Harish Manwani is a business entrepreneur and Unilevers first global chief operating officer. He is Unilevers geographical president of Asia, Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. Being a devouring and devoted golfer, he also loves playing bridge occasionally. Harish Manwani is a go-getter and is known for his consistent performance. He is a man who believes in relentless execution. Visiting customers is one of the must-dos in Harish Manwanis list every time he visits a country.

Mr Nitin Paranjpe is the chief executive officer and managing director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). His rise from a management trainee to the highest echelon of the organization is testimony to hard work, far sight, power of decision making and adaptability to the changing time. He is perhaps the only corporate honcho who has not seen a slowdown. The sheer audacity of that statement may surprise many, but Mr Paranjpe, 49, attributes his confidence to the bricks Leverites (workers of HUL) have laid out over the past few years to delight consumers.

AIMA conducted the last MAT of the year on December 2, 2012. This MAT was held in the paper-pencil format while the computer-based test will be held from December 8 onwards. The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate to difficult. This article provides you a detailed analysis of the exam.

The pattern of the exam remained the same. The five sections of the exam are Language Comprehension, Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning and Indian and Global Environment.

Dr Prodyot Samanta, professor of risk management at UGSM-Monarch Business School, Switzerland, recently delivered a guest lecture on enterprise risk management (ERM) at S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. Dr Samanta is considered to be a strategic thinker, thought leader and expert in the field of ERM.

Like other top IIMs, IIM Lucknow has also declared its admission criteria for the academic year 2013-15. In this article of the special series of MBA admissions, we share with you the admission policy of IIM Lucknow.

The annual international business summit at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Confluence, concluded on December 2. Centered on the theme of changing winds, new paradigms of leadership, the three-day event tried to address questions regarding the future role of leaders in shaping the society amid an increasingly challenging and changing environment that is still recovering from after effects of the global slowdown.

In an example of staying focussed on current issues, IIM Kashipur held its second annual finance summit on economic reforms. The event, christened as Manthan 12, was organized on December 1. Experts on finance and economic issues and top industry captains discussed and shared their vision with students of IIM Kashipur.

Inaugurating the summit, Dr Gautam Sinha, director, IIM Kashipur, emphasized the fact that India still faces many barriers in competition and works are required to be done for financial inclusion.

Union finance minister Mr P Chidambaram and Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh Badal inaugurated ISBs new campus in Mohali on December 2. The event was attended by ISB chairman Adi Godrej and founding board members of the Mohali campus, Analjit Singh, Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Sunil Kant Munjal and Atul Punj.

The world of business is changing dramatically, and to lead organizations successfully in this volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, leaders need to have a clear vision and pursue it with passion, courage & innovation. That was the message conveyed by former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at his keynote address at the National HRD Conference, held in Hyderabad from November 29 to December 1. MBAUniverse.com was the online portal partner of this prestigious conference.

Raghav Bahl is the founder, controlling shareholder and managing director of Network 18, Indias largest media house, Network 18 (formerly TV18), and one of the countrys most admired media professionals. He is highly respected as a deal maker and the partnerships he has created include popular TV channels, websites, and magazines such as CNN-IBN, CNBC-TV18, Viacom-Studio18, Forbes India, etc. He founded TV18 in 1993. Now, it has grown into a company with market capitalization of $1 billion.