New programme at Welingkar's

B-SCHOOL BEAT

After launching inter- university programmes for its post-graduate students in 2002, the Mumbai-based Welingkar Institute of Management will now offer international three-year undergraduate business programmes too.

Welingkar has tied up with Fox School of Business & Management, Temple University, US and the Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK to offer this programme, whereby students can complete their first two years of the programme in India and the last one year in either the US or the UK.

Students with a 10+2 degree can apply for this under-graduate course, which is based on the "2+2" concept (for the US programme) and the "2+1" concept (for the UK programme).

The course has a big advantage for Indian students, claims the institute "" by completing four years of the graduation programme (12+4 years of education in total), the students can easily apply for the masters programmes at the international universities.

MDI's alumni meet

Gurgaon-based Management Development Institute (MDI) recently organised alumni meets across the country in Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Gurgaon and Hyderabad.

About 500 MDI alumni participated in the meet. The venues ranged from the institute's campus in Gurgaon to The Golden Park in Kolkata, The Taj Banjara in Hyderabad, Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, The Park in Bangalore and The Residency in Chennai.

The progress and vision of the institute were shared with the alumni, while the new entrants exchanged their thoughts and expectations from the institute.

For many, it was their first meeting with old batch mates after their convocation. Such an event provides the members of the institute with an opportunity to re-establish contact.

It is often a disguised podium for career and personal growth. Business cards were exchanged and growth prospects explored.

Placement for finance experts

The Master of finance and control, department of financial studies, south campus, University of Delhi recently concluded its placement process for its 22 students.

The students received multiple offers from over 25 companies that visited the campus. The placements were in varied fields "" risk management, equity research, business analytics, treasury operation and so on.

Recruiters included companies like SBI Capital Markets Ltd, Power Finance Corporation Ltd, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, MetLife Insurance, Kotak Group, Jones Lang La Salle, Bulls & Bears, India Bulls and ICICI Prudential Life.

The average annual salary went up to Rs 5.8 lakh while the highest package offered was Rs 8.5 lakh.