Prof. Navin Chandra's paper is accepted for international publication

Prof. Navin Chandra's paper on "Strategic Operations Management in Data Centers: An Empirical Investigation" got accepted for international publication in the Review of Business Research (RBR). This is part of the IABE (International Academy of Business and Research) conference in the USA scheduled in October 2010.

Academic session of AsiaGSB PGPM 2010-11 had been begun with Assessment center

Academic session of AsiaGSB PGPM 2010-11 had been begun with Assessment center under the guidance of Mr. P. Vijayan and Mr.Dhruva Sen. It was a standardized evaluation of behavior based on multiple intelligences,which included Group Discussion, Role play, psychological tests, case study evaluation and personal interview. It helped students to develop themselves by identifying their core strengths and improvement areas

Prof. Rao, Unnava, H. from Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University is in Asia Graduate School of Business to teach a full course on Marketing Management to the second batch of PGPM

Students of batch 2010-11 had an Industrial visit to Asian Paints

Students of batch 2010-11 had an Industrial visit to Asian Paints,India's largest paint company and interacted with HR manager and project manager over the various marketing strategies and Supply chain management of the company.It was accompanied with the plant visit, students were taken to floor to see the processes from manufacturing to packaging.It gave us an unique opportunity and exposure and a better understanding of various functions which are an integral part of any successful organization.

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Inaugural function of 2nd Batch of PGPM (2010-11)

Inaugural function of 2nd Batch of PGPM (2010-11) will be at Hotel Taj Krishna Hyderabad. Chairman of ITM Group of Institutions Dr PV Ramana will preside the function at 11 AM on 2nd July. Mr. Nishchint Bhatia, Director- International Operations (Agro) Pepsico will be the Chief Guest

US Internship offer to AsiaGSB Students

All students of AsiaGSB have been offered 3 months US Paid Internship

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Student Batch 2009-10 US Internship Details of some students

Mr.Sanjay Gupta:
Company: Zyvex Performance Materials
URL: http://www.zyvexpro.com

Brief project description:
Zyex Performance Materials is looking to expand its presence in
shipbuilding market.In evaluating the international commercial
shipping markets, intern will help create a strategy for ZPM to
execute an expansion for its materials from domestic US markets to
Global customers.

MS Preeti Gupta:
Company: Groundwork Group
URL: http://www.groundworkgroup.org

Brief project description:
Collection of related and structured activities that produce values to
customers and visualize as a sequence of activities to increase
efficiency at par with the market standards.

Mr Ravi Ganta

Company Name: Techcolumbus ( http://www.techcolumbus.org/ )
Area of Project : Funds Management
Project Description : I need to prepare summary materials of Tech columbus portfolio companies- specifically a dashboard of the key information utilized by investors, as well as summary "Marketing " Pieces..

Mr Gautam kashyap

Company : Tech Columbus
Project: To compile a Resource Directory for all fund programs operative in the state containing their guidelines and to create a glossary of business terms contained in the guidelines.

Two research scholars of Dr. D.K. Srivastava awarded Ph.D. at 70th Annual Convocation of TISS on May 10, 2010

Ms. Hema Bajaj, a research scholar of Dr. D.K. Srivastava was awarded Ph.D. by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai on the topic "HR Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions : Case Study of Banks". Another research student Ms. Pragya Sonawane, was also awarded Ph.D. by TISS, Mumbai on the topic : "Enhancing the value of Non-Monetary value of recognition for employees : A cross- sector Study.

Dr. Jay Dial receives Ohio State 2010 Alumni Award

Management Professor Dr. Jay Dial was awarded the 2010 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching on Thursday, April 15 in front of his strategy class in Gerlach Hall. Winners receive a cash award of $3,000, made possible by contributions from the Alumni Association, graduates, former students, and friends of Ohio State. They also receive a $1,200 increase in their base salaries from the Office of Academic Affairs.  Dr. Dial, along with the other recipients, will be inducted into the university's Academy of Teaching, which provides leadership for the improvement of teaching at Ohio State." (Source: FCOB Website)
 
Dr. Jay Dial teaches 'Strategic Management and Corporate Strategy' at Asia Graduate School of Business.

An article by Prof. Navin Chandra is published in a book on Strategic Operations Management

Prof. Navin Chandra. (2010). RFID: Challenges and Opportunities in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry. In: Dr. GVRK Acharyulu, Dr. B Raja Shekar, Strategic Quality Management Through Innovation and Value Creation. India: Excel Publications. p447-453. ISBN 978-81-7446-825-3.

Dr. Animesh Bahadur comes as visiting faculty for a course on Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics

Dr. Animesh Bahadur is currently faculty at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. His specialization is in the areas of employment relations and sociology of work. He has also worked in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation in the SME sector as a Research Associate at IIM Lucknow. He has also been involved in research and consultancy for NGOs since 1996.  His current areas of research interest include the nature of affirmative action in the Indian private sector and the gender dimensions of work in the contemporary scenario. He has been a recipient of UGC Junior Research Fellowship in the area of HRM and Industrial Relations.

Dr. Masthan gave a talk on "Management Research in Organizations"

Dr. Masthan gave a talk on, "Management Research in Organizations" at the AICTE sponsored National seminar on Developing Research Skills in Management Scholars, at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad on March 26, 2010.

Prof. Navin Chandra presented at National Conference organized by University of Hyderabad

Prof. Navin Chandra presented a paper on, "Radio Frequency Identification: Challenges and Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Industry", at the National Conference on Strategic Quality Management through Innovation and Value Creation, organized by the School of Management Studies at the University of Hyderabad, from March 18 - 20, 2010.

