Press Release

Calcutta Business School, Seeks Applications From Diverse Set Of Students

The Calcutta Business School encourages students to apply from non-engineering background too for its PGDM program. Candidates may apply at the official website. Calcutta Business School is an autonomous institute offering an AICTE approved two-year fully residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) program and several Executive Education Programs. The school, modelled on some of the top ranking Business Schools in the country with Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri, former IIM Calcutta director, at it’s helm of affairs, is located on a sprawling 15 acre fully residential, eco-friendly and 'intelligent' campus on the outskirts of Kolkata.  The college is promoted by Shikshayatan Foundation with Mr. S. K. Birla as the Chairman. Recently one of the students from the B-School was offered a package of INR 14 lacs was offered by Amazon.

Emerging Trends And Advancements In The Healthcare Industry And Boston Scientific's Role In It

Mr. Biten Kishore Kathrani, Director, R&D department for Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) at Boston Scientific, visited IME department for a talk on “Emerging trends and advancements in the healthcare industry.” The session turned out to be extremely insightful and the audience got a lot of valuable inputs about the field of healthcare as well as the nuances of how business is done in the industry, the opportunities and the challenges that were pertinent in the industry.

Marketing Theories Taught In Management Schools, To Be Replaced With More Dynamic Concepts

Dr. Jagdish Sheth, a renowned scholar and one of the foremost authorities in the world of marketing and consumer behavior, was at IMT Hyderabad to deliver a lecture on ‘The Impact of Digital Technology on the 4 P’s of Marketing’ along with  two eminent invitees, Mr. M.R. Rao, former Dean at ISB Hyderabad and Mr. Jayant Shah, the Business Director of Academy of Indian Marketing, which is a consortium of leading management institutions offering management education and research activities through doctoral and equivalent programs.

PGPSM - IIM Lucknow's Initiative To Build A Sustainable Future

New environment demands new skills and new techniques from the firms, to sustain in this competitive Business world. Natural resources were treated as a luxury until recent times, but not anymore. Resources are fast depleting, and businesses are searching for new alternatives and trying to cut excesses. This is what sustainability is all about from a business point of view- sustaining profits for long-term without disturbing environment and communities around.

What It Means To Be Studying In The Best Of MBA Colleges In Bangalore?

Experiences And Learnings From Mrs. Meera Iyer, Head of Marketing, Bigbasket - VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur

Mrs Meera Iyer, Head of Marketing, bigbasket.com shared her experiences and business learning’s with the MBA students at VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur. She conveyed some interesting statistics about the rise of e-grocery in India which showed that the market is poised to grow. The projections indicate that by 2020, 25% of organised retail will go online. The prospective market for online grocery retail sales is said to be $20 billion in size. Bigbasket, which is already in the top five grocers today, aims to become India's largest online grocery seller by 2020.

Former IIM Calcutta Director Joins Calcutta Business School

Former director of IIM Calcutta, Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri joins Calcutta Business School, Bishnupur as Director. A respected name in the Indian B-School circles, Dr. Chaudhuri served as the director in IIM C for two consecutive terms where he was responsible for launching new academic programs and significant thrust in research activities, accreditations many academic initiatives.  

Setting The Bar In B-School Education Higher

Tushar Jaruhar, an alumnus of Kellog and Deepa Kapoor an alumna of Wharton, are determined to replicate their own experiences at the best international business schools for students at Center of Leadership at NCU and Crescent School of Business, Chennai.