Samford University’s Brock School of Business is changing the schedule of its evening MBA program.

The graduate program - taken often by working professionals - is being revamped into two semesters that are nine weeks each with a 10-week summer semester, the school reported Thursday.

The program used to have five, nine-week terms in a year.

Under the new schedule, each course will meet for a two-hour class each week, giving students more time to study and learn the material, school officials said.

“We have retained the flexibility and convenience for working professionals through the option of attending one evening a week,” said Larry Harper, director of Graduate and Executive Education Programs at the Brock School of Business in a news release. “In addition, students can complete the degree in as little as 12 months by attending full-time or 22 months by attending part-time.”

The new curriculum covers all business functions and is designed to offer a more complete general management experience. Students also learn to exercise ethical business practices.

“Managers need comprehensive skills and sound values in order to achieve the disparate goals of their investors, customers, employees and the public at large,” said Beck A. Taylor, dean of the Brock School of Business. “At the Brock School, our charge is to help current and aspiring managers to discover solutions that meet these goals.”

The evening MBA program is the oldest in the state of Alabama and takes applications year round. Students can enter the program in January, June and August.

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Calcutta, April 28. The Faculty Council of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Wednesday a petition filed petition before the Calcutta High Court against the validity of the Board of Governors meeting on March 26 had allegedly authorized the Board Chair to take a decision in the issue of fee cut. The tax was revising down by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development in the six IIMS.

The petition is limited to the validity of the meeting and not the accuracy and validity of fresh cut mandate of the ministry, such as the case is pending before the Supreme Court.

The Faculty written petition took note of the situation, data showed on Thursday that, when appointing members on board and the appointment instead of the representative of European Union members absent government allegedly acted in violation of the rules of the IIM-C.

Education should focus more on morals and ethics and should fight against fundamentalism, St. Joseph’s College principal Friday Ambrose Pinto said on Thursday. Education for the poor too is a vital aspect that should be taken up, he added. As Pinto speaking at ‘with relevance Excellence “, a conference of Catholic College of Karnataka on Thursday.

Speaking on ‘Vision of Christian higher education and its overview, and implications of Christian education, education Friday Pinto said should make people more moral and humanizes them. “While maintaining the highest standards, its demands that we produce a radical change in the person we educate - from selfish concerns to generosity to others.”

Emphasising on education for the poor, Pinto said Friday: “Education should struggle against unjust society, it should cater more to the poor and programmes should be taken up to empower them. Principal of St. Stephen’s in New Delhi, Dr Anil Wilson called for steps to rediscover the real meaning and purpose of education. “Let systemic changes be a reasoned response to needs and not a knee-jerk reaction to the time.”

The objective of the day-long conference was to create a model which is yet local to global, spiritually vibrant, socially relevant, emotionally balanced and leading to human enrichment. Deliberations also included topics like, if excellence in education can be fused with greater accessibility to Christian institutions.

Among the other speakers were Professor Jose and PD Leader of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Rev. Joe Fernandes, Vice-Provincial, Salesians of Don Bosco, Bangalore and Head and Professor, Department of Christian Studies, University of Madras, Joe De Mannath .

The government wrote to the training center to initiate the coast of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Mangalore.

G. Giridhar Prabhu, president of the Chamber of Commerce Kanara and head of the Committee on sectors Coastal Agenda Task Force (CATF), said the Hindu on Friday that the Minister for large companies, RVDeshpande a meeting with representatives of LUCF in this context, on Thursday.

Mr. Prabhu, thanked the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, AKMonnappa, and the president of LUCF, N. Vinaya Hegde said IDECK Ltd had proposed three sites in Baikampady in Dakshina Kannada, Padubidri in Udupi District, and Agsoor near Ankola in Uttara Kannada district.

The government has shown interest in it “in principle” to the draft authorisation for private sector participation.

The government would only play a mediator. The government is not interested in what the circle and management KCCI area to recognize and develop, in collaboration with the CATF.

Mr. Prabhu said that there were now mandatory for the Centre to ask their own countries SEZ Act. He said the CATF, a copy of the Bill of Maharashtra SEZ on the Prime Minister and LUCF, he assured that the State of extending “legal cover” for the formation of the SEZ. However, on the coast SEZ is unique.

The coasts of the belt of Karnataka was known for his immense reservoir of human resources and have a huge potential for SEZ in the area of trade and services.

