St. Francis Institute
of Management & Research Organizing 'Anveshi 2007 - The Researcher'
On February 28th & March 1st,
2007
Call for
Papers
About St.
Francis Institute of Management and Research
The Institute was established by
"The Society of the Congregation of Franciscan Brothers". This
international charitable society of Religious Brothers was founded in 1901 and
runs orphanages, schools, formal and informal technical education centers,
agriculture training farms, leprosy centers, homes for street children, clinics,
dispensaries and hospitals.
The society now has 76 such centers in India and abroad. With change in times,
the society has ushered into quality educational activities especially into
higher technical education focusing on self-employment.
The establishment of St.
Francis Institute of Management and Research (SFIMAR) is one such effort. It
was established in the year 2002 with a vision to flourish as a seat of learning
of international standards for developing an entrepreneurial class of value
based industrial leaders, empowered with techno-managerial competence to sustain
innovation for building global businesses of the future.
The Institute is affiliated to
the University of Mumbai and offers its MMS programme.
Anveshi
2007
In order to give due recognition
to the inquisitiveness and creativity of management students, institute is
organizing Anveshi - a National Level Paper Presentation Competition
on 28th February and 1st March 2007. This endeavor is taken
to provide a platform to the potential researchers and scholars to demonstrate
and further hone their skills. The event is expected to be a liaison of
corporates, academicians and students.
Themes
Papers are invited from the
students studying in various post-graduate courses of the management institutes
across India on the following topics:
Financial
Inclusion: Deeds, Sins and Salvation
Financial inclusion aims to
provide the banking and insurance services to the masses particularly the
low-income and disadvantaged section.
Despite the economic growth that we have witnessed, a large number of people in
India still do not have access to the basic financial services offered through
formal channels like banks and insurance companies. The prospective anveshis
could attempt to find out:
Our march towards achieving
financial inclusion so far.
What kind of products and
services can be offered to achieve our goal?
What can be the alternative
delivery mechanisms?
Effectiveness of directed
lending, micro-finance and co-operative banking.
Use of technology to serve
masses.
Improving financial literacy.
Papers should focus on these
basic issues and other relevant ideas.
Funding the
Infrastructure Development
Infrastructure plays a crucial
role in a country's economic development, by enhancing productivity and
improving competitiveness. Thus, undisputedly, there is a need for
infrastructure development in the country on priority basis. From India's own
track record it can be said that faster progress of infrastructure largely
depends on availability and proper usage of funds. So the prospective anveshis
could:
Carry out an empirical study of
role-played, so far by various Financial institutions in financing
infrastructure projects.
Analyzing the need and success of
public-private partnership (PPP) model in Indian context.
Study innovative long-term
structured products for funding infrastructure development projects.
Finding the right infrastructure
policy framework for efficient allocation and utilization of funds.
Changing
face of Retail Industry in India
It is estimated that globally
retail industry is worth to be around $6.6 trillion.
In India, the retail revolution started since 1991 with the opening of the
retail store Stopper�s Shop in Mumbai. Today, although India boasts of having
around 12 million retail outlets, organized retailing accounts for only about
3%. Rest (about 97%) is unorganized which needs to be tapped diligently. The
retail industry is poised for a major growth as it assumes significant changes
with the changes in the consumer-buying pattern and with the adoption of newer
technology in force. The study may focus on:
Shifting focus from urban areas
to rural areas.
Concentrating on the unorganized
sector for the growth of industry.
Boost to employment
opportunities.
It�s emergence as a platform for
promoting various other sectors.
Consequences of entry of foreign
retailers.
Web Trade
Technologies: Challenges, Opportunities and Threats
Every web user is a potential
provider and/or consumer of web services and thus introduces many new issues.
How could a service consumer
verify that the information provided to him is reliable?
What should he do when a web
service fails to deliver?
How would trustworthiness and
reputation measures affect the price of the service?
What types of relations are
worthwhile to establish between a consumer and a provider (e.g. ad-hoc or
long-term)?
Should there be coalitions of
consumers?
We believe that the emergence of
such marketplaces is imminent, and poses many challenges and opportunities that
have not yet been addressed and as a part of anveshi we intend to explore these
issues.
Creating a
Productive, Satisfying and Focused Organization
The Human Resources Department is
becoming the focal point of organizations today. Most HR departments today are
outsourcing all non value-adding activities and are focusing on activities that
are future oriented.
The researchers studying this
phenomenon, will need to look at:
What techniques do modern
organizations use to increase productivity?
What are the behavioral factors
that affect the productivity of employees?
How do organizations create an
environment that is conducive for creativity?
How does an organization sustain
its competitive advantage by continually improving itself?
What are the challenges and
solutions to create a committed workforce?
So anveshis may use the above as
guidelines and work on not only identifying current trends but also looking at
the future development in these areas.
Rules
For
Participating Teams
Any number of teams can
participate from an institute. One team can have maximum two students.
Teams must get themselves registered first by paying requisite registration fee
latest by 5th January 2007, failing which papers will not be accepted.
The short listed teams will be invited to present their papers during the event.
These teams will be provided free lodging and boarding facilities, subject to
indication in the Registration Form. Only short listed teams will be contacted.
