AIMA President, Rajiv Vastupal, Joins IIM Bangalore Board of Governors

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March 27, 2012

Rajiv Vastupal, the President of the All India Management Association (AIMA) has joined the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B). In October 2011, Vastupal took over as the President of AIMA, the apex body of professional management – it was after a gap of 20 years that someone from Gujarat became the president of AIMA.

Vastupal received an invitation to join the Society and Board of Governors of IIM Bangalore from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Prior to his appointment at IIM Bangalore, he was member of the Board of Governors at IIM, Rohtak.

Mukesh Ambani, CMD of Reliance Industries Ltd. heads the Board of Governors of IIM-B as its Chairman. Kris Gopalakrishnan, CEO & MD, Infosys Technologies Ltd.; Dr Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India; Rajendra S. Pawar; Chairman & Co-founder of NIIT Limited and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson & MD of Biocon India Ltd are amongst the other members of the board.

Speaking about his new appointment, Rajiv Vastupal, CMD of Rajiv Group said, “I am extremely happy to be a part of the prestigious IIM Bangalore. I shall focus on working cohesively with leaders from India Inc. like Mukesh Ambani and Kris Gopalkrishnan and other members of the board to take the institute to even greater heights.”

A first generation entrepreneur, Rajiv Vastupal has over the last 3 decades set up Rajiv Group from scratch. The Rs 550 crore diversified Rajiv Group is a leading player in polymers, woven sack bags & fabrics, electrical cables & switchgears, light fittings & panel boards.

Apart from being a very successful businessman, Rajiv has been very active in contributing to society and social causes from an early age. In the year 1993, he formed a charitable trust as well as becoming chairman and managing trustee in various family trusts. He is a Trustee of the 106 years old Homeopathic Trust in Ahmedabad since 1986 onwards. Vastupal also served as the President of Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) from 2005-2007.

Panjab University’s Application Forms go Online

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March 23, 2012

For admission to post-graduate and undergraduate courses in Panjab University (PU), the applications are now available online. For Common Entrance Test (CET) and Other Common Entrance Test (OCET) exams, which offer admission to over 50 courses, candidates have to first register and get a pay in-slip for paying the fee to any branch of the State Bank of India reported the Express News Service

All the entrance tests will be applied online except MD and MS courses for which there are nearly 60-70 seats offered by the Government Medical Hospital and College.

The admission process will be completed by July-August. In addition to the online application for entrance examinations, this year, the university is also experimenting with online application forms for admission of private candidates. The candidates have to fill the admission form online, get the print out of the receipt confirming the application and then send this attested slip to the university.

Also, availability of online roll numbers for private candidates will be introduced from December examinations, this year. This has been devised in order to do away with the common problem of delay in roll numbers and candidates complaining of not receiving the roll numbers at all. Initially, private candidates for MA-I courses will be offered this service.

Harvard Business School Inaugurates its First Classroom in India

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March 23, 2012

Harvard Business School has opened its first classroom in India at Taj Lands End in Mumbai. Ratan Tata, Chairman – Tata Sons, inaugurated the amphitheater-styled classroom in the presence of Nitin Nohria, Dean – Harvard Business School and other distinguished dignitaries.

Addressing the inaugural class, Ratan Tata, Chairman – Tata Sons said, “India now has a facility to provide people participating in courses and I am very pleased that the Taj Lands End and Tata Group could do what I thought would be a fitting proposition to Harvard to give them a physical facility that would enable them to provide a touch and feel of executive education in India. I am very proud that we have been able to provide them with this facility; you will now have a classroom that will give India and the participants a real feel of business school without being in Boston”.

Built and owned by Taj Lands End, the classroom gives participants and students a true Harvard Business School case method learning experience, for the first time in India. Raymond N Bickson, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer – Indian Hotels Company Limited, said “Indian Hotels Company Ltd is proud to have partnered with Harvard Business School to develop this unique state-of-the-art multi-media facility at Taj Lands End. The hotel’s proximity to the important business hubs and the airport coupled with contemporary facilities will offer students an ideal combination of an academic environment and a hospitality experience. The addition of the classroom has further strengthened our long standing association with the Harvard Business School and deepened its engagement with India”.

