Citing the incident where Facebook had to abandon an experiment undertaken last year where two artificially intelligent programs or chatbots appeared to be chatting with each other in a strange language which they developed on their own and only they understood, Dr. Jitendra K. Das set the tone of the conclave on “The Confluence of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics” held recently at the FORE School of Management, New Delhi, in association with BRICS Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Incidentally, the bizarre incident surfaced mid of 2017 when Facebook attempted to test its chatbots to try and negotiate with each other over a trade,…
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Blockchain has potential to reduce 30% infrastructure cost to 8 of the world’s top 10 banks, amounting to annual cost savings of $ 8-12 billion Crypto-economics is the future said say Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin while addressing a gathering “Blockchain Bytes” here in the city on Saturday. Prior to Hyderabad the event also held at Delhi and Mumbai. Joseph Lubin was Keynote speaker at the event Blockchain Bytes, organised by E-Cell, IIIT-Hyderabad in association with Blockchained India, a not for profit community of blockchain enthusiasts, organized Blockchain Bytes at its campus IIIT Hyderabad. Blockchained India orginiated out of shared curiosity of a group…
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has recently announced the exam date for Common Management Admission Test CMAT 2018 which was held on January 20, 2018. JBIMS Mumbai, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya, IFMR, GIM Goa, IMT Hyderabad, Nagpur are the few leading MBA colleges who have accepting CMAT 2018 exam scores in admission to 2018-20 batch. Candidates can check the details about CMAT Exam 2018 at www.aicte-cmat.in. Earlier, the exam used to be held twice in a year – September and February, however, now AICTE has decided to hold it once in a year. The CMAT is a…
Placement Week at XIME ( Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship) was organized in the month of December 2017, during which 86 students were placed. 16 students accepted Pre Placement Offers (PPO ) from various companies in which they did their summer internship and 5 students were placed through pooled campus placement drives organized by Mahindra & Mahindra and Orient cement. 38.4 % were recruited by 26 companies. The Highest CTC offered is INR 11.5 lacs per annum and Average CTC is INR 7.13 lacs per annum. Here is thr list of recruiters that are come for placement for the batch 2016-18:- KPMG, Deloitte USI, Infosys, Wipro, TCS,…
MAH CET 2018 Application Form has been released from Jan 22nd 2018. MAH CET is the state level entrance examination which is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra (DTE Maharashtra) . It is the qualifying exam to get admission in first year of MBA/MMS courses in the institutions of Maharashtra state. Here, aspiring candidates can check the complete information regarding MAH CET Application Form 2018. Government of Maharashtra has established a State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET CELL) under Admission Regulating Authority (ARA) as per the provision in Section 10 of Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Fees)…
The Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU) has completed its summer placement for the Post Graduate Programme of 2018. Of the 181 students in the batch, 157 sought placements through the institute and eight opted for the summer entrepreneurship programme offered by IIMU. A total of 46 companies made offers for summer internships, an increase of 9.5% over the previous year. Regular recruiters included General Electric, RBL Bank, Amul, Xpress Money, NMC Healthcare, Snapdeal and ICICI Bank while 18 new companies joined the list. The average stipend offered stands at INR 52,653 while the highest stipend offered jumped to INR1,60,000, a 10% rise over the previous year. The…
While inaugurating the 2 day science festival ‘InvoVIT-2018’, at the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) at Vellore Mr. K. Kalaiselvan, Executive Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Ranipet, encouraged students and said they are the future stake holders of the nation’s economic growth. He urged them to take deep interest in research and come out with innovations and invent new gadgets that would benefit mankind. Mr. G.V. Selvam, Vice-President at VIT presided over the event where over 600 students from more than 75 schools between classes IX and XII from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, took part. Mr. Selvam said…
According to IMI (International Management Institute) New Delhi “More than 88 recruiters from different sectors showed up for placements 2018. The season average salary is INR 12.23 LPA and highest salary is INR 20.75 LPA for the PGDM program and INR 13.94 LPA for the PGDM BFS program and 20.75 LPA for the PGDM HRM Program. FOR THE PGDM PROGRAM Rs.12.54 lakhs from Rs.12.40 lakhs last year. Median package shot up to around 12.1 LPA. The mix of sectors gave the students an option for a large variety of profiles and greater spread career choices. Industries ranging from Banking and Financial Services, IT, Consulting, FMCG gave the…
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur invites applications for admission to 2 years full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme offered at Department of Management Studies (DMS) for the session 2018-20. This Programme which has been recently subsumed under the IIM bulletin, was meticulously designed under the supervision of professionals and experts belonging to various reputed B-schools of Eastern India, including Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and Corporate world. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur est. 1960 and nestled in the ‘Ruhr of Bengal’ has a rich history of producing affective and responsible technocrats who have served the nation on its journey to growth and prosperity. Nit…
School of Management NIT (National Institute of Technology), Warangal has announced the notification for admission into MBA Program 2018 (through CAT and MAT) for the commencing session 2018-20. The school has an annual intake of 60 students selected on the basis of CAT/MAT scores every year. The focus of SOM is on its premier, 2-year, full-time residential MBA Program. The course curriculum is spread over 8 quarters of about 2 months each. The MBA program offered by the School of Management is exclusively for engineering graduates. It is a two year course that runs into 8 quarters. The program has extensive…
