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.

The development of India Mr. NK need to take up the challenge to ensure that growth is just a meeting of stakeholders on the growth of multi-national Indian said. Participation in the two-day national conference organized by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) Business School, leader noted that during the Indian MNC can not find growth in itself a problem, Charts real challenge was just to success.

Among the measures proposed by experts, the promotion of competitive international industry has been enhanced regime, measures to strengthen the currency of India and respect international recognized quality standards.

K. Pandia Rajan, director, Ma faith Management Consultants, opened the conference on “multi-national Indian - Blazing New Trails”. A.V. Sivarama Prasad, Vice President (HR), KCP Biotech, R. Ramasubramanian, President, Sundaram brake linings and K. Srinivasan, Director General, Carborundum Universal also spoke.

About 50 delegates visit the meetings organized under the growing phenomenon in India of multinationals and their impact on the management of culture and education.

The last day of the conference will discuss topics such as Business Process Re-engineering of globalization, cross-cultural and professional challenges and solutions, as B are schools to cope with future challenges.

Hyderabad: Mere traditional academic knowledge is not enough, it must be up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge of the subject, with the skills, the right to employment opportunities emerging issues, “said The Bal V. Mohan, vice-chancellor, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Gunturu.

It was the opening of the workshop on the theme “education and career opportunities for students of trade flows” here Monday.

The workshop was organized by the Society for career Iqra. He said he was wrong to think that like chartered accountancy courses, Company Secretary, costs and works in the accounting was difficult to pass.

Those who, systematic and concerted efforts to succeed, “he added.

M.G. Gopal, secretary governor, briefed the flow of commerce students, and not merely as a leader in finding a job, but rather to providers of job opportunities in exploitation by the company. Banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and investment funds, it offers a multitude of employment opportunities, better suited to students were women, “said Gopal.

Other speakers such as T. Venkatesh, director of the ICFAI Business School, Bangalore, KV Achalpati OR, AVSN Murthy, president, Institute for costs and Works Accountants of India said vocational training in trade flows was the least expensive in comparison to other professional courses.

Previously, Abbas Ali Mohd of Osmania University, welcomed the students.

Lynn Marsh Kroeger, daughter of Mr. Hal Kroeger and Mrs. A. Scarborough, NY, and Vero Beach, Florida, was married yesterday by Robert W. Daly, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Daly Cold Spring Harbor, LI The Rev. Paul number, the ceremony at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Scarborough.

Barbara O. Blasch was matron of honour.

Richard T. Daly, his brother was the best man.

The bride, an assistant controller of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, studied at the Masters School, Brown University and the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration. She is a member of the Junior League of New York. His father, retired, is a founder of the R. & H. Kroeger organization, a management consulting firm in New York.

Mr. Daly is a management consultant in the field of genetic engineering and a director of the Quantronix Corporation, a manufacturer of laser Smithtown, LI, founded by his father, a nuclear physicist, is president. He graduated from Brown University and Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

Katherine Rose Novak, a director at Arthur Young & Co. in New York yesterday, was married to James Stockard Vick International Treasury Manager of American Standard Inc. in New York. The Rev. Thomas Buckley, the ceremony of the Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Medford, Mass.

The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Novak of Medford, is a graduate of Newton (Massachusetts) College and Sacred heart of the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration. His father, retired, he was a professor of science at Framingham, Massachusetts, and her mother, Claire Hassett Novak, a second career teachers to school in Medford Davenport. My maternal grandfather, the late George P. Hassel was a Democratic state legislator Massachuetts and City Clerk of Medford.

Mr. Vick is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Vick of Penfield, NY He was graduated from Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, Hamilton College and the NYU Graduate School of Business Administration. His father is an industrial management consultant and his mother, Louise Stockard Vick, founded the farm school for children in pre-Penfield. His Ur-Ur-grandfather, the late James Vick, James founded Vick Seed Company in Rochester.

