Out of the 60 teams which participated in the prelims, 2 teams were selected for the finals. The team aThe Tsars” had Chaitali Roy, Shirshendu Chatterjee, and Tanya Sharma from the second year students and the team “Le democrats” had Anand Ota, Kumar Anubhav and Sandeep Gautam from the first...
Read MoreClick here for the schedule of Acumen 2008 ACUMEN brings together the best talent from the countryas B-Schools. This is where one sees minds battle, strategies drawn and leaders evolve. With electrifying debate rounds, exciting quiz questions and an enthusiastic audience raring to take on the challenge as well, the...
Read MoreDivided into various sessions, the inauguration incorporated the key note address by MR T RAMAN, consulting editor, Business India. He inaugurated the magazine, athe people treea. He went on to discuss the changes occurring in the world in terms of demographic and cultural shifts, impact of knowledge era. He discussed...
Read MoreAlso, he analyzed the different leadership styles that are prevalent in todayas context like Charismatic, Autocratic, Democratic, Servant, Transformative and Environmental. He threw light on each of them by taking famous examples like Mahatma Gandhi, Hitler, Sonia Gandhi, etc. But he cautioned that no particular leadership style is generic. A...
Read MoreEmerging Economies like Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa, etc. have been part of the globalization process for a long time and these parts of the world has been in the limelight since 1991. Their involvement has added new dimensions in terms of theoretical perspectives and management practices in the...
Read MoreThe objective of the visit is to give both groups of students, who come from different work and study environments, a chance to get to know each other informally. Secondly, this would be an opportunity to jointly work on a common case in the area of Strategy and learn from...
Read MoreThe second lecture was given by Ms Jyoti Vij, Director, Financial Sector & Corporate Laws, FICCI and alumnus of 1990 batch of MBE-DU. Ms Vij shared her experience of working in one of the Business and Economics institution in India and gave inputs on how to reach to consensus on...
Read MoreFree thalassemia check up was organized in association with Think Foundation, a NGO, committed to the cause of preventing the spreading of this genetic disorder. Every year about 10,000 children with thalassemia major are born in India, which constitutes 10% of the total number in the world. This free check...
Read MoreAs part of the Leadership Series, Mr RK Mishra, the Lead India Winner will also be addressing the students on August 9, 2008. He will give insights about the changing India of the 21st century and the role managers can play in building the nation and in helping in facilitating...
Read MoreBeginning with a brief introduction of World Bank history and its initial operations in India the lecture further delved into the two forms of credit, social investment and the developmental products, given in the form of loans to member countries. The session was followed by question-answer session from students. A...
Read MoreAccording to Jindal Haria, President – Vihaan, the money raised through the auction would be distributed to two or more NGOs. His team is currently evaluating offerings by a few NGOs and will be shortlisting some in a week or two. Last year the money collected was used to sponsor...
Read MoreEuropean Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) are highly exclusive international accreditations. Presently there are 113 EQUIS and 555 AACSB accredited universities the world over. As far as Indian B-schools go, IIM Ahmedabad has been EQUIS accredited as recently as June, 2008 and...
Read MoreIndian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM A)Fee amount: Rs 11 lakh Prof Ajay Pandey, the PGP Chairman explains, aThere is a system of income linked fee waiver in place here. Students whose family incomes are less than Rs 6 lakh per year are eligible for this scheme. Those with annual...
Read MoreThe inaugural session was kicked off by IIFT director Mr K T Chackoas note on the commodity markets. With a special focus on the WTO ministerial rounds, he discussed the contribution of China and India towards the growing commodity markets. Amongst other members present was Mr Sanjeev Asthana, President and...
Read MoreInaugurating the program, Mr AK Rath, Secretary School Education and Literacy in the Ministry of HRD, said Navodaya Vidyalayas being residential schools were playing a crucial role in building up childrenas personality. He congratulated the organization for providing quality education to the students, largely from the weaker sections of society....
Read MoreDay One On day one, the discussion covered topics such as aSecuritization as an SPV for Packaging Cash Flowsa and the aImportance of Regulation in the Equity and Debt Markets.a The students were provided food for thought regarding the topics discussed and question-answer session. Day two chiefly concentrated on the...
Read MoreProf Bala informed students that starting March 2009, Great Lakes will move to the new campus that it has built along the East Cost Road in Chennai. Consequently, the program will become fully residential. Announcing a 60% increase in intake from the academic year 2009-10. Prof Bala said the next...
Read MoreThe course attempts to relate the filmas characters to the theory. The students are asked to watch the movie before coming to class. During the class itself, intermediate clippings of important moments in the film are shown. This leads to greater class participation, and boosts the studentsa understanding of the...
Read MoreThe event was flagged off by Mr Shiv Kumar (MD , NOKIA India ), Ms Yukta Mookhey (Former Miss World and bollywood actress), and Mr Mukesh Rishi (Bollywood actor).On the occasion, Mr Shiv Kumar said aItas a great initiative by NITIE, I am sure MANDI will go places in the...
Read MoreIIM Lucknow completed the third 24 weeks programme for Defence Officers, both of Short Service Commission and others, thereby facilitating them to start their second career after retirement. Like the past two years, this year also witnessed offers from corporate houses to all 58 defence officers belonging to Army, Navy...
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