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.

Read on for the tips from the topper.

The Age of Entrepreneurship in the Worlds Biggest Democracy, written by Commerce and Industry minister Kamal Nath, and published by McGraw Hill. Nath, an astute political figure with a business background, has played an active part in India political and economic history over the last few decades, making him a good candidate for writing his viewpoints on Indias economic rise.

These finalists have made it through the grueling first round competing against more than 1.5 lakh contests. Tycoons City Finals have been held in cities like Chandigarh and Chennai. Here is a round-up of progress so far.
City Finals begin with a bang in Balasore

The first City Finals began in Balasore, Orissa on 2nd February 2008. After a drawn out five-hour long battle among more than two hundred participants, Balasore had its City Tycoons. Abhishek Pattanayak (Winner) and Shubhankar Das (Runner Up), both B.com final year students are from Fakir Mohan College.

IIMC and Tata Chemicals were adjudged the winners from campus and internal track, respectively, for the 7th Tata Business Leadership Awards (TBLA) while the team of IIM Calcutta comprising Arnav Sinha and Vijay Anand Menon emerged as the winners in The ETCiti Grandmasters held in Mumbai on January 30.

At the Tata Business Leadership Awards, the winners were handed over the trophy and cash prize of Rs 1 lakh by Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Sons. The IIM-C team consisted of Puneet Jain, Amit Mehta, Puneet Gandhi and Ritesh Saxena.