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Annual Report 2007 - 2008

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Annual Report '07-'08
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Annual Report  for the Academic Year 2007 -2008.

Message from The Academic Officer, Mr. Lewis Fernades.

“Master Educational Institute’s unique position in the United Arab Emirates educational scenario, as a small entity, functioning as a dedicated and focused learning center for BBA and MBA programs, has enabled it, to adapt quickly to fast changing local Business environment, and implement changes in program deliver system. Each departments of the Institute try to reinvent themselves to create social or economic value, which is imperative to enhance the quality of life.

Over the last few years, the institute, having attracted and retained on a continuous basis, as part time faculty, Guru’s, in the field Marketing and Human resources Development, intends to carry on this trend and enrich our Finance department. Moving from well develop curricula in Marketing, we went on to fortifying The Human Resource field, evident from the introduction of courses as Human Resource Development Systems and interpersonal Dynamics and Group Processes and will extend that to finance to include course like  Investment Analysis and Banking.

The Institute as a off campus center of Banasthali University, India an “A” graded accredited University, and a learning center  for professional programs of Columbus University USA , has matured. We now have two students enrolled, pursuing their doctoral program and next year the graduating students from Saudi Arabia will attend their graduation ceremony in UAE along with our students. We are now, to encompass the intrinsic benefits of the dual degree program, of  the above universities, poised, to offer our students a single program which gives them the benefit of both.

I am confidant that our future will unfold great opportunities and we collectively have the wisdom to seize these transformational opportunity to define our destiny.”

Events and Activities of the Year

Throughout the year we had on a monthly basis Seminars Conducted in many Business topics including ISO9001, Islamic Banking and Brand Management while most seminars were delivered by guest field experts, some were conducted by our regular part time faculty.

We further of positions in students placement and this year saw a very beneficial tie up with the Human Resource Department of ‘Planet Travels’ , Procter & Gamble Gulf and Arab Canadian computer

The following Events took place:

September 2007:  Debate Competition
November 2007 : Annual Picnic
December 2007 : Christmas and New Year Party
August 2008      : Graduation Ceremony ( See Graduation Report Appended at the end)

Student facts and figures

A total of 176 Students studied at Master Educational Institute, Dubai, during the academic year 2007-2008

Split between programs for the total enrollment is as follows:
Program No. of Students Enrolled
BBA 30
BSIT 11 Note: Admission to BSIT programs is stopped since the last 2 years.
MBA 135
MBA No. further split University wise Columbus University - 103 Banasthali University - 32(Dual Degree – 14)

The split between male and female students was 70% male and 30% female.

Students Age Breakdown

BBA -70% are in the age group of 20 – 25 years

           25% are in the age group of 25 – 30 years

           5% are in the age group of 30+ years

MBA - 65% are in the age group of 30 – 35 years

            30% are in the age group of 35 – 40 years

           5% are in the age group of 40+ years

Students Ethnicity

We have students coming from different countries like Arab nations, Asian Countries and from the Eastern Block.  Breakdown of students based on ethnicity:

70% from Asian Countries like India , Pakistan , Bangladesh and Afghanistan

20% from Arab Nations like UAE, Bahrain , Jordan , Egypt and Iran

10% from Uzbekistan and Russia

Graduates

Graduation Ceremony held on August 30, 2008.  Total No. of students who received their Degrees during this ceremony:

Program No. of Students
BBA 8
BSIT 5
MBA 51
MBA No. further split University-wise Columbus University - 25 Banasthali University - 15(Dual Degree Program – 11)


List of Staff / Faculty:

Modules No. of Teachers
ManagementStrategic Management Organizational Behavior Human Resource Management Etc. 3
Accounting and Finance Accounting Policies Economics Forecasting Managerial Finance Etc. 2
Marketing Marketing Management Sales Management International Business Behavioral Dynamics of Target Markets Etc. 3
   
Management of Technology 1
Operations Project Management Operations Management Total Quality Management 2

Staff Gender: 50% Male; 50 % Female

Staff Ethnicity: Our Teachers are from Asian subcontinent.

Master Education Institute, A report on:

Graduation Ceremony held at Radisson SAS Deira, Dubai, on August 30, 2008  at 5.00pm.

