IIM Indore Alumnus SP Siddharth Kaushal to Receive 7th G Files Governance Award 2019
IIM Indore Alumnus Siddharth Kaushal (PGP 2007-2009), District Superintendent of Police (SP) will become the first police officer from Andhra Pradesh to receive the ‘7th G Files Governance Award 2019’. This award is given to a civil servant for peerless performance and integrity. The award function will take place in Delhi at Civil Services Officers’ Institute on December 12, 2019. The Award is constituted by G Files Magazine, a national magazine on bureaucracy and governance. The project (for which the G-files Governance Award is being given) has been selected by Bureau of Police Research & Development, New Delhi for consideration under the National Police Mission for nationwide implementation.
He had recently also won the Skoch Award 2019, another national award. IIM Indore congratulates Siddharth for this achievement and wishes him best of luck for his future endeavours.
IIM Indore Alumni Receive Awards for Branding in Top Reality Shows
Atlamash Aslam (PGP 2015) and Kartik Sudarshan (PGP 2009) have been the brand managers for some of the best reality shows on the Indian television. The team has marketed popular television shows like The Kapil Sharma Show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, Indian Idol and Super Dancer to its credit. The marketing campaign put for KBC 2017 made big waves in the industry. The tag line—‘Jawab dene ka waqt aa gaya hai’ was so brilliantly thought of—to intelligently mark brand connect for the ‘aam aadmi’.
The team has been honored with a number of awards recently for the marketing campaign of KBC 2017:
- Best integrated marketing strategy, best relaunch of a programme, best creative entertainment and media at Exchange4media awards
- Best print creative at Content Marketing Summit and awards CMO Asia
- Gold Medal – Golden Award of Montreux, 2018
- Gold – Promotions at ACEF (Asian COnsumer Engagement Forum) Awards
- Best Design (Print) Content Marketing Awards
- Experiential Media Brands – KBC 9, Gold @ DigiXX Awards
Himanshu Bhatia’s (EPGP 2016-17) Debut Novel Just Missed Released
IIM Indore added one more name to the Institute’s alumni authors with the release of ‘Just Married Missed’—a debut novel by Himanshu Bhatia (EPGP 2016-17).
‘Just Married Missed!’ is the journey of a practical arranged crush, chased by crazy filmy love. Sharing the storyline, Himanshu said, ‘Siddharth (Sid) is an ambitious perfectionist. He wants to go up the corporate ladder at a faster pace than his age, and is doing pretty well. In his matrimonial search, Sid meets Shreya, who herself is an IIM graduate and very career oriented. He finds Shreya the epitome of the ‘Beauty with Brains’ tag and develops a crush on her almost instantly.
Shreya and Sid are going steady towards what looks like a ‘soon to be married’ state, but when has life been that simple! On her way to Bangkok for her friend’s bachelorette party, Shreya meets Shivam Malhotra, an IITian, with a living flirting tiger inside him. While Shivam’s cheesy lines ignite hatred in Shreya, it’s only the beginning of a story that doesn’t end in Thailand.’
Himanshu, who developed a passion for writing receiving appreciation from family, friends and colleagues, mentioned that he had written more than half of the first draft of the book when he took admission in EPGP. ‘The beautiful campus provided me the perfect surrounding to finish the draft and get the book into final shape’, he said.
Starting in 2015, Himanshu has spent more than 30 months in finishing this novel. ‘First book is very special in every author’s life and so is the case with me. This book has helped me come a long way from short poetry to a 230 odd page novel. I hope this would provide me the platform that would let me continue expressing my thoughts through the ink and influence the society positively’, he said.
Himanshu’s book is now available online on Amazon.in.
The Institute congratulates Himanshu for his novel and wishes him luck for all the future endeavors.
Alum Ajinkya Mahajan (PGP 2015-17) Represents India at 19th World Festival of Youth and Students
The 19th World Festival of Youth and Students, which is going to take place in Moscow/Sochi, Russia from October 14-22, 2017—will unite 20,000 young leaders from more than 150 countries. IIM Indore’s alum Ajinkya Mahajan (PGP 2015-17) is a member of the Team India Delegation this year. The selection was done by World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and BRICS International Forum. There was a multi-step application procedure consisting of profile screenings, statement of purpose and participation field. Competing with more than 1300 applicants, Ajinkya made it to the 103 membered Indian Team.
