Virtuoso means “a person who is extremely skilled at something”. Just like it’s meaning, the department of management organizes Virtuoso – A management workshop exclusively for the First year students of BBA to prepare them to be skilled management professionals. The department of management inaugurated Virtuoso 2019 on 12th July at 9 am in the main auditorium. The chief guest for the day was Mr. Vinod Modi, founder of secured life science. The inauguration began with the lighting of the lamp. Later, Fr. Augustine George, Vice Principal & Director, International Affairs addressed the gathering. In his address, he mentioned about the 3 important pillars in every individual’s life that is Attitude, Skill, and Knowledge which are necessary to maintain right balance in life. He further added that the application of knowledge in practical situation serves the purpose of learning. This was followed by the Chief guest, Mr. Vinod Modi’s address. He emphasized on success by sharing a motivational story about a young boy through which he shares the mantra of success that is to believe in your teachers. He further mentioned that people fail to succeed in the modern world because people fail to adapt. He advised the students not to analyze the situation too much and also not to take oneself seriously. He then shared an interesting story about a group of men who depict various reflections on a problem. He concluded by appreciating the department for organising such programs which inculcates in the student the need for the application of knowledge in a real-world scenario and encouraged the students to be more human than mere machines. The inauguration geared up the students to perform in the finals of various events.

The 358 first year BBA students were divided into 21 teams of 17 each, which will accommodate 6 events of the workshop. The events included in the workshop were Finance, Human Resource, Entrepreneurship development, Marketing, Business Quiz and Best CEO. Every event constituted of two preparatory rounds and a finale. The preparatory rounds were conducted on the 6th and 10th of July respectively, which hence geared up the students for the finals on 12th July, 2019.

Finance means “dealing with money”. But money itself has different aspects. The finance event consisted of 3 participants per team. The finance event tested it’s participants on various terms of finance, Financial analysis and Situational judgement case studies across the Preparatory rounds and finals. It proved to be a great learning for all the participants as they were exposed to the actual meaning of finance.

“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” But acquiring and retaining great people in an organisation is possible only when an effective Human resource system is in place. The human resource event also consisted 3 participants per team. This event tested the participants in teamwork, coordination and other core functions of human resource management like recruitment across the Preparatory rounds and finals. The participants experienced a thorough learning in dealing with people.

“It’s not about ideas, it’s about making ideas happen.” One such event is Entrepreneurship development. This event also consisted 3 participants per team. The participants were asked to pitch their ideas and ways of execution in different contexts across the rounds. The entrepreneurs of this workshop learnt different approaches of pitching a plan and the industry set standards of a business plan to have the competitive edge.

“Strong customer relationships drive sales, sustainability, and growth.” For this, one has to Think like a customer and Act like a customer. A good marketer is the one who can do so. Marketing event consisted of 4 participants per team. This event provided a platform to the participants to understand the customer, to develop products as per the Market expectations and also to involve in continuous research.

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest”. Business quiz is one such event that tests the participants about current affairs, business icons and the key periods in business world. There were 3 participants from each team and gained a variety of knowledge through this event with utmost curiosity.

An event which is the combination of all the core aspects as well as soft skill aspects of the corporate is the Best CEO. There is one Best CEO from each team. The Best CEO has to go through a bunch of things from formulating strategies to handling stress while dealing with any task. The best CEO participants were taught to handle stress, situation judgements and various approaches towards a task.

All the events constituting the workshop came to an end with the Valedictory session of Virtuoso 2019 at 4 pm in the Main Auditorium. The Valedictory session began with the feedback of the participants from different events. The participants found the tasks challenging and as a test to their abilities which motivated them to work on improving their knowledge and skills. Most of participants felt this workshop as a great learning experience since Virtuoso 2019 is their first activity in the college. Followed by the feedback session, the Overall best performing teams were felicitated by Rev. Fr. Emmanuel P J, Director of Jayantian Extension services alongside Mr. Surendranath Reddy, Head of Department of Managemet. On the whole, Virtuoso 2019 ended on a high note and served as a great boost to the students for the years to come.