"TOP COLLEGES IN INDIA"

Top 10 Art colleges:

1. Loyola College, Chennai
2. St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
3. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
4. St.Stephen’s College, Delhi
5. Presidency College, Kolkata
6. Madras Christian College, Chennai
7. Fergusson College, Pune
8. Presidency College ,Chennai
9. Miranda House, Delhi
10. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata

TOP 10 Science colleges:

1. Madras Christian College, Chennai
2. Presidency College, Kollata
3. Presidency College, Chennai
4. Loyola College, Chennai
5. St.Stephen’s College, Delhi
6. St.Xaviers College, Mumbai
7. Fergusson College, Pune
8. Daulat Ram College for women, Delhi
9. Lucknow University, Lucknow
10. Hansraj College, Delhi

Top Commerce Colleges:

1. Shri Ram College Of Commerce, Delhi
2. St.Xavier’s College, Mumbai
3. St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata
4. Loyola College, Chennai
5. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
6. Pragathi Mahavidyalaya, Hyderabad
7. Presidency College, Chennai
8. Madras Christian College, Chennai
9. Christian College, Lucknow
10. Stella Maris College, Chennai

Top 10 Law Colleges:

1. National Law School of India University (NlSIU), Bangalore
2. Govt College of Law, University of Mumbai
3. Faculty of Law, BHU, Varanasi
4. University College of Law, Bangalore
5. Symbosis Society’s Law College, Pune
6. Faculty of Law, AMU, Aligarh
7. Bangalore University for Legal Studies, Bangalore
8. Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi
9. Faculty of Law, Univ of Madras, Chennai
10. I L S Law College, Pune

Top 10 Medical colleges:

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),Delhi
2. Christian Medical College, Vellore
3. Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
4. JIPMER, Pondicherry
5. Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi
6. Madras Medical College, Chennai
7. Kasturba Medical College, Mumbai
8. King Edward Medical College, Mumbai
9. Lady Edward Medical College, Delhi
10. Bangalore Medical Collge, Bangalore

Top 10 Engineering colleges:

1. IIT, Kharagpur
2. IIT, Kanpur
3. IIT, Mumbai
4. IIT, Chennai
5. Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
6. IIT, Delhi
7. IIT, Guwahati
8. Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi
9. REC, Tiruchirapally
10. Anna University, Chennai

"TOP MBA COLLEGES IN INDIA"

Name of institute	Location	Website
Indian Institute of Management	Ahmedabad	http://www.iimahd.ernet.in
Indian Institute of Management	Bangalore	http://www.iimb.ernet.in
Indian Institute of Management	Kolkata	http://www.iimcal.ac.in
Indian Institute of Management	Kozhikode	http://www.iimk.ac.in
Indian Institute of Management	Indore	http://www.iimidr.ac.in
Indian Institute of Management	Lucknow	http://www.iiml.ac.in
Xavier Labour Research Institute (XLRI)	Jamshedpur	http://www.xlri.edu
Faculty of Mangement studies, Delhi University (FMS)	New Delhi	http://www.fms.edu
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	http://www.jbims.edu
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	http://www.nmims.edu
SP Jain Institute of Management & Research	Mumbai	http://www.spjimr.org
Institute of Management Technology	Ghaziabad	http://www.imt.edu
Management Development Institute	Gurgaon	http://www.mdi.ac.in
Xavier Institute of Management	Bhubaneshwar	http://www.ximb.ac.in
International Mangement Institute	New Delhi	http://www.imi.edu
FORE School of Management	New Delhi	http://www.fsm.ac.in
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management	Pune	http://www.sibm.edu
Symbiosis Centre for Management and HRD	Pune	http://www.scmhrd.edu
Indian Institute of Forest Management	Bhopal	http://www.iifm.org
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	New Delhi	http://www.iift.edu
Tata Institute of Social sciences.	Mumbai	http://www.tiss.edu
Institute of Rural Management	Anand (Gujarat)	http://www.irma.ac.in
Mudra Institute of Communications	Ahmedabad	http://www.mica-india.net
National Institute of Fashion Technology	New Delhi	http://www.niftindia.com
Bharatidasan Institute of Management	Tituchirapalli	http://www.bim.edu
National Institute of Industrial Engineering	Mumbai	http://www.nitie.edu
Indian Institute of Technology – school of Management	Mumbai	http://www.iitb.ac.in/~som
Indian Institute of Technology department of Management Studies	New Delhi	http://www.iitdmba.org
Indian Institute of Technology – Vinod gupta school of Management	Kharagpur	http://www.som.iitkgp.ernet.in

