1. INSIDE
THIS ISS UE:
Sapient Imprints
V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 A P R I L 2 0 1 1
Sapient @IIM-I 2
Placements 3
First National Research Methodology Workshop: A Sapient Initiative
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Innovative 4 apient Institute of Manage- criteria for determining factors and
Saturday ment Studies has organised its practical implementation. The
its First National Research session was broadcasted online
M ethodology Workshop and was available for viewers on
from 2 to 4 April 2011. The work- the official link of Sapient facebook
Upcoming Events
shop’s main objective is to explore page to facilitate them in gaining
the basic dimension of research. information. Thereafter, Dr. R.C.
The Art of
Listening
25
April
Prof. Srishti Joshi and Prof. Arpit
Loya coordinated this National RM
Sharma conv ey ed his opinions
regarding “Efficacy of regression
Workshop under the able guidance analysis for modeling and ana-
of Prof. R.L. Bhutda, Director and research papers in groups. They lyzing several variables” in the
Case Dr. Ira Bapna, the Director In- went into the field for data collec- fourth Technical Session. He deci-
Analysis 30 charge. More than 45 participants tion thereafter. Dr. Bapna initiated phered its applicability for predic-
Workshop April from various institutes of India the second Technical Session with tion and forecasting. He mani-
participated and were divided into the procedure of data codification, fested the techniques o f data
8 groups. They selected a research tabulation, research design and analysis and interpretation that
problem and developed research methods of sampling . These inputs dispensed the participants for the
O u r V i s i o n : papers for the same. guided the members of the group final draft of research paper. The
In the first Technical Session, DR. for encoding their respective data research papers of re spectiv e
To become a leading
institute of manage­
N.K. TOTLA, Reader Institute of and compressing them in tabular groups were substantially con-
ment studies recog­ Management Studies, Indore gave form. Subsequently, the attendants ceived. The workshop concluded
nized for its merits in valuable insights on various facets drafted their individual research with valedictory ceremony in which
a c a d em i c s a n d of research & its practical implica- designs for further analysis. In the participants were felicitated with
valuable contribu­ tion with a detailed description of third Technical Session Prof. Shub- certificates for their endeavors.
tions to the industry, Research Methods & its techniques. hangi Jore, Reader, PIMR, Indore, Sapient promises to organize such
the student and After the session, the participants conferred her ideas on the topic events in future to contribute more
herewith, the society. framed the Introduction, Literature “Factor Analysis through SPSS” . to the ocean of knowledge and
To bridge the grow­ Review and Questionnaire of their She explained the terminologies, research.
ing gap between the
educational institute
and industry by
academic excellence
and innovative peda­
gogy.
We got insights on the subject: Participants
O u r M i s s i o n :
To be an institute
with difference and
T he participants of the
National Research Meth-
odolo gy Worksho p we re
and by Sapient in future.
The Sessions of the work-
shop were highly informa-
which can make a delighted to receive such a tive and one of its kind. It is
difference by devel­ warm and cordial welcome rare that an RM Workshop
oping competent,
at Sapient. They appreci- teaches the practical appli-
dedicated and com­
ated the infrastructure and cation of SPSS for elemental
passionate leaders
through quality edu­ the overall environment of tools as Factor analysis and
cation and inventive the college as it enhanced Regression. It proved to be
didactics. and encouraged peaceful a boon for upcoming re-
and uninterrupted learning. The well the hospitality of the students, coor- search scholars. It was overwhelm-
equipped Labs and the Library ap- dinators, academic and non aca- ing for students to be part of a group
pealed to most of them as it acceler- demic staff. lead by learned research faculties
ated their research paper develop- They all look forward to attending and to develop research papers at
ment. They also were pleased with more of such events organized in such a young age.

2. P AGE 2
Sapient @IIM-I
I t was the proud moment for the
Sapient Institute Management Stud-
ies when student of this college
bagged 3rd Prize in IBL (Indore B-
School League) organized by IIM-I. IBL
was the Socio-management fest de-
deadline for submission – one of them
was related to Finance and other one
was Recruitment. Finance challenge was
connected with Stock Market – simu-
lated market was the battleground for
20 business school comprising 200
Team Name. All these teaser rounds
were online – and Sapient spread its
magic through online voting activities by
attracting hundreds of participant.
Subsequent round of Consultation
(Consult-I) pertained to NGO. It in-
signed for the MBA students of Indore. students. There were some technical volved practical issues related to bud-
IBL was launched on December 8, 2010 error that cropped up in this challenge ding NGO that are encountering many
and reached its crescendo on January but still Sapient managed to hold tenth challenges & problems. Sapient pro-
11, 2011. Top 20 MBA colleges out of rank in this round. The third round of vided holistic & pragmatic solution in
56 were selected at first stage of selec- Recruitment was simulation game the context of self sustainability. It was
tion. Each college was repre- one of the best solutions that IIM-I
sented by a team of 10 for the received & Sapient again secured
major rounds. Blends of 1st position and was appreciated
numerous events that formed personally by IIM faculty for this
this event were campaigns, endeavor.
