Tea lovers couldn’t find a better place until “Just Tea” an outlet came up in the IIM-Lucknow campus. Ghazala Tabassum along with 3 of her colleagues started this outlet within the campus which specializes in imported and exotic-tea making.

Students on campus have not left any area untapped as it could be the next big thing in business like from recycling household waste to making solar lamps or even selling scented candles.

Waste management is the government’s job is what most of us think, unlike Mr. Shalabh Agrawal (25) from IIM-Indore who sees a potential opportunity in waste management and intends to start his own venture wherein he plans to collect and dispose solid waste and recycle it through his venture . “In India, municipal corporations cannot handle wastes well. We will focus on door-to-door collection,” Mr Agrawal says.

A few students have already a business unit within the campus and they also intend to expand it from there. But a few of them are still working on their respective business plans without being a part of the final placements. For now the incubation cell will definitely be the place for these students as they want to make it out on their own from these top management institutes.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/IIM-students-take-the-enterprising-route–/articleshow/5585928.cms

Google holds the top spot among 50 businesses and engineering companies, according to a survey conducted global employer branding firm Universum.

About Google, the surveys said, “Google’s number one position is no surprise. Due to its remarkable brand image, students worldwide see it as a company they would like to work for.”

However, the second choice made by business and engineering graduates is different. Pricewaterhouse takes the second place for most B-school students, while Microsoft is the second best place for engineering students.

“The employers that feature in this Top 50 all have one thing in common: they successfully appeal to current and future talent, and they are aware of how scarce talent is,” Universum said.

The list of Top 10 employers for business students:

1. Google
2. PriceWaterhouseCoopers
3. Microsoft
4. Goldman Sachs
5. Ernst & Young
6. Procter & Gamble
7. JP Morgan
8. KPMG
9. McKinsey & Company
10. Deloitte

 The list of Top 10 employers for engineering students:

1. Google
2. Microsoft  
3. IBM
4. BMW
5. Intel
6. General Electric (GE)
7. Sony
8. Siemens
9. Shell
10. Procter & Gamble (P&G)

The global rankings based on the survey of about 1,20,000 students highlights the world’s most powerful employer brands and those companies that are “the most successful in talent attraction and retention.”

Students from the US, Japan, China, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Russia, Spain, Canada   and India’s top academic institutions took part in the survey.

Source:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5189872.cms

Pallavi Shukla, senior consultant to the state government for the project, said that development work would start by March 2010 and the resort would be functional in three years.

“Around 200 Sidi youth will get direct employment. Besides, there would be plenty of indirect employment opportunities as a ‘gram haat’ to display Sidi handicraft will be set up. Every evening there would be cultural events featuring Sidi ‘Dhamal’ dance troupe, which is very popular,” said Shukl

The IBM on the other hand will support the project . “The Rs 10-crore project, excluding the cost of land, would be fully funded by the Gujarat government. IBM will provide expertise to select a private partner to run the resort. It will also provide consultancy to market this ‘Little Africa’ across the world to lure maximum tourists,” said Per Yorgansen, project manager, IBM Denmark, who is in Ahmedabad for IBM’s Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

The resort would typically look like a Sidi village. Care has been take that the resort has the African look & feel. The resort would also have a museum.

Source: 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/IBM-to-help-create-Little-Africa-in-Gujarat/articleshow/5214160.cms