IMS Ghaziabad organized PGDM (AICTE Approved, NBA Accredited and Equiv. to MBA by AIU) Induction Programme during July 20-22, 2016 on the occasion of commencement of its 27th batch. The Induction programme revolved around the theme: Corporate Expectations from Young Managers. The main objective of this programme is to sensitize the young budding managers with the pragmatic experiences of the corporate world and its expectations from them in the challenging and changing Global scenario.

Selected students of IFBI would join HDFC Bank as Trainees immediately upon completion of the institutes 6-month Post-Graduate Diploma in Banking Operations (PGDBO) program.
Under the terms of the partnership, HDFC Bank would make an offer of employment to identified students of IFBI at the time of their admission to the PGDBO program. Such students would complete the Internship component of their PGDBO program at HDFC Bank, and get employed, post successful completion of the requirements. The tie-up was announced last month.

The one day workshop on Wealth Management: The Emerging Scenario was organized at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi on November 3, 2007.

Sources close to the development have confirmed to MBAUniverse.com that IIM-A will be headed by Dr S K Barua, who is currently a faculty at IIM-A and member of the IIM-A governing board. Dr Pankaj Chandra, also a faculty at IIM-A, will head to Bangalore to be the director of IIM-B. Said a source at IIM-A, Yes it is true that IIM-A will be headed by Dr S K Barua and IIM-B will be headed by Dr Pankaj Chandra. However, we are yet to get official documents from Ministry of HRD.

UPES holds 14th convocation ceremony to confer degrees to its students on June 18, 2016. The ceremony was held at Universitys Bidholi, Dehradun campus and was presided over by Honourable Dr. K K Paul, Governor, Uttarakhand, who also delivered the convocation address. Shri KD Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was the Chief Guest of the event.

Introducing the topic- Grow & merge or merge & grow, Fr E Abraham, Director of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar said, The recent spurt in the M & A deals by the business leaders has led to increased activities on this front. This topic is extremely relevant in the current scenario and for the Xpressions, which is a celebration of XIMBs spirit of excellence, competition and desire to strive for perfection in everything we do.

Ironically whilst, India is an IT giant, there is still a great reluctance towards online education in this country; there is tendency to look down upon distance education as the second best. Noticing this trend and offering solutions, eminent speakers from the field of online education discussed the issue of Leveraging Technology in Higher Education: Distance Education & e-Learning; Quality Assurance Mechanisms during the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Higher Education Summit 2007 on November 2.

The ongoing Seminar Series, under the patronage of Prof. J. P. Sharma, Director IMS Ghaziabad, has twin stated objectives- first, to invite the renowned personality, academician, Senior Government official in the campus to deliver a seminal Lecture on topics pertaining to Global or National developments, with high academic value and secondly, provide IMSians an opportunity to have an open house session through Question & Answer Session.

Lord Chris Patten, Chancellor, Oxford University and NewCastle University, said, We have as great an interest in working with you, as I believe you have in working with us. We are an educational power house with some of the best universities in the world. There is so much we can do together.

Lord Patten was delivering the keynote address at the FICCI Higher Education Summit on November 2. He is also leading the delegation of over 70 British Universities at the FICCI Summit.

Thats the message from HRD minister Mr Arjun Singh while speaking at FICCI Higher Education Summit, being held in New Delhi on November 2-3. Said Mr Singh, Education is a sensitive area. Indian students are gullible and need to be protected from fly-by-night operator. Mr Singh was responding to the demands for more liberal regime allowing foreign institutions to set-up their campuses in India with 100 % FDI investments.