Thats the message from T. V. Mohandas Pai, Member of the Board and Head Administration, Human Resources and Education & Research at Infosys. Mr Pai was delivering the keynote address at IIM-Bs management conclave Vista 07.

Said Mr Pai, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincon prove that principles are timeless and are vital for aspiring leaders to follow. The teachings and life of Gandhi is a very important lesson for businesses today. He led by example.

Mr Pais presentation was on the theme Re-changing through leadership.

Student participation increase significantly with new registrations throughout the day. The highlight of the day was Media Conclave which brought togahter eminent media professionals like Arnab Goswami of Times Now, Jehangir Pocha of Business World, Priya Ramani of Mint, Suhel Seth of Counselage India to discuss the increasing significance of media in business.

In all 57 teams participated in the competition and 9 best teams were selected to make a presentation to the judges.

The team from IMT Ghaziabad consisting of Sambit Pattnaik and Rahul Sharma did well to stand second. SP Jains team comprising of Rajat Chowdhary, Nishant Pradhan and Ganesh Seshadri was adjudged third.
The wining team of IIM-B won Rs 50,000, while the runners up team won Rs. 30,000. Second runners team won Rs 15,000.

Sample another one: In 1999-00 3 HBS graduates with Investment Banking experience in the US, founded an India focused PE Fund, which at present has over $ 1 billion under management.Name the fund. Whats the answer? If you could get these right, you had a chance to have a go at Finnesse, the Private Equity competition at IIM-Bs VISTA. (For answers, read on). Indias leading management portal and official Media sponsor of IIM-B Vista -- MBAUniverse.com is on IIM-B campus to bring alive this congregation of young minds for readers all across the country.

Career Forum is one of the leading MBA test-prep companies. While explaining with an illustration from CAT 2006, the article focuses on solving Critical Reasoning questions.
Ms Sujata Khanna, Chairperson and Director at Career Forum, holds an MBA degree and has had a stint in the corporate world. Ms Khanna started coaching with just seven students for MBA entrance exams in 1988.Now, Career Forum incorporated in 1995, has 15,000 students enrolled this year and has strategic alliance with Bennett Coleman & Co.

Mr Kumar had passed out from XLRI in the year 1981. He addressed the gathering on how MindTree had transformed itself from just an idea to a $150 Million dollar public company and the challenges faced by them during its journey.

IIM-B Vista 07 (http://www.iimb-vista.com) will see a host of eminent speakers including Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-chief, Times Now; Jehangir S. Pocha, Editor, BusinessWorld; Surendra Jain, MD, Sequoia Capital India; Shankar Narayanan, MD, Carlyle PE India and Sri Rajan, Partner, Bain & Co. The Theme of Vista 07 is Rediscover, Redefine, Refocus, ReBusiness. MBAUniverse.com is the one of the media sponsors of IIM-B Vista 07.

The coming week at JBIMS would be packed with activity related to summer placements for the junior batch. Institute expects that this years summer stipend to touch an average of Rs 100,000 in comparison to last years highest stipend of Rs 60,000.

This year so far over a hundred companies have already registered for the placement process for the batch of 120 management graduates. In comparison, last year, only 60 companies participated in summer placements at JBIMS.

Based in Lucknow, the institute will aim at bridging the gap between academic teaching and industry requirements. The Flagship programme, aimed at graduates in 15 Tier II cities, is a six-month comprehensive part-time course encompassing Business communication, Managerial effectiveness, Basic IT and other Specialized Domain knowledge in areas of Insurance, Inventory Management, Accounting, Payables etc. On successful completion of the course, the students will receive certificates endorsed by K J Somaiya Business School.

This years conference will feature over 400 business plans, six new tracks, 50 VCs and business leaders like Dr. Anji Reddy, Chairman, Dr. Reddys labs, N Prasad, Mylan Labs, Verne Harnish, Gazelles Inc, Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Twelfth Finance Commission and former Governor, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Reserve Bank of India, Raghu Pillai, President and Chief Executive, Retail Operations and Strategy, Reliance Stores and Tom Campbell, Dean, Haas School of Business, UC Berkley and Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan.