Mr Kumar started the session by taking the audience back in history to the 1980s Junk Bond crisis. He talked about the ingenuity of Mr Michael Milken in devising the high yield speculative grade bond market. He drew a parallel between the 1980s crisis and ongoing crisis by underlining the...
Read MoreThe programme was opened by Prof S Peppin, Joint Co-ordinator of XIMB STRC, who gave a brief introduction to the Leadership and Managerial Proficiency Programme (LAMP) which was conducted by XIMB, in collaboration with the UNDP. He also paid homage to four pass-outs of the programme who had since, succumbed...
Read MoreThe event began with Mr Rajive Kaul introducing Mr. Behuria. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Behuria took to the lectern. Mr Behuria described todayas changing times and said that it is high time that all companies accept this and move on. He said that these changing times are a major threat to...
Read MoreThe deadline for the submission of abstracts for Xerox, Technopak and IBM cases is December 5, 2008 and prize money of INR 1.5 lakh cash is to be won. Battlefield’s knowledge partners are Xerox, Technopak, Price Waterhouse Coopers, IBM and Avaya Labs. Megabucks is scheduled from January 8-11, 2009 and...
Read MoreMr Rajive Kaul was the first speaker. He narrated small anecdotes about various incidents in his life that went on to make him the person that he is today. He advised the students to avoid making a tough decision based on just one opinion. The next speaker was Mr GNS...
Read MoreThe workshops will be organized between December 1 and 5 at some institutes in the city like Vaishnav Institute of Management, Gujarati College, Medicaps, IIPS, IMS, Maharaja Ranjit Singh College, Daly College Business School, Vaishnav Bal Mandir Girls School, Sanghvi Institut along with one at IIM Indore. These workshops will...
Read MoreITM has invited managers of various firms to address the importance and virtues of an efficient and effective command & control in all spheres of life. Managerial aspects would become inherent in the process. Interactive workshops/sessions with leaders of financial firms are also being organized to educate the young audiences...
Read MoreIn the fair, products of companies like Mahindra & Mahindra, Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. (PPL), ICICI Lombard and Piaggio were showcased. Care was taken to ensure that all the showcased products were ones that were specifically targeted at the rural consumer. At the same time, social concepts like public health and...
Read MoreSpeed is the most crucial aspect, with an average of just 45 seconds per question and the visual reasoning section should be given special attention. The CET tests the students further on verbal communication, general awareness and past performance through a GD-PI routine. Samyak Pandya, a second year student at...
Read MoreFirms like Inkfruit, Rupeetalk, Redbus,LifeBlob and Netpricerepresented the IT/ITES sector. Also, Printo from the printing sector;MeritTrac from the personal training and evaluation business; GreatPlace To Work Institute from the management consulting vertical;Elements Akademia from the upcoming professional training sphere;Healthizen, Vaatsalya, and HMRI from the healthcare domain;Classteacher Learning Systems and ThinkLabs...
Read MoreContestants for the Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition need to prepare a business plan that can meet traditional profitability and return-on-investment standards while also demonstrating eco-friendliness and eco-sensitivity by increasing sustainability. The students will highlight the specific sustainability benefits resulting from the project, such as climate change mitigation, energy...
Read MoreBusinesses, all across the globe, have started facing a business environment, which comprises not only traditional stakeholders, but also large numbers of non-traditional stakeholders a institutionalized community groups, environmental NGOs, minority groups, media and the society at large. Businesses, in order to perform in a sustainable manner, have to be...
Read MoreWorkshops:1) aBusiness and Lawa: conducted by Prof Anurag K Agarwal, an alumnus of Harvard Law School and currently a faculty member in the business policy area at IIM, Ahmedabad. 2) aUnderstanding Business Transformationa: conducted by Prof Sunil Maheshwari as a part of the Young Managers Program (YMP). 3) aLeadership skills...
Read MoreFortune Institute began its campaign with participation in the Delhi Half Marathon, wherein students carried the message aTake Pride, Do Vote – Make a Differencea for the masses. Management Institutes under Delhi University and IP University have joined hands in this campaign and have come forward to lend support through...
Read MoreThe convention aimed at learning leadership models from various successful organizations. It was addressed by leaders from the field of education and industry from India and abroad, including Professor Bhushan who spoke on aWhat makes a young professional ticka. The Leaders of Tomorrow project has been conducting one year leadership...
Read MoreDr Irani, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Governors at IIM-Lucknow, presented an overview of the values and belief systems that have built and sustained the Tata image and philosophy till today. He identified Trust, Vision, Integrity & Credibility, Relevance and Compatibility as values ingrained in the...
Read MoreWhat would be a brief overview of operations management? Operations management as a stream nowadays has a specific focus. It has taken off very well this year, particularly so after 2005 because every company needs a manager who will understand the overall enterprise process. Operations management highlights the process, technology...
Read MoreThe World Entrepreneurship Forum bought together 96 selected personalities representing 35 nationalities. Four profiles that each have an entrepreneurial role in society: entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, politicians, and experts, met and discussed the topic of ‘The entrepreneur as a creator of economic wealth and social justice’. 12 recommendations were made by...
Read MoreVisitors were greeted to an array of stalls and colourful costumes put up by the students. People ran into avatars of Ganesh and Shivji, policemen and prisoners, magicians and aliens and more. The themes of the games ranged from cricket to mythology. The visitors took part in competitions like Antakshari,...
Read MoreThe theme of the competition was environment friendly businesses with the focus on topics related to air, solid and liquid waste treatment and management, water management, recycling, reuse, environment management systems, greening of supply chain, green marketing, developing a green product or service etc. The competition had three stages and...
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