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Award for Tiger Conservationist

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Noted tiger conservationist Sanjay Gubbi has been honoured with the Carl Zeiss Wildlife Conservation Award for 2011.
 

P V Jayakrishnan, Chairman, Central Empowered Committee on forestry matters, which is also investigating the mining issues in Karnataka, presented the award to Gubbi for his exemplary work to save tigers in the Western Ghats of Karnataka for over two decades.

 

Gubbi, who holds a Master’s degree in Wildlife Biology, has been instrumental in several of the important victories for wildlife, especially tigers in Karnataka. He played an active role in the campaign to close highways for night traffic in Nagarhole and Bandipur.

Sanjay, who works for the Wildlife Conservation Society-India Programme as the Assistant Director (Conservation Science and Policy), was also instrumental in halting unscientific harvesting of bamboo from Bhadra Tiger Reserve during the mid-90s.

He had a major contribution to ensure Kudremukh National Park got a breather from the mining activities that were stopped by a Supreme Court judgment. He also works towards improving benefits for lower level field staff of the Forest Department. The award was instituted by Carl Zeiss in 2001.

 

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / April 09th ,DHNS

 

BIA Flies Home an Award

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Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) has bagged the title of the Best Emerging Airport – Indian sub-continent for the second consecutive term.

Airports from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were in the fray for the Emerging Markets Airports Awards.

BIA was declared the winner after the tabulation of the poll results from industry chiefs and leaders across the world airports.

The award presentation ceremony was hosted in Dubai on June 1, with senior decision-makers from the airports fraternity, Civil Aviation Authorities, Airports and Aviation suppliers.

G V Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director, BIAL, said the award was the testimony to the promise that the airport holds for the future.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / June 06th, 2011 / DHNS  Jun 05th

 

World Trade Centre in Bangalore

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An exclusive view of a World Trade Center in Bangalore on Wednesday. Photo:G R N Somashekar

An exclusive view of a World Trade Center in Bangalore on Wednesday. Photo:G R N Somashekar

Bangalore, known as the silicon capital of the country, has joined the global network of World Trade Centres with the establishment of a World Trade Centre, a global hub for international business in the city.

The Bangalore-based leading developer Brigade Group, on Wednesday announced that it has obtained license from World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) to classify and manage their one million square feet office tower here as the World Trade Centre (WTC).

With this, Bangalore becomes the second city in the country to have a WTC with the first being located in Mumbai and joins the global network of World Trade Centers currently located in 100 countries.

The WTCA, headquartered in New York city, was established in 1970 as a non-profit organisation to promote growth of international trade by establishing WTCs throughout the world.

“A World Trade Centre is a symbol of International Trade Services like trade information, global networking with WTC clubs, exhibit facilities, consulting services, administrative support, export/import assistance, teleconferencing facilities, translation/interpretation, trade mission office service,” Robert J Frueh, Director of Member Services, World Trade Centres Association told reporters here.

A WTC certification is awarded after rigorous assessment and scrutiny by the WTCA, whose primary objective is to promote prosperity through trade, he said. One of the criteria for the certification was it shares the vision for global trade and have the support of the community.

The WTC was expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2011, said M R Jaishankar, Chairman and MD of Brigade Group.

Mr. Jaishankar said it would take a call on going in for a qualified institutional placement (QIP) “at an opportune time.”

“We will come out with a QIP at the opportune time and subject to the right market conditions,” he said.

The company plans to raise Rs. 750 crore through the QIP for its projects and land banks and would hopefully take a call on it by the end of the year, he said.

“Right now the there is no great appetite for real estate share,” he said which was evident by the fact though some firms had not come up with issues despite SEBI clearances.

The company was also in talks with Private Equity partners for sale of stakes in two of its projects, “The talks are on but it is not at the advanced stage.” Currently, they were in talks with two—three PE partners, he said.

The company might even look at scaling down the QIP of Rs. 750 crores by 30 to 40 per cent if it is able to get the right private equity partners, he said.

The dilution of stake would be in the range of 25 to 50 per cent for each of its project.

Commenting on real estate prices, he said that there already had been a jump of 30 to 40 per cent demand in South India following economic recovery. He expected prices to go up by 10 to 15 per cent in the next couple of months.

