there was a clear understanding of the word “BRAND”. The whole session focused on ways in which holistic set of conditions that can be created by a company to influence the feeling a customer about a particular product or company name. The session also focuses on Brand Experience Design as the sum of both your internal (employee) and external (audiences) experiences. The whole session was interactive and about 60 students attended the lecture for understanding the importance of Brand.

 


Date: 02.08.2019
Time: 12.30p.m to 1.15p.m
Venue: Board Room (Level 2)
Topic: Cross Functional Research -Management and Healthcare
Guest Speaker: Dr.Bellur S Prabhakar, Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

About the event:

“Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Cross Functional Research -Management and Healthcare” .The whole session focused on the basics of cross sectional research and its importance from the perspective of healthcare sector. The session also throws light on advantages as well as the potential challenges of cross sectional studies.

The whole session was interactive and about 40 students and faculty  attended the lecture for grasping a basic understanding of interrelation of management and healthcare.


Date: 14.08.2019

Time: 3.15p.m

Venue:RIM Auditorium (Level 4)

Topic: Ordinary to Extraordinary: Success Story of 4 lake Rejuvenation by an Ordinary Man

Guest Speaker: Mr.AnandMalligavad, Renowned Water Conservationist,Bengaluru

About the event:

“Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled ”Ordinary to Extraordinary”. The session throws light on KaikondrahalliKere which was practically dry and reduced to a swamp with some birdlife and a reasonable biodiversity in year 2009 and how a rejuvenation project was taken up to save the lake. It which has now become an abundance of aquatic life essential for sustaining birdlife.This model rejuvenates lakes, which not only help in supporting birdlife but also provide recreational areas for the local neighborhoods.

The whole session was interactive and about 200 studentsattended the lecture.


Date: 14.08.2019

Time: 3.30p.m to 5.00 p.m

Venue:Board Room (Level 2)

Topic: Curriculum Development , Theoretical Underpinnings of Assessing Students in Higher Education

Guest Speaker: Dr.SunithaBhagavathi Mysore, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, UAE

About the event:

“Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Curriculum Development , Theoretical Underpinnings of Assessing Students in Higher Education” throws light on the fact that all the elements of curriculum design are inter-linked.The session discuss that curriculum developers start by designing the broad aims and intended learning outcomes for a course before considering how students will be assessed on their achievement of the intended learning outcomes.

The whole session was interactive and about 40 students and faculty attended the lecture.


Date: 16.08.2019

Time: 4.15 pm to 5.45 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

Topic: Bit Coins to Block Chains

Guest Speaker: Prof.Sandeep Kumar E, DST-Karnataka Ph.D Fellow,MemberIEEE, IDES, ISOC and IETE, Collaborative of SPRITZ research group,University of Padova, Italy

About the event:

“Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Bit Coins to Block Chains”. The session focusses on building a understanding about the blockchain technology, its evolution and how the bitcoins and blockchain are interrelated.The block chain provides Bitcoin's public ledger, an ordered and timestamped record of transactions.The session also throws light about the security concerns in bitcoins and how different countries are encrypting the same.

The whole session was interactive and about  80 students attended the lecture for understanding the importance of blockchain technology and bitcoins.

 


Date: 20.08.2019

Time: 11.15 a.m to 12.15 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

Topic: Emotions in Video Marketing

Guest Speaker: Prof. Jaime LópezDíez, Associate Professor Department of Applied  Communication Studies (CAP),Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)

About the event:

“Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Emotions in Video Marketing”. The session guides on video marketing basics and also focuses on how by engaging in emotion in video marketing, one can empower social influence that will increase the likelihood of viewers sharing video with their own social network. This also helps in entertainment, information, and awareness. It also highlights upon the reasons how Emotional engagement is vital for businesses to grow their audience.

 

The whole session was interactive and about 80  students and faculty attended the lecture for understanding the importance of emotions in Video Marketing.


Date: 31.08.2019

Time: 12.30p.m to 1.30 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

Topic: Cracking the interview

Guest Speaker: Mr. Abhishek Selvaraj,Financial Analyst,Honeywell Technologies,Bengaluru

About the event:

 “Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Cracking the interview”. The session briefs about the key points to keep in mind while attending the interview process. It throws light upon how minor points can make or break the opportunities. The session also talks about the importance of body language, confidence and non-verbal’s.

The whole session was interactive and about 100  students attended the lecture for understanding the basics of cracking a interview process.


