JBIMS is also contemplating a new building on campus, the director adds.

Even though tuition fees for government university-affiliated b-schools have increased marginally compared to standalone b-schools, extraneous circumstances and inflation have ensured that the actual expenditure you make on these programs reaches in the vicinity of Rs 3 lakhs.

Mumbai's Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) closed its 2010 placement season with jobs from 68 companies for its 119-strong Master of Management Studies (MMS) batch of 2008-10. The Banking, Financial Services and Insurance sector recruited 38% of the batch while IT and consulting companies recruited 19% of the graduates.

In this roundup:

• IIM Kozhikode organises Calicut Mini Marathon 2010


• Ocumen 2010 organised by IIM Lucknow


• Kapil Sibal, Honourable Union Minister, HRD Ministry visits IIM Kozhikode


• Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, UTV Motion Pictures interacts with students of JBIMS


• A plethora of business leaders speak at IIM Lucknow's Manfest 2010

• SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, Wins Cognizants Board Room: Smart Business Plan Contest, 2009


• IMT-Dubai, Institute of Management Technology Dubai hosted its first inter-college annual festival, VAUDEVILLE 09


• C3EO Summit for EPGP IIM Indore


• JBIMS, Mumbai hosts Ravi Narain

In this roundup:

• Tradewinds 2009: The National Manufacturing Symposium at IIFT Kolkata


• Xpressions'09 concludes on November 17 at XIMB


• Sundar Raman CEO, IPL visits MICA to teach 'Sports Marketing'


• JBIMS, Mumbai: Guest Lecture by Dr Bharat Singh and Samanvay'09, the annual corporate symposium organized

MDI School of Energy Management, Gurgaon organizes Round Table Conference on 'Power Trading in India-the way forward'

A Round Table conference on 'Power Trading in India-the way forward' was conducted by MDI School of Energy Management, Gurgaon on October 23, at MDI, Gurgaon. The conference was attended by prominent experts from the Power Sector. The conference was chaired by T. N. Thakur, CMD, and PTC. It was also attended by T. R. Dhaka, Retd., Member of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission, Akhilesh Avasthi, VP(Marketing) of Indian Energy Exchange, Mahesh Vipradas, Head Regulatory, Suzlon Energy Ltd and Rakesh Mahajan, Director, Lanco Infratech.

Advisory Council formed for Center for Public Policy at IIM Banglore

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM B), one of the leading management schools in the world, announced the constitution of an Advisory Council of the Centre for Public Policy (CPP) on October 15, 2009 for providing long-term guidance to the activities of CPP. "This is an integral part of creating global benchmarks and linkages for IIM B that will strengthen our research programs," says Prof Pankaj Chandra, Director of IIM B.

K. V. Sridhar, National Creative Director of Leo Burnett visited Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, JBIMS, Mumbai on October 13 for a session on New Age Advertising. A veteran with 30 years of experience at leading advertising agencies, Sridhar has worked on a plethora of brands - Thumbs Up, Reebok, Bajaj (the Hoodibaba Campaign), Taj Mahal Tea (the Wah Taj campaign), St. Gobain and many others.