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IIPM : Bush Cheers Death of Terror Leader al-Zarqawi

Saturday, 10. June 2006, 09:20:16

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President Bush this morning cheered the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the man Osama bin Laden called "the prince of al Qaeda in Iraq." Zarqawi was reported to have been killed by U.S. and coalition forces last night in an airstrike near Baquba, Iraq.

"Now Zarqawi has met his end, and this violent man will never murder again," said President Bush, speaking from the Rose Garden of the White House. "Americans can be enormously proud of the men and women of our armed forces, who worked tirelessly with their Iraqi counterparts to track down this brutal terrorist and put him out of business."

In recounting the terrorist’s resume, Bush listed Zarqawi’s personal beheading of American hostages, and his planning of the destruction of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, the assassination of an American diplomat in Jordan and the bombing of an Amman hotel room.

"Zarqawi's death is a severe blow to al Qaeda," said the President. "It's a victory in the global war on terror, and it is an opportunity for Iraq's new government to turn the tide of this struggle."

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006

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    • Top Ten Tips: How To Keep Your Job In Today's Economy : IIPM

    Saturday, 20. May 2006, 10:29:58

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    If you've got a job working for someone else, and want to keep that job, here are ten essential techniques which you absolutely must follow in order to keep your job today:

    1. Don't Excel
    If you excel at your job, you'll get noticed. Your co-workers will notice that you are doing well and start talking to the boss about it. They'll gang up on you to try and take you down. They'll look for some evidence which poses you in some negative light, and use it as an excuse to get rid of you. Any excuse works in this climate. So don't excel. Excellence makes you different, and "difference" is a negative. Don't be different.

    2. Don't Do Poorly
    Don't let yourself slack off in any way either. They will use any excuse in a change in your job habits in order to red circle your position. Don't give them any kind of excuse. However, make sure that you also always follow rule one: don't do any more or less that what is expected of you, if you do you'll stick out, and that's the last thing you need right now. Keep on steaming at that exact same clip; don't vary your speed in any way.

    3. Don't Complain
    This is a sure job buster. Management is strung tight: stress is at an all time high. Money is barely trickling in, if at all. Now is not the time to complain. Bottle it all up, and never say a SINGLE word to anyone at work, or anyone who knows anyone at work, no matter how unfair or wrong things are. Management doesn't want to hear problems OR solutions. They'd like to hear NOTHING. Nothing is king. Silence is queen. They do like to hear keys busily tapping though.

    WARNING: Don't be fooled by an "open door policy" or your boss asking you "How Are Things?" or "What's wrong". Always respond to the former with "Fantastic" and never, never respond to the latter with anything other than "Nothing! Everything's just great". In fact, don't ever give him the reason to say "What's wrong": see point 7

    4. Use the mantra "I'm just happy to have a job"
    Every day, when you get up, in the shower, while you're shaving, on your way to work, just repeat, again and again. "I'm just happy to have a job, I'm just happy to be working". When your boss cuts your salary, just say "That's OK, I'm just happy to be working". When your boss gives that hot sales lead to another sales rep, just say to yourself "It's OK, because I still have a job". When your boss ask you to work the weekend, just say "No problem", and think to yourself. "I'm just happy to have a job." When your boss goes to Hawaii but you have to stay behind and work, remember the mantra.

    5. Take a salary cut gracefully when offered
    If your boss cuts your salary in order to keep the company afloat (or for his new minivan purchase) just smile and say "I know that its all for the good of the company, that's fine, we'll just get by with less". Even better, offer to take a salary cut, if you know that the company is in trouble.

    6. Get politically neutral
    Always good advice, but even more so now. If you ally yourself with the wrong crowd, you could be in trouble. If you ally yourself too closely with your boss, you could be in trouble if he goes. Be very aware of what's going on, but don't ally yourself with anyone. Remember your mission here is to keep your job at all costs. Look out for number one.

    7. Wear a Mask
    Every morning, before you go to work, put on your "work mask". Here are some key things to remember about your work mask. Keep a SMILE on that mask! It is never unhappy. At worst it's neutral, but never for long. Never, ever let down your work mask while you are at work, or while you are in the company of anyone from work, or anyone who knows anyone at work. Smile, be happy, and never give anyone a reason to say "What's Wrong". That, my friend, is the beginning of the end. You may as well get your resume out.

