Amazed to know, but that is the biggest challenge in the way of inclusive growth of India, said experts while addressing the FMS annual convention. Dr. Kiran Karnik, former President of NASSCOM said, For Inclusive growth of India we need to look beyond economic reform. The major issue in front of us is unemployablity. 75% of Indian graduates are unemployable, while addressing the FMS convention on December 2.

From a-table-and-a-few-chairs beginning, not only has Career Launcher scaled up its core offering in the area of test-prep services and emerged as a leading service provider, the company has aggressively diversified into primary education and now higher education. After opening Indus World School and Ananda playschool, its now ready to roll out its B-school, Indus WorldSchool of Business (IWSB)in summer of 2008.

The maximum package offered so far is $ 85000 by OLAM International . With almost 33% of the batch already having offers in hand, the mood on campus is definitely upbeat. NITIE informs that 36 odd companies have made early moves to recruit NITIE grads so far.

NITIE offers PG courses in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Information Technology Management and Industrial Safety Management.

More than 35% of the IIFT batch of 2006-08 has received Pre Placement Opportunities with leading companies, informs IIFT. The offers span across areas of General Management, Consulting, Marketing, Finance, International Business and Trade.

Companies like Hindustan Unilever, Coca Cola, Colgate Palmolive, ITC, Cadburys, and Glenmark have offered PPOs/PPIs to IIFT students. Tata Motors, ESSAR Group, DSCL and others have offered International and General Management profiles while HSBC and Genpact have followed suite with financial profiles.

The portal will help IIM-K students showcase life at IIM-K. The Alumni can use it to network and stay in the touch with their Alma Mater. And MBA aspirants can get all their questions answered by the IIM-K students.

Based on Opensource Web2.0 based technology, the site is dynamic and supports collaborative content writing. The website integrates a CMS, a Blog, a Forum and a Photo Gallery.

With this come vistas of opportunities in employment as well. Realizing this fact Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) has organized a one-day seminar on retailing, which was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Urban Development Mr Ajay Maken on November 29.

Presiding over the seminar, the Mr Maken called retail sector is the most debated issue both in parliament and among masses. He said, India is growing leaps and bounds and retail sector is booming! Today from US $ 350 million this sector will go grow to about US$ 450 million by 2011.

Some of the speakers were: Mr. Rajeshwar Tripathi, Senior Vice-President (HR), Mahindra & Mahindra; Ms. Sanchita Singh, Head (O&S), GE Money and Mr. Vivek Gera, Head HR (North India), Centurion Bank of Punjab.

The theme of the event is Mobilizing Minds and Transforming Thoughts. The conclave will host more than 25 events, with prizes of over Rs 10 lacs, informs IIM-L.

One of the highlights of Manfest is Reliance Moneys TradeSmart, the investment and portfolio management competition. The three week long event receives continuous participation from the premier B-schools across the country, including the IIMs, FMS, MDI, XLRI, says IIM-L.

Sharing information with MBAUniverse.com, IMS Learning said that its first Financial Planning programme under the IMS Proschool banner is already in operation and will be taken to 40 cities. More programmes in sectors like retail, marketing analytics are in the offing.

The scholarship programme has been set up exclusively for Indian students to read for Ph D & M Phil degrees at St Johns College in areas such as science, technology and social sciences. St Johns College, where Prime Minister Dr Singh studied for a First in economics in the late 1950s, is seeking to award 35,000 scholarships per annum to each PhD student for up to three years, with three scholarships already planned for the year 2008-09. The scholarship would be based on merit through a special test, in order to ensure maximum effectiveness.