The Golf Lounge - A Driving Range

 I just discovered a driving range for Golf at Indore- visited with my colleague and budding Golfer Sohni Roy. They have a nice setup to practice drives, and clubs are a part of the deal. It's also conducive for group activity, like bowling. Five people can use a bay for an hour for a fixed price that varies on weekdays and weekends. 210 balls are available to hit during this time. There's also a restaurant attached.

Some pics.. 

Virtual and Real Meets

 The last three months at NMIMS Bangalore has been a flurry of activity, and meetings, mostly virtual, with students who are members of various activity clubs and committees. Some virtual events too, with industry participants. For a change, we did a small event to felicitate the Rank-holders and Medal winners of the 2020 graduating batch. Though a bit late, at least it was in person, and it was great to see some students in person. Earlier, there was a meet over dinner with senior Placecom members.

Glimpses of various events and meets here, with my new young friends..

PR Committee, and Placecom -above and below.

Placecom member, and Jt. Director, Placement.

More events ...

Host and student, Manuja Seth, at the Graduation Ceremony 2020 Batch.

Events- above and below (TEDx)

My office, Bannerghatta Campus-below. Koramangala campus, above, where we offer executive programs and B.Com.

Online Initiatives From NMIMS Bangalore

 The pandemic has not dimmed the enthusiasm of our students at Bangalore. There is a spate of online events by different clubs and committees. Two of them are kicking off this weekend. The first is a TED-X talkathon on Saturday the 16th, and then a Strategy Conclave -online, of course- by the Strategy Club. 

Two of the speakers at the TED-x event - you may recognise at least one. Dalip Tahil, above.

From the Strategy Conclave- Prof. Harsh Vardhan, the mentor faculty, above, and a member of Paramarsh team, below at the event on Jan. 16th.

It is commendable that these students are able to organise events from multiple locations, while not being able to meet physically. Maybe this will facilitate future organization of such events and others too. Of course, personal meetings build a different sort of closeness and camaraderie and might be a different experience in some ways. But this is quite good, and the best possible alternative under the circumstances.

We also have another mega event, the Annual Convocation, happening online in the coming week. On the 23rd morning, to be precise. We all are looking forward to the much-delayed event. Again, a physical event would have been nice to have, but we have to move on, just as many other universities or institutions have. Mr. Ganesh Shenoy, CFO, MTR Foods, will be our Chief Guest at the Convocation.