T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), a leading B-school, has announced a unique one-year Post-Graduate e-Governance Programme for Executives (eGPX). It will cater to middle and senior-level executives from government, public and private sectors.

The programme is being offered by TAPMI in collaboration with National Institute for Smart Government [NISG], Hyderabad with support from the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT. TAPMI is the first management institute in the country to be selected to conduct a postgraduate e-governance programme for executives in collaboration with NISG.

The admissions for the 2010-11 batch of eGPX will close on July 15, 2010.

“The eGPX Programme has been designed to produce professionals who will fill the capacity gap in the e-Governance space, both in the government and private sectors. TAPMI aims to support the government in its ambitious National e-Governance Plan by enlarging the pool of professionals in the e-governance domain and helping them acquire adequate skills to analyse, design and implement an e-Government application,” said Saji Gopinath, Director of TAPMI.

The National e-Governance Plan has been initiated to transform government departments and agencies from department-centric mode of working to a citizen-centric way of working. This is one of the prime reasons for floating such a course.

“eGPX intends to bring together government officers who have a clear idea of the processes that need ICT-enabled change and professionals from the private sector including IT, who will help implement this change. Learning about the possibilities of using ICT for citizen-centric, transparent governance and working together to make it happen is the aim of the programme,” said Jaba M. Gupta, Chairperson, eGPX.

eGPX will enable participants to understand an e-Government system from the point of view of the various stakeholders including the citizens, businesses and government. State-of-the-art classroom technology and pedagogy is used by TAPMI to simulate real-life situations and prepare the participants to understand the enormity of challenges involved in e-Governance transformation projects.

  With admissions to MBA colleges all set to begin, students should check out various parameters before zeroing in on the right college.

What are the parameters that should be the basis for students to pick up the institution that gives the degree more valued in the job market?

Here are a few tips:

Any graduate who has decided to take up the professional course MBA-Master of Business Administration, should posses one of the primary quality of Asking many questions, the various parameters on which the decisions to select a right institution are:

Approval: Any institution which is offering MBA should be approved by All India Council for Technical Institute.

There are some institutions which are offering MBA or equivalent course which is not approved by AICTE. It is one of the important criteria to undertake a course in AICTE approved institution for global recognition. Please logon to www.aicte.gov.in to know the list of colleges not approved by AICTE.

Affiliation: The institution would be either affiliated to university or autonomous. Each of the status has its own advantage and disadvantages. Universities traditionally have a strong base and autonomous colleges have the advantage of flexibility of updating the syllabus yearly which is done in tune with the industries need.

Selection should be done browsing the syllabus and it's checking its validity in par with the industries need.

School rating: Organisations like AIMA (All India Management Association), IMRB, Business India, Just Careers, B-School survey and many other organisation regularly conducts survey and rates all B-schools at national level, rating is one of the important criteria as companies use this rating for visiting for campus placement, fixing the salary, etc.

Rating is given to institution by taking into consideration factors like infrastructure facilities, faculty strength, campus placement, association activities, personality development programmes, guest lectures, FDP, Industry Institution Interface, Membership in professional bodies, MoU and many other factors. An institution which is rated above ‘A' at all India level is desirable to be selected.

Employability: The purpose of joining any organisation is to get placed in an MNC. To get placed variety of employability skills like communication, aptitude, attitude etc are required. Thus it is important to select an institution which provides facilities to the students to enhance their employability skills like communication skills, Group discussion training, personality development, Interview techniques etc. which will enable students to acquire various skills and qualities to enhance their placement.

Clubs and association: A good institution should provide opportunity for the students to apply their theoretical knowledge into practice. Various clubs are formed like Marketing, Finance, HR, Business Line, Entrepreneurs club etc. these club serve as a platform for students to develop their managerial qualities like effective planning,

Organising, authority and responsibility handling, decision making skill etc. Thus availability of these types of clubs and association enables the students to enhance their managerial skills.

Placement cell: Placement being the buzz word, every college has a placement cell, but more important is it should be active. A good institution should have a separate placement officer, should have organised on campus placement and job fairs, regular employment enhancement training programme.

Placement percentage: Student opting for Management programme should check the Placement percentage for last three years. If the institution provides information that it has placed its students as 80/90/cent percentage placement, it is important to know the type of companies and their level of salary offered. It is also important to collect information how the placement was done, whether it was n campus or off campus. How many got placed in on campus and the salary offered to them. Mere percentage should not be considered for selecting.

