Bangalore, Jan. 5 - The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, with Infosys Technologies launches its programme of PG-management software company in Chennai.

In announcing the opening of Wednesday, Mr. Abhay K. Ojha, President, Post-Graduate SEM IIMB, said: “Seven years later, it offers Bangalore, we feel the program was quite ripe for another city.” There was a strong demand for courses in Chennai and Hyderabad.

According to Professor Ojha, Hyderabad, Chennai, after the experience stabilized.

PGSEM is two years, a general management program for mid-career professional software. Students for the program are selected by the CAT, the IIMS, even if this year being audited for candidates.

REM, like other management course consists of a core courses and a number of choices of materials. Infosys has proposed the program Mahindra City on its campus in the city, but the program is open to candidates from all companies. More than 45 candidates are selected in Chennai.

According to Professor Ojha, the weekend in Chennai programme is the same as that in Bangalore in the IIMB campus.

The classes in Chennai is synchronous with two-way audio and video, with the help of technology to support an intense interaction between teacher and students in Chennai and Bangalore.

Faculty are also travel to Chennai every few weeks to live classes, and facilitate interactions class. “We are very excited by them, as it offers us the opportunity to explore new paradigms and new technologies,” said Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys Technologies.

Business schools offer programs niche more and more to specific sectors. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), rural development, the Institute of Management Anand (IRMA), in collaboration with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to face the dairy sector. Management Development Institute in Gurgaon began a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Research in Mumbai launched a management course in detail, in collaboration with Pantaloon.

Due to the significant growth in the telecommunications sector Bharti Tele-Ventures has funded school Bharti telecommunications, technology and management of the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

However, there are doubts about the sustainability and acceptance programs. Given that the institutions want to avoid risks, they start programs on a small scale and not to increase their resources. Schools are also lack the Faculty domain with a savoir-faire.

Pay scales are poor, in order to make the most of the industry.

Niche schools are likely to be successful if they can broaden their offering and focus always in place. XLRI, positions itself as the school offers postgraduate programme in human resource management and working relationship with general administration.

Atul Tandan, Director, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA) — one of India’s premier communications management institutes — talks to Archana Mohan about investing in technology, research and his plans for MICA.
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What can be expected from MICA in 2007? Any plans to expand to other cities?

In 2007, MICA would be launching new courses in Health Management with an emphasis on studying water, sanitation and hygiene issues in the country, the doctor-patient relationship, and the like. We might also launch a programme in new media or digital media which is the need of the hour today

Job experience is crucial while studying a management course and many companies have corporate MBA programmes

EXPLAINING THINGS: Management students discussing their curriculum.

I have completed my engineering (ECE) and want to pursue MBA. I don’t know whether to pursue MBA directly or first join a company and then take up the course. Which is better? Which option should I take up in MBA?

Prakash Kumar

Placements in all institutions are a must, and if you are being provided placement in a good company, then you should take it up, unless you clear CAT and join any of the top B-Schools.

A job is always good, as it brings in the experience and today one finds that a good number of companies have tied up with institutions of repute and are providing quality education in the office premises. Institutions include Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and Symbiosis. Even the IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management) are chipping in with corporate MBA programmes.

One can pursue education in any good corporate entity as companies are using this method to retain and train associates who have potential and help them in their career in a qualitative fashion.

Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) has entered into a partnership with Hughes Escorts Communications Ltd to launch an education programme on business management through broadband satellite connection. Hughes Escorts is a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems of the US. Hughes Escorts is setting up a studio in XLRI campus at Jamshedpur at a cost of Rs3 crore.

XLRI intends to conduct the course live in 14 cities across India from Sep 2002. The 14-month, 360-hours course is expected to cost Rs1.50 lakh per student.

INS Hamla headquartered in Mumbai, logistics, training centre for the Indian Navy, which recently celebrated its golden jubilee. Hamla role is the training of officers and sailors of the Indian Navy in the areas of logistics, management, general administration, information technology and catering at serve in the Navy. In addition, trained staff of naval forces from 18 friendly countries.

The centre is equipped galleys model used to assist trainees in their duty aboard ships. Hamla was in close collaboration with the renowned civil institutions in the different courses. His long and logistics management Course (LLMC) is connected to the University of Goa and its ad-Writer Store is a member of the course in Pune’s Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies.

KOLKATA: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta soon strong competition for market share relatively new participant in top-notch B education - IIT Kharagpur.

