He was presiding over the 12th convocation of Delhi NCR based IILM Graduate School of Management (IGSM) on July 20. On the occasion, 154 management students of IGSM were conferred with the title of PGDBM. The ceremony was addressed by Dr Munjal, Dr B Bhatachraya, Director IILM and Major Gen B D Wadhwa, AVSM (Retd), Director General IILM.

Students participated in several management games, rock climbing and trenching at a place near Jamshedpur. They also did rafting at Dimna Lake. Tata Adventure Sports Foundation (TASF), Jamshedpur, organized the event.
During the trip, students also got the opportunity to met Ms. Bachendri Pal, the first Indian women to climb Mt. Everest. She gave a pep talk to the students on leadership skills. She was all praise for the enthusiasm and high degree of involvement shown by them.

This seminar is part of the Executive Seminar Series organized by NMIMS.

Introducing the seminar, NMIMS says, We now live in an era of almost constant change. This seminar will also focus on learning how to improve the companys capacity to be a strategic innovator and to enhance society by
commercializing valuable new products and services based on new business models. It also offers tools and concepts that you need to implement and strategies which lead to innovation and growth.

two leading management institutes Mumbai-based SP Jain Institute of Management & Research and Ahmedabad-based Nirma University of Science & Technologys Institute of Management -- have accepted that delays at their end resulted in their missing out the CAT Bulletins official deadline. They however have informed MBAUniverse.com that they are part of CAT 2007, and their names will appear in subsequent CAT announcements. We are taking up the matter with IIM to correct the same in future publication and notifications, said SP Jains admission officer Prof Parimal Merchant.

The HR Conclave will be centered on the theme Strategic People Policy for the emerging globalised economy and the Trade Conclave on Unleashing The Potential: New Farm Supply Chain Initiatives in Indian Agriculture. Top executives from companies like ITC, Coca-Cola, Fritolay, Bank of America, IBM and Britannia and Reliance Industries will be speaking at the Conclaves.

In his former avatar, Prof. Cedric Serpes was the Creative Chief for ad agencies like Grey and Lintas, in India and abroad. The Ad Guru-turned-academician shifted to Goa about 15 years back, and subsequently joined GIM to teach Integrated Marketing Communication.

According to IIM-L, the program is expected to commence from April 14, 2008.

IIM-Ls IPMX is designed for executives to prepare them for leadership roles. The program aims to broaden the core managerial competencies and to enhance the professional growth of students. According to IIM-L, The program will develop business education that is grounded in the Indian and international business environment. It will accelerate understanding of business at functional and strategic levels, and prepare students to manage enterprises engaged in global business.

On the occasion the corporate leader likes Mr. Manjit Singh Lakhmana, Head-HR, India, Bank of America and Mr. Abhijit Bhaduri, Head-HR, FritoLay India addressed the people issues of Making M&As Work while four corporate leader Ronesh Puri, MD, Executive Access India Ltd.; Mr Sushil Baveja, Head-CorporateHR at DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited (DSCL); Rahul Gangal, Senior Manager TAS Tata Administrative Service; and Mrs. Celine George, VP HR, Technopak spoke on the issue of Managing Talent.

On the occasion the corporate leader likes Mr. Manjit Singh Lakhmana, Head-HR, India, Bank of America and Mr. Abhijit Bhaduri, Head-HR, FritoLay India addressed the people issues of Making M&As Work while four corporate leader Ronesh Puri, MD, Executive Access India Ltd.; Mr Sushil Baveja, Head-Corporate HR at DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited (DSCL); Rahul Gangal, Senior Manager TAS Tata Administrative Service; and Mrs. Celine George, VP HR, Technopak spoke on the issue of Managing Talent.

IBSAT, acronym for ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test, is conducted for IBSs two-year MBA program at all campuses and the one-year Executive Post Graduate Program in Hyderabad. The test will be conducted at 109 test centres at cities like Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chandigarh etc. Interestingly, SNAP -- the entrance exam for Symbiosis Group of Institutions -- will also be held on December 16 but it will start at 2.00 pm.

The last date for the receipt of the completed Application Form is November 20, 2007.