"COLLEGES OFFER ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE IN INDIA"

• IIM, Ahmedabad, Bangalore & Kolkata
• All India Management Association Center for Management Education, New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi
• Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gujarat
• FICCI, New Delhi
• Small Industries Service Institute, New Delhi
• National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development, New Delhi
• National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), New Delhi
• ASEED and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), New Delhi
• Institute of Marketing and Management (IMM), New Delhi
• Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jharkhand
• Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Orissa
• Management Development Institute, Haryana
• Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Madhya Pradesh
• Symbiosis Center for Management, Maharashtra
• Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

"America’s Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs "

1.Babson College

Babson Park, MA

www.babson.edu

Tuition: $34,112

Why we chose it: Babson students live and breathe entrepreneurship. They can engage in late-night bull sessions at the E-Tower, a dorm for undergrads who are already building companies. All freshmen team up to write business plans, and then start and dissolve companies during a required yearlong program. “They study it, write about it, and do all the heavy lifting,” says John Butler, professor of management at University of Texas at Austin. Across the country, other entrepreneurship educators seek to follow Babson’s playbook, says Butler.

2.Ball State University

Muncie, IN

www.bsu.edu

Tuition: $18,236 (In-state: $7,168)

Why we chose it: Imagine if your degree hinged on the reception your business received from four potential investors three days before graduation. That’s a lesson in entrepreneurial stress that seniors at Ball State University learn. If an idea isn’t up to snuff – a fate that typically befalls about 25% of seniors – students fail the course. Larry Cox, director of the Entrepreneurship Center, credits this “senior sweat” program with the high rate – nearly 40% – at which Ball State alumni launch their own businesses.

3.Baylor University

Waco, TX

www.baylor.edu

Tuition: $22,220

Why we chose it: Historically Baptist Baylor preaches, “success with significance.” Professor of Finance Bill Petty, who holds the W.W. Caruth Chair in Entrepreneurship, assigns “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” to students in his required entrepreneurial finance class. Honors students go through the Balance, Excellence, Scholarship and Team (BEST) program, which teaches how to reach non-financial life goals. Baylor Bears who choose the new Business Fellows major can create their own cross-disciplinary business degree. The only fixed requirement: a quarter of the student’s courses must be in the business school.

4.Brigham Young University

Provo, UT

www.byu.edu

Tuition: $7,680 (Member of Latter-Day Saints: $3,840)

Why we chose it: The majority of students at Brigham Young University have traveled the world to preach the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the founders of Brigham Young University. These missions instill in the students an entrepreneurial spirit. In last year’s program of 129 students, 39 graduated already owning businesses, according to Gary Rhodes, director of the Entrepreneur Center at Brigham Young University. One of the most popular courses, “Entrepreneur Lecture Series,” hosts weekly sessions in which successful entrepreneurs – many of them, BYU graduates and/or members of the church – discuss planning, starting, growing, maturing and harvesting new businesses.

5.Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

www.cornell.edu

Tuition: $34,600

Why we chose it: A decade before most universities even thought about integrating entrepreneurship across campuses, David Ben Daniel at Cornell was doing it – by developing the design of the university-wide Entrepreneurship@Cornell program. “Cornell built a visionary program that cross-listed courses so that students of all majors were taking entrepreneurship classes,” says Jerome Katz, chair of entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University. Today, Cornell provides its students and others at universities across the country with rich media resources such as videos and podcasts of presentations and lectures. Its e-Clips Collection supplies students, educators, and entrepreneurs with real-world views from experts on business, entrepreneurship, and leadership topics. One expert is Scott Belsky, co-founder and former president of sportswear maker Live Big Enterprises. Another is Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET, the first cable TV network aimed at African-American viewers.

6.DePaul University

Chicago, IL

www.depaul.edu

Tuition: $23,820

Why we chose it: DePaul emphasizes “learning by doing.” The Community Consulting program gives students the experience of solving real business problems in low-income areas. Teams of undergraduates conduct feasibility studies, create marketing plans and complete strategic assessments to help local firms. The popular Start Your Own Business workshops help students jumpstart their ventures. At Idea Clinics by DePaul’s Center for Creativity and Innovation they can brainstorm with fellow graduate and undergraduate students.

