One of the largest and longest established b-school information fairs, the QS World MBA Tour will be visiting New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai from 28 November to 7 December 2006, giving aspiring MBAs from India the opportunity to meet admissions teams from many of the world’s top schools...
Read MoreTwo doctors including one lady doctor were available throughout the day for the treatment of commercial sex worker of this area. About 30 commercial sex workers turned up for the treatment of various aliments. All patients also got free medicines during this occasion. The medical camp generated good response amongst...
Read MoreThe event called ‘Sparsh’; organized by XIMBians in association with Human Life Center, Bhubaneswar; involved over 200 children from seven different HLC schools running in various slums all over the city. HLC is run by the Jesuit Society to educate poor and economically less fortunate children. Slum schools are an...
Read MoreA gallery of eminent speakers have graced confluence over the years. Each passing year has seen tremendous growth in participation and events on offer. It has seen unprecedented response from the student community, the academia and the corporate sector, and has transcended boundaries to bring the best national and international...
Read MoreCompared to the levels of difficulty in the previous years, CAT 2006 was a relatively easy paper. The tricky bit was the English section, what with the ambiguities galore, which pretty much means that this section would be the deciding factor for CAT selections this year. Based on initial reactions...
Read MoreError 1 In question 30 of series 444 has only 3 options whereas all the other series have 5 options for the same questions. The question of concern is a Reading Comprehension question, based on a passage about communism and begins with the sentence ‘Fifteen years after communism…’. Error 2...
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Read MoreThere was a constant buzz throughout the evening and even the nightly November winter chill of Delhi did nothing to dampen the spirits of the large crowd. The campus and the especially the lit amphitheatre looked beautiful and drew a number reminiscent sighs’ from the alumni looking longingly at the...
Read MoreFinance was the area of choice with over 32% of the batch opting for the domain. Within Finance, the emphasis was on Research, investment banking, consulting, treasury, advisory, trading, corporate & retail banking, Private equity, wealth management & business intelligence. The major recruiters were BNP Paribas, Singapore, JP Morgan, London,...
Read MoreAnd, now a bright eyed delegation of budding managers is all set for a two week visit. Their enthusiasm is something our country’s leaders would do well to take heed of. We believe that the time has come for relationships between India and Pakistan to reach a more personal level....
Read MoreEven though the students were only a few months into their post graduation course, all of them were exposed to the industry as such because of the concept of field work which is unique only to TISS. Field work is a concept where a student is placed in an organization...
Read MoreAt the end of the first day, each student had an average of 1.79 offers to choose from. At an average, 3.7 offers were made by each company. The average salary increased this year to Rs. 5.52 Lakhs from last years Rs. 4.73 Lakhs, an increase of 17%. The highest...
Read MoreMumbai : Parikrama, Zero, Raghu Dixit, Sona Mohapatra and Gayatri Iyer Venue: Chetana’s Institute of Management ground, Bandra East Pune : Medussa, Brute Force, Vayu Venue: ElysiumChennai : Moksha, No Idea, Junk Yard Groove Venue: YMCA Royapettah Bangalore : Thermal and a Quarter, Galeej Gurus Venue: Palace Ground IIM Ahmedabad...
Read More“I have sought my soul, my soul I could not see I have sought my God, my God eluded me I sought my brother and I got all the three…’ With these words the enigmatic Baba gave a glimpse of his noble soul, it reflected the selfless strength with which...
Read MoreWhile talking on ‘What India needs from managers today’, he emphasized that the manpower shortfall varies anywhere between 25-75% depending on the company. “The opportunity to engage in dialogue with 150+ potential middle managers was just too much to ignore. On behalf of the senior HR professionals in my vertical,...
Read MoreHello EveryoneMunira Lokhandwala Hi Munira, what should be the order of sections to attempt in CAT?cat1248 Order of sections: I always put English in the middle. Reason: It is a break between the two similar sections Munira Lokhandwala Hi Munira… Q: For a very average person getting percentiles around 80...
Read MoreTwo students signed out with JP Morgan Chase, which offered the highest domestic stipend of Rs 2 lakhs. This was followed by the Yahoo and Hay Group, which offered Rs 90,000 each. 15 companies visited XLRI for the first time including Barings Private Equity Partners, Carlyle, CitiFinancial, Deutsche Bank, Fair...
Read MoreQuite in line with the trend witnessed in recent years, the diversity in terms of job profiles went up considerably this year, with a substantial tilt towards general management and marketing. This only goes on to validate the increased requirement for professionals with holistic marketing perspectives in the leading organizations...
Read MoreNet Impact President, Santosh Srinivas, in his welcome address hoped that this effort would serve as a springboard to greater ideas in addressing social issues. “Today we are here to devise some strategy for the road ahead”, he said. Savita Mahajan, Assistant Dean, ISB, said that the students at the...
Read MoreWhen all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for each of you to want only the best for yourselves, that is...
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