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Flipkart hires IIMC alumnus Samardeep Subandh PGDM (34th Batch 1997-99) as chief marketing officer

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New Delhi: India’s largest e-commerce firm Flipkart on Wednesday said it has appointed Samardeep Subandh as its chief marketing officer. Subandh will focus on gaining customer insights, raising the level of customer centricity and driving the level of creativity and quality in all communication of the company. He will also be leading the social media communication for Flipkart.

He has over 17 years of experience in the consumer goods industry. Before joining Flipkart, Subandh was working as a chief sales officer at Marico Ltd. Before that, he spent close to 15 years with Hindustan Unilever across various marketing, sales and business assignments.
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Vivek Pateshwari 48th batch PGDM (2011-2013), IIM Calcutta alumnus Co-founds InviteMyGuest.in, a start-up on Event Industry

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The events industry is a rapidly growing sector in India. Along with big awards functions, concerts, and shows, involving thousands of spectators, smaller events like college cultural fests or even weddings and birthday parties are also being outsourced to professionals. Most companies have started having their corporate events organized by events firms to ensure that the arrangements are taken care of in a professional manner. Many talented young people also work in the event industry, where they are able to enjoy creative satisfaction along with a successful career.
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IIMC alumni provide an alternative to Yammer with their hyper local Glassdoor meets Quora initiative

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We learn the most about our surroundings from our peers. While teachers and bosses are there to guide us during school and professional phases respectively, we rely more on our friends and colleagues to be our support systems. CamBuzz, by three IIM-C alumni, Kapil Jaiswal, Kunwar Vivek Singh and Ashish Rajput helps corporate employees learn more about happenings on the campus, and answers to work related questions, through their peers. They do this through an open platform, devoid of hierarchy.

What is it?
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CG Appoints Shantanu Khosla as the Head of Consumer Business

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Avantha Group Company CG has appointed Mr. Shantanu Khosla as Executive Vice President and Managing Director Designate of the Consumer business of CG.

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, he joined as a Management Trainee in Richardson Hindustan Limited that was rechristened as Procter & Gamble India in 1985. Shantanu has served there ever since, in multiple roles.
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Ramachandra Guha chosen for top Japanese award

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BENGALURU: Author and historian Ramachandra Guha is among the three recipients of Japan's prestigious Fukuoka Prize, awarded annually to Asians who "have made outstanding contributions to academia, arts, and culture in Asia" and who have made substantial efforts to "preserve, develop, and promote the harmonious coexistence of the diverse Asian cultures."
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Akilnathan Logeswaran

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Mr. Akilnathan Logeswaran, a CEMS student of IIMC was recently chosen as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum in Munich, Germany. Akilnathan Logeswaran is currently doing his CEMS Business Project at UniCredit Bank Austria AG and will be graduating from IIMC this year.

As an effective altruist, Akilnathan strongly believes in trying to achieve the best possible positive impact in our society and he does so by sticking to the 'Pay It Forward' principle.

“The more people I am able to help, the more people are willing to help others. The more followers we have, the closer we are to a perfect world. With local projects in the communities I live in, I want to contribute as much as I can.”
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Chennai Chapter of IIMC Alumni Association wins TecMan Alumni Cricket Carnival

Not that this was in doubt – given that the team comprised of a judicious combination of youth and experience, debutants and veterans, exuberance and maturity, with players spanning close to four generations - from Batch 50 to Batch 12, yet all of them endowed with the trademark of IIMC - an abundance of energy and enthusiasm.

The finals of the TecMan Alumni Cricket Carnival was played on Sunday, April 26, 2015 between the alumni of IIMC and the combined team from PAN IIT + IIMB + ISB. The match (25 overs a side) started at 1 PM – when it was 36 degrees (that’s Celsius) in the shade, combined with humidity levels in the 90s. The heat was no deterrent for this band of Joka(ites) / Joka(ns) in its quest to win glory for the alma mater (except when we had to bowl/field, or run between the wickets – meaning, when we were lounging in the cooler depths of the pavilion)!
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Twitter acquires Amiya K Pathak's (PGDCM 2000 batch) start up ZipDial

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Hyderabad: Twitter Inc. on Tuesday said it is acquiring Bengaluru-based mobile marketing and analytics company ZipDial Mobile Solutions Pvt. Ltd, its first acquisition in India—a move that is aimed at expanding its user base in the country.

The acquisition will also pave the way for the microblogging site’s first engineering office in India, in Bengaluru.

Twitter did not disclose financial details of the deal, citing the so-called silent period ahead of the release of its financial results. A 12 January report by technology website TechCrunch, citing unnamed people, pegged the value of the deal at $30-40 million.
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Mukund BS (PGDM 41st Batch/2004-2006), an alumnus of IIM Calcutta, has emerged as the winner of Masterpreneur season 2, a reality TV business plan competition on CNBC Awaaz

India’s first reality television show to empower the entrepreneurial youth, ended on Thursday, December 18th 2014 with Mukund BS of Sriram Eco Raksha Services Private Limited being declared India’s second Masterpreneur. Masterpreneur India’ was conceptualized two years ago to be a path-breaking initiative in identifying, recognizing and helping strong companies and their tough minded leaders. These companies, it is hoped, will someday turn out to be successful and world class organizations, and create immense social and economic value - by generating new employment, delivering high quality products and services to discerning customers and managing business operations effectively and profitably.
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IIM Calcutta alumnus Vikram Sakhuja (PGDM 23rd Batch/1986-1988) takes up his new role as the Group Strategy Officer, Group M Worldwide

Vikram Sakhuja is currently designated as group strategy officer of GroupM Worldwide. He has been with Group M since 2002 and has since held various positions within the network, at Minshare, Maxus and the parent company level.
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