World MBA Tour in London on October 13, 2007

The London leg of the World MBA tour is scheduled for October 13, 2007. Savita Mahajan, Associate Dean ISB, will be attending on the ISB’s behalf.

Date: Saturday, October 13, 2007
Venue: Hilton London Metropole, Edgware Road
Timing: 1400 – 1800 hrs

Volunteers to help with the ISB stall are welcome. If you can make it for a few hours on the afternoon of October 13, please email Indira_Vemuru@isb.edu


 Each One Get One & Alum Referral Programme

A key input from the feedback forms for the Information Sessions that we conducted at various locations was appreciation of the quality and value of the interactions that prospective students had with our alumni and current students at various locations. The Admissions Office would like to thank all ISB alumni for your continuing support in this regard.

A key imperative now is to ensure the quality and consistency of the applicant pool. In this regard, we believe that each one of you has a valuable role to play as validators and demonstrators of the ISB model.

We invite you to encourage at least one potential MBA student with leadership potential to apply to the ISB. The second admission deadline is coming up on November 15, though international passport holders can apply through the rolling process till January 31, 2008. Since you all know the diversity fit profiles that we look for, we would derive the advantage of a validated pool of applicants to select from.

If you know an outstanding candidate, who had already applied and you would like to further recommend, please email Sanjay Singh, Assistant Director Admissions at sanjay_singh@isb.edu , giving their name along with your insight comments, for use by us during the evaluation process.


ISB Insight – September 2007 issue now online

 The September 2007 issue of the ISBinsight is now online at http://www.isb.edu/isbinsight/Insight_Sep07/contents.html This issue focuses on the changing dynamics of marketing in a world of new media choices. ISBinsight bring to you the views of our faculty experts - all top-notch researchers and academicians from some of the leading B-schools around the world.

 

Also featured is an exclusive interview with Marshall Goldsmith, ranked one of the top ten executive educators by the Wall Street Journal, and a world authority in executive coaching, who visited the ISB to conduct an Executive Coaching Programme for CEO Coach aspirants.


 PGP Admissions Committee 2009 Announced

 The following members have agreed to serve on the PGP Admissions Committee for the Class of 2009

  • Savita Mahajan, Associate Dean – Admissions, Career Services and Strategic Initiatives (Chair)

  • Professor V Chandrasekar – Faculty Representative

  • I V Ranga Rao, Director – Admissions and Financial Aid

  • V K Menon, Director – Career Advancement Services

  • Joseph Hopper – Alumni Representative

  • Student Representatives – Mayank Bajpai and Kirti Saboo

The role of the committee will be to:

  • evaluate and review the processes and policies for Admission into the Post Graduate Programme at the ISB.

  • ensure high quality of student intake each year.

  •  take a final decision on the admission offers, based on the recommendations made by the Admissions Department.

  • decide on the criteria and quantum of financial aid / scholarships to incoming students, within the scholarship budget set by the School.

Sanjay Singh, Assistant Director – Admissions will provide data analysis support to the committee and L Ramakrishna, Assistant Manager – Admissions will provide documentation support.


ISB Faculty invited to top Editorial Boards 

 Professor Ravi Bapna has been invited to serve as an Associate Editor, Information Systems Department of Management Science, a premier journal in the IT Sphere.

Also, Professor Sanjay Kallapur has been invited to serve as an Editor of The Accounting Review, a top tier journal in Accounting Area, beginning June 1, 2008.  One of the reasons the Senior Editor selected Sanjay was because of his ISB affiliation and the American Accounting Association’s desire to signal its international diversity and openness to non-North-American input.


Professor Ramnarayan joins ISB Faculty Full-time

 Professor S Ramnarayan, previously a Visiting Professor at ISB has joined us full time as a Clinical Professor of Business in the Organisation Behaviour Area, effective September 5, 2007.


News & Media

 August and September 2007 saw a varied line-up of events at the ISB, including the Media Conclave, the Global Supply Chain Summit and the launch of Shombit Sengupta’s latest book. To read more on these events, visit http://www.isb.edu/media/UsrSiteNewsMgmt.aspx?menuid=7333

Ralston Sequiera and Vinay Rajpal Raj from the present class interviewed Aditya Bhattacharya – noted film producer and director on managing the business of films. This interview has been featured on Rediff.com.

For further media updates on the ISB, visit http://www.isb.edu/media/cmspress_coverage.asp