The National Academy of Sciences, a private organization established by Congress in 1863 to advise the Federal Government, has elected 60 new members. The election brings the number of active members to 1,683.

The academy also named 15 nonvoting foreign associates, bringing their total to 298.

Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded an American scientist or engineer. The academy said election recognized “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

Following are the new members and their affiliations at the time of the election. New Members

Yakir Aharonov, professor of physics, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Paul G. Ahlquist, professor, Institute for Molecular Virology and department of plant pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Bishnu S. Atal, head, speech research department, A.T.& T. Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J.

Bruce S. Baker, professor of biological sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.

Ransom Lee Baldwin Jr., professor of animal science, University of California, Davis.

Denis Baylor, professor and chair of neurobiology, Stanford University.

Malcolm R. Beasley, professor of applied physics and electrical engineering, Stanford University.

Klaus Biemann, professor of chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Claude R. Canizares, professor of physics, head of the astrophysics division and director of the Center for Space Research, M.I.T.

Charles P. Casey, Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin.

C. Thomas Caskey, chief of medical genetics; professor of medicine and biochemistry; director, Institute of Molecular Genetics; Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Molecular Genetics, and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

The Chief General Manager Thiruvananthapuram Regional Office of the National Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (Nabard), Mr. Shekhawat Brunswick, said that the problems emerging in the banking sector can not be solved with solutions today.

Delivering his speech at a national seminar on “reforms of the banking sector in the new era” here recently organised by the Institute for the Management of Kerala (IMK), Mr. Shekhawat said that reform was a continuous process. The need of the hour was not perfect, but all the forces of excellence in its efforts to ensure that banks purveyed.

According to him, less than 10 per cent of funds paid by banks on their own, such a situation and asked for more stringent measures if banks in India have participated in international benchmarks in the industry.

Mr. Shekhawat is also trying, fears about loans for agricultural purposes based on the misconception that it is more risky than the industry loan programs. During the next few years, banks should look forward to the restoration increasingly on the requirements of new markets and services, he added.

Mr. Shekhawat took the floor to respond to a number of questions arise in the interactive session in the port.

Others said on the occasion of Mrs. Radha Unni, General Manager, State Bank of India, Kerala Circle, and Mr. Hari Kumar EC, Assistant General Manager, State Bank of Travancore, Thiruvananthapuram.

In his presentation on “The objectives of reforms in India”, Ms. Unni pointed out that in comparison with China, reforms have also been paced. The results were for all to see - and non-performing assets in the Chinese banking system had floated nearly 16 per cent, with comparative figures for India to the tune of more than nine per cent.

Ms. Unni said that future reforms Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), electronic billing and cross-selling is important role to play in defining the contours of the international competitiveness of the banking sector profile, which was the start of ‘India.

Mr. Hari Kumar’s presentation resided in detail with the sea, that changes in the banking sector, would be the year 2010. According to him, 50 percent of the time, banks and unproductive was necessary in order to be entitled to expect reorientation, much more important and productive efforts RTGS, multi-Commodity Exchanges (MCXs) interest rate risk d interest and management in order banks, for more competitive and profitable.

The Indian banking sector, he said, would be in a financial supermarket of the global dimension of the year 2010, he added.

Previously, Dr. Mr. Sivaraman, Director, Center for Management Development (CMD) and Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, opened the national conference. He stressed the need to reform the banking sector reach the common man and strengthen his life.

Dr. M.K. Ramachandran Nair, director, IMK, welcomed the Assembly, while Dr KS Chandrasekar, a member of the faculty to submit a proposal for a vote of thanks.

The Faculty of Management Studies, College of Materials Management (FMS) Jabalpur, a Business School Founded in 1994, admits 55 students per batch. Number of hits on the basis of benefits in terms of Madhya Pradesh common entrance test (MPJET). The Institute has a youth hostel, 154 students.

FMS covers 39 hectares.

It has 5 classrooms and an auditorium for 200 people. It has 75 computers with dial-up Internet. Suryavanshee RN is the director of SGF and A Natarajan is the president.

