so if it increases one is forced to levy surcharge which will eventually make the ticket costlier.

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R.VERMA, EXEC. VP, KA

B&E: How much has the fuel price rise affected the business?
RV: Fuel is a very important factor and accounts for almost 50% of the operating cost of an airline today, so if it increases one is forced to levy surcharge which will eventually make the ticket costlier. This increases the losses and has affected us too.

B&E: Kingfisher Airlines is famous for its in-flight services, what is flying experience on the international routes going to be like?
RV: From in-seat massager to touch screen controls to having lounge bars, where kingfisher staff would be especially deployed for assistance, the flights operating on the international routes are going to have everything. Mr. Mallya is also planning to arrange for a bar at the back of the plane so that it’s not that just the Business class would be able to avail the facility, but the economy class would also be able to avail the full Kingfisher experience. There would be world-class cuisines and chefs to prepare them. In a nutshell, it would be a flying 5 Star hotel.

B&E: How much does branding help in aviation business and how different is it in this sector as compared to others?
DS: Oh! It helps a lot. Everywhere Kingfisher Airlines is noticed because it has been branded in a very lavish manner. Today, there are very few 5 Star airlines and we are one of them, everyone is aware of this fact and it is because we have branded ourselves in such a manner. Infact, we are planning to provide the Deccan passengers also the same Kingfisher facilities. In its segment, it would have facilities better than any other airline.


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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).


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Will CEOs smile half as much?

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People have been overwhelmed by his victory but business leaders are guarded in optimism. Virat Bahri & Pallavi Srivastava of B&E analyse what Barack Obama’s election could mean for business

It is truly undeniable that the tide was heavily against John McCain. As he was busy talking on the economy, health care, banking, real estate, taxation, bail outs, experience, “Why I am not Bush!”, “My years in Vietnam!”, et al, the Americans were busy getting overwhelmed by the phenomenon of Barack Obama, and gaining faith in his promise of change. Obama won primarily because he had mastered the art of inspirational leadership; and harped repeatedly on his slogan, “Yes, we can!” Very little complicated language; just a case of excellent positioning at an excellent time.

That did compel critics and even TV show comedians to comment that Obama had very little in terms of definite plans for American revival. In the heat of what will now be remembered as a historic US Presidential election, American stand up comedian and talk show host Jay Leno quipped, “Barack Obama continues to criticise John McCain’s economic plan. McCain would like to criticise Obama’s plan, but nobody knows what it is yet. So we’re still waiting!”

While media here goes ga ga over what his election means to India; we should realise that his first priority is to rescue his own country from arguably one of its most testing times in history. His foreign policy is undoubtedly crucial, but even by reviving America itself, he would automatically be doing the world, and India, a great favour!

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).


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Apart from the A-Star, the plant is already producing the Swift and the SX4.

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“Sales may be flat”

B&E: On the effects of the economic slowdown on Maruti.
RCB: There is a slowdown in the industry and therefore Maruti is affected as well. You cannot have high performance throughout the year as sometimes sales are flat as well.

B&E: Will the new plant in Manesar manufacture all models?
RCB: Apart from the A-Star, the plant is already producing the Swift and the SX4. All models cannot be produced at the plant as one has to rationalise the production and it makes no sense to manufacture one model at two separate plants.


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An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).


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Ford Motors was the world’s largest loss making corporation.

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If the Americans are insane, then I have to admit that the other global auto firms seem to be leading the pack of insanity in their quest to reinvent the fuel deal. In 2006, Ford Motors was the world’s largest loss making corporation. In 2007, General Motors was the world’s largest loss making corporation. If you think that Toyota – creditably at a powerful position currently – can never attain that glorious stage of losses, do remember, a company like Ford, which had around $100 million profits in the first quarter of 2008, got cannon-balled by a killing loss of $8.6 billion in the second quarter; and all because, as Bill Ford put it last week, “Literally overnight, people stopped buying big SUVs and started demanding fuel-efficient cars...”

All it took Ford to get destroyed was a matter of three months! All it would now take the global auto industry to die would be the same..

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).


