The institute has hiked the PGPM fees for the second consecutive year.The fees of the two-year course have now been raised to Rs 12.5 lakh from Rs 11.5 lakh, which will be applicable for the incoming batch of 2009-11. A decision in this regard was taken on March 29, when the board of governors reconvened under the chairmanship of Dr Vijaypath Singhania for a second day. The board had reconvened after the meeting held on could not arrive at a decision on the fee issue.

XLRI has maintained its cent percent record for the batch graduating in 2009. Students witnessed unparalleled job opportunities across the crme de la crme of the corporate world. The highlight of the placement season remained XLRIs resilience in maintaining top-notch profiles and roles which remain unmatched in the B-School circuit.

These companies are ABB, Anand Group, Aditya Birla Group, Avantha Group, BPCL, Dr Reddy Lab, GSK, Hindustan Unilever, Kohler, Mahindra, Max, SAS, Schneider, SRF and Tata Steel.The founder and CEO of SOIL, Mr. Anil Sachdev, who is also the Founder and CEO of Grow Talent Company Limited, says that the institute has a vision to create a platform for transformational leadership learning and business excellence relevant to the dynamics of the world.

He was delivering the special address at the CIIs National Conference and Annual Session 09 in New Delhi on March 27, 2009.

Differentiating the current crisis from the previous ones, Dr. Ahluwalia said, The crisis is being transmitted to India from foreign channels and the positive side is that Indian rural economy has not been as adversely affected as the urban one. The slowdown presents an opportunity for Indian Business leaders to introspect and optimize the present opportunity to emerge stronger for the more competitive times to come.

Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com analyzed this years placement trends and compared it to previous years reports of all IIMs to draw this conclusion. It has been examined from the placement reports that students are being offered lesser salary as compared to last year. Considering the current economic meltdown and shrinking job opportunities in the market, passing-out students are left with no other options than to accept job offers with low salaries.

While addressing the graduating students at the joint Annual Convocation of IMT Ghaziabad and Nagpur on March 21, 2009, Mr. Mahindra said, The old order is changed, and nobody quite knows that what the new order is going to be which will make this generation first of new breed. The great challenge will be to wrest triumph out of what appears to be a global disaster, to build on the lessons of the past to secure a better future.

The institute had invited Mr. Anand G. Mahindra, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. as the chief guest for the occasion. Other eminent personalities at the Convocation included Mr. Bakul Nath, Vice President, IMT; Dr. Bidya S. Sahay, Director of IMT Ghaziabad; Dr. Anwar Ali, Director of IMT Nagpur.

Mr. Mahindra conferred degrees and diplomas on all graduating students of IMT Ghaziabad and Nagpur.

The conference will provide a forum in which delegates can interact and network, with the topic areas being at the forefront of corporate governance developments in an international context.

Prof Shekhar Chaudhuri, Director of IIM Calcutta, will deliver inaugural address and Prof Asish K Bhattacharyya, Conference Coordinator, will deliver the welcome address. The theme of the conference is Corporate Governance at crossroads.

While addressing the theme Turning crisis into opportunity: The role of governance and reform at CII session Prof. C K Prahlad said, Indian business leaders need to reinvent ideas to tackle the current crisis, and they are competent enough to do so. There is a requirement of innovative ideas at all spheres in the corporate sector to come out of the current crisis. He was speaking at the CII National Conference and Annual Session 2009 in New Delhi on March 26, 2009.While throwing light on the causes of the current crisis, Prof.

While encouraging business leaders to adopt innovative ideas by referring to some of the success stories of top Indian companies, Prof. Prahlad said, India has the ability to become a hub of innovations. The business models adopted by some of the Indian companies have repeatedly proved that through innovation profit can be maximized; and they have ensured that the quality product can be delivered to masses at low prices. For instance, Tatas Nano, Airtel, Amul Jaipur Rugs, Aravind Eye Care, Jaipur Foot and many others are the result of the innovations.