Thats the message from TiE keynote power panel, held on Day 2 of the TiE Conference in New Delhi on October 23, 2008. The panel was addressed by Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman, NASSCOM and CEO of Zensar; Prof Tarun Khanna of Harvard Business School; Mr Rahul Bhasin of Baring Private Equity Capital and Mr Amit Bhatia of Aspire Human Capital Management. Journalist Pranjal Sharma moderated the discussion.

Addressing a panel on retail sector, Mr Arvind Singhal, Chairman, Technopak Advisors said, Even if we discount our growth rates to 6-7%, we expect a very sizable growth in the Indian retail market in next five years. The question really is whether the business model of the retail company is correct.

The 24 week programme would provide the officers with varied managerial inputs across all functional domains, preparing them for a career in the corporate world. Cmde. Rajeev Karsolia, Principal Director Employment was the Chief Guest for the Inaugural Session.

The first four programmes conducted by IIM-L were huge successes with the 49 officers of the first programme, 60 of the second and 59 of the third getting good job offers. The fourth General management Programme is running at IIM Lucknows Noida Campus with 59 Defence Officers out of which 7 candidates are Lady Officers.

How should an organization adapt itself to the emerging trends in technology?
These were the broad issues that formed the theme of the IT Conclave organized by Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad on October 4th, 2008. The IT Conclave, sponsored by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., witnessed eminent personalities from the IT industry as well as B-school students. Dr. Surinder Batra, the faculty coordinator of the IT conclave delivered the welcome address.

The conference is being organised under the aegis of the Centre for Leadership Innovation and Change t (CLIC) at the ISB. The conference will be held from October 24 to 26, 2008 at the ISB campus.

MICA has issued advertisements in leading financial newspapers asking potential applicants to apply for the post. Recruitment firm Shilputsi has been hired to look out for the suitable candidates.

Prayaag 08 will feature a series of events in domains like finance, HR, Marketing and Strategy.
Says JBIMS, The theme of Prayaag 08 is Athena. It will bring together professionals and students to showcase their skills, ideas and creativity to fight it out in 16 exciting events. The world of management draws a parallel from the theme Athena which stands for Wisdom, Art, Industry, Justice, Skill and War. Throughout the three days, participants will be tested on these qualities.
Management students and participants can engage in following events:

Former Editor and Managing Director of Harvard Business Review for over 6 years and a leadership expert Mr Thomas A Stewart believes he has the answer for these waxing questions. Addressing a seminar titled The Leaders Agenda in Mumbai on November 13, 2008, Stewart will address the critical challenges for leaders to manage in the new economy.

The seminar will be organized by knowledge management company Innovative Media. Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com is the Official Management Portal of this seminar.

The conference will have speakers from industry and leading academic institutions like IIT Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, IIFT and others. The conference chair is Prof D P Goyal, Director, IME while the Conference Co-chair is Prof Siddharth Varma.

Addressing a group of entrepreneurs, he said, Leadership is a complex journey. A leader lives his role every day. Sometimes he fails, but he continues to visualize the future and lead his team forward.