o honour exemplary journalistic efforts in India and motivate further endeavors in this field, the UK’s prestigious Bournemouth University – through Connect India, its global Hub of Practice for South Asia – has announced the second edition of the ‘Journalist of Change Award’. This Award seeks to recognize excellence in journalism that has inspired — or has the potential to inspire — significant social change. Nominations for the Award are currently being invited. The entries should be single-authored reportage that focusses on humanitarian causes or social issues, and has made or can make a positive impact to life or lives in a…
The SPJIMR placements office released detailed placement numbers on Jan. 04, saying that 35% of the 238 participants from the PGDM Class of 2018 were placed with top consulting firms, translating to a 30 per cent increase in the consulting area over the previous batch. The average salary increased to INR 22.24 LPA, up from INR 20.9 LPA the previous year. Over 92 per cent of the PGDM Class of 2018 batch received offers in excess of Rs. 17 lakhs. The median salary for the batch stood at INR 21.25 LPA, an increase from the INR 20 lakhs reported last year. This placement season saw participation from 105 companies…
Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) received the Energy Globe Award 2017 which is considered one of the most prestigious and the Highest Award in the world for Sustainable Energy. KISS was selected as a finalist out of 2200 projects submitted by 178 countries. India, Spain and Thailand were the finalists in the Fire category and KISS, was the only representative from India to get this award across all categories. KISS is dedicated to provide holistic quality education to 27000 tribal children to eliminate poverty and hunger. The Energy Globe Award was handed over in the Presidential Palace in Tehran, Iran. KISS has…
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) suffer from an acute social diversity deficit in their faculty composition. New data that we have obtained since we first published faculty diversity data at IIM adds even more ballast to the arguments made at the time. Out of 642 faculty members covered by this data, only two are from the Scheduled Castes (SC) group, and only one from the Scheduled Tribes (ST) group (and only 13 belong to the Other Backward Classes or OBC group). As a public institution, this bleak picture severely undermines the legitimacy of IIMs. In this sequel, we chronicle over four decades…
The Collaborative Ventures between Prasad Film Laboratories (P) Ltd and Creative Mentors—“Prasad’s Creative Mentors Film & Media School” launched. SS Rajamouli, the celebrated film director launched the same on Wednesday night in a function held at Prasad Film Laboratories. K. Vishwanath, well known Tollywood Director also graced the occasion. Giving details, Ramesh Prasad of Prasad Film Laboratories, the son of film doyen LV Prasad said we both organizations—Prasad Film Laboratories and Creative Mentors are bringing together our unique strengths to open the school for common good. Prasad Film Laboratories is part of the Prasads Group founded in 1956. The other subsidiaries of…
An email requesting non-vegetarians to use “only the tray-type plates meant for non-veg dishes” has raked up a controversy on the IIT-Bombay campus. The mail also said: “Please do not use the ‘main’ plates for non-vegetarian dishes.” Every hostel has its own council and is managed by students. The mess co-ordinator of Hostel 11, housing around 300, sent the mail on Saturday. The co-ordinator, also a student, issued a clarification on Monday after the mail was “questioned” on social media. Some supported the mail stating plates for vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes should be separated; many were outraged by the “segregation”. One of the comments said: “What most…
Businesses around the world are beginning to realize they cannot operate in isolation. This growing realization is making businesses to stop and think on how their sourcing, manufacturing, supply chain, and marketing practices impact others. As businesses expand into areas and markets that are not entirely familiar, relations with the society in new territories, impact of operations on the environment, fulfilment of social responsibilities and positive association with all stakeholders are becoming more vital for success. These considerations are even stronger for businesses operating in emerging markets, which have relatively less developed laws and regulations. The academia has been at the…
Indian Management Education at the Crossroads Once upon a time MBA used to be one of the most coveted degrees that top corporations used to seek from academia which would drive corporate reorganization, product innovation and marketing as well as implementation of new styles of leadership. The management grads were a symbol of a new culture and anyone serious about a career in business management aspired to earn those three letters – MBA. But with time, as it happened with many other branches of knowledge, the sheen of the MBA degree with conventional specializations seemed to be waning away. In my…
Applications are invited for Admission to the Two Year Full Time Master of Business Administration in Hospitality &Tourism (MBA-HT) in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Mabagement (SHTM), Faculty of Business Studies, University of Jammu, Jammu commencing July/August 2018. The admission shall be made on the basis of CAT 2017 in the first instance. If the seats remain vacant then the seats shall be filled during AIMA-MAT score of September 2017/ December 2017/ February 2018 The details about CAT and MAT are available on the website iimcat.ac.in and www.aima.in respectively. Facts File: Tuition Fees 1.5 Lacs Full time Faculty N.A Faculty…
Department of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (DoMS NIT Trichy) inviting application soon for admission to Master of Business Administration course the academic session 2022-24. DoMS NIT Trichy: Department of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (DoMS-NIT Trichy) is among the oldest B-Schools in India. It started 35 years back. DoMS-NIT Trichy teaches not just the art and science of management, but much more than that, it instills in its students virtues and skills needed to make a positive impact on tomorrow’s world and transform it into a better future. Read: DMS IIT MBA Admission 2022. Fees, seats…