    8. Work longer hours
    You may think that this point conflicts with point 1, but its how you do it, not what you do. Make sure that you actually spend more time working, but not do more work. This may sound confusing but it's actually quite simple. Your boss doesn't usually care how much you produce, but they do care when you come in and when you leave (sometimes, they are simple creatures). Always, always come in before the boss and leave after. If you do leave before the boss, make sure that you send email to "the team" but copying your boss at 1am (or even better) 2:00 a.m. in the morning, so that he gets the impression that you are hard at work, even at 2:00 a.m. Even though you're really only working hard at keeping your job, 2:00 a.m. emails are still pretty damn impressive to the boss.

    9. Sacrifice everything for your job.
    Now is the time to stay at work long hours, keep your head down and shut up. Don't miss your wife, don't miss your kids. Don't miss the karate lessons, soccer games and Little League games. What you are doing is way more important than that right now. You are focused on keeping your job. That is all that matters. That is all your boss cares about, and this is tricky, no matter how much he talks like he cares, he really doesn't. Don't let your guard down. Not for a second.

    10. Be a work-bot
    When you work for someone else, you are not yourself. You are a robot. A cog in a machine. Sure, some of us are bigger or smaller cogs, in bigger or smaller machines, but we are all cogs. Do your absolute best to be the best cog that you can be. A cog that doesn't fit always gets replaced.

    Now, do you really want to keep that job, or work for yourself?

    Source : IIPM Editorial

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    THE FUTURE IS HERE

    Monday, 15. May 2006, 12:38:58

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    Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri
    Hony. Dean, Centre For Economic Research and Advanced Studies, IIPM

    The entire world nations, institutions, corporations, opinion leaders, media, and every movable and immovable economic agent is currently talking, breathing and eating China. Such is the awe of this nation that every other day new synonyms are evolving for this dragon in heat. In reality though, it may not be the dragon but the elephant sitting beneath it that is going to be the real thing. Yes! You guessed it right. The future is probably where you are sitting right now reading this article… in India.

    India is arriving. And perhaps its time to look beyond trite examples of the Mittals, TCS, Infosys, Reliance, Sabeer Bhatia et al that are used by everybody everywhere! They are there alright, but for the time being, let us appreciate the strength of India by itself as an idea, whose time has finally arrived.

    Today, India is already the biggest future fear for native workers across the US and Europe. India is seen as a country which can ruin the economic future of many a nation. After forcing and blackmailing developing nations to be a part of WTO, the same countries are talking of barriers to outsourcing and off-shoring a completely non-free market oriented thought; all thanks to a country called India. Different states in the USA are now forming their own laws and passing bills against the outsourcing of work (targeting only India) announcing that national treaties signed by the US are not applicable to them at the state level!! That’s the kind of fear India is evoking around the world. Gone are the days when India meant a land of snake charmers and elephants. India is certainly the next big thing. Even at the current average rate of growth of 6.5 per cent, our GDP is all set to double every 11 years, which means that by the year 2025, the Indian per capita income in terms of PPP dollars would stand close to around a very respectable $12,000 while the American per capita income would be around $50,000 (at its current average growth rate). Given the fact that we are about four times their population, the time is not far away from when we become an economy bigger than that of America and our GDP goes beyond theirs. If we were to take into consideration the fact that given the slightest commitment from the government, this 6.5 per cent current average rate of growth can be easily taken up to 10 per cent, India looks all set to be this century’s biggest super power. But then one might wonder, what about China?

    True, China is there, and there big time at that. But political and economic indicators and some recent happenings clearly suggest that there could be big trouble brewing in China. Unlike in the past, as in the case of Japan, wherein, people were excited about their rise and the rise of high quality products; a look at the way China has flooded the world markets with products at prices impossible will tell why no country is welcoming their onslaught. No country is welcoming because they know it is false. They know there is something fishy happening down there. As Vivek Lakhotia, a Delhi based manufacturer of designer CD stands put it, “Here I know I’ve used the best of technology, reduced costs to the maximum possible and made it at $25 and there comes a Chinese and offers me the same product in six months time at $2.5! I know its not possible. No technology, nothing can make it possible. Even if the Chinese government gives them the raw material (plastic and steel in his case) free of cost its not possible.” In Italy, according to a latest report, there were a dozen Chinese made high quality bras being made available for 50 cents!! No wonder then that countries around the world now want to put an end to this mindless unnatural process of dumping. And soon they will, unless of course, before someone else does that, the economy on its own collapses.

