The graduating students of the course meeting minimum criteria will be offered placements opportunities with Max New York Life. Application for the admissions to 2009-10 batch can be submitted till March 28, 2009. The first batch of 60 students will commence from June 09, 2009, at Mumbai.The program offers professional training in specialized subjects such as insurance sales practices and management, insurance products, legal and regulatory aspects of life insurance and will also cover the fields of general and marketing management. Speaking about this unique program, Dr.

The placement report, announced on March 10, for the tenth graduating PGDM batch of the institute with 175 students saw offers from sectors like Manufacturing, IT/ITeS, FMCG, Banking & Financial Institutions, Media, Travel & Tourism, Infrastructure, Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Education and allied services and Energy.According to IIM I report, the regular recruiters such as Deutsche Bank, HSBC Global Research, Standard Chartered Bank, Axis Bank, Yes Bank, FuturesFirst, Johnson & Johnson, ITC, Deloitte Innovation, Knightfrank, Larsen & Toubro, Jindal Steel & Power Cor

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Since the inception of these awards in 2003, ICWAI has been felicitating and recognizing various corporate organizations in their journey towards excellence in cost, quality and delivery.Around 33 Indian companies have been awarded for best cost management in 13 different categories which included various manufacturing companies from the public and private sectors. The companies have been further divided into small, medium and large organizations. Essar Steel was announced as the winner in the Private Manufacturing (Large Organisation) category.

The event was held on March 14, 2009, in Kanpur and March 15 in Lucknow. The event saw eminent personalities including Vice Chancellors, management gurus, CAT experts and students from IIMs addressing the dilemmas of MBA aspirants. Over 700 keen MBA aspirants in Kanpur and over 500 MBA aspirants in Lucknow participated in this initiative.

Thus MBA is even more relevant in these times of economic slowdown, especially when companies are looking for specialists with skills to better manage future growth. Thats the key message delivered by Dr Prem Vrat, Vice Chancellor, UP Technical University at Management Avenues 09, held in Lucknow on March 15, 2009. Said Dr Vrat, The current economic slowdown and recession is the consequence of mis-management of economy and companies. We need good minds and trained managers to develop effective strategies to come out of this situation.

The first day of the event will be held in New Delhi where eminent speakers will address central themes. The other two days will be held in IIM Lucknows Noida campus where speakers will be presenting their viewpoints on different sub-themes. According to IIM L, the sole objective behind the launch of the conference is to promote mutual understanding among the cross-sections of the society including academicians, industry leaders, management experts and representatives from NGOs.The New Delhi session will be started with the welcome address of Dr Devi Singh, Director-IIM Lucknow.

The event saw interaction between participants from top B-Schools and corporate leaders on different aspects of business management.
OJAS brought together the worlds of Finance, Marketing, Operations and Information Management by uniting the four flagship events of each specialization Khoj, BhavITva, Shrinkhla and Buzz-aaR.

Commenting on the objective behind the launch of Duke MBA - Cross Continent, Mr Vinoo Urs, South Asia Regional Director, says, The program is designed to help working professionals earn a world-class MBA and at the same time build a culturally diverse peer network across the globe as you live and work anywhere you choose while studying in the most important economic regions in the world. The university will run the program through six international locations like London, New Delhi, Dubai, St. Petersburg, Shanghai and Durham.

The committee invites the public to gain insights from some of the worlds top business leaders including keynote speakers: Mr. Jim Rogers, Co-Founder of the Quantum Fund; Mr. Dominic Barton, named the next Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co.; Ms. Chanda Kochhar, named the next CEO and Managing Director, ICICI Bank; Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of Indias Planning Commission; and Mr.