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Verbal Ability (VA):

On the occasion, Dr. Anwar Ali welcomed the alumni and congratulated them for their excellent performance in the corporate world. He also added, The fact cant be ignored that within a short span of four years of establishment of this institute, whatever it has achieved ranging from its high ranking among various b-schools to its placements, the alumni has played a great role.

Thats the strong message given by Mr Vijay Thadani, Chairman, CII Education Committee & Chief Executive Offer, NIIT Limited. Mr Thadani was speaking on the theme of Skills Development Linkages with Education at CII Global on Skills Development on September 17, 2008.

Addressing the skills shortage problem in India, Mr Thadani said, In India, we have many educated people but they are very less skilled people. The main concern is how do we create lot of skills and increase range of skills in unskilled people.

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According to report release by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) & ICRA Management Consultancy Services (IMaCS) on September 18, 2008 during CII Global Summit on Skills. The non availability of trained manpower, especially at the management level, poses a key risk for the retail sector. With growing opportunities in the emerging service sectors, the ability of the retail business to hire and retain quality people is under pressure. The report was released on September 18 in New Delhi.

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According to a report release by Confederation of Indian Industry & ICRA Management Consultancy Services (IMaCS), the total incremental demand for manpower in the Indian BFSI sector will be over 4.5 to 5.0 million per annum by 2015. The report was released at the CII Global Summit on Skills Development 2008 held in New Delhi on September 17-18.

The workshop was conducted by Mr.Shailendra Katyal, Category Head, Marcio Ltd.

In 2006, the brand Nihar (coconut air oil & perfumed coconut hair oil) was acquired from HUL by Marico Limited a Mumbai based FMCG Company which also owns a similar brand, Parachute. The deal was worth about Rs.240 crores and was one of the largest brand deals made by an Indian company. Mr. Shailendra Katyal was one of the key individuals involved in the processes of acquisition of Nihar from HUL and integration of Nihar into Marico.

The forum was declared open by the French Minister of State for External Trade, Ms Anne-Marie Idrac. The French ambassador in India H E Mr Jerome Bonnafont was also present on the occasion.

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