INDUCTION PROGRAMME FOR THE BATCH 2015-2017 by Meghana Shellikeri, IIIrd Semester

KLE Technological University - SMSR

The program was kick started with a famous quote"Coming together is beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success....."   The two eminent personalities from Indian Air Force - Mr. C S Havaldar, retired Air Commando and Mr. Vasant Wai, retired Junior Warrant Officer were invited as Chief guests for the day. Both the personalities shared some memorable incidents from their long successful career. According to them, a major quality every student should develop during his/her MBA course is “adaptability”. They also elucidated the importance of communication skills for management students.

Management is all about communicating with others. Mr. C S Havaldar also brought out similarities between military and management. Addresses by both the personalities were knowledgeable and enlightening for the first year students.

Post lunch session was the informal induction program conducted by second year students. Events conducted were 'Buddy system' - where the first year students  paired up with second year students. The latter had to cram and introduce their buddy in an innovative approach which was quite entertaining. The second event was 'Treasure Hunt' which was a team building bustle,where both first and second year students had great fun. The first year students enjoyed while searching for the clue around the campus and they were asked to perform various witty tasks by their seniors to get hold of the clue. The event concluded with avowal of the winners. Later Prof. G S Hiremath gave a gist of the course outline and wished students good luck before he concluded the day.