    The biggest impediment to this looming collapse is the completely irrational pegging of the yuan to foreign currencies. Just a fifteen minute (the Chinese claim it was completely accidental) open trading session of the yuan in the international currency markets last month had increased its value by about 7%, leaving one to wonder what will happen if the yuan were left to float freely in the markets permanently. Given China’s low cost of labour (33% lower on an average when compared even to India’s anyway abysmally low costs) and other economies of scale, thanks to large scale production made possible by the State through subsidies and loans (which are regularly defaulted on) Chinese are in a position to sell almost anything at a price which has no competition.

    Store shelves on American and European streets are sagging with merchandise like shoes, garments, toys and electronics or for that matter the entire world market might be over-flooded with consumer durables ubiquitously labeled as ’Made in China’, but what is serendipitous is that none of these are from a single homegrown Chinese firm. In fact China didn’t even have its own stock exchange till as late as 1990 and its first IPO was executed only in 2002!

    On the other hand, India’s consensual democratic model could provide a more nurturing and enabling environment for homegrown entrepreneurs who are defiantly competing with the best in the world. Starting from IT to ITeS, Entertainment to Health, High-end Knowledge processes to Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles to Biotechnology, everywhere, homegrown Indian firms have been able to make a mark for themselves.

    According to AT Kearney’s survey of American automobile industry executives, India had been ranked as the top most outsourcing destination with 24 per cent votes; out ranking China with a mere 15 per cent of votes. In 2003, four Indian companies in the auto part industry, Brakes India Ltd, Mahindra and Mahindra, Rane Brake Linings and Sona Koyo Steering Systems, won the prestigious Deming award in Total Quality Management. Similarly, India has moved up three notches in the 2004 Global Retail Development Index and has become the second most attractive destination among 30 emerging markets for retailers. While Russia remained the most preferred destination, India has overtaken China, which is ranked third, as per the retail benchmark study by the same consulting firm. Moreover, India ranked 6th in corporate governance and China 19th, in a survey of 25 emerging economies conducted in 2000 by Credit Lyonnais Securities, Asia.

    In a recent survey of leading Asian companies by the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), India registered a higher average score than any other country in the region, including China (the survey polled over 2,500 executives and professionals in a dozen countries; respondents were asked to rate companies on a scale of one to seven for overall leadership performance). Indeed, only two Chinese firms had scores high enough to qualify for Asia’s top 10 list. Tellingly, all of the Indian firms were wholly private initiatives, while most of the Chinese companies had significant state involvement.

    There are many supporting evidences to justify the emerging industrial strength of India. The Japanese Institute of Plant Management has rewarded 18 manufacturing plants belonging to 10 Indian companies for excelling in Total Productive Maintenance. ONGC, Reliance, Hindustan Lever, IOC, Wipro, SBI, Infosys, ITC, Ranbaxy and HDFC, figure in a Business Week survey of the top 200 emerging market companies.

    In the sunrise sectors Indian dominance is ubiquitous. According to American management guru Peter Drucker’s interview with Fortune magazine at the end of 2003, India’s huge lead in higher education explains why its process is “far more impressive” than that of China. Drucker further goes on to state that “a medical school in New Delhi is now perhaps the best in the world.” Today India “ranks second only to the U.S. in the number of global Drug Master Fillings every year,” according to Kotak Securities; India’s share has risen from 2.4 per cent in 1991 to 19 per cent in 2003.International management consultants McKinsey & Co. forecast that by 2012, India will earn over $2 billion a year from “healthcare tourism.” India is a potential source of low cost, highly skilled English speaking brainpower. It may soon have a farther-reaching impact on the world economy than China. Indian knowledge workers are continuously moving up the value chain.

