While IIFT is famous for attracting great candidates from various disciplines, this year the students at the Kolkata campus were taken aback when they heard that an author of two best-selling books has joined the programme along with them.
Mr. Vikash Thakur, Consultant at SKP Consulting, addressed IIM Indore, Mumbai Campus participants on 28th February. Mr. Thakur is an IIM Indore alumnus and has 5+ years of work experience in consulting domain.
Alongside the Golf Cup, organising Khlur-Thma – the Annual Management Fest of IIM Shillong – was a daunting task but the student fraternity of IIM Shillong made this a memorable and an enjoyable experience. The two day extravaganza held in October 2014 saw the confluence of renowned industry leaders, academicians and students exchanging ideas on myriad of business facets.
IIM Raipur secures 8th in Rotman International Trading Competition Extending international relations and students engagement in academic activities, a student team from IIM Raipur participated in the Rotman International Trading Competition 2015, the world’s largest trading competition, held from 19th to 21st February 2015 at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada.
‘Modern’ finance has evolved to such complexity that at the height of the frenzy that caused the financial crisis of 2008 there were only a handful professionals who actually knew how a ‘particular’ financial instrument worked, whereas the investors who held them didn't bothered about.
Mr. Greg Chappel, once coach of the Indian cricket team, said India lacked leaders because from an early age our parents make all the decisions for us, then it’s our schoolteachers and later in life we become so used to this idea that we always look at others to make decisions for us. This is one of the many problems the young restless entrepreneurial generation of ours is facing. We are expected to follow tradition, follow in the footsteps our elderly and travel the safe path. The good news is many among us are finally succeeding in breaking these chains and follow their heart and their passion.
The word 'Racism' induces a fair amount of discomfort, given its contrasting connotation to the official 'Unity in Diversity'. Having stayed in Delhi for most part of my life, the tension with respect to the people of North East has always been palpable in the city. Honestly I was also unaware about the behavior and culture of these people. I had never interacted with anyone from that part of the country and whenever the tabloids featured news on discrimination to these people, I always wondered if there was any logical explanation. It felt as though there was an intangible demarcation and it didn't seem right. Such events were sporadic and over the years it created a string of misconceptions in my mind.
