Academic Year 2021-22

An investor awareness programme was organised by FISAT Business School in association with Security Exchange Board of India, Bombay Stock Exchange and Central Depositary Services Investor Education and Protection Fund as part of the Global Money Week 2022 – an annual global awareness raising campaign under the aegis of OECD International Network on Financial Education on 24th March 2022.
Barclays Life Skills training program (Free Training Program), the Barclays Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative was conducted in association with Global Talent Track Foundation (GTTF) on March 24 – 25, 2022 for the students of first year MBA. The two-day training focused on improving the students’ interview skills, self-awareness, grooming, body language, confidence, stress management, listening skills, problem solving skills etc.
The Startup Bootcamp series was conducted by Carve Startup Labs on March 10 – 11, 2022 to foster the students to learn and grow for their future ventures and strengthen the startup ecosystem. Mr. Vishnu Nagaraj, founder and startup evangelist, Carve Startup Labs explained how to work on Ideation Canvas and the creation of Pitch Deck during the two day training program.
Microsoft Certification & Data Visualisation program was conducted for a duration of 48 hours by Mr. Jomon Joseph and team from Strategist for a duration of 5 days from Feb 21-25, 2022. This Program measures competency in the fundamentals of creating and managing worksheets and workbooks, creating cells and ranges, creating tables, applying formulas and functions, and creating charts and objects
‘Talent Scan 2021’, the freshers’ day event for MBA 2021 batch was organised by the Forum of Management Students on December 18, 2021. The event paved the opportunity for the junior batch students to showcase their talents. The programs included music bands, solo songs, and dance performances.
Karma 2021, the in-house management and cultural fest of FBS, was conducted on December 18 – 19, 2021. The various management events were ‘The Big Bull’- Finance Game, ‘Mak War-21’- Marketing Game, ‘Alpha Trophy’- Best Manager, and ‘B Quest’- Business Quiz. The cultural events included ‘Metamorphosis’- theme launch and a musical night.
Mr. Sujith Bhaskar, GigsBoard India on Dec 11, 2021, addressed the students on ‘Gig economy’. He educated the students on the role of entrepreneurs, investors, NGOs, and policymakers to unlock the potential of the gig economy.
Mr. K.R. Mohanachandran, Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, ESAF Small Finance Bank delivered an expert talk on ‘The Dynamics of Banking’ on November 23, 2021. The program was organised to give insights on the changes in the banking business, create awareness among the students regarding the opportunities available to excel in a banking career, and generate awareness among the students regarding the expectations of the prospective employers of the banking industry.

Mr. Naufal Latheef, Director, Hedge School of Applied Economics delivered an informed perspective on ‘Gateway to Financial Freedom’ on November 19, 2021. It fostered the students to grasp an understanding of the financial markets and how it would affect their investment portfolio choices.

The election of office-bearers of FORUM for the academic year 2021-22 was held on November 19, 2021, at 3pm. The positions of the Vice President and Joint secretary were reserved for the Junior batch of MBA students (Semester 1), while the others were to be filled by the senior batch (Semester 3 students). Following are the office bearers for the Year 2021-22.

President – Sanjay A. Nair (Batch 2020)

Vice President – Parth P. R. (Batch 2021)

Secretary – Rosemary George (Batch 2020)

Joint Secretary – P. Sankar Mahadev (Batch 2021)

Treasurer – Varghese Jain (Batch 2020)

Ocean Clean Up drive- November 15, 2021

The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) teamed up with the NGO Plan@earth and FBS to carry out a ‘Marine Plastic Collection Drive’ on November 15, 2021. The drive was organised at the Munambam Harbour in partnership with the Munambam Fishing Harbour Management Society and the Munambam Fishing Boat Owners and Operators Coordination Committee. The purpose of the program was to kick start a campaign to collect marine plastic and bring it back to the shore and send it off for recycling.