There is sound reason why Dr Bala V Balachandran, a JL Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting Information Systems and Decision Sciences at the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, is one of the most sought after men in the boards of top Indian companies. “We benefit tremendously from...
Read MoreBCG Workshop on “Careers in Consulting” held on August 10, 2005 “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, consult,” this is a common misconception among many people about the coveted profession of consulting. Consulting is a job which stimulates your intellect, deals with people and impacts the way an organization...
Read MoreThe Conference found its way to India after a gap of 8 years after traversing numerous locations across the world – South Korea, Taiwan and Australia being some. The city of Indore witnessed active participation from about a hundred management scholars from fifteen countries including USA, Canada, Japan, India, Taiwan,...
Read MoreThe Jamshedpur-based Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), one of India’s premier management institutes, has tied up with tech services retail chain Reliance WebWorld to foray into the e-learning space. Under the agreement, a postgraduate certificate in logistics supply chain management (PGCLSCM) programme on a virtual classroom platform will be launched,...
Read MorePrateek Agarwal alias ManDevIan is in his second year at Management Development Institute-Gurgaon. In a conversation with our in-house PaGaL Interrogation Squad sleuth DJ Krish Kay, Prateek sheds more light on his life at MDI-Gurgaon and what goes into surviving the two year bootcamp that is an MBA. A little...
Read MoreFollowing litigation, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have opened doors to students from educational institutions that are not recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The IIMs until now allowed graduates only from educational institutions recognised by the Associaiton of Indian Universities (AIU). However, anyone who qualifies in...
Read MoreI know it has been a while since I wrote but there are just way too many things that I am currently doing! Anyways, now that you have a lot of insight into the Application Game, you must be in a comfortable position to apply for the recommended deadlines. Now,...
Read MoreConference of Information Science, Technology and Management (CISTM) 2005, jointly organized by Management and Development Institute and the Information Institute, USA was held at MDI between 24 to 26 July. The aim of the conference was to jointly explore intrinsic relationship between information science, technology and the emergent complexities in...
Read MoreUnderstanding of the pulse of the Indian consumer is often underrated, but it plays a very important role in the decisions and strategies of the business leaders. Management students need to meet and observe customers and understand them more closely as a part of learning marketing management, consumer behavior or...
Read More“The future holds tremendous promise,” was the unanimous sentiment at Samiksha, the panel discussion at NITIE deliberating on “INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM – Reflections on reforms and trends.” The latest edition of Samiksha held in the NITIE, Mumbai auditorium on July 23 2005, witnessed an audience from almost all B-Schools across...
Read MoreSynapse 2005, the two-day annual marketing seminar of the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK) was organized at the institute’s scenic campus in Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, on July 23rd and 24th, 2005. The event was organized by MPower, the marketing interest group at IIMK, and was supported by CII, with...
Read MoreKshitij 2005 is an effort in the direction of sharing the diverse knowledge acquired by B-school students during their summer projects. The event is open for Summer Projects in all the areas viz Marketing, Finance, Operations, Systems, Human Resources and Rural Marketing. The event would be conducted in two phases....
Read MoreThe International Management Institute (IMI), Delhi in its endeavor to induce the thought process among its future managers by bringing them face to face with the names running the show in the industry today organized a talk by Perfetti Van Melle Managing Director Mr Stefano Pelle. (Mr Pelle joined Perfetti...
Read MoreGovarthanaraj B alias G O V A R, is in his second year at IIM, Indore. In a conversation with our in-house PaGaL Interrogation Squad sleuth DJ Krish Kay, Govar reveals top-secret classified information about his life at IIM and provides an insight into the oft asked question, “Why MBA?”...
Read MoreThe Human Resource Development Ministry on Tuesday launched a portal on a wide range of educational support such as scholarships, fellowships, freeships and educational loans. The portal, www.educationsupport.nic.in, will serve as a ready reference/single window source of information relating to scholarships available in India, said a Ministry press release. PaGaLGuY.com...
Read MoreThe first CEO talk in the new academic year turned out to be a great learning experience for the entire batch of XIMB students as they got to interact with Mr SK Mohapatra, CEO, Dhamra Port Co Ltd. Mr SK Mohapatra, who has recently retired from the IAS, addressed the...
Read MoreXavier’s Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar organized Ashwamedh, the national level conference on India’s manufacturing sector at the XIMB auditorium on Saturday evening. Distinguished speakers from different segments of the manufacturing sector came down to the campus to share their valuable insights on theme ‘Manufacturing excellence in India – Opportunities and...
Read More• There are 100 million children who do not go to school in our country today.• India has the largest number of child labour in the world and the number is growing day by day.• More than 40% of school going children do not complete class five.• Only ten children...
Read MoreNow that you have set your eyes on the ‘right’ schools, you should not waste even a single moment…leap onto the bandwagon of essay-writers! One of the biggest deciding factors in the entire Application Game is the ‘Application Essay’. Jeez, what is an ‘essay’…? Each school abroad, no matter how...
Read MoreHello there! How have things been with you? I hope with the calendar in hand, you are now in a comfortable position to look closer at the Application Game. Now, I am making a safe presumption that you are done with the GMAT and have had a fantastic score. Even...
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