    But finally it is something else that is India’s biggest advantage when compared to China. And that is our democratic political set up. Even with its highly disintegrated and diverse geography, demography and psycho-graphy, India and Indians have shown the strength of its democracy. With 28 states, 6 Union territories, 18 official dialects, and with 5 of its states being led by women Chief Ministers as late as in 2003; public sector, private sector, trade unions, civil societies and strikes and movements, India is a universe in itself. Freedom and secularism have always been India’s key strengths. No other country can perhaps boast of a more culturally and religiously diverse set of leaders and idols: The president of the country Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is a Muslim; Dr. Manmohan Singh the prime minister of India is a Sikh; Sonia Gandhi, an Italian born Roman Catholic presiding over the oldest political party; Michael Lyngdoh, a Christian, who headed the supremely powerful Election Commission (infact it is the Hindutava party which is sitting in the opposition!); Ratan Tata, a Zoroastrian Parsi heading the largest business conglomerate of India; Azim Premji, chief of WIPRO; Mohammed Azharuddin (cricketer), Shahrukh Khan (actor), Bhaichung Bhutia (footballer), Ustad Bismillah Khan (maestro-Indian classical instrument), Ustad Zakir Hussain (maestro-Indian classical instrument)... the list goes on.

    Democracy is the most non-negotiable human right. And it also is India’s biggest long run strength over the Chinese. In an environment where there is no dissent there is also effectively no warning system. In such a country systemic problems are bound to keep accumulating till it can take no more. As experienced more than once in the past by the Chinese during Mao’s Great Leap Forward, the downfall then is beyond controllable parameters and has catastrophic effects which can take away all progress and leave you reeling for years to come.

    The only wish was that the governments in India could have been more committed and we could have already been where China is today, and beyond. However, democracy in India at least permitted the rise of an unstoppable Indian breed called the Indian entrepreneurs, who are all set to drive India into super stardom- if we could borrow a phrase from Bollywood.

    So, it is only a matter of time for India before it emerges out victorious and the world gets to deliberate, reiterate and commemorate that: ’The future is here’.

    Source : IIPM Editorial

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    • Why IIPM’s Course Is superior to other MBAs?

    Saturday, 6. May 2006, 07:17:26

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    The Social Vision of IIPM
    Though Capitalism has contributed to tremendous growth of productivity, has enriched material life of man, has expanded scope of freedom, yet it has not meant abolition of war, poverty and perversion. Unbridled colonial exploitation and internal class conflict has sullied the ideas of equality, liberty and fraternity. Therefore, Capitalism is not made of colours one can dream of.

    Communism, as practised in so called Communist countries has lead to totalitarianism and loss of democratic rights, though the rate of growth of national economy in these countries have been much higher than Capitalism ever achieved. Rapid rise of Soviet Union in the past and recent unparallel growth rate of GDP in China amply demonstrates the inherent strength of planned national economic growth. Distributive justice in these countries also forced Capitalism to introduce welfare states. Historical experience therefore compels us to think of possibilities of combining higher growth rate with distributive justice while not sacrificing democratic rights of the people. Indeed, sustained high growth rate in GDP is not possible in the long run if distributive justice is not there.

    IIPM’s Social Vision follows from the above mentioned historical evidence. IIPM wants to contribute to the creation of a movement, backed by proper education and research which will create a society where exploitation of man by man does not exist, where each individual has the scope to achieve his / her potential to the fullest extent. Distributive justice in this society will ultimately mean “to each according to his need” a transition from “to each according to his contribution”. In other words, universal humanism is the social vision of IIPM.

    IIMs and the MBA education scenario in India
    Unlike other fields of higher education like Economics, Psychology, Physics or Chemistry, Master level program in Business Management is not built on successful completion of Bachelor level program in Business Management. Graduates of all streams can join MBA programs. It was envisaged by the Ministry of Education that for a multidimensional program which includes subjects like Operation Research, Organisational Behaviour, Accounting, Finance, Economics and Marketing, etc. would need 1024 contact hours (16 hours a week, 32 weeks a year) for 2 years MBA Program. In contrast, to achieve master level proficiency in areas like Economics or Physics, one has to have around 3000 contact hours. Obviously, the contact hours available in the MBA programs were not found adequate. IIMs therefore, increased contact hours to around 24 hours a week, enabling them to teach the whole program in about 1500 contact hours.

