Psychological and biomedical research has traditionally considered risk-taking as an abnormal expression of behaviour, as exemplified by its association with substance abuse and bipolar disorder. However, the Cambridge research, which was funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council, found that entrepreneurs represent an example of highly adaptive risk-taking behaviour which can result […]

Some of the issues that will be discussed over the two days include: a Challenges in Mobilizing, a Retaining and Motivating People for Sustained High Performance in a period of Economic downturn a Layoffs in the Transport Sector the World Over a Lessons in Recent Conflicts a Response of Collective Bargaining to economic down-turn a […]

The call for applications to pursue U21Globalas MBA programme attracted around 350 applicants. The scholarships were awarded to 30 applicants across India. Applications were jointly evaluated by senior management team of Financial Express and U21Global. Evaluations were made based on the applicantas academic and professional achievements, along with a statement of motivation. The winners are […]

Keeping in mind the growing preference of the B-school community for online events, this year Xpressions had six online events. Flagship events like Kurukshetra (simulated business environment to test cross-functional decision-making ability), Skill City (a test of soft skills like communication, negotiation, conflict handling and resource management), Gladiator (an evaluation of a contenderas potential to […]

Stressing on the business scenario in India, Mr Mitra said sectors like tourism, automobiles, and real estate had tremendous potential and we need not look for outside help in these areas. While foreign tourists need be lured and foreign exchange earned, 95 per cent Indian tourism growth has been on account of domestic travelers. Professor […]

The flagship event of the festival is the war of words, Caviar and Daydreams, a competition designed to ignite the spark in the corporate event. This three day event commences with a seminar where speakers like CB Bhave, Chairman, SEBI, Jayant Patil, Minister of Finance & Planning, Government of Maharshtra and Mr Jignesh Shah, Founder […]

The event is a brainchild of the faculty at the EABS, Dr T Prasad who conceptualized the Mandi initiative to help students understand and discover management wisdom. The educational toys made by Navnirmiti aim to help students learn and innovate. Navnirmiti caters to providing children from the slums, tribal children and children from special schools, […]

The discussion was started by Mr Ramesh, who at the outset said that he felt that social entrepreneurship and venture capitalism go hand-in-hand. He highlighted that the focus on the issue at hand is relatively new and it is only off-late that venture capitalists (VCs) are moving funds into Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs), in a big […]

Given the unprecedented upheavals that the global economy is experiencing, the implications and opportunities for the Indian Businesses in such a scenario have become especially relevant. The idea behind keeping this as the theme was to invoke ideas within the student community about the changing dynamics of various industrial sectors given the backdrop of the […]

Prof AK Puri, Director General of the Institute stated that as per research findings on past Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, candidates securing very low percentage of total eligible votes got elected, primarily due to low polling. This is a matter of grave concern as such candidates do not truly represent majority of the voters […]