ALUMNI CONNECT: Workshop on Startups by Mr. Rupesh Mor, Co-founder, Managing Director, Billfree Labs Pvt. Ltd.

The IME department was proud to play host to an alumnus of its MBA Programme, Mr. Rupesh Mor, Founder and Managing Director of Bill Free Labs Private Limited. Mr. Mor was accompanied by his colleague Mr. Akash Agarwal, Co-Founder of Bill Free Labs. A Class of 2005 management graduate from the department, Mr. Mor shared with the gathering his entrepreneurial journey before MBA and beyond, filled with snippets ranging from small initial ventures to larger fishes that he chases with an effervescent approach now. Starting out young, he recollected his first business of renting out comic books and selling ice candies as a middle school student – a venture which is still operating some 20 years hence. From humble beginnings, he has moved towards bigger and better things, reflected in his successful journey in wide ranging fields from management consulting to being a founder of multiple startups. He has now chosen to try and build solutions for the retail commerce market with his latest startup, Bill Free Labs. In words of Mr. Mor himself, the Bill Free mobile application, which is the flagship product of the startup, presents a unique proposition for its users with automated management of bills and records for further purview, laying special emphasis on their organization and recall. Mr. Mor went about explaining his product further, peppering the discourse with the occasional humorous anecdote about his journey and the challenges he faced in development of his new product. Post the discussion, he and Mr. Agarwal led a brainstorming session along with the current 1^st year batch of MBA students, considering the case of Bill Free Labs and the ways of improving market penetration for consumers as well as the retail merchants. The students presented innovative solutions which were well appreciated by the team bringing the meet to an end with momentous applause!

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Consilium'08: The Consulting Conclave

MBA batch under the aegis of Department of IME is going to organize the annual consulting conclave of IIT Kanpur, Consilium’08. The objective of this event is to create a platform where confluence of leading professionals from consultancy and vast student community can take place. As consultancy has become one of the most preferred career choice for IITians , Consilium'08 will provide them the opportunity to learn about the nunaces of consultancy in various domains. From a humble start, it has been envisaged that Consilium will become the platform in coming years where representatives from across the spectrum of consultancy will share their knowledge, experience and insight with students. The event has generated enthusiasm among all sections of IITK students and students from other major B-Schools who are also expected to participate. Case solving competition is one of the attraction of Consilium '08 in which winners shall get certificates and attractive cash prizes. Apart...

THE HIGH OCTANE RIDE: FRESHERS NIGHT ‘12

“Dance like nobody's watching, Love like you've never been hurt, Sing like nobody's listening, Live like it's heaven on earth” -Mark Twain An apt quote to describe the sumptuous freshers' party for the MBA batch of 2012-14, organised by the seniors on 17 th August, 2012. As with all freshers' parties, the gist of this night was to make every Y’14 MBA student feel like being an integral part of the IIT-K family, younger and ever new to take the challenge of the years ahead, ever fresh through the year and carrying the legacy ahead. The proceedings started as early as 7pm, as all the students geared up for an evening of fun, enjoyment and relaxation. After ambiguity, predicament and lots of discussions over what to wear for the occasion, almost everyone reached the venue for the night, old SAC ground, by 7.15pm where the party finally began at around 7.45pm. The event, compered by Sagar and Kanwardeep, kicked off with the Y’14 students being called on ...

A Talk on Project Management and Strategic Planning

A guest lecture was delivered by Mr. Aditya Kumar, Solution Transformation Leader, Schneider Electric on 11th Jan, 2013. He has specialized in Project Planning, Contract & Risk Management, Turnkey Projects, Business Processes, Energy Management, Building Project organization and thus his talk was focused on these aspects. He discussed that how the strategy and project management go hand in hand. Just as strategies and ideas lead to new projects, similarly, project results drive changes and give rise to new strategies and innovations. He explained that a project is a venture undertaken to produce a product or service. Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, procuring and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of project by the application of skills, knowledge, tools and techniques and meet the need and expectations of all the parties who are directly or indirectly interested in the project. The main challenge with project management is to...

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