Dear IIMCians,
Category: Indian Institute of Mass Communication
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Venue Change: Maharashtra Chapter meeting at EL Cafe, Dadar East
Mr Sourav Mishra, Maharashtra chapter coordinator, has informed that meeting venue has been changed for the convenience of IIMCians attending the inception meeting. Now meeting will be held at EL Cafe, Dadar East.IIMCians in Maharashtra are requested to attend the meeting and participate in the selection/ election of office bearers.Date– 27th October, 2012Time– 11.30 AMVenue– EL Cafe, Dadar East, MumbaiIIMCians working/ living in Maharashtra may reach to Mr Mishra at mishra.sourav@gmail.com/ 99202-85887 for further details.Thanks & Regards,Harshendra VerdhanOrganisation Secretary, IIMCAAhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation -
Meeting of office bearers on 4th November in IIMC at 11 AM
Dear all,
Office Bearers of IIMC Alumni Association will meet on 4th November, 2012 (Sunday) at 11.00 AM in IIMC Campus. Agenda of the meeting are as follows;-1. Decision on Membership fee and renewal fee2. Approval of Membership form/ Receipt3. Registration Process and responsibility4. Issues to be discussed with DG, IIMC who is also Patron of the Association. A five Member delegation will meet DG on 8th November at 4 PM.5. Website workIn addition to that, any standing committee may plan their meet on the same date and venue. Till now Finance Committee has informed that they are planning to meet on 4th November. Committee/ Committees shall meet after full body meeting.Regards,Animesh BiswasGeneral Secretaryhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation -
The Central Committee | IIMC Alumni Association | UPDATED
President- Mr. Suresh Kumar Vashishth | EJ, Delhi | 1994-95 Batch | Member No- 503Executive President- Mr. Anand Bhushan | AD & PR, Delhi | 2003-04 Batch | Member No- 383General Secretary- Mr. Mihir Ranjan | HJ, Delhi | 2000-01 Batch | Member No- 504Treasurer- Ms. Deeksha Saksena | RTV, Delhi | 2013-14 Batch | Member No- 319Vice President- Mr. Deepak Singh | HJ, Delhi | 2002-03 Batch | Member No- 306Vice President- Mr. Arunoday Prakash | EJ, Delhi | 2003-04 Batch | Member No- 18Vice President- Mr. Rai Umraopati Rai | EJ, Dhenkanal | 2004-05 Batch | Member No- 85Vice President- Mr. Harendra Yadav | EJ, Aizawl | 2011-12 Batch | Member No- 17Organisation Secretary- Mr. Vijay Pandey | HJ, Delhi | 2001-02 Batch | Member No- 338Organisation Secretary- Mr. Ashim Ghosh | RTV, Delhi | 2005-06 Batch | Member No- 117Organisation Secretary- Ms. Sneha Bhattacharjee | EJ, Dhenkanal | 2009-10 Batch |Member No- 105Organisation Secretary- Mr. Pratham Dwivedi | EJ, Delhi | 2011-12 Batch | Member No- 312Secretary- Mr. Kaushal Vishwakarma | HJ, Delhi | 2008-09 Batch | Member No- 100Secretary- Ms. Deepika Singh | EJ, Dhenkanal | 2009-10 Batch | Member No- 166Secretary- Mr. Karan Sharma | Ad-PR, Delhi | 2009-10 Batch | Member No- 509Secretary- Ms. Arpita Kedia | EJ, Delhi | 2013-14 Batch | Member No- 344Coordinator, IIMC Affairs- Mr. Devesh Khandelwal | HJ, Delhi | 2010-11 Batch | Member No- 329Executive Member- Ms. Rashi Bisaria | EJ, Delhi | 2000-01 Batch| Member No- 511Executive Member- Mr. Saurabh Rathore | EJ, Kottayam| 2012-13 Batch | Member No- 8Executive Member- Mr. Abhishek Kumar Chanchal | HJ, Delhi | 2013-14 Batch | Member No- 426Executive Member- Mr. Peeyush Jain| RTV, Delhi | 2013-14 Batch | Member No- 389Executive Member- Mr. Reva Malhotra | Ad-PR, Delhi | 2013-14 Batch | Member No- 367Executive Member- Mr. Joy Daniel Pradhan | EJ, Delhi | 2015-16 Batch | Member No- 495Executive Member- Mr. Komal Badodekar | HJ, Delhi | 2015-16 Batch | Member No- 502Executive Member- Mr. Tanzil Asif | RTV, Delhi| 2015-16 Batch | Member No- 500http://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation -
Desk and Feature Writing Openings with Upcoming News Agency
Newsandviews.com is a soon to be launched Features Syndicate and News Agency.
