This will launch the first of its kind conservation based certificate in India. The Green Thumb Certificate will recognize and acknowledge the conservation efforts of a company.
SP Jain students Rahul Ramchandani, Ravish Ralhen and Siddharth Natarajan have been working with AERF for more than a month to further the cause of conservation, increase awareness and most importantly, bring corporate participation.

Blackboard is a patented programme providing virtual learning environment. It provides access to library resources, journals, study materials, papers, lectures, and updates from ICRIs partner University in UK, Cranfield University, to its students in India.

To facilitate Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), all the students will be provided with a laptop. Also, all the campuses have been made Wi-Fi enabled with LCD panels in all classrooms.

At the two day national conference, thinkers from the world of academia and business presented their thoughts.

Prof K K Aggrawal, Vice Chancellor, Guru Govind Singh Indraprashtha University, Delhi; Prof Prem Vat, Vice Chancellor, UP Technical University, Lucknow; Prof Vijay V Mandke, Research Leader, Center for Information Integrity Research, Pune Mr S Vinod, Business Analyst, Cognizant, Chennai and Prof T K Sabharwal, Management Consultant, Ghaziabad were some of the key speakers at the conference.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It had been almost 2 weeks since the batch of 2016-2018 entered the hallowed SIOM grounds, with hopes and anticipation. With lectures and committee registrations going on in full swing, a respite was well needed and that came in the form of Out Bound Learning or what is called OBL.

Mr S K Roongta, Chairman, Steel Authority of India was the Chief Guest on the occasion, where the 58 students from the PGDM programme (2006-08 batch) and 62 students from the MBA degree programme of UP Technical University (2005-07 batch) received their degrees and diplomas. Mr Sharad Jaipuria, Chairman, Board of Governors, JIM Noida conferred the MBA degrees and PGDM diplomas to the graduating batches.

The programme was inaugurated by Mr Hari Shankar Singhania, Former Chairman of IIM-L. Dr Jamshed J Irani, Chairman, Board of Governors of IIM L and Director, Tata Sons and Dr Devi Singh, Director of IIM-L were present at the occasion.
IIM-Ls IPMX is a one-year residential programme for middle and senior level professionals, to prepare them for leadership roles. The course offers specialization in Finance and Economics, Marketing Strategy and Consulting, HRM, as well as Operations and Technology Management.

The average salary for the one-year PGPM programme of 2007-08 is pegged at Rs 9.70 lakhs. The average salary offered to graduates with more that four years of experience is higher at Rs 12.1 lakhs.

The program offers professional training in specialized subjects such as Insurance Sales Practices and Management, Insurance Products, Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Life Insurance and will also cover the fields of General and Marketing management.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Mr. Sunil Sharma, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Max New York Life Insurance and Dr. M. S. Raste, Vice Chancellor, Symbiosis International University.

The process attracted 54 companies, as opposed to 23 last year, and made 101 offers to 53 participating students. The average salary of individual offers stood at Rs 17.8 lakhs (an increase of close to 20% from previous year), while the highest domestic offer was Rs 33.8 lakhs and the average of international offers was USD 130,000 (an increase of 30%).

XLRI says that sponsored candidates have also got elevated roles and middle/senior management responsibilities from their parent companies.

The conference will address several issues like rising global competition, role of corporations and survival strategies for corporates.
Talking about the conference theme, Dr D P Goyal, Director of IME says, Impact of IT can be felt on business process, E-commerce and Business Intelligence. Value of Information Technologies has evolved in business organization from a status symbol to that of a back bone. Use of such tools and technologies and their suitability for business advantage, rather sustenance has always been an area of concern.