The company’s association with Harvard Business School upholds the Tata Group’s ethos of giving back to society by supporting education and encouraging future leaders to enhance their skills at this world class facility. Since its inception in 1936, Tata Institute of Social Sciences has made significant contribution to policy, planning, action strategies and human resource development, in several areas ranging from sustainable rural and urban development to education, health, communal harmony, human rights and industrial relations. The first of its kind classrooms at Taj Lands End with a seating capacity of 82 students are virtually indistinguishable from the MBA classrooms in Boston. The Harvard Business School faculty will offer programs to leaders in business, government and academia on a wide range of subjects such as Corporate Social Responsibility, Building a Global Enterprise, and Case Writing and Course Development.

Pankaj Chandra, Director, IIM-B Joins MindTree’s Board of Directors

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March 23, 2012

Professor Pankaj Chandra, Director, IIM Banglore has joined MindTree Limited’s Board of Directors with effect from March 19, 2012.

Speaking on his appointment, Professor Pankaj Chandra said, “It is an honor to be part of team MindTree, one of the most admired companies in the industry. I have been following MindTree for some time and have been impressed with the Company’s remarkable growth rate. I look forward to helping MindTree achieve profitable and sustained growth across a global footprint.”

“Professor Pankaj Chandra is a highly respected name in management education, research, policy and administration. His joining the MindTree Board will further improve our stature, help question and refine management strategy. Additionally, the move will build stronger bridges with the academic community for whom we have abiding respect” said Dr Albert Hieronimus, Chairman, MindTree Limited.

Professor Chandra is currently a professor of Operations & Technology Management and the Director at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore. A tenured faculty at McGill University, Montreal since 1988, Professor Chandra taught at IIM-Ahmedabad since 1994 and has been at IIM-B since 1997. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Technology from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University and his Ph.D degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Professor Chandra also served as chairperson of Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship, IIM-A, India from May 1999 to April 2001 and from November 2006 to December 2007.

Additionally, Professor Chandra’s research and consulting have focused on manufacturing management, supply chain coordination, building technological capabilities; hi-tech entrepreneurship. He has lectured and consulted in many countries around the world. Finally, Professor Chandra’s writings on production and operation management and technological innovations have been widely published.

VIT Deploys Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi in its Campus

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March 23, 2012

Ruckus Wireless has deployed Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi at VIT Vellore and VIT Chennai to support a campus-wide Wi-Fi network, delivering a high-speed Wi-Fi network to over 20,000 students. The campus-wide consists of over 200 Ruckus ZoneFlex 7962 dual-band 11n Access Points, covering new student hostel facilities.

Mohan Kumar C M, Head of IT Infrastructure, VIT University, Chennai said “Today, technology has permeated every sphere of life. Universities across the globe are using it to invigorate their academic and administrative processes. Proliferations of mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets have made our university become a more open learning environment. The problem is that universities create one of the worst environments for Wi-Fi given all the various devices, obstructions, delay-sensitive applications and RF interferences found here. We were looking for a Wi-Fi system that would work well in interference prone and environment where full of obstructions. For students today, Wi-Fi is now not just a matter of convenience or a privilege; it is an expectation. Mobility is the need of the hour. Campus Wi-Fi networks help the students and faculty members to access to e-learning materials anytime anywhere.” Kumar added.

There were major challenges in university’s existing wireless infrastructure. The legacy Wi-Fi network could not cater to the huge data demand and user density at the campus. Students and faculty staff had to deal with network availability very often. Also, it would often lead to loss of connectivity as a result of choking of bandwidth. The entire connectivity infrastructure was unreliable which led to a large number of complaints.

“Wi-Fi is now considered as a strategic imperative in education, enabling a ubiquitous, always-on learning environment connecting to the world. Today mobile devices have risen to become the most popular way to stay online, encouraging higher education to create a more open and efficient environment to students. Wi-Fi is widely used as an aid to enable e-learning, increase operational efficiency and gain timely information access. Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi provides the reliability needed for the new type of applications demanded by the education industry. Ruckus was honored to be the provider of VIT’s WLAN network. Ruckus patented adaptive antenna and ChannelFly technologies enabled large deployments in high RF interference environment to continually maintain a stable and consistent Wi-Fi networks without a lot of un-necessary add-on equipment. Therefore Ruckus is able to deploy high-performance Wi-Fi at a more affordable price than our competitors.” said Manjit Singh, Managing Director for India, Ruckus Wireless.

