International Accreditation Seminar Attended

Prof. Pramod P.Thevannoor, Director, SCMS Group and Dr.V.Raman Nair, Director, SCMS-COCHIN had attended a two-day seminar on international accreditation organized by Standards for Educational Advancement and Accreditation Trust at India International Centre, New Delhi on November 10 and 11.
Dr. Robert Owen, Director, Association of MBAs, Mr.Mark Stoddard, Accreditation Project Manager, Mr.Martyn Jones, Pro Vice Chancellor-External [...]

Karukutty Kitty

National Service Scheme Technical Cell
Shri K.K. Gopalakrishnan, Workshop Superintendent and NSS Programme Officer, attended a five-day training and orientation programme at Rajagiri School of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, during November 3-7. The programme focused on topics like psycho-social problems of teenagers, palliative care, trauma care and first aid, learning disorders and the like.
Short-term courses
Shri Ajit Joseph, [...]

SSTM Salver

Study in collaboration with CDS
In association with Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, SSTM has initiated a study on ‘Computerisation in local-self government institutions of Kerala.’ The samples are taken from the two Gram Panchayats, namely, Malayattoor-Neeleswaram and Parakkadavu in the Ernakulam district. Prof.Radha Thevannoor, Director anad Dr.N.Rajagopal, associate Professor, are the co-ordinaators of the programme. [...]

SCMS Spectrum

FDP conducted
A two-day faculty development programme on Communication and Presentation skill was conducted by Smt.Meena Ramanathan and Shri Ravi Ramanathan of Ramanathan’s Effective Public Speaking Institute, Chennai on November 6 and 7. 15 junior faculty members participated in the programme.
Talks
Shri F.F. Mendanha, Assistant General Manager, Union Bank, spoke to the students on Global Meltdown, on [...]

MDP for executives of Carborundum Universal

A two-day management development programme on Communication and Presentation Skills was conducted for the executives of Carborundum Universal, Cochin, at SCMS-COCHIN on October 22 and 23. 20 executives participated in the programme.
Prior to the training programme a team of faculty members visited the Kalamassery unit of Carborundum Universal with an intension to familiarize with the [...]

Joint Ventures in research, consultancy and extension activities

SCMS-COCHIN and Byrraju Foundation, Secunderabad, have entered into an agreement to take up joint ventures in Research, Consultancy and Extension activities.
Byrraju Foundation is a non-profit organization set up by the Chairman of Satyam Computers, Shri B.Ramalinga Raju, and his family members, in the memory of their father Byrraju Satyanarayana Raju. The foundation is engaged in [...]

International collaboration with Gibran Graduate School of Business, Australia.

Mr.Dinesh Sandhu, International Offshore Marketing Manager, Gibran Graduate School of Business, Australia, visited SCMS-COCHIN and explored the possibilities of collaboration in offering their MBA and DBA programmes in India.

Prof. Radha Thevannoor – Country Co-ordinator of World Demographic Association

Ms. Prisca Boxler, Programme and Academic Director, World Demographic Association, Switzerland, has nominated Prof. Radha Thevannoor, Director, SSTM, as the country co-ordinator of the Association for collaborative research programmes in India. The purpose of her nomination is to facilitate better interaction and co-ordination between the researchers in this field in our country and region so [...]

International collaboration with University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

The discussions for a collaborative agreement between SCMS-COCHIN and School of Business at University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland are in the final stage. Prof. Pradeep P.Thevannoor, Director, SCMS Group and Prof. Radha Thevannoor, Director, SSTM, had visited Switzerland on an invitation from the University on November 13 to discuss the alliance.
The areas of [...]

Education mission to Singapore

Dr.G.P.C.Nayar, Chairman, SCMS Group and Prof. Pradeep P Thevannoor, Director, SCMS Group had visited some of the leading Universities and educational institutions in Singapore on November 24 and 25, as members of an Education Mission from India. The visit was organised by CII, Southern Region.
The delegation had visited National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological [...]