The conference was conceived with the objective of exploring the efficiency of the financial sector and its contribution to the economic growth, which in turn, is contingent upon the depth and diversity of the financial institutions, markets and instruments. The undertaken discussions were on four major themes: Investment Decision, Financial Markets and Foreign Direct Investment, […]

MR Venkatesh, Author and Columnist will take a session on aThe fallout for India Inc. from Satyam fiascoa. Also, a panel discussion will be held on the topic aAre the intellectuals performing their national duties?a. The fest includes aAcruxa, an HR case based study and online events such as Adrenaline, Armageddon, Fever Pitch etc. The […]

The three rounds event began on January 13, 2009 with a bourse game, which was followed by a debate and a quiz. The debate was moderated by Mr. Andrew Scolt of Derek and Co. He also was the quiz master. The DMS team will compete with other zonal winners at the National Finals to be […]

The ET Citi Grand Masters program has been initiated by Economic Times, a financial paper and Citi, a financial services company. Participation is open to students of Management Institutes across India. The event will be held across five cities namely, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. The ET Citi Grand Masters has a series of […]

Move over B-school Dean interviews and opinion columns, because the PaGaLGuY B-school Backpacker is on the loose! Making a pilgrimage to B-schools across the country is his mission, and in this mission he shall not falter. The B-school Backpacker will travel to b-schools, write about their campus cultures, lingo, quirks and pass on freshly brewed […]

Other competitions at Megabucksa09 include: Markstrat, the Market Strategy ContestCXO is a business simulation game involving business problems, environmental issues, and organisational resources that imitates reality through a back-end software application. It will place your team in charge of a company with resources such as stocks and cash. CXO is an exciting way to learn […]

The deadline for the submission of abstracts for Xerox, Technopak and IBM cases is December 5, 2008 and prize money of INR 1.5 lakh cash is to be won. Battlefield’s knowledge partners are Xerox, Technopak, Price Waterhouse Coopers, IBM and Avaya Labs. Megabucks is scheduled from January 8-11, 2009 and registrations for hospitality are open. […]

The theme of the competition was environment friendly businesses with the focus on topics related to air, solid and liquid waste treatment and management, water management, recycling, reuse, environment management systems, greening of supply chain, green marketing, developing a green product or service etc. The competition had three stages and started with the submission of […]

Last year, Megabucks saw total participation of 8000 students fromaround 80 technical and 40 business schools. Following are the eventsto be held this year: a Ideas, the Business Plan Contest with cash prize money of INR 2.5 lakhs and seed fund of around INR 4crores.a Battlefield, the case study competition to be judged by executives […]

‘The Arena’, will be a platform to compete in technical events organized under each branch. ‘ACUMEN’, the management symposium will have case studies and Business plan contests. Robotics will be explored in ‘BOTCRAFT’ with aquatic, semi-autonomous, autonomous and manual robots. ‘MYNDSNARE’, the quizzing contest comprises of two main quiz shows: COGNOMANIA: the general quiz and […]