Day 2 events at the Acumen 2006 East Zone began on Saturday, September 9 2006 post-noon with star host Harsha Bhogle introducing the participating business schools and sponsors. The debate semifinal rounds were judged by Mr Amit Roy, Vice PResident HR, Hindalco, Polay Moitra of Business Today and Prof Biju Paul Abraham and Prof Arojit […]

The report By Dr Pravin Sinha included the following: Strike involves stoppage of work as a tool for securing the attention of employers. It arises when bargaining and persuasion by the employer and employees have failed. In many country trade unions have right to strike. In India too trade unions have an implied right to […]

What matters is how clearly Wharton applicants tell their story and to do that, they must be self-aware, says Mr Thomas Caleel, Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In an exclusive interview with PaGaLGuY.com, he talks about Wharton’s opening up to younger applicants without work experience, women […]

The event draws its inspiration from the success of COMMODEX, a two-day workshop on commodity markets conducted by National Commodity & Derivative Exchange of India (NCDEX) at FMS, South Campus in the month of July. Inviting participation from the leading B-schools of India, the game is all set to start on the October 1, 2006. […]

The seminar was held to commemorate 15 years of Indian economic reforms, and to celebrate 10 years of IIM Kozhikode’s establishment. The event assessed the achievements and fallouts of fifteen years of liberalization, and identified means for future development. The discussions revolved around three sectors: Infrastructure, Manufacturing and ICE (IT, Communication and Entertainment). The seminar […]

Kicking off with a debate on ‘Services will drive India’s Economy tomorrow’, the Business Today-Aditya Birla Group Acumen 2006 National B-school Challenge opened its east zone regionals at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta’s Joka campus on Friday. Besides from Calcutta based Bschools, MBA students from Kharagpur and Bhubhaneswar turned up for the event, […]

SEBI Chairman Mr. M. Damodaran spoke of the tremendous progress that the country has witnessed. The theme for the meet-“Financial Markets in India-The Way Ahead” was explained by him in a fashion that simplified all the technicalities involved in the subject. From the nationalisation of banks to the Capital Markets to the Indian Regulatory Scenario, […]

The purpose of the seminar is to commemorate 15 years of Indian economic reforms, and to celebrate 10 years of IIM Kozhikode’s establishment. The event would assess the achievements and fallouts of fifteen years of liberalization and identify a roadmap for future development. The event would revolve around three sectors – Infrastructure, Manufacturing and ICE […]

Why do some doctors leave the scalpel for corporate boardrooms? PaGaLGuY.com tries to figure out by chatting up with a few. What do Dr Kapil Raina, a product manager at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), former Armyman Dr Biju Mohandas, an MBA student at the Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad, Dr Girish Bakhru, currently studying at Faculty […]

International Entrepreneurship Challenge (IEC), 2006 that was launched on the occasion, is one of the largest B-Plan competitions in South Asia. It spans across the globe. It is open to entries from corporates, post-graduate and graduate students. There is prize money to the tune of $10,000. Not only do the winners receive venture capital funding […]