 

source: http://www.thehindu.com / PTI/ Bangalore Aug 25th, 2010

 

Eduniversal B-School Ranking 2010: IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta, Indian B-schools with International Influence

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Eduniversal has come out with its latest University and B-school ranking in India. The Eduniversal B-school ranking provides a universal perspective on higher education. It is a unique service providing students, professionals, HR executives and academic officers with a global panorama of the best educational opportunities.

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is ranked No.1,  B – school in India , followed byIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. These premier management institutes of India have been awarded with ‘5 Palms’—the highest recognition, accorded to “Universal Business Schools with major international influence.” IIM Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad also made it to the list of the best 100 B-schools around the world with IIM Bangalore securing 24th position and IIM Ahmedabad on 55th position.

Eduniversal awarded ‘4 Palms’—the second highest recognition in this category, to eight b-schools from India. The 4 Palms recognition is awarded to ‘Top Business Schools’ known internationally. IIT Delhi which was at number three last year shifted to number five in the four palms category with IIT Bombay taking its place.

University of Delhi-Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) which was at number six last year stepped upward securing fourth position this time.

S. No.
B-School
Dean’s Recommendation*
1.
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B)
453
2.
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A)
377
3.
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C)
300
4.
Indian School of Business (ISB)
188
5.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay – Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSM)
174
6.
University of Delhi-Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)
171
7.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Department of Management Studies
155
8.
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L)
153
9.
Management Development Institute (MDI)
138
10.
Xavier Labour Relations Institute XLRI Jamshedpur
125

 

*Each Dean from the universities and schools on the list of 1,000 can vote to recommend the other establishments. Country par country, the 1,000 Deans or Directors of each establishment give their opinion concerning the schools in the selection.

This vote is converted into a recommendation rate that the student can use to evaluate each establishment and compare different establishments.

source: http://www.CoolAvenues.com / The Cool Avenues Editorial Team / Mon Dec 13th, 2010

 

Capt V Roopa: Flying High, and Back

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BANGALORE:

If you’re likely to fly by the AI 804Bangalore to Delhi today, you’re privileged. An all-woman crew flight will be flying you. Bangalore-based Capt V Roopa will be in command, with Capt. Niranjana Ashok as co-pilot. The cabin crew will also be Bangalore-based Mohita Ponnappa, Sneha Annagiri, Shruthi Chowdhury and Rituparna Dasgupta. The same crew will return to Bangalore on AI 506.

Air India will operate 11 all-woman crew flights across domestic and international stations. These flights will also be mark 100 years of civil aviation in India. In December 1985, Air India operated the first all-woman crew flight in the world from Kolkata to Silchar on a Fokker Friendship F-27 aircraft.

Air India honours women by operating such flights on March 8. It will, for the second year running, operate an Ultra-Long Haul Flight from Delhi toToronto with a woman commander at the controls.

 

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Jayashree Nandi / TNN / Mar 08th, 2011

Bangalore is Job Hub for Engineering Graduates

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BANGALORE:
Bangalore draws in 72 per cent of engineering graduates from all over India to pick their first job.

According to a survey conducted by Aspiring Minds Research Cell, an employability measurement and recruitment firm, the city topples even the national capital Delhi. Southern cities, Hyderabad and Chennai get third and fifth spots respectively.

The scale of the survey includes 19,000 engineering student samples across India.

Himanshu Aggarwal, founder and director, Aspiring Minds, said, “In India, Bangalore is the engineers’ Mecca. It offers growth, options and a community of like-minded people. Bangalore has undoubtedly the largest base in terms of IT companies, opportunities and an existing engineering population.” Well, that is just one part of the story. Biotechnology (BT) is another sector which attracts a huge mass of prospective employees from all over the country. Biotech pioneer Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw said, “In this field, Bangalore has the largest number of opportunities for engineering students. As there are a large number of BT firms, the ecosystem is very good. There are a lot of young engineers and scientists who come up with innovative ideas and set up organisations which makes a lot of difference in evoking interest among young graduates,” she explained.

Techie Chandi Prasad of Orissa now settled in Bangalore said, “Compared to Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, Bangalore has more opportunities.” Bangalore has a range of jobs and there is a demand for good people, said Mohandas Pai, Director, HR, Infosys Technologies.

 

source: http://www.expressbuzz.com / Chokkapan S / Express News Service / Mar 03rd, 2011