Budget 2016's Shift To Rural India - The Election Perspective
The dramatic shift in the budget towards a rural focus was predicted by most analysts given the failure of monsoons two years in a row and the defeats in Bihar Assembly and Gujarat local elections. The current agitations for reservations in Gujarat, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh were also used to buttress the logic behind the rural shift.
Subhash Chandra
Nestle : Case of Bad Rumour Management - Views From Prabhakar
The funny thing about rumours is that there are 2 kinds, as we all know from our personal experiences. When a rumour starts you don't know if it is true or false. Either way it tends to grow virally almost in geometric progression. And all the time the public waits for a confirmation on the truth or falsity of the rumour and anxiously at that.
Prabhakar Mundkur
5 Types Of People You Will Not Listen To
The world is increasingly becoming louder. People are raising their voices to be heard over others. And you're increasingly getting stressed because people won't listen to you. But why won't they? Honestly, the problem doesn't lie with them. It lies with you.
Vishal Kataria
IIFT United – An attempt by IIFT Fraternity to help critically ill student
They say “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” The compassion is critical when we talk about foundations of a stable society, and although the compassion is still in dearth considering the massive scale of problems that the world faces, time to time individuals or groups of thoughtful people have stepped up to exemplify the concern for mankind. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), very recently, came up with such a gesture. The gesture in mention concerns Mr. Dileep Kumar, a student of MBA (IB) 2014-16 batch at IIFT. He has been suffering from prolonged lung infection and respiratory complications. For the major part of January 2016, Dileep was admitted and underwent a major lung surgery at Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj, Delhi. After discharge from Fortis, while on bed rest, his condition suddenly worsened again and he had to be flown to Hyderabad in an air ambulance. Dileep, who comes from Andhra Pradesh and belongs to a very humble background, is a meritorious student at IIFT and his peers rate him as Finance Wizard of the batch. Noticing the financial distress that Dileep’s family had been under, IIFT’s Director and CPA pro-actively constituted a committee comprising of IIFT’s student body’s Presidents’ of the 14-16 and 15-17 batch, Placement conveners of the 14-16 and 15-17 batch, room-mate of Dileep and members of Placement Cell. The committee was constituted with the motive to raise money to provide financial help to Dileep’s family. The committee went about this task by apprising the students and professional enrolled in various courses at IIFT. The alumni of IIFT were also made aware through mailers. The various student committees at IIFT responded to the situation by sending mails soliciting a voluntary contribution to B-schools all over India. It was only a matter of single day as the whole IIFT fraternity came out in support of Dileep through their voluntary monetary contributions. This included contributions worth INR 3 lacs from a consolidated effort of existing students of IIFT, faculty and administration of both Delhi and Kolkata campuses. IIFT is also very thankful to prestigious B-schools all over India who reciprocated the spirit of help and chipped in with their invaluable contributions. What was most heartening to see was the response from the alumni of IIFT who generously donated a combined sum of INR 7 lacs. Students also raised INR 25,000 by selling old and unused material such as papers, cardboards etc for recycling. In all, the IIFT community managed to raise a big sum in excess of INR 10 lacs through its diligent efforts. All the raised money has gone into Dileep’s treatment and expenses previously encountered. Still in a critical condition, though out of ICU for now, Dileep needs all the prayers to be up on his feet and healthy again. Through the concerted efforts in the time of need, IIFT thus proved once again that it is not only a business knowledge hub, but also a Mecca where values are also nurtured. Says the student community of IIFT “We are there to celebrate happy moments of our friends and our peers, we are there to ask for parties also, but it is these tough times also in which we are there with our friend. We’ll do our best to make sure that he is up on his feet again so that we can celebrate at a later point in life.” IIFT expresses heartfelt gratitude to its alumni and other B-schools across India for the way they contributed voluntarily and wishes Dileep a successful and fast recovery.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This article has been authored by Anuj Kansal, Student of MBA (IB) 2015-17 batch, IIFT Delhi campus!
MediaCommittee IIFT
MBA 2016 - Admission Queries and FAQs
With the admissions session being currently on for most of the top B Schools of the country here is a list of FAQs answered by Prof. Neeraj Kumar, Chairperson Admissions, FORE School of Management, Delhi.
Ravi Thakur
3 Gems On Innovation From Steve Jobs
Innovation – the most overused (and dare I say abused) word in the corporate world today. Ask managers what the organization needs most and they will say ‘innovation and creativity’. And they are right! But when it’s time to walk the talk... well, you know what follows as well as me.
Vishal Kataria
Budget 2016-17: Eight Cheers For Public Sector Banks - Finance Guru Tamal Bandyopadhyay Speaks
The biggest negative for India’s state-owned banks in the Union budget is finance minister Arun Jaitley’s announcement that the government will infuse (only) Rs.25,000 crore in fresh capital in these banks—many of which are crumbling under the burden of bad loans.
