Free thalassemia check up was organized in association with Think Foundation, a NGO, committed to the cause of preventing the spreading of this genetic disorder. Every year about 10,000 children with thalassemia major are born in India, which constitutes 10% of the total number in the world. This free check up was aimed at spreading […]

As part of the Leadership Series, Mr RK Mishra, the Lead India Winner will also be addressing the students on August 9, 2008. He will give insights about the changing India of the 21st century and the role managers can play in building the nation and in helping in facilitating better governance. Mr RK Mishra […]

Beginning with a brief introduction of World Bank history and its initial operations in India the lecture further delved into the two forms of credit, social investment and the developmental products, given in the form of loans to member countries. The session was followed by question-answer session from students. A contest was thrown open for […]

According to Jindal Haria, President – Vihaan, the money raised through the auction would be distributed to two or more NGOs. His team is currently evaluating offerings by a few NGOs and will be shortlisting some in a week or two. Last year the money collected was used to sponsor the education of girl children […]

European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) are highly exclusive international accreditations. Presently there are 113 EQUIS and 555 AACSB accredited universities the world over. As far as Indian B-schools go, IIM Ahmedabad has been EQUIS accredited as recently as June, 2008 and no other B-school in India […]

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM A)Fee amount: Rs 11 lakh Prof Ajay Pandey, the PGP Chairman explains, aThere is a system of income linked fee waiver in place here. Students whose family incomes are less than Rs 6 lakh per year are eligible for this scheme. Those with annual income of less than Rs […]

The inaugural session was kicked off by IIFT director Mr K T Chackoas note on the commodity markets. With a special focus on the WTO ministerial rounds, he discussed the contribution of China and India towards the growing commodity markets. Amongst other members present was Mr Sanjeev Asthana, President and CE, Reliance Retail. He stressed […]

Inaugurating the program, Mr AK Rath, Secretary School Education and Literacy in the Ministry of HRD, said Navodaya Vidyalayas being residential schools were playing a crucial role in building up childrenas personality. He congratulated the organization for providing quality education to the students, largely from the weaker sections of society. The latest statistics revealed that […]

Day One On day one, the discussion covered topics such as aSecuritization as an SPV for Packaging Cash Flowsa and the aImportance of Regulation in the Equity and Debt Markets.a The students were provided food for thought regarding the topics discussed and question-answer session. Day two chiefly concentrated on the technical issues of Exotic Derivative […]

Prof Bala informed students that starting March 2009, Great Lakes will move to the new campus that it has built along the East Cost Road in Chennai. Consequently, the program will become fully residential. Announcing a 60% increase in intake from the academic year 2009-10. Prof Bala said the next batch will have a total […]