It was about noon on Sunday when I arrived atthe Goa Institute of Management. For a new visitor it is quite easy tomiss the B-school with its old and timeworn building that looks overthe road and onto the river Mandovi. A small red sign on the wall ofthe building simply...
Read MoreThe speakers and panelists that have been selected to participate in the ‘Chutnefying English’ conference reflect a diversity of perspectives. Speakers include various academicians, cultural theorists, and industry practitioners, such as Prasoon Joshi, Nandita Das, Gurcharan Das, Cyrus Broacha, Urvashi Butalia, and Prashant Panday. The keynote speakers will be Harish...
Read MoreSlowing global growth and a subsequent impact on the economies of the emerging countries led to a significant decline in the financial markets recently. The emerging Asian markets still remained the top performer, however, with markets such as India, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines outperforming their peers thus establishing themselves...
Read MoreBT ACUMEN a started by Business Today in 2002 and presented by Business Today and Aditya Birla Group is a national Business School Challenge on Quiz and Debate. The finals of the BT Acumen 2008 are going to be held on December 12, 2008 at the Taj Mahal Palace and...
Read MoreThe tournament was organised by the Sports Committee of IMNU a Akhilesh Vidyabhanu, Ulhas Kelkar, Sachin Singh, Ankur Dhariwal, Ketan Maheswari, Snehal Naik, Simant Bhargava, Mahendra Patil, Amlan Ray, Aasritha Poorna, Vivek Sharma and Akriti Agarwal. Matches were played at 8:00 A.M., 1:30 P.M. & 3:00 P.M on December 7-8,...
Read MoreThe conference would comprise of keynote addresses, panel discussions and academic thought sharing presentations. Keynote speakers and members of panel discussions include faculty from various business schools, entrepreneurs, policy makers, VCs and angel investors. Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology will give the inaugural keynote address. According to Dr...
Read MoreCandidates from all over thecountry have left no stone unturned in their attempt to seek the most coveted tagof today, an MBA. And now that nothing of athe midnight oila has been left forthe final blow, what remains is the lookup for an alma mater that would decidethe course of...
Read MoreWith less than two weeks to go before voting closes on December 22, it is full speed ahead for the TATA NEN Hottest Startups awards. Conducted by the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) in partnership with the TATA Group, the awards aim to showcase and support high-potential startups in the country....
Read MoreIn addition to the degree, a student exchange program for the respective MBAs to do one semester of studies in the other institution to be launched in the 2009-2010 academic year is under discussion. Plans for a faculty exchange program which will involve visiting professors from each institution and joint...
Read MoreThere are two distinct reasons for management institutes for focusing on specific sectors for MBA programs. One, to project the institute as a highly specialized institution for advanced study and research in a particular niche area. These institutions subsequently stress on research and consulting and training in the chosen areas...
Read MoreRose Martinelli, Assoc. Dean for Admissions at Chicago GSB says, aDo your research on schools – know why a particular program fits your educational and personal needs. While there is only one MBA degree, no two MBA programs are exactly the same.” So stop to think for a minute how...
Read MoreThe academic programme include conceptual learning and practical hands-on experience. The Institute also plans to offer courses in Newspaper Management, Electronic Media Management and Digital Communication Management from the academic session starting 2010. When enrolled for Newspaper Management, students will learn to produce and manage a newspaper. For Radio and...
Read MoreProject Smiles aProject Smilesa aimed at making the smiles more inclusive, was an initiative taken up by the aThe Ordinariesa, a group of XIMB students of first year. Working with girls from aAsha Kirana, who have been deprived of a family of their own, the Ordinaries focussed on establishing a...
Read MoreAnother feature of this yearas event is that aAbhiyana is extending its event aStart-up show casea, which is designed for providing a platform to entrepreneurs who have an existing business and want to showcase their plans before Venture Capitalists like Indiaco, Indian Angel Network, Epiphany Ventures and entrepreneurs and get...
Read MoreaWe all are an educated lot and know the realities and myths associated with donating blood. If we do not set an example, who will? It was really nice to see so many of us actively showing solidarity for the cause. We hope this attempt will help save a few...
Read MoreThe Centre is being set up in response to the Governmentas aInnovation Nationa White Paper (March 200 and is jointly funded by four partners: the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills, the Economic and Social Research Council; the National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts; and the Technology Strategy...
Read MoreThe Centre already offers an MBA International Business in India including modules in the regulatory environment in India, financial services in India, international trade & institutions, customized production processes & E-logistics and international supply chain management in India. However, through the delivery of a combination of full term and short...
Read MoreThe rally will be in the form a human chain starting from Bhaidas Hall along Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg, Irla, S V Road and will end at Narsee Monjee College of Commerce, thus completing a circle and will be organized between 5.00 and 6.30 PM. At the end of the rally,...
Read MoreThe three-year agreement provides students of the two institutes to study at each of the school leading to award of an additional management degree. MDI students doing Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) opting for the program will be awarded degree of Master of Science in Management (M.Sc.) or Master...
Read MoreIn the past, holders of the three-year bacheloras degree were told that they could not apply for graduate admission without completing a fourth year of study. Now, some U.S. universities, including Carnegie-Mellon and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, are prepared to consider applications for graduate admission from candidates...
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