Walk through the halls of the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business during the school year, and along with students cramming facts for macroeconomics and operating strategy you may encounter some students stretching their bodies and doing something really unusual for business school students: relaxing.

They’re members of Chicago’s yoga club, a student group founded earlier this year by two GSB students and which last term attracted 15 to 35 regular attendees to classes in the school’s Harper Center. The classes are “time to shut your brain off,” says Jody Kirchner, one of the group’s founders.

The Chicago GSB yoga classes reflect a growing popularity of yoga in the U.S., with about 16 million Americans engaging in the practice, according to statistics released by Yoga Journal. The publication said $5.7 billion is spent annually on yoga classes and products, nearly twice as much as four years ago.
Indian Odyssey

During a school-sponsored trip to India last year, Kirchner and fellow student Doug Neal bonded over a mutual interest in yoga. Kirchner and Neal, who both had been practicing yoga for years before they met, eventually decided to start a group dedicated to the practice on campus—after Kirchner noticed that other business schools had yoga groups, but Chicago didn’t.

In midyear, Neal, a 2008 MBA graduate, and Kirchner, a rising second-year student and co-chair of the club, conducted an interest survey for the group. Of the 1,100 students attending the school, about 200 expressed interest.

Kirchner said she was surprised at the large response the survey garnered, finding that a sizable portion of the student population already practiced yoga, at least to some extent. “People I know outside of school say the same thing,” she said. “After a stressful day, it’s time they can do something easily to take their mind off their stress.”

Neal says yoga isn’t just for stress relief. “Yoga is very multifaceted, and the benefits of yoga are different for each person,” he said. “Some use it for exercise, for meditation poses, some for relaxation, some for injuries.”

Who are the Snow White and Seven Dwarfs of the corporate world? Ever heard of co-opetition? And how does one term mutual funds that will not cover liquor companies?

Not just the competitors, even the audience had a fun time, guessing answers to these questions at the finals of the business quiz, conducted by the IIM-Ahmedabad Alumni Association’s (IIM-AAA), Chennai chapter, here on Sunday.

In the end, when the Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchi, walked away with the IIM-AAA Anchor Cup 2006, it was a well-earned victory, followed by S.S.N School of Management in the second place and Bangalore’s ICFAI Business School in the third. The P.S.G Institute of Management, Coimbatore, stood fourth.

The quiz was being held to sensitise business school students in south India to the latest corporate happenings, said A. Satish Kumar, president, IIM-AAA Chennai chapter. Anchor Health and Beauty Care was the chief sponsor.

The preliminary written test had been conducted in Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore and Madurai. The finals consisted of 12 rounds, including an audio-visual round, two oral rounds and a rapid fire round, with quizmaster S. Jagan keeping the momentum going.

The last winner of the trophy was also BIM in 1994 after which the quiz was discontinued till the IIM-AAA decided to re-launch it, Mr. Satish Kumar said.

Handing over the cup to the winning team, N. Murali, Joint Managing Director, The Hindu , said such quiz contests should be made part of the college curriculum as they were not just clean fun but also of educational value.

India-Business School students prefer a better job as deftige Pay-profile packages, after a Asso-Champlain Business barometer recent study.

“An overwhelming 95% by India on the main Business School graduates are ready-to-Pay deftige packages work in the interests of their profile and their preference and 79% of students are very popular person on the working time off-shore early in his career right, “said the report.

The survey of 271 students from Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, Institute of Management Technology, ghaziabad, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad and Birla Institute of Management Technology, Pilani.

While most students promotes the work and profile of growth opportunities, 5% have opted for large salaries, said the survey. The factors influencing students better pay a desire to improve the standard of living, families, expectations and responsibilities, to pay loans and investment in training of entrepreneurship.

Entwickelten economies with better working conditions, a good standard of living and many promises growth potential of India attract talent’s Pool, Asso Cham K said President Anil Agrawal.

