tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16835282679782574442024-03-04T20:00:02.160-08:00INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGYIBMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10426048064100145863noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683528267978257444.post-44178873633097847712015-05-21T21:46:00.000-07:002015-05-21T21:59:31.404-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL : SEE
KALIEDOSCOPIC PATTERN OF PPP THROUGH ANALYSIS OF A BUSINESS CASE FOR
SUSTAINABILITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vasantha
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS IN THE EMRGINING ECONOMY, 13<sup>TH</sup> AND 14<sup>TH</sup> NOV 2014
@ BMSCE, BANGALORE </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sustainability is the buzz word in the business world. There are many
ways to interpret the term Sustainability.
The definition includes long</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> term business
perspectives or People, Profit, Planet concerns or environmental, economic and
social performance, or all the above. It is a growing priority for businesses
of all sizes. This paper describes the theoretical framework, features and
characteristics of a sustainable business model through a business case for
sustainability. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sustainability; Sustainable Business; Business case for sustainability;
SBM, Sustainable business model; Sustainability business Model<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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IBMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10426048064100145863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683528267978257444.post-10470063677236455822015-05-21T00:40:00.000-07:002015-05-21T00:40:46.042-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sustainability: Role for HRM <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">With special
reference to Acquisition and Retention of talents in SMEs <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vasantha Lakshmi.
R and
Hanuman S Kennedy <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4<sup>th</sup>
National Conference on MSMEs’ – Role in
propelling Economic Development of India <br />
December 6, 2014 @ RVIM, Bangalore</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The effectiveness of talents in an
organization plays a very significant role in the organizational performance
which in turn influences the sustainability of the firm. Talents Acquisition is
the most significant function which influences all other functions in the
organization. The acquisition of the
right talents and retention of such talents are major challenges for SMEs. This
paper brings out the various problems and the practices for acquisition &
retention in the Small Enterprises through cases of small companies and a theoretical
framework for SMEs to enhance the effectiveness of the acquisition of talents
process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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words</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: Human Resource Management; Acquisition of talents;
Retention of talents, Business sustainability, HRM in SMEs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IBMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10426048064100145863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683528267978257444.post-49637202022360000802015-05-13T23:39:00.000-07:002015-05-13T23:40:30.250-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">RECENT TRENDS IN BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY: ROLE FOR HRM
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vasantha
Lakshmi. R & Hanuman S Kennedy<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3</span><sup style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> National Conference on emerging Trends in HRM @ PES-IT, Bangalore on 29/10/2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Abstract: </b>Sustainability is a highly
visible topic with more and more global firms seeking to improve their
sustainability index as a strategic corporate objective. Today, top performing
organizations view sustainability as a “must have” strategy to ensure long term
success. In order to Seek Business sustainability, there is no readymade
formula. There are different approaches, which lead to Business sustainability.
This paper is an attempt, to present a mathematical model of BS, focus on
Business sustainability from Strategic Management approach & the
significant role of HRM, specially, the Training and Development function,
which contributes complimentary factors for Business Sustainability.</span></div>
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HRM, Training & Development</span></div>
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IBMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10426048064100145863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683528267978257444.post-7399462187434358402015-05-12T04:20:00.000-07:002015-05-14T00:34:25.232-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Customer Relationship and Corporate
Governance in Sustainability of Business<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prof. Vinod Krishna U. Makkimane</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Institute of Business Management & Technology</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Banashankari 3<sup>rd</sup> Stage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sustainability is a
dynamic concept born out of the environmental debate of the last quarter
century. There is growing concern nationally and internationally about
biodiversity and protection of plants and animals and community based activity.
It is important to view sustainable efforts from global perspective that
addresses socio-economic and environmental issues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sustainable
Development as a norm has been accepted in the literature ever since the
publication of the Brundtland Commission report in 1987.The Brundtland
Commission defined Sustainable Development as that which "meets the needs
of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to
meet their own needs". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A primary goal of
sustainable development is to achieve a reasonable and equitably distributed
level of economic well being that can be perpetuated continually for many human
generations. It also implies using renewable natural resources in a manner that
does not eliminate or degrade them, or otherwise diminish their usefulness for
future generations. Sustainable development also requires depleting
non-renewable energy resources at a slow enough rate so as to ensure the high
probability of an orderly society transition to renewable energy sources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mahatma Gandhi has
observed long back that "There's enough in the world to meet the needs of
everyone but there's not enough to meet the greed of everyone". He has
also spoke about using the non-violence principal in sustainable development
something like this - "We cannot have ecological movement designed to
prevent violence against nature, unless the principles of non-violence become
central to the ethics of human culture."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dictionary meaning
of “Sustain” is to last out or to to keep up or keep going.
Business needs to last out to fulfill its objectives and primarily for this
sustainability it is very essential for any business entity to give more
importance to the “Customer” aspect. My paper tries to explore the customer
relationship angle for sustainability of the business and also for the
sustainability of environment and natural resources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along with Customer
Relationship, a well defined Corporate Governance is required for corporate
sustainability.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In an interesting blog post Toby Webb
discusses whether governance ‘structures’ make any difference when it comes
to sustainability. His conclusion: “When it comes to governance and
sustainability, it’s all down to leadership, not committees, structures and
articles of association. Look at the best companies on responsible business. I
won’t name them here, but they just get on with it. They don’t hang around
waiting for committees to recommend action, they do things, things that matter
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only issue with
great leaders is that they usually don’t stay too long in the same company.
