The institute has successfully tapped into the growing demand for skilled professionals in banking sector, and has trained over 2000 students and over 4000 professionals in last one year. It has conducted training programmes for 6 leading banks in 15 locations.

According to a McKinsey study, Indias banking sector generates 2.5% of GDP and employs 900000 people. It has the potential to generate 7.5% of GDP and employ 1500000 professionals.

Coveted companies like McKinsey & Co., Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan and Citigroup are going all out to ensure they reserve their candidates in time by making pre-placement offers (PPOs) to several of these students after their first year itself.

IIM Bangalore says that this year it has seen a significant rise in the number of Pre- Placement Offers (PPOs) made to IIM-B students. PPOs are final placement offers made to the students based on their performance during the summer internship at a company after the first year of MBA.

The conclave was attempted todicuss the issues like Capital raising in the 21st century and Cross Border Merger and Acquisitions (M&As). On the occasion industry experts included Mr. Subir Gokarn, Executive Director and Chief Economist, CRISIL; Mr. Kanwaljit Singh MD, Helion Ventures; Mr. Akhil Awasthi Senior Partner, Baring Private Equity Partners; Mr Satish Mandhana, Managing Director, Investments IDFC Private Equityand Mr Tashwinder Singh Head Assets, Commercial Banking CitiBank; Mr.

The Chief Guest Mr. Ravi Kant, Managing Director, Tata Motors Limited gave away a cash prize of Rs. 2 Lakhs to the national winning team. Besides Deutsche Bank other 11 teams contesting at the National Finals included Savoir Faire, Satyam, Questa Software, KPMG, Accenture, Yahoo, Vizag Steel, Library on Net, Abhishek Industries, SKS Micro Finance and Bhilai Steel.

highlighted the fact that the mindset of todays investors has undergone change with changing Indian economy and businesses.

Noticing the trends, Mr Subir Gokarn, Executive Director and Chief Economist, CRISIL said, Nature of Indian economy and business has undergone change. Today we are seeing new products, new processes and business strategy. Investment environment is also undergoing changes accordingly.

The highlight of conclave were two panel discussions on the issues of Capital raising in the 21st century and Cross Border Merger and Acquisitions (M&As).

SMU Cox Business School Professor of Finance Andrew Chen and co-author Jennifer Warren Kubik have proposed an innovative solution to improving Indias infrastructure that has significant implications for capital markets and development beyond the infrastructure project itself.

Mr Chidambaram said that India will open up its $330 billion retail market to foreign investors after convincing mom and pop storeowners that their jobs are not at threat. He hinted that this will happen in not too distant a future. Said Mr Chidambaram, In course of time their fears will be allayed and it is only a matter of time before the policy is tweaked to allow FDI in retail.

According to information shared by IMS, the new center has already started its operations.

When asked about the main objective behind this new initiative, IMS said, Koramangala is one of the most centrally located places in Bangalore and caters to a large number of working professionals and students. IMS Koramangala will cater to the needs of this segment by offering them quality service and convenience.

The head of the new center is Mr Ajay Shukla.

He is appointed for leading and successful MBA entrance coaching brand MBAGuru. According to the information shared by Roots Education with MBAUniverse.com, Dr Sen has been signed on to mentor, encourage and inspire students.

Noted singer Dr Palash Sen is a professional doctor from All India Institute of Medical and Sciences (AIIMS).