7.Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

www.iub.edu

Tuition: $22,316 (In-state: $7,837)

Why we chose it: In many schools, students learn how to build a business but they’re not taught how to get an idea, says Donald F. Kuratko, a recent addition to the faculty from Ball State. That’s why Indiana includes courses in creativity. Starting next year, Hoosiers will have the option of taking a high-stakes senior course – which is not required, but highly recommended for serious entrepreneurs. If a panel of VCs and business owners like your venture plan, your senior year tuition is free. The downside: If they disapprove, you fail the course.

8.Saint Louis University

St. Louis, MO

www.slu.edu

Tuition: $28,480

Why we chose it: Professors at this research university have published more than 300 articles on entrepreneurship. Jerome Katz, chair of the department of entrepreneurship, runs eWeb (eweb.slu.edu), an Internet guide for entrepreneurship education. The website connects students with local entrepreneurs, faculty members, and investors. In keeping with SLU’s Jesuit tradition, the school’s Smurfit-Stone Center for Entrepreneurship assists local businesses and turns out socially-conscious entrepreneurs.

9.San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

www.sdsu.edu

Tuition: $11,564 (In-state: $3,428)

Why we chose it: San Diego State has consistently pushed the boundaries of entrepreneurship education. For example, it’s one of the few undergraduate institutions that focus on biotech entrepreneurship, notes George Solomon, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship/Management at George Washington University. San Diego State’s Entrepreneurial Management Center attracts more than 200 teams from around the world for its Venture Challenge Business Plan Competition, which began in 1989, and was the first inter-scholastic competition. The contest gives students the opportunity to talk with the judges and receive informal feedback and advice on the ideas they present.

10.Stanford University

Stanford, CA

www.stanford.edu

Tuition: $34,800

Why we chose it: With its extensive network of Silicon Valley contacts and successful integration of entrepreneurship into its engineering program, Stanford wins rave reviews from entrepreneurship professors nationwide. Even though it does not have a formal undergraduate curriculum on the subject, the school fosters entrepreneurship through organizations such as the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students, which connects both undergrads and grad students across campus at networking and educational events. “We teach students the skills that help them take their ideas out of the lab and into the real world to make a global impact,” says Tina Seelig, Executive Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. Entrepreneurship Week, launched this year at Stanford, featured a contest to create value out of a pad of Post-Its.

Bebo is voted top social network website

BEBO has been judged the best social networking website, narrowly beating off Facebook, in a consumer report released yesterday.

Computing Which? magazine praised the website, which is aimed at 13-to-24-year-olds, for encouraging “responsible networking”.

It puts Yahoo! Groups at the bottom of its survey of 10 of the most popular sites used to make new friends or catch up with old acquaintances.

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The largest social networking sites – Facebook, which ranks number one, Bebo and MySpace, occupy three of the top 10 spots in the most visited websites in the UK, according to internet monitor Hitwise.



The sites were judged on ease of use, performance and the additional functions they offered. The survey looked at the big players and some more niche market providers including Flickr, a photo-sharing site, and Saga Zone, a networking site aimed at the over 50s.

The results were close. Bebo topped the poll with an overall score of 79% and Facebook followed with 74%. Yahoo! Groups was described as less sophisticated than some of its rivals and came bottom of the poll with 59%. The magazine said: “Yahoo! Groups lacks many of the features people often associate with social networking groups.”

Bebo’s users who can restrict the information available to others and also block unwanted visitors to their pages. The site offers advice on security risks and how to go about avoiding them.

Dr Rachel O’Connell, chief safety officer at Bebo said: “Safety and security remain of paramount importance to Bebo.”

She also said that they have launched the Be Well resource area for users to gain support on issues relating to mental health and social care.

She said: “The Be Well approach is a natural progression to best support a community that spends more time online than ever before.”

Joanna Shields, president of Bebo, said: “Bebo is a social media network where culture and content come together and people use media and entertainment as a means of self-expression.”

The report criticised Facebook for making its security settings too hard to locate. It said: “Our expert felt it was confusing to find out, and change, who can see what about you. Plus it wasn’t easy to find out how to permanently delete your account.”

