“All two-year MBA programs can be condensed into 12 months” – First part of the interview Dr Bala, B-Schools in India do not consider students as stakeholders. How much of a role are you in favour of giving to students? You know what. I want them to completely run the institute. That’s why I want […]

The workshop was held on August 27, 2005 and the day was divided into two sessions. Session 1 addressed issues related to Marketing Research, Segmenting, Targeting and Positioning. Student participation came from top notch B-schools of Mumbai, viz. SP Jain, JBIMS, NMIMS, SJMSOM, TISS and the host NITIE. All participants were given a case one […]

Kshitij 2005, a joint effort of NHRDN and Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubhaneswar, attracted the best talents from all the top B-Schools of the country including IIMB, XLRI, NITIE, FMS, IIFT, NMIMS. The contest involved two rounds with the initial short listing being done on the basis of the project reports. The Final round saw […]

The Indian Woman- An average looking middle aged member of the female species characterized by disheveled hair and sweat streaming down her brow as she tries to think up yet another strategy to keep her litter occupied while taking note of the progress made by her culinary creations, which are simmering in the kitchen, in […]

Finance Continuum at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay SJMSOM successfully conducted Finance Continuum – the third link in Continuum-2005 on August 21, 2005. .’Continuum’ is a rolling seminar series at SJMSOM which brings together the leading personalities of the corporate world in a single platform and covers the latest in management trends. The main theme for Finance […]

There is sound reason why Dr Bala V Balachandran, a JL Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting Information Systems and Decision Sciences at the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, is one of the most sought after men in the boards of top Indian companies. “We benefit tremendously from his presence on the board,” […]

BCG Workshop on “Careers in Consulting” held on August 10, 2005 “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, consult,” this is a common misconception among many people about the coveted profession of consulting. Consulting is a job which stimulates your intellect, deals with people and impacts the way an organization does business. Many B-school students […]

The Conference found its way to India after a gap of 8 years after traversing numerous locations across the world – South Korea, Taiwan and Australia being some. The city of Indore witnessed active participation from about a hundred management scholars from fifteen countries including USA, Canada, Japan, India, Taiwan, Iran and Malaysia amongst others […]

The Jamshedpur-based Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), one of India’s premier management institutes, has tied up with tech services retail chain Reliance WebWorld to foray into the e-learning space. Under the agreement, a postgraduate certificate in logistics supply chain management (PGCLSCM) programme on a virtual classroom platform will be launched, said a statement. The programme […]

Prateek Agarwal alias ManDevIan is in his second year at Management Development Institute-Gurgaon. In a conversation with our in-house PaGaL Interrogation Squad sleuth DJ Krish Kay, Prateek sheds more light on his life at MDI-Gurgaon and what goes into surviving the two year bootcamp that is an MBA. A little Bit on your background please. […]