Just when you think that you own the world, there comes a strong blow from somewhere up there, says management guru Prof Arindam Chaudhuri . THERE is no God. What we do, we do by ourselves and for ourselves. We are masters of our own life. I was sitting watching TV on the afternoon of 21st October, 1994 to be precise. And that’s what I would have said had anyone asked me about God before that afternoon. Till of course, that day when my mother told me, that a call had com...
I write this not as my editorial, but as a protest to see if there are any listeners… because my blood boils in anger over the way another human being in the world’s largest democracy is being robbed of her freedom of speech. And the way everyone from the mainstream media to intelligentsia has maintained the conspiracy of silence! Taslima Nasreen, the author of famous books like Lajja and Dwikhandito (the book whose controversial passages landed her into trouble with vario...
This time, when I was actually thinking about the issue to cover in the TSI editorial, I had initially thought about writing how the Americans exhibited the true essence of democracy and proved that even if the American government might be inhuman in more than one ways, the common American is still left with humanity within himself. But at the last moment, I had to change my plan when I had a chance to glimpse through the latest copy of UNDP’s Human Development Report 2006. Well, for thos...
IT WAS a paradigm-boosting experience." reflects a second year student of the 51 member team of the students and faculty members of the Indian Institute of Planning and Management. New Delhi: as they return from Geneva, Switzerland as a part of the second of stories of the (global Opportunities and Threat -Analysis (GOTA) programme organised by the institute. The GOTA programme is a pioneering endeavor of the institute towards providing a first hand experience on ...
Apart from the culture curry and the rural drive, Ahmedabad students also experienced and relived one of the greatest successful revolutionary stories in India, when they got an opportunity to visit the manufacturing unit of Amul and the corporate office of GCMMF. Students were taken to a museum, which has been dedicated to the Dairy industry, and it was established way back in the year 2000 by Mrs. Molly Kurien, to mark the 80th birthday of Dr. Vergese Kurien, who is known as the father of &l...
Articles excerpted from The Last Days of America, Book by P rof . A rindam C HAUDHURI that focuses on growing degeneration of the American socio-economic set-up, the dangers of mindless imitation of the free market system and the innate strength of the Indian society For long, economists have considered Darwin's theory of’ survival of the finest' the sole functional maxim for the capitalist economy. In the process, however, they have forgotten that the...
The students of PGP (08-10)SS were taken for a Factory Visit to Roltex India Pvt. Ltd. ROTEX is manufacturing products in the field of Pneumatic Automation & Instrumentation, since 1976 under Technical collaboration from reputed European manufacturers. ROTEX is also one of the few companies to boast of an ISO-9001 accreditation at their Vadodara Unit. The certificate has been awarded by TÜV DEUTCHLAND. The students were shown the working of various engineeri...
Prof. George Wu Chicago GSB Topic : Managerial Decision Making George Wu is Professor of Managerial and Organisational Behavior at the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining the faculty in 1997, Prof. Wu spent six years at Harvard Business School as an Assistant and Associate Professor in the Managerial Economics area and then the Negotiation & Decision Making Group, and then one year as a lecturer in Decision Sciences at the University of Pennsylva...
Wealth management modules implemented out here in IIPM Mumbai have been a revolution in terms of intellectual contribution made by the students and proper propagation of knowledge from the speaker’s side. The Assistant Vice President HSBC Bank, Mr Rohit Narayanan has spoken about the various responsibilities what an individual needs to handle when he is at the desk of an organization. The individual sitting at the operating desk of a bank is totally responsible for the work done by...
Topic: “Importance of Soft Skills in Professional Life” Speaker: Mr. Ashok Malhotra (CEO, Spark Leadership Incorporated) Total Students: 35 “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough”. This statement was well justified by Mr. Ashok Malhotra, CEO Spark Leadership Incorporated who deliver ed a guest lecture on “Importance of Soft Skills in Professional Life” at IIPM Gurgaon. According to Mr. Ashok, ...
Mumbai: With market and the employment scene showing little improvement, the year 2009 has been a challenge for youth looking for employment. There was no hike in the salaries this year. Some companies took back benefits which used to add to the cost of the company (CTC). Recruitments from banking sector were very low. Almost 20% of companies which put up requirements initially did not take the process further. However, as per data available, 2,300students at IIPM have been place...
“Cicero Challenge 2008” was one of the most memorable and blissful event of the year. The International Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) organised India’s largest Inter-School Debate Competition- “CICERO’S CHALLENGE 2008 - GREAT INDIAN DREAM DEBATE COMPETITION” at IIPM’s International Campus, Satbari (Mehrauli-Chattarpur Road). The debate competition served as a perfect platform for the students to exhibit their knowledge and talents on the ...
The ACM debate was the word of the week at IIPM, as it was displayed on the notice board that the top 30 people would go for US GOTA. After a strategic round of debate in the first round the students who were thinking that debate is just about barbing, started thinking other wise. The topic of the preliminary round was ‘Indians vote castes and do not cast votes’. The selected 67 students reached the final round, where understanding the topic, was in itself a har...
“Cicero Challenge 2008” was one of the most memorable and blissful event of the year. The International Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) organised India’s largest Inter-School Debate Competition- “CICERO’S CHALLENGE 2008 - GREAT INDIAN DREAM DEBATE COMPETITION” at IIPM’s International Campus, Satbari (Mehrauli-Chattarpur Road). The debate competition served as a perfect platform for the students to exhibit their knowledge and...
While the days were filled with colour. The evenings were starry and glamorous.. with our star studded events. IIPM was on a hunt for the next singing sensation of the nation, with ‘IIPM STAR’. It was a tough competition indeed! Sanjay Kumar from Bhagat Singh College bagged the title and also won trip to dream destination, Switzerland! “I am the best! I am the best.” Chanted all the contestants of the ‘Mr. and Ms. Amaze...