Leading business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Genpact has roped in professors from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow to give its employees lessons in management skills and improving productivity.

Through electronically enabled interactive sessions, workers at Genpact’s operation hubs in Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Jaipur will learn the finer nuances of management, soft skills and strategic planning from senior professors of the business school.

This is an e-certificate programme in general management (e-CPGM) and there are 119 participants, most of whom have worked for one to three years.

“The objective of this programme is to develop managerial capabilities among people who are at the early stages of their career to enable them to effectively undertake managerial responsibilities,” said Ajay Singh, course director of IIM Lucknow.

The programme is divided into 12 modules. Keeping in mind the requirements of the industry, the modules are designed to create managerial and leadership competence among the professionals. There are 120 hours of e-enabled interactive sessions.

Singh said the programme was being run from IIM Lucknow’s Noida campus, which was being developed as a centre of excellence in the area of executive education.

The India headquartered Genpact operates service delivery centres in India, China, Hungary, Mexico, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and the US.

HYDERABAD: ICFAI Business School representatives M.V.R. Raja Satish and Rallapalli Raghuram won first prize at the NTPC ‘Electron Quiz’ Southern Regional Final competition held in the city on Monday.

Over 42 teams from various engineering and management colleges across the twin cities took part in the quiz competition and top three teams from the competition would take part in the national finals to be held at New Delhi, said a press release.

On the occasion, NTPC General Manager (Commercial) presented cash awards of Rs. 15,000, Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 6,000 respectively to the top three winners.

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.

Hewlett-Packard announced India, the development of its campus on the Move “initiative today to promote their products and solutions portfolio, under the earth the first educational institutions.

As part of the initiative, HP, while running a series of roadshows, including coverage of the main cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Salem, Trichy and other regions.

Talking about the initiative, P Raghuraman, Country Manager - Business Notebooks, Hewlett Packard, India said: “We agree with HP, the gap between what industry and academia who teach. Thanks to our success “Campus on the Move” initiative, we hope that with major universities across the country, improvement of school curricula so that they can to meet the needs of industry. ”

Under this initiative, HP offers the retail window for educational institutions for the implementation of information technology infrastructure, laptops, desktops and workstations, simple option of leasing measure After-Sales and Support. Many institutions have benefited from the implementation of “Campus with a wireless laptop with students to learn from anywhere on campus.

In recent years one of laptops, HP has delivered some of the most prestigious institutions such as symbiosis of India, Wellingkar, Manipal, Amity Business School, IIPM, Kalinga, Xavier’s Institute of Management, Sri Mahavir Jain, etc.

Hewlett-Packard, India’s Roll-out “Campus on the Move” initiative for the year 2006 to promote its products and solutions portfolio in the country schools.

As part of the “Campus on the Move ‘, HP, while running a series of roadshows, including coverage of the cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Salem and Trichy, among others.

Under this initiative, HP offers the retail window for educational institutions for the implementation of information technology infrastructure, laptops, desktops and workstations, simple option of leasing measure After-Sales and Support. Many institutions have benefited from the implementation of “Campus with a wireless laptop with students to learn from anywhere on campus.

P. Raghuraman, Country Manager, Business HP laptops, India, said: “We at HP, recognizes the gap between what industry and academia who teach. Thanks to our success,” Campus on the Move “initiative we hope to reach a major universities across the country, improvement of school curricula so that they can to meet the needs of industry. ”

In recent years one of laptops, HP has delivered some of the most prestigious institutions in India, as symbiosis, Wellingkar, Manipal, Amity Business School, IIPM, Kalinga, Xavier’s Institute of Management, Sri Mahavir Jain, etc.

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

November 1 (PTI Economic Service): NIIT, the name is synonymous with information technology services and solutions providers so far, has recently diversified in the training of managers and professionals Banking. To that end, the company has three new schools - - NIIT Imperia for the training of management personnel; NIIT Litmus qualified personnel for human resources companies and hunger IFBI ITES (Institute of Finance, banks and insurance), to meet the exponential growth of financial services sector in India and overseas markets. NIIT has already announced an investment of about Rs 27 crore in the next three years for all new businesses. Under the IFBI and Imperia, it is first six centres, which would be increased from 15 at the end of next year and 75 in 2009.