IIM-C will be hard to compete with IIT-Kharagpur
The Department of the Union for the development of human resources was Rs 10 crore a development plan of the elite of the Institute with a view to modernizing the management of its programme for the 2004 session. The course is regarded as the spokesman for synchronization of the management of the superior courts in the country, but the fees are cheaper than the IIM s.

IIT-K, which assesses the state university, has been created by a Master of Business Management (ABM), of course, at its Vinod Gupta School of Management since 1993, but on a smaller scale, for a handful of ‘IIT students.

“We had our plans to expand the MHRD last year, after the project has been removed from our body. Our proposals were adopted, and we can now increase meat and bone meal from 120 seats in the first year, the Dean of the IIT studies Kalyan Chakraborty told TNN.

The IIT Kgp-management course is supposedly the best in the country. In addition, only a diploma IIMs, because they are not on the status of the university, but two years IIT MBM assigns a comprehensive program completion.

However, it is useful to the IIT in the management, of course, Kgp will not be easy, given that the registration of the test is more difficult, as CAT. In addition, it is only the first category B or BE degree of proprietary technology. First Class in M Sc degree holders or M-com or economics may also apply only if they are at least in the mathematics of their graduation.

“In addition, our tax rate is lower than IIMs - Rs 90000 per year, against their Rs 1.30 lach. We said that we subsidize MHRD, could be when he wishes, and to increase our staffing, “said Chakraborty. “Our course is carefully tailored to the needs of industry.

We are in our Business School Styling on the lines of MIT Business School - Alfred Sloan Institute of Management. ”

More than 20000 square metres, is added to state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories, common rooms and a cafeteria. A youth hostel of 250 rooms is also built.

The MHRD has promised to help finance the project, but IIT-K would cover the costs of funds of the Foundation for now.

The Board also MHRD of the Institute B-run school for driving on the labour force. So for the first time, the school is a postgraduate diploma in business management at its extension in Calcutta and Bhubaneshwar.

NEW DELHI, FEB. 13 The courage and presence of the rare shows spirit, a young student management Delhi contributed to the police that two people had begun allegedly robbed and killed a man in Delhi Cantonment, in the south-west of Delhi. The Good Samaritan the duo has a long continued hunting and police information Control Room (PCR) van just-in-time, whereby the accused were arrested.

According to the police, Shailender Nayak, a resident of Basai Darapur, west of Delhi and works as a sales executive with a private company, was on its way to the office, when it’s no longer his scooter the road near Dhaula Kuan Brar Square at about 8 - 45 hours to relieve themselves. Then came two men in the back and two erstach him behind his back. When he collapsed, the duo by far its mobile phones and other property. The Police Control Room (PCR) received the call of the incident at 8-55 hours Shailender was needed at the Base Hospital, where he died of his injuries, some time later.

At about the same time, Varun Sachdeva, lives in Rajouri Garden, west of Delhi, by accident on his motorcycle. He was on the path of Fore School of Management, Qutab Institutional Area, where he attended a management course. Varun witnesses to the incident and hunting the duo started on his scooter. The attacker tries to cross smooth conduct Varun zigzag in the street, but Varun persists.

After about 10 minutes of hunting - Dhaula Kuan at Teen Murti, then head Vijay Chowk - Varun stamped PCR van, V-38, standing on Hukmi Bai Dalhousie Margrete intersection near Vijay Chowk in New Delhi about 9-05 hours

The message was clignotés PCR vans and five of hunting has begun, according to the authors, the Crusaders Vijay Chowk and manages the railways to reach Bhawan roundabout. They began therefore, turns in the roundabout down a police command. However, the PCR van corner finally managed to Raisina Road. Although the aggressors, whipped cream, knives, they were overwhelmed by the police.

Two bloody knives and a mobile phone were filed by the accused who have been identified as Raju and Munna, both residents of Madanpur Khadar, in the south of Delhi.

During interrogation of the accused, who Shailender tingling, caused his death. She told the police that drug addicts and they are used for such flights, money for his daily dose. She confessed himself, knives used on many occasions, but was never caught. Raju has, however, been arrested in another case, police in Uttar Pradesh and jail Murad Abad had only one month. Your determinants are still under consideration.

In recognition of the courage displayed Varun, the Delhi Police has announced a reward of 2,000 case for him. The team PCR was also rewarded.