Requirement: Feature writers and Junior/Middle level desk people
Location: All over the country
Brief job profile: Seeking Freelance Feature Writers with excellent command over English (for writers) and enviable editing skills for the desk people. By editing we do not mean inserting a comma here and a semi-colon there.
Experience: A minimum of three years
Salary: As per industry normsContact person: Vipin
Email: careers@cricdomestic.com
Thanks.
IIMC Alumni Association
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HS Brands International needs Editor / Proofreader in Bangalore
H S Brands International, a global mystery shopping firm with offices in US, Europe and Asia, seeks Editor/Proofreader for its Bangaloreoffice.
Experience: 0 – 3 years [Full time position, work from office]
Brief job profile
* To edit and proof read the reports as per the client’s requirements and the guidelines.
* Check for discrepancies, insufficiency or any contextual errors in the reports.
* Each report to be checked for minor changes that substantively change the theme, typeface, tone, structure, characters, or other elements of the audit that has been written. It would include spelling or grammar in a way that does not deviate from what the respondent wanted to convey.About: HS Brands International is comprised of the Mershimer Group and Service Sleuth, which combine Loss Prevention, Franchise Royalty Assurance, Market Research and Mystery Shopping to create a one-stop shop for companies in need of solutions to existing problems. Service Sleuth excels in measuring and improving customer service across all industries through integrity and mystery shopping as well as other effective measurement strategies. The Mershimer Group specializes in taking a proactive approach at preventing loss through proven strategies and tactics within the industry. HS Brands International is a leader in the loss prevention industry because it provides “tried and true” tactics using cutting edge technology to design programs for its clients that produce results to minimize loss and boost sales.Partner: Mr. Sanjeev Shenoy, partnered with HS Brands International to start operations in Asia-Pac in May 2008. Over the past 2.5 years, our team size has grown to 12+ and the shopper network to above 5000. We are currently working with over 15 clients in India and 10 clients across Asia. There has been a 100% growth in turnover, year on year over the last 2 years.Today, HS Brands International works with some of the most recognized brands as clients. We are committed to growing their client’s business through customer service excellence and loss prevention strategies utilizing the industry’s most advanced technology. HS Brands has a database of up to 5000 shoppers, which will grow as we continue to expand.
Mystery Shopping
Concept: Mystery shopping or a mystery consumer is a tool used by Mystery Shopping Providers and market research companies to measure quality of retail service or gather specific information about products and services. Mystery shoppers posing as normal customers perform specific tasks—such as purchasing a product, asking questions, registering complaints or behaving in a certain way—and then provide detailed reports or feedback about their experiences.
Mystery shopping was standard practice by the early 1940s as a way to measure employee integrity. Tools used for mystery shopping assessments range from simple questionnaires to complete audio and video recordings.
Mystery shopping can be used in any industry, with the most common venues being retail stores, hotels, movie theaters, restaurants, fast food chains, banks, gas stations, car dealerships, apartments, health clubs and health care facilities. It can be used to gather specific information about a product or service, or to check up on the customer experience and what type of customer service they receive. HS Brands International works with its client company to come up with a report that is specific for their customers shopping experience.
Responsibilities
Each feedback form to be checked for minor changes which are changes that do not substantively change the theme, typeface, tone, structure, characters, or other elements of the audit that has been written by the shopper. Such changes would include spelling or grammar in a way that does not deviate from what the shopper wanted to convey.
