Poornaprajna Institute of Management

The inaugural session of Prajna Vaibhavam for Academic Year 2022-23 was held on December 29, 2022. During the two-hour session that took place at Prajna Hall of the Institute, second year MBA students participated in ‘Group Discussion’. The teams that participated and the topics on which they discussed during the session are as follows: Team J:                      Uniform Civil Code Team O:                     Bio-war and Bio-weapons Team P:                      Hard Work vs Smart Work                                     and Team Q:                     Post Covid-19 Economic Crisis Director of the Institute Dr. Bharath V, Professor Emeritus and PCRD co-ordinator Dr. Krishna Kothai all the faculty members were present during the session. Faculty members Prof. Santhosh N Prabhu and Prof. Joe Ashwin Correa judged the performance of the students. Office manager Mr. Srihari C D and support staff Mr. Sangamesh Asangi made all necessary arrangements for the smooth conduct of the session...

On 21st December 2022, Poornakash -The Training and Placement Cell of Poornaprajna Institute of Management organized Corporate Interaction for final year MBA students wherein the GM HR of the retail mammoth of Udupi District HARSHA addressed the students on Corporate Etiquettes. Mr. B. N. Amin emphasized on the need of several traits such as flexibility, determination, focus and consistency through which an ordinary person can perform extraordinary tasks effortlessly. He also assured the students about HARSHA’S participation in the campus recruitment for the present batch and also accepted the invitation to be on the panel of mock interview sessions to be held by Poornakash in the future. The Director of the institute Dr. Bharath V. also spoke on the need of the total personality development for students to be successful in the corporate world and motivated students to take part actively in campus placement activities. Mr. Shivanand M. Bhandarkar, the faculty placement coordinator o...

Entrepreneurship Development Cell of Poornaprajna Institute of Management, Udupi organized an expert lecture on the topic ‘Handicraft Industry in India Challenges and opportunities’ on 19th December, 2022. Mr. Shashidhar, Joint Secretary of the Craft Council of Karnataka was the resource person for the session. “If you buy a slice of handicraft, you buy a slice of culture of that place. Handicrafts involve lot of creative work of artisans. It is essential to market them and prevent them from perishing”. said Mr. Shashidhar. Dr. A.P.Bhat, former Principal of Poornaprajna College and presently the Administrative Officer of Admar Mutt Education Council, highlighted the importance of encouraging artisans and motivated the students. Dr. Bharathi Karanth coordinator of Entrepreneurship Development Cell coordinated the programme. Dr. Bharath V Director of PIM presided over the programme.

Finance forum of Poornaprajna Institute of Management organised a workshop “Stock Market-an Introduction” on 17th December 2022. Mr. Varun Devadiga and Mr.Sudhindra Bhat , authorised partners of Golden Eagle Investments ltd, a franchisee of Angle one, Udupi were the resource persons for the workshop.  Both the resource persons introduced the concept of Investment, Investment alternatives and Stock Market as an investment avenue.  An in-depth explanation of the functioning of stock market, the NSE and BSE along with practical examples ignited the interest in stock market among the students.  Second year MBA students, Director Dr. Bharath V, Faculty coordinator of Finance forum Dr. Bharathi Karanth and Mr.Shrihari attended the session.

The program ‘Igniting the spark’ was held at Prajna Hall on 8th December 2022. Mr. Varun Prabhu who is the Co-founder & Head of Executions of exuBrandD was the resource person for the day. It was jointly organized by the Human Resource forum & IQAC under the guidance of Prof. Joe Ashwin Correa. Presiding over the program Dr. Naveen Kumar, Associate Professor stressed the importance of ‘Earn while you learn’ as an important concept that students need to understand. He also added in his presidential speech that age is not a barrier to scale up high in the career. The resource person Mr. Varun Prabhu highlighted the importance of being energetic and self-motivated in the current scenario. He also added that If you do not ignite the spark in yourself then no one can ignite you. He gave some tips regarding how to create a start-up and how to build networking, the skills required to be an entrepreneur, and the secrete for success. He also elucidated how to invest money and manage ...