It is that time of the year again when thousands of students across the country appear for a slew of entrance examinations conducted by various business schools in the country.

This year, the examinations begin on November 11 and end on January 6. Unfortunately, Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) and ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test (IBSAT) are scheduled on the same day (December 16).

Speaking to The Hindu, Ajay Arora, Director, Triumphant Institute of Management Education, Bangalore centre, said that the clash in the dates of a few management aptitude tests is not uncommon. “I do not know what the fuss is all about. Every year, something similar happens,” he said.

Last year, the entrance exam for Faculty of Management Studies and Narsee Monjee Aptitude Test were held on the same day. “One cannot blame the institutions for the clash in dates. The best time to conduct the entrance tests is between November and January, as the students will not be over-burdened with mid-term examinations,” Mr. Arora said.

The admission cycle is such that for a programme to commence in June, the entrance test must be conducted between November and January, so that the results may be announced in April. Mr. Arora said that around 20,000 students of the country appear for the IBSAT and 18,000 to 20,000 appear for SNAP. “The question is how many of those students will appear for both the entrance tests. That group is not very big. The number of students ‘affected’ is minimal,” he said.

Serious lack of talent and the labour shortage experienced, particularly in emerging sectors such as retailing pushes companies like Dabur, Tesco, Patni and HDFC to start specialized courses with institutions in the country, for its current and potential collaborators.

Leeni O’Connor, factories Tesco HSC quality management of the team, swear on the course. Tesco operates a retail certification course Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) and Integrated Retail Management Consultants (IrMC), Bangalore. The course covers the entire Supply Chain, the movement of raw materials from the camp of camp and the final sale. “It helped us to understand the dynamics of management of retail,” says Ms. O’Connor.

While Tesco offers its employees, Pantaloon began full-time post-graduate Retail Management courses for students and workers of six colleges - Narsee Monjee Institute of Management, Mumbai and Bangalore; BLS Institute of Management, ghaziabad; Chennai Business School , Chennai, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Calcutta; Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneshwar, and Indira Institute, Indore.

“Each institution has about 50 students per batch, including 10 employees are Pantaloon,” says Sanjay Jog, Head of Human Resources in Pantaloon. Employees are given a period of two years of paid leave and half the price of progress. Some companies, like Patni Computer have developed specialized courses in Supply Chain in collaboration with SP Jain Institute of Management.

The courses are part of the year MBA program. Milind Padalkar, Senior Vice-President and Director of Enterprise Solutions, Patni said: “The curriculum in most schools is obsolete. It helps the campus factor in the current needs of industry. Dabur s on the other side is to design a course of six months for their employees front lines in collaboration with SP Jain Institute of Management.

In addition to this, Dabur is also contributing, in curricula for students and provide work for the Front-End Dabur India. The course will be structured and constructed, Sales & Marketing on the basis of modern trade and institutional channels of the organization. “This course is not only help fill the gap by reducing friction by 20 per cent, but also the time to close the gap to replace a worker who has just finished,” said one Sudhakar, Executive Vice-President, HR, Dabur India.

Some like HDFC Bank are looking for candidates for the spot care recent fields. The Bank is closely linked to university Welingkar for super-super specialization on SME banking. Says Aseem Dhru, Executive Vice-President, HDFC Bank, with banks until mid-Catering market is growing by 30 percent compared to an average, we find the demand for professional management experts in this segment to grow. “He adds that students clearly a test at the end of the course successfully, Stand A Chance to the exercise of his employment with the bank.

Similarly, the organisation of pharmaceutical producers of India (oppi), a course for students ISB in the pharmaceutical industry. V Ajit Dangi, director general oppi, explains the acquisition and retention of talent in the pharmaceutical industry has become a challenge. This specialized course to ensure knowledge and a deeper commitment in the sector.

With the shortage of talent to reach crisis proportions, expect the trend to gain momentum for the future. HDFC Bank plans to introduce this specialization in other institutions too. Pantaloon is closely linked to Madurai Kamaraj University for a distant BBA-learning courses for Class 10 and 12 graduates.

After a professorship at Welingkar, responding to student loans for SMEs was grandiose, so far it says and the Institute of linking plans for a corporate network to provide microfinance as a super - specialization.

