The degrees were awarded to students during the convocation chaired by the institutes Board of Directors Chairman, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. Justice Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India and Chairman of the Human Rights Commission, was the chief guest on the occasion.

The communication institute has announced the theme for this years festival as The Market Renaissance: Harnessing the Winds of Change.Commenting on this years theme for the event, MICA says, MICANVAS is centred on a theme that is indicative of the present and future business trends that the world is currently witness to. The winds of change blow around us today.

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.