IIM Indore’s Alum’s Venture Receives USDA-Europe Certification for Organic Products
IIM Indore’s alum Mudit Consul (PGP 2005) recently launched (USDA – USA and NATRUE – Europe standards) range of baby and family care products under his brand—‘Life & Pursuits’ in June 2017. ‘Life & Pursuits belongs to his company Consul Nature Elements Global Pvt Ltd, which also owns a non-profit foundation launched in 2016. The organization has a social mission towards creating a natural, safer and toxin-free world for everyone. The organization is also actively involved in educating parents about hazardous and toxic chemicals in lives (food, air, water, personal care products, toys, etc.) so that they can make well-informed and healthy choices about their lifestyle. In addition, the organization also create awareness against false / misleading claims made by product companies for their ulterior motives through our CAMPAIGN SAFE CHILDHOOD’. IIM Indore congratulates Mudit for his achievement and appreciates the social welfare activities undertaken by his venture.
IIM Indore’s Alum Anupam Dasgupta’s Novel—From Yesterday Released
Adding another achievement in the Institute’s list; Alum Anupam Dasgupta, (PGP 2003-2005) got his second novel—‘From Yesterday’ launched in March 2017. The novel is a romance fiction with its storyline full of interesting tit-bits involving tarot cards, Chicago’s picturesque locales and Latin Dancing. Anupam’s first novel titled ‘Salsa’ was released in 2013. The book was subsequently re-published in 2014 as ‘Salsa-World is a Small Place’ and appeared in leading book fairs across the country, with a good fan following and readership, particularly in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujrat, West Bengal, Orissa and Tamil Nadu.
FPM Alumna Anita Sharma Receives Award of Excellence by Haryana Government
Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) alumna Anita Sharma (Batch 2016) was conferred with Award of Excellence by Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh (BGMS) with Haryana Women Development Corporation, Government of Haryana, on International Women’s Day. She received this award for her social initiatives for people with disabilities.
IIM Indore Alums’ Startup—VOW CarClinic Secures Angel Funding
VOW CarClinic, a car servicing and repair startup, founded by IIM Indore alumni—Harmeet Hora and Abhishek Menon; has raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding from Mr. Vishal Malik, Founder and Director of Gemini Solutions. VOW CarClinic, operated by Gurgaon-based GreyHair Ventures Pvt Ltd, is a marketplace for end-to-end car servicing/repair needs in the offline-to-online consumer internet space. In the last four months, the startup has scaled-up its operations to four more cities in NCR (Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad) and has witnessed 10x fold increase in revenues. Currently, Harmeet and Abhishek are planning to expand their operations in other major cities including Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai.
Saumitra Agarwal’s (PGP 2005-07) Startup Talkoot Selected in FBStart Programme
IIM Indore’s alum- Saumitra Agarwal’s (PGP 2005-07) startup—Talkoot has been selected by Facebook for its early-stage startup mentorship programme—FBStart. The startup will receive credits up to $40,000 and free tools and services from Facebook and its more than 30 partners including Amazon, UserTesting, Dropbox, and MailChimp. Besides partners, the startup will also get free access to more than 25 services including open source tools like React Native, FB Login and Account Kit and App Analytics.
Akshay Mehta’s (PGP 2014-16) Startup Heartonnect Selected in Facebook FBStart Programme
‘Heartonnect’ established by IIM Indore’s alumni Akshay Mehta (PGP 2014-16) has been selected by Facebook for its FBStart Programme. Heartonnect is a mobile based socializing platform launched on the Android’s Play Store in the month of October 2016. Heartonnect is a buddy finder or a date finder application that connects its users anonymously on a real-time basis via VOIP calling technology. After the initial anonymous interaction, the users have the option to reveal their identity. The startup would be receiving $40,000 worth of credits and services from Facebook.
FPM Participant Anupama Sharma Received Best Research Paper Award
IIM Indore’s alumna Anupama Sharma (Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)-Batch 2010) received the Best Research Paper Award (Second Runner Up) at the 4th Conference of the Indian Academy of Management. The conference was held at Noida Campus of IIM Lucknow on December 11-13, 2015. Anupama’s paper titled Work Engagement: A Framework to Analyze Micro Level Individual Outcomes won the Second Runner Up position for the Best Research Paper Award. She also received 25,000 INR as the prize money.
IIM Indore Wins IIM Raipur-ET Cases Award
Abhinav Goel, IIM Indore’s PGP alumnus (1998-2000), Senior Director, India Ratings & Research Pvt. Ltd., along with Professor Ganesh Kumar Nidugala, Dean Academics, IIM Indore; won the ‘IIM Raipur-ET Cases Award’ for showcasing a futuristic and progressive idea through the case presented at the 2nd Global Summit on Management Cases held at Raipur on February 5-6, 2016. The conference was organized by IIM Raipur in collaboration with ET Cases. IIM Indore’s case titled ‘Natural Gas Pricing in India, 2014: Is the Hike Justified?’ won this Award.