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ISB finds its edge	08/03/2010
Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business is focusing on building emerging market competencies to differentiate from others.

Telangana row delays IIM-A's Hyd campus	08/03/2010
IIM-B stays away too, citing faculty constraints.

IIMK's mentorship programme under way

08/03/2010

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK) has started its PG Mentorship Programme for the next level of selection process. The mentorship programme is a student-driven initiative pioneered by IIMK to assist call getters in group discussion and personal interview round. The mentorship programme is primarily an online interface between existing students and prospective students with help being offered offline as well. The online interface can be accessed at http://mentor.iimklive.com/.

XIM-B average salary up 45% in 2010 placements	08/03/2010
After reeling under the impact of the economic downturn last year, the placements at Xavier Institute of Management-Bhubaneswar (XIMB) has bounced back to record new highs in this years placement season.

Financial, consulting firms make 50 offers at IIM-C on Day Zero	07/03/2010
The final placement process at IIM-Calcutta (IIM-C) kicked off to an expectedly positive start today with top financial and global consulting firms making numerous offers to students from the batch of 2008-2010. The institute went into placements today with more than 125 offers in hand.

More youth at ISB take the family business route	07/03/2010
Not long ago, family businesses were seen as a route taken by the less adventurous. Its no longer the case. Todays youth are seeing family businesses as potential growth drivers and are not hesitating to give up corporate offers to be part of family businesses.

IIFT sees 100% placement; highest-ever salary of $150,000	07/03/2010
The Delhi-based Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) this year has seen its highest international salary package, till date, of $150,000 per annum, besides recording the highest average salary of Rs 11.54 lakh.

IIMs, students spar over CAT score method	07/03/2010
More than 20 RTIs filed.

Job offers aplenty at IIMs this year	07/03/2010
While 2009 placements saw a 20-50% dip in salaries, the institutes are optimistic this time, even though salaries and number of offers per student are yet to touch 2007-08 levels.

IIM-A gives subsidised PGP course for bureaucrats a break	06/03/2010
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has put on hold the Post-Graduate Programme in Public Management and Policy (PGP-PMP) that was primarily designed for, and offered at a subsidised cost to, government bureaucrats.

MBA aspirants file RTIs, may move court	04/03/2010
Even as many students got calls from the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other business schools for personal interviews and group discussions, many others are upset with their low scores in the Common Admission Test (CAT) and are raising a transparency issue with the institutes, besides mulling legal action.

IIMs call around 6,000 candidates	03/03/2010
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have, till date, invited close to 6,000 CAT candidates for personal interviews.

Offers aplenty as IIM-B, IIM-C gear up for placements	03/03/2010
At the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), where post-graduate programme (PGP) placement starts on March 4, a sense of anticipation and optimism is in the air. Over 70 pre-placement offers have been received by the students. The B-school expects over 100 companies to visit its campus in the next one week. The batch has 266 students.

IIMs revise admission process; more weightage to Class X, XII marks	03/03/2010
After the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) changed its selection criteria for personal interviews by replacing its academic ratings system with a fixed minimum score of 70 per cent in both the board (10 th and 12 th standard) exams, other IIMs are following suit.

IIMs made around 6,000 CAT calls this year	03/03/2010
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have, till date, invited close to 6,000 CAT candidates for a personal interview.

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People & Career

'Leaders today have to be comfortable with ambiguity'

08/03/2010

Emerging markets like China and India are the new playground for companies like General Electric. Susan P Peters, Vice-president (executive development) and Chief Learning Officer, GE, believes India provides an ideal case study for lessons in leadership. In an interview with Vikram Johri, she shares her views on the Indian market, how GE weathered the recession, and what strategies the company is deploying to locate and retain talent.

'Omnicom finds country branding most promising'

07/03/2010

Tim Love is the vice-chairman of the world's second-largest advertising group Omnicom. He is also the CEO of the network's Asia-Pacific, India, Middle East and African regions (APIMA). India has been a country where Omnicom has been trying to strengthen its operations for some time now. It has an office here under the leadership of ex-Hindustan-Unilever Chairman Keki Dadiseth. Love spoke to Viveat Susan Pinto about Omnicom's plans for the Indian market.

'Drill down to see what customer need is unmet'	01/03/2010
With unhindered access to boardrooms across the world, Ram Charan has mentored CEOs and entrepreneurs alike. In India for a session with business leaders on Building the company of the future at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award ceremony, he talks to Sayantani Kar on the difference in coaching an entrepreneur and a CEO and what makes businesses futureproof.

Branding & street-logic	28/02/2010
Drive down any local shopping districts in the last year or two and youll notice how half the stores scream sales, discounts and promotions. Strangely, the frequency of sales seems to outnumber the introduction of new stocks, designs, collections, services and ideas. In the short-run marketers may cite recessionary constraints to justify this trend.

Brand Sachin on top of the world	28/02/2010
Experts say Tendulkar can leave the field tomorrow without any brand equity dilution.

