“A new economy is emerging from the global financial crisis, and there is a need for new strategy playbook in this contemporary economics”, said Dr. Mia De Kuijper, author of the book “Profit Power Economics: A New Competitive Strategy for Creating Sustainable Wealth“, while addressing the IIMA PGPX class as part of their speaker series. [...]
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Emergence of a New Economy
Posted in Speaker Series on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
And the Winner of X-Biz 2011 is ….
Posted in X-Biz on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
X-Biz 2011 had a grand finale on 5th November at IMDC Auditorium in IIM Ahmedabad’s New Campus. X-Biz is an annual business plan competition that has been initiated by PGPX (Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives) students to promote the spirit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship among the new generation Business “ideators”. It has received [...]
Top 3 Teams to fight for glory at the X-Biz Finale on 5th November
Posted in PGPX In The News, X-Biz on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
X-Biz 2011 (the annual Business Plan Competition initiated by PGPX @ IIM A starting 2011) is all set to rock and roll as it approaches the FINALE! The results for the selection of the final three spots are now declared. Congratulations to the finalists (in order of the team number below) and best of luck [...]
21 Men Against 10000 Men..
Posted in Speaker Series on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“21 men against 10,000 men” - What are the odds of the former holding against the latter? Conventional wisdom will give us just one answer; next to nothing. And that’s where the military ethos comes into play. Not only these 21 brave men fought till their last breath, but delayed their enemies long enough to advance [...]
Harsh Nanda – Executive Director of Goldman Sachs : Speaker Series
Posted in Speaker Series on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Harsh Nanda, executive director of Goldman Sachs delivered a talk as part of the speaker series program of PGPX, at IIM Ahmedabad. After providing a background on the history of Goldman Sachs, he explained the various transaction types used by Private Equity firms in financial engineering throughout the world. Mr.Nanda gave an overview of the [...]
Speaker Series: Sear’s CEO and HR Head
Posted in Clubs & Interest Groups, Speaker Series on August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘Market, market, market’ You cannot market enough. Whether it is about yourself or your employees, you need to share your good work with others, even if it is your captive unit. This was one of key insights which Mr. Alok Kumar, CEO of Sears India shared with PGPX students at IIMA. He was accompanied by [...]
Speaker Series – Dani Rodrik , Distinguished economist
Posted in Speaker Series on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mr. Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at JFK School of Government, Harvard University, today addressed the IIMA PGPX students as part of their speaker series. Mr. Rodrik is rated as one of the Top 100 most influential economists in the world according to the Research Papers in Economics (REPEC) group. Mr. [...]
Speaker Series: Srinivasa Addepalli, Sr. Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Tata Communications
Posted in Speaker Series on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mr. Srinivasa Addepalli, Sr. Vice President, Corporate Strategy – Tata Communications, today addressed the IIMA PGPX students as part of their speaker series. Mr. Addepalli spoke about the essence of globalization from a business perspective and provided a gist on how Tata Communications positioned itself as a key player in emerging markets. During his talk, [...]
Speaker Series: Ms. Kiran Sethi, Education enterpreneur
Posted in Speaker Series on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kiran Sethi, education entrepreneur and wife of Indian legend Geet Sethi, today addressed the IIM Ahmedabad PGPX students as part of the PGPX Speaker Series. In 2001, she founded the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, designing the primary school’s curriculum and building from the ground up. During her interaction, Ms. Sethi took the students through her [...]
Speaker Series : Samsung SW Asia CEO and President – Jung Soo Shin
Posted in Clubs & Interest Groups, Speaker Series on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
IIM Ahmedabad PGPX kick-started a great year of learning by inviting Mr. Jung Soo Shin, President and CEO, Samsung South West Asia for the PGPX Speaker Series on Thursday , June 2nd , 2011 at the IIMA New Campus. Professor Satish Deodhar , Chairperson of the PGPX program introduced Mr. Shin and spoke about the [...]
A trip down the memory lane .. T Nite 2010
Posted in Cultural Events, Events on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Video compiled by Navin Rajendran , PGPX Class of 2011
My days at IIMA – IV: Run, IIMA, run!!!
Posted in Events, Sports on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Hmmm…. This is gonna be a fun-day!!! Lotsa people to chase! Maybe I should start with the guy with the red t-shirt… or maybe not. He’s too fast for me. How about giving the thin fellow behind him a scare by chasing him around? Hey, Wait a minute! I wonder why they’re all running around [...]
