Speaking on the occasion, Mr Anand Mahindra said that aIn India, the cost of innovation per unit is low and that the corporate should be looking at the bottom of pyramida. He emphasized that the corporate should not neglect the segment of people who do not currently have the purchasing...
Read MoreThe Government of India is focusing on increasing the manufacturing sectoras contribution to GDP to 25 pc from around 17 pc. The Indian IT services sector is estimated to remain the fastest growing in the Asia Pacific region with a CAGR of around 18 pc. To achieve overall growth, these...
Read MoreOne of the main reasons the global financial crisis took place was because of excessive debt/loans taken by people in America. Just recently I met someone who had completed his MBA. This person had recently started working in USA after completing his MBA there. Everything seemed excellent; he had a...
Read MoreFMCG sector continued to be the major recruiter with roles in Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain Management and I.T. functions. The major recruiters included Procter & Gamble, HUL, Cadbury, Nestle, ITC, Asian Paints, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, Reckitt Benckiser, Colgate Palmolive, Britannia, Godrej, Cargill, and Perfetti. Cadbury offered...
Read MoreThe Starbucks case highlights the problems specialty coffee retailer Starbucks faces due to rapid expansion, falling service levels and reduced consumption of expensive coffee in the wake of economic downturn. The case discusses the transformational initiatives implemented at Starbucks to revive the brand and bring the customers back to the...
Read MoreDr BS Sahay has been honored with various national and international recognitions including ISTD National Book Award (2007, 2001 and 2000), Emerald 2005 Award for Excellence, Escorts Book Award (199, and more. He has also received Asian Productivity Organizationsa fellowship for Advanced Program on Management Consultancy for Productivity Improvement organized...
Read MoreThe first programme, which lasts three and a half months, will begin in May 2009 with 50 participants, rising to 100 in subsequent years. Candidates will need to have an undergraduate degree or its equivalent and at least three yearsa full-time work experience. The programme is open both to women...
Read MoreThe Czech Republic is presently heading the activities of the European Union (EU) and hence Dr. Hynek also represented the EU. He expressed his concern over the fact that though the EU was Indiaas biggest economic partner, it was hardly ever in the news. India being one of the only...
Read MoreThe Higher Entry Placement Process (HEPP), which facilitates lateral placements at IIM Lucknow, was held from January through March 2009. Ernst & Young (Middle East), Barings Private Equity Partners PricewaterhouseCoopers, IBM, Wipro Consulting, Deloitte, Citibank, Aditya Birla Group, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and Larsen & Toubro were among the major recruiters...
Read MoreFor the PGDM Class of 2009, the CM Kandoi Gold Medals, instituted by Aditya Steel Industries, were awarded to Ms Lalitha Charanya Ganesh for securing first rank and Ms Shikha Agarwal for securing second rank in order of merit. The Faculty Council Gold Medals were awarded to the next eight...
Read MoreThis process is arguably the largest placement drive across in India wherein about 12,000 students will participate in the process that begins with City preliminary rounds and goes onto the National Finals. The final offers will be made after considering performances in all these rounds. The preliminaries will be held...
Read MoreThe batch strength for class of 2009 is 269, up by 60 pc from 168 students in 2008. Of these, 26 students were placed in the lateral placement process and 24 accepted the Pre-placement offers extended to them. 16 students opted out of the placement process to take the entrepreneurial...
Read MoreISB has received 50 business plans from five countries a India, China, Taiwan, France, and Hong Kong. The seventy Asia finalists were drawn from twelve B- Schools across these countries. ISB, Hyderabad; NMIMS, Mumbai; IIM Indore; SIESCOMS, Mumbai; BITS, Pilani; are amongst the schools that participated from India. Two teams...
Read MoreMr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman Aditya Birla Group was the Chief Guest for the occasion. Due to sudden illness, he was unable to arrive on the day. Dr Santrupt Misra, Director HR & Business Head for Carbon Black Business of Aditya Birla Group delivered the Convocation Address on his behalf....
Read More231 students from the 23rd batch of Post Graduate Programme in Management, 37 students from the fourth batch of Post Graduate Programme in Agri-business Management, and two students from the Fellow Programme were awarded their diplomas at the convocation. During the academic year 2007-08, the institute undertook various initiatives, which...
Read MoreA total of 105 offers were made and offers per student stood at 1.72. The highest compensation package of Rs 7.2 lakhs per annum was offered by Delhi based Earthy Goods and Service. The average salary offered this year stood at Rs 4.60 lakhs per annum. About 81 per cent...
Read MoreStatistics Average annual compensation stood at INR 10.29 lakhs p.a., declining by 21 pc over last year and highest annual compensation stood at INR 63 lakhs p.a., increasing by 41 pc over last year. Also, the median annual compensation was INR 9 lakhs p.a. against INR 10.5 lakhs p.a. in...
Read MoreKHOJ, the annual equity research festival of SPJIMR was held for the seventh year. FMS-Delhi along with ICICI prudential and SPJIMR-Mumbai with Reliance Industries bagged the first and second prizes respectively. Buzz-aaR, an initiative of the 2008-2010 batch of marketing comprised of three events. aDestination Indiaa challenged students to develop...
Read MoreAsia-Pacific region has witnessed dramatic growth in recent decades and several Asian economies have emerged and are emerging as major economic powers. Though their key response is to adapt to global trends that are predominantly Western in origin, countries in the region have blended their people management practices to suit...
Read MoreConsulting Continuum The Consulting Continuum 2009 was held on March 14, 2009 on the theme aHard times come hand in hand with opportunities: A consultantas perspectivea. Consultants from various organizations like KPMG, Mc Kinsey & Co., Stern Stewart & Co., AT Kearney, Protiviti, Avalon Consulting etc participated in the event....
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