The team faced tough competition, especially from Prashanth Sampath and Sandeep Mathew Olickal from IIT Mumbai, who earned the highest points at the Bourse Game. The closed-door segment required the teams to work in a simulated environment and deal with the forex market and money market instruments. Conducted by Mr...
Read MoreProf Sriram, Executive Director, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai started off by welcoming one and all to the International Marketing Conference. He pointed out that Great Lakes wanted to position itself as a marketing school and ‘customer centricity’ was its theme. Dr Bala Balachandran, Honorary Dean and Founder, Great...
Read MoreHimanshu Aggarwal, event coordinator for ‘Call for Arms’ said, aThe major source of information for aspirants aiming to join an MBA are B-school rankings provided by various sources, but more often than not these rankings donat show the true picture. Call for Arms is designed to test the aptitude, skill...
Read MoreaThe economic slowdown will affect MBA applications for foreign business schools as only candidates with work-experience apply to such programs. If pink slips are handed out then it is natural for people with work-experience to strive to do an MBA at B-schools abroad. In India, the scenario is not the...
Read MoreOther competitions at Megabucksa09 include: Markstrat, the Market Strategy ContestCXO is a business simulation game involving business problems, environmental issues, and organisational resources that imitates reality through a back-end software application. It will place your team in charge of a company with resources such as stocks and cash. CXO is...
Read MoreAs part of the initiative, Dr Prahalad will be travelling to Goa in the second week of January 2009 to speak at an event hosted by GIM on the theme aGlobal Restructuring of Industries. Is there an India Advantage?a. GIM has also invited Mr Anoop Madhok, Professor at the Schulich...
Read MoreThe Box allows villagers to make a call by simply pressing a button which will connect them to an operator at Open Mind. He can inquire about anything related to farming, trade, market, society, travelling, current affairs etc. and the operator will provide a suitable answer for the same by...
Read MoreKK Pai, Chairman TAPMI, Dr Ramdas Pai, Chancellor Manipal University, Dr HS Ballal, Pro Chancellor, Manipal University, Dr Raj Warrier, Vice Chancellor, Manipal University, Dr H Shantaram, Trustee, TAPMI, Ashok Pai, Chairman, Manipal Cooperative Bank, Sathish Pai, MD and Gautam Pai, CEO, Manipal Press, H V Kamath, Secretary, Dr TMA...
Read MoreThe Jury consisted of the Chief Economist of the Aditya Birla Group (ABG), the Editor of Business Today (BT), Publishing Director Business Today and CEO and Founder of Naukri.com. The competition got off to a start with the first semi final between IIFT- Delhi and IIM-Bangalore. The topic was aCut...
Read MoreThe first lecture was given by Mr Veerendra K Jaitly, President,AstroWix (USA) and founder dean of Jaypee University ofInformation Technology. He talkedabout how a successful project manager must simultaneously manage thefour basic elements of a project: resources, time, money, and scope. Philosophy of Project Management was discussed by Mrs Seema...
Read MoreMr Gururaj Deshpande, Chairman, Sycamore Networks asked the graduates of today to be part of the resurrection process of the economic engine. Entrepreneurship, he said is the most challenging occupation that one can pursue but the rewards are incomparable. Mr GRK Reddy, MD, MARG and Chairman, CII, Chennai Zone emphasized...
Read MoreInaugural Address was given by Deepak Jain, Dean, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Talking about the Indian education system, he said aIndian parents concentrate on giving their children the best education. He cites this as the differentiating factor that will keep India aheada. Dr Seenu Srinivasan, Professor of Marketing,...
Read MoreThe need to increase revenue per employee (*see footnote) and the number of management consultants in the IT industry is both an opportunity and a challenge for technology and subject matter experts. On one hand, they would do well to pick up some management consulting skills, progress beyond routine technology...
Read MoreAfter completing her Bacheloras Degree in Arts, she pursued her Masters Degree in Management Studies at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS). Post her MBA in finance she joined the erstwhile industrial finance company ICICI in 1984 as a management trainee – Project Appraisal & Monitoring and worked...
Read MoreSome aspects of the lecture were the brandas strong growth and immunity to brand cannibalization in view of the emerging market competition, the proliferation into the Indian market with the introduction of the amonopacka and the vast cultural differences between promos of Alpenliebe around the world.
Read MoreThe Governor Generalas Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case honours individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of women in Canada. Ben was nominated for the award by Tiuu Poder, President, BASE Atlantic, Business Advisory Services and Entrepreneurship. She said aThere is no more of a deserving...
Read MoreThis was followed by a panel discussion on contemporary issues in Banking Consolidation, moderated by Tamal Bandyopadhyay. The members of the panel were Nipun Mehta, Head & Executive Director, SG Private Banking India, Dr Rajendra Vaidya, Professor, IGIDR, Ganesh Shankaran, Executive Vice President, HDFC Bank Ltd., P Ramesh, Senior Partner,...
Read MoreThe conference co-chairs are Dr V aSeenua Srinivasan, Stanford University, USA and Prof S Sriram, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India. Dr Dipak Jain, Dean, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA will be the keynote speaker. Research papers related to creating value (market research, competitive analysis, product, service,...
Read MoreThe MTV Youth Icon award is a platform created for the youth to identify their new-age role-models. Past winners of the MTV Youth Icon awards include Anil Ambani, Rahul Dravid, Shah Rukh Khan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Congratulating on the win, Dr. Arun Mohan Sherry, Director, Institute of Management Technology...
Read MoreThe program brings the alumni together in a classroom, thinking and cherishing the good old days and giving them an opportunity to take a break from their hectic professional lives. The event is also aimed at building on the Great Lakes promise of giving back to society; with significant percentage...
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