VIT looked at several popular Wi-Fi solutions in the market, but could not zero in on the brand with the right balance of performance and cost. The new requirement for campus Wi-Fi should be able to be deployed campus-wide at an affordable price. Only Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi gave the highest performance in terms of coverage, performance, manageability, and scalability at the cost VIT can deploy today, and continue to expand in the future.

VIT started the deployment in November 2011 and the entire deployment, including the cabling throughout the campus was completed within 1 month. Ruckus SmartMesh enabled VIT to outfit the ZoneFlex system where cabling was not in place. By backhauling the Wi-Fi traffic through the 5G Hz mesh links, VIT was able to bring Wi-Fi wherever they wanted, even without Ethernet cabling in place.

“We proposed Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi because they delivered a robust performance that meets testing parameters of VIT. Even though there were a large number of APs installed, the configuration was easy and the installation hardly lasted a few hours. Ruckus Wi-Fi technology delivered much better coverage, interference mitigation and deployment flexibility that we couldn’t find in any other supplier.” said Murali Rajesh, General Manager, Seamless Communication (P) Limited.

Andhra Pradesh Tops the List of Closing B-Schools

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March 23, 2012

Around 130 management institutes or 4 percent of all B-schools in India are expected to be closed this year, twice as many as last year. The reasons behind the closure are said to be faculty shortage, lack of students, substandard curriculum and poor infrastructure reported the Financial Express

List of states whose business schools have applied for closure have Andhra Pradesh on top with 36 such institutes, followed by Rajasthan with 25 and Uttar Pradesh with 18. Total seat capacity of all these institutes is almost 10,000. Recently, the Mumbai Business School wound up after three years of operation due to lack of students. It provided a one-year full-time programme in management, similar to the one offered by the Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business.

Last year, 40 B-schools requested closure according to the All-India India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which prescribes norms for faculty and approval for establishment of new institutes.

India has nearly 4,000 B-schools with a capacity of 3.5 lakh seats. Every year, around 60-70 institutes get added to the list. The council is still processing the applications of institutes and closure can happen once the respective state government and affiliating.

IGNOU, NHRC to train cops on Human Rights

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March 23, 2012

The Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU’s) School of Law (SOL) in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organized third three-day Training of Trainers programme (TOT) on Human Rights for police personnel at the IUC Lab, IGNOU, main campus, in the capital.

The three-day training programme was attended by 26 police officials from all over the country. The main objective of this workshop was to sensitize the police functionaries on Human Right principles and values.

Jaideep Singh Kochher, Joint Secretary, NHRC, in his welcome address expressed the need to share these training sessions in their respective states in order to facilitate learning. He also mentioned that apart from attending to the complaints of the public, NHRC also has an important role of creating awareness about human rights.
Talking about the online delivery of this programme, Prof. Uma Kanjilal, IGNOU, mentioned that this is an online training programme which can be accessed easily by any police personnel from anywhere. The training manual (print/online) has been developed by IGNOU and NHRC. The online units are made interactive and are designed using multimedia approach, with the technical support of E-gyankosh.

She also apprised the trainers about three platforms through which they would be trained. There will be animated characters based delivery of the programme, web conferences and usage of software called ‘Moodle’. She further explained them about the modes of delivery which depends upon the kind of infrastructure available to the cops in their respective states.

Mamta Singh, DIG, NHRC in her remarks mentioned that the objective of the programme is to reverse the image of cops from violators to defenders by involving major strength of police and providing them the podium.

Prof K. Elumalai, Director, SOL, IGNOU, in his introductory address mentioned that the training programme will cover aspects like protection of human rights, police and human rights, NHRC and its complaint management system, custodial justice, human rights best practices and Convention Against Torture (CAT).

The participants in addition will be exposed to extensive hands on practice with computer. The expected outcome of this programme is to bridge the gap between police and the common people, sensitize police officials towards the human rights issues, create a force of self regulated and informed police officials and to find out the practical difficulties faced by police officials in implementing law keeping with human rights issues at the fore.

