IIM-A aims to be among top five business schools in the world

September 29, 2013

IIM-A_aims Ahmedabad, Sep 29: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has set itself the target of breaching the top-five club of global business schools.

IIM-A's new director Ashish Nanda and chairman of board of governance AM Naik said this while talking to the media here on Saturday.

They said that they will work to make the IIM-A one of the five best management schools in the world.

The duo attributed IIM-A's decline in the rankings last year to many reasons, including dip in the salary received by graduates due to sluggish economic conditions in India.

IIM-A slipped to 19th place in the international rankings in 2013 from being in top-ten in 2010.

Professor Nanda, who took charge of the institute on September 2, said, "For us excellence in every composition of IIM-A is important, if we excel on all the parameters our ranking will improve automatically. We will not focus on improving the ranking only but we will not be blind to it".

An alumnus of 1983 batch of IIM-A, Nanda is a gold medalist both from IIT-Delhi and IIM-A. He completed his M A in Economics and PhD from Harvard University and has been teaching at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School for the last 25 years.

"It is important to create an international brand through quality faculty and students," Naik, who is also the chairman of Larsen and Tubro, said.

An issue that needs to be looked into is faculty-to-students ratio, he said. "We have added eight faculty members taking the number to 91, we still need to have 20 or so more to make it an ideal composition."

Salaries offered to the faculty was a major issue, Naik said. "The students passing out of IIM-A get higher salary in comparison to faculty who are serving here for twenty to twenty-five years, we need to correct it," he said, urging the Union HRD ministry to consider the situation.

The institute is also in the process of restructuring the board to bring more international members.

IIM-A is hoping that the Institutes of Management Bill, presently under consideration of the Parliament, will answer these issues, the duo said.

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Caymus Tech signs top B-Schools for Lore

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March 3,2020

Mumbai, March 3: Mumbai-based Ed tech startup Caymus Tech Ventures has announced inclusion of courses and programs from Harvard Business School, Chicago Booth, Harvard Kennedy School, Harappa Education, The Wharton School, and Stanford Online.

Lore.online users can now discover, compare, and enroll in both online and offline courses and programs including the following:

● HBS online programs such as Business Analytics, Management Essentials, and Disruptive Strategy.

● Select courses from the Harappa Habits framework such as Writing Proficiently, Managing Teamwork, and Negotiating Wisely.

● The Wharton School and Chicago Booth offline executive education offerings, delivered in an face-to-face format, and that touch on topics such as Global Strategic Leadership, Private Equity and Digital Marketing for Executives.

Emerging leaders can tap these offerings to build skills to complement their formal education and experienced professionals can leverage them to hone new age skills required to manage a younger, more globally aware workforce.

Kavita Mehta, Founder CEO, Caymus Tech, says, “Giving our learners the best-fit options has always been our driving factor, which is why we are excited to announce that learners can now access Harvard Business School's highly coveted online programs on Lore and avail quality learning options from anywhere in the world.”

“We are continuously adding quality course providers like INSEAD and Stanford, whose select courses are also live on the platform”, she adds.

Lore.online has also integrated an assessment system in their Learning Pathways, where after undertaking each course, a report is generated which outlines learners technical and non-technical strengths and weaknesses. The platform now also shows open jobs for which a learner can also apply.

Caymus’ enterprise platform LoreForTeams, which was rolled out in Nov 2019, has been updated with additional features.

The new look now comes with a dashboard, new UI for Lore-curated learning lists, discussion features and a personalised learning feed. LoreForTeams, a learning experience platform (LXP), is aimed at working professionals in mid size companies. By adding the LoreForTeams functionality layer, Caymus aims to offer a revolutionary platform for skilling. This segment is seeing tremendous growth as more working professionals look for learning options to upskill themselves and stay relevant in shifting employment and business environments. The global demand for such platforms is north of $200 billion and in India, demand is nascent yet growing and expected to reach $10 billion by 2025.

Kavita Mehta, Founder CEO, Caymus Tech, says, “We heard what our customers and users were telling us. They want a real time view of what their teams are learning, a two way feedback system, and a more focused curation of learning options. Thus, we decided to add these features in LoreForTeams platform so that learning never stops and working professionals continuously find relevant courses to upskill themselves. Our vision is to democratize learning so that everyone has equal access to the best options out there.”

About Caymus Tech Ventures

Caymus Technology Ventures (Caymus) is a Mumbai-based ed-tech start-up focused on bridging the massive skill gap in the global workforce. The Company was founded in 2018 by Kavita Mehta, who earlier led Asia’s leading education consultancy. Caymus, with its expansive, integrated, and holistic perspective, believes in driving empowerment on the bedrock of education, skills, and technology. The Company‘s robust machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) powered platforms help recent graduates and experienced individuals identify targeted opportunities for personal and professional development.

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First Steps Preschool celebrates Fruits Day with fun and frolic

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March 4,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 4: With an objective to create awareness among children about the importance of consumption of fruits in regular diet, First Steps Pre-School, Kudroli, celebrated Fruits Day on Friday 28th February 2020 with fun and frolic.

The tiny tots of preschool celebrated Fruit Day. Children, representing the fruits of their choice sang the fruit rhymes with great zest, enthusiasm and vigour, enjoying the moments of joy and happiness in the company of their mates & teachers.

Teachers had made interesting and simple stories on encouraging children to have fruits in their meals. The teachers also explained the importance of fruits’ intake in diet for mental and physical growth. The tiny tots also learned more about the taste, smell,

color and texture of each fruit. Children clearly understood the importance of washing the fruits before eating or cooking and about the benefits of eating fresh fruits.

All the children were found to be quite thrilled and were positive on the fact that fruits are better than junk food.

The head teacher Himna S. Ahmed, teacher Azeema and Master Shehzan S. Ahmed arranged the event in an impressive manner which added feather to the event.

The event magnificently concluded with fruit feast for the kids of pre-school.

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