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Jaipuria Noida STUDENT Speaks

“Our seniors at Jaipuria Noida taught us not just the do’s and don’ts of college, but in many cases, the do’s and don’ts of life as well.” – Tarun Harit

For Tarun Harit, more than the big ticket events, it is the small gestures of appreciation shown by the faculty that makes Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida a great management college.

“Since my orientation week, I have been into extracurricular activities. I remember how Prof. Durgansh Sharma had awarded me a chocolate for my performance in a skit. I also won a Parker pen for a pantomime act during orientation week. Over the last year, I have participated in many events like Udaan (where I won the first prize for dancing), Spardha, an Ad-Making show and Solo Singing, and have been the coordinator of many events. But those small gifts from the faculty, won during my first week – the orientation week – in Jaipuria Noida, are my most treasured possessions.”

Tarun is a BTech from IT, and has been a Jaipur boy all his life, where his father is a much-respected doctor and his mother a teacher in a government school. But when it came to choosing a professional course, he followed in the footsteps of his elder sister, who has also done an MBA.

“I had decided to do my MBA in the Delhi-NCR, for obvious reasons. I went through numerous websites and sought the opinions of a number of people before zeroing in on Jaipuria Institute of Management. What ultimately mattered was my father’s stamp of approval.”

Tarun’s first year has been studded with achievements. Apart from being the Class Representative, Tarun has also covered and photographed the entire Spardha event as a member of the MRC ( Media Relation Club). He has balanced academics and extracurricular events beautifully, aggregating the second highest marks in his class, and winning the appreciation of his peers and faculty. Having just entered his 2nd and final year at Jaipuria Noida, Tarun Harit is pursuing a specialisation in Marketing.

“My interaction with the senior batch has been the high point of Jaipuria Noida. Not only did they teach us the do’s and don’ts of college, but in many cases the do’s and don’ts of life as well. I am still in touch with quite a few of my seniors, despite them having passed out of college and their hectic jobs in very good companies, they are always willing to to help me out of my difficulties. The other big plus at Jaipuria Institute of Management is undoubtedly the faculty. They are cooperative, ever-ready to give you time, and pay attention to each individual in the class. They start teaching from scratch so that each student gets the basics right.”

Tarun Harit is deeply impressed by the CSR initiatives of all Jaipuria Institute of Management campuses. He believes it is something that makes Jaipurians stand out in the long run.

“Apart from active interaction with our adopted villages, we recently had a village day or rural day, where our institute had invited people from villages and had arranged an interaction over lunch for them. It was wonderful to see smiles on their faces. They felt nice that somebody was there to look out for their interests.”

Now in his final year, Tarun is targeting a marketing profile with a good MNC. He is positive that Jaipuria’s grooming will make this happen during the placement season, which begins five months down the line. Given his personality, he believes in taking short steps up a ladder, instead of jumping two or three steps at a time. He plans to stick to his first job, growing into the role of a full-fledged Manager five years later.

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FACULTY Speaks Jaipuria Jaipur

“In my experience, students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Prof. Lokesh Vijayvargy

For many students of Jaipuria Institute of Management who come from an Engineering background, Professor Lokesh Vijayvargy is a role model. According to them, since Professor Vijayvargy is also from an Engineering background, he understands the kinds of challenges that engineering students face in adjusting to Management classes.

“When I joined Jaipuria Jaipur in 2007, I realised that students were not very comfortable with the Operations course. I began by systematically simplifying the in-class teaching, and correlating all concepts with reality and business. It is my attempt to integrate my lectures with the changing environment and business. I always use videos, CEO interviews, virtual tours, live projects and management games in the class to explain concepts. Since I teach all mathematical courses for the PGDM programme, I focus more on decision-making and interpretations rather than calculation.”

Since he is fairly young, Professor Vijayvargay is often looked upon as an “elder brother or friend” by many of his students. He is known to present a holistic picture of business management. It is for this reason that even those students, who are not specialising in Operations, choose Supply Chain Management and Project Management as electives.

“Beyond-the-classroom teaching can be very impactful. I always try to solve problems for students by putting myself in their shoes. I spend more time with my students beyond the classroom hours to understand them.”

A B.Tech and an M.Tech from IIT Delhi, Prof. Vijayvargay is currently pursuing his PhD from MNIT, Jaipur. Known for his enthusiasm and tirelessness, Prof. Vijayvargay has been instrumental in almost everything that occurs on-campus, the most prominent being two international conferences in Jaipuria Jaipur.

“I was the coordinator for APORS-2009, held between the 6th and 9th of December 2009. I was also the Convener for the International Conference on Sustainable Business: Managerial Implications and Challenges (ICSBMC-12) held between the 7th and 9th of December 2012. In both these conferences, the students learned new trends of sustainability in business through experts from industry, IIMs, IITs and other B-schools. They also learnt how to organise national level events.”

Over his six years at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Prof. Vijayvargay has held various key positions, such as that of Evaluation Coordinator from 2007-10, and the Admissions Coordinator for the PGDM and PGDM Retail batch from 2008-10. Since June 2012, he has been shouldering the responsibility of Chairperson, Student Affairs, and he’s enjoying every bit of it!

“In my experience, students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. The test of a good teacher lies not in his or her students’ ability to answer all his questions; but in inspiring the students to come up with questions that even the teacher will find hard to answer. That is why I am constantly reading new books and searching for new ways to increase the productivity and effectiveness of my teaching. I have attended four FDPs on different disciplines in IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode and IIT Kanpur. Every year, I focus on adding new business trends within my courses.”

Prof. Vijayvargay has published two papers at an international level, and six papers at a national level so far. To his credit, he has also edited a book on “CREATING A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS: Managerial Implications and Challenges”, published by Bloomsbury in 2012. Prof. Vijayvargay describes the atmosphere at Jaipuria Institute of Management as “congenial and professional”, which allows the faculty to make substantial contributions through quality teaching, publications, conferences, consulting project (RUIDP Project), etc. Prof. Vijayvargay believes that being a faculty member at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur is a matter of great pride for him.

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