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Jaipuria Indore’s Industry visit to Pratibha Syntex- The one-stop shop for brands like Nike, Adidas and Walmart

For any student at Jaipuria Institute of Management, after a certain point in time it is quite natural to get mixed up about industry visits since the curriculum includes so many of them! But if there is one industry visit that simply stands out for us at Jaipuria Indore, it is the business study trip to Pratibha Syntex.

However digital we grow and however flat the world grows, the smell of fresh yarn in a textile industry always pulls us back to basics. That was exactly the feeling that ran through the 20 students of the Batch of 2013-15 on the 31st of August 2013, when we entered Pratibha Syntex – one of the most trusted brands for all kinds of yarn manufacturing at Indore. The best part about Pratibha Syntex is that it is ideal for a student desirous of studying the entire manufacturing chain in the textile industry. Starting from cotton farming, to yarn manufacturing, fabric weaving and ultimately ending in the finished product- garment production– Pratibha Syntex does it all. We had the opportunity to visit one of their plants, which produces 100% Bio-Organic cotton yarn and fabrics. Meeting Mr. S. K.Chaudhary, CEO, Pratibha Syntex, was quite a revelation for all of us as, upon meeting him, we realised that entrepreneurship serves a purpose beyond business itself. Mr. Chaudhary seemed almost duty-bound to the 1000-odd employees, whose skills he used to generate employment for them.

The students of Jaipuria Indore were taken through various Quality Control and Quality Assurance systems and shown the CRM policies of an organisation that has as its clients, iconic brands like NIKE, ADIDAS, WALMART, WOOLWORTHS, CONFRO and PATAGONIA. Pratibha Syntex is one of the leading exporters of yarn to USA, Canada, Mauritius, South Africa and China, bringing in much needed FOREX in these trying times for the Rupee. Our journey began with the warehouse area, where raw cotton fibres of different lengths and density, purchased from different parts of India, were stocked. In order to get optimum density and quality of yarn, a process of blending and removing is undertaken, followed by Mixing, Blowing, Combing, Carding and then the Ring-frame process. After all these stages, the output is sent to a yarn conditioning plant. Once the yarn is manufactured, the ‘knitting’ department further converts it into fabric. The fabric is then subject to stringent quality inspections and processed for dyeing, where it is washed with chemicals and ‘discoloured’. The process continues seamlessly from ‘fabric’ to ‘garment’, and and finally culminates in printing and packaging as per the specifications of the brand.

As the day passed, a picture of the overall Scheme of Operations began to emerge before our eyes. We began to understand how resources were put to their optimum utilisation, and how the entire unit actually operated on set ethical and moral standards which staff, workers and even visitors had to comply with.

As is always the case when you are deeply engrossed in something, the time simply flew. Since our exposure and understanding was on-ground, hardly any of us faced any problems in filing our reports to the Placement Committee– which is mandatory at Jaipuria Institute of Management after every field trip or industry interaction.

Ayush Garg
PGDM Batch 2013-15

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Students of Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur learn the art of being impactful in leadership from Prof. T.V.Rao

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, chose its 7th Foundation Day to host the third edition of its acclaimed ‘Thought Leadership Lectures’. Apart from the students and faculty of Jaipuria Jaipur, leading members of Rajasthan’s corporate and social strata were present to listen to Dr. T.V. Rao, the founding father of the National HRD Network. Dr.Rao was speaking on the very necessary subject of ‘Leadership – how to make a difference’. With over 20 years of experience as a Professor at IIM-A, Dr.Rao is currently the Chairman of TVRLS, Ahmedabad, and is best known for his business bestseller, Managers Who Make a Difference, published by IIM-A. An icon in his own right, Dr. Rao has groomed and nurtured more than 10,000 managers during his career.

“Managers can be Doers, Achievers, Visionaries and Missionaries. But joining an unusual place and creating a different place is the characteristic of a leader.”

During his spell-binding lecture, Dr. T.V. Rao drew heavily upon examples of sublime Indian leaders, such as Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Dr. Varghese Kurien, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Deepak Parekh, Ravi Mathai, N.R. Narayana Murthy, and Kunwer Sachdev. He amplified his contention that the essence of thought leadership lay in the truism, “To be different from others, you need to think different.”

As the Guest of Honour for the occasion, Dr. Ashok Bapna (Member, State Planning Commission Rajasthan), dwelt on what sets good leaders apart.
“Some characteristics of good leaders are: adhering to the 360 degree feedback principle, knowing one’s own strengths and weaknesses, spreading knowledge among others, having in-built personal and interpersonal skills, having entrepreneurship skills, etc.”

However, the best of the 3rd Thought Leadership Lecture came at the end, in the form of a dynamic Q&A session. Through a series of questions, the budding managers of Jaipuria Jaipur were able to address the current leadership crunch in the country. Dr. Rao, with disarming candour, pointed out that leaders in some areas, and particularly politics, suffer from a divisive mind-set; he said they also promote divisiveness because of their short-term orientation. “When leaders substitute their vision with narrower goals or short-term benefits, they become self-centred and resort to all sorts of tactics to win. India gives tremendous opportunity for these leaders to use these tactics. By its very complexity, India is susceptible to division by groups, and this gives rise to people willing to exploit the situation by bringing up differences in religion, caste, language, etc. Those who have narrower interests- whether in an organisation or in the country- can exploit these differences and kill development. It happens in organisations and it happens at the state and country levels as well. The solution is a long drawn battle of social change.”

Dr. Rao underscored the fact that the root of divisiveness in the country still remains the caste system and that it may take several decades to get out of this. He closed with the thought-provoking observation that “Gen-Y is a big hope for all of us… but Gen-X may not give them a chance”.

In their concluding remarks, both Dr. Pankaj Gupta (Director General, Jaipuria Institute of Management) and Dr. Prabhat Pankaj (Director, Jaipuria Jaipur) agreed that Dr. Rao’s lecture was easily one of the finest heard in Jaipuria Jaipur. They encouraged students to take home the invaluable lessons of the lecture and think big.

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