Degree conferred upon candidates upon completion of programs that of BBA, BS(IT) and MBA.

Classification of Graduates:

  • 13 students who would be awarded Bachelors Degrees and 25 students Master of Business Administration Degrees from Columbus University USA .
  • 18 students who would be awarded their MBA Degrees from Banasthali University India .
  • And 8 students receiving Dual MBA Degrees from both Columbus University & Banasthali University.

In all, we had 64 students who were awarded their degrees.

Chief Guest

Dr. Juma Abu Nasra, Education Consultant,  Private and Public sector- Dubai

Guests of Honor
  • Dr. Ismail Hosni,  Environment specialist– Abu Dhabi
  • Dr. Mrs. Sabiha Mumtaz, Registrar - Institute of Management Technology - Academic City
  • Dr. Faris, Hr Expert, Jordan and UAE

Chie Academic Officer – Mr. Lewis Fernandes

Compere / Stage Manager – Ms. Zahida

Main Host – Dr. Heena

Information  Manager - Dr. Prabhat

Award  and awardees List

BBA-1 Secured 1st Place: BBA Program Julie Jannet D'Souza
BBA-2 Secured 2st Place: BBA Program Lawrence D'souza
BBA-3 Secured 2st Place: BBA Program Mohammed Mustafa
     
B-Int-1 Most Interactive Student in Class Albert Chang
     
BV- MBA-1 Secured 1st Place: MBA- Indian University Rehna Divakaran
BV-MBA-2 Secured 2st Place: MBA - Indian University Gamal Karam Abdel Aziz
BV-MBA-3 Secured 3rd Place: MBA- Indian University Program Emad Mohmmed A..
     
CU-MBA-1 Secured 1st Place: MBA- Columbus University Gamal Karam Abdel Aziz
CU-MBA-2 Secured 2st Place: MBA - Columbus University Sachin Raje
CU-MBA-3 Secured 3rd Place: MBA- Columbus University Christine D'Souza
     
M-Exc-1 Excellence in Leadership. Anand Raghavan
M-Exc-2 Excellence in Leadership. BlessebThomas
M-Ded-1 Most dedicated student Kornath Balraj
M-Ded-2 Most dedicated student Bhaskaran Biju Kumar
BV- Ded-1 Most dedicated student Pramod R. Kurup
     
M-PER-1 Highest improvement in overall performance Irfan ul-Haq
M-PER-2 Highest improvement in overall performance Muhammed Afzal
M-Int-1 Most Interactive Student in Class Baldev Singh Sandhu
M-Int-2 Most Interactive Student in Class Lloyd Misquita
M-Wrk-1 Best student for applying classroom learning at Work place Vinod Narayanan

List of Graduating Students

Sr. No. Student ID Student  Name Degree
       
1 BB003 Julie J. D'Souza BBA-Col
2 BB015 Aida B. Vaz BBA-Col
3 BB017 Lawrence D'Souza BBA-Col
4 BB031 Kamil  M. BBA-Col
5 BB033 Shreyas  Shreehari BBA-Col
6 BB040 Sally Diana Po BBA-Col
7 BB047 Mohd Mustafa BBA-Col
8 BB077 Albert Chang BBA-Col
9 BS003 Mohammad Awad BS-Col
10 BS008 Loyd Misquita BS-Col
11 BS009 Desmond A. Carvalho BS-Col
12 BS010 Denzil R. Carvalho BS-Col
13 BS011 Zeeshan W. Mirza BS-Col
14 MB004 Mathew Inchakalody MBA-Col
15 MB009 Blessen Thomas MBA-Col
16 MB013 Christine D'Souza MBA-Col
       
17 MB025 Irfan Ul Haq MBA-Col
18 MB037 Prince K. Thomas MBA-Col
19 MB039 Emani Sham Mohan MBA-Col
20 MB042 Wu Hong Zheng MBA-Col
21 MB043 K. Shankar MBA-Col
22 MB059 Syed Nissar MBA-Col
23 MB060 Javeed D. Bharde MBA-Col
24 MB072 C. Juliet Nazareth MBA-Col
25 MB075 Bahtiyor Pulatov MBA-Col
26 MB076 Hujjat Ali MBA-Col
27 MB1004 Mahadevan KS MBA-Col
28 MB1006 Soni Nirav R. MBA-Col
29 MB1009 Mohd Ashfaq MBA-Col
30 MB1010 Sunena Sudheer MBA-Col
       