Towards Clients & Client Reports
* To edit the reports as per the client’s requirements and the guidelines decided upon.
* Check for discrepancies, insufficiency or any contextual errors in the shopper reports.
* Ensure the reports are error free with regard to grammar, spelling and punctuations.
* Stick to the timelines that are client specific.
* Comprehend the shopper guidelines as well as the editor guidelines before handling each project.
* Prepare the editing guidelines as well as shopper guideline based on the assignment sheet for each client.
* To work on MS Picture manager and edit/ crop/ darken the bills for better clarity.
* To edit the shopper reports prior to submitting them to the clients.Towards Shoppers
* Follow up for information in case of incomplete feedback forms.
* Grade shoppers without being biased.
* Follow up with the shoppers in case of any clarifications. Provide predefined shopper comments on the basis of the language, effort and the overall accuracy of each report which in turn will help in identifying the quality shoppers of the lot.Towards Project Coordinators
* Understand the nature of the project and the volume expected on a weekly basis.
* Follow up with the co-ordinators on any insufficiency regarding a particular report.Growth Path: One should be able to see themselves handling a variety of projects thus contributing to the overall growth of the company and move to the level of Manager Editorial Content.
Salary range: Rs 14,000-18,000 per month
To apply, contact: Prashanthi
Email: hr@hsbrands.com, india@hsbrands.com
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Moe’s Art needs PR Executive in Mumbai; Freshers can apply
Moe’s Art is a public relations agency and it helps its clients with making PR campaigns, building strategic communications, content creation and enhance brand visibility.
Requirement: A PR Executive with good writing skills to work on business/entertainment clients
Location: Mumbai
Eligibility Criteria: Graduates or Post Graduates with 0-2 years of experience
Note: The job opening is for Mumbai ONLY.
Specific Tasks
– Help in developing press releases, authored articles
– To ensure that the content is logical, well structured and grammatically correct
– Capable of writing an article on any subject
– Managing the content requirement for different clientsQualities and Skills
• Attention to detail
• Proven writing ability
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of client business issues and requirements
• Polished and professional appearance
• Good networking skillsSalary range: Depending on current salary and experience
To apply: Send in your resume at careers@moes-art.com
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IMP: Maharashtra Chapter Inception Meeting on 27th October, Saturday
Dear IIMCians,
Mr Sourav Mishra, coordinator of Maharashtra chapter, has informed that alumnus are meeting in Mumbai on 27th October, Saturday to form the committee for Maharashtra chapter. IIMCians in Maharashtra are requested to attend the meeting and participate in the selection/ election of office bearers.Date– 27th October, 2012Time– 11.30 AMVenue– Cafe Coffee Day, Churchgate, MumbaiIIMCians working/ living in Maharashtra may reach to Mr Mishra at mishra.sourav@gmail.com/ 99202-85887 for further details.Thanks & Regards,Harshendra VerdhanOrganisation Secretary, IIMCAAhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation -
IIMCAA: Responsibilities & Work Profile of New Office Bearers & Committees
Dear IIMCians,Thanks to all for expressing the faith in our team for the revival of IIMC Alumni Association (IIMCAA). I assure that we will meet your expectations with the help of office bearers, executive members, chapters, active members and above the all- WE, the IIMCians.For the better output and transparent functioning of the Association, 5 standing committees are being formed with clearly defined work, responsibilities in addition to distribution of works among other office bearers.All these committees will be headed by a Convener & a member will coordinate the activity of each committee. Each committee will comprise of total 5 members from the panel of office bearers.Coordination Committee, for this year only, will have more than 5 members as this committee has been entrusted with the responsibility of membership drive and as we all know, we have no membership at all except founding members. So a mammoth membership drive needs more than 5 members in this committee for smooth functioning.PatronPatron (Ex-officio DG of IIMC, Mr. Sunit Tandon) will extend patronage to the alumni association.PresidentPresident (Mukesh Kaushik) will preside over the meetings & functions of alumni association. In the absence of President, senior