Visit: Never select an institution by going through the institution website, catalogue, and information received at the admission centre or education fair. It is advisable to visit the institution and check the various facilities claimed by the institution in various promotional materials like computer, library, good classrooms, placement record etc.

Ajmer: Rajasthan Aptitude Management Test (RAMT), the state level admission test for MBA colleges, will be held on June 3. 

This year RMAT is being conducted by the RajasthanWomen Engineering College, Ajmer. All preparations for successful conduction of the test have been completed.

Examination coordinator Dr. M.C. Govil informed that the test will be conducted at 18 test centres across 8 cities from 10 AM to 12.30 PM.

9612 students have registered to appear for RMAT this year.

The test is divided into 5 groups, namely, Reasoning and Aptitude, Data Analysis, Maths, General Awareness and General English Proficiency.

PLACEMENTS 2010: IIFM, BHOPAL

(As informed by Dr. R.B. Lal, Director, IIFM, Bhopal; Dr.(Mrs) Madhu Verma, Chairperson, Placements and Ms. Priyanka Batra, Students Placement Coordinator dated 31^st March, 2010)

In its glorious journey of 28 years, the Indian Institute of Forest Management has established itself as a guiding light of sectoral management education in the country. Its flagship Post Gradate Diploma in Forestry Management (PGDFM) caters to the demand of forestry, environment and development sectors, has been constantly upgraded to internalize the changes occurring in the dynamic world, and attracts the best among the talent pool of aspirant students as well as recruiters from diverse sectors. The interdisciplinary approach of learning, synergizing with research, education and extension has been hallmark of IIFM. The PGDFM program inculcates conceptual knowledge, analytical ability, critical thinking, creativity, hard working abilities and above all a deep sensitivity towards socio-economic, cultural and environmental needs in the students.

 The Institute has been having track record of 100% placements of its students since passing out of its first PGDFM batch in 1990 and the same is being maintained for the outgoing batch of PGDFM 2010. Like all other premier B schools the placements are students managed under the dynamic guidance and support of the faculty and the Institute.

 At IIFM the student profile is heterogeneous. The outgoing batch represents nineteen different states of the country and is a rich mix of engineers (marine, civil, electrical, computer science, chemical, instrumentation, lawyers, doctors and graduates (science, arts and commerce). Around sixty percent of the batch has prior work experience, striking the right mix for various organizations to participate in placements and seek IIFM students as prospective employees.

 The placement activities began early in the month of October when the students under the Placement Outreach Strategy 2010 went to various cities to visit organizations to make new inroads. Five major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Kolkata were covered under this.  For a batch of fifty seven students with specializations in Conservation and Livelihood Management, Environmental Management and Development Management the season took off with a great flight.

 84 organizations showed interest in participating for Placements 2010. Out of these 23 profiles catered to Conservation and Livelihoods, 27 profiles to Environmental Management, 34 to Development Management areas. The numbers of offers were 137 out of which 72 were accepted. Only twenty five organizations in all were invited for the campus placements, out of which eight each were from the Conservation and Livelihood sector and Environment sector and nine in Development sector.  25 percent students have secured more than one placement offer.

 The average per annum package this year has been Rs 6.47 lakhs, the highest domestic offer - Rs7.8 lakh  and international has been USD 55,000/-.

 Major organizations that offered jobs during Placement 2010 were:

 Area of Conservation and Livelihoods: Renewable Woods Pvt. Ltd., ITC, SRIJAN, Villgro, BILT, Aravali Foundation for Education, MP-DPIP, MP-Govt. Prg.,

 Area of Environmental Management: General Carbon, IFMR-CDF (RIG/ESF), NR Consultants, Sambodhi, M.P. Forest Department, C-TRAN, Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization (EPCO), Wildlife Trust of India (WTI),

 Area of Development Management: SKS Microfinance, Microsave, CCFID, Sahyog, Grameen Koota, FINO, BASIX, AXIS Bank, Spandana Spoorty Financial Limited,

 This year IIFM entrepreneurs as well participated in campus placements. Mr. Paul  Basil, CEO Villgro; Mr. Jayesh Bhatia, Director NRMC India Private Limited; Mr. Manoj Dabas, CEO Aravalli Foundation for Education; Mr. Kultar Singh Founder Sambodhi and selected students.

