Planman Media: PowerBrands Rising Stars 2012-13 book launch in Dubai

IIPM Review MBA 2012

Taking emerging Indian brands beyond national shores, ‘PowerBrands Rising Stars 2012-13’ gears up for its superlative launch at the PowerBrands International event in Dubai later this month.

An initiative by Planman Media, the event will be a celebration of achievement and success comprising of the PowerBrands Rising Stars 2012-13 book launch, brand appreciation awards, PowerBrands Leadership awards and PowerBrands Hall of Fame ceremony.

Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri, Editor-in-Chief Planman Media and Honorary Director IIPM Think Tank said, “The last decade or so witnessed India growing phenomenally stronger in the global arena. It climbed the growth chart in every facet of industry, and the Indian branding industry has been a healthy part of it. These are the brands that share their inspiring stories of growth, innovation and success in a complex market. These remarkably gripping brands represent the changing face of contemporary India”.

The Hall of Fame ceremony seeks to honor and celebrate the success of the living legends across industries in India and UAE. Understanding the nerves of the market, these leaders have established their inextinguishable presence on a pan-India level, a feat easier said than done. His Highness Sheikh Nahayan bin Mubarak Al Nahayan - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE, who is also a member of the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi will grace the occasion as the esteemed Chief Guest. His Excellency Sanjay Verma - Consul General of India to Dubai will be the Special Guest of Honor.

Attendees will include people like Paras Shahdadpuri , Chairman – Nikai Group of Companies; Dr. Ram Buxani, President – ITL Cosmos; Vasu Shroff, Founder Chairman – Regal Group of Companies; Dr. Rana Kapoor, Founder Managing Director and CEO – Yes Bank; D. Shivakumar, Senior Vice President (Sales) India, Middle East and Africa Region – Nokia, Designer Manish Malhotra, Yogesh Mehta, Managing Director - Petrochem Middle East, Tej Raj Lohia, MD - Eagle Hunter Solutions Ltd., Vandana Luthra, Founder - VLCC amongst many others. Actors Arjun Kapoor & Ranveer Singh along with many others will be present too. Backed by rich experience, few of these renowned personalities will share their views on the Indian and UAE markets.

Deepak Kaistha, Chief Executive Officer – PowerBrands further added, “While brands play such an important role in the economy, there have been very few initiatives that have looked at Indian brands with a holistic perspective. Our PowerBrand Rising Stars 2012 recognises brands on the rise, that have etched a strong early impression, and encourages them to ‘elevate’ and capture the imagination of a resurgent India. Be sure that it'll be a proud embellishment in the world of branding!”

PowerBrands Rising Stars 2012-2013 is a revolutionary tale of success stories of the brands, who will be empowering our today for tomorrow. This coffee-table endeavour will act as a strategic tool to reinforce the supremacy, legacy, sustainability and credibility of the chosen few Indian brands. It is a salutation to the grit and determination of these emerging brands for having created a dominating space for themselves in the Indian marketing industry.

Some of the brands illustrated in the book, include Asian Tiles, Modicare, Cocoberry, Mad Over Donuts, Astral, EasyCabs, Neesa Basmati Rice and Sanjay Ghodawat Group, to name a few. PowerBrands Rising Stars 2012-13 promises to provide an elated experience to the brands as well as the readers by aiming to reach the next level of brand showcase and opulence.

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IIPM Review MBA 2012 - Delhi Bangalore Jaipur Lucknow Admissions

IIPM admissions 2012 for MBA program at any of the IIPM campuses are ongoing. The most preferred of all the campuses is IIPM Delhi. Bangalore, Jaipur, Lucknow & Noida are some of the other campuses that are popular. Each year a number of students take admission into various branches of the Indian Institute of Planning & Management Delhi (IIPM Delhi).

IIPM's Review on MBA Fee Structure

The IIPM fee structure mentioned below is for the 2012 admissions to MBA programs. The fee structure mentioned here is subject to change.

IIPM offer for different kinds of MBA programs. Each of these programs has different highlight offerings and accordingly different fee structure.

They offer two type of courses for MBA:

1. PGP International Courses:

A. IIPM PGP COURSE (with Resident ship):- 

This is a two year full time course. You get triple specialization option. Marketing is compulsory for all the students, then you choose between HR and Finance. After that you have 8 super specialization, out of which you choose one. Student will be studying 72 papers.

We take you abroad for your study tour either to USA/UK/Europe for 2 to 3 weeks.

Degree- IMI, Belgium

Diploma- IIPM

Certificate- Advance global management.

Total fee- 13.25 lac

B. IIPM PGP COURSE (with INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE):-

This is a two year full time course. You get dual specialization option. Marketing is compulsory for all the students, then you choose between HR and Finance. We take you abroad for your study tour to European Countries.

Degree- IMI, BELGIUM

Diploma- IIPM

Certificate- European Management Certificate

Total fee- 12.15 lacs

C. IIPM PGP (Regular GOTA):-

This is a single specialization course.

There is study tour to Dubai/ Brussels.

Degree from IMI Belgium

Diploma- IIPM

Total fee- 11.45 lacs

2. National U.G.C. Recognized course:

A. ISBE (a) (MINI GOTA):-

This is a single specialization course.

There is a study tour to Malaysia .

Degree- IMI, Belgium

Diploma- IIPM

Certificate- Malaysian University

Course Fee- 8.55 Lacs

B. ISBE (b):-

This is a single specialization course. You can choose between marketing/HR/Finance/Marcom/IT.

