INTERFACE: Managerial Paper Presentation

“All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”- Arthur Schopenhauer

Will you pour billions of dollars in mail-order-catalogue business on the eve of birth of e-bay? Or enter CD music business when iPod and iTunes are in sway? You won’t! And in today’s integrated and digitized global market, institutions and individuals alike are always in relentless pursuit of such ‘Big Ideas’; ideas that will tackle and overcome global warming, ideas that will reduce human poverty, ideas that will make earth a ‘smart planet’. The only rule we know is: Whatever can be done, will be done. The only question is will it be done by you or to you.

1. Deflation -Tackling It Through Keynesian Fundametalism- Anu Suneja(MBA, 2nd year)

2. Electrification Of Rural Areas- Ajay Prakash, Siddharth Parmar (SASTRA University,Thanjavur)

3. Incredible run of the men-in-blue. What are the Ingredients to Indian cricket team’s success? - Raghvender Sharma, Vikas Garg (Govt. Engineering College, Ajmer)

4. Coalition Politics: Where Are We Heading? - Chandrachur Dhar(1789/06), Pusparghya Pakrasi(1148/06)

5. Bankruptcy to Billions -Turn around Saga for Indian Railways- Kanav Sharma (107505), Nitika Yadav (107321)

6. Green Manufacturing: An Evaluation of Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing Practices and Their Impact on Competitive Outcomes- M.Vivekanand (M.Tech, Control Systems)

7. Enterprise Resource Planning- Mangal Singh (1103/06), Swati Siwach (1237/06)

8. Triple Bottom Line and Corporate Social Responsibility - Praveen Khangta (107516)

9. Krugman’s Trade Theory and Its application on Indian businesses - Ankit Gupta (1552/06), Tanuj Potra (1409/06)

10. Volatile Neighbourhood: How to deal with this misfortune ? - Suneer Angra, Vishav Vir Singh Ahlawat

1. E-waste management- Hurupama Goyal(1770/06), Khushboo Singla(1833/06)

2. IPL Going Overseas: A Boon or a Bane- Ashish Singh (108366), Sahil Sharma (108501)

3. Getting out of pit as Marshall did (New Economic Model that fits today’s time of recession)- Ravish Kalra, Vikas gupta

All the participating teams must submit 3 hard copies of the Report to their respective event coordinators latest by Thursday, April 16, 2009. The teams from outside NITK must send the soft copy instead to ppt.literati09@gmail.com.

The selected teams must confirm their participation by submitting the registration fees to Prateek Goel (09896175349) by Tuesday, April 14, 2009. The teams from outside NITK must contact Prateek for the same.

Waitlisted candidates will be allowed to participate in case any selected teams fail to confirm by April 14, 2009.