'India has great campaigns, poor branding'

24/02/2010

When Marico introduced Saffola Arise, a new rice brand, the branding exercise was done by India-born Shombit Sengupta who is settled in France. After shifting to Paris from Kolkata in 1973, Sengupta set up the Shining Strategic Design Company, and over the last few years has executed his concept of creative business strategy to companies all over the world. Mukherjee speaks to Pradipta Mukherjee about his new product and retail innovations. Edited excerpts.

'We are exploring academic and research tie-ups with IITs, IISERs'

21/02/2010

The Indian government has been pursuing an expansion of higher education facilities and has also determined that links with foreign universities are a priority. In this backdrop, University of Southampton, a leading UK teaching and research institution, is exploring academic and research collaborations with institutes like IIT-Kharagpur and IISER-Pune. With over 22,000 students, around 5,000 staff, and an annual turnover of almost 400 million, the University of Southampton is one of UKs biggest institutions for engineering, computer science and medicine. Alistair Fitt, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton, had a teleconference with Pradipta Mukherjee on its India plans.

'There may be a shakeout'

17/02/2010

Specialty coffee chain Gloria Jeans Coffees, which silently entered India two years ago via a master franchise agreement with Citymax Hospitality, a company controlled by the Dubai-based retail group Landmark, is looking to ramp up operations now. From the current nine outlets, the intention is to scale up to 25 and then 100 by the end of 2013. This will see the privately-held coffee chain, which has 917 outlets globally, go to 16 cities from the current four.

Simple living, Ayer thinking	17/02/2010
Simple living, Ayer thinking was the title given by my ex-colleague Anvar Alikhan to a book that was presented to Mr. S.R. Ayer at the time of his retirement. These four words truly capture the basic principle on which Mani led his life and influenced the lives of those who worked with him at Ogilvy & Mather.

'The Gary Sobers of the ad world'	17/02/2010
The late Suresh Mullick, who was one of the pillars that made Ogilvy & Mather the creative powerhouse that it is today, often described S K (Mani) Ayer as a gifted all rounder.

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Management

The 21st century CFO	01/03/2010
The chief financial officers responsibility has become more complex. He no longer just crunches number but also leads the company on various fronts.

A Passage to India	01/03/2010
Dr Reddys has scaled down its global spread and wants to focus on its home market.

Bharat Rescues India Inc	25/02/2010
Some time in 2007, Hero Honda, the countrys largest two-wheeler company, set up its rural vertical. Five hundred rural sales representatives, on the rolls of the dealers, were asked to meet opinion leaders in villages (panchayat members, school headmasters, postmen and so on) and display the companys products in village fairs to generate sales.

Saffola: Wealth in health	21/02/2010
Rice is the latest in a series of brand extensions.

Titan's perfect timing	21/02/2010
From watches to diamond jewellery for teenagers, the Tata firm has created many new market segments.

Mother Dairy turns the heat on Amul

17/02/2010

The fight for marketshare in the branded packaged milk segment has intensified in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) with Mother Dairy trashing Amul's claim that it is the new leader in these areas. Mother Dairy says that it sells 2.8 million litres per day and not 1.45 million litres per day, as indicated by Amul. The latter had said on February 16 that it was leading in the branded packaged or pouch milk segment in Delhi and NCR with sales of over 1.5 million litres per day.

Eveready: From Red to 'LED'	14/02/2010
The company wants LED-based flashlights and lighting solutions to account for a quarter of its turnover in two years.

Tatas learn to innovate	08/02/2010
The Tata Group has instituted a number of mechanisms to encourage its large workforce to innovate.

Skoda goes in for boutique shops	31/01/2010
BMW was the first to do it with BMW Studio. Premium carmaker SkodaAuto India, a unit of the Volkswagen Group, has been quick to follow suit by launching its limited series of boutique showrooms in India.

The top 10 business bestsellers

25/01/2010

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Ad row creates buzz for Onida cellphones	17/01/2010
Onidas entry into mobile phones a year and a half ago has been a low-key affair. But not any longer, courtesy its television advertisement which plays on the brand name Nokia phonetically.

ITC targets the schoolbag	17/01/2010
The FMCG major is confident of a four-fold increase in revenue from its Classmate and Paperkraft brands in 3-5 years.

Bachchan Jr to rouse the aarami in you

06/01/2010

A few days back, if you were at Mumbais Dadar Railway Station or at Delhis Rajiv Gandhi Chowk Metro Station, you could not have missed a man sprawled on a sofa with a cushion that read: Reserved for Abhishek Bachchan classes. Is Bachchan Jr preparing for an alternate career? Not really. This is on-ground activation aimed to create a buzz for the newest reality show on Colors, National Bingo Night. It will of course be anchored by Bachchan Jr.

Riding up the sweepstakes	28/12/2009
Union Bank is on a restructuring drive to become the countrys top nationalised bank.

Reverse engineering	27/12/2009
The Beetle has a bigger role to play for Volkswagen India than just the numbers.

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