On April 8, 1908, the Harvard University Board of Overseers approved the establishment of a graduate school of business administration, the first in the world to offer the MBA degree. Described as a great but delicate experiment, HBS started with a full-time faculty of fifteen, a handful of staff, and a student body of fewer than a hundred. The School had no buildings of its own until a gift from New York financier George F. Baker in 1924 enabled the construction of a campus.

Over 200 students were handed out their diplomas and medals by Mr Goenka. And after the formal ceremony, it was time for hugs and celebrations all around. MBAUniverse.com captures the (pictures) from the campus.
 

Saviance Technologies, a leading enterprise technology solutions provider, will be hosting renowned Disney Institute professional development programs, in five cities in India. Program attendees will learn about Disneys best business practices and how they can adapt those principles to their organization.

Each two-day event will give area business professionals an opportunity to Experience the Business Behind the Magic. Disney Institute will conduct programmes in five Indian cities, including: New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai.

Interestingly, the number of management institutes participating in May MAT is higher than the last MAT exam held on December 2, 2007. Every year, lakhs of students avail of this test. The test is conducted 4 times in a year in the months of February, May, September and December.

The three day event will have eminent speakers including researchers, policy makers and academicians. Some of the speakers at the conference are Dr D N Rao, All India Management Association, New Delhi; Dr Atul Sarma, Member of 13th Financial Commission; Prof Rajeev Kumra, Indian Institute of Management, Indore; Dr S Sriram, Executive Director, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai and Dr B B Bhattacharya, Vice Chancellor, JNU, New Delhi.

The India Research Center was established by HBS in 2006 to provide formal support for their efforts India. The facility is part of a global network of centers located in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Japan, Latin America, and Californias Silicon Valley. Through these centers, HBS faculty work with industry leaders, government, and academia worldwide.

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The companies sponsoring the awards include GlaxoSmithKline Ltd, Piramal Healthcare Ltd, Johnson & Johnson Medical India Ltd, Alembic Ltd, Cadila Healthcare Ltd, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, and Abbott Limited.

The GlaxoSmithKline Award for Academic Excellence will be given to the two best students in the 1st and 2nd year of MBA, Pharmaceuticals Management as a Gold Medal and a Silver Medal along with Merit Certificates for each student.

The convocation will be held on April 18, at institutes campus in Delhi. Industrialist and Chairman of the IMI Board of Governors Mr R.P. Goenka will also be present on the occasion.

Dr. C. S. Venkata Ratnam, Director, IMI, will deliver the Directors address on the occasion.

IIMs were expected to release their final list this week. IIMs have decided to go through the Judgement, and understand its implications for their admission process.

The delay in the admission process at IIMs will have a strong trickle-down impact on admissions at other private B-schools since IIMs are the first choice of majority of candidates.