Mr. Anand G Mahindra, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2008 to Mr. Sandeep Dhar, CEO, Tesco Hindustan Service Centre, Bangalore; and Mr. S Sriniwasan, CEO, Kotak Realty Funds.Mr. Sandeep Dhar completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from IMT Ghaziabad in 1988 and also attended an Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School.Prior to Tesco, he was the Managing Director of Sapient Corporation in India.

The objective behind the seminar is to present a platform for global business leaders, academicians, policy-makers and industry specialists to debate the pertinent issues affecting environment and the health sector in India.The Forum will be inaugurated by the welcome speech of Mr S Ramadorai, CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. The seminar will be divided into two sessions, and each session will address sub-themes.

The main highlight of this years placement was recruiters from financial sector as 40% offers came from the financial domain. Another significant development noticed was students inclination towards the Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) as 65 offers were accepted by students. The Higher Entry Placement Process (HEPP), which facilitates lateral placements at IIM L, was held from January through March 2009.

While talking to MBAUniverse.com regarding theappointment of new Director,IMT Ghaziabad, Dr. A.M Sherry, Dean IMT Centre for Distance Learning & Chairman of Joint Admission Committee,said, Dr.Anwar Ali will take over the charge of directors office from next month.

Dr. Ali did B.Tech and M.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1970 and 1972 respectively. Then he completed PG Diploma in Operations Management from IIM Kolkata in 1977, and Fellow in Operations Management in 1995 from the same institute.

What do they expect from their MBA coaching institutes? Are they happy with the academic inputs? How can coaching institutes improve their delivery? These are some of the questions that MBAUniverse.com research raised and sought answers from its MBA Test-Prep Institutes Ranking 09 held in Jan-Feb 2009.

There is a need for a reformative change in the countrys educational system, if the country is to reap what is today being termed as its demographic dividend which could otherwise become a demographic nightmare, according to the NKC.

According to CII, senior Government functionaries, political leaders and CEOs will participate in the programme.

The list of recruiting companies represents a mind-boggling array of the most reputed and respected corporate straddling almost all the sectors of the Indian economy: PSUs, banking, consulting, financial services, insurance and investment banking, FMCG, media, manufacturing, IT, pharmaceuticals, retail, telecom, education, infrastructure and SMEs.

Mr. N K Singh, Chairman, MDI Board of Governors, conferred a doctoral degree on 8 participants and declared them as Fellows of MDI. Mr. Singh then awarded PGDM degreesto 530 students of the various programs at MDI. With this ceremony 183, 55, and 38 students were declared to have completed their PGPM, PGP-HR, and PGP-IM programs respectively; 102, 65, 50 and 29 participants were declared to have completed the Executive Management Program (EMP), National Management Program (NMP), the Energy Management Program and the Public Policy & Governance Program respectively.

Commenting on the placement scenario this year, IIMK placements chairperson Dr Purani says, Its class of 2009, comprising 185 students, its largest batch ever, has wrapped up its final placement process with 88 participating firms making a total of 228 offers. It has proved that the economic slowdown has impacted IIM K also along with other IIMs. The average annual salary offered this time is Rs10.56 lakh, a 28% dip, as compared to the last years Rs14.83 lakh.