Rahul Anand of IIM Ahmedabad won the Blackberrys&nbsp;first-ever Young Guns creative young professional award, at an event held at IIM Kozhikode (IIMK). Young Guns is an initiative to pick the passionate and determined young professional and to identify him / her as a leader of tomorrow, with an ever-prepared attitude to rise above in all situations.

IIM-A student bags the Young Gun award

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The two-day marketing fest &lsquo;Index 2010&rsquo; of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) on November 20-21 provided key management lessons at Colvin Taluqdar College. The students, who had designed individual game stalls for the fest, learnt marketing and customer handling skills, even as they were on with the market research projects of 17 Indian and multinational companies. &ldquo;The market research projects were conducted by our students in the form of games and interactive programmes for visitors, while our students were on with their individual projects gathering inputs,&rdquo; IIM-L students affairs chairperson Ajay Garg said.

Fest gives lessons to future managers

India&rsquo;s common admission test (CAT) for premier B-schools may soon go global. The disclosure comes as the first successful and glitch-free edition of CAT concluded today. The CAT committee &mdash; the body responsible for conducting the test &mdash; also plans to make it available throughout the year.

IIMs may take CAT global

Last month, discount retail chain Megamart opened its 175th store. That&rsquo;s in keeping with the Arvind Retail firm&rsquo;s promise of occupying 5,000 square feet of new space every week, or 2.6 million sq ft a year.

Megamart, Loot bet big on aspirant shoppers

In a bid to capitalise on the growing trend of eating out, Pizza Hut, the flagship brand of US-based Yum! Restaurants, has switched to an affordable casual dining model from a quick-service format. In the process, its popular pizza express delivery, part of the quick-service format, has been hived off into a separate unit.

Pizza Hut changes tack

Imagine this scene: It&rsquo;s late at night, so late that it&rsquo;s almost the next day. There is a closed gate, and outside if you could see a never-ending line of people, sitting there, eagerly waiting for the time to tick by and experience.Ask a college kid in USA to guess what that was, and the answer would be: that&rsquo;s the line for getting the first pieces of Apple IPad.

The aura of Brand Rajni

The Common Admission Test (CAT) &ndash; the gateway to the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) &ndash; will be managed by a company or a society that would be run by professionals, but guided by IIM professors.

Independent entity to manage CAT

In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, Xavier Institute of Management- Bhubaneswar (XIMB) has launched a one-year Advanced Programme in Management on Resettlement &amp; Rehabilitation (R&amp;R) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

XIM-B rolls out programme on R&R and CSR

Confluence 2010, an annual three-day management conclave held by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) kicked off with a panel discussion centered on innovation along with inclusivity in business.

IIMA Confluence 2010 bats for inclusive innovation

Bajaj Auto, India&rsquo;s second biggest bike manufacturer, has revamped its product line-up and will launch a series of next generation version of its current best-sellers &mdash; Pulsar and Discover.

Face-lift for Pulsar, Discover

Rajiv Bajaj is an aggressive mood and thinks Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI), the country&rsquo;s fourth biggest two-wheeler maker, faces the risk of being labelled just a scooter maker in India.

Honda can make scooters only, says Rajiv Bajaj

Have you ever thought of interacting with advertisements with the help of your TV remote? This could well become possible, thanks to an initiative taken by Bangalore-based Lukeup Media.

i-ads now on tv sets

Management consultants call it &ldquo;The Infinite Loop&rdquo;. When you don&rsquo;t want to take a decision on something, there is no need to sweat. Just put it in the infinite loop by keeping the issue on the agenda for as long as possible by discussing it endlessly. The moment someone is close to finding a way out of the stalemate, end the meeting abruptly or say everyone needs time to discuss the pros and cons.

Shyamal Majumdar: How to avoid decisions 

The executive board of the Indian School of Business (ISB) which will meet tomorrow in Hyderabad is likely to appoint a new chairman, after the business school's founder Rajat Gupta stepped down amid insider trading charges in the US.

ISB board meet tomorrow may choose new chairman

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Boutique healthcare centres generally refer to luxury hospitals/clinics that specialise in a few select elective medical or surgical procedures, cater to quality conscious affluent customers, and offer a unique experience and personalised care.

KIT: Boutique healthcare centres

    In the late 1880s, the founder of this 120-year-old brand set out to fulfill a lifelong ambition of building his factory with the help of his seven sons and two daughters.

The Strategist Quiz (#195)

Shoppers Stop is following the tagline of its brand campaign &mdash; &lsquo;Start Something New&rsquo; &mdash; quite ardently. One of the biggest change in the operating strategy of the Raheja-owned retail chain is the shift in its trading model, says Managing Director Govind Shrikhande.

Key shifts for Shoppers Stop

    This company has been a rumoured takeover target 21 times and its name in Hawaiian means &lsquo;intelligent&rsquo;. Name it.

Answers to last week&#39;s quiz (#194)

A few days ago, the front pages of quite a few newspapers carried advertisements by Tupperware, a leading kitchenware brand. Nothing unusual, except that Tupperware is a direct selling company that has traditionally been avoiding advertising campaigns.

Direct selling firms go off the beaten track

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are set to get what they have been waiting for nearly 50 years, that is, since their inception: Licence to operate independently.

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