31 MB047 Gamal Karam Abdel Aziz MBA-BV
32 MB056 Raje Sachin Vijaykumar DualMBA-BV+ Col
33 MB066 Bajith S. Babu MBA-BV
34 MB070 Rajesh Gopalan MBA-BV
35 MB081 Celin Justin MBA-Col
36 MB082 Anthony Sahayaraj MBA-Col
37 MB084 Pramod R. Kurup MBA-BV
38 MB085 Deepthy K. Baby MBA-BV
39 MB086 B. Biju Kumar DualMBA-BV+ Col
40 MB087 Ganshyam Sharma DualMBA-BV+ Col
41 MB088 Vinod Narayan DualMBA-BV+ Col
42 MB093 Baldev Singh Sandhu DualMBA-BV+ Col
43 MB094 Vijayan Suresh Kumar DualMBA-BV+ Col
44 MB096 Anand Raghavan MBA-BV
45 MB098 Waleed Abdel El Hamid Mahmood MBA-Col
       
46 MB100 Rajneesh VK MBA-BV
47 MB101 Mohammad Afzal DualMBA-BV+ Col
48 MB102 Smile Anthony MBA-BV
49 MB104 Rehna Diwakaran MBA-BV
50 MB105 Joe N George DualMBA-BV+ Col
51 MB107 Mohd Jamil MBA-Col
52 MB111 Abdul Rahman Bava MBA-Col
53 MB113 Faisal TP MBA-Col
54 MB114 Imad Omar Hafez MBA-Col
55 MB117 Naresh K. Sharma MBA-BV
56 MB122 Ali Hassan Laghari MBA-BV
57 MB124 Kornath Balraj MBA-BV
58 MB125 Dinesh K. DualMBA-BV+ Col
59 MB126 Mithun T. Kumar DualMBA-BV+ Col
60 MB129 Girish Narayanan MBA-BV
61 MB131 Raji Jagan MBA-BV
62 MB137 Ahmed Fouda MBA-Col
63 MB071 Emad Mohammed A.A. DualMBA-Col+BV
64 MB099 Praveen K.S. MBA-BV

Speech of the Academic Officer Mr. Lewis Fernandes

The chief guest Dr. Juma,  the guests of honor, Dr. Ismail Hosni, Dr. Sabiha and   Dr. Faris, I thank you for  having graced this occasion.

To you guests, ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate you presence, for you are the witness, in whose presence, these young and dynamic graduates can bask in their glory.  Its, your interest in them, your say, that has nurtured and influenced them all along the way.

And to you, the graduates, congratulations!! As I have been saying, it indeed, is your day!

Allow me, to recollect!

For many of you who commenced, be it, the BBA or MBA program, did so, presuming it, as a easy, laid back week end program.

But over weeks and the months, and often the years that followed, you fathomed without disappointment, and I observed with appreciation, the efforts that went into the making of your course work. You went to take an ‘inch’ and had to give that ‘yard’.  For those who have undergone the dual program, the journey has been even more demanding, especially, as that was the first batch, migrating from Columbus University to the Indian University.

But that has helped! You have been promoted, reallocated, become motivated, proactive and some even transformed.  And the fact that that strikes me most; is that, many of you were comfortable, with decent jobs, some were Directors of companies, but you choose to travel that extra mile.

Amongst you is Dr. Gamal, a medical doctor and a senior manager who without reservation, submitted himself as a humble student. The same can be said of the young and very talented engineer Mr. Sachin Raje.

We have very senior mangers like Mr. Baldev with exposure in varied business function, Mr. Jamil with vast experience and Mr. Emad Mohammed  with his quiet competence, who only appropriately contributed to the class, never spilling all over, their reservoir of knowledge and expertise. While the likes of  Capt. Shama, Mr. Muhammed Afzal and Mr. Imad Omar radiated an aura of influence,  candidates like Ms. Rehna Mr. Mahadevan and Mr. Dineshan inculcated an ambience of  academia.

