Student Forums

Forum activities are built around the concepts of encouraging the students to express their creativity and Leadership skills and to build a collaborative culture through the following events organized by the forum mangers. The various forums are Marketing forum, Finance Forum, Operation Forum, HR forum, Analytics Forum Entrepreneurship forum.

Objectives and outcome:

• Building real world skills
• Enable transfer of learning
• Enhance practical skills- Communication, Analytical, & problem Solving.

Forums at KCT Business School

1. Finance Forum -Beanstalk

Beanstalk works at developing the interest of students towards Finance. Beanstalk facilitates space for sharing knowledge on finance through
• Games
• Debates
• Case Analysis and Discussion
• Budget Analysis
• Finance Quiz
• Discussion on the articles of Nanayam Vikatan
• Sensex Analysis
• Financial Role-play
• Industrial Focus Group(IFG)
• Real Time Online Share Trading Program (ROSTP)
• Certification Programs on NCFM Modules-Offered by NSE

2. HR Forum – C Suite

Students are encouraged to come up with innovative ideas in the area of entrepreneurship, communication skills, leadership and interpersonal skills through C-Suite. It facilitates learning of Team work, Co-ordination, Decision making, Time management, Motivation, Leadership skills and better communication through
• Personality Development
• Psychometric tests
• Enhancing Presentation Skills
• Workshops
• HR Simulation
• Video presentations
• Team Building Activities
• Creativity & Innovation
• HR Quiz
• Role Play

3. MARKETING FORUM – Le Comerciante’

Le Comerciante’ stands as a testimony to build quality platform in marketing common sense with creativity and passion for excellence among students. The significant objectives of this forum connote and addresses to:
 Create awareness about nuances of the marketing techniques and tools through activity based learning exercises and
 Develop core competency in preferred areas of marketing
 The effectively structured activity focuses and surrounds to:
 Simulation workshop on Real-time Selling exercises
 New product launch and product promotion skills
 Learnings from real-time case studies
 Art of convincing and confusing customers
 Hands on negotiating

4. OPERATIONS FORUM-TECHOPS

Techops works with an objective to develop the interest of students toward operations. The forum aims to invoke interest among the student community in various areas of Operations Management. Techops facilitates sharing of knowledge on fields related to Operations through

• Technology innovation videos
• Business plan
• Technical quiz
• Technical analysis of the product
• Concepts and events connection
• Service facility plan
• Process presentation
• Simulation games
• Guest Lectures, Field Visits

5. Analytics Forum

Techziz facilitates sharing information on the recent developments in Information technology field and effective ways to manage Information Systems. It also helps to gain additional knowledge on how to access the tools for different management process.

Some activities of Techziz are
• Impactful presentation – through Technology
• Designing personal website using JOOMLA
• Technical quiz – puzzles
• Picture concept identification
• Case Analysis

6. Entrepreneurship Forum

The Entrepreneurship forum helps the students to enhance their entrepreneurial skills and creative skills by identifying a social cause and pitch a product or service solution to it some activities

• Boot camp
• Changents
• Case studies
• Talk shows

S.No. Year Organized by Coordinators Participants
1 Forum 2017 Students Forum-KCTBS 6 180
2 Forum 2016 Students Forum-KCTBS 34 180
3 Forum 2015 Students Forum-KCTBS 20 176

Events Participated by Students

Name of Association Date No. of Students Participated Event Name
Coimbatore Management Association, CMA February 14, 2017 17 Management Events- Debate, addressing a Social Issue and Developing a Simulation Game
Coimbatore Productivity Council, CPC February 12-18, 2017 2 Productivity Week Celebrations on the theme “From Waste to Profits through Reduce, Recycle, Reuse”
All India Management Association, AIMA October 14, 2015 5 National Semi-Finals in AIMA CHANAKYA 2015
Association of BRICS Business Schools (ABBS) November 11 -13, 2015 5 7th BRICS Students’ Meet and International research conference
IEEE February, 21, 2018 4 L-7 Conference

YUGAM – KCT Flag Ship Event

It is a plethora of engineers, events, artists coming together to form a five day techno-cultural fest, with a strong social standing of giving back to the world. In Yugam, faith becomes confidence, aspirations turn into achievements, talent earns glory and dreams materialize into reality. 125 events,10000+ footfall, Prizes worth 1 million, 35+ workshops,03 pro shows,10+ speakers,60+ cultural events,65+ TECHNICAL EVENTS. Yugam has hosted more than 36000+ participants over four years from more than 150+ colleges have participated in the event.

Yugam 2017

Event Name Students Coordinator Date No. of Participants
Archon Mr. Naveen Kumar P 09/02/2017 126
Workshop on Design Thinking Ms. Kaviya M
Corporate Gala Mr. Gokul C
Mr. Nikhil
Ms Lathika 10/02/2017 39 teams
Live Market Mania Mr. Praveen S 11/02/2017 55 teams
Bid-A-Thon Mr. Anees Ahamed 11/02/2017 36 teams

Yugam 2016

Event Name Students Coordinator Date No. of participations
IDEAS TO INNOVATION -121 Gaowtham.R.K, Balaji.S, Sudharson.G, Mr. Vishnumanikandan. 12/02/2016 52 members and 19 teams
BEST MANAGER Sudharson.G, 12/02/2016 140 Students
WOLF OF WALL STREET Ms. S. Linksha Veni – Event head
Ms. R. Krithika, Mr. Rohan. 12/02/2016 10 teams and 20 members

Yugam 2015

Event Name Students Coordinator Date No. of participations
BEST MANAGER Mr. Balagi and Ms. Nagavikashnee
Ms. Madumitha – Cordinator
Ms.. Aninaya
Mr. Arunesh
Mr. Surabhi 14/02/2015 93 participants
BEST MANAGEMENT TEAM Ms. Vichitra, Ms. Nithivika, Ms. Dharavi, Ms. Dhivya, Ms. Nandhini Priya 14/02/2015 37 teams and 148 students
BUSINESS QUIZ MIND GAMES Ms. Dhivya, Ms. Nandhini Priya
Prof Rangarajan 13/02/2015 120 teams

ANGADI

ANGADI is a student initiative event, which is ideated, planned and organized by the Student Association members of KCT Business School. It is a trade fair that brings various products and services sourced from different locations under one roof and provide a platform to nurture the talents of the students. ANGADI acts as a real world market and helps the business students learn the tactics of buying and selling of products. Each Year, ANGADI helps students hone their marketing knowledge and skills through positioning of their products, understanding the competition, promotion schemes, pricing etc. The event focuses on bringing in other college students and corporates to participate and exhibit their business skills which ehance a holistic learning for the students of KCTBS.

Objectives of ANGADI

• To help students understand business concepts
• To inculcate skills like entrepreneurial, interpersonal, communication, planning, organizing in students.
• To encourage Students to start a business

Learning Outcomes

• Apply their business and managerial knowledge
• Display effective interpersonal skills
• Build a confidence

Sl. No. Name of the event Organized by No. of Participants
1 Angadi 2017 Student Association 180 participants
2 Angadi 2016 Student Association 178 participants
3 Angadi 2015 Student Association 170 participants