FMS students contribute to society with silent auction
The silent auction is a unique tradition at FMS wherein the students of the flagship MBA program offer innovative items for sale like special classes in accounting and private equity, and even dinner-dates, which are bid for by the students. The proceeds from the auction go to NGOs. FMS students raised a sum of Rs 65,000 this year.
IMT Nagpur celebrates 11th Convocation
IMT Nagpur proudly organised its 11th Convocation Ceremony for the outgoing batch 2014-16 on 4th March 2016. A batch of 300 students graduated this year and with a decade old existence, IMT-N has always celebrated its students who have now become illustrious alumni.
It was our privilege to have Shri Rana Kapoor (Founder, MD and CEO of YES Bank Ltd.) as the Chief Guest for convocation ceremony. The presence of the Institutes Chairman, Shri Kamal Nath added to the glory of this ceremonious day.
XLRI students learn treasury management lessons from HDFC Bank AVP
Mr Mishra was present as a part of their course on Fixed Income Securities. He made an interesting start by showing a few videos to the students to give them a feel of the importance and competitiveness of a bank treasury. He also spoke on the Day in the life of a person managing a Bank Treasury desk and the kind of pressure he faces.
Road to CAT 2008: MBAUniverse.com Aspirant Zone special series for MBA aspirants
Who better to answer these questions than the CAT toppers themselves, who are now studying at top B-school!
Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com presents its series Road to CAT 2008 which will guide and inspire CAT aspirants at every stage. In this series, begin with a chat with students from top B-schools on their journey, and life at B-school. The B-school students that we interviewed for this series are from institutes like IIM-B, IIM-I, IIM-K, JBIMS, FMS Delhi and IIT Bombays SJMSOM.
MBAUniverse.com Exclusive: IIM-C revamps its PGP curriculum
The revision comes after a detail review of the changing business environment and the expectations from management graduates. MBAUniverse.com spoke to Dr Prashant Mishra, Chairman, Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Management at IIM-C, to understand the changes and the rationale behind the same.
Whats your cool-quotient, asks TATA-NEN Start-up award
Then thats the kind of company that TATA-NEN Start-up Awards are looking to recognize.
NEN will recognize five Coolest Startups. NEN is launching TATA-NEN Startup Awards, the community-chosen awards for Indian start-ups. NEN will launch the awards in August, 2008. The shortlist will be declared in October, and winners declared end of November, will be profiled in December 2008. The Selection process includes nominations, shortlist, campaign and voting.
From classroom to Mumbai-streets for CSR, action-learning; NITIE students to sell toys made by NGO
Inspired by the importance of CSR and to better understand principles of management, they will be taking to the streets of Mumbai on the August 1, loaded with toys to sell. Named MANDI, it will be a unique venture by student body in Mumbai, with sales being targeted as Rs. 250,000 in one day.
NITIE is expecting Mr. Shivkumar, MD of Nokia India and Ms. Yukta Mookhey, former Miss World to flag off this event.
MDI gives management lesson to Navodaya Vidyalaya Principals
The MDP (28 to 31 July 2008) was attended by 25 Principals from the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
MBAUniverse.com Exclusive Interview: Indian management institutes need to remodel and evolve, says Dr Pankaj Chandra, Director, IIM Bangalore
Having completed his doctoral studies from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1989, Professor Chandra was the youngest Indian to be appointed as the Director of prestigious IIMs.
MBA students with work-experience jump to 89% at IIM-L
Overwhelming percentage of students at IIMs and other top-schools are candidates with some prior work experience.
In the fresh data shared by IIM-L with MBAUniverse.com, a whopping 89% of candidates admitted to the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) have some prior work experience. Significantly, just a year ago, only 50% of the batch admitted to PGP 2007-2009 were candidates with work-experience.