He also inaugurated America Days- a three-day event highlighting US culture, traditions, politics, and education, at the Devi Ahilya University Auditoriumin Indore.
On the occasion, Mr Owen, highlighted all the active and broad ranged set of areas on which India and the US are currently cooperating. According to Mr Owen, A marked endorsement of closer people-to-people contact as a primary driver of relationship into the future along with reinvigoration of the already well established economic ties between the two largest democracies in the world.

The awards were presented at a glittering ceremony in the presence of note entrepreneur Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.

The seven E Week Champions 2008 were Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur; IPS Academy, Indore; Mount Carmel College, Bangalore; NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata; PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore; Sree Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore and St. Josephs College of Arts & Science, Bangalore.

IIM-L will confer two awards one to a Leader and another to a Young achiever. These awards are given in three categories including Business, Science &Technology, and Community Service & Social Upliftment.

The theme for this years celebrations is Resurgent India - The Road Ahead. On the day, AIMA will be awarding its prestigious JRD Tata Corporate Leadership award to noted entrepreneur Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Group.

The eminent speakers on the occasion will include Dr Bibek Debroy, Professor, (International Management Institute), Mr K P Singh, Chairman, DLF Group, and Dr Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission. Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, Honble Union Minister of Power, will be the Chief Guest for the occasion.

Highlighting that it is indeed possible, leading thought-leaders from companies like GE India, Infosys and Tatas suggested the way forward, at the recently held Hero Mindmine Summit.

Setting the agenda for discussion, Mr. Alan Rosling, Executive Director, Tata Sons, pointed at major trends sweeping the business world. Said Mr Rosling, There are four major trends shaping the businesses globally: Freer economic system; Technology; people and talent crunch; rise of China and India.

According to NEN, during the week more than 2500 entrepreneurship events and activities were hosted demonstrating extraordinary entrepreneurial energy amongst students from across the country. Over 50,000 people took the E Week India 2008 nation-wide Pledge to support entrepreneurship in India.

Spread across 30 cities and towns in India, the second E Week India had participation from about 2,00,000 across the country, doubling that of last year.

In its second year, E Week is an initiative of NEN, and co-hosted with over 270 NEN member institutes, TiE, IVCA Indian Angel Network and many other organizations. During E Week, over 2,00,000 students are running and participating in more than 2,500 activities across 30 cities of India. MBAUniverse.com, the Official Management Portal of E Week, presents the highlights of the week.

E WEEK YATRA by Shubha Narayanan:
Over-Achievers Cell
February 9, Bangalore, St Josephs College of Arts and Science, 9:30 am
WHAT? I almost shout, while my eyes pop out.

Award in PSU category was conferred to National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC) and in private sector to Mindtree Consulting.

They need to rediscover and reinvent themselves in not one, but in several different ways. Noticing this fact Hero Mindmine Institute Ltd, a leading training and consulting organization, organized its third annual summit on Reinventing Indian Business: Agenda for Today on February 7 and 8 in the Capital. The two-day summit was inaugurated by Mr. Tejendra Khanna,Lieutenant Governor, Delhi.

In our series on MBA entrance exams, MBAUniverse.com brings this article from CET 07 Topper - Shreyash Shah on How to do well in CET. Shreyash is currently a MMS-Ist year student at Mumbai based Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

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