IIM Kozhikode to Hold Annual IT Management Seminar

AIMS 2006: The Annual IT Management Seminar at IIM Kozhikode
August 12-13, 2006

The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK) is organizing its annual IT Management Seminar, AIMS 2006, at its campus in Kozhikode, Kerala, on the 12th and 13th of August, 2006. The event features two case study competitions sponsored by Cognizant Technology Solutions and HCL Technologies, and is co-sponsored by IBM.

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The seminar is organized by AbaKus, the IT and Systems interest group at IIMK. AIMS will revolve around the theme - 'IT India: From Cost Advantage to Strategic Partnership'. The seminar will focus on the current scenario in India's much-heralded IT sector and evaluate the future of IT in India. Specifically, it will try to address the issue of how the players in the sector should leverage knowledge to their advantage, and move on from a transactional mode to a more strategic one.

In keeping with IIMK's emphasis on industry-institute interaction, the seminar will feature eminent speakers from the industry presenting their views. The speakers who will be interacting with participants during AIMS 2006 include: -

Mr. Ramkumar Ramamoorthy - Director, Corporate Marketing, Cognizant Technology Solutions

Mr. Venki Sundaresan - Director, IT Group, Cypress Semiconductor

Mr. Mahadevan Narayanmony - Senior Manager, Corporate Advisory Services, Grant Thornton, Bangalore

Mr. Harishankar - Chief Information Officer, Hindustan Lever Limited

Mr. Manish Gupta - Chief Technical Officer, India Systems and Technology Lab, IBM

Mr. Somick Goswami - Head, PwC TAS, South India

Mr. Ashok Yerneni - Head, Engineering, Reach Technologies

Additionally, AIMS 2006 features two case-study competitions, "Cognizant Sys-O-Mania" and "HCL Challenge". The preliminary rounds have been conducted, with over 200 teams participating from across the IIMs and other top B-schools. The selected finalists will present their analysis to a panel of judges from industry and academia. The winners will receive prizes worth over Rs. 55,000.

Industry delegates and management students are invited to attend the event.

For further details, please contact: -
Team ABAKUS
E-mail: abakus@iimk.ac.in
Divyabhanu Singh
E-mail: divyabhanu09@iimk.ac.in; Phone: +91-9388998810
Ikshwaku Dwivedi
E-mail: Ikshwaku09@iimk.ac.in; Phone: +91-9388424288

Dr. Saji Gopinath,
Faculty Coordinator
Email: saji@iimk.ac.in

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Contributed by -
Malavika,
Media Cell Team,
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode,
Kozhikode, Kerala.

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