… says Prof V K Kumar, Dean & Director, GITAM School of International Business (GSIB), GITAM University at Visakhapatnam in the State of Andhra Pradesh. GSIB offers MBA Programmes in International Business, International Banking & Finance,  Global  Logistics and Supply chain Management.

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… says Prof Janakiraman Moorthy, Professor - Marketing at IIM Calcutta and CAT 2011 Convenor. The IIMs are confident that CAT 2011 is going to help them in identifying the appropriate candidates for our programmes, and that the examination will be fair and equitable.

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…says Dr C Gopalkrishnan, Director at the Institute of Management, NIRMA University, Ahmedabad. He is also a professor of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship at the institute. Dr Gopalkrishnan talks about what makes the institute location unique to an MBA participant and also shares his opinion on the current trends, in an exclusive e-interview with Serena Kallian.

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… says Dr N R Parasuraman who recently took charge as the new Director at SDM Institute of Management Development, Mysore (SDM IMD) in 2011. This B-school has been imparting management education for the past 13 years now. Dr.Parasuranam has been associated with the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM K) in the past as faculty.

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… says Marina Gandhi, Head, Education, East India of the British Council, based in the Kolkata Office. At present, she is also the Acting Head for Education UK Promotion, India. She has worked with the British Council for 28 years, the last 12 of which have been spent in the area of Education. In an e-interview with Gauri Puranik, she speaks about the education system in the UK and its benefits for Indian students.

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Vijay Anand, head of the Incubation Centre at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has been at the helm of many start- ups like ‘Proto.in’. He is popularly known as the ‘start-up guy’. Here’s Anand, in an exclusive e-interview with Serena Kallian...  . 

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Dr Rama Velamuri teaches Entrepreneurship and Negotiation in the MBA, EMBA and executive development programs at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He is the Academic Director of CEIBS’s International Executive MBA. Dr Velamuri has been a facilitator in programs for senior managers of top corporations like Abbott Laboratories, Goodyear-Dunlop, Nissan Europe, Vodafone and Unicef to name just a few. He has also been a facilitator in the CEO Collaborative Forum, which brings together 30 European technology entrepreneurs who have received venture capital backing.

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Charmaine Courtis is the Executive Director, Student Services & International Relations at York University’s Schulich School of Business. A senior member of the Schulich International Team, Charmaine brings over thirty years of development, and leadership in the Student Service/Student Affairs roles of the university.

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Dr Ganesh Raja is a Doctorate in Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and has over 21 years of experience in the Service industry. He has anchored programmes on services management & strategy as a visiting faculty in leading business schools across the country. Since November 2009, he is the Director of ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai. In an interview with Radhika Arunkumar, he talks of the development of the education sector in India and the role played by ITM in mapping a student’s life.

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… says Dr Daniel Theyagu who has trained more than a hundred thousand people in his 17 year career as a corporate trainer and management consultant to statutory boards, the civil service, schools and multi-national corporations. A popular seminar and workshop leader, he often gives keynote speeches at conferences. Participants enjoy his interactive and humorous approach of explaining difficult issues through the use of parables and metaphors.

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Prof Balasubramanian S has been the Director of GRG School of Management Studies, Coimbatore, since February 2007. He is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Madras (1968) and holds a PG Diploma in Management (MBA) from IIM Calcutta (1975). He is a certified Accredited Management Teacher from AIMA. He is also a qualified administrator and interpreter of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). He has nearly 30 years of experience in the industry in the private and public sector in India and abroad. In conversation with Radhika Arunkumar, he talks of GRG School of Management Studies (GRGSMS), which is dedicated and committed to the development of women business leaders, entrepreneurs and management education in India.

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…says Dr Rajan Saxena, Vice Chancellor, & Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS). With over 37 years of professional experience in management education, research, consulting and institution building, Dr Saxena is widely respected in the country as a Marketing Educator and a consultant.

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… says Sagar Bahadur who is the Area Manager – North India, International Business for Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS). Currently, he looks after business and marketing relations of MDIS in this region, facilitates Institutional tie-ups and supports agent network.

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… says Rekha Sethi, the Director General of All India Management Association (AIMA), the apex body for management in India. She has over 22 years of experience – over 17 years of which she spent with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the apex industry led and industry managed body which serves as a reference point for the Indian and International business.

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…says Prof C Gopalkrishnan, Director & Professor of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship, Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science & Technology. He has got more than 35 years of teaching experience in various management institutes and has co-authored a Book: Trade Unionism and Industrial Development (Ashish, 1989) co-edited two books (Excel), and has published 50 papers in journals, economic newspapers and chapters in books.

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...Says Amitava Chattopadhyay, the L’Oréal Chaired Professor of Marketing - Innovation and Creativity at INSEAD. Professor Chattopadhyay holds a PhD from the University of Florida, a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a B Sc (Honours) degree from Jadavpur University, India.

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… says Fr E Abraham, Director, XLRI and Professor of Organizational Behaviour. In his earlier stints, he has served as the Director of XIMB; Joint Director of the Academy of HRD; and the President of Association of Indian Management Schools. He also has professional affiliation to a number of organisations at the national and international level. In this e-interview with Sarita Kutty, Fr Abraham offers an insight into future placement trends and the holistic teaching method that is adopted at XLRI.

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… says Joseph Li Puma, Affiliated Professor in Strategic Management at EMLYON Business School and Director of the IMBA programme.

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…says Prof K Sivaramakrishna who joined as Head of the Department, College of Management Studies (now GITAM Institute of Management) in 1996. It was then an affiliated College. The Institute grew in leaps and bounds and became autonomous under GITAM University; and since 2007 he has headed the institute as Dean & Principal. In conversation with Radhika Arunkumar, he talks of his mission to make GIM the best institute in Management studies, the state of higher education in the country and the hot sectors a student can look at for specialisations.

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