Department of Management Studies MBA Alumni Newsletter GAYATRI VIDYA PARISHAD COLLEGE FOR DEGREE AND PG COURSES (A) introduced MBA program in the year 1995 with the aim of producing competent management professionals to meet the requirements of the corporate world. Since day one, the department has been constantly striving to achieve excellence in the field of management education by focusing on qualitative teaching. The department has been successful in adopting innovative methods of imparting management education and preparing the students to meet the challenges of industry. The department has been very fortunate in having the expertise of several senior academicians and intellectuals who have been instrumental in shaping the institution to its present status with their vision and teaching. The department boasts of experienced faculty and rich infrastructure with facilities like smart classrooms, digital library, computer centre, media centre, seminar halls, linguistic lab, etc. In tune with the changing trends of the industry, the department has been offering an open elective in Business Analytics and is all set to introduce Digital Marketing, Logistics - SCM and SAP to enable the students to excel in their careers. The involvement of alumni in supporting and providing contributions voluntarily to their college is important for its development. By establishing channels that can facilitate closer ties between the alumni, students and the college, it can provide crucial benefits in enriching the student’s experience while being at the college. With this background “Gayatri Vidya Parishad Post Graduate Alumni Association” (GVPPGSAA) has been formed and registered at Office of Registrar of Societies in the city of Visakhapatnam on 7th April 2005 with the following broad objectives: • To share the experiences and knowledge among the members. • To provide valuable suggestions for the development of the Institution. • To help the Institution in the arrangement of summer placement training and industrial visit for the students. • To carry on any activity of a charitable nature and of general public utility. • To guide the students by sharing the industry experiences. Executive Committee Members 2017-2020 S. No. Name Position 1 Mr. Praveen Shankla President 2 Dr. K. V. V. Murali S Rao Vice-President 3 Dr. T. V. V. Phani Kumar Secretary 4 Dr. K. Venkateswarlu Joint Secretary 5 Mr. Ch. Naveen Treasurer 6 Mr. B. Venkatesh Member 7 Mr. S. Kumar Member 8 Mr. M. Naga Vasu Member 9 Mr. M. Satish Member 10 Mr. S. Srinivas Member GVPPGSAA Department of MBA e-newsletter