Mumbai: Parimal traders, a coordinator during the SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) assumes Wall of China must not be an obstacle to its students education. Thus, during the past year, the Institute has its disciples after China A study tour.

It was a great learning experience for his students, distributors said, adding that the visit has helped them understand how the Chinese economy develops in the world despite a little less hands-d ‘workforce. “They have learned how to save money and the USP of Chinese products,” he said. “Study trips abroad provide new students learning in the field,” says Kaufmann.

Going shot outdoors, is an emerging trend in management of schools. Indeed, experts say, it is not surprising that study tours soon required a module management studies.

As the management of institutions Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) and IIM Ahmedabad also has its students in Malaysia and China last year. Vice-Chancellor of the University of NMIMS NM Kondap believes that the entire focus of management training is currently a change. “Study tours are of crucial importance.

We do not want our students do bookish information on aspects of human relationships and society, “he said.

Southeast Asia is the destination for most management institutions. SPJIMR fulfills its students, Korea, Taiwan, Thai, Japan, China Hong Kong and a vortex of wind on the 20 day Tour. Distributors said: “It is the best learning of the earth, such as Indian conditions and still manages to their constraints.”

The Tour provided first-hand information on South Korea, which was at war until 1965 and is today one of the strongest growing economies. The trip, including shipbuilding shipyard Hyundai, the biggest in the world and an inspiration since its founder Chung Ju-Yung was son of a poor farmer, “says Merchant.

Similar is the case with Japan, which has the ashes of World War II, a leader in the global economy.

“There is much to learn about the work culture of the Japanese, whose emphasis on quality, punctuality and interpersonal relationships,” says Merchant.

However, strategy consultant KA Ramakrishnan, itself is an IIM-C-Alumnus, said that spending a few hours in a company are not a big help. Rama Krishna said: “An internship in a company for about two weeks, maybe help students understand the business. But companies should be home loans for their growth strategies and mystery. ”

Ramakrishnan, but agree that the competitive global marketplace today, which allows companies to students in other parts of the world is not a bad idea.

“If a trainee management meets as an actor on the market, is it already knowledge on international trade,” he said.

LOS ANGELES - Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) announced the appointment of Shekhar Sethu as CEO, India.

In this capacity, Sethu for all businesses. Sethu has over 15 years experience in managing retail and brands of consumer products in India and South Asia, with an extensive background in the areas of sales, marketing and strategic planning.

Before his arrival at Herbalife, Sethu was director general of India and South Asia for Schwarzkopf Professional, a French multinational company, which is part of Henkel participates hair care products. Paste blackhead in 2001, he was responsible for putting in place the company in India, as well as all strategic initiatives regarding investment, products and geographic expansion.

Previously, Sethu adidas with India for about 5 years before finally regional directors main suppliers of business development and retail distribution for India and South Asia. In addition, he has 5 years experience in distribution and sales management of the use of the property market.

Shekhar holds a masters degree in marketing management Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) University of Bombay in India, and a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in political science and history of Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) announced the appointment of Shekhar Sethu as CEO, India.

In this capacity, Sethu for all businesses.

Sethu has over 15 years experience in managing retail and brands of consumer products in India and South Asia, with an extensive background in the areas of sales, marketing and strategic planning.

Before his arrival at Herbalife, Sethu was director general of India and South Asia for Schwarzkopf Professional, a French multinational company, which is part of Henkel participates hair care products.

Paste blackhead in 2001, he was responsible for putting in place the company in India, as well as all strategic initiatives regarding investment, products and geographic expansion.

Previously, Sethu adidas with India for about 5 years before finally regional directors main suppliers of business development and retail distribution for India and South Asia.

In addition, he has 5 years experience in distribution and sales management of the use of the property market.

Shekhar holds a masters degree in marketing management Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) University of Bombay in India, and a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in political science and history of Osmania University, Hyderabad.

About Herbalife

Herbalife is a global network of sales company sells weight management, nutritional supplements and personal care products with a healthy lifestyle.

Herbalife products in 62 countries through a network of over one million independent distributors.

The company supports the Herbalife Family Foundation and its Casa Herbalife programme of good nutrition for children.

The enthusiasm was evident in the western part of the Business Today skilled Standard Chartered Acumen 2003: The National B-School Challenge, the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, in cooperation with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Some of the region’s finest B students have access to itching, the benefits of fame career. And, of course, a chance, to win first prize in a two-week summer course at Middlesex University in London.