In the first phase of strengthening Litmus, NIIT, four specialised centres in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. In the next three years, Litmus centres in about 150 cities. With NIIT Imperia, a person does not need a break from the bid management graduate of the Indian Institute of Management (IIMS). Three IIMS - Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Indore and the executive are now its development programmes at the disposal of six distance-learning Center in the country on the technology available to NIIT. NIIT has recently announced a public-private partnership with three IIMS to start Imperia, the management of labour market training frameworks for synchronous learning with technology. The content, teaching and certification and knowledge of the area is one of IIMS, while technology, synchronization classrooms across the country and managing the education system are distributed by NIIT. “Currently we have six advanced learning centers in six cities (the four metros and Bangalore and Hyderabad) for an investment of 5 crore business in the next three to five years, we hope to reach 75 cities of RS 20 crore investment, ”NIIT Chairman Rajendra S Pawar said.

First, two programs each participant IIMS would be proposed. It includes three general management programmes for professionals with a minimum of three years experience, six or 10 years, Indore IIM, Ahmedabad and Calcutta, respectively. A strategic programme of Business Communication of IIM Ahmedabad, a course on finance Applied IIM Calcutta and a programme of sales and marketing management of IIM Indore are available. The programs are pricing in the field of R-54000-R 2.00000. The content, teaching and certification programs under the Imperia is one of IIMS and technology synchronous classrooms across the country and management of education system would be distributed by NIIT, he added . — Learning synchronous technology allows remote access to classrooms to live with the Faculty teaching establishments. The classes will be run after working hours and weekends, allowing students to continue their work and education simultaneously. Under the system of the Faculty, an internal studio is located inside the campus of the IIMS and students, through meetings, interactive two-way video and audio and other software to replicate face-to - face teaching. The diversification of hunting activities in the head of the company, NIIT has also recently a new institute, NIIT The court, which would have qualified personnel human resources ITES hunger.

India is emerging as a laboratory for testing out new technologies and business models for narrowing the digital divide between urban and rural people in a developing economy.

Lack of Internet and telephone connectivity in rural India, where over 70 per cent of the Indian population lives, is a major challenge for a number of authorities, NGOs (nongovernment organizations) and multilateral aid organizations. The business sector is also discovered that relays the digital divide could translate into new markets open.

For example, HP Labs, India, which was established in Bangalore earlier this year, Palo Alto, CA, Hewlett-Packard Co., is developing products for markets in rural India . “Our technology has been placed on three areas - information available to the technical means to use Indian languages, improvement of connectivity options, outside major cities are not currently have adequate access to the Internet and affordable devices, “said Srinivasan Ramani, director of HP Labs India.

“For example, we are working to create an Indian language for taking over experimental PC can be used for four users simultaneously,” said Ramani.

HP Labs, India is also to examine how digital photography, you can a second source of income for the village kiosks, access to computers and the Internet, and is also experimenting with techniques developed by its parent company, Palo Alto laboratory, Low bandwidth multimedia communications. “Teachers and students can create their own stories and presentations with such a system,” said Ramani.

Private sector participation in projects to strengthen the digital divide in India is likely to increase, Ved Prakash Sharma, director of information technology (IT) and computer and communication specialist of the National Agricultural Technology Project of the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management in Hyderabad. “Everyone by moderators, there was a chance to these initiatives, and that is good,” said Sharma. “The growth of the Indian economy of rural areas, a large number of customers for technology companies. ”

Projects in the public sector are also fashion and the establishment of communication infrastructures. Media Lab Asia (MLA), based in Mumbai, is setting up an 802.11 wireless network standard consistent with Internet and voice connectivity to India, the rural masses. Established by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ’s Media Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in tandem with the Indian government, MLA focuses on the development and deployment of technological solutions for closing the digital divide in developing economies.

