Chopra was an assistant professor at the Stern School of Business Administration at New York University before going to Kellogg.
A Rs 2 health insurance scheme for rural India and a project on empowering cooperative banks through effective application of information technology -- ideas that looked at tackling such problems received the thumbs-up from the jury of the Business Standard B-school Award 2012 held here on Tuesday.
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta will host the national B-school festival, Intaglio 2005, from January 7, 2005.
Cognizant, an IT service provider,plans to start operations in Hungary and Philippines. The company is also considering expanding to Europe.
What would an Indian American president of the US look like, sound like and act like, especially on issues and policies pertaining to his or her 'mother-land'?, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
CIIE Initiatives, a non-profit company set up by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad's incubator-cum-angel investor, the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), is in talks with the central government and private organisations for establishing a renewable energy (RE) fund.
German automobile giant Volkswagen Group has found in John Chacko a natural successor to Joerg Mueller as the new chief representative for India as well as president & managing director, Volkswagen India. The 58-year-old BTech from Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (Class of '73) has been a part of the Volkswagen Group since 1978.
On Thursday, the prime minister is scheduled to hold one-on-one meetings with top five American CEOs. Two of them are Indian Americans -- Shantanu Narayen from Adobe and Vivek Lall from General Atomics. The three others are Cristiano E Amon from Qualcomm, Mark Widmar from First Solar, and Stephen A Schwarzman from Blackstone.
Eminent industrialist and chairman and managing director of Bajaj Auto Ltd, Rahul Bajaj has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
In a first, IIMA launches 2-year distance learning course
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management announces admissions to MBA Programme (OBC Category).
'These companies hired in high numbers last year and are balancing that out this year by recruiting fewer freshers.'
'Young working adults between 25 and 34, who are in Indian Tier II and III cities, are leading the charge in terms of crypto adoption.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a historic moment for Andhra Pradesh, as he laid the foundation stone of capital Amaravati at the Uddandarayuni Palem on Thursday. More than 10,000 police personnels were deployed for the even in the city.
A large part of the work that CEO Sumit Gupta does is focused on educating users and the larger community about investing in cryptocurrencies, reports Neha Alawadhi.
The show, called Vulture's Nest, is based on Dragon's Den -- a venture-capitalist television programme that originated in Japan, where entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to secure investment finance from business experts. IIT-B has tied up with a private news channel to telecast the show.
Lateral placement, placement for students with work experience of a year or more, at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, have seen newer entrants from the industry in the race this year.
Reader Girish spotted Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, better known as N R Narayana Murthy, one of the seven founders and now the chief mentor of Infosys Technologies, at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore in April 2008.
'aris can be boiling hot in July. The choice of viscose over cotton was deliberate. Cotton would have crushed badly. We used viscose because it is a wood pulp fibre and lets you breathe. It is cooler than silk. We had to consider breathability because the athletes would be on a barge, in the heat, for up to five hours.'
In what could be termed as a major innovation in the field of male contraception, the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) has invented a unique male contraceptive that can have a continued effect for 10 years. A single 60 mg injection can be effective for at least 10 years. A single dose, which may cost the manufacturer Rs 50, is expected to be marketed at close to Rs 200.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday called for seamless coordination among various agencies involved in protecting India's maritime interests in the face of emerging security challenges and increasing rivalries and competitions in the Indian Ocean.
The sustainable impact of this process is under scrutiny, Tripathi added.
A press release by the IIM says that the seminar is expected to see representation from from Punjab, U.P, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Tripura, and Assam.
The Common Admission Test (CAT) this year too may remain a paper-pencil test given the logistics involved.
While the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur may have attracted among the highest donations by an individual (former student and IndiGo Airlines co-founder Rakesh Gangwal) at Rs 100 crore last week, IITs have largely seen such contributions rise over recent years, despite the Covid pandemic. According to Mahesh Panchagnula, dean, Alumni and Corporate Relations, IIT Madras, in the last five years, the premier institute has raised more than Rs 135 crore under the endowment category of education alone. Despite the pandemic, there has been an increasing trend in endowment funding received at IIT Madras, with an average increase of about 20 per cent year-on-year across the last five years.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) CEO and Managing Director S Ramadorai said that the company would hire computer science PhD students who have graduated from any Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the country without any interviews for the next five years.
'A credit line on UPI is going to make banks think about credit fundamentally as they digitise the credit process entirely.'
'Students of Tier-II and Tier III engineering colleges in the south may find 2023 to be one of the toughest years for getting jobs.'
The Indian Institution of Technology -- Madras invites applications for its Summer Fellowship Programme.
'When manufacturing or even services cannot generate the kind of employment they are looking for, they prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed.'
A total of 1,037 students had reportedly applied for campus placement which began on December 1, 2008, of which 732 appeared for interviews while only 574 managed to secure final employment. The record is poor when compared to 98 per cent placement by mid-February during the last placement season. Similarly, around 96 per cent of students had been placed by January end in 2006-07.
'To those who have just finished engineering or MCA or BSc, BBA, I will say they should take up whatever internship opportunities they are getting.' 'They should look for opportunities to learn the latest tools.' 'They should think innovative and try to solve problems. Only when you sharpen your skills, you will remain relevant.'
The academic programmes will start from the academic year of IIT-KGP, commencing July 2006.
'A key reason for the strong interest in IPOs has been an increased focus on profitability and reasonable pricing of deals.'
Three Indians are among 40 recipients of Securities and Investment Institute awards, organised by the London Stock Exchange members for those in the investment industry.
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