The OECD countries and developed countries had a lot of NIC in the services sector, which could be replicated in Mangalore, if these SEZs born here, the concept paper on the SEZ said.

The SEZ in Mangalore would be first to find trade and service companies. But it would also have an area of production, conservation, taking into account regional differences in the chemical industry.

Units could clean SEZ.

The approach paper KCCI, said the work units, such as clothing, toys, paper conversion, change packaging and specialty packaging, value-added in agriculture and cultivation of plants Horticulture, spices, rubber, coconut and arecanut based products should preferably be in the of the SEZ. Production units specialized in all entries to the Indian cuisine as masalas, finished preparations of dried vegetables, ingredients for and entrances, maize, sugar, rice and rice, wheat, potatoes and onions, vegetables dried and other processed foods and be considered for SEZ. The approach document cites the target markets of SEZ in West Asia, East and West Africa, Asia-Pacific and Russia.

The Government in its letter, said the CSEZ would be ideal for a port based on the establishment in the medium term, highlighted in the Export Strategy 2002-07.

The Union Ministry of Industry and Commerce noted that NMPT as a strategic location for the port of India in the implementation of the study Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.

Demand for management professionals is growing, but the supply of quality manager was unable to maintain in the future. In Chennai, for example, there are only a few institutions in the city of meals to the growing demand for quality training.

The Franco-Indian Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) has decided to close the gap with the launch of the Indo-German Training Centre and offers a platform for management aspirants to acquire skills to meet the needs companies.

The management of institutions IGCC development goals, administration and management skills of students who, otherwise, that the academic, adapting to the culture of work in the industry.

The 18 months Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration has launched Thursday, a German company of the German Management by its “dual system”. This system offers practical training, transmission of industrial training, in collaboration with classroom meetings.

Furthermore, that students learn German as part of the curriculum. Graduates and young researchers from 50 per cent for the course. Working visit sponsored by the forces of their business are also eligible.

Inauguration of the Centre, L.S. Ganesh, Head of the Department of Management Studies, IIT Chennai, there is a growing demand in Chennai for admission to the quality of institutions. Chennai with emerging countries, as an automobile race in the capital and health care, we need good institutions, innovative programs management.

Three basic E –

Give advice to students, he said that three basic E’s expected of leaders - the efficiency of production quality, efficiency with minimal resources and excellence. The management of these institutions in their abilities of candidates.

During their training must develop 5 E’s - excitement, boredom, know-how through experience, energy and empowerment, “he said.

Stefan Graf, the German Consul General, Chennai, said the institution would open the doors of Germany and globalization for students. If one compares the globalization of football games, he said that students should be trained, are winners in the global game.

T.R. Gopalan, regional director of the IGCC, said that 25 students across the country, including Delhi and Coimbatore, have opted for the course. The number will increase to 40 in the next game.

Vice-Chancellor Dr Snehalata Deshmukh’s proposal to grant a two-year extension to M S Kambli as professor-cum-director of Institute of Distance Education was not fully accepted by the Mumbai University Management Council on Thursday. Instead, MC members decided to appoint Kambli as an Officer on Special Duty at IDE for one year till a suitable candidate is selected for the post. Thursday’s meeting had mentioned the V-C’s proposal to grant an extension-in-service to Kambli as IDE’s professor-cum-director for a period of two years. However, Kambli has already crossed the age of superannuation ie 60 years, on April 5, 1998. The proposal was amended and MC members were requested to consider the proposal for allowing Kambli as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for a year from May 1. The V-C said the varsity will advertise and select a proper candidate for the post. Senate member Amarjit Singh Manhas had earlier written to Chancellor Dr P C Alexanderpointing out several instances of flouting rules in connection with Kambli’s proposed extension. Deshmukh did not wish to talk about the matter as the Management Council meetings are confidential. But sources admit that Kambli had been appointed as an OSD. Manhas said: “I am happy with the MC’s decision as it has ensured that deserving academicians have a chance to try for the director’s post whenever advertises for .”

Two MBA students were sentenced to life in Pune on Thursday for murdering their classmate—a case of a love triangle gone wrong.

Additional Sessions Judge S S Phansalkar Joshi sentenced Aditi Sharma and her boyfriend Praveen Khandelwal for murdering Udit Bharati on April 22 last year by giving him prasad laced with poison.