The decision of the screening committee will be final and no correspondence will
be entertained in this respect.
For
attendees
People interested in attending
the conference as audience must register for the event, as per the dates given.
Accommodation is available for all the outstation attendees. They should
indicate their intention to avail this facility, in the registration form.
Registration forms can be
downloaded either from the website or can be requested by sending an e-mail at
[email protected].
Registration fee
Participating teams:
Rs. 300 per team
Attendees:
For students - Rs. 50
For academicians and corporates - Rs. 100
Outstation attendees :
Non-residential: Rs. 100
Residential: Rs. 300 per head per day
(Includes 3 meals & 2 tea-time snacks and accommodation on sharing basis)
Fee should be paid by a Demand
Draft/Local Cheque payable at Mumbai, in favour of "St. Francis Institute of
Management and Research".
Paper
submission guidelines
The soft copy of the paper on the
listed themes must be sent by email to [email protected] with theme
mentioned in the subject line.
Paper must be sent as an
attachment in Microsoft Word format.
One hard copy should be sent to
the Institute�s postal address.
All the correspondence should be
addressed to "The Convener - Anveshi".
Papers must be in English.
Your submission should include a
title page containing:
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Theme of the paper
-
Name(s) of authors
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Authors� contact numbers and
e-mail addresses
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Name of the Institute
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Institute�s full postal
address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address
Authors' names should be on the
title page only, in order to facilitate the blind review.
The manuscript must be typed with
1.5 lines spacing. The font size used for all the headings including
title should be 16 point, sub-headings 14 point while text should
be 12 point. Font used should be Times New Roman. Margins must be
1.5 inch on left side and 1 inch on all other sides.
Length of the paper should not
exceed 2500 words.
Abstracts should be of maximum
300 words.
Follow this order when typing
manuscripts:
-
Table of Contents
-
Table of Figures
-
Table of Charts
-
Abstract
-
Main text
-
Acknowledgements
-
Appendix
-
References.
List of references must be
arranged in the alphabetical order.
References should be written in
the following format:
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Author(s) name (last name,
first name)
-
Year of publication
-
Chapter or article heading
-
Book title or journal name
-
Volume
-
Issue
-
Page numbers
-
Book title or journal name
should appear in Italics
e.g. Mehta, C.K., 2004,
Creating Value for Shareholders, Financial Management, 2nd edition, pp 245-250.
Papers should reflect original
thoughts and research work and should not have been presented or published
elsewhere.
All accepted papers would be
compiled and published, provided authors confirm to the guidelines mentioned.
Evaluation Criteria (100 Marks)
|
Draft (50 marks)
|
Presentation (50 marks)
|
| |
Marks |
|
Marks |
|
Research methodology
|
10 |
Subject Knowledge |
20 |
|
Originality of ideas
|
10 |
Answers in Q&A session |
10 |
Value addition to the
existing
body of knowledge, based on empirical research |
20 |
Presentation Skills |
10 |
|
Content organization
|
10 |
Time management |
10 |
Presentations
Presentations will be held at the
Institute in Mumbai on 28th February and 1st March 2007.
Duration of each presentation
should not exceed 15 minutes.
There will be a question and
answer session after the presentation for 15 minutes, 10 minutes for judges and
5 minutes for the audience.
LCD monitors and Overhead
Projectors will be provided.
Prizes and
Certification
There will be two prizes under
every theme.
Winners will receive a cash prize
of Rs. 10,000 and a Certificate of Excellence.
Runners-up will receive a cash
prize of Rs. 5,000 and a Certificate of Excellence.
Remaining participants will be
given Certificates for participation.
Important
Dates
For
Participating Teams
Receipt of the registration
form: January 5th 2007
Receipt of the papers:
January 25th 2007
Intimation to the short listed
teams: February 10th 2007
Presentations: February
28th and March 2nd 2007
For
Attendees
Receipt of the registration
form from outstation attendees: February 15th 2007
Receipt of the registration
form from local attendees: February 25th 2007
Presentations: February
28th and March 2nd 2007
Organizing
Committee
Chairman: Bro. Julius
George, Chairman, SFIMAR
Co-chairman: Dr. Thomas
Mathew, Director, SFIMAR
Chief Advisor: Bro.
Francis More, Registrar, SFIMAR
Convener: Mr. Neerav Nagar,
Core Faculty, SFIMAR
Co-convener: Ms. Jaskiran
Arora, Sr. Core Faculty, SFIMAR
Student
Organizers
Annabel D�Souza
Melbourne Trinidade
Neil D�Souza
Prachee Chavan
Priyanka Chavan
Santosh Rodrigues
Sheril D�Souza
Venkateswaran Iyer
Vikash Kumar Singh
Mail your
queries to
Mr. Neerav Nagar (Convener) : [email protected]
Ms. Jaskiran Arora (Co-convener) : [email protected]
Or [email protected].
Contact
Details
St. Francis Institute of
Management and Research,
Mt. Poinsur, S.V.P. Road,
Borivali (West), Mumbai - 400103.
Telephone: 91 22 28958403, 28917089
Fax: 91 22 28906567
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sfimar.org
