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 […]

In his lecture, he pressed on the fact that high GDP growth rates were not sustainable in the long run if businesses keep exploiting the natural resources and not replenish them. He explained the ITC Model of focusing on the Triple Bottom Line i.e. Economic Environment and Social Growth rather than isolated financial earnings. He […]

‘Meguriai’, a Short Term Project competition, where the best of short term projects in the field of HR will compete and interact with young student managers of Human Resources Department and industry executives. ‘Taiketsu’, a contest designed to test the innovation and event management ability of the participants, where they will design and conduct an […]

The Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) Chennai has about four decades of rich experience in research, consulting and world-class management education. Established in 1970, IFMR was sponsored by ICICI, the House of Kotharis and other major industrial groups. IFMR is now a leading business school moulding bright and ambitious young students into effective […]