Delivering the Convocation Address at Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT) on March 18, business icon Mr N R Narayana Murthy believes that business managers and students, who are leaders of tomorrow, must make the best use of the current times.

Mr N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies was the guest of honour, presided over 1,000 people on the ceremony. Mr Kamal Nath, President, IMT Ghaziabad and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry awarded over 700 Post-Graduate degrees and diplomas to the students of IMT Ghaziabad and Nagpur.

While the current management program for the armed forces has still a fortnight to conclude, leading companies like Tata Motors, Cadilla, Reliance, Idea Cellular, Tata NDPL, ICICI, Genpact, Ericsson, Infosys have thronged the MDI campus to woo officers with fat pay packets.

According to MDI, the pay packages range from Rs 12 to Rs 18 lakhs.

These ex-army officers are successfully reorienting themselves after their retirements from the Army, Navy and the Air Force.

The offers per student stood at 3 approximately. The average domestic salary increased by 44% from the previous years figure of Rs. 9.71 lakhs to Rs. 13.96 lakhs this year.

The median salary registered a rise from Rs. 9.5 lakhs to Rs 14.50 lakhs, an indicator that most of the batch got salaries in the upper band. The highest domestic offer was Rs. 21 lakhs whereas the lowest salary was of Rs 7.75 lakhs.

At the helm of affairs at GBU, his first move is the launch of the School of Management which will start offering MBA programme this summer. MBAUniverse.com spoke to Prof Nirjar about the MBA programme, its focus and facilities, and future plans for the University. In this interview, Prof Nirjar says his MBA programme will be benchmarked to the IIMs and the University will be a modern educational hub with focus on Research.

to establish a Center for Management Accounting at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta campus. A Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoU) between the two institutes has recently been signed. The Center will work to create and disseminate knowledge to change management accountancy practices in India and other countries. This will also foster the inter-disciplinary research in IIMC and other academic institutions in India.

Mr. NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor of iconic IT company Infosys will preside over the annual convocation of Indian Institute of Technology Ghaziabad, to be held on March 18, 2008.

IMT will award diplomas and degree to over 780 students of Ghaziabad and Nagpur campuses.

Understanding this fact, eminent leaders from these fields inspired the Tycoons 08 finalists during Leadership Summit held on March 12. These icons asked young minds to focus on their goal and have passion to achieve it.

Ace shooter Col R V S Rathore said, To achieve the target, individual have to choose their way and do hard work with full dedication. Understanding process of achieving goal is also very important.

Held at Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon on March 13, this initiative was followed by an award ceremony.

The process which began on March 8 came to a close on the 4th day of placements with all students who participated in the process being offered jobs of their choice. The participation of firms on campus crossed the 100 mark again this year with around 107 companies hiring from the batch of 290 PGP students at IIM Calcutta.