When it started, Lalit Modi said the Indian Premier League (IPL) was supposedly modelled on the hugely successful English Premier League (EPL), which began in 1992 and has emerged as one of the world&rsquo;s most popular and richest sporting events. Actually, there are significant differences between the two in terms of structure and format that could partly explain why the cricketing version is so convulsed in controversy within three years of starting. This is not to say that EPL hasn&rsquo;t had its share of disputes, but nothing on the IPL scale, involving senior ministers or attracting the attention of the income tax authorities.

Kanika Datta: IPL needs 'fit and proper persons' test

Business Standard

Unitedworld School of Business, an initiative of Uniworld Edutech Ltd, has firmed up plans to open new campuses in Delhi and Hyderabad. The business school is also planning to open its first international campus in Singapore. All the three new campuses will become operational in July this year.

Unitedworld to open first offshore campus

Not only has the number of offers risen this year but students are also being offered multiple choices by recruiters this academic year.

It's raining offers at Management schools

The Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) Centre for Executive Education (CEE), which conducts customised programmes for companies, has witnessed a double digit growth with over 2,600 participants across 83 programmes.

Executives lap up customised courses at Indian School of Business

Twenty-two government-run polytechnics are expected to come up in more than 10 districts of Orissa in 2010-11. These polytechnics will come up in those districts which are not yet served by the government polytechnics. The districts include Boudh Gajapati, Nabarangpur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Koraput, Kandhamal, Mayurbhanj and Balasore to name a few.

Orissa gets 22 polytechnics, 91 ITIs, 415 skill centres

The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago plans to expand its course offerings. It offers post-graduate degrees through distance education programmes, at its centres in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai.

Illinois Tech to expand in India

Experts say Tendulkar can leave the field tomorrow without any brand equity dilution.

Brand Sachin on top of the world

Product extension is not something new to Horlicks, the flagship brand of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH). In fact, the health drink brand, which accounted for over 65 per cent of the Rs 1,985 crore revenue of GSKCH in the January-December 2009 period, launched 10 new products including variants last year.

Horlicks noodles: One too many?

Drive down any local shopping districts in the last year or two and you&rsquo;ll notice how half the stores scream sales, discounts and promotions. Strangely, the frequency of sales seems to outnumber the introduction of new stocks, designs, collections, services and ideas. In the short-run marketers may cite recessionary constraints to justify this trend.

Branding & street-logic

How Anand Agriculture University trains tomorrow&rsquo;s technocrats.

Students milk a dairy for business lessons

With an eye on high-value European and other western markets in the long run, Bajaj Auto has acquired yet another set of shares from the open market of off-road bike specialist KTM Power Sports AG which is headquartered in Austria.

Bajaj Auto: Higher stake

PepsiCo is set to launch caf&eacute; stalls to send out the message loud and clear that it is a healthy food company. The Smart Choice Caf&eacute;s will bring under one roof the different products from PepsiCo: Breakfast oats (Quaker), juices (Tropicana), baked snacks (Aliva) and snacks made from ingredients found in Indian kitchens (Kurkure). The retail foray could help the company increase conviction among consumers of the health quotient of the food and beverage brand.

PepsiCo India: Smartly choosing health

Diagnostic tests impact more than 70 per cent of healthcare decisions. The market for diagnostic centres is 4 per cent of the country&rsquo;s overall healthcare delivery market.

KIT: The market for diagnostic centres

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ICICI Bank was the largest recruiter at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) final placements&rsquo; third cluster today, with the number of its offers in double-digits.

ICICI largest recruiter over the weekend at IIM-A

Dr Reddy&rsquo;s has scaled down its global spread and wants to focus on its home market.

A Passage to India

The chief financial officer&rsquo;s responsibility has become more complex. He no longer just crunches number but also leads the company on various fronts.

The 21st century CFO

With unhindered access to boardrooms across the world, Ram Charan has mentored CEOs and entrepreneurs alike. In India for a session with business leaders on &ldquo;Building the company of the future&rdquo; at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award ceremony, he talks to Sayantani Kar on the difference in coaching an entrepreneur and a CEO and what makes businesses futureproof.

'Drill down to see what customer need is unmet'

Of what use can 140 characters be to ICICI Bank, India&rsquo;s largest private bank? If those characters make a &ldquo;tweet&rdquo;, and belong to a micro-blogging site called Twitter, the results will surprise you.

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