most Vice-President will preside over the meeting or function.President will appoint standing committees excluding committee/ committees for any specific purpose, as and when required. These committees will comprise office-bearers and executive members. He may appoint President/ General Secretary of chapter/ chapters in any of the committee/ committees. He may change the structure of any committee/ all committees and its members.General SecretaryGeneral Secretary (Animesh Biswas) will be responsible for overall functioning. He will call meeting of office-bearers and executive members in consultation with the President. He will share agenda of the meeting at least one day prior to the meeting except emergency meetings with office bearers & executive members.Office-bearers & executive members shall meet at least once in every month. General Secretary will coordinate with chapters/ committees and other external forums/ institutions.TreasurerTreasurer (Gaurav Dikshit) will be responsible for fund mobilization & expenses for the association. He shall work in close co-ordination with Finance Committee, which will approve the budget prior to the functions/ events/ purposes.Treasurer will seek budgetary approval in advance. If an event or a function is being organized without budgetary approval from Finance Committee, Treasurer will get it approved within 15 days of that function.Organisation SecretariesOrganisation Secretaries (Harshendra Verdhan and Ritesh Verma) will work for the strengthening and expansion of the alumni association. Both of them in close coordination with each other, chapters and Coordination Committee, will complete the membership drive.Chapter units will coordinate with any of the Organisation Secretary and both of them will coordinate with each other.Moderator, OnlineRitesh Verma will oversee online activities of the association independently on the daily basis as a Moderator. If he feels any post/ material requires discussion before he posts/ rejects it, he will seek binding opinion of the Communication committee which will decide the fate of such posts.ChaptersCurrently, AGM has approved state coordinators for different chapters. These chapters will form their committee soon. After chapters have their own committee in place, they will start and complete the membership drive and organize alumni meet or any other suitable networking event in their functional areas in close coordination with national body.Chapters may invite office bearer/ bearers from national chapter to their event on their expenses.General Secretaries of all the chapters will file a quarterly report of work before Vigilance Committee marking a copy to President, General Secretary, Organisation Secretaries and Chapter President by 2nd week of every third month.Functioning of CommitteesGeneral Secretary will communicate with all committees via member officiating that committee and seek the opinion on the issues to be deliberated and decided. Each committee will have a separate mail id which will be handled by member officiating that committee. Committees may deliberate and decide any or every issue on mail with its members.Member officiating that committee may call meeting or may seek opinion on mail from its members in consultation with Convener of that committee. If there is dissent on any issue in the Committee, matter would be decided with the opinion of majority of the participating members in that Committee.Decision of each Committee is final and no one can change it except of that committee. General Secretary may request the committee to re-consider the decision clearly citing grounds for request but final decision will lie with the committee only.Finance CommitteeFunctional areas: Finance Committee will approve the measures of funds mobilization and budget of expenditure on the basis of requisition of Treasurer for any event/ function/ purpose. It will help the Treasurer in getting sponsors for events/ functions/ purposes in close coordination with other member of office bearers and active members of the association.This committee will monitor the income and expenditure. It will file a quarterly report of its work before Vigilance Committee marking a copy to President, General Secretary and Organisation Secretaries by 2nd week of every third month.Convener– Apurva ChamariaMembers– Prabhat Pandey, Nishant Verma, Soumya Jha & Mohit AgarwalOfficiating Member– Mohit AgarwalMail id- iimcaa.finance@gmail.comCo-ordination CommitteeFunctional Areas: As name suggests, this Committee will coordinate the activities of the association. Be it Membership drive, coordination between institute & the association or coordination with other institutes/ forums, this Committee will decide the ways of coordination/ cooperation.General Secretary and Organisation Secretary may seek advice of the committee in coordination matters, which will be binding in nature if sought and given. As far as membership drive is concern, Committee will work as Office of Membership.Distribution, collection & processing of membership forms and amount transfer to Treasurer received from membership is responsibility of committee. Committee will seek funds from Treasurer for their work and assignments.This committee will file a quarterly report of its work before Vigilance Committee marking a copy to President, General Secretary and Organisation Secretaries by 2nd week of every third month.Convener– Abhinav GargMembers– Vrinda Mathur, Prashant Asthana, Reetesh Anand, Varun Shailesh, Anupam Mishra, Vartika Tomer & Abhishek SachanOfficiating Member– Vartika TomerMail id- iimcaa.coordination@gmail.comCommunication CommitteeFunctional areas: Communication Committee will handle internal and external communication in close coordination with Moderator, Online Activities. It will receive the reports of Vigilance Committee and share it with members in an appropriate way in close coordination with Moderator.It will prepare reading & printing materials of the events, press release, explore the guests for events/ functions/ purposes and seek funds for such activities from Treasurer.This committee will file a quarterly report of its work before Vigilance Committee marking a copy to President, General Secretary and Organisation Secretaries by 2nd week of every third month.Convener– Shubhashish MallikMembers– Tanu Shri, Amit Kanujia, Rishi Kumar Singh & Vartika TomerOfficiating Member- Tanu ShriMail id- iimcaa.communication@gmail.comLogistics CommitteeFunctional areas: Logistics Committee will handle every aspect of function/ event/ meeting in close coordination with General Secretary, Treasurer and concerned committees. Committee will seek funds/ sponsors from Treasurer.This committee will file a quarterly report of its work before Vigilance Committee marking a copy to President, General Secretary and Organisation Secretaries by 2nd week of every third month.Convener– Dhiren DukhuMembers– Anand Saurabh, Neha Keshri, Keshav Kumar & Harendra YadavOfficiating Member- Anand SaurabhMail id- iimcaa.logistics@gmail.comVigilance CommitteeFunctional areas: It is an internal audit body. All the committees and chapters except Vigilance Committee will submit a quarterly report of their work/ works by 2nd week of every third month to this committee marking a copy to President, General Secretary, Organisation Secretaries & Concerned Chapter Presidents.This committee will critically review the report of all committees and chapters and send a report by 4th week of that month to Communication Committee to make the report public, marking a copy to President, General Secretary, Organisation Secretaries and Concerned Chapter Presidents. Vigilance Committee will return the report of respective committees and chapters with observations/ suggestions/ warnings marking a copy to President, General Secretary, Organisation Secretaries & Concerned Chapter Presidents.Report of other committees/ chapters would not be made public before next AGM. Report of Vigilance Committee will be made public only quarterly which will review works and performance of all other committees/ chapters. Vigilance Committee can not change or modify the report of any committee. Communication Committee/ Moderator are bound to circulate/ publish the report received from Vigilance Committee.Convener– Aakash KumarMembers– Ajit Dubey, Parimal Kumar, Ranveer Singh & Kunwar Abhishek BhagatOfficiating Member- Kunwar Abhishek BhagatMail id- iimcaa.vigilance@gmail.comThanks & Regards,Mukesh KaushikPresident, IIMC Alumni Associationhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation -
REVISED: UP Chapter Formation Meeting on 28 October in Lucknow Press Club
Dear IIMCians,
Mr Santosh Valmeeki (1988-89, HJ, Delhi), coordinator of Uttar Pradesh Chapter, has informed that alumnus are meeting in Lucknow on 28th October, Sunday at U.P. Press Club at 10.00 AM to form the committee for Uttar Pradesh Chapter.IIMCians in Uttar Pradesh except Nation Capital Region (NCR) are requested to attend the meeting and participate in the selection/ election of office bearers. UP Chapter will explore the ways to connect IIMCians working or living in distant citites like Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Varanasi etc.
Mr Valmeeki is available @ santosh.hindustan@gmail.com/ 94150-10820 for further details.
Correction: In earlier mail 11 AM mentioned as start time of meeting which actually is 10 AM. Meeting shall start at 10 AM.Thanks & Regards,http://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation