A lesson or two from Bollywood could not only be entertaining for our future managers but could also be a shaping tool for the bright minds. And, Indian B-schools are all set to cash in on the idea.

(G)literati: B-schools' tryst with Bollywood

Business Standard

Students and faculty of the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad &ndash; a signatory to the European Union (EU)&rsquo; s educational programme Erasmus Mundus &ndash; have started reaping the fruits in form of scholarships.

IMT benefits from EU academic programme

Devang Khakhar, director, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a member of the IIT JEE reform committee set up by the HRD Ministry, in an interview with Kalpana Pathak speaks on the challenges in making changes, while retaining the Joint Entrance Examination&rsquo;s reputation for high level of integrity and transparency.

Q&A: Devang Khakhar, Director, IIT-Bombay

The grand cantilever staircase and the iconic red dome were singed by flames and pockmarked with gunfire when terror struck Mumbai a little more than 18 months ago. So when Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata told the Taj Mahal Hotel employees looking over the wrought-iron balustrades last week that the venerable old lady will reopen with the splendour that it has enjoyed for over a century, it was more than just symbolic.

The makeover of Taj

English general entertainment channel (GEC) space, with Reliance Broadcast Network (RBN) launching a 50:50 joint venture with CBS Studios International.

BIG CBS joins the rush for English GECs

&ldquo;I will live with this pain, with this torment, for the rest of my life. I live in a tormented state knowing the pain and suffering I have created.

Shyamal Majumdar: Law vs perception

Amrut Mody School of Management (AMSoM), Ahmedabad University (AU) in collaboration with Cambridge Executive Education, Judge Business School (JBS), University of Cambridge has designed an Executive MBA programme for young entrepreneurs of family driven organisations. The programme, which was launched in Ahmedabad today, will help its participants identify and capitalise on business and family strengths for competitive advantage.

A'bad University ties up with Cambridge University for exec prog

The rules of engagement

The global financial crisis and the opening up of the Indian market have prompted business schools to reflect on their future course.

Flame's liberal touch to MBA course

    This brand was launched on August 15 and has been associated with cricket and Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Sachin Tendulkar, Saif Ali Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Virender Sehwag. Name it.

Answers to last week's quiz (#162)

Icfai Business School (IBS), a wing of the Hyderabad-based Icfaian Foundation, plans to invest Rs 150 crore to set up its own campuses across India over the next two years.

IBS to invest Rs 150 crore for campuses across India

Section 227 of the Companies Act 1956 requires an auditor to express an opinion on if the balancesheet presents a true and fair view of the state of the company&rsquo;s affairs at the end of the financial year and whether the profit and loss account presents a true and fair view of the profit or loss for the financial year. It also requires an auditor to state specifically whether, in his opinion, the profit and loss account and the balance sheet comply with accounting standards. Auditing and Assurance Standard (AAS) 28 requires the auditor to express an opinion on whether &ldquo;the financial statements give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India&rdquo;.

Auditor mindset needs to undergo change

    Who said this about the brands he launched: &ldquo;If people find No.2 so good, they will believe No.1 to be even better&rdquo;? No.2 was launched before No.

The Strategist Quiz (#163)

The shampoo market in India is estimated at over Rs 3,000 crore.

KIT: The Indian shampoo and hair conditioner market

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The service industry&rsquo;s contribution to the country&rsquo;s gross domestic product is over 50 per cent. The sector is growing at 12 per cent per annum, well above the average GDP growth of 8 per cent. However, the shortage of executives with the right people skills has led Aegis, a BPO of the Essar group, to start the Institute of Customer Experience Management. It will train students in managing &lsquo;customer experience&rsquo;. The Indian Institute of Management, Indore is partnering Aegis to train students, as are COPC (USA) and SQ Centre (Singapore).

Aegis: Filling the service demand gap

Tata DoCoMo is refining its &lsquo;pay for what you use&rsquo; philosophy for its data users with a new &lsquo;pay per site&rsquo; option. It had stirred the market in 2009 with its &lsquo;pay per second&rsquo; calling plans, &lsquo;pay per character&rsquo; messaging plans and daily plans. Data usage such as surfing the internet too had seen innovations such as daily GPRS plans and &lsquo;one paisa per kilobyte&rsquo; plans.

Tata DoCoMo: Devoted to the site

Nissan Motors India, which launched the fourth-generation Micra in mid-July, is the latest entrant in the overcrowded B+ segment. In an attempt to break the clutter, it has rolled out two television commercials (TVCs) around its launch campaign, &ldquo;The new Nissan Micra: Drive simpler, live better.&rdquo; It had come up with two 15-second pre-booking TVCs right before the Micra&rsquo;s launch which introduced the Japanese car maker&rsquo;s strategy for the urban youth, which is to reduce the stress of driving. The latest TVCs drive home the same promise of making the experience of driving enjoyable.

Driving made simple

Godrej is storming the consumer electronics and appliances market with new products designed to meet the unique needs of Indian consumers.

Appliances redux

There&rsquo;s a hall in Mahindra Towers at Worli in Mumbai where the Mahindra &amp; Mahindra bosses address the media. There are close to 60 chairs in the hall. A wooden panel slides to reveal a large screen. On Thursday, 12 August, journalists were called for an impromptu conference in this hall.

Local edge, global plans

Major Indian drug companies are creating their own identity abroad through direct selling.

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