TAPMI Atharva Polemic 2009 Part # 2/7

TAPMI Atharva Polemic 2009 Part # 1/7

Nostalgia took me back 5 years! Was suddenly invited from Bangalore to moderate the 2nd edition of Polemic at TAPMI in 2009 to participate / debate on a topic like "Future of Banking : Reforms or Regulations?"

Intro of Prof Chowdari Prasad at Tech Session I (+playlist)

FB, Tab, Casino and now Responsible Banking

Only last week, I was adding 3 new terms before 'Banking' viz., Face Book, Tab and Casino in furtherance to the earlier sixty compiled by me. And today, I come across another new concept "Responsible Banking". Read: https://www.google.co.in/#q=%22responsible+banking+act%22

Manipal Technologies Ltd., Manipal organised a Workshop on BFSI for its National Marketing Team.  I was invited as one of the three speakers, the others being Mr SK Dhingra of Syndicate Bank and Mr BR Bhat of Corporation Bank.  Mr Abhay Gupte CEO presided over the event while the top Sales and Marketing Team organised the event at Hotel Valley View followed by a dinner.  Wonderful experience!

Five years back, on Jan 10, 2009, while I was working in Alliance Business School, Bangalore as a Professor of Finance & Registrar, I was invited by TAPMI, Manipal organising students group of Atharva to be an anchor for Polemic event covering Banking Sector - Reforms or Regulations.  The main speakers were senior bankers from RBI, Corporation Bank and Axis Bank.  It was such a nostalgic feeling for me to be back to TAPMI after about 2 and half years and entering in to a new campus.  There were several changes including exit of the previous Director in July 2008.  Dr AS Vasudev Rao was Director-in-Charge and many new faculty members joined the Institute.  

Dr Simon George was Dean-Academics and both of them had invited me to re-join the Institute leaving behind my services with Alliance in Bangalore.  The event went on for about two hours closing with a dinner.  What a strange feeling to be a guest in an institute I had spent over seven years?  In due course, I made up my mind, considered to rejoin TAPMI, leaving behind my family members in Bangalore.  In the meantime, a new Director Dr Saji Gopinath assumed charge too. 

Photo taken while welcoming the Lions, Lionesses, Invitees, and others at Town Hall, Udupi on January 04, 2014 during the visit of District Governor MJF Ln HN Shivakumar, Lns Nirmala Kumar, two VDGs MJF Ln Suresh Prabhu and MJF LN Sridhar Shenava, Region and Zone Chairmen, et al