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Among the progeny of London’s Great Exhibition of 1851 is an extravagant museum about local trade and life built in Bombay. Loyally named the Victoria and Albert Museum, it opened on 2 May 1872, and was an instant popular success. It fell from fashion after India won independence, and languished forgotten despite the popularity of the zoo and gardens next door.
Now, in the first example in India of a triple partnership between a conservation body, business and local government to restore and maintain a museum, the building has been painstakingly restored from rafters to display cases, as has its 3,500-piece collection. It re-opens its doors to the public this winter, re-named Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum to honour a key early supporter (Fig. 1).
The seeds for the museum were planted when Dr Buist, a connoisseur and collector, made a selection of exotic Indian products and animals to represent the Bombay Presidency–one of India’s administrative areas–in the Great Exhibition’s India Pavilion. The shipment included a howdah, which was to sit on a stuffed elephant (obtained in England). Buist had replicas made of all the items with the idea of forming a museum in Bombay.
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Melbournes newest piazza wins an MBA award
Italian master stonemasons were brought to Melbourne to help with work on the citys new Piazza Italia, which won a Victorian Master Builders Association excellence in construction award in the specialist subcontractor category.
Builders 2 Construct and OConnor & Sons Stonemasons won the excellence in stonemasonry award with the citation noting: close collaboration between all parties throughout the pre-construction and construction phases of the project resulted in a world class piazza featuring unique artwork and skilfully crafted paving. The Piazza is inclusive and welcoming and pays fitting tribute to the contribution of the Italian community
Realty Q&A An unwitting mortgage-fraud victim; keeping loan records
Issues on people's minds: What can you do if you are the unwitting victim of mortgage fraud and now find your credit in jeopardy and how long should you keep mortgage records if you've been refinancing several times of the years?
Q: I have been approached by a friend to help locate an attorney to help with a situation that she has found herself in regarding mortgage fraud. Specifically, she was taken in by a "straw buyer scam" and needs help big-time. Her story goes something like this: She was contacted a few
Mumbai, January 30: HERE’S raising a toast to a college that has turned into a landmark at Churchgate — the commercial hub of the city. It’s 90-year history will be revisited with great aplomb this year when Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics establishes its Alumni Association on February 9. Well it’s about time, what with the city’s prestigious colleges such as Xavier’s and Wilson’s having maintained the tradition of conducting alumni meetings on a regular basis. ‘‘The college’s first effort to bring its past students together two decades ago was shelved only to be revived by this year’s Student
Dear Alumnus
It gives us great pleasure to inform you that like every year in the past, your alma mater, the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow will organize its annual convocation on Monday, March 5, 2001.
The main architect of the advances in indigenous missile technologies, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (Bharat Ratna), Principal Scientific Advisor (GOI) has kindly consented to deliver the Convocation address.
You would be delighted to know that over the years, your Institute has grown into a leading global school of business management, which is socially sensitive, and is fully integrated achieving excellence in teaching, training, research and consulting.
Mortgage applications fall in holiday week
The number of applications for mortgages at major U.S. banks dropped 3.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis last week compared to the prior week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday.
Applications were also were down on a year-over-year basis, lower by 1.6%.
Applications for loans to buy a home increased 1.3% in the past week, but theyre down about 14.6% from a year ago similar to the decline in home sales over that time.
Applications for loans to refinance an existing loan dropped 9.6% in the past week but are up about 18% from a year
Mortgages bite into bank profits
The real estate slowdown is taking a bite out of Citigroup, Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wachovia as the blockbuster banks report their first-quarter results.
Mortgage applications have been declining as interest rates move up, leaving banks to sing the mortgage blues despite robust business conditions overall.
With the fed funds rate up near 5%, the cost of borrowing for banks has been increasing. As the 10-year Treasury note yield rises, mortgage defaults are more likely in another blow to banks.
Were going through one of these transition period where its difficult for financial services companies
America Economia Ranks Babsons MBA Program #20 Among U.S. Business Schools
America Economia magazine has ranked Babson Colleges MBA program #20 among U.S. business schools and
#30 in the world.
America Economia is published in Spanish and Portuguese and has wide circulation in Latin America.
The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College has a rich tradition of excellence in cultivating entrepreneurial thinking. While some of our graduates pursue start-up ventures, far more of our graduates use their entrepreneurial training to succeed in the corporate environment.
Here, entrepreneurship isnt about starting a business, its a state of mind.
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From a smallshoe store named Pal Boot House located in Karnal (Haryana) to a multi-crore company, the Liberty Shoes makes an inspiring success story. The secret of their success is Work, and work.
Panaji: With the granting of free area economy state of Goa through the center, off the coast of the state is limited to a crucial role in the national economy. The commissioning of Visakhapatnam zone export, and other nodes on the East Coast, located in Goa, is a value added to the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) concept. Before they can be functional area, Goa, should have an airport and port areas near the airport at Dabolim and Mormugoa Port Trust (MPT), south of Goa, are ideal . The MPT began a modernization project also increases the capacity of transhipment and
Business schools looking for an interesting case study might want to start with one of their own — the Indian School of Business.
The story goes something like this: A new business school opens...
MBA Tag Clouds
