Dear PUMBAites,

Greetings from PUMBA! 

Mr. Neerad Trivedi (1998 batch), GM - KPIT Cummins, visited PUMBA on saturday, 10th October 2009 to help us structure the mentorship programme.

Following are the MOM of the discussion 

1)      Allocation of students and mentors, as per their fields of interests.

2)      Arrange for guest lectures (map the guest lectures that took place earlier and invite them again)

3)      Send a communication to the mentors    

4)      Decide on the mode of communication between the mentor and the students in case the mentor is not from Pune.

5)      The mentorship programme should help bridge the gap between the theory and the industry requirements. The practical application of the concepts is missing in the students. The students should also be aware of the terminology used in the industry.

·         Use of documentation tools. Or even using MS-Office to make reports, analyze the data, solve case studies etc. according to the standard industry formats. Use of Visio.

·         Study how businesses operate. What are Key Process Indicators?

·         Study P-2-P, O-2-C, R-2-R.

·         While the business is on what are the different analyses that need to be done?

·         How does a business cycle operate?

·         Study of budgeting with not only the top-down but down-up approach as well.

·         Six sigma and its applications in finance, operations and other fields as well.

·         Study the integration of: finance, marketing, operations, HR etc.

·         Operations: Manufacturing, logistics, third party, fourth party logistics

·         Marketing topics such as: distribution channels, how does a distribution channel operate globally, retail, sales analytics, pure sales

·         Finance: Insurance, re-insurance, manufacturing, banking, forex

·         IT: IT Business landscapes, IT infrastructure of a company, make or buy decision, do’s and don’ts,   information security risk, system development cycle, RFID technology, risks of using RFID, how do we mitigate the risks

·         HR: How does an HR of today work, key mentoring, how do they plan for attrition, backfill people, interviewing techniques

·         Study ERP & SAP

6)      Guest lectures on 2 topics from each sector and simultaneously a continuous work shop on interviewing skills to be started on immediate basis for the second year students. Mock interviews  will give a feel of as to how the interviews shou ld be given.

7)    A group of Alumni should be involved in structuring and monitoring the programme.