School of Management

Clubs &
Associations

AGORA - The Management Association

"Teach me I’ll forget, show me, I might remember; involve me I’ll never forget."

The School of Management leaves no stone unturned and eagerly welcomes every opportunity to widen the horizons of knowledge for its students and faculty alike. The official management association of the school is titled AGORA, which dynamically operates through three highly active clubs: Finzone (the finance club), Marketrics (the marketing club), and Synergy (the HR club).

MBA Clubs and Associations DiST
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Finzone "Changing Lives & Future"

The Finance Club is widely open to all students who are passionately interested in the dynamic world of finance. The core aim of this club is to provide a robust platform where practical financial knowledge can be learned and actively shared among its members. The club directly helps them learn the intricate nuances of financial planning, comprehensive tax planning, the functioning of the stock exchange, and other key aspects of finance in order to prepare them for a successful career in finance and business.

The Finance Club, titled Finzone, includes all students taking a finance specialization as its core members. The club initiates several key programs under its umbrella. Major activities include intense budget analysis competitions, live stock trading simulations, and professional SEBI and RBI visits. In addition to these activities, valuable interaction with various influential leaders and mangers in the financial sector is routinely arranged by the club. Club members actively participate in challenging finance games conducted by various colleges and have successfully brought numerous accolades to the department and institution.

The Finance club takes immense pride in uniquely hosting a dedicated budget analysis competition for MBA students, giving them an unprecedented opportunity to make an in-depth and critical evaluation of the union budget and properly assess its repercussions on the various facets of the economy.

Vision

To explicitly mould and foster highly effective finance professionals armed with a global perspective, ready for varied industry verticals.

Mission

  • To make students fully aware of the latest trends in Finance.
  • To provide a platform for students to learn Finance through direct experience.
  • To provide an opportunity for students to properly network with the Finance executive fraternity.

Objectives

  • To actively organize industrial interaction sessions for the students.
  • To effectively educate the students regarding the essential functions and role of SEBI via direct visits.
  • To properly educate the students regarding the functions and critical role of RBI via direct visits.
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Marketrics "Attract, Engage, Convert"

The primary hub for marketing at DiST effectively serves as a dynamic center for creativity and excellence for all students possessing an unwavering passion and deep love for marketing. The club specifically aims at engaging students to successfully hone their practical marketing knowledge and skills. The Club consciously keeps the essence of marketing upbeat across the entire campus by actively engaging all students in exciting competitions and activities along with expertly roping in various project and invaluable networking opportunities.

Vision

Marketrics aims to explicitly mould and foster highly effective marketing professionals equipped with a global perspective, ready for varied industry verticals.

Mission

Marketrics intentionally brings together passionate marketing enthusiasts to effectively share and exponentially grow our collective knowledge across all crucial areas of marketing.

Objectives

  • To make students fully aware of the latest trends in marketing.
  • To provide a robust platform for students to learn marketing through direct experience.
  • To actively foster innovation and creativity among marketing students.
  • To provide a solid opportunity for students to actively network with the marketing professional fraternity.

The marketing club of the School of Management, DiST, formerly known as MASS, was strategically rebranded as Marketrics on 24-07-2015 featuring a completely new logo. The new logo and brand name were successfully unveiled by the Principal Rev. Dr. James Chelapurath V.C. The chief guest, Mr. James Joseph, eagerly shared his rich experience with the students regarding the marketing of a novel idea, drawing heavily from his experience in creating an online demand for jackfruits round the year. On 19-08-2015, the club successfully organized a competitive marketing quiz for DiST students to further promote the Marketrics brand. During Sept-Oct 2015, the club actively developed and implemented core strategies to dramatically increase the visibility of Daksh, the National level management fest of De Paul School of Management. Their highly effective strategies on social media proved to be a massive success, as Daksh 2015 witnessed the largest student participation compared to any of its previous versions. On 09-11-15, the club expertly organized a specialized session on "Personal Branding using Social Media" to thoroughly guide students in projecting their career prospects using LinkedIn. On 25-07-2018, Marketrics' activities for the academic year 2018-19 officially kick-started with an insightful session on greener pastures in marketing led by Mr. Fazalu Rahman of Acer-India. On 04-12-18, the club flawlessly organized an educational visit to Adithya Brila Retail’s All Kerala Distribution center at Thuravur to gain a deep, practical insight into their supply chain and logistics operations.

A pragmatic approach in learning assumes far greater importance with a constantly changing business environment. That is exactly what ARTIS does for MBA students at DiST. Building upon the core 4P's of marketing and successfully executing a highly realistic simulation of a market space directly within the campus exposes them to a truly differential learning experience. ARTIS 2019 successfully took place on 31st January, greatly helping the student community confidently explore newer horizons in creative thinking.

Stimulating the raw creative impulses of young management professionals is precisely what Eureka does. Budding management trainees beautifully showcased their out-of-the-box creativity during Eureka 2020. This exciting event, flawlessly organized by MARKETRICS, took place on 7th January 2020.

In 2021, the Marketrics club hit the absolute bullseye with its highly successful webinar series titled β€˜Success stories from Industry: Vol:1’, proudly featuring Dr. Zubin Varghese, Senior Director of Trane Technologies, as the esteemed speaker.

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Synergy "Ambitions Realizing"

The primary purpose of SYNERGY – the dedicated HR club – is to enthusiastically bring together students interested in the dynamic field of Human Resources Management, actively help them develop the crucial interpersonal skills needed in the corporate sector, and heavily encourage them to meet accomplished professionals working in the field of HRM. This highly focused club is perfectly designed to help students learn substantially more about Human Resources and fully understand what HR Professionals actually do.

Vision

To explicitly mould and comprehensively foster highly competent future Human Resource professionals deeply committed to the pursuit of excellence.

Mission

  • To make students fully aware of the current trends in HR.
  • To provide a robust platform for students to properly exercise practical aspects of HR concepts.
  • To successfully bring out innovation and creativity among HR students.
  • To successfully develop a strong professional connection between the students and experts within the HR fraternity.

Recent Activities

  • On 22nd September 2022, eager student members of the club actively participated in an insightful webinar on β€œLatest Judgements on Labour Law” expertly organized by the NIPM Kerala Chapter.
  • On 26th September 2022, the highly anticipated DiST NIPM (National Institute for Personnel Management) student chapter was officially inaugurated. Additionally, the exciting launch of the virtual HR Job Fair β€˜NOVICE 22’ successfully took place on the exact same day. The name, logo, and tagline brilliantly designed by Ms. Revathy Jayan (MA HRM '21) were officially selected as the permanent branding for the club, and the student was appropriately rewarded for her outstanding contribution.
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