Collaboration With German University

Dr Wolgang Veit Professor International Economics University of Applied Sciences Cologne, West Germany visited the Kalkaii campus on 2nd Dec 2008.
During discussions with chairman and Dr Satish Seth, Dr Veit stated that his university was keen to enter into an academic collaboration with JIMS which would involve mutual exchange of students for undergoing academic courses and also exchange of faculty for teaching purpose. Dr Veit was assured of similar desire on our part.

Dr Veit was visibly impressed with the Institute’s infrastructure and facilities including computer labs library etc.

Obama and India

International lawyer and Obama’s Harvard classmate Dr Surat Singh spoke on Obama and India on Thursday, 20th November 2008 at the Jagannath International Management School (JIMS), Kalkaji, New Delhi.
At the outset, Professor Satish Seth, Director JIMS introduced Dr Surat Singh, an eminent international lawyer and jurist, who practises both in Supreme Court and High Court of Delhi. Dr Surat Singh provided thoughtful inputs on Obama’s philosophy, his search for an identity, his personal qualities and his policy approach towards key issues of relevance to India. Dr Surat Singh was Barack Obama’s classmate at Harvard Law School for two years from 1988 to 1990. Currently, he is the president of the All American Universities Alumni Association of India and is a former president of the Harvard Club of India and Asia.

Blood camp 

More than 100 students donated blood for the needy people in specially organized blood donation camp at JIMS on 3rd November 2008. Students were motivated by volunteers and faculty members exploding myths that donation of small quantity doesn't result in any weakness or after affects and donated quantity can be utilized if and when needed by donor or his family members.

3rd Jagannath Gupta Memorial Lecture

Honorable Chief Minister of Delhi Smt Sheila Dixit delivered the third Jagannath Gupta commemorative lecture at Siri Fort Auditorium on 30th September 2008. The earlier two lectures were delivered by Shri Abid Hussain and Shri Soli Sorabjee in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Mrs Dixit called  upon the students from different JIMS campuses to take full advantage of the JIMS module of alternative education system based on ideal blending of academia, vocational training and holistic personality growth. She narrated her personal experiences to prevail upon students about the golden opportunities available to them in present times. She said it is better to be a good human being than a rich executive. Citing from her personal roadmap she said focusing on human touch was essential for any nation building exercise.

Teacher's Day

Teacher's Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm in our campus of JIMS on September 5,2008. The Director called upon students to take maximum advantage of the opportunity they have at JIMS by drawing from the rich experience and wide perspective of a highly talented faculty.

Hindi Divas

Hindi Divas was celebrated in the second fortnight of September 2008. Innovative competitions to provide an opportunity to express themselves in Hindi were organized. And the students came out with flying colours. It is impressed upon students that Hindi is the medium of future in India and without its working knowledge, it is difficult to excel.

‘Visiting Faculty’ Meet

A visiting faculty meet was held under chairmanship Of  Dr Amit Gupta in main Kalkaji campus on 18th July 2008.The purpose of the meet was to discuss issue relating to enhancing the quality of teaching and learning process. The meeting was most successful as visiting faculty members attended the meet and offered a variety of suggestions to promote use of innovative pedagogy, modern deliverymethods, class participation etc.