Domus Academy and NABA to Offer Scholarships to Indian Designers and Students

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March 23, 2012

Domus Academy and NABA are extending international scholarships to graduate and post-graduate design students from around the world and are inviting Indian designers and students to submit applications. NABA is offering five scholarships worth US$ 60,000 exclusively for talented Indian students to pursue undergraduate studies in art and design starting October 2012. The Milan-based institutes offer courses across various areas of art and design including visual arts, graphic, fashion, business, accessories, interior, architectural, car, multi-media, interaction, film and new media, and photography.
The international scholarship competition will grant 33 winners the opportunity to follow post-graduate studies in Domus Academy beginning September 2012. The scholarships are worth over Rupees Two Crore (US $400,000). Indians who are interested in submitting applications for the scholarships must fulfill, among others, the admissions requirements for each university.
Marc Ledermann, CEO for Domus Academy and NABA, currently traveling on behalf of the institutions in India said, “We are committed to offering Indian students the best international design education and are looking forward to have them participate in this competition. We want them to come to Italy and enrich the student experience in our campuses and bring back their knowledge and expertise to India and be able to anticipate the needs and trends of a society that is culturally, economically, and socially evolving.”
Graduates from NABA and Domus Academy are currently working with some of the most influential brands and design studios in the world. For example, Domus Academy alumni Siddharth Rane of Bagalore is a creative designer at General Motors, and Pratik Chaudhri of New Delhi is the creative director strategy and design at Ergo Agency, a branding and design agency.
Domus Academy and NABA are based in Milan, the second largest city in Italy and home of prominent names and brands from the fashion and design industry, including Armani, Prada, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, and Versace,. Design giants like Cappellini, Alessi, Kartell, Artemide, Luceplan, and Driade are based in the Milano area.
Domus Academy is launching two new Master programs in September 2012: Marketing of Luxury Goods and Visual Brand Design. “We aim to provide hands-on knowledge and training to our students. Taking advantage of being at the heart of the design industry in Milan we make sure that our students stay abreast of current trends and news in the global design world. The new courses demonstrate our commitment to creating exciting career opportunities for students in the fields of design,” added Ledermann.

CL Educate Ties up with NEC to Provide Free MBA Entrance Coaching

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March 23, 2012

CL Educate has signed an MoU with the North Eastern Council (NEC) to provide MBA entrance preparation in the North Eastern Region. The joint initiative aims to encourage economic and social development of the North Eastern Region by providing impetus to the growth of the youth.

As a part of this programme CL Educate will prepare 200 students for MBA entrance examinations (CAT/MAT) in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim and Agartala. The candidates will be chosen on merit basis and will be coached and mentored by CL Educate, free of cost, for 6 months in a 7 hr, 6 days intensive coaching program. The first batch of the programme is scheduled to start from April 2012.

Expressing his delight, Sanjeev Srivastava, Director, Emerging Business Group, CL Educate, said, “There is a huge base of untapped talent in the North Eastern States. Given the right opportunity and mentoring, these students have the potential of reaching the highest echelons of success. With our expertise in the field of test preparation and experience in mentoring the youth we aim to help the students of these states reach their goals thought this programme.”
CL Educate’s test prep vertical has been training and mentoring students for the last 15 years and is known best for their aptitude testing/training programs. CL has a substantial presence in the North East already with its learning centres at Guwahti, Silchar, Jorhat, Agartala and Imphal.

eMaharashtra 2012 :: April 27, 2012 :: Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, Nariman Point, Mumbai

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We put the spotlight on Maharashtra and its initiatives and efforts in bringing about a digitally inclusive society, of ICTs playing the harbinger of a silent revolution in obscure towns and villages, of acknowledging the efforts and addressing the challenges, and of bringing all stakeholders with common concerns into one platform, the eMaharashtra platform.

Technology has for long remained the driving force in the urban areas of India. However, the digital divide has been a persistent problem that not only exists between countries, but also within a country. Lack of adequate awareness and limited knowledge has resulted in the creation of pockets of ICT knowledge hubs, restricted to the urban metros.

Our endeavors have consistently been focused on making ICTs more valuable and have delved deeper into finding out ways and means on how ICTs can have an enriching and socially relevant role in society.eMaharashtra attempts to go local through the Regional Summits. Our mandate is to solidify the national efforts of entrenching the constructive use of ICTs across domains.

eMaharashtra Summit shall aim at active knowledge sharing, showcasing of existing e-government initiatives such as e-Education, eGovernance and Municipal IT and many more, in the state, deliberate on the way forward, and seek to provide a platform to exchange ideas and promote capacity building.

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