“ We are
quizzes, puzzles and debates Such consistent performance by
covering areas of Marketing, Sapient brought its team on the first
Finance, Consulting, Human five and made its way for the final
never satis- Resource, IT and Operations. round at IIM-I. The final round was
All these activities except final divided into two parts – Operation
round were conducted online. & System. “Operation” was about
fied with our The final round was held at live case study on the traffic problem
IIM-I campus. of Indore. Solution of this case was
state of Sapient Institute performed exception- meant to be as real HR activity presented by Sapient with many innova-
ally well throughout this event covering for Khadi Gram Udyog. In this round, tive ideas with thorough research on all
knowledge or many round which span over one Sapient left everyone behind and came aspect of traffic that practically hamper
month. There were major five rounds up with amazing solutions, got apprecia- its flow. “System” was the debate on
with various innovative teaser activities. tion from Judges at IIM and secured the potential role of ICT in governance
practice. We First round was about Marketing and 1stposition. During the preparation for & s olut ion w as sought fo r
the theme was “Green Indore”, Sapient second and third round – Sapient “SAMADHAN” – web portal of Indore
believe in the students came up with some out of the repeated its remarkable performance in Collectrate. Results of these two
box ideas and got seventh position in all three teaser rounds and won first rounds were declared together in
power of this round. Second and Third round prize in Best Team Name & Best Video which Sapient secured 3rd position.
were clubbed together with the same and also got second position in Best
ideas.
”
Student’s experience
To compete with 200 odd Being a captain of the team – IBL was complete package
students from 20 B-Schools first time in my life I got an comprising every area of man-
was an arduous but an exhila- opportunity to organize multi- agement. It was wonderful
rating task for me. It taught us ple work, synthesize diverse experience as a management
how to come up with innova- ideas, managing conflicts and student for me to go through
leading the team for achieving this eye opening competition. I
tive ideas while solving real
momentous goal. In my view, got an opportunity to practi-
life case study. It brought us practical experience of these cally implement all of my ideas
face to face with pioneers of sorts of competition remain that I imbibed in classroom. It
management (IIM) – which supreme – but only when are was truly an exploratory jour-
remained a memorable ex- well equipped with theoretical ney for me. I thank Sapient for
Sapient students presenting Case Study
at IIM Indore
perience for me. concepts. giving me this exposure to test
my mettle.
- Shivi Verma - Pranjal Sharma
- Abhishek Sharma
SA PIENT IMP RINT S

3. V OLUME 1, ISSUE 1 P AGE 3
Financial Research giant “Capital via” @sapient
provides recommendations for Stocks- Cash and Next Education is a fast-growing e-Learning
F&O traded in NSE & BSE, commodities includ- company which creates innovative and student
ing bullions, metals and agro-commodities friendly computer based learning products. Next
traded in MCX, NCDEX. Head quartered at Education has been established by IIT alumni
Bangalore the company operates in Indore and who have significant experience across the inter-
Singapore also. net businesses. With offices in Hyderabad, Pune
About 60 students from different colleges and and Kochi, Next Education has a diverse team of
40 from Sapient Institute of Management Stud- 300 members with vast experience in the Educa-
ies participated in the Group discussion. From tion sector.
the GD round 20 students were shortlisted for Approximately 350 students from different col-
final interview out of which 14 were from Sapi- leges participated in the campus recruitment
ent. After the final interviews 13 students were process. The process started with the Pre place-
T he Placement Season started with a bang.
O n 8 t h Fe bru ary 2011 Ca p it a l Via
Global Research Limited selected 10
students from Finance specialization for
the post of Business Analyst. The Package of-
fered was 2.28 lacks.
Capital Via Global Research Limited is an
selected for joining out of which 10 were from
Sapient.
The Interview panel was headed by senior man-
ager HR and two HR executives from Capital Via.
The Process started at 9:30 am and ended at
6:00 in the evening.
On 6th April 2011 the students of Sapient at-
ment talk followed by GD and three rounds of
interviews. 20 Students from Sapient partici-
pated in process and three have been shortlisted
for final round of interview with HR. The Pack-
age offered is 3 lakhs plus.
Some more companies from Finance, Logistics
and Marketing are expected to visit the campus
Investment Advisory Company which basically tended the campus interview of NEXT Education. by month end.
Yes, we achieved it.
Ms. Chirpreet Tuteja Ms. Geetanjali Tamraker Ms. Meera Bhanushali Ms. Shweta Parwal
Business Analyst Business Analyst Business Analyst Business Analyst
Capital Via Capital Via Capital Via Capital Via
Package 2.28 lacs Package 2.28 lacs Package 2.28 lacs Package 2.28 lacs
Ms. Divya Jain Mr. Manish Joshi Ms. Pallavi Mehta Chirpreet Tuteja: “I got selected
in Capital Via in my first attempt of
Business Analyst Business Analyst Business Analyst campus interviews. I am thankful to
Capital Via Capital Via Capital Via all my faculties for giving me this
opportunity. I thank Sapient
Package 2.28 lacs Package 2.28 lacs Package 2.28 lacs Institute.”
Shraddha Manihar: “I thank
Ms. Rachna Verma Mr. Rohit Kushwah Ms. Sharddha Manihar Sapient Institute for giving me
direction and motive in my career.
Business Analyst Business Analyst Business Analyst Thanks a lot.”
Capital Via Capital Via Capital Via Manish Joshi: “I was selected in
Package 2.28 lacs Package 2.28 lacs Package 2.28 lacs Capital Via at a package of 2.28
lacks. I thank all the faculties of
Sapient for guiding me in the right
direction without which it would
have not been possible to achieve
my goal. I thank almighty god in
guiding me to choose the right
Summer Placement of Batch MBA 2009-11
“Knowledge is only potential power”; along with theory the exposure Allianz and Share Khan.
path.”
to industry is essential for application oriented approach. For the same We have helped our students succeed in their endeavour by getting
purpose the MBA program at Sapient is designed to provide contem- them that little extra edge which makes them extra special. We help
porary knowledge; which is functional & integrative, with emphasis on them through a very rigorous and systematic approach to career devel-
Leadership. The 2-month long Summer training helps them to groom opment sessions comprising of classroom sessions which are an opti-
themselves for highly desirable management traits and gain hands on mum mix of the academic as well as practical real life scenarios. It has
experience of Corporate life, it's functionality, rigidness & vastness. been our endeavour to tie up with the "best-of-breed" industry leaders
The training programme included Pre- training induction along with to provide them the right ingredients to make sure that they are ready
monitoring on the training through weekly progress reports. Our Sum- to take on the challenges every day with renewed vigour and unending
mer Placement Partners Include; Future Group, Bajaj Capital, PNB enthusiasm. In this direction we have conducted corporate interaction
Principal Asset Management Company, ICICI Prudential, sessions which included leaders from industry. To name a few are Mr.
Bhaskar Group, Future Generalli, HSBC Bank, Religare Finvest Ratish Gupta, Head MP, CG Aditya Birala Money, Mr. Gyan Deep
Ltd., Bonanza Portfolio Ltd., DTDC Logistics, Marico Ltd., Bajaj Singh; Branch Head; ICIC Prudential Life Insurance and others.

4. Sapience is often defined as having or showing great wis-
dom or sound judgment.
Wisdom, they say, is like salt. Having it will preserve you.
Too much of it spoils everything and too little is of no use.
The right amount creates wonders!
City Office: At Sapient Institute of Management Studies, we strongly
5th Floor, Yeshwant Plaza, believe that with knowledge you can be the most powerful
on earth and do wonders.
Opp. Railway Station,
At Sapient, our course content and delivery mechanism has
INDORE (M.P.)
been designed to meet emerging challenges and the sub-
Campus: jects taught encourage increased involvement of students
Behind Chokhi Dhani, through simulation techniques.
Khandwa Road, Emphasis is laid on building decision-making and analytical
skills of students. A 360 degree personality development of
INDORE (M.P.) students is our core area of attention.
Phone: +91-731-4000027-28-29 We bring to the table a variety of things besides just a nor-
mal management education programme. Just a normal
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learn more and essentially sculpt themselves into successful
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INNOVATIVE SATURDAY
S
apient believes classroom ing them street smart. ized. The day was summed up with a
theory is important for ac- small eco-friendly holi celebration
A week passed on, and Sapient Insti-
quiring management knowl- amidst of vibrant colours.
tute of Management Studied was
edge but there is no substi-
ready to celebrate Holi by organizing Innovation and Creativity was the
tute for practicing in order to imbibe
exciting activities for the students. The theme of third Saturday. Through
the skills, which managers require
various activities students admin-
day in day out. Keeping this phi-
istered their managerial, decision
losophy alive, Saturdays are de-
making and teamwork skills. The
si gn e d t o b e “ I N N O VA T I VE ”
first activity in the series was
learning days. The activity for the
‘Junkyard Wars’ wherein they
first Saturday of March was a
need to construct tall est free
presentation on Industry training
standing structure using paper
which the students of PGDM IInd
sheets only. In Basket exercise
Trimester has undergone after
followed it, in which students
their Ist Trimester Examination. In
were required to make a series of
their presentation students men-
decision according to priority and
tioned the tasks assigned to them
pressure of time. In order to throw-
along with their key learning’s. The students observed it as ‘Sparkle Day’.
light on the importance of resource
training gave to students’ exposure To signify importance of colours in
allocation, Business Analysis Tech-
with corporate world and helped our lives, movie making competition
nique, goal accomplishment, direc-
them understand customers, market ‘Creative Eye’, with the theme of
‘Colours of Life’ and collage making tion and focus, a movie Executive
needs and their preferences. This
competition ‘Samaavesh’ was organ- Decision was screened.
assignment went a long way in mak-