In recognition of this significant gap, MarQuity, the Marketing Club of Management Development Institute (Gurgaon), organised a three-day advertising and marketing summit Advent. With its plethora of seminars, advertising contests, quizzes and other events, Advent predominantly aimed to generate interest in advertising among B-School students.

The Summit commenced with the address of Mr. Suresh Jandial, Deputy Chairperson, ONGC and Mr. T. Raman, Consulting Editor, Business India.

To know about the progress so far, MBAUniverse.com interviewed Prof Biju Paul Abraham, Chairman, Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX) at Indian Institute of Management (IIM-C).
Prof Abraham, an M.Phil. from JNU, New Delhi and Ph.D. from Kings College London, he has also been the Chairman of the Post Graduate Programme at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta from November 1999 to November 2001.

Q- What is the background of launching the PGPEX at IIM-C?

The theme for this Finance Continuum.08 was, Financial sector in India- Managing growth in challenging times. The event was inaugurated by Dr Karuna Jain, Head of the Dept., SJMSOM. In all, eight industry trend setters shared their views and insights with the students of SJMSOM through talks and panel discussion.

He will be addressing the IIM-L community as part of the Leadership Series conducted by the Industry Interaction Committee of IIM Lucknow. Leadership Series is a platform for students of IIM-L to interact with the high performing leaders from different walks of life.

General Deepak Kapoor will be giving insights about Leadership on Impulse with special emphasis on the unique decision making process under time and resource constraints.

Two eminent speakers from the industry were invited to interact with the students, on the occasion.

The first address was by Mr. Ram Nomula, currently the Chief Executive, Media & Entertainment Services, Moserbaer. Mr. Nomula who steered Moserbaer to new height, has experience of working in India and abroad. He recently moved to India after working in USA for about forty years.

The programme will be offeredunder the academic guidance of S.P. Jain Institute of Management Research, the leading premier institute.

The course is divided between 7 months of class-room training and 4 months of operational on-the-job training at Cromas various stores across the country. This programme aims to give an all-round perspective of the Retail world. Not only does it plan to equip students with key skills required for a successful career in Retail, but also helps in understand Retail firsthand, through practical exposure.

Sharing the information with MBAUniverse.com, XLRI said, XAT 2009 would be conducted on the first Sunday of January, that is, January 4, 2009. The application procedure begins on September 1, 2008 and ends on November 30, 2008.
XLRI said that XAT aims at testing a candidate on skills such as Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning.

In a knowledge sharing session topics on social investment and developmental products of the World Bank were shared with the students.

Beginning with a brief introduction of World Bank history and its initial operations in India the lecture further delved into the two forms of credit -- social investment and the developmental products, given in the form of loans to member countries. The session was followed by interesting questions from students.

In a hyper competitive world, success in work life comes only when you are best-in-class and motivated to learn everyday. Thats the message from Sailesh Rao, MD, Google India when he was delivering a lecture organized by The Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in New Delhi on August 6, 2008. MBAUniverse.com was the Official Management Portal of this initiative.

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