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.

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.