Mr Sahni has been working with Technopak since 1996 and is, currently, Managing Director. Over the last 11 years, he has been involved in various corporate strategies and business creation assignments across fashion, retail and consumer goods. He has interacted with many entrepreneurs Along with leading practices at Technopak, Harminder is responsible for strategic partnerships like KSA and Fitch He is a B.Tech from TIT&S, Bhiwani, and an MBA from IMS Indore.

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The way to get into these institutes is the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT), the computer based online test conducted by Educational Testing Service (ETS) under the aegis of global nodal body Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

TCS team won the Tata-track, while Accenture team won the non-Tata track. The quiz was held at the Seminar Hall of IIT, Delhi on August 18, 2007.

NTPC emerged as the runners up, while the other teams in the final were HT Media, Kotak Bank, E-enabled Technologies & ICRA. Dr. Naresh Malhan, President-Consumer Business, Tata Teleservices was the Chief Guest for the event and distributed the prizes to the winning team.

Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) has bagged the prestigious MMA award for Managerial Excellence in the Education Institutions category for the year 2016.

Madras Management Association has instituted the managerial excellence award with an intent to recognize excellence in managerial thinking, action and demonstrable results to companies and institutions. In order to constantly encourage and motivate superior leadership performance by the companies and institutions, MMA decided to institute the award in the year 2002.

Coke, Microsoft and IBM are top three global brands followed by GE and Finnish mobile giant Nokia. Asian brands, barring Japanese and Korean brands, dont match up to these global biggies. There is no Indian or Chinese brand yet in the Top 100 Brands list. Breaking the western hegemony somewhat are Japanese brands like Sony, Lexus, Panasonic, Nintendo, Canon and Honda. Three South Korean brands Samsung (No 21), Hyundai (No 72) and LG (No 97) are a reminder and perhaps inspiration for Indian brands that want to have a global equity and footprint.

Mr Gejo Srinivasan, Head of MBA Product at Indias pioneering test-prep company IMS answered CAT related queries posed by MBAUniverse.com readers. At the appointed hour, CAT aspirants started posing their queries. Mr Srinivasan, who was logged on to MBAUniverse.com from IMS Head Office in Mumbai, responded to queries for over an hour.

The questions were wide ranging: from simple questions like how should I prepare for CAT to how should I manage my time across various questions to what should I read to improve my English scores.

It will start from September 2007, for MBA students. As part of the program, the institute will run a two-day conference on September 9-10 to debate a set of policy questions; this will allow students to learn from policy-makers, practitioners and thought leaders. The key speakers during the conference will include Douglas Parr, chief scientist at Green Peace UK; Rajendra Pachauri of IPCC; Lee Stein of the X-Prize Foundation; Jeremy Smith of Carbon Disclosure Project; and Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer at Risk Management Solutions.

A JBIMS alumnus herself, Ms. Bali drew on her rich top management experience while working with multinationals like The Coca Cola Company and Cadburys Schweppes in America, Africa, and Europe.

Mr. Arun Maira, Chairman of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), will be the keynote speaker.The Symposium will also see a host of eminent speakers from companies like Boston Consulting Group, Stern Stewart & Co, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touch, Ernst & Young, Technopak, KPMG, IBM, TCS and Oracle.

The daylong symposium is divided into three sessions; the sub-themes will be: Changing Scenario of M&A - Format v/s Content in Consulting, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Reinventing the Value Chain.

To get into these coveted institutes, it is important to understand the admission process, to know the key requirements. Experts can help. While conducting a GMAT seminar in New Delhi, Veritas founder and an MBA from the Yale School of Management, Chad Troutwine offered his advice to aspirants on preparations and how to get into top B-schools. Veritas is one of the fastest growing GMAT-prep companies in the US.

Here are six points that aspirants should keep in mind:

GMAT Test Score is Key: