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.

It will make wonders, but the fact is that tuition at the University of Delhi (DU) remained the same for over six decades.

“Each day, students pay R 30 for a cup of coffee and R 10 for cars, parking. But the monthly charges remained in the studies R 15 and R 18 for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, and since 1938,” said Vice-Chancellor Deepak Nayyar YOU.

“How long lunch is also available?” he asked. Nayyar standpoint, it is a necessity for the university, their fee structure.

Several students have said they are not just the idea of a tax hike. Given the general increase in income and standard of living, English (Honours), the first year student at St. Stephen’s, Sushmit Sarkar, that higher education was made “at affordable prices” today.

“The university lean costs appear in the report on the” obscenely high fees, some private schools and institutions of the loading operation. Those who can not afford more money for higher education, “he said.

Bemerkte Anjalli Ravi Kumar, a second-year MBA student at the Faculty of Economics of the company: “There is no doubt that we pay much less than what we are able, are willing to pay” . To say that the tuition increases is a step in the right direction, but she stressed that the University must be sensitive to students from lower layers during economic structure of the new taxes.

With the consistent view, Tripti Parule a final-year student in journalism at Kalindi College, said: “We should not lose sight of the fundamental principle of education for all”. “She suggested that the new fee structure is divided into categories based on different income groups.” The section should be financially weak surrender of fees monitoring of subsidies on other weaknesses in the economic hierarchy, “said Parule.

While supporting the idea of a concession for the most weak, the dean of students’ welfare, YOU, Hema Raghavan warned that “things on a silver platter should not lead to assess” . She explains: “In addition to subsidies, we are introducing innovations” Earn while-you-learning “for the disadvantaged section, they can target employees within the university or institution for the plaintiffs’ employment, as a reserve audit in libraries,… In this way, they are aware of the value of grants them. ”

However, there is a section of the community of students - and an influential political in one - to resist any form of movements in the direction of increased fees. The Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) would protest against such an approach, “said DUSU President Nakul Bhardwaj. “Almost 70% of students come from lower-middle class families and even a minimum increase of costs, they can have effects,” he said.

Recognizing that the tax revision “can not be dictated by ‘, but by reflection, consultation and consensus,” Nayyar said: “We must ensure that those who can not afford, not only do not pay, but receive full fees - Liberation. ”

He added: “Universities are now functioning serious resource crunch.Higher education should be financed by the government. Universities should be completed by this attempt at mobilization of resources. “