The Third TIM – RESEARCH CONFERENCE-2018: INSIGHT TO INNOVATION IN STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, and MANAGEMENT) was held on 16th and 17th February 2018 at the Research Conference Hall  , TKM Institute of Management. The conference was supported by sponsors and contributors. The event was jointly organized with the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Enviornment, Government of Kerala.

The session was inaugurated on 16th February at 10.a.m by Dr.K.S.Chandrasekar, Director , IMK, University of Kerala & Dean  – Management Studies. The function was presided over by Dr A Viswanathan, Director, TKM Institute of Management. Dr Vinith Kumar Nair,  Professor and Associate Dean (External Affairs) addressed the gathering. Ms.Swathy Saji welcomed the gathering and Ms.Sruthy.S delivered the vote of thanks.

Followed by the inauguration, TECHNICAL SESSION on 16 – 02- 2018 (Friday) commenced at  11.00 am. The session was chaired by Dr Nisa S. Assistant Professor, TKM Institute of Management. The following papers were presented during the technical session 1.

Sl No Topic Authors
1 Green Marketing: A study on consumer’s perception about green products with special reference to Green Paper Products Private Limited Kollam. Dr.K.S.Suresh Kumar

Vishnu Priya C R
2 Design and Simulation of

Micro strip Patch Antenna Using Meta-materials

 Titto Anujan, Geetha P V
3 Case study: ‘RECIPE’ Restaurant

Market analysis and Strategic Segmentation Issues

 Dileep Kumar M, Nirmala S Govindarajo
4 Green buildings for sustainable development Greeshma.R.K
5 Qualities of a counsellor and problems of counselling: A study on IT executives in Kerala Lekshmi M.S

Dr. K.S Chandrasekar

Technical Session: 2 (Conference Hall) started at 02.00 PM and was till 04.00 PM. The session was chaired by Dr Aravind M. Assistant Professor, TKM Institute of Management. The following papers were presented during the technical session 2.

Sl No Topic Authors
1 SOCO and its relationship with Trust with the Salesperson with reference to Alopathic Customers in Diabetic speciality in South Kerala. Arun G,

Dr. C.G. Manoj Krishnan
2 Emotional Labor & Employee Job Satisfaction

With Special Reference to Service Sector

 Manu Mohan & Vishnu A.S
3 Business policy and Performance of Public Enterprises in India Mathews John
4 Motives of smart phone usage as predictors of personality of University students Anu Kurian, Anju Kamal

The session on the second day (17th February 2018) started with a panel discussion related to the theme of the research conference. Dr. A Viswanathan, Director, TKM Institute of Management extended the welcome note. The session was inaugurated by Mr Baily Fernandez,Director and Co-founder at Masters of Business Facilitation, Business Consultant at AAMC Training Group, Australia. Dr Vinith Kumar Nair, Professor and Associate Dean (External Affairs) was the moderator.

The panel members were

The third Technical Session of the research conference started was from 1.00 PM to 04.00 PM. This was held at the TIM Conference Hall. The session was chaired by Dr Nisa S. Assistant Professor, TKM Institute of Management. The following papers were presented during the technical session 3.

Sl No Topic Authors
1 Cyber security and e-commerce Athira. S
2 Scope of big data in e-governance Harikrishnan. R
3 Provisions of companies act, 2013 and clause 49 of listing  agreement of SEBI towards corporate governance

Parvathy. M.D
4 Study on mechanical properties of polythene fibre reinforced concrete with partial replacement of coarse aggregate as coconut shell (PFRCSC) Swathi M S, Anu A
5 Mechanical properties of high strength concrete with copper slag as fine aggregate and partially replacing cement with Nano Silica Ajeena R, Liji A
6 Study on factors contributing to national income Mr.Humayoon.N, Mr.Amalnadh. M, Mr. Jishnu. J
7 M-Energy Plants Krishna Harish and Kajal C.P
8 Effect of Marketing Mix on Consumer Choice of Home Appliances Sona George, Arya Anil
9 Agri-preneurship with e-marketing in India Girish C N, Govardhan B, Haritha S
10 An outlook of management students and graduates towards entrepreneurship A U Abhijit, Kapil Dev
11 Effectiveness of Social Media as a Marketing Tool Jerin Thomas and Jerry Johnson

The fourth Technical Session of the research conference started was from 1.00 PM to 04.00 PM . This was held at the Gallery 1. The session was chaired by Dr Aravind M. Assistant Professor, TKM Institute of Management. The following papers were presented during the technical session 4.

Sl No Topic Authors
1 Study on Behaviour of normal concrete column and modified reactive powder concrete column Neethu S Deth, Sreejith R
2 The impact and the reason for the use of E-Wallets among  Youngsters Lejo Syd Alex, Akhin S Sanju, Vishakh Kumar M
3 Analysis of Corrugated Plates Muneera B
4 Experimental study on Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) Panel filled with Alternate Concrete Mix Anju Prakash, Nazjan Naza
5 Volatility Analysis of BITCOIN and its Legal Tender in India Razal N

Shaheera Nazeer

Sruthi S
6 Goods and Service Tax -an Analysis Reema Reji
7 Future of E- Commerce in Rural India Lekshmi M. Nair, Tresa Mathew
8 Novel Digital Management Paradigms Abhijith R, Arsha Asokan & Harsha Harish
9 Implementation of Cluster Formation in Cochin Special Economic Zone Swathy Saji
10 Digital Marketing: A Prospect For Entrepreneurship Mahesh Kumar G, Arjun T P
11 A Report On “PRICING POLICIES” With Special Reference To KSE Ltd, Irinjalakuda Varsha S.Unni, Jency Joseph, Ancy Albert and Abimol.R

The programme concluded with a valedictory note by the institute dean and thereafter certificates of participation/paper presentations were distributed. The third TIM research conference was coordinated by Dr.Santhosh.V.A, Associate Dean (Operations) and Dr.Manojkrishnan.C.G (Associate Professor – HR Area)