1.

Subject- Request to Revoke Luggage Shifting Decision

Respected Sir,
This is with reference to the decision taken by Hostel Offices and Hostel Warden to
shift the luggage of the students left behind in hostel rooms into cloakrooms even
after the continuous resentment from students.
Amid the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the inter-state travel guidelines are very
restrictive in nature and we don’t know how long the lockdown will last. In addition,
the decision put the outstation students on a tightrope because of the increasing
alarming state of the pandemic in the country. They have left their important
documents such as DMCs, copies of thesis work and laptops in the hostel. The
decision to put the luggage into cloakrooms increases the chances that these
documents may get misplaced. If this happens, who will be responsible? Many
students belong to faraway states which put undue pressure on them as many of
them cannot afford the cost of travel and are afraid of travelling by train.
Sir, we need to understand the gravity of the situation as the decision might be taken
without considering the difficult situation of the hostellers. Student’s Council
addressed the concerns of the students and come up with an alternative approach
that can be undertaken in this situation. We have contacted with courier services
present in Kozhikode who will help us to transit the unpacked luggage of the
students left behind in their respective rooms to their home city. The courier service
will charge nominal amount on the basis of kgs of each student’s luggage and it will
be borne by the students who left their luggage and for those who can’t afford the
cost, we have also started fund raising campaign to bear these expenses.
Therefore, Student Council is requesting you to look into the concerns of the
students and allow us to implement our initiatives so that every student get their
luggage at the earliest.
Regards,
Students’ Council
IIM Kozhikode
2.
Subject- Request for Fees Reduction Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Respected Sir,
As we all know that Covid-19 has completely disrupted our environment and this
crisis has led to a complete upheaval in the higher education world, with both
classes and assessment shifting online for the remainder of the academic year in
most cases. Given the impact of the coronavirus and especially quarantine
measures, many students family income has gone down drastically and their finance
has been severely disrupted. Many of the students have taken huge education loans
while others are spending their savings from their previous job.
Since the Institute is conducting online classes for the remainder of the semester
and the cost of the college has been rapidly rising, students feel that they are at the
raw end of the deal. They are getting concerned, impatient and a bit apprehensive.
Student Council members have been trying to address many of the students queries
but an official statement from the administration at this point can turn the table. We
are in particular concerned about paying the current term fees. Since the beginning
of the academic year, we are not utilizing any mess and hostel facilities and at the
same time, we are not getting full facilities of IT, Infrastructure & Services and Library
that they get while on campus.
In consideration of this pandemic induced situation, it is with regret that we are
seeking the institute for assistance in current term fees. In particular, we hereby
request you to provide relief in total of course fees by 10% reduction in terms of
tuition fees and other charges for various facilities that would not be availed by the
students.
For this, all the students of IIM-K will be grateful to you.
Regards,
Students’ Council
IIM Kozhikode
3.
Subject- PGP23 Farewell Ceremony 2021
Dear Batch 2020-22,
We are little emotional while writing this, knowing how soon PGP23 will say goodbye
to the college, teachers, juniors, canteen etc. A farewell is one of the important
events of a student’s life as it symbolizes the closure of one’s educational journey
from a college, school or workplace. It is one of the best ways to convey a warm
goodbye to your friends, classmates, juniors and most importantly your teachers.
Thus, it is the time to build memories that the students will cherish for their entire life.
In order to remember their golden memories and to greet best wishes to all final year
students of PGP23, Student Council is going to organize a farewell ceremony on 24 th
March, 2021. Farewell ceremony will not be completed without the active
participation of juniors to show their love, respect and gratitude. They make you
treasure the countless memories of college life. As loss sinks in slowly and we
realise that we might never meet some of these people again, we tend to be kinder,
more cheerful and less angry versions of ourselves.
In this regard, Student council wants active participation of students in farewell
ceremony. For that, every student is required to participate in at least 2 events which
will be intimated very soon.
Please reach out in case of any queries.
Thank You
Regards,
Students’ Council
IIM Kozhikode
5.
Subject- Welcome to Students’ Council | Student’s Affair’s Chairperson
Respected Sir,
The member of Student’s Council extends a warm welcome to you as the new
chairperson of Student’s Affairs. You have always impressed us with your clear
vision and ability to get the job done against the most formidable opposition. We
have heard many glowing reports of your work in the institute. Congratulations on
your appointment.
Students’ Council are the apex student body at IIM Kozhikode with 7 senior
members and 10 junior members. We co-ordinate and manage all academic, extra-
curricular and day-to-day activities of student life. While time may not always be a
luxury at business school, learning to make the most of it and ensuring that everyone
has the opportunity to develop themselves is the main purpose of the Students’
Council.
We are confident that your influence will continue to encourage our proud tradition of
involvement in promoting student’s interest. Please be aware that you have our full
support. We wish you all the best as you represent us.
Regards,
Students’ Council
IIM Kozhikode
6.
Subject- Request to Revoke Decision Regarding Sangram
Respected Sir,
This is with reference to the decision taken by PGP Chairperson to scrap Sangram
from the academic calendar.
Sir, Student’s Council wants to bring the benefits of inter-college sports competition
to the table. During the academic year, Sangram provides more competitive options
to students to showcase their skills in sports. We have a great number of both male
and female students who take active part in the athletics competition at college level.
