Fabindia, now a Harvard case study
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| The case highlights Fabindia's unusual business model that combines entrepreneurial and social goals and will be will be taught to 900 first year students as part of the required course 'The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM)' of the 'Managing Uncertainty and Growth' module. |
| Fabindia's is an interesting managerial case study due to its stated mission of providing employment to the rural poor. |
| IIM-A wins Insight 2007 contest |
| Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad has won the first prize of Rs1 lakh at Insight-2007: "Spot the NexGen Winners"- a contest for B-Schools and young professionals. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai won the second and third prize of Rs 75,000 and 50,000 each. |
| Insight is an annual event that fosters ingenuity and out-of-box thinking on capital market related issues in B-school graduates. BITS-Pilani's Hyderabad campus |
| Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS)- Pilani has laid the foundation stone for its Hyderabad campus on Saturday. Spread over 200 acres, the new campus is being built at a cost of about Rs 270 crore. |
| Beginning August 2008, according to BITS, the campus will offer degree programmes in engineering and sciences leading to BE (Hons) degree in chemical, civil, computer science, electrical & electronics, electronics & instrumentation and mechanical engineering as well as B. |
| Pharm and M Sc (hons) in sciences and M Sc (Tech) in information systems. The initial intake for these courses will be around 600. |
| In future, the Hyderabad campus will introduce M E, M Pharm, M Phil and Ph D programmes, with major emphasis on research. It also plans to establish research and entrepreneurship parks in collaboration with leading industries and R & D establishments. |
| Manipal ties up with IIBF |
| Manipal Education Group has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF), to provide a Diploma in Banking and Finance (DBF), to be awarded by IIBF. |
| IIBF an 80 year-old association of Banking and Finance professionals and institutions set up for the development of banking education. |