I often ask myself, and now I question you. What is the most important  attribute that one should appreciate of a BBA or a MBA candidate? Is it state of his or her intelligence, the management or communication skills?  To me! it is clearly, the degree of improvement in any and all the faculties.  It’s the distance that you span from your original point A to that distant new point B.

Therefore I shower praises, with no hesitations upon Mr. Hujjat Ali, Mr. Lloyd Musquita, Mr. Mathew, Mr. Soni Nirav,  Mr. Javeed Bharde and Ms. Wu Hong Zheng and many more..

Mr. Saif Mansor Sayed Mubarak, the director of Masters, who is not with us today, is for the past two years pursuing a doctorate program, based around "International Digial Government" at Central Queensland University in Sydney.  His topic is "Methodology to integrate U.A.E eGovs with other eGov using cross-border eTransaction"

His message to you this evening is:

“Read and search from time to time and you will attain”

Self-discipline

Self-actualization  and a

Sense of destiny”

This evening, myself and, the graduates whom I have been speaking to; want to remember and thank, a host of lecturer largely responsible for this day to blossom.
Dr. Heena the lecturer in HR field,

Ms. Zahida lecturer for Accounting and Finance

Dr. Prabhat lecturer for Information Technology

Dr. Sabiha, senior lecturer –HR and Marketing.  Today, it is our privileged to invite her as a “Guest of Honor’.

Ms. Laxhmi,- Lecturer for Quality Management, has recently completed her Phd back home in her home town, and wishes you Graduates, ‘ All the success in your future endeavors”

Dr. Naveen kapoor, the marketing Guru, is on a short business trip and has insisted that I convey his wishes to you all.

Finally I remember the Pillars who facilitated your programs, Ms. Megha, Mr. Hiten, Ms. Depika and of late Ms. Aida. 

Now! finding a congenial congenial atmosphere at Master’s has been, a “CUP of Tea”, thanks to the grass root and sincere  support of Mr. Lingum and Mr. Moosa.

Congratulation to You!( The Graduates)

Thank you to you all!

Speech  of the Chief Guest Dr. Juma

Graduates and esteemed guests Ladies and Gentlemen

I would like to begin my speech by thanking Mr Lewis Fernandes for inviting me and my colleague, Dr Paris, to this graduation ceremony and for giving me the privilege to be the chief speaker on this occasion.

In talking to you today, I do not want to miss mentioning the great efforts, the care and the attention the Masters Educational Institute has offered to you throughout your studies, which made your learning a reality and a pathway to your professional life. Nobody can deny the fact that your studies in this Institute have maximized your life choices and have led you to more effective functioning in the society in various life settings. This why I appreciate very much your choice to study at Masters Educational Institute.

This institute has offered you the best investment in human capital which focused on teaching you how to cope with the future and how to address issues of change and how to develop visions and strategies. It has made your studies a unique experience taking place in an international and convenient environment. Thanks to its teaching staff who enjoy excellent academic and professional qualifications.

Today, you are celebrating your graduation with Bachelor's and Master's degrees. This graduation is a recognition of your achievements not only in your programs of study, but also in becoming professionals in far-sightedness, decision-making and aspiration. Again, thanks to MASTERS Institute for helping you develop your abilities to utilize talents, and to move towards greater maturity and greater personal growth.

We are very happy that you are now graduating. We are sure that you are now able to apply better work methods needed to succeed in life.

We are happy that, during you studies, you have acquired excellent capacity of adaptation and good ability in developing your academic and career potentials.

Thanks again to MASTERS INSTITUTE where everything was geared to providing you the education, the knowledge, the skills and the experience you need for success This education acquired by you is culminating now in the award of degrees you will receive soon, and for which I and my colleagues extend our deep congratulations.

Finally, Please let me highlight the fact that your study at MASTERS Institute has been an investment that will pay for itself many times over. You have now a wide base of knowledge as well as a specialty in your areas of your choice. In my opinion, this is the perfect way for you to enter the workplace.

Thanks again to Masters Institute and please accept my congratulations on this occasion.