    Academically justified MBA programs with students of diverse background should be of three years duration with at least 24 hours a week of contact hours. A recent proposal to introduce 1-year MBA program to people having 5-years’ work experience (obviously non-managerial supervisory level experience for most of them) is deemed to dilute academic content of the program to cater to emerging markets as demonstrated by Indian School of Business (with 250 acres of campus, which is double the size of an average IIM campus), Hyderabad. Having failed to prove the superiority of their 2-years MBA programs, the IIMs are lured by the high fees that ISB is able to charge and also to secure very high level of entry salary superceding the elitist salary of IIM pass-outs. Lacking confidence in their academic standards and contributions to business success, IIMs are trying to overcome their second-class citizen status by entering into devalued 1-year MBA programs. The IIMs are thus, victims of their own criteria of judging an institute’s academic status by the level of salaries its graduates can command from the market by restricting artificially the supply of such graduates available to the industry.

    A few years’ work experience at supervisory level neither makes it easy to understand complexities of business nor develops faster learning capacities. On the other hand, a break from academic studies, growing age, fast social and personal life, makes it relatively difficult to concentrate on studies again. In the West, parents rarely finance expenses of University level studies. High fees charged create snobbish value around MBA courses while restricting entry of students (which in turn jacks up the entry level salary), compelling people to work a few years to save for the fees. Investment for studying MBA also includes sacrifice of their salary during the duration of study. Therefore, potential participants of the MBA program are also reluctant to study for a longer period, Market conditions, therefore, are the compelling reasons for shortening the durations of the program. These truths are being covered by all sorts of spurious theories exaggerating the usefulness of work experience.

    Why IIPM courses are superior to MBA
    IIPM has so far claimed the superiority of its Entrepreneur-ship program neither by the size of its campus, nor by the entry level salary of its pass-outs, but by its qualitatively superior and intellectually stimulating academic program. The IIPM course is a 22 month, 1944 hour course which includes in depth studies of national economic processes and ways to regulate its parameters to achieve higher growth rate of GDP ensuring higher growth of market segments within the national economy as well as higher growth of income of all sections of the people, including those who are below the poverty line.

    The importance of including studies in national economic planning processes can be explained with an example of natural science. At one level of knowledge it appeared that the Sun revolves around the Earth. At a higher level of knowledge it was discovered that the Earth rotates around its axis and also revolves around the Sun. Similarly, present MBA course structure concentrating only on market segments by individual profit making units. This fails to explain the potentiality of market expansion through distributive justice. Potentiality of business is always in harmony with growth rate of national economy. That is why business expands much more rapidly in China compared with expansion of business seen in India in the past. Knowledge of national economic planning potentiality will encourage the owners of capital to demand collectively the raising of living standards of the people at the bottom.

    IIPM’s Entrepreneurship program is superior to standard MBA programs as it also develops certain entrepreneurial qualities in program participants. These helps to remove aversion to calculated risk taking, imbued with ambition beyond normal career growth. Personal ambition in tune with social vision makes an entrepreneur reach out beyond boundaries again and again. Work remains no work, but hobby. Failures are looked upon as inevitable intermediate stages to success.

    IIPM also offers a unique Global Opportunity and Threat Analysis (GOTA) program, through which students are taken abroad for a period of 14-15 days, wherein the students get to attend lecture sessions at leading academic institutions and organisations like World Trade Organisation, United Nations, World Bank, Credit Suisse, Nestle, etc. This allows them to widen their horizon in understanding various forces of globalisation through experiential learning.

    Further, under the Global Outreach Program, IIPM invites distinguished faculties from leading global institutions like Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, Chicago, Yale, London School of Economics, Oxford, Cambridge, IMD Lausanne, INSEAD, etc., to come down to India to interact with IIPM students. All this put together make the IIPM course better than any other course of a similar nature in India.

    Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006

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    • IIPM Academics > Curriculum

