Sponsored by the World Economic Forum, participants at the event will include the Prime Minister of India and his senior Cabinet colleagues, Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mr LK Advani, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy Chairman Planning Commission and many other national and international dignitaries. Many economists and experts from India and other countries including […]

The programme will be taught by Judge Business Schoolas faculty and will be held from April 19-24, 2009 in Cambridge. It will combine teaching sessions based on the research, thinking, and visits to key financial regulators, including to the Bank of England, the FSA and the Takeover Panel in London. Delegates will be provided with […]

The competition had four stages and started with an executive summary and then moved on to the complete Business Plan. At the second stage, the 20 teams were each provided with a mentor and experienced person from the industry. Team Progenie had Mr Sandeep Manudhane as their mentor. Mr Sandeep Manudhane is the Chief Mentor, […]

The first academic session at the ISB campus in Mohali is expected to commence in 2012. The ISB campus at Mohali proposes to have 280 seats in its Post Graduate Programme. It will also have several short duration Executive Education Programmes where approximately 750 professionals will be able to participate. ISB, with the support of […]

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 […]