One day in the middle of picturesque region NITIE’s Powai campus, saw volleyball in volleyball to discuss measures to address issues such as “Eat or be eaten” and “Leadership is an innate talent” Only Paranoiden survival ” and “Corporate Hierarchy Is Obsolete. “The teams have weaker” eaten “at this stage.

Two days which will be packaged NITIE impressive capacity of the auditorium, given the intensity of competition. The semi-final of the discussions were guests of the team and Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM-I) Bord of their opponents, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), and Nirma Institute of Management Studies (NIMS) .

Pulses in the hall was running through time of the final qualification and western decisive debate fate. The theme de’We allegedly failed to build India ‘brand well known pleasure BT followers of other debates, was sufficient for the hall of the brain ticking in the hope that a large clash of viewpoints. The team at home NITIE spoke in favour of this report, and I IIM opposite. And indeed, the arguments are scheduled steam, both teams get wet example against the example of their points. While India NITIE’s Law and Order cracks in the case of Central, IIM-I harped on the spirituality and Sachin. The debate focused on the side of right, and he was finally, the judge saw the issues of the team at home, the same trip. The participants all schwitzenden and language, linked to the heat of the smart few games luzide threw reflection on her. Thus, IIM, I go to the finals of the whole of India.

The area of competition, a study by the prestigious Joy Bhattacharya, has been reduced to a struggle between Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), SP Jain and LN Welingkar. It was an interesting thing, and many left again a brain responsible (chewn and nail). The public has enthusiastically sponsored by the Gift Cheque Park Avenue, FasTrack watches titanium and other sponsored Giveaways. In the end approached, but it was a competition between Jamnalal Bajaj and SCMHRD, the latter finally gain of the day and a place where all-India final is scheduled to take place at some point later in Delhi.

So far, we have SCMHRD IIM-I and the western part of the zone, the opposition Front against the Delhi University’s Faculty of Management Studies (FM) from the north. What are the teams it is in the southern and eastern regions? Keep track.
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The gusto was evident at the western qualifiers of the Business Today-Standard Chartered Acumen 2003: The National B-School Challenge, held at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, in association with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Some of the region’s finest B-school students were itching to grab some pre-career glory. And, of course, a chance of winning the grand prize-a two-week summer course at Middlesex University, London.

Day one, amidst the scenic environs of NITIE’s Powai campus, saw volley after volley of debating action, with topics ranging from ‘Eat or to be eaten’ and ‘Leadership is an inborn talent’ to ‘Only the paranoid survive’ and ‘Corporate hierarchy is obsolete’. The weaker teams got ‘eaten’ away at this stage.

Day Two, held at NITIE’s impressive packed-to-capacity auditorium, saw the intensity of competition rise. The semi-final debates saw the host team and Indian Institute of Management-Indore (IIM-I) edge out their respective opponents, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) and Nirma Institute of Management Studies (NIMS).

Pulses across the hall were racing by the time the Western qualifier’s final and vital debate kicked off. The topic-’We have failed to build brand India’-though familiar to keen followers of other BT debates, was enough to get the hall’s brains ticking in anticipation of a major clash of viewpoints. The home team NITIE spoke for the motion, and IIM-I against. And indeed, the arguments got expectedly steamy, with both teams oozing example against example to fit their points. While NITIE turned India’s law-and-order cracks into its central case, IIM-I harped on spirituality and Sachin. The debate went right to the edge, however, and it was eventually the judges’ questions that saw the home team trip itself up. The contestants found themselves all sweaty and tongue-tied under the heat of some smart yet lucid brainteasers thrown at them. Thus did IIM-I go through to the all-India finals.

The zone’s quiz contest, conducted by the renowned Joy Bhattacharya, narrowed itself down to a fight amongst Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), S.P. Jain and L.N. Welingkar. It was an interesting affair, and left many a brain reloaded (and nail chewn). The audiences participated with enthusiasm-encouraged by the Park Avenue gifts vouchers, FasTrack watches from Titan, and other sponsored giveaways. As the end neared, though, it was a contest between Jamnalal Bajaj and SCMHRD, with the latter eventually winning the day-and a place at the all-India finals, to be held sometime later in Delhi.

So far, we have IIM-I and SCMHRD from the Western zone, to be pitted against the Delhi University’s Faculty of Management Studies (FMs) from the North. Which teams will make it from the Southern and Eastern zones? Keep track.

AHMEDABAD: The anxiety levels of those who cleared the interviews at any or all of the Indian Institutes of Management have hit the roof after the IIMs declared that the admission process was deferred since the quota issue was subjudice, based on an advisory from the ministry of human resource and development (MHRD).

This came even as the directors of the six IIMs called off their meeting to be held in Delhi on Friday to discuss the issue of admissions in the light of the quota row.

With time running out, several students took admissions at other management institutes and will stand to lose the amount paid as fees to these institutes in case they decide to enrol at any of the IIMs when the quota issue is resolved.

On the flip side, the IIMs could stand to lose the meritorious students to other schools. Candidates like Abhishek Sharma who cleared IIM-Bangalore are already looking at other management institutes.

An IT consultant, Sharma has taken admission into Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, and also paid Rs 1.76 lakh as fees on Friday, it being the last day for admissions.

“In waiting for the IIM results, I have let go of admissions to Narsee Monjee Institute of Management, S P Jain Institute of Management and Management Development Institute, Gurgaon,” says Sharma.

After the IIMs declared on April 12 that they would release the admissions list for 2007-08 on April 21 as per the procedure last year, the MHRD sent a communiqué on Thursday suggesting that “any unilateral decision by any Central educational institutions would be a violation”.

The IIMs subsequently posted a communiqué saying admissions to the Post Graduate Programme for 2007-08 would proceed only after the quota issue was resolved.

Anurag Jayanti who got through IIM-Indore, says, “I have already got through MDI, Gurgaon, and have paid fees of Rs 1.85 lakh. But I will still wait for news from IIM-Indore.”

There are others like Anirudh Soory, an IT consultant who only applied for IIMs and cleared five of them, even IIM-A. Frustrated about the uncertainty, he said, “I have to serve a three months’ notice to my company before leaving.”

The concern of OBC candidates is further compounded, since their admissions will solely depend on the Supreme Court’s view.

Pushkaraj Khambayate, a software engineer, is an OBC candidate who appeared for interviews at IIM-C, IIM-I and IIM-K.

He said, “As I am hopeful of getting through IIMs, I am letting go of admissions to other private colleges.” He cannot start procedures for taking an education loan too, since admissions are not confirmed, he adds.

MUMBAI / DELHI: serious lack of talent and the labour shortage experienced, particularly in emerging sectors, such as retailing grows companies like Dabur, Tesco, and Patni HDFC start specialized courses with institutions in the country for their current and potential employees.

Leeni O’Connor, factories Tesco HSC’s quality management team on the course de jure. Tesco operates a retail certification courses Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) and Integrated Retail Management Consultants (IRMC), Bangalore. The course covers the whole supply chain, the movement of raw materials from the warehouse storage and the final sale. “It has helped us to understand the dynamics of retailing and management,” says O’Connor.

While Tesco offers its employees, Pantaloon began full-time post-graduate Retail Management courses for students and employees with six colleges - Narsee Monjee Institute for Management, Mumbai and Bangalore; BLS-Institut für Management, Ghaziabad, Chennai Business School, Chennai, India Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Calcutta; Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneshwar and the Institute Indira, Indore.

“Each school has about 50 students per batch, whose 10 employees are Pantaloon,” says Sanjay Jog, Head of Human Resources at Pantaloon. Those deductions are for two years, paid holidays and half of the course fees. Some companies, like Patni Computer have developed specialized courses in the supply chain, in collaboration with SP Jain Institute of Management.

The courses are part of the year, the MBA program. Milind Padalkar, Senior Vice-President and Director of Enterprise Solutions, Patni said, “The curriculum in most schools is obsolete. This helps the campus factor in the current needs of the industry. Dabur of the other Next to the design of a six-month course for the front-line in conjunction with staff SP Jain Institute of Management.

In addition to this, Dabur is also contributing, in the curriculum for students and to provide a work in the front Dabur India. The training is structured to be in the distribution and sale, trade and modern institutional channels of the United Nations. “This course is not only help bridge the gap filled by natural fluctuations reduced by 20%, but also time, space to replace an employee, which has now ended,” A Sudhakar, Executive Vice-President , HR, Dabur India.