Topnotch companies from diverse sectors are making lucrative offers to the students well before the start of the final placement season. According to SJMSOM, corporates have made PPOs to almost 40% of the batch.

These are the buzzwords in management literature today. But most books see events through the India Vs China paradigm, and not see them as collaborators. However, a new book Billions of Entrepreneurs, written by Harvard Business Schools professor Tarun Khanna, looks at how entrepreneurs from China and India can collaborate to reshape the world economy. The premise doesnt seem far fetched, as around 300 years back India and China accounted for as much as 50 % of world trade.

Mr. Ghosh, ex-partner of McKinsey & Co., will be delivering a lecture series at VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur from 14 to 17 February. He has also conducted the same lecture series at Harvard University and MIT on the issues of strategic problem solving, leadership and globalization.

But she has, several times over as she herself confessed at Fusion, E Weeks closing ceremony. While speaking at the closing ceremony of E Week in Bangalore, she advised entrepreneurs to never give up, and not be afraid of failures.

I only have one message for young entrepreneurs: Do not fear failure. We have grown up in a culture that teaches us to be afraid of failure. We are constantly made to feel that we have to succeed from Day One. This stops us from taking risks and halts our growth, she said.

This is the first time Blackstone has recruited at IIM-B. According to IIM-B, the selection followed a grueling process which included 2 written tests, a couple of interviews in Mumbai and 11 interviews at their London office.
Mr Agarwal is a topper from the PGP 2006 batch, informs IIM-B.

It will be led by Professor Prasad Kaipa, a teacher and consultant in the area of Transformational Leadership.
CLICfocusses on cross-functional competencies like innovation, change management, and leadership.According to ISB, CLICs mission is to develop global leaders by marrying the wisdom traditions of the East with latest scientific research and integrating them with traditional management thought from the West.

Conducted and arranged by FINAX, the Finance association at XLRI, the seminar provided an insight to management students about different aspects of Risk Management, a topic of utmost relevance in the present day business scenario.

The number of offers that the students received was 215 for 160 participants. Leading companies across the spectrum offered jobs to MDI graduates. The average salary for Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) has increased by 25 per cent to Rs. 16 lakhs.

Some of the organizations that have participate in recruitment at MDI include ABN Amro Bank, Accenture, J P Morgan Chase, Deloitte Haskins, DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd., Hindustan Lever Ltd, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Ikea and TATA Sons.

IICM offers a one-year Securities Markets Programme (SMP). The program for the year 2008-09 will begin from June, 2008.

The students will be awarded Post-Graduate Diploma in Securities Markets after the successful completion of the programmes. According to IICM, SMP is offered in order to develop the professionals with adequate skill and knowledge in the securities markets.

Considering this trend, IIMs are planning to make some modifications to the CAT process. But online testing is yet to get a nod.

According to the recent clarification published on CAT website (www.catiim.in), in view of increasing number of candidates, IIMs are considering various alternatives for modifying the process of conducting CAT, if necessary. Online testing is one of those alternatives. However, IIM-A says that the proposals are at the preliminary stage of discussion.