Dr Hammer was best known as a public speaker and co-author, with James Champy, of the 1993 book Reengineering the Corporation, which spent more than a year on The New York Times and other bestseller lists. He is also the author of The Reengineering Revolution (1995), Beyond Reengineering (1997), and The Agenda (2001).

From acquiring new customers to managing customer relationships, and from quality management to performance measurement, industry leaders have realized that having systematic processes in place reduces risk, prevents oversights, and assures the best chance of delivering results. Yet, despite this insight, most companies still havent developed a system to manage their most important process: how to develop and execute their strategies.

The students have bagged jobs across sectors with offers pouring in from consulting firms, investment banks, commercial banking, general management and marketing firms. Notwithstanding the prevailing negative sentiment especially in the international banking sector, IIM Calcutta has managed to buck the trend with an exceptional across the board performance in the summer internships.

The 1 day event was inaugurated by Dr.Bala Balachandran - Founder and Honorary Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Dr.T.V Rao - Chairman, T.V Rao Learning Systems Pvt Ltd and Mr. R. Chandrasekharan - President and MD, Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd.

The HR Conclave, to be held on September 6, will focus on the theme HR Outsourcing: Sustainability in the long run. Kshitij 2008 will focus on Information Technology and Business Strategy and will be held on September 7.

To help CAT takers across the country, MBAUniverse.com Aspirant Zone hosted the Live Expert Chat on the topic Mantras to Crack CAT 08 on September 2. Mr Gejo Srinivasan, MBA Product Head, IMS Learning was one of the experts on the chat where he answer questions from MBA-aspirants who logon to MBAUniverse.com for expert guidance.

Mr Srinivasan answered several important questions on the chat like What would be CAT 2008 pattern, How to improve weak areas, how to prepare for CAT while working and many more.

The questions were wide ranging: from How should I allot time for preparation to How should I improve Quant/English areas.

The entire batch of 164 was placed on the first day of placements, informs SPJIMR.PGDM participants at SPJIMR carry out social projects when the rest of the business schools have summer corporate projects scheduled. It is for this reason that Corporate India offer specially designed projects under Autumns Internship in the months of September and October.

To put the spotlight on the issue, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will be holding the Global Summit on Skill Development on September 17-18, 2008 in New Delhi.

This is first-of-its-kind peoples choice awards that invite the Indian public to nominate and vote for the best young startups in the country. The Awards aim to attract visibility for over 800 entrepreneurs & their ventures in India, and engage over 5,00,000 people.