 The profiles offered were Forestry Operations Manager, Researchers, Consultants, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Analysts, Area Managers, Chief Operating Officer, Development Officer, Credit Analysts, Human Resources Manager etc.

IIFMights were invited to serve in the government projects too. MP Forest Department selected students who would be working on the CDM and livelihoods projects, Environment Planning and Coordination Organization (EPCO) have selected students as consultants for drawing State Action Plan for Climate Change in a UNDP funded project. This is to build a Strategic Knowledge Centre for climate change which is one of the missions of the India's National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC); MP-District Poverty Initiatives Program (DPIP) was an inroad too. For their phase two implementation of the programme our students would work as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the producer companies across the state. MP State program of Rural Livelihoods Programme and MP Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission have also selected IIFMights.

Yet another good profile was from Sahayog Micromanagement that visited
IIFM campus for the first time. They offered Operational Head and Strategic
Planning profile to the students. BASIX, a conventional employer of IIFMites has come back with totally revamped job profile of Senior Managers.

 Even after accomplishment of the placement process for the batch of 2010, offers are in pipeline from OLAM International, Ruchi Infrastructure, Aditya Birla Group for international placements; from IMRB International, Perenia Carbon, Climate works Foundation, CII-ITC, GIST,   L&T Micro Finance, IFMR Trust, ABG Consultants etc.

 Dr. Madhu Verma

Chairperson-Placements

Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal

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“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning” This quote by Christopher Morley vividly describes the concluded Summer placement process at Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur for the Batch of 2011. Picture this- 54 Companies participated in the placement process suggesting a whopping 50% increase over the last year, a jump of 20% in the remuneration for the summer internship and a plethora of profiles to choose from. The Summer Internship placement process at Vinod Gupta School of Management reached new heights and standards, setting new milestones and marching ahead to the path of glory.

Companies vied with each other to select budding managers from the strong batch of 98 students and offered exciting roles across varied domains. Students were offered niche profiles like Corporate Strategy & Planning, Rural Banking, Sports Consulting, Energy, Environment, Climate and Infrastructure Consulting, Institutional Development and Media Marketing & Strategy besides the regular Consulting, Marketing, Finance, Operations and HR Profiles.

A major change this year has been the change in Summer Internship duration from 6 Months to 2 Months. This change has brought about participation from many new companies besides the regular recruiters. A total of 21 new companies participated in the summer placement process this year which included „big names‟ like Axis Bank, Reckitt Benckiser, Titan, Siemens, O3 Capital, Daimler, SCI and NABARD which indicates the strong image Vinod Gupta School of Management has contrived amongst the big recruiters' over the past years.

The Consulting bandwagon was carried by Deloitte US, Deloitte India, KPMG, Wipro, Synovate Business Consulting, Nodwin Consultants and Voltas to name a few. Process Improvement, Corporate Strategy and Planning, Business Advisory Services, Strategy Consulting, IT Consulting, and Sports Consulting were some of the profiles offered in the Consulting domain. Challenging roles in Marketing were offered by majors like ITC, Reckitt Benckiser, Siemens, Titan, Essar Group, Frost & Sullivan, IMRB, Tata Motors, Daimler, UTI AMC and Bank of India besides many others. OOH Media offered an interesting profile in Media Marketing and Strategy.

Competence in Operations & Supply Chain Profile was proven once again by participation from majors like ITC, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages, Reckitt Benckiser, Tata Motors, Heinz, Tega Industries, Sun Pharma, Future Logistics, DCM Shriram and Tata Telcon. The strong quantitative and analytical skills of VGSoM Students earned them challenging roles in Finance and Analytics.

Profiles ranging from Investment banking and Equity research to Analytics were offered by Companies like Nomura, O3 Capital, Venture East, NABARD, Axis Bank, ICICI Knowledge Park, SBI Mutual Fund, ONGC, Vistasoft and Bank of Baroda. Few Students preferred challenging profiles like Media Marketing and Strategy, Social Networking Marketing, and Business Development for Immersive Virtual World Technologies, Environment, Climate and Infrastructure Consulting etc with Startups like Oxylabs, CTRAN Consulting, Sequoia Management, IntelliAnt and Indusgeeks Solutions. The average stipend crossed Rs. 37,000 with the highest domestic stipend being Rs. 70,000 . Overall, the high point of Summer Placements 2010 at VGSoM was neither the fact that many students were placed with multiple offers, nor it was the high stipend bagged; rather it was that all of the students got the profile they wanted, in the most sought after companies.