Prof. Prachi participated in the Third Global Emotional Intelligence Conference at TISS

Prof. Prachi participated in the Third Global Emotional Intelligence Conference at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, organized by the Forum for Emotional Intelligence Learning (FEIL) and TISS on March 5th and 6th, 2010.

Dr. Atanu Adhikari's article published in a book by Gower Publications

Dr. Atanu Adhikari's article (with Dr. S P Raj) "Market Orientation when customers seem content with the status quo! Observations from Indian agri-business and a case study" was published in the book Market orientation: Transforming food and agri-business around the customer, in Feb, 2010.

Infofil Chemicals Company has offered internship to our students

Indofil Chemicals Company, which has its presence in more than 50 countries as a supplier of Mancozeb Formulations, has offered one-month internship to two students, at its prestigious facility in Hyderabad.

TCS has kindly extended internship for one more month to Annapurna.

In recognition of outstanding performance in the project "Employee Engagement", TCS has kindly extended the duration of internship for Ms. Annapurna for another month.

Twelve weeks of paid International Immersion Program begins from May 15th, 2010

The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, USA, has officially invited all the students of the current batch for six weeks of  International Immersion Program beginning from May 15th 2010.

Dr. Anil Makhija, from Fisher College of Business, to hold classes in Finance at Asia GSB

Dr. Anil Makhija, Chairperson, Dept. of Finance, from Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University is scheduled to conduct classes in Finance from February 28, 2010.

He will be available for interaction with interested candidates for 2010-11 batch on prior appointment.

All students in the present batch have been placed for one month of Field internship

All students have been accepted for their field internships by TCS, Citibank, Aditya Birla Group, ADG Consulting, NTPC, Sujana Group and other MNC's.

Students visit Asian Paints in Hyderabad, Feb 4, 2010

To offer the students more industry exposure and to ensure a better understanding of the conceptual learning of the classroom, the students recently had an Industrial Visit to the Asian Paints Plant at Patancheru, Hyderabad. The students were explained in detail the history as well as the growth of the organization along with the future goals of the company. Insightful inputs were provided which fostered a lively discussion on various topics between the officials and the students. Subsequently, a walk through the plant was arranged to understand the paint manufacturing process and provide the students a first hand experience of a day at a manufacturing unit.

Corporate Vice-President and Managing Director of Microsoft Research India, Mr. Srini Koppolu visits AsiaGSB, June 18, 2009

Corporate Vice-President and Managing Director of Microsoft Research India, Mr. Srini Koppolu visited AsiaGSB on 18th June, 2009. Srini Koppolu has been with Microsoft Corporation since 1989. In Redmond he has held many roles including Development Lead and Development Manager in various product groups. He has been the key contributor to Microsoft Office and Windows. He designed the Microsoft's Component Technology called COM that started the revolution of component based development in the commercial software industry.

He also worked on Office 95 and Office 97. He was one of the creators of the office core infrastructure group. This is the group that is responsible for designing and developing all the common features of all applications in Microsoft Office suite. He was also responsible for the Web features in Office.

President Gordon Gee of The Ohio State University makes a landmark visit to AsiaGSB, August 30 ,2009

Dr. Gordon Gee is among the most highly experienced and respected university presidents in the United States. He visited Asia Graduate School of Business on August 12, 2009. He was accompanied by a team of experts:

• Dr. William Brustein, Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs (The Ohio State University)
• Dr. Rattan Lal, Professor of Soil Science at the School of Environment and Natural Resources (The Ohio State University)

The partnership of AsiaGSB with Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University is helping us to bring our School to a new level of distinction. With eminent Faculty members, scholarships and a rigorous research and academic schedule, we are enabling more students to understand the importance of acquiring post-graduate qualifications at our School.

Newslink at The Hindu.   http://www.blonnet.com/2009/08/13/stories/2009081351201702.htm.

ITM Group appointed Dr. D. K. Srivastava, from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, as the new Director of AsiaGSB on January 9, 2010

Dr. D.K. Srivastava
M.Com. (Gold Medalist), D.Phil., FDPM (IIM-A)
Director

An IIM Ahmedabad trained faculty with more than 26 years of experience in teaching, research, training and consultancy, specializes in the broad domain of Human Resource Management. Prior to joining Asia GSB as Director, worked with premier Institutes like Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, New Delhi as Senior Fellow and Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai as Professor and Chairperson, Centre for HRM.

Prof. Navin Chandra presents a paper on “Reconsidering Supply Chain Network Strategies in India” at the 3rd International Conference on Global Interdependence and Decision Sciences.

The Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute Region (ISDSI), the Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT) at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), India, and the Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSoM) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India, jointly organized the 3rd Annual Conference of the ISDSI at ASCI, Hyderabad, India - called the International Conference on Global Interdependence and Decision Sciences, 2009 - from 28th to 30th December 2009.

Prof Navin Chandra presented a paper on Reconsidering Supply Chain Network Strategies in India. This paper emphasized the need for a better network positioning to serve customers and made suggestions for the further development of network strategy as a key decision area for companies in India.

AsiaGSB student gets selected for one-month Industry Immersion Program at the prestigious Tata Consultancy Services, in Hyderabad, January 25, 2010

Annapurna Is one of our students in the one-year PGPM, specializing in the area of Human Resources. We are happy to announce that she has been accepted by Tata Consultancy Services, to work as a Project Trainee with the HR Team. She is offered internship on a project Employee Engagement Practices in IT Firms.