Sangram will help them to learn the benefit of representing their community. It is a
false notion that taking part in sports can reduce the ability of students to get good
grades. Studies and researches show that students who take part in sports perform
way better in their core course. In addition, it helps them to develop more
persistence in their personal lives and such students are found to possess better
patience and tolerance. During sports activity, every team member is acting like a
cohesive unit towards a common goal. It will help them to learn how teamwork helps
to win the game and to become leaders in real life. Sangram helps the students to
develop lifelong commitments to their fellow students and the institute. And all that
Komrades pay off in the long-term to the institute when alumni gather and donate to
the institute. Last but not the least, we all know that IIM Kozhikode has an eminent
position in sports community among the 4 south Indian IIMs and emerged victorious
in last year Sangram, so if institute is not going to take participant in Sangram, it will
create negative impact on the image of the institute not only across IIMs but also
globally.
So, on behalf of the sports committee, we are requesting to look into the matter
seriously and revoke the decision.
Regards,
Students’ Council
IIM Kozhikode
7.
Subject- IIM Kozhikode Silver Jubilee | Action Plan
Respected Sir,
IIM Kozhikode has a huge stake in the quality and type of students we attract, as the
composition of student’s body is critical to the development and success. In order to
maintain our decorum, we are required to bring changes in time which requires a
concentrated effort to follow an ever-evolving vision and strategy.
In light of upcoming Silver Jubilee, Student Council has come up with a plan of
action to strengthen the brand image of the institute. We will focus on three aspect;
Develop, Attachment and Grow.
By Develop, we refer to support and develop such a work environment where the
faculty, staff and students must feel a sense of autonomy and connectivity over what
they are doing. They must feel that they have the capabilities to do their best and
can explore their limits. It will encourage the sentiment of stretch and teamwork.
By Attachment, we refer to strength our connections with global thought leaders,
practice and policy, our alumni and local community. We should write papers for a
global audience, build research initiatives, take part in international conferences and
develop case studies that place us in the flow of leading-edge conversations. We
should carry out research in different field by engaging people in businesses and
government, bring it back to class and test our insights and thought with them to
reenergise that engagement. We should expand our alumni connection who are in
positions of responsibility in various walks of life all over the world and have rich life
experiences. We should engage them with our insights, ambitions and our goals to
feel life-long members of IIM Kozhikode community. Apart from it, we can test our
theories locally, contribute to our neighbours, and in the process learn from them and
be treated as valued members of the community.
By Grow, we refer to IIM-K’s value proposition which represents a combination of
tangible and intangible elements. IIM-K started with 42 students in its first PGP batch
and now it has more than 572 students. In addition to, IIM-K has high-quality faculty
which are critical for a high-impact educational institution. We should focus to scour
for the best possible faculty, retain the best faculty and to offer faculty world class
employment opportunities so that institutional competitiveness should be maintained.
I hope that you will like our plan of action and provide feedback so that we can take
initiatives in respect to plan at the earliest.
Regards,
Students’ Council
IIM Kozhikode
9.
Subject- Request to Revoke Decision Regarding Student Events
Respected Sir,
This is with reference to the decision taken by PGP to cluster all the student events
in a single week. Sir, we all know that last year student events had been successfully
completed with 100% of student participation across all the events. All the events
went smoothly without any conflict or any type of disruption. Student enjoyed the
events and the organizers received great appreciation from the participants.
Happening of Student Events throughout the academic year provides a great variety
of options to the students to participate and to organize multiple events according to
their interest. Participating in any event requires evaluation of the objective of the
event and the learning that they will get. In addition to, organizers also need to take
into consideration various factor while organizing any event so that the objective
should be achieved. Clustering of the events in a single week will lead to create a lot
of problems to students as a participant and as an organizer. It will be hectic, messy
and hazy. Students will get impatient and apprehensive. They will not be able to
focus on their academic activities as they have to miss their classes and will not able
to submit the assignment before the deadlines which will have direct negative impact
on their GPA. It also leads to decrease the percentage of student participation as an
event may have full participants and an another can have zero. It will create conflict
of interest between different organizers.
On behalf of the student of IIM Kozhikode, Student Council is requesting you to
please look into the matter carefully and revoke the decision.
For this, all the students of IIM Kozhikode will be grateful to you.
Regards,
Students’ Council
IIM Kozhikode
10.
Subject- Cancellation of Protest Against CAA/NRC
Dear All,
Student Council is writing this letter against the idea of the students to hold protest
against CAA/NRC.
We all know that ever since the passage of CAA and NCR is established, one is
witnessing protests across India. This protest highlights an issue that is already
known and is largely passive aggressive in nature, which may not be the intension of
an individual supporter or the community, but is always the ultimate outcome. Protest
exists to amalgamate by inducing counter argument and counter protest, often result
to tension, violation and polarisation. The reason is no matter how peaceful a protest
intends to be, by the very nature of words, a protest is a negative. The fundamental
building block of a protest is adversarial towards the institute it aims to alter so
serves no true purpose other than to disrupt the status quo and essentially badger
authorities into action. This is almost identical to terrorist tactics and is therefore
responded to in kind - zero negotiation.
Although the idea to protest is non-violent but it takes no time to use abusive words
and occurrence of violence incidents. The possibility of this unethical behavioural of
students in institute premise will not be entertained at any level. This will lead to
create negative impact of our institute’s image across India as well as global. Event
occurred in Jamia set an example. The incident created war-like situation and many
students were filed FIR which not only impact their personal life, but also their
professional life. Doing anything against the contentious law while protesting will lead
to the detainment of the students from further academic terms.
The administration and Student Council believe that the best-case result of a protest
is those that it seeks to change remain unaware of it. As awareness only results in
resistance to equal or greater effect. So at best, nothing happens. At worst, lives are
lost. Protest can validate the existing beliefs of collaborators which is of limited
benefit, and they can convert well-wishing fence sitters, but this is a minor victory
compared to the disadvantages. Therefore, we have decided to revoke the idea of
protest after taking into consideration the interest of all the stakeholders.
Please contact us in case of any queries.
Regards,
Students’ Council
IIM Kozhikode