Session 1

Dr Nair is International Marketing Professional-turned Academician with over 19 years of combined experience in the field of Sales and Marketing. Currently he is associated with Abu Dhabi School of Management. His sessions started with focus on the need to develop soft skills to make one employable in today's competitive environment. He reminded students that the two years of post graduation must be a platform to add value to their life and for this following are the points to remember:

1. Learning of languages, mental maths are critical for success in today's world for any specialisation
2. All business are in the range of "Demand Pull and Knowledge Push"
3. All Jobs/ function areas include management i. e. Planning, organising, controlling and coordinating
4. All organisations today are marketing organisation where you may be assigned various functions like finance, HR etc
5. Marketing is identifying customers need, developing product or service and placing it at the right time with right price
6. Interpersonal skills are most important to survive in International Market
7. Management professionals must possess a good understanding of culture, ability to adapt and skills for conflict resolution for long term success
8. Post graduation is application of knowledge which you can use in the organisations which you aim to join after completing your qualification

He concluded his session with the advice to develop digital skills and ability to handle failures in case of unfavourable situation. The guest speaker was felicitated with a sapling, memento and a beautiful gift. Students of MIB coordinated the event and proposed vote of thanks to the guest speaker to convey their gratitude.

Session 2
Personality Profiling for MIB Students by CDC

The sixth day of MIB Orientation Program 2019-'Upakrama' at IMS Ghaziabad-University Courses Campus, focused on knowing the personality traits of all the students. The session was based on important profiling tools such as personality types, learning styles, interpersonal needs and interest areas. All the participants developed a great deal of interest, while discovering their behavior, thinking pattern, attitude and skill set. CDC members Ms. Sapna Kumar and Ms. Anuradha Bharwaj assisted the students to develop broader understanding of personal attributes, in order to self explore the areas requiring improvement. This psychometric analysis acted an eye opener session, which in turn triggered the students to start working on the aspects requiring immediate attention. The profiling helped the students in the following areas:
Self Awareness
Motivational Cues
Interpersonal Skills
Suitable Career Avenues
Learning Styles
Dealing with Conflict
Students were also asked to prepare a presentation for the next session on the topics taken from Harvard Business Review, Forbes ,People Matters and Economic Times such as - Building Great Workplace Relationships, Seven Steps For Creating a Culture of Innovation, Successful Brand Building, Critical Thinking, Characteristics of Leaders and many more.

Session 3
Case-based discussion through movie

In today's scenario where new pedagogies are being adapted by the institutes to develop analytical skills of the students, a case based discussion through movie is a highly adaptable style of teaching. It involves problem-based learning and facilitates interdisciplinary thinking that highlights the connections between specific academic topics, real world societal issues and applications. This increases student motivation to participate in class activities which promotes creative learning. Keeping this in mind, a case based discussion through movie had been conducted by Dr. Indrani Bhattacharjee (Associate Professor, IMS Ghaziabad, University Courses Campus), on the sixth day i.e. 6th August 2019 (Tuesday), of MIB orientation programme. A movie entitled "The Intern" was shown to the budding managers with the aim to inculcate certain life and career lessons. The movie disseminated the message of Leadership, tips for handling interview questions, strategy to keep moving in life, learning from the failures and celebrating the joy of success. The movie also enabled students to analyze external opportunities present in the environment and think differently to accomplish a task in multiple ways. The last lesson learnt by the students was about dressing to impress which creates a new driving atmosphere and make them realize new points of view. Indeed it was a holistic approach to give students a hand on experience on real life management issues.