The summit will be held on 20th and 21st April at Hotel Taj President in Mumbai. Eminent speakers who will grace the occasion include Mr. Ajay Bharadwaj, Country Head, Canon; Mr. Ajay Bijli, CEO, SIDBI; Mr. Ajay Madan, president-business development, ESSAR; Mr. Alok Sharma, MD, Apple; Mr. Ratan Jalan, CEO, Apollo Hospitals; Mr. Ramesh G Iyer, MD, Mahindra among others.

It will be something well watching out for as none other than president and CEO of Arcelor Mittal Lakshmi N Mittal one of the most admired business tycoons in the world -- will preside over the function: he will deliver the convocation address and award the degrees to students. President of IMTs board of governors and Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, Mr. Kamal Nath will also address the convocation. The ceremony will also recognize the distinguished alumnus of IMT.

The chief guest at the function, Mr Kishore Biyani, Group CEO, Future Group & Managing Director, Pantaloon Retail, delivered the convocation address.

264 students of the 21st batch of postgraduate program, 14 students of the second batch of IIM-Ls postgraduate program in agri-business management, 3 students from the Fellow Program (the doctoral level program) at the institute received their degrees at Convocation 2007.

Darden students have visited many leading Indian companies and have held several interactions with government officials including the President of India Dr Abdul Kalam Azad. On 16th March they also had a chance to hear Indian Railways minister Lalu Prasad when he spoke on the turnaround of Railways.

Speaking to MBAUniverse.com Prof Phillipee Sommer Director of Entrepreneurship Programmes at Darden School of Business, who is leading the party, said, There is great diversity in India. I think Indians are doing many things well. India is a very diverse and interesting opportunity.

Lalu didnt disappoint them! Speaking to a visiting group of MBA students, which included 35 students from McCombs School of Business, University of Texas (Austin) and 22 students from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, he traced the turnaround story and gave his management mantras: From bankruptcy to profitability, Indian Railways is an amazing turnaround story. This year, we will make a cash surplus of Rs 20,000 crore. I have three mantras that made this transformation possible: Vision, Honesty and Determination, he said.

At Prasads talk, headphones came up on all ears to listen to the translation of Lalus anecdotes and mantras. Prasad spoke mostly in Hindi, interspersed with some broken English. And after the talk, it was hugs that replaced handshakes. Soon India curry drew more crowds than the pastas. MBAUniverse.com, Indias most comprehensive and updated management portal, presents exclusive pictures from the Railway museum in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

He will wax eloquent on his favorite topic: Turnaround of Indian Railways.

In the lecture the honble minister will touch upon subjects like Indian Railways economic rejuvenation and the growth oriented reforms with a human face.

The visiting group includes 35 students from the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas (Austin) and 22 students from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.

A recent press release states that the MOU is a bilateral agreement focusing on development in areas of quality programs, learning and sharing of teaching expertise, training, academic development and improving the capacities to serve students and industry both in India as well as Singapore. The MOU was signed by Reverend Father Albert Muthumalai, Principal, Loyola College and Dr R. Theyvendran, Secretary-General, MDIS.

According to information shared by IIM Lucknow with MBAUniverse.com, 282 students will be receiving their degrees. Of these, 264 students are from the institutes 21st batch of the postgraduate program and 14 from the second batch of the postgraduate program in Agri-business Management; 3 are part of the Fellow Program, while 1 student is part of the International Exchange program.

The number of offers per person worked out to 1.34, up from last years 1.09. The highest domestic salary this year has touched Rs.16 lakh per annum, while the highest international package offered was 80,000 Australian dollars.
Punit Rai, the PGP grad who bagged the highest international offer, was all smiles: I am very happy to get the offer of my choice. Macquaire Bank has offered me 80,000 Australian dollars. Its not easy to bag such offer. he said.