All three were 25 and students of the IIHM MBA institute in Wakad, Pune.

Udit and Aditi came to Pune from Jammu where they had studied together in an engineering college. They planned to get married after finishing their MBA degree but their relationship changed.

Aditi met Praveen at the MBA institute and fell in love with him. She wanted to end her relationship with Udit, but he would have nothing of it.

“Aditi and Praveen found a job in Gurgaon but Udit continued to pester Aditi. So both Aditi and Praveen connived to eliminate Udit. On April 22 last year, Aditi came to a Pune lodge and called Udit. When Udit arrived, she offered him prasad mixed with arsenic,” said additional public prosecutor Neelima Vartak

Udit went back to his apartment after eating the prasad and was later taken to hospital where he died.

The prosecution alleged the two had pleaded guilty of murdering Udit at the MacDonald Hotel near the Chinchwad station.

The police had initially registered a case of accidental death only to discover later the presence of arsenic in his body. Remains of the poison were also found in Aditi’s bag.

When the judge pronounced the life sentence and asked Aditi and Praveen if they wanted to say anything, they said they were “innocent”.

A highlight of the case was examination of 33 prosecution witnesses, who mainly comprised forensic experts testifying on administration and traces of arsenic found in the viscera of the deceased.

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SIX directors of Reliance Energy Ltd today issued his resignation to the board of directors of the company, deepening the mystery of the difference between the two Ambani brothers.

The six directors are of the opinion that we close to Mr. Anil Ambani, is also Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Energy Ltd.

No reasons were for their sudden resignation.

The directors have their resignations are: M. Satish Seth, Executive Vice-President, Mr KH Mankad, full kitchen of the value of time director (Finance), Mr. SC Gupta, full kitchen of the value of time Director (Operations), Mr. JP Chalasani, full-time value Chef Manager (Business Development), Mr. Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, director, and Professor J. Ramachandran, Independent Director.

What is surprising, Reliance many observers that the majority of theatre directors, in their papers were of the opinion that we close to Mr. Anil Ambani. Four of them are folds of Reliance Industries, while Prof. Ramachandran is a Faculty of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Mr. Mankad has been a director of the company, even before Reliance has BSES.

News of his resignation was Reliance Energy, in a communication on the stock markets on Thursday afternoon. On Wednesday, President and CEO of Reliance Industries, Mr. Mukesh Ambani, had convinced Mr. ML Bhakta, director on the board of this company, its resignation.

Mr. Bhakta the offer of resignation, ostensibly for reasons of age, had triggered rumors, there is another resignation of directors of Reliance Industries Ltd.

However, she jumped Reliance Energy surprise, with a half-dozen of its directors resigned at once.

None of the directors, was withdrawn to submit its comments. There is, however, another director, is still on the board said these resignations can not be independent of their decision. Such is the case in current developments within the group, he said.

Pune: A team of seven senior officials of the Indo-french Research Advisory Committee and the Embassy of France in India, visit the Science and Technology Park (STP) at the University of Pune on Thursday to explore cooperation programmes in the fields of technology and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR).

Rajendra Jagdale, director of STP, the group is also sincerely advanced research funding for industrial research programmes, particularly in the field of information technology, embedded technology and automotive.

The delegation was represented by monitors PGS Rao and V of the Franco-Indian Centre for the promotion of cutting-edge research (IFCPAR), M Kumar of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Pascal Indranil Ghosh Chosset and embassy France, among others.

“The centre was looking on the financing of cutting-edge research in the fields of computer, automotive and technology board, which has never been done before,” said Jagdale TNN, and added that STP has launched an initiative to instruct and present communities Achievers and scope, you will find here.

“Pune’s strength lies in the field of computers and cars,” he said, adding a few players and possible areas of research have already been identified.

During a Franco-Indian Joint Workshop of Science Parks and technology incubators Pune have been planned in November this year, Jagdale said that 15 sewage treatment plants, 11 incubators and 15 sectors participate nearly 25 other partners in France for sharing of knowledge in the areas of research.

“This is followed by industry and universities Synergy meeting in December,” he says, however, added that the Joint Consultative Committee of the research is particularly “Scaling Up-care technology” and not on the development of more recent.

It may be recalled here that IFCPAR is a bilateral organization by the governments of India and France to promote collaborative research in frontier areas of science and technology between researchers from both countries.