In association with a network of academics, thought leaders and stakeholders, would submit a whitepaper on the proposed institute by this year-end. This would include proposals on the institute’s organisational structure, governance, curriculum among others. According to a government release, the institute would require Rs 211.00 crore of investment. The government has allocated Rs 47 […]

Mr. Banerjee, an alumnus of IIT-KGP and IIM-Calcutta worked with Berger Paints and Marico before joining Ceat in 2005. Teeing off with a brief discussion of the key concepts of sales and distribution, Mr. Banerjee stressed on the fact that Customer Centricity is in fact the cornerstone of any S&D; model. The primary objective of […]

An alumnus of the prestigious IIT Roorkee with a Masters degree in Seismology, Mr. Vishvanathan has a luminous 24 year career in the IT Industry spanning across big companies like IBM and is currently heading the IT and Innovation Division at Bharti Airtel. Mr. Vishvanathan spoke about the requirement of defining the project – how […]

Castalia ’07 invited the top business personalities from the leading companies to examine the implications of the most relevant HR issue affecting industries, that is, “attrition”. It acted as the platform for people from all industry sectors to discuss the causes and possible solutions on “How to retain and engage talent” in their companies. Participants […]

Growing disgruntlement with IT jobs could be one of the greatest factors for people to use MBA as a bridge towards more interesting job profiles, given that the IT industry contributes a large quantum to the Common Admission Test (CAT) every year. We asked our users in the PaGaLGuY Online Poll-of-the-Month what they expected most […]

This guest lecture was organized with the intention of giving the future HR managers a taste of distributing financial products. Akhilesh began with establishing the differences in distribution of financial products vis-à-vis the other sectors. He listed down various financial products such as Provident Fund, Mutual Fund, ULIP, Insurance etc and how the distribution channel […]

Introducing the topic, Dean (Academics), Prof. W S Williams pointed out that though this operational innovation issue had come to the forefront only two decade ago, but this concept was there from the beginning of the 20th century. He emphasized how organizations are using this as a tool to stay ahead in the competition. “Operational […]

The memorandum includes an exchange not only of students, but also of faculty. Faculty of both schools would go to the other campus and teach various courses. Also in the pipeline is an arrangement whereby AB Freeman faculty will conduct courses as per XLRI’s Management Development Program for working executives. They would also come together […]

Speaking on the occasion, M Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB said, “The ISB lays great emphasis on Thought Leadership, which is the key to effective leadership. To become a thought leader, one must be able to first master the inner thought process. I believe that Inner Management can refine the thought processes of our students and […]

The industry stalwarts discussed the topic – ‘Financing India’s growth story.’ The event was flagged-off with the keynote speech by Dr. Shailesh J Mehta – President, Granite Hill Capital Ventures. In his insightful speech Dr. Mehta highlighted the economic opportunities presented to us and how we Indians should cash in on the aura we have […]