B-school trends come and go, but one that seems to have legs is the creation of specialized MBA programs, particularly by second-tier schools. The schools find them useful for attracting students and cementing their brand identities at a time when competition among schools for the best students is intense. In recent years, they’ve becoming increasingly common (BusinessWeek.com, 7/19/07) even at high-profile schools. Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, and the Wharton School now offer specialized MBAs, majors, or dual degree programs in areas like real estate, sports management, biosciences, electronic commerce, and health care.

But is a specialized program always a good choice for an MBA student?

Not necessarily. While established programs have placement records on par with those of their general MBAs, many newer programs have not yet established the kind of recruiting relationships that guarantee students high-paying jobs at graduation. And graduates always run the risk of getting hamstrung by their specialties later in their careers, when an industry downturn forces them to look outside their specialties for opportunities.
Chart Your Own Path

Some who have gone through the specialized programs say they are best for those with a firm idea of their future goals, and who are keen to chart their own path. “I knew what I wanted to do,” said Carrie Stern Rathod, who received her MBA from Wisconsin’s Brand ‐ Product Management Center in 2005 and now works for Procter & Gamble (PG), which recruits regularly from the program. “There’s a range of people for whom this program is ideal. If you have an entrepreneurial bent but are not sure you’re ready to take the leap yet, the program might be right.” But, she added, “I think it would be tough if you wanted to go into consulting or something like that.”

For students who aren’t comfortable breaking away from the pack or seeking out professional contacts in unconventional ways, a specialized MBA might not be the best choice. This is especially true at less well-known schools, where big companies often don’t recruit. Students in these programs agree that making industry connections can require a lot of initiative from the student. “If you have a very specific company in mind, you might need to be a trailblazer in making relationships with those companies,” says Rathod.

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For Indian Business Schools with global ambitions, Singapore is fast, hot as a goal. Earlier this year, IIM Bangalore announced its plans for the creation of a campus. And now Mumbai-based SP Jain Institute of Management and Research expects to likewise.

If this SP Jain overall the second incursion within two years. In 2004, the Institute has a campus in Dubai and was the first to offer a full residential full-time MBA program in the Middle East. Beflügelt by its success, it now has its sights on Singapore.

It is interesting to note that both SP Jain and IIM-B-plane orientation of the Indian diaspora in Singapore. Nearly 7.9 percent of 4 million people of Singapore are of Indian origin, this is the third ethnic group by the Chinese (76.8 percent) and Malays (13.9 percent).

IIM-B is planning to target the leaders to work in Singapore is short-term programmes Executive Education and Executive MBA, while SP Jain can be full-time program or an Executive MBA. “What are we going programmes make a bit of localization,” says ML Shrikant, dean of volunteers, SP Jain. “There will be a strong component of India programmes, such as the Modern World increasingly interested in India in the region, “she added.

Both IIM-B and SP Jain plan to fly down right in India. This could lead to a serious crisis of the resource, especially for SP Jain, given that the same option is also Deputy Director of Dubai. “This is probably a lot more pressure on resources, therefore we are in the process of the Faculty employs more,” said Shrikant

CHENNAI: India Institute of Technology (IITS) have long been recognized as one of the best of our education system and also have the worldwide recognition that the institutions comparable to the best in the world, the vice-president, planning the communication, Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here on Friday.

As graduates of the IITS were well in the USA, the U.S. Congress recently adopted a resolution on the estimation of these institutions, alongside the assessment of contributions by Indian Americans on the U.S. economy .

India is indeed the rate of private savings on a broad basis of the ability of business, commitment to an independent judiciary and respect for accepted standards of accounting had observers suggest that the country has able to achieve a growth rate of over 8 per cent per annum, however, support political measures were available, “said Ahluwalia also the convocation address in IIT.

M.S. Ananth, director of IIT Madras, has been awarded 1134 degrees. Among them, 82 Ph.Ds, 98 MS, 411 M Tech, 37 MBA, MSc 83, 80 and Dual Degree 343 B. Tech.

“These accounts cover a wide range of disciplines and specialties offered by the ten engineering departments, three divisions, the division of management studies and the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences and Humanities”.

The Chairman, Board of Governors, AE Muthunayagam said the creation of technology park would be a reality, with the government allotting areas related to the IIT.

Among the winners was Arvind Thiagarajan, receive, the President of India and the price by the highest score among CGPA-tech students and pupils in two ways.

