Around 200 students ofGreat Lakes Institute of Managementreceived their postgraduatediplomasand executive MBAcertificates.

On the occasion, Schools founder and honorary dean Bala V. Balachandran delivered the welcome speech. He said the students were admitted into the institution based on their intelligence, ethical values, academic performance, leadership potential, team-building skills, analytical skills and their ability to cope with the pressure of a fast-track one-year course.

The seminar will be held in New Delhi on May 16. Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com, and its group publication M NOW magazine, are the media partners of this initiative.

IMS Learning is holding May-trix a seminar on the CAT Section-Dissection on May 25, 2008 in Mumbai and New Delhi. According to IMS Learning, May-trixplans to focuson detailed analysis on English, Math & Data Interpretation sections with tips from experts.

The programmes are - Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning & Relationship Management (PGDFPRM) and Post Graduate Diploma in Insurance & Relationship Management (PGDIRM). These programmes are targeted at improving employability skills of graduates and thereby catering to the massive demand of skilled manpower in fast growing sectors like finance, banking and insurance.

This partnership will involve student and faculty exchanges and a joint development of Executive Education.
According to the information shared by Grenoble Ecole de Management with MBAUniverse.com, students from the institute will have the opportunity to study for six months at the XLRI while their Indian counterparts will come experience student life in Grenoble in the heart of the French Alps.

He addressed a diverse audience consisting of students, faculty and working professionals from Washington DC area. The main theme of the evening was to highlight bottom-up approaches to innovation in finding localized solutions to address Indias indigenous needs. He structured his talk around a few basic premises targeting the impetus for growth in India.

He was delivering the talk on the invitation from Center of International Business Education and Research.

And office locale and convenience of commuting is a primary criteria for accepting and keeping jobs. 80% of the youth gave Corporate/Brand image high priority while choosing a job. These are some of the trends emerging from a survey Why youth pick and chuck jobs by TeamLease Services, Indias largest staffing company. The survey is part of a TeamLease series of surveys to understand Indias new world of work.

The FICCI Survey reveals that the fast growing segments i.e. value added and aspirational products, which have spurred the growth of the FMCG during April-March 2007-08, are expected to drive growth further during the April-June quarter of 2008 and during April-March 2008-09.

Says the survey, Consumers preferences for FMCGs are shifting towards higher lifestyle categories like skin care, shampoos, deodorants, anti-aging solutions, fairness products and mens products in particular.

The program was launched in 2006 to help women executives through education to realize their potential. It comprises 20 scholarships for the U21Global Postgraduate Diploma of Business Administration.

The programme is targeted at executives with minimum five years of work experience. According to IIM-K, eMEP 08 is designed to impart general management skills to working professionalsto enhance effectiveness of their decisions. The programme is offered in supportwith HughesNet Global Education, asatellite based education and training service company.