Articles in IIM AHMEDABAD
“Going beyond a traditional summit, AIMS 2007 in association with Calicut IT Initiative (CITI, a professional citizens’ initiative) launches ConnectCalicut, a round table discussion where decision-makers from major IT companies, the Kerala Government and infrastructure developers including the Aditya Birla Group will converge. ConnectCalicut will set the stage for high-level discussions on developing Calicut as […]
Courses that the IIM-A students will study in one week include ‘Introduction to Business Negotiations’ with Prof Elke Weber, a ‘Marketing Module’ with Prof Gita Johar and ‘Credit Risk & Fixed Income Markets’ with Prof Suresh Sundaresan. Over the course of the week, the students will also have the opportunity to interface with other faculty […]
The theme chosen for Intaglio 2007-08 is ‘Reaching Out… Staying Ahead’. Boundaries and limits are set only by the ability to dream, and the new era calls for an exploration beyond these old mental blocks, to reach out and uncover new avenues. Survival, Sustenance and Success, in that order, no longer mean clichéd price wars […]
MBA students turned out from b-schools across south India, including Bangalore, Chennai, Manipal, Trichy and Calicut to participate in India’s best known battle of knowledge, intelligence and wit between future managers. After the preliminary rounds on November 3, the teams that reached the debate finals were ISB Hyderabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode and Loyola Institute […]
“The average GMAT score for the admission offers that are going out is 731 among, the highest in the world, if not the highest. For comparison, the entering class of 2008 at Harvard had an average GMAT score of 707 and that at Wharton had an average GMAT score of 713,” said the official spokesperson. […]
This year the speakers will include Mr. Arun Maira (Chairman, BCG India), Mr. Deepak Parekh (Chairman, HDFC), Mr. Gurcharan Das (Noted Columnist, The Times of India), Mr. Jerry Rao (Ex-Chairman & CEO Mphasis), Mr. Ketan Patel (Founder Partner, Greater Pacific Capital), Mr. O. P. Bhatt (Chairman, State Bank of India), Mr. Praful Patel (Minister of […]
Business success has become a function of a firm’s ability to rediscover markets, redefine targets, reengineer processes and rejuvenate the workforce. This is the essence of the Vista’07 theme: Rediscover: Learning the forgotten aspects of management from the masters. Redefine: Articulating the new rules of management. Refocus: Concentrating on the new rules of management. Rebusiness: […]
What is Real India? Mr. Harish Bijoor, CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc., tried to answer this question while separating truth from hype. He dwelt on the increasing chasm between Rural and Urban India and pointed out that the current pace of growth will not be sustained unless it becomes inclusive. On the subject of growth, […]
“Top consulting firms like McKinsey and Co and Bain and Co, along with leaders in the investment banking industry such as Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank among other prominent firms have extended fulltime offers to all their summer interns from IIM Ahmedabad,” announced an IIM Ahmedabad press statement released today. The number of PPOs, even […]
These students are in great demand all over, with several universities and foreign embassies offering scholarships to attract them. The French Embassy and DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) have already offered 32 scholarships to IIM C students, each worth $3000. The US universities are also not behind with CBS, University of Colorado and City University […]