Date: 14.09.2019

Time: 11.15p.m to 12.15 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

Topic: Emerging Concepts - Workplace Themes and Work Needs

Guest Speaker: Mr. SriramSeshan, Finance Head and Controller  SFO Group, Bengaluru Operations

About the event:

 “Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Emerging Concepts - Workplace Themes and Work Needs”. The session focuses on Flexibility and adaptability as two important themes. Today's complex business environment calls for change as evolutionary processes become more fundamental to client-identified needs. The session highlights on the workplace strategies that accommodate these core components and how the overall philosophies have become increasingly critical.

The whole session was interactive and about 100  studentsattended the lecture for understanding the basics of cracking a interview process.


Date: 25.09.2019

Time: 3.15p.m to 4.15 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

Topic: Hedging Foreign Currency debt for Indian Corporations - Products and Process

Guest Speaker: Prof. BalasubramanianVenkatadri, Assistant Professor ,RIM

About the event:

 “Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Hedging Foreign Currency debt for Indian Corporations - Products and Process”. The session focuses on the basic concept regarding hedging process and the firm-specific features such as financial distress cost, underinvestment cost, multinationalism, firm size, Taxation and Liquidity are regressed against the notional amount of currency derivatives reported for hedging activities.

The whole session was interactive and about 100  studentsattended the lecture for understanding the basics of cracking an interview process.


Date: 26.09.2019

Time: 4.15 p.m to 5.15 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

Topic: Realise Your Potential  

Guest Speaker: Mrs. Dilshad D Jalnawalla,Certified ‘Motivational Speaker’ International Association of Professionals Career College, NLP &Master Practitioner

About the event:

 “Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Realize Your Potential”. The session motivates an individual to become the best one can be. The session talks about how one determine core values and identify areas that areconsistent with one values.Every human beinghas the incredible capacity to realize their potential: to feel confident, joyful, and fulfilled. Though it will be no easy task, there are several concrete steps and changes you can make on your path to this realization.

The whole session was interactive and about 100  studentsattended the lecture for motivating oneself to realize ones true potential.

 


Date: 30.09.2019

Time: 3.15 p.m to 4.15 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

Topic:   Lean Manufacturing and its Applications     

Guest Speaker: Prof.B.NeelakanteshawraSwamy , Assistant Professor , RIM

About the event:

 “Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Lean Manufacturing and its Applications”.  The session throws light on the industries usingLean Manufacturing. It also highlights about its application s and interconnection with total quality management. The session focuses on the principles of lean manufacturing that aims at philosophy of waste minimization that increases the efficiency of modern factories.

The whole session was interactive and about 100  students attended the lecture for understanding the importance of lean manufacturing.


Date: 01.10.2019

Time: 11.15 a.m to 1.15 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

TopicInternational Financial Reporting Standards

Guest Speaker: CA DebashisDasgupta, Chartered Accountant ,

S.R. Batliboi& Associates LLP

About the event:

 “Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “International Financial Reporting Standards”. The session focuses on IFRS and convergence of IFRS in Indian context.The guest lecture build a understanding ofobjective of providing a common accounting language to increase transparency in the presentation of financial information. The session also discusses on various IND AS that are relevant for reporting in India and their applicability.

The whole session was interactive and about 100  studentsattended the lecture for understanding the International Financial Reporting Standards.


Date: 04.10.2019

Time: 11.15 a.m to 1.15 p.m

Venue:MDP Hall (Level 2)

TopicMutual Fund Expert Speak

Guest Speaker: Mr.NakulMaheshwari, Branch Head, HDFC AMC

About the event:

 “Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “Mutual Fund Expert Speak”. The session highlights the benefits of investing in mutual funds. The session also builds a understanding about the types of mutual funds and also the risks associated with each one of them. the session talks about the importance of investing and also about Systematic investment plans.

The whole session was interactive and about 100  studentsattended the lecture for understanding the mutual funds.

Date: 28.11.2019

Time: 3.15 p.m to 4.45 p.m

Venue: Auditorium (Level 4)

TopicTransformation from Student to Professional Life

Guest Speaker: Prof. RatnaDhar

Business/Market Analyst

About the event:

 “Guest Lecture Committee” of RIM had organized a Guest Lecture titled “ Transformation from Student to Professional Life”. The session throws light upon some tips that will help in transition from studying full-time to working full-time.

The session talks about the challenges faced by an individual during this phase. This is the "real-world" education that will teach the survival skills one will need to excel in the professional world. Experience in the real world is what helps one decide “what you want to be,” whether that means staying on the path you chose in school, or taking another route.

The whole session was interactive and about 100  studentsattended the lecture for understanding the importance of this phase.