Degree- Gulbarga University

Diploma – ISBE

Course fees- 5.5 Lacs

This is precisely the IIPM fee structure currently. It includes a personal laptop for each student and guaranteed foreign trip/s. For all those who are looking for IIPM 2012 admissions should rush as the admission process will close soon.

For those who are keen on IIPM 2012 admissions or wish to know more about the programs offered, can fill up the IIPM form and one of the IIPM Counselors will get in touch with the interested candidates.

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IIPM’s social initiatives are ahead of any B-School

The latest B-School rankings to hit the stands, DNA Best B-Schools of India, have once again proved IIPM's growing stature as a top ten B-School in India. IIPM was ranked No.6 overall. However, what is worth special mention are its International Exposure, CSR, Placement and Industry interface rankings where IIPM got ranked 1, 1, 10 and 6. While over the last decade IIPM’s climb up the ladder in factors like Global Exposure, Placements and Industry Interface has been well known, it is the CSR ranking that has brought to light this institution's human face. "None of the rankings ever focused on this very important parameter in the past, so it never got highlighted but IIPM has always been a front-runner when it comes to CSR," said Prof Arindam Chaudhuri, the Hony. Dean of IIPM Think Tank completely delighted with IIPM’s latest achievement.

The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) was instituted with a focus on social commitment. The objectives of IIPM have always included a huge focus on National Economic Planning in order to reorient the growth in favor of the marginalised sections of India. IIPM’s social initiatives are ahead of any B-School even globally as it has sought to dispel the myopic notion that management is only about enriching the bottomlines of companies. Not only does IIPM amalgamate social commitments through its course curriculum, it also goes beyond the classroom to work at the grassroots level, particularly in the areas of education, health and employment generation.

As a part of the course, all IIPM students compulsorily have to spend two weeks working for society in various slums/villages of India. In order to give shape to this vision, IIPM started Manav Seva Kendras way back in 1994 and floated a fully dedicated CSR arm by the name of the Great Indian Dream Foundation (GIDF) in 2002.

GIDF today focuses on myriad developmental agendas, viz., education, health, gender reforms, environment, slum development, child care, skill development and many more. Through their ‘Rural Artisan Training Programme' which started in January 2011, more than 7,500 rural artisans across seven States would be empowered through counseling sessions on various areas of art and craft and skill upgradation workshops by the end of 2014.

Along with this, e-Shiksha, another initiative by GIDF, was designed to make computer education reach the hinterland. This programme is aimed at providing computer education at the doorstep of rural dwellers through vehicles specially equipped with laptops and power back-up. Going by the success of the programme, organisations like GAIL (India) and UNICEF have extended their help to the foundation. In the last five years, more than 2,700 students have been trained in computers and around 6,700 girls have got Life Skills-based Education through e-Shiksha programme. The CSR head from GAIL (India), Prodosh Bhardwaj, who is facilitating GIDF’s e-Shiksha project in Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh, says, “e-Shiksha, an initiative towards the development of rural GenX, is bringing radical changes in the overall behaviour of underprivileged youth.”

Furthering their initiatives, GIDF through Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) prepares local youth with skill training programmes and provides them with employment opportunities. The programme was initiated in April 2010 and shored up later in association with the Union Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, and further aims at educating 7,200 more candidates in various vocational courses across four major States of the country -- Assam,Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan -- by mid-2013.

“I am thankful to GIDF for giving me training and helping me get a job. I am really grateful to GIDF for changing my life. After getting a job I feel confident. I really owe GIDF,” says Ram Singh Daroga of Choudhary Petrol Pump, Jaipur, Rajasthan, whose life was put back on track by GIDF. Sohan Lal Khatik of Manish Textiles, who attended SGSY sessions, also thanks GIDF and says, “By providing training and getting me employment, GIDF has done a lot for me. Now I don’t have to borrow money from anyone. I can earn and I am capable enough to bear the expenses of my family. Me and my family are thankful to GIDF.”

Dr. Subramanyam Das, Admin Manager (Fortis Health Care), where GIDF-trained employees are working, says, “Aurobindo Chaudhuri Memorial Great Indian Dream Foundation provides skill-based training to the rural BPL youth which is a very good initiative. The employees coming from GIDF are working in our hospital as General Duty Incharge. They are very punctual and honest towards their duty. I am sincerely grateful for their hard work and the effort they have put in to provide resources in a short span of time. All the candidates are sincere, punctual and very hard-working. Our organisation is very much satisfied with the working of all the resources.”

Similarly Mr. Anirudh Singh, HR, Reliance Retail Limited,states, “Reliance Retail Limited (RRL) has grown into an organisation that has made rapid progress towards building an entire value chain starting from the farmers to the end consumers. The manpower coming from ACM-GIDF is above satisfactory level and is meeting our requirements. Their performance is impactful. We look forward to their support towards fulfilling our manpower needs in future as well.” Striving towards achieving their vision of a disease-free IIPM’s rural development programmes are also simultaneously carried out from IIPM's Manav Seva Kendras in various villages of India. The programme runs many rural schools as well as many rural medical camps. It runs ambulances for village India, puts newspaper boards at strategic points in villages to spread socio-economic awareness among villagers, organises rural entrepreneurship programmes, works for upliftment of women in rural areas, organises relief camps during national calamities among a plethora of committed social activities under the personal and passionate guidance of Dr. M. K. Chaudhuri, the Director of IIPM.