Singapore education opens doors to a world of opportunities

Education has always played a key role in the growth and development of Singapore society, particularly in the years following 1965 when it became an independent republic. Now in the 21st century, where the knowledge-based economy is the driver in the global community, education has become more critical in shaping...

Infosys CEO delivers session to students of Great Lakes

In his talk Mr Gopalakrishnan said “There are tremendous opportunities in the current crisis. The unusual nature of this downturn is its global nature with major developed countries like US and Japan being affected. The recovery will start but the question is how long will it take and it may...

Fortune Institute celebrates its Founderas day with street children

Prof AK Puri, Director General of the Institute, announced that under the initiative, student volunteers of the Institute will adopt these street children and volunteer time and effort to provide education, hygiene and health care sessions. The Institute will tie up with government agencies and coordinate with doctors to provide...

SIOM concludes annual Mgmnt-cum-Cultural Fest – aDrishti’09a

The highlight of the event was aSpirulina- the Cooking Gamea, cooking up the best possible snack with limited resources. The flagship event of Drishtia09 was the Business Quiz which was won by the team from IBS (ICFAI Business School) Hyderabad & MET, Nashik. Some of the best business ideas were...

LIBA to organize ‘Chrysalis 2009’ from Feb 28

Apart from eight offline and five online games testing skills and aptitude in various disciplines of management, Chrysalis 2009 also has Exquizite 2009, the annual Corporate B school quiz hosted by Mr. Derek O Brien on February 28, 2009 at 4.30 pm. Around 700 participants have participated in the quiz...

aWe do what we wish to and not what atheya want us toa: PaGaLGuY B-school Backpacker goes to KJ Somaiya, Mumbai

It was about half an hour after noon when a short auto ridefrom the local train station brought me to the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus whichapart from the KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research houseseleven other educational institutes. A tall arch at the beginning of a wellmaintained road signifies...

GIM Director resigns

DFS, Univ of Delhi: Annual event aArvneetia to be held on Feb 27

RANNEETI (The Business Plan) is a team based competition where participating teams have to enter a business venture plan related to the theme of aInnovative Business Ideas in Emerging Economiesa. The top five teams will be invited, where they will present their plans before a panel of judges and an...

NMIMS: Annual event aIsthmusa of SPTM on Feb 22

Absolute Pharma Intellect (API) – a National level quiz will be hosted by a quizmaster Mr Amit Pandeya and Souvik Basu. Teams from TCS, CITI Financial, Elder Pharmaceuticals, UICT NITIE, NIPER, Pfizer, Merck, Wockdhart, Cipla, and Torrent have participated in the previous editions of Isthmus. This year API will be...

NITIE: aB-Cubea organized for MBA aspirants

The event kick started with MarQue – The Marketing Workshop which was taken up by Dr Ranjan Chaudhuri, a NITIE faculty in Marketing. Dr T Prasad, an HR faculty at NITIE gave the students an insight about the Human Resource Management and entrepreneurship skills. FinNomenal a The Finance Workshop was...

SIMSREE: Annual management and sports fest starts on Feb 21

Treasure huntThe Raconteurz (Extempore Event)Willow wagger (Box cricket competition)Biz Grilled (Business Quiz)Lord of the rings (Ring football Competition)Walk the Stock (Stock Market Game)The Carroman (Carrom Championship)Branden (Brand Awareness Game)Smack Out (Table Tennis Championship)Inventure (Private Equity Game)Checkmate (Chess championship)The Presager (Operations Game)Cue Master (Pool Championship)Click (Online Quiz)Need for SpeedAdwise (Consulting Game)Counter...

IMT: Conference on ‘Organizational Effectiveness in Economic Slowdown’ held

While delivering the inaugural address, Dr AM Sherry, Director, IMT-CDL said, “The conference is designed to discuss how to manage turbulences in an organization in rise of global economic slowdown and to look for opportunities for organizational growth amidst global meltdown.” While talking about the underlying causes of economic meltdown,...

Wharton Business Plan Competition chooses 25 Semi-Finalists

Participation this year increased nine percent over 2008, to a total of 366 students in early phases of the Competition, most of them focused on Internet, Biotech and IT concepts. This year, however, nearly thirty-eight percent of the submissions were aimed at finding a solution to some social problem. For...

IMT, Dubai a Marketing event on Feb 25

The highlight of the event is research presentations on Consumer, Branding and Service trends by IMT Dubai students under the guidance of Professor Mohan Agrawal. Corporate speakers like Mr Gautam Sen Gupta, Managing Partner/ Director, Market Vision Research & Consulting Services, Dubai; Mr Dhiraj Joshi, Associate Director – Business Performance...

NMIMS: Cultural fest Euphoria’09 begins on March 6

The four day fest is expected to have an attendance of around 7,000 people. The theme for Euphoria this year 00:00, PAUSE:PLAY symbolizing aTo break free from norms and conventions and live life on one’s own termsa. The event kicks off with Naseeruddin Shah’s troupe’s play ‘All Thieves’ on 6th...

Nation-wide Entrepreneurship Week India a09 comes to a close

Spread across 30 cities and towns in India, this third E Week India had participation from over 3,50,000 people across the country, almost doubling that of last year. During the week more than 3000 entrepreneurship events and activities were hosted showcasing the energy and drive amongst students and professionals from...

Green business and Green values symposium at Judge business school

The opening panel debate, aGreen Business and Green Values: the Issues a, will be chaired by Dr Noreena Hertz, CIBAMas Associate Director and an expert on economic globalization. Panelists representing government and retail on the first day include Mr David Roth, CEO The Store and The WPP Group, Mr Khalid...

SDM-IMD joins consortium of BRICS business schools

BRIC, an acronym coined by Goldman Sachs in 2001 to categorize the leading emerging economies a Brazil, Russia, India and Chinaawhich have the potential to rank as the four dominant economies of the world by 2050. This led way for many associations amongst these countries for mutual benefits and growth...

JBIMS wins the India Investment Research Challenge

The inaugural India Challenge was held in April last year and was wonby Mumbaias Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies with aresearch done on New Delhi Television Ltd. Now in its second year, the India Challenge this year spanned eight months with 16 universities participating across the country. In the...

NUS Business School and HEC Paris sign MoU on Strategic partnership

The partnership aims to support educational, professional and cross-cultural projects and activities in management research and education among students, faculty, staff and business communities of the two institutions. This strategic partnership encompasses the following areas of cooperation:a Exchange of students in the MBA and MSc (Management) programmes a Exchange of...