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IIPM set to beat economic slowdown
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Arindam Chaudhuri on WHY ISB IS BETTER THAN THE IIMs

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and How to judge B-Schools

Introduction

First things first... Ever since we started Business & Economy, we avoided the temptation of undertaking B-school rankings for the simple reason that IIPM is a B-School we are very closely associated with; and at IIPM, we have always claimed that we are the best B-school globally. So any B-school ranking brought out by us would have had IIPM right at the top, at least in the three parameters of ‘course contents’, ‘global exposure’ and ‘research & consulting’! But if we were to have finally published such a ranking, our friends in the media would have taken no time to call them biased, however fact-based the rankings might have been. And undertaking a B-school ranking without speaking about ourselves would be next to impossible for an aggressive group like ours, which so passionately believes in our (IIPM’s) superiority. However, after the recent Zee Business B-School Survey that ranked us No.1 on at least one very very apparent criterion – of global exposure – I thought we could at least talk about Indian B-schools, if not rank them.


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this article is not an attempt to malign the IIMs

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And with the amount I personally am immersed in B-school mechanics and workings, it became but obvious that if our magazine were to do an article on the same, the story in any case would have been ghost written and dictated by me. So I thought I should anchor the story myself.

The second issue that needs clarification is that despite IIPM’s ‘Dare To Think Beyond The IIMs’ campaign, I have nothing against the IIMs; rather, all I have is sheer respect [My father was a professor at IIM Bangalore and is extremely proud of the same. My Managing Partner, my best friend at IIPM and the Editor of this magazine itself, A. Sandeep, is a product of IIPM and IIM Calcutta; and he specifically had gone to study there to have a first hand knowledge about the ‘IIM way’ before coming back to IIPM to take it up.

And finally, my best friend in school and the Head of our news portal TheDailyIndian.com, Partha Saha, is a proud product of IIM Calcutta]. We believe we are the best when it comes to education, but that doesn’t mean we don’t know how good the IIMs are or that their students get better placements than our students or even the fact that they attract the best of students of India – though we may still not accept that the final IIM product is, therefore, necessarily better! So, this article is not an attempt to malign the IIMs, but a simple attempt to analyse some facts.


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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).


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B-schooled in India, Placed Abroad (Print Version)
IIPM in Financial times (Print Version)
IIPM makes business education truly global (Print Version)
The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM)
IIPM Campus

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Almost all of Business & Economy’s editorial team comprises educated MBAs –

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Having said that, let me also state that what I am writing shouldn’t shock many; at least not those who know that the 2008 Financial Times rankings have put ISB as the 20th best B-school in the world and haven’t put any of the IIMs even in the top hundred! Yet, what I hope this article will do is bring perspective to those rankings and explain to people what management education is all about; since no magazine undertaking B-school surveys in India has even a fraction of ability to comment upon management education in India, compared to our capability. And it’s no arrogance but pure facts that we present. Almost all of Business & Economy’s editorial team comprises educated MBAs – the reason our magazine is such a sell out amongst those who love sharp analytical articles instead of pages full of incomprehensible blah blah based upon tens of quotes [the only thing typical journalists can rely upon in the absence of analytical skills].

And finally, I must say that the reference of IIPM will keep coming up from time to time, though I will try my best to keep the focus on the ‘ISB vs IIMs’ issue in order to make it read most unbiased!


For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).


Read these article :-
B-schooled in India, Placed Abroad (Print Version)
IIPM in Financial times (Print Version)
IIPM makes business education truly global (Print Version)
The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM)
IIPM Campus

IIPM Ranked No. 1 B-School In Global Exposre - Zee...

For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
1500-plus IIPM students placed across the country with 44 bagging international offers
IIPM set to beat economic slowdown
IIPM, GURGAON
IIPM - Admission Procedure
IIPM awards four Bengali novelists
The Hindu : Education Plus : Honour for IIPM
IIPM ranked No.1 B-School in India, Management News - By ...
IIPM Ranked No1 B-School in India
Moneycontrol >> News >> Press- News >> IIPM ranked No1 B-School in ...
» IIPM ranked No1 B-School in India :: Education, Careers ...
The Hindu Business Line : IIPM placements hit a high of over 2000 jobs
Deccan Herald - IIPM ranked as top B-School in India
India eNews - IIPM Ranked No1 B-School in India
IIPM Delhi - Indian Institute of Planning and Management New Delhi ...
domain-b.com : IIPM ranked ahead of IIMs
IIPM makes business education truly global-Education-The Times of ...