The governor, the prize went to Mahesh Krishnamurthi (B. Tech). Karthik Srivatsa (B. M. technology and dual-Tech Degree), Dr. bags Shankar Dayal Sharma, while the price-AVN Ravikanth, the Institute was awarded the Order of Merit.

HYDERABAD: the symbiosis of the Institute of Economic Affairs (SIBM), Pune, said the will of their university campus near the city. SIBM, with 33 academic institutions, housing 45000 Indian and foreign students in more than one lakh students online, proposes the creation of three schools - for business, education and Corporate Business Excellence - Andhra Pradesh on its campus.

The School of Business offers full-time and part-time MBA courses, School of Education Corporation MDP and advice.

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, discussed the issue with Chancellor of the Confederation symbiosis SB Majumdar had accepted in principle the proposals for debate is over

The National Institute for Construction and Research (Nicmar), a course of masons, plumbers, carpenters and roofers and bar tenders and awards certificates of competence Testing and Certification Scheme.

BG Shirke construction Magarpatta Township Construction and Development Company and their employees for training and certification to Nicmar.

Larsen Toubro and construction and engineering orders Division operates its own training center workers in Chennai.

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) is the creation of a training centre for its workers in Panvel in Mumbai in alliance with the City and Guilds of the United Kingdom. The brigade Bangalore group envisages the establishment of a training centre in a tie-up with Nicmar. The demand for skilled labour is undoubtedly increase of 11.9 percent during the period 2001-2002 is to 18.4 per cent in the years 2006-2007. Demand for labour is not likely to increase by 9.1 per cent during the period 2001-2002 to 9.6 per cent in the years 2006-2007. The construction is the second largest employer in relation to agriculture.

About 3.1 crore are employed in the construction sector, resulting in increased 10 per cent per annum. The proportion of skilled workers is likely to increase by 15.4 per cent of workers in 1995 - 1996 to 27.6 percent during the period 2004-2005. The Government of India 1724 takes place bodies industrial training (ITIS) and has 38 engineers and 26 non-technical trades.

After Nicmar, 100 training centres with 1000 seats are needed for the formal training of workers. The cost of capital is Rs5, 000 crore and training costs per year will be Rs50 crore. The training is the ability of 15000 workers annually in the certification report skills to 1000 per year.

Ludhiana, Aug 2 (PTI) Pearl Fashion Institute of Design Academy, said today it aims at the opening of institutions in China and Sri Lanka next year in collaboration with foreign textile companies to create the growing demand for professionals in the workforce in this sector Asian markets.

“There are many professionals labour demand in the Asian market, and we wish him emphasize the same thing. That is why we look forward to the opening of our institutions in China and Sri Lanka next year, “Academy of Pearl Group Fashions Director, (national and international) AKG Nair told PTI here.

He said that negotiations are underway with textile companies based in those countries to develop tie-ups for the creation of institutions.

The Academy, which is encouraged by the group of clothing Pearl Global Ltd, has already Institute in Dhaka and Sharjah.

Furthermore, R 50 crore have been allocated for infrastructure development of the Academy of Noida and institutes of Jaipur.

“We turn R 30 crore of the Institute of Noida and RS 20 crore, on the one hand hostels Jaipur in place and new buildings,” he said.

The institutes Chennai, New Delhi, Jaipur and Ludhiana, the Academy will also open its first facility in Mumbai, in collaboration with a group of media, he added.

The Academy Management Institute, a “Pearl School of Business Studies and American would Babson College under the Institute.

A wide variety of foodstuffs such as Pepsi-majors, HLL and ITC were the model contract farming with farmers. This is to ensure timely deliveries of raw materials of a quality standard set in advance of prices.

Pepsi made its first foray into this area in’89 tomatoes to the creation of a pulp mill in Punjab, subsequently sold HLL. Basmati rice is an important element of the Pepsi-export, while the growth in contracts peanut in a big way.

Then contract farming as a serious alternative to the distribution channels for the marketing of perishable?

It depends on a number of factors. One thing is the growth of the market for processed foods. Unless that is large enough, would be happy to lend small amounts from the free market.

Secondly, even if it is a request for processed products, it also depends on the willingness of companies to participate in the agriculture market. Abhiram Seth said, ED (exports), Pepsi: “Agriculture is a way for the transition to a market economy complete. If we could our demands of the free market, we would not be in the order in agriculture. ”

It would be good here for some of the older models around - that the Pepsi-operations in the Punjab. According to a researcher Pepsi agricultural deals with Punjab in the kindergarten, the size of their intervention is only 1-2 per cent (in terms of area) to the State. “We can not as a substitute for public procurement,” he says.

The same attitude is also reflected in government circles. An official cacp comments: “Although agriculture can be dealt with, indeed, prove beneficial for certain raw materials, international freight market is very volatile and stability of these agreements depends on how the market for processed food done. ”

For example, if international prices in touch with prices, the company remains obliged to withdraw the original contract? Pepsi argued, they often absorbed losses when farm prices do not have access to more on prices and contract terms were higher.

On the other hand, according to a recent study paper Sukhpal Singh, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat, where contracts with farmers are unequal, there are only a few incentives to stay.

For example, the entire risk could be banked on producers. In the document also asserts that only 40 farmers working odd Pepsi in its operations potatoes, and only 10 percent are requirements of the potato, by contractual agreements.

The rest comes from the open market. Thus, the private sector interventions are very low, a drop in an ocean of farmers.

Of course, there are many new tasks Pespi agricultural ventures in India and with some interesting changes, perhaps the more farmers, such models (details in the next series and knowledge in the rural economy).

In this context, the Ministers of Finance of the statement in the last economic additional weight is placed on developing agricultural areas of export subsidies (AEZs) could also positive on the creation of the same kind of links between farmers and end market on behalf of agriculture.

Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra), nodes-agency assistance to states for development of infrastructure for export (AIM) system of Kerala, has received proposals worth Rs 33.98 crore for the establishment of infrastructure exporting State.

They have since approved for assistance under the State-Level Export Promotion Committee (SLEPC) is with the sanction under the regulatory powers, the government said sources Business Line.

Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI), Cashew Export Promotion Council (CEPC) and Kerala State Industrial Enterprises (KSIE) are among those who have submitted their proposals.

Kinfra himself proposed a RS-7.25 crore water supply project for its Techno-Industrial Park in Kakkanchery in Malappuram circle.

The park provides facilities for the treatment of foodstuffs.

The regulation provides for the implementation of water from the Kadalundi river, 13 km.

The Thiruvananthapuram-Institute for Human Resources Development (IHRD) has proposed an Indian Institute of Management in export Kinfra High-Tech Park in Kalamassery with a total cost of Rs 7 crore

Of which, RS 4.2 crore be made available under the scheme purpose.

Kinfra and IHRD in each chip RS 1.4 crore for the first capital.

The Institute will seek to train professionals for the management of foreign trade logistics and human resources development, to meet the demand of the industry.

It is used by an association duly registered in possession of the Government of Kerala and IHRD Kinfra and member of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT).

The CRC has proposed in a modern laboratory for testing Cashew Kollam and other products.

The total cost for construction and equipment were crore RS 6.

The CRC has another proposal to install an electronic scale, the Pont de Cochin Port Trust premises at a cost of Rs 18 lakh.

KSIE a Rs 3.95 crore project for the expansion of exports to the Bay of Thiruvananthapuram Air Cargo complex and for the provision of necessary equipment.

This is in conformity with the safety specifications published by the Office for the Safety of Civil Aviation under the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.

The base Kochi Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) has proposed the creation of a central quality control laboratory for testing specializes in seafood according to EU standards against a tax of Rs 3.5 crore on

The proposal in the context of the controversy concerning a ban on exports of seafood latest from India in terms of quality reasons.

The Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) requires technical support schemes for industry in India, it is therefore necessary for the establishment of the laboratory.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), the governed, that imports must be from a processing plant unit of the practice and implementation of HACCP by the entire production chain .

The European Union is also insisting on the check-clean “system based on HACCP.

MPEDA has proposed the creation of 30 pre-treatment in the major centres of fish processing in the regions of Kerala at a cost of Rs 9 crore, for which a grant of Rs 90 lakh are made available under the scheme BUT .

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata its new operational centre of this academic year SMEs and the creation of a training centre for small and medium enterprises.

The IIFT, with their annual convocation on 5 April placement had a good season with the whole lot of jobs that the first day.

The convocation address would be the Minister of Commerce Kamal Nath and the secretary general of the Chamber of Commerce SN Menon, an official said.

The Kolkata centre is open to the growing demand for education in international commercial transactions and trade, said the release.