Assessment Project 802.11 for rural connectivity is anchored MLA research centre in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur. From four villages around Kanpur, the project plans for a “corridor of information” between the cities of Kanpur and Lucknow in North India, which account for about 25 villages along the road. MLA plans deployment of 802.11, which until now have not been used in rural India, connectivity, because of its lower cost, according to Dheeraj Sanghi, MLA scientists at IIT Kanpur research centre.

While it is premature to the impact of recent initiatives MLA and HP, previous projects to provide solutions to bridge the digital divide, report remarkable success. The telecommunications and computer networks (Tenet) in the group, Chennai-based Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, developed in-house corDECT Wireless Local Loop (WLL) for the provision of technologies and Internet connectivity to 250 votes Community Kiosks offer these services to over 700000 people in rural India, according to Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor of Electrical Engineering Department of IIT Madras, and director of the Tenet. The wireless local loop based on micro-mobile, DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications), standard ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute).

The National Textile Corporation (NTC) South Maharashtra Limited, regulates the 18 mills proposes Maharashtra, the modernization of nine of its mills to offer high quality products to its customers, “said the director of NTC-UK Tripathi .

Speaking at an interactive session-cum-Finlay products of the workshop here on Friday, he said that the SRG SSR that Tie-up for the manufacture and sale of the product Finlay Mills, come from different varieties of dhotis, sarees, my Tops very honourable Members, bracelets, T-shirts and other materials market demand.

The NTC, the renovation of the mill is located in Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nanded, Barshi, Dhule and Chalisgaon modern equipment in a short period and issue certificates to distributors to reduce the double Finlay manufacturers mark.

The direction is also considering franchise with local companies to Hyderabad for the development of the market. Instead of rebates, it is company loyalty cards and rewards to customers, “said Tripathi.

The company has a target of RS 2 crore this year, he added. NTC Chief General Manager (Marketing) JK Baweja, Mumbai Education Trust (MET) Institute for Management representatives of the PP and distribution Mhetros officers.

Asia’s largest health sector, Singapore-based Parkway Group Healthcare, in a joint venture with Mumbai-based Asian Heart Institute and Research Centre (AHIRC) for the establishment of specialized medical centres of excellence Mumbai. Parkway owns a majority stake in the joint venture participation. The exact format is set.

Parkway received a management contract with the consent of holders AHIRC for the management and operation of infrastructure of 250 hospital beds heart. In a first step, the company proposes to Singapore, India bring their internationally recognized living donor liver transplantation.

The partnership is also considering cooperation in the oncology and orthopedics. This super-speciality centres are AHIRC’s Bandra-Kurla installation and co-branding of both partners.

Mumbai Parkway east entrance as part of its strategy to expand the footprint of their feet in India. It was Schlachtgetümmel for the acquisition of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in Delhi and to develop plans, whether through acquisitions, large enterprises.

Currently, the Parkway Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata with Apollo Hospitals. It also has a centre PET-CT for diagnosing cancer than Hyderabad.

$ 500m Parkway The group recently launched a controlling stake acquired the participation of Pantai Holdings, Malaysia the leading provider of health care. With this acquisition, the total number of hospitals under control Parkway to 15

According to the head of international operations Parkway, Vivek Jetley, AHRI Parkway and cooperate to specialized health centres of excellence in Mumbai by the leverage effect on business in Singapore to cut the medical know-how and long experience in health management.

“Asian Heart Institute has an excellent reputation in Mumbai to the heart of world-class infrastructure and management under the leadership of Dr Rama Kant Panda. The new centre of excellence in tap water more extensive know-how Parkway, for health research are provided with high standards, quality of care provided to patients and better treatment outcomes, “he said.

Regarding the interest of his company in India, “said Jetley private health care in the country, industry offers great potential and added that the increased purchasing power in India, had created an increased demand for medical services of high quality Delivery.