To address the challenges and opportunities in the area, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will be holding the Global Summit on Skill Development on September 17-18, 2008 in New Delhi. Indias first portal on employability development EmployablityUniverse.com is the official media partner of the summit.

Media he said was not just any other industry but one where only the passionate can make their mark. Mr. Peter Mukherjea was the guest of honour during the convocation ceremony of FMCC. The Convocation was held on September 13, 2008 in New Delhi. Diplomas were being awarded to the Journalism and Advertising and Marketing students (batch 2007-08) of FMCC.

The quiz was held in Delhi, the venue being Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi.
Mr. Bharat Wakhlu Resident Director, Tata Services Limited felicitated the winners with a cash prize of Rs.75000 The winning team from New Delhi will now compete with regional winners from 15 other cities, at the national finals scheduled to be held in end-September 2008. The runners-up team of Rohan Khanna & Sandeepan Chaudhuri from Accenture were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 35000.

Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was the chief guest on the occasion and presided over the ceremony.

At the convocation, 118 students from the two-year full time Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Future Manager Group) and 37 students from three-year part time Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Working Managers Group) received their diplomas.

Gold, Silver and Bronze medals and awards for good scholastic performance were also given to the FSM students.

Delivering the convocation address at New Delhi based FORE School of Management (FSM) on September 15, 2008, Dr Kalam raised the spirits of graduating students, faculty members and others present on the occasion with his inspirational address. The central point that emerged from Dr Kalams address was that students must have a courage, leadership quality and integrity to face the challenges in their career.

Mr. Stephen Remedios, the Regional Sales and Customer Manager, South India at HUL conducted the workshop. He has been with HUL for the last seven years and has extensive experience in the field of brand management.
Steve as he is popularly called spoke in depth about the New Product Development Process and Cross cultural branding, taking us through the entire journey of one of HULs power brands; Close-Up. Steve, coupled his talk with some very exciting product ads and explained how the common thrash able elements of the communication were maintained over a period of time.

To help CAT takers, MBAUniverse.com Aspirant Zone is publishing a series on expert guidance by Indias leading test prep companies. In this article, MBAUniverse.com Aspirant zone brings expert advice by IMS Learning Resources, Mumbai.

The best strategy for the CAT is to have NO strategy!
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According to the latest management tome by A. G. Lafley, chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble and noted management guru Ram Charan, a Game-changer is 1. a visionary strategist who alter the game his business plays or conceives an entirely new game. 2. a creator who use innovation as the basis for sustaining profitable organic growth and consistently improving margins. 3. a leader who understand that the consumer or customernot the CEOis boss. 4.

this Part 3of CAT series by Indore based PT Education focuses on Data Interpretation and Qualitative Ability area.
PT Education on CAT 2008

Quantitative Ability (QA)
Mathematics is the science that deals with numbers, quantities, shapes, patterns, measurements, concepts related to them and their numerous inter-relationships. It includes arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, etc. The quantitative techniques section in CAT is an application of the fundamental rules of mathematics in real-life situations.

Prof JK Mitra, Dean, FMS delivered the welcome address of the conclave.

The first session was held on the topic of Why Leaders place IT strategy before Business strategy. Mr Vikram Tiwathia, CIO, Confederation of Indian Industry; M. Rajdeep Sehrawat, VP Education Initiatives, Innovation, Domestic IT market and Green IT, NASSCOM; Mr. Sachin Gupta, Practice Director, Microsoft Consulting Enterprise Services and Mr. Kuldeep Solanki, Manager National Marketing Team, Avaya GlobalConnect Ltd were the speakers of the first session.