The need to set up a national-level statutory body for censoring advertisements has been stressed by the speakers at a seminar on `Misleading advertisements’ here recently.

They said constitution of a national level body had become necessary in the absence of a legal body vested with exclusive powers to deal with unfair advertisements.

Pointing out that countries like Britain had floated an exclusive statutory body like the `Advertising Standards Authority’ for effective censorship of advertisements, they wanted a similar unit to be constituted in India.

S. Pushpavanam, secretary, Consumer Protection Council, Tamil Nadu, which sponsored the seminar, said advertisements should furnish basic information like quality of the product, its price and performance. He said the Centre should evolve a code for checking any attempt to exploit the consumers.

S. Sundar, Head, Department of Management Studies, Shrimati Indira Gandhi College for Women, said advertisements should contain all relevant information, particularly when a dealer or firm offers special concessions in the form of rebates. Vague terms like `till the stock lasts’ or `conditions apply’ should be avoided and instead the quantum of stock available and the details about terms and conditions should be specifically spelt out.

Ganga Vidhya, a representative from the Advertising Standards Council of India, Mumbai, said the council initiated action based on genuine complaints against unfair advertisements.

The Director, Mudra Communications, Millind Jhadav, spoke on various advertisement techniques followed by ad agencies.

A resolution was adopted urging the Central government to form a legal body to censor advertisements.

A new forum called `Ad-watch’ comprising all those present as members and three co-ordinators, including Ganga Vidhya, was floated on the occasion. The public could contact `Ad-watch’ in connection with any advertisement-related complaints and clarifications.

The forum would contact its members through E-mail and initiate action against unfair advertisements, according to Mr. Pushpavanam.

A forum was recently on the AVC College of Engineering in Mayiladuturai in the district of Nagapattinam, in the interest of personality development and improving the communication skills of students.

Dr.Arun V. Parwate, Principal of the school, the need for students to improve communication capacity to face interviews for placement.

Dr S. Rama Nathan, Director, Department of Management Studies at the university, to coordinate the activities of the Forum stresses in a oratoire Honing’s capabilities and recalled that the forum would focus on this aspect.

The Forum has ambitious plans, many training programs to negotiate self-confidence among students. The current generation of engineering graduates should try to improve their communication skills to achieve employability, Dr.Ramanathan said.

The PG-Department of Computer Science, Hans Roever Than Thai College, Perambalur, the campus has organized an interview last week for its students, has just been passed out of college.

Of the 100 graduates fresh MCA, M.Sc. Science, M.Sc. Information Technology skills, participated in the interrogation by the Nagpur-based Software Development Firm-Master-Software, ten candidates were approved by the company to its partners are working on sites in Tamil Nadu, as a trainee software engineers with a package of wage moderation. The company recruits Freshers exclusively for software management College, promised on the recruitment of candidates with skills in Hindi, in its development based Nagpur in central and northern India. The provision of training and troubleshooting.

The Master Marketing Executive Sivakumar software, and Software Engineer, Nitin Dange the interview conducted in the presence of the Principal, V. Ganesan, director, Duraisamy. The company also announced its plans for the recruitment of qualified candidates in the basement of the college for data entry.

The activities of the association Chemistry - Resonansone Club - JJ College of Arts and Science, Namanasamudram, Pudukottai district, was inaugurated in a function held recently.

N. Kalaiselvi, scientific, Advanced Battery Division, CECRI, Karaikudi, a conference on “Next Generation” current sources green “on the occasion.

A stated Dr. Kalaiselvi lithium batteries play an important role in various electronic devices. With the scratch, “said Dr Kalaiselvi the various potential candidates for secondary batteries. She gave an exhaustive account of the different types of lithium batteries, which could be regarded as the next generation of energy sources environmentally friendly. His briefing the various activities of the CECRI. Several models of lithium batteries have been an opportunity for students and was surprised to see a little size batteries to play an important role in food.