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The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced the renewal of its association with the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad, India for five more years. ISB is a one-of-a-kind institution created in June 2001 with support from 50 of the worlds top corporations and two U.S.-based business schools - Wharton and Northwestern Universitys Kellogg Graduate School of Management. The initial success of this association between Wharton and ISB prompted its renewal as well as the launch of an ISB-Wharton Joint Research Initiative that will encourage joint research between Wharton and ISB faculty, including curriculum development. More :

The Best Undergraduate B-Schools Undergrad business programs are getting MBA-like respect, and competition to get into them is hotter than ever. Heres how the top schools stack up in our first-ever exclusive rankings Its Thursday morning in Huntsman Hall, and students in T-shirts and jeans are filing into Nicholas Souleles Finance 101 class. Its the kind of class that, at another school, might take place in a cavernous 500-seat auditorium, with students doodling in their notebooks or texting each other from the back row. But this is the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School. Here, the class is made up of

Work of MBA student photographers on display LENS 2007 contest winners celebrated The prize-winning photographs from LENS 2007 will be on display at the Rotman School of Management through April 18. LENS 2007 is the second annual competition featuring photos taken by students enrolled in the Rotman Schools two- and three-year MBA programs. This year, 167 entries were submitted for consideration by 35 students. Ten winners were chosen and celebrated at a March 19 reception at the school. First prize was awarded to Mike Graham (MBA 2008) for his photo Down the Tower Stairs taken at Ronneberg Castle, Ronneberg, Germany. Michelle Lozano (MBA

Students recall his classes as torture sessions, and their hearts palpitated as he picked them for grilling on marketing fundamentals. Some planned their campus routes to avoid encountering him, because they feared being caught unprepared. Yet many are grateful to him for helping to shape them into successful businessmen or academic scholars. On June 25, Mahasukhrai N. Vora, former professor of marketing at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (IIM-A), passed away at age 73. A Wharton alumnus, Vora -- or Vorasaab as some referred to him -- is credited as the pioneer of the case study approach in

CNBC India and LG Electronics, in association with NIIT and Seagate announces the West Zone finalists for ``The CNBC Complete Manager 1999''selected through an all-India contest for the managers of tomorrow. The West Zone finals held on November 11, 1999, at Mumbai Education Trust, saw A N Seshadari (IIM, Ahmedabad) emerge as the winner. Siddharth Suryanarayan (S P Jain, Mumbai) was the 1st runner up and Sudhendra Sharma (MET. Mumbai) was the 2nd runner up. These finalists will represent the West at the national finals to be held on November 25 in New Delhi.

Columbia Business School announced the appointment of Barbara Gyde as Executive Director for Sales & Marketing for Executive Education at the School. Ms. Gydes responsibilities include determining client strategy and approach as well as marketing and communications, both print and online. She will report to Troy Eggers, Associate Dean of Columbia Business School Executive Education. Barbara brings a wealth of industry knowledge, said Troy Eggers, Associate Dean for Executive Education at the School. She has served in several leadership capacities, in which she developed and implemented numerous successful marketing programs. I look forward

Young Antiguan gains MBA Another Antiguan has made her family and country proud. Michelle S. Bailey Baptiste graduated earlier this month with a master of business administration degree from Florida Metropolitan University. During her studies she concentrated in general management which complemented her undergrad studies in international business. She is the daughter of the Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Winston Bailey, and the late Lilian (Lucy) Bailey of Potters. More: antiguasun.com

Global investment firms come to IIT-Delhi Looks like brand IIT just got bigger. This year, for the first time, investment firms — that usually hire management graduates from Princeton, Wharton and MIT — were seen knocking on the doors of IIT Delhi to recruit engineering graduates for finance jobs. The annual pay packages are in the range of $60-100,000 — the same amount that a Wharton or MIT graduate for the same position would be offered. Out of the batch of 450, about 25 have got offers from I-banks like Merrill Lynch, PIMCO, Deutche Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS and Lehman Brothers. More:

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