What is Real India? Mr. Harish Bijoor, CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc., tried to answer this question while separating truth from hype. He dwelt on the increasing chasm between Rural and Urban India and pointed out that the current pace of growth will not be sustained unless it becomes inclusive. On the subject of growth, […]

The event this year was kicked off with a short film on SIIB. The institute has indeed come a long way since its inception and thus the gone by era was only reflected in modest terms. The various courses as well as extra-curricular activities were showcased to the audience. The day began with the lamp […]

Every year, about 1,500 students make it to the IIMs. Each of them does different things in the last few days before the CAT. There isn’t any universal formula or strategy for the last mile. It is essential for you to pause a bit and take a look at your CAT readiness. Once that is […]

Amidst arrangements made by the host Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), the color, the stage and the mood all set the tone for what stands as the year’s biggest B-School event in India – The Business Today – Aditya Birla Group Acumen 2007. The applause that followed after the entry of a certain IIM […]

Let us start by asking the most fundamental question. Q: What is your objective?A: Your objective is to maximize your score. To maximize your score, you should, in the given time, score as much as possible. As much as possible essentially means that you have solved all the questions that you could have solved. For […]

The Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) course, publicized around the same time last year through extensive advertising and media PR was to inherit the syllabus as it is taught at XLRI Jamshedpur. While XLRI, Jamshedpur was to provide the intellectual capital, a Singapore-based agency named ‘Image International (Singapore) Private Limited’ was to manage […]

His message to the IMI Students Body was concise – “….While emphasis in your MBA programme is more towards preparing you for business management, I suggest that you should not overlook the challenges and opportunities for improving management in almost all segments of Indian society, going much beyond the corporate sector.” Dr. C. S Venkata […]

The Leadership Series is the flagship event of SIIB and has been so for the past decade of the institute’s existence. As the name says it all, one understands that this lecture series cherishes and celebrates the fortitude of leading from the front, giving direction and astute management in the times of adversity. This event […]

Can you update us about the status of class sizes in your post-graduate courses? We had 180 seats in the Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM), 60 for PGP in Human Resources and currently 32 students from India and 15 foreign students for PGP in International Management. From the next academic year we would have […]

Athenaeum is derived from the Greek “Athenion”, the temple of Goddess Athena. Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom and of course Civilization itself. The “Athenion” temple of ancient Greece also symbolized the place where scholars congregated to deliberate and nurture Philosophy and Thought. The process is initiated with a call for research papers from the […]