According to the institute, the event will explore whether the emergingpower of the consumer a threat to the marketing discipline, or anopportunity waiting to be harnessed. “MICANVAS 2009 will present several opportunities in the form of formalevents, informal events and panel discussions for students from selectB schools, undergraduate colleges and universities abroad to showcasetheir ideas […]

Prior to this appointment, Dr Sahay was the Director of the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad. “ProfessorSahay did his MTech and PhD in Industrial Engineering from IndianInstitute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India. He has over 25 years ofexperience in teaching, research, consultancy, executive training, andindustries. He has visited a number of countries and has […]

Although it sounds deceptively like the MBA-equivalent post-graduate diploma awarded by autonomous institutions such as the Indian institutes of Management (IIMs) or SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, in reality the University of Puneas PGDBM is not at all at par with a Post Graduate or Masteras degree as commonly recognized in the Indian […]

Mr Sikka opened the session by explaining how our society is built on negativity. He questioned, aIs there any point of wasting our energy in criticizing others for no reasons when we do not have much time to fight with ourselves?a He explained how a person can possibly come out of this negativity and start […]

Mr Madhukar Kamath, Chairperson, Mudra Foundation Society declared the Convocation open. The Scholastic gold medal went to Indronil Goswami. 24 students of 16th batch of the Creative and Crafting Communications Course were also conferred with Post Graduate Certificates at the Convocation. Also, MICA, in partnership with WWF, observed the aEarth Houra and lights were switched […]

Financial Services dominated the placements with nearly 33 pc offers being made for various financial roles. Traditional sectors such as FMCG, Telecom and IT accounted for 29 pc of the total offers made. Consulting firms contributed to 15 pc of total offers while sectors like PSUs, regulatory bodies, market research, pharmaceutical, educational services, etc. contributed […]

The resource person and coach for the workshop was Mr Kanwal K Muthu. Mr. Muthu, who is B.E. (Mechanical) from Bombay University, M.Tech (Production & Industrial Engineering) from IIT Delhi, PGDBM from West Berlin, Germany and DIM from IGNOU, carried an experience of over 43 years in teaching, research, industry and consulting. Mr. Muthu has […]

Awarding the certificates, MDIas Dean of Continuing Education, Professor CP Shrimali, said despite global economic slow down the outgoing officersa placements figures were satisfactory. Twenty outgoing officers had already been selected for jobs in different companies and five more were in final stages of selection. Professor Shrimali noted that in this batch not all officers […]

Finance 30 pc of the total offers came from the financial sector in functions like Investment Banking, Treasury, Corporate Finance, Commercial Banking and Insurance. The domestic investment banks were represented by Centrum and SBI Capital. Banks such as Citibank, HSBC, Standard Chartered, ICICI, Axis Bank and Bank of Baroda offered roles in their treasury & […]

According to Professor (Dr) Atmanand, Dean of the two schools, during 2008-09 SEM generated net revenue surplus of Rs 87.20 lakhs. SEMas current year surplus is set to cross Rs. One crore mark with Rs 146 lakhs. MDIas School of Public Policy & Governance (SPP&G;), that trains civil services officers, also generated a revenue surplus […]