Football Tournament at Globsyn Kolkata

Despite having a tough academic schedule, the students of Globsyn Business School took time off to participate in the annual football tournament held recently. Students of both first year and second year from different batches played with each other in the daylong tournament. The final showdown was between the combined team of second year students against the PGPM 8 (Sec A) team where the later was defeated by two goals to nil. The faculty team of Globsyn along with the officials was present in the ground throughout the day and cheered the students. The winner’s trophy was presented to the ‘Second Year’ team by Mr. Bikram Dasgupta (Chairman & CEO, Globsyn Group) who was also present for the final match.

Entrepreneurship Workshop for Globsyn Students

Globsyn Business School which always gives importance in cultivating the spirit of entrepreneurship among its students has recently invited Dr. Timothy Stearns, Founder and Executive Director of the Lyles Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, California State University for a workshop on ‘Entrepreneurship’ at its campus.

Dr. Stearns who also holds the Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at his university told the students that the main job of any entrepreneur is to identify the pain points of the people and provide solution to those problems. He pointed out that since India is on a strong growth path there are plenty of entrepreneurship opportunities available and urged the students to think freely to grab these opportunities. Dr. Stearns also told the students about the benefits of working in a startup company as the learning opportunity in the startups are much more than any other organization.

After the workshop Dr. Stearns said he was extremely happy interacting with the Globsyn Business School students and expressed his desire to come back again to have similar workshops in future.

Globsyn Invites Rural Marketing Guru

The Indian rural market with its vast size and demand base offers great opportunities to Indian companies. More than 70% of the Indian population lives in rural areas and almost half of the national income is generated here. It is only natural that rural markets form an important part of the total Indian market. With the initiation of various rural development programs there have been an upsurge of employment opportunities for the rural poor which induces demand surge in these areas. Different Indian and multinational companies understanding this current situation is concentrating more in the rural market to service the growing demand and it is quite evident that all of them are finally understanding the Mr. C. K. Prahlad’s message – “Fortune lies at the bottom of the pyramid”.

In this backdrop the Director of Globsyn Business School Prof. R. C. Bhattacharya invited Mr. Pradeep Kashyap (Founder – Mart Rural Solutions) whom Mr. C. K. Prahlad described as ‘'The Father of Rural Marketing' to the campus and interact with the students.

Mr. Kashyap in his lecture pointed out the importance of the rural economy in India and he said that the rural India is more important than the urban India. Justifying his remark he said during the recent economic meltdown when urban India was facing the heat it was the strong demand in the rural economy which helped India to maintain a higher growth rate. Speaking about the rural market Mr. Kashyap said almost in all categories including FMCG, Durable, Agriculture etc. the rural market is contributing higher than the urban market. In conclusion he urged the students to focus in rural market as all the leading companies are looking for professionals who have exposure to these areas because future of the Indian economy lies in the rural sector.

Visit 'Corporate Connect' section at the http://globsynbschool.com/edutv for Mr. Kashyap's lecture.

Globsyn Launches EduTV

The audio-visual medium or rich media as it now referred to, has become an extremely powerful medium to share ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Information’ with a diverse & wide range of population, unreachable by other traditional media vehicles.

In another first Globsyn Business School has perhaps for the first time in India, launched ‘Globsyn EduTV’ (http://globsynbschool.com/edutv) with multiple channels, to help a wide range of audiences share the Globsyn experience.

‘Globsyn EduTV’ is an attempt to bring various facets of ‘Life at Globsyn’, a place where young men and women spend the most significant 2 years of their lives to emerge as ‘Industry Ready’ professionals, with exciting careers ahead of them.

The different channels available in ‘Globsyn EduTV’ are:

• Classroom Experience – Showcases a selection of lecture series on a variety of management topics.
• Corporate Connect – Connect real-life practices with theory. This channel shows the lectures given by different corporates during their interaction with the GBS students.
• Learn and Intern – A unique, intensive learning session, conducted by Bikram Dasgupta, one of India’s leading entrepreneurs and Chairman & CEO, Globsyn Group.
• Seminar & Workshop – Showcasing select, highly interesting workshop/seminar deliberations organized by Globsyn Business School.
• Student Life – Living beyond Management Theories - making the most out of life. Showcases our students’ creativity, organizing acumen and inventiveness.
• Testimonials – Get a firsthand account of what our Customers and Alumni have to say about us.

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Kent Professors Interact with Globsyn Students

Globsyn Business School recently invited Prof. Paul Phillips (Director, Kent Business School) and Prof. Raj Shirole (MBA Director, Kent Business School) to the Kolkata campus and interact with the students on the topic ‘MBA Challenges’. While speaking on the topic Prof. Phillips and Prof. Shirole explained to the students the concept of ‘Strategic Management’ and also discussed some case studies on it. They told the students that MBAs should posses the problem solving skill to become successful. At the end they also replied to the queries raised by the students.

Prof. Phillips and Prof. Shirole also met Mr. Bikram Dasgupta (Chairman & CEO, Globsyn Group) and other Globsyn Business School officials.

UWE Officials Visit Globsyn

As a part of the ‘Global Connect’ program of Globsyn Business School, Dr. Richard O'Doherty (Associate Dean, Head of Planning and Resources) and Dr. Jane Harrington (Associate Dean - Programs, UG Scheme Director) came down to Globsyn campus in Kolkata last week. They met Prof. R.C. Bhattacharya (Vice Chairman & Director, Globsyn Business School), Prof. Subhendu Dey (Associate Dean, Globsyn Business School) and other officials and explored different avenues for partnership in future.

GBS Joins YI for CSR Initiative

Globsyn Business School (GBS) students are always encouraged to take part in the activities related to social service which will help them to develop their own personality along with the development of the society around them. As a part of this initiative the students of the school joined hand with their friends in ‘CII – Young Indian’ (YI) forum to celebrate the ‘Diwali’ eve with the under privileged students of the Kalighat area.

The day was celebrated with song and dance performed by the children along with their new friends coming from GBS and YI. An ‘Art and Craft’ competition was organized where the students showed their creative talent by painting ‘Diyas’ and the best five artisans were awarded for their work. At the end the students were provided lunch by the GBS students along with the other YI members.

The Globsyn Business School students were extremely happy after spending the day with these under privileged students and hoped to take part in many such initiatives in future.