A brainchild of the JBIMS Placement Committee and Nestle, this event took the relationship of JBIMS with Nestle to a new high. Students got an opportunity to showcase their talent and Nestle got a glimpse of its future managers and leaders.

The workshop is scheduled to be held at the IIM-B Campus on January 3-4, 2008. The keynote address will be given by Mr Prasad Chandran, CMD, BASF SouthAsia.

The workshop will draw insights from Prof Jeremy Moon, Director, International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Nottingham University Business School and Mr Chris Gibson, Director, British Council South India.

Dr. Kiran Bedi Indias first woman IPS officer, Mr. Sarthak Behuria Chairman, IOCL, Mr. Chandra Sekaran President & MD, CTS and Mr. Siddarth, IT Secretary West Bengal will presides over the Intaglio. Some of the prestigious organizations that are participating in Intaglio include NERA Economic Consulting, London; Boston Consulting Group; the India Club of Wharton Business School and the India Business Forum of London Business School.

So when CK Prahalad aced the list of thinkers which included tycoons like Bill Gates and super brands like Michel Porter, Jack Welch and Jim Collins, it certainly created a flutter in the world of management thinking. MBAUniverse.com, in tie-up with Thinkers 50, puts a spotlight on ideas that makes CK Prahalad the most influential business thinker of our times.

After Indian megacorps like Tatas, Mahindras and Wipros putting the Indian flag on international deal-street, CK Prahalad was recently named as the worlds most influential thinker by Thinkers 50, a respected global ranking of business gurus. Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com has officially tied-up with UK based Thinkers 50, to present the findings and learnings from this global ranking.

With this tie-up, MBAUniverse.com will publish the profiles and learnings from worlds leading business thinkers, every week.

The summit will hold the discussions focused on the theme Changing entrepreneurial ecosystem in India.

The summit will comprises of panel discussions, venture capitalists pitch and Eureka, the business plan competition and mentoring sessions.

However, the road to entrepreneurship is not a smooth one. It is filled with pains and self-doubts. A mentor can often help a budding entrepreneur with advice and by sharing personal experiences. It is with this thought that Indias leading management portal is providing its readers a chance to put their questions directly to successful entrepreneurs through our AskMBAUniverse.com platform.

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode will celebrate this on-going evolution of Business in India through its annual management and cultural festival Backwaters 2008. The theme of the event will be Evolution which will begin from January 11 to 13, 2008. IIM K expects more than 25 international B-Schools to take part.

The fest will host Reliance White Knight 2008 to bring the discussion around the theme Urban Development and also the launch of a media contest in collaboration with Sony Entertainment Television.

It was attended by Mr. Narayana Murthy, Chairman of Infosys; Mr. Thomas Anderson, Associate Dean, IIT, Chicago; Mr. Y.V Reddy, RBI Governor; Mr. Shailesh Rao, Google India Head among many others.

On December 14, Dr. Bala Balachandran, along with the Chief Guest and the other guests, formally inaugurated the festival by lighting the holy lamps. The inauguration function was followed by key-note speeches by Dr. Thomas Anderson, Mr Y.V.Reddy and Mr. Shailesh Rao.

The fair started on December 22, witnessed over 45000 walk-ins. Participant companies shortlisted almost 4000 candidates for interviews during the next 2-3 weeks.

Delhi witnessed job seekers from NCR as well as Jammu, Ludhiana and other parts of North India. 40% of professionals that walked in had more than two years of experience. It was a multi-industry job fair, with participating companies from IT, ITeS, Education, Finance, Manufacturing and many others.