It’s a very personality-bound asset. Governance, to the contrary, will remain
the backbone of a corporation, even if the leaders change. Top leadership with
a good corporate structure can initiate necessary policies and customer intensive initiatives
which help in the sustainability of any business.</span></div>
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Governance, Sustainability.</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: timesroman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IBMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10426048064100145863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683528267978257444.post-54592756533764536542015-05-12T04:15:00.001-07:002015-05-14T00:02:03.628-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E-Learning and Corporate-Governance in Public
Administration<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Institute of Business Management & Technology</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Banashankari 3<sup>rd</sup> Stage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This paper explains
that the implementation and deployment of e-learning solutions in public
administration have tended to strengthen the hierarchical bureaucracies already
in place instead of transforming these processes. The author then tries to
identify propositions and barriers to effective corporate-governance in public
administration. The paper concludes that Corporate-governance has a long way to
go in actually delivering public service administration via the Internet. A
better understanding of the potential of e-learning for public
administration is critical if the benefits of Corporate-governance
are to be realized.</span></div>
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Organizational culture, business environment.</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Gita and Gandhi – A Spiritual elucidation for
sustainable lifestyle<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Srividya Vedasnata</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Institute of Business Management & Technology</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Banashankari 3<sup>rd</sup> Stage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bangalore – 85</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Those who have the greatest measure of self-control or are most absorbed
in work, speak the least. Speech and action go ill together. Look in Nature.
She is continuously in action, never rests for a single moment, yet is mute.” –
<b>M.K. Gandhi</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lord Krishna, the divine cowherd milked the <b><i>Upanishadic</i></b> cows in the <b><i>Dwapara
Yuga</i></b> to draw the life-sustaining milk for Arjuna – the calf and handed
down the nectarous essence of <b><i>Gita</i></b> to one and all to drink and
draw sustenance there from. Mahatma Gandhi’s practical religious ideals the
emphasis seems always placed upon Ahimsa or Non-Violence. It is bound up
absolutely in his mind with truth. He holds that the truth of all life on this
planet and of God Himself is to be found in this principle of the sacredness of
life and refusal to use violence. This principle he calls Ahimsa, which means
literally Non-Violence. The words of Gita (Mahabharata), which may be
translated as “Ahimsa is the Supreme Righteousness”. This is made clear in the
passage from the Mahabharata, which goes on to say that Ahimsa is supreme
kindness and supreme self-sacrifice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A collection of men is <b><i>Samaaj</i></b>. Sam (unison) + Aaj (all) is<i> Samaaj </i>meaning the unison of all people
is Samaaj. The fruits of everybody’s actions should be distributed equally. The
society by itself does not bear any external manifestation but the individuals
who form the society have external manifestation and qualities. When the
thoughts, feelings, speech and conduct of individuals in a society happen to be
good quality the society prospers; when the society prospers the nation /
country progresses, and as a culmination of all the whole world prospers.Three
things are important for a country. They are <b><i>Khadi</i></b> (Hand woven cotton
clothes: symbolizing political leadership of a country); <b><i>Kaavi </i></b>(saffron coloured
clothes: symbolizing religious mendicants); and <b><i>Khaki </i></b>(snuff couloured
clothes: symbolizing the corps of the law enforcing agencies and military).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People believe that money, comfort and wordly pleasures are most essential
and there is nothing greater than achieving these comforts. But all these
possessions and comforts would at best confer only artificial happiness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The lasting
solutions to problems can be found only in spirituality. In day-to-day life, a
thing that is successful one day, may meet failure the next day. However, this
will not be the case with reference to spirituality wherein, success begets
success.” – Sri Satya Sai Baba</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keywords:</b> Human Values,
Spirituality and Sustainable Lifestyle.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: timesroman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">IBMT
BUSINESS SCHOOL, BANGALORE</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">(Affiliated
to Bangalore University, approved by the Govt. of Karnataka,</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">UGC,
Min. of HRD, Govt. of India)</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">GLOBALLY CONNECTED
WITH WORLD’S LARGEST NETWORK OF 116 B-SCHOOLS</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">FASTEST RISING
B-SCHOOL IN SOUTH INDIA IN THE LAST DECADE</span></b></div>
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STORY OF EVOLUTION</span></b></div>
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IN 1999</span></b></li>
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KARANATA KALA SAMSKRUTI VEDIKE AWARD </span></b></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 2002</span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">BEST
IN BUSINESS, TIMES OF INDIA 2004</span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">INDIRA
PRIYADARSHINI AWARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 2005</span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">RATED
A+ B-SCHOOL & RANKED ONE OF THE TOP 100 2006 </span></b></li>
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RATNA RAJIV GANDHI AWARD FOR INSTITUTION BUILDING 2006</span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">RATED
AS ONE OF THE TOP THREE PLACEMENT PROVIDER</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> IN BANGALORE 2007</span></b></li>
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PADMASHREE 2008</span></b></li>
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SURVEY </span></b><br />
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GROWING B-SCHOOL IN SOUTH INDIA 2009</span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">RATED
ONE TOP 50 B-SCHOOLS IN INDIA 2009</span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">RANKED
ONE OF TOP 10 IN SOUTH INDIA 2009</span></b></li>
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SECOND POSITION IN BAGALORE METRO 2009</span></b></li>
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OF THE MOST PRFERRED B-SCHOOLS IN BANGALORE 2010</span></b></li>
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CHETANA 2011</span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><b>"India’s Leading B-Schools certified" by Dun & Bradstreet (USA) 2011 </b><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></b></li>
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WORLD 2011</span></b></li>
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NATIONAL SURVEY ON </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><b> </b></span><b>BEST B SCHOOLS 2011</b></li>
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