    Saturday, 22. April 2006, 09:54:45

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    IIPM Publication "Winners All The Way ! ! ! IIPM's Full time & Integrated programs in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship are in a different league. Students are exposed to case studies & industry projects apart from undertaking tours to countries in Europe & US under the GOTA program, providing entrepreneurial outlooks to students..." {Source: The Times of India, June 2002} "IIPM's initiatives exposes students to international management practices of global organizations... IIPM's alliance with IMI, one of the top three business schools enables IIPM students to get joint globally recognized certification..." {Source: Financial Express, June 2002} "What makes IIPM programs different? The focus of the Full time & Integrated programs is National Economic Planning... The students visited organizations like Nestle in Vevey, Switzerland, Federation of Swiss Watch Industry (Bienne), Sulzer (Winterthur), IMD Lausanne etc. This international exposure not only broadens the students' horizons, but also brings them at communication terms with global management professionals..." {Source: Hindu, May 2002} The integrated and full time programme in national economic planning and entrepreneurship provided by IIPM (which are superior to standard MBA and BBA programs), alongwith IIPM's Fellowship, Executive Education (and Global Opportunities and Threats Analysis programs where students visit organizations like the United Nations (Geneva), World Bank, ILO, Nestle S.A. Vevey, IMD Lausanne, Credit Suisse etc.) have created some of the highest standards in the management field. Full time Programme in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship (leading to the award of the MBA degree from IMI): This is the renowned two year full time Master's residential program that leads to the award of the MBA degree from the International Management Institute, Belgium, one of the Europe's leading business schools. Offered currently at the Asian (New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad & Hyderabad) campuses of IIPM, students have the option of transferring their credits to IMI Belgium and continuing their studies there. Students study core subjects in the first year related to various areas like National Economic Planning, Marketing, Personnel & Industrial Relations, Finance & Accounting, Production, Quantitative Techniques, IT Systems and various other term papers. In the second year, students have to undertake compulsory specializations related to Marketing & IT. Apart from these two compulsory specializations, students have a choice of taking up an additional specialization, namely Finance or Human Resources. Students in the second year also study advanced core papers like Business Policy & Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Marketing etc. Students have to submit a thesis dissertation at the end of the program. Interestingly, this IIPM program has been rated as covering at least 33% more credits than any other MBA course in the world. Visit the link on Faculty to view the intellectual strength behind the Full time Programme in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship courses and the subjects covered. Students join the best companies in the world after passing out from this course. Please visit the link on campus placements for more information. Also visit the link on application details for information on how to apply. Integrated Programme in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship (leading to the award of the BBA degree from IMI): The Bachelor's program at IIPM is ranked amongst the best programs for undergraduates in India. This is a three year full time residential program that leads to the award of the BBA degree from the International Management Institute, Belgium, one of the Europe's leading business schools. As mentioned previously, the Bachelor's program is currently offered at IIPM's Asian campuses in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad & Hyderabad. In this IIPM program, in the first year, the IIPM students have to study the foundation courses related to areas like Marketing, HR, Finance, Foreign Languages, Culture, Executive Communication, Quantitative Techniques, General Awareness, History & Literature, Introduction to Management, Introduction to IT systems. In the 2nd year, students have to undertake core subjects related to various areas like National Economic Planning, Marketing, Personnel & Industrial Relations, Finance & Accounting, Production, Quantitative Techniques, IT Systems and various other term papers. In the third year, students have to undertake compulsory specializations related to Marketing & IT. Apart from these two compulsory specializations, students have a choice of taking up an additional specialization, namely Finance or Human Resources. Students in the third year also study advanced core papers like Business Policy & Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Marketing etc. Students have to submit a thesis dissertation at the end of the program. The IIPM integrated program is unique in the aspect that students in the final two years undergo as rigorous a course schedule as in the Full time program. Most importantly, these IIPM under graduate students, after working for two years in the industry, are automatically awarded the MBA degree from IMI. This allows the Integrated students to achieve an industry standing that is comparable to MBA graduates, at the same time allowing a time saving of two years. Visit the link on Faculty to appreciate the top notch faculty teaching at the under graduate programme and the subjects being covered. Another important aspect of this program is that students have the option of transferring their credits to IMI Belgium and continuing their studies at IMI. Students join the best companies in the world after passing out from this course. Kindly visit the link on campus placements for more information. Also visit the link on application details for information on how to apply. European Exchange Program with IMI: Considered one of the most valuable learning experiences at IIPM, all students of IIPM who successfully complete the first year of their programme at IIPM in India are eligible to go to IMI for the duration of one trimester in the second year. The students would stay & study at the Antwerp Campus of IMI in Belgium. The students would get the opportunity to interact with international faculty as IMI faculty includes various American, European & Asian professors. Students would be in the midst of truly multi-national student groups as IMI students belong to various parts of the world. During the course of this study, the students would be taken on corporate & academic tours to Brussels (Belgium), Paris (France) & Bruges (Belgium). This would provide the most invaluable opportunity of understanding how global organizations work.
     Source :- IIPM Editorial

    Copyright IIPM - 2006

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