But in order to sustain this position Indian enterprises have to differentiate and innovate to the global standards. Indian Industry has to understand that in a global platform, cost advantage will no more work as much as inherent capacity to deliver, said Prof. Nirmalya Kumar, Director of Centre for Marketing, London Business School.

While exclusively talking to MBAUniverse.com, Dr Bakul Dholakia, Director AIIM, says, The institute has been set up with a vision to provide high-quality education and training to young persons for shouldering the managerial responsibilities in the infrastructure and allied sectors.

AIIM, which is owned by the Adani Group of companies, will initially offer one-year, full time, residential, PGPIM from September, 2009. Apart from this, there are some short duration programmes for executives at both senior as well as middle management levels.

While exclusively talking to MBAUniverse.com, Dr Bakul Dholakia, Director AIIM, says, The institute has been set up with a vision to provide high-quality education and training to young persons for shouldering the managerial responsibilities in the infrastructure and allied sectors. M.

AIIM, which is owned by the Adani Group of companies, will initially offer one-year, full time, residential, PGPIM from September, 2009. Apart from this, there are some short duration programmes for executives at both senior as well as middle management levels.

In the current milieu, areas like finance, marketing and systems management will fuel innovation, while start-up ventures will unleash creativity, he said while addressing the Annual Convocation 2009 at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM A) on March 28, 2009.Commenting on the current recession, Mr Parekh says, Things have changed dramatically in last one year or so. A year ago, the Indian economy was brimming with confidence. But when one looks at the enormity of the crisis today, the truth is that we were all caught off-guard. One underestimated how coupled the global economy was.

In the current milieu, areas like finance, marketing and systems management will fuel innovation, while start-up ventures will unleash creativity, he said while addressing the Annual Convocation 2009 at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM A) on March 28,
2009.Commenting on the current recession, Mr Parekh says, Things have changed dramatically in last one year or so. A year ago, the Indian economy was brimming with confidence. But when one looks at the enormity of the crisis today, the truth is that we were all caught off-guard. One underestimated how coupled the global economy was.

He was speaking on the occasion of Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM I) annual Convocation, held on March 30, 2009.

Ace banker Mr Kamath is also holding the office of the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII); and he is a member of the boards of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM A) and the Manipal University.Mr Kamath has a degree in mechanical engineering and a masters degree in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He started his career in 1971 at ICICI, an Indian financial institution that founded ICICI Bank and merged with it in 2002.

SPJIMR has garnered support from its influential alumni network and making use of its relationship with over 1200 companies. The institute has created a unique mark by crafting what seems like a perfect culmination of its PGDM course. Around 119 companies visited the campus giving 183 offers to the 164 students of PGDM 2009, with 83 of these companies being first-time recruiters.

He further said, I have learnt in my long career that, to create professionals, we need to follow five basic principles. These are: Dream very big, Be the master of your trade, Be positive, Do not aim for materialistic things, and Never give up.
He further added, In these troubled times, students need to realize that success is a process, not an event.