Tamal Bandopadhyay
Budget 2016's Shift To Rural India - The Election Perspective
The dramatic shift in the budget towards a rural focus was predicted by most analysts given the failure of monsoons two years in a row and the defeats in Bihar Assembly and Gujarat local elections. The current agitations for reservations in Gujarat, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh were also used to buttress the logic behind the rural shift.
Subhash Chandra
Nestle : Case of Bad Rumour Management - Views From Prabhakar
The funny thing about rumours is that there are 2 kinds, as we all know from our personal experiences. When a rumour starts you don't know if it is true or false. Either way it tends to grow virally almost in geometric progression. And all the time the public waits for a confirmation on the truth or falsity of the rumour and anxiously at that.
Prabhakar Mundkur
5 Types Of People You Will Not Listen To
The world is increasingly becoming louder. People are raising their voices to be heard over others. And you're increasingly getting stressed because people won't listen to you. But why won't they? Honestly, the problem doesn't lie with them. It lies with you.
Vishal Kataria
IIFT United – An attempt by IIFT Fraternity to help critically ill student
They say “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” The compassion is critical when we talk about foundations of a stable society, and although the compassion is still in dearth considering the massive scale of problems that the world faces, time to time individuals or groups of thoughtful people have stepped up to exemplify the concern for mankind. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), very recently, came up with such a gesture. The gesture in mention concerns Mr. Dileep Kumar, a student of MBA (IB) 2014-16 batch at IIFT. He has been suffering from prolonged lung infection and respiratory complications. For the major part of January 2016, Dileep was admitted and underwent a major lung surgery at Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj, Delhi. After discharge from Fortis, while on bed rest, his condition suddenly worsened again and he had to be flown to Hyderabad in an air ambulance. Dileep, who comes from Andhra Pradesh and belongs to a very humble background, is a meritorious student at IIFT and his peers rate him as Finance Wizard of the batch. Noticing the financial distress that Dileep’s family had been under, IIFT’s Director and CPA pro-actively constituted a committee comprising of IIFT’s student body’s Presidents’ of the 14-16 and 15-17 batch, Placement conveners of the 14-16 and 15-17 batch, room-mate of Dileep and members of Placement Cell. The committee was constituted with the motive to raise money to provide financial help to Dileep’s family. The committee went about this task by apprising the students and professional enrolled in various courses at IIFT. The alumni of IIFT were also made aware through mailers. The various student committees at IIFT responded to the situation by sending mails soliciting a voluntary contribution to B-schools all over India. It was only a matter of single day as the whole IIFT fraternity came out in support of Dileep through their voluntary monetary contributions. This included contributions worth INR 3 lacs from a consolidated effort of existing students of IIFT, faculty and administration of both Delhi and Kolkata campuses. IIFT is also very thankful to prestigious B-schools all over India who reciprocated the spirit of help and chipped in with their invaluable contributions. What was most heartening to see was the response from the alumni of IIFT who generously donated a combined sum of INR 7 lacs. Students also raised INR 25,000 by selling old and unused material such as papers, cardboards etc for recycling. In all, the IIFT community managed to raise a big sum in excess of INR 10 lacs through its diligent efforts. All the raised money has gone into Dileep’s treatment and expenses previously encountered. Still in a critical condition, though out of ICU for now, Dileep needs all the prayers to be up on his feet and healthy again. Through the concerted efforts in the time of need, IIFT thus proved once again that it is not only a business knowledge hub, but also a Mecca where values are also nurtured. Says the student community of IIFT “We are there to celebrate happy moments of our friends and our peers, we are there to ask for parties also, but it is these tough times also in which we are there with our friend. We’ll do our best to make sure that he is up on his feet again so that we can celebrate at a later point in life.” IIFT expresses heartfelt gratitude to its alumni and other B-schools across India for the way they contributed voluntarily and wishes Dileep a successful and fast recovery.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This article has been authored by Anuj Kansal, Student of MBA (IB) 2015-17 batch, IIFT Delhi campus!
MediaCommittee IIFT
MBA 2016 - Admission Queries and FAQs
With the admissions session being currently on for most of the top B Schools of the country here is a list of FAQs answered by Prof. Neeraj Kumar, Chairperson Admissions, FORE School of Management, Delhi.
Ravi Thakur
3 Gems On Innovation From Steve Jobs
Innovation – the most overused (and dare I say abused) word in the corporate world today. Ask managers what the organization needs most and they will say ‘innovation and creativity’. And they are right! But when it’s time to walk the talk... well, you know what follows as well as me.
Vishal Kataria
Budget 2016-17: Eight Cheers For Public Sector Banks - Finance Guru Tamal Bandyopadhyay Speaks
The biggest negative for India’s state-owned banks in the Union budget is finance minister Arun Jaitley’s announcement that the government will infuse (only) Rs.25,000 crore in fresh capital in these banks—many of which are crumbling under the burden of bad loans.
Tamal Bandopadhyay