Run IIMA Run!
Posted in Clubs & Interest Groups, Events, Sporting Events, Sports on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“PGPX conquers the Mumbai Marathon – 15 IIMA PGPX students participate in the 2009 Mumbai marathon”. This is the foundation established by the previous batches, and now the X5′s take it a step ahead by introducing the first “IIMA 5K Run”. The 5K run comes on the lines of IIMA’s commitment to sports. IIMA [...]
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in PGPX Classroom
Posted in Academics, Courses, Speaker Series on September 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Among all the distinguished personalities who have graced our campus, none can compare to a certain global figure who has been a positive influence on millions of young (and not so young) minds around the world – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Not many MBA students can claim that they have been taught by the honorable [...]
My days at IIMA – III: Visitors galore!
Posted in Academics, Speaker Series on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Like I’ve said before, all good things must come to an end…. so that better things can happen! One of the highlights of an MBA at a “Well-known Institute of Management in Western India” or WIMWI, as IIMA is called in certain circles, is the set of opportunities it provides for students to interact directly [...]
Ultimate Frisbee : PGP Vs PGPX !
Posted in Sporting Events, Sports on September 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Match Report The PGPs and PGPXs played their first frisbee match @ LKP 2 nights ago. It was the first game for Xer’s on the wide LKP field, since they are used to the narrow constraints of the IMDC lawns. The game was fast and hectic with both teams scoring regularly. For the Xer’s tall [...]
Speaker Series .. Mr Sridhar Rajagopalan – Managing Director, Educational Initiatives
Posted in Academics, Entrepreneurship, Speaker Series on September 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
IIMA PGPX Speaker Series gave us an exciting 2 hours with Sridhar Rajagopalan, Managing Director ,Education Initiatives. His perspectives on innovation in fundamental education were based on extensive international research and vast experience in the conceptualization, implementation and running of some of the elite educational institutions. He presented interesting insights into the difficulties children faced [...]
Speaker Series ..Mr Ravi Raina , President (India Operations),Astonfield
Posted in Speaker Series on August 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Speaker Series for PGPX-V batch formally kicked off this week with a talk by Mr Ravi Raina, President of Astonfield Renewable Resources. Mr Raina focused on the solar power sector in India- its potential and some of the challenges faced in implementing solar power projects in India. An interesting aspect of the talk was [...]
Guest Speakers at PGPX
Posted in Speaker Series, tagged Ahmedabad, class, education, event, executive, experience, IIM, IIMA, India, Industry, MBA, news, PGPX, press on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Speakers that have graced PGPX
Movers-n-Shakers @ the dance party!
Posted in Cultural Events, tagged Ahmedabad, class, cultural, dance, event, executive, IIM, IIMA, India, MBA, Music, performance, PGPX, weekend on June 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
An impromptu dance party at PGPX hostel.
Mystic Music from the Master at Chaos 2009!
Posted in Cultural Events, Events, Music, tagged IIM, IIMA, India, PGPX on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We, at IIMA, had the privilege of listening to the sweetest sound that man has produced from wood. On a mild winter evening of 29th January 2009, the great Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia enthralled the audience in Chaos 2009 with his flute magic. I am a novice in classical music and generally depend on what my [...]
The sweet smell of camaraderie
Posted in Sporting Events, Sports, tagged Ahmedabad, cricket, IIM, IIMA, India, PGPX, Sports on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The end of September has to bring with it the sweet smell of camaraderie wafting across the old campus sports grounds. I am talking, of course, of Combos – the annual inter-dorm sports tournament where PGPX competes against 3 groups of dorms from PGP. I’m using the words “sweet” and “camaraderie” somewhat loosely, but I [...]
PGPX Cricket League Unveiled….
Posted in Sporting Events, Sports, tagged Ahmedabad, cricket, IIM, IIMA, India, league, PGPX on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dhamaal! – From a Reporter’s diary
Posted in Cultural Events, tagged Ahmedabad, cultural, dance, event, IIM, IIMA, India, MBA, Music, performance, PGPX on July 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
End of term 1 ushered some relief when Nitin and co. have unleashed Dhamaal, the first of cultural get together PGPX community had. From Hak Soo’s expression of joy through a Korean song to Samita’s (Ashish’s wife) foot tapping solo performance the evening was rocked! Children led the way their enthusiasm and all stops were [...]
