The Faculty and Student Coordinators of the various Clubs and Committees of the Full Time PGDM Programme of LIBA assembled to hear the Director, Rev. Fr. Joe Arun on 12th August 2019 at 6:30pm on campus. Fr. Director shed light on the Role and Functioning of Club activities in Business Schools. The meeting was started with a minute of silent prayer followed by a short prayer song by our Director.
Everyone listened with rapt attention as the Director addressed the gathering. A Clear Roadmap regarding the manner of Functioning of Clubs and Committees was chalked out. The Director placed Primary Focus on the Learning Objectives of these Activities and in consciously making note of constructive feedback whilst following a structured approach in achieving our Goals. We were then briefed about the importance of integrating our learnings with our curriculum. Each Club and Committee would have a Flagship event of their own.
Being true to his reputation of a visionary leader, Rev. Fr. Joe Arun elaborated on the various techniques which could be used while conducting these activities in elevating the status of LIBA and in broadening its reach. He said that special Budgets would be made and funds would be allocated to each and every Club to run their course. A talk on the benevolence of “Inclusiveness” and LIBA’s mission in further incorporating the same was given and met with thunderous applause.
The Question and Answer session was then thrown open and Prof. Dr. Vandana Zachariah asked an extremely pertinent question relating to the degree and extent of participation by students in these activities. Rev. Fr. Joe Arun emphasized on the bounties of Effective Participation and informed that active participation in these activities would be made mandatory upon every student. It was a pleasant surprise to hear about the introduction of 14 Categories of Awards to be presented by the Director at the end of the Academic Year to the Students excelling in varied aspects – similar to the Oscars. The meeting ended with an invocation asking the Almighty to bless the various Clubs and Committees in all their endeavours and undertakings.