Press Trust of India / New Delhi, November 23, 2006
India-Business School students prefer an improvement in supply as a strong profile pay packages after a Asso-Champlain Business barometer recent study.

“An overwhelming 95% of India a major-Business School graduates are prepared to pay in the future packages vigorously for a job profile of their preference, and 79% of students are in great demand interested in working at sea, right at the beginning of their career, “says the report.

The survey of 271 students from Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad and Birla Institute of Technology Management, Pilani.

While the maximum workload, students prefer the profile and opportunities for growth, 5% opted for wholesale wages, the survey said. Factors that may influence the choices of students paying the desire to improve living standards, expectations and responsibilities of the family, education pays off loans and investment in entrepreneurship.

Entwickelten economies with better working conditions, a good standard of living of many promises and growth potential of India attract the talent pool Asso Cham K said President Anil Agrawal.

WELL DONE: Aparna Rajagopal (left) and S. Sathiaseelan of Bharathidasan Institute of Management, which went off with the IIM-AAA Business Anchor Cup 2006, the game on Sunday in Chennai. — PHOTO: K. V. SRINIVASAN

CHENNAI: Who are the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the business world? Again co-opetition? And how does the concept of investment funds which are not alcohol?

Not only competitors, the public has had a lot of fun, mystery rates answers to these questions in the finals of the transaction-Quiz of the IIM Ahmedabad Alumni Association’s (IIM-AAA), Chennai chapter, here on Sunday.

At the end, when the Bharathidasan Institute for Management, Tiruchi, went off with the IIM-AAA Anchor Cup 2006, it was a well deserved victory, followed by SSN School of Management at the second place and Bangalore’s ICFAI Business School in the third. The PSG-Institut für Management, Coimbatore, was fourth.

The game was rather to educate business school students in southern India on the recent corporate events, “said A. Satish Kumar, chairman, IIM-AAA Chennai chapter. Anchor health and beauty care was the main sponsor.

The first was written test in Chennai, Bangalore, Madurai and Coimbatore. The finale consisted of 12 laps, including a tour audio-visual, aural, two towers and a rapid fire round, p. Quiz Master J maintaining momentum.

The last winner of the trophy was also BIM in 1994 that the game has been adjusted until the IIM-AAA decided to surrender in motion, “said Satish Kumar.

Presentation of the cup to the winning team, N. Murali, Joint Managing Director, The Hindu, said Thursday such competitions should be part of the curriculum College because they were not only clean, but also the educational value of fun.

While American business school students worry about job offers being yanked and salaries and starting bonuses shrinking, their counterparts at top Indian business schools are having what looks to be their best recruiting year ever, according to a report.

The job placement figures this year at 20 of India’s top management schools - including six Indian Institute of Management campuses - “paints a rosy picture of job prospects for top management graduates,” according to the 2008 MBA Placement Report released Apr. 7 by MBA Universe, an India-based Web site about business schools.

A Kumar, the site’s editor, says the concerns over slowing MBA hiring in the US aren’t being felt in India. “There are absolutely no concerns over recession or slowdown,” he said in an e-mail. “In fact, as our report says, even the international recruiters have been positive in their hiring.”

Indian B-School graduates are commanding record salaries, up 20 to 22 per cent from last year, and are being heavily recruited by major corporations, the report said. For example, at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, the average domestic salary is up 30 per cent this year, with the higher offers ranging from the equivalent of $125,000 to $175,000.

In a few instances, offers as high as $280,000 to $360,000 were made to a select few. These offers included pay packages, signing bonuses, international relocation assistance, and vacation packages. “Clearly, the going was good for the privileged few who made it to the top B-schools,” the report said.

The recruiters are responding to an increasing need for high-quality managers to run the nation’s growing businesses. India’s burgeoning economy, fueled by a growing middle class, has made the MBA a more valuable commodity than ever before. The rise of top-tier management schools such as the IIMs is making it more appealing than ever for Indians to go to business school in their home country rather than pay for a brand-name American degree.