The Institute will commence its academic operations by admitting students from the academic year 2008-09.

To begin with, the institute will offer an MBA course in Petroleum Management and two undergraduate courses namely B. Tech. in Petroleum Production & Reservoir and B. Tech. in Petroleum Refining.

The occasion was presided over by Mr Rahul Gandhi, Member of Parliament, Mr Murli Deora, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Mr Dinsha Patel, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas were also present with senior officers of the Ministry and oil PSUs.

On the occasion, AIMA presented four prestigious awards including Dr Ram Taneja Award for Best Article in Indian Management; the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award; J S Juneja Award for Creativity & Innovation for Small & Medium Enterprises; Public Service Excellence Award and JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award. Ms Roopa Purushothaman, Chief Economist & Strategist, Future Group, M/s Indian Herbs Research & Supply Co. Ltd, Dr Sam Pitroda and Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal received these awards respectively.

Talking about the objective of this workshop, NMIMS says, With over 1500 B-schools in the country, each school tries to create strong competitive differences to attract the best of talents in students, faculty and corporate. Accreditation is one such benchmarking measure that has helped several schools in competing on a level playing field.

This years conference will be held on March 22, 2008 in Philadelphia, US. The conference will feature as keynote speakers former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, and prominent venture capitalist Mr. Vinod Dham.

The organisations involved are drawn from the public sector, conglomerates, new businesses, and a range of industrial sectors including heavy industry, IT, professional services and automotive. The organisations are located in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.Dr Lalit Johri, who visited companies in Delhi and Kolkata last week to conduct some of the interviews with executives, commented: We are greatly looking forward to meeting senior executives from a wide range of organisations in India.

from using the trade mark CRI or the name Clinical Research Institute (India) in connection with its business activities by the Honble Delhi High Court.The order read as: The defendant is restrained from using the trademark CRI or the name Clinical Research Institute (India) in connection with its business activities.

And it is these hard times that lay foundation of great leaders and their institutions. Thats the message coming from Indias telecom Czar Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal. While delivering the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award Lecture at AIMAs Foundation Day, he said, I and my company faced a series of challenges right from the time I was an 18 year old college graduate looking to do business, to the time when in 2003, with the sudden entry of Reliance and Tatas, clouds loomed large over Bharti Telecom in the telecom space.

top-notch leaders representing various businesses and the different sections of the community in Hyderabad converged at the Indian School of Business (ISB) campus to join the felicitation ceremony initiated by TiE Hyderabad to congratulate.

The report was release on February 21. The final version of the report follows the August 2007 release of the Draft for Comments, which resulted in feedback from nearly 1,000 business deans, directors, and professors.

The AACSB International Board of Directors acceptance of the report indicates that the Task Force has completed its charge. Over time, the Board intends to prioritize and address all of the recommendations with the guidance of an appointed champion and an implementation task force representative of AACSB membership and other stakeholders.

As per the agreement, Microsoft Learning will provide rights of its licensed educational content to NIIT, for assisting IT professionals, software developers, businesses, and others, to gain skills on Microsoft technologies and products. With the integration of Microsoft Authorized Curriculum into its flagship career program-GNIIT, NIIT will enable career aspirants and IT professionals to earn Microsoft Certification.