Articles in IIM Thiruchirapalli
Dr. Krishna Kumar, Director, IIMK, in his inaugural speech emphasized on social development, technological independence and enterprise as the key areas of importance for the development of India. Talking about economic development, he said that blindly following Western models of development would not produce desired results for India; what the country needed was models developed […]
It was the first of it’s kind event, where students occupied places on the Board of Directors of a multi-billion dollar automotive company, were given simulated business issues, and were expected to run the entire company on their own. The contest proposed to settle the age-old question of which B-school produces the best managers! The […]
Horizons is organized by the Industry Interaction Cell at IIMK and this year shall revolve around the theme “The Dawn of an Indian Century” It will be a gathering of thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, executives and policy makers that will critically analyze India’s potential as a future global superpower. It will thus address the tremendous potential and […]
Horizons 2006 would see industry stalwarts, policy makers, and thought leaders analyze the opportunities and challenges that India faces. Horizons 2006 is an attempt to gauge the future of India by questioning the existing assumptions and separating the hype from reality. As part of the conclave, Horizons presents “Lord of the Words”, a two stage […]
Mr Gurmeet Singh, Product Head, Commodities, Reliance Money, conducted a case study contest and workshop on offshore trading for the participants. He noted that the Indian commodities markets still have a long way to go as 90% of the volumes still come from speculation, and a few players control the market. He outlined the launch […]
The growth rate of the Indian economy has averaged above 8% over the past three years and the future expectations are bouyant. The economic reforms over the years, the strong role-played by the private sector and the rising domestic consumption has been the key drivers of this growth. Global players have time and again underscored […]
IIM Calcutta on Saturday emerged winner of Acumen 2006 East Zone regionals by taking both the Quiz and Debate titles. Puneet Jain and Rahul Gupta, both from IIM Calcutta won the East Zone Quiz with a clear margin and shall now face IIFT, New Delhi and IIM, Bangalore and the West Zone winner at the […]
Day 2 events at the Acumen 2006 East Zone began on Saturday, September 9 2006 post-noon with star host Harsha Bhogle introducing the participating business schools and sponsors. The debate semifinal rounds were judged by Mr Amit Roy, Vice PResident HR, Hindalco, Polay Moitra of Business Today and Prof Biju Paul Abraham and Prof Arojit […]
The seminar was held to commemorate 15 years of Indian economic reforms, and to celebrate 10 years of IIM Kozhikode’s establishment. The event assessed the achievements and fallouts of fifteen years of liberalization, and identified means for future development. The discussions revolved around three sectors: Infrastructure, Manufacturing and ICE (IT, Communication and Entertainment). The seminar […]
Kicking off with a debate on ‘Services will drive India’s Economy tomorrow’, the Business Today-Aditya Birla Group Acumen 2006 National B-school Challenge opened its east zone regionals at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta’s Joka campus on Friday. Besides from Calcutta based Bschools, MBA students from Kharagpur and Bhubhaneswar turned up for the event, […]