The third major social networking site included in the survey was MySpace. The site, famous for promoting music acts such as The Arctic Monkeys, was judged by the report to be too packed with additional features. The report said: “You can do a lot to customise your profile, which is great fun, but you’ll end up with a gaudy browsing experience.”

Abigail Waraker, editor of Computing Which? said: “Social networking sites are growing in popularity and, as the success of Bebo in our test shows, sites like MySpace and Facebook can’t rest on their laurels if they want to stay in the game.”

During the summer the BBC reported that social networking sites accounted for 233 million hours of work being lost by companies in the UK. Kent County Council banned workers from using Facebook in August, the same month that the website received 6.5 million visitors.

The BBC’s website, BBC talk, scored 68%. “Set-up is simple and the lack of advertising is a definite plus. The familiarity and UK-centred approach is a big bonus,” the report said.

"Virtusa CEO bags TiE award 2007"

Virtusa Corporation has announced that its Chairman and CEO, Mr Kris Canekeratne, has been awarded TiE-Boston IPO Award in recognition of the company’s successful IPO , according to a company statement. The award presented at TiE-Boston’s annual sponsor dinner in November.

"Norsat CEO Named Turnaround Entrepreneur Of The Year"

Norsat International Inc. (TSX: NII) (OTCBB: NSATF), a leading provider of intelligent satellite solutions, today announced that Dr. Amiee Chan, president and CEO, was named a 2008 Pacific Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awardee in the category of turnaround entrepreneur.

Dr. Chan was recognized for having achieved a positive reversal in Norsat’s financial fortunes over the past two years by an independent judging panel composed of several distinguished business leaders and previous award recipients.

“Dr. Amiee Chan’s remarkable focus and strategic approach to rebuilding and re-engineering all aspects of her business have enabled her to deliver an exceptional turnaround,” said Fred Withers, Director of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program for the Pacific region. “Dr. Chan has demonstrated a spark that is reflected in her unique capability to engage her team to propel and enhance performance in all areas of her business.”

Under Dr. Chan’s direction, Norsat returned to, and has maintained profitability, in each of the seven quarters since she was appointed CEO in September 2006.

Ernst & Young entrepreneur award

Leading NRI entrepreneur Dr Kartar Lalvani, founder chairman of Britain’s nutraceutical major Vitabiotics, has won the 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year special award for London region.

Dr Lalvani, who had earlier this year bagged the ‘2nd Queen’s Award in Excellence’, received the honour at a glittering function at the Grosvenor House in central London on Monday night.

The ceremony was attended by over 500 British and Indian entrepren eurs including Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beers and Chairman of UK-India Business Council, Lord Chadlington (Huntsworth Plc), Lord Tim Clement-Jones, The Rt Hon, Lord Philip Harris (Carpetright Plc), Professor Ajit Lalvani an eminent scientis t and Lord Young.

Mr Richard Harpin, Chief Executive of Homeserve Plc, a leading home service provider, was judged as the UK Overall Entrepreneur of the Year while Mr Mike Jatania, CEO, Lornamead Acquisitions Ltd, a global personal care company, bagged the retail and cons umer award. Dr Lalvani, a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, founded Vitabiotics 35 years ago with a portfolio of UK brand leading supplements, including Pregnacare, Perfectill, Osteocare, Wellman and Wellwoman. He was honoured with Boots Vita min Supplier of the year award in 2005 for fourth year in a row. –

"Young entrepreneur award for Reva MD "

MR CHETAN Maini, Managing Director of Reva Electric Car Company, has been awarded the Young Entrepreneurs Organisation’s (YEO) Thomas Alva Edison Award for innovation.

YEO and Edison Preservation Foundation teamed up together to create the award, which is an annual honour given to young YEO member- entrepreneurs for their innovative contributions to the society.
Mr Maini won through a 47-nominee field from eight countries and 29 cities.

The award comes under the “Stop Innovating and Start Playing” category.

"BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR"

LAURIE Dippenaar was named Businessman of the Year at the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies banquet this week.
He was by far the winner from a poll of chief executives of last year’s top 100 survey finishers. This year’s survey comes to you in this week’s Sunday Times.

This year, from the saddle of his bicycle while competing in the Argus race around Chapman’s Peak, Dippenaar secured the funding necessary for the R60-billion deal in which Anglo American entrusted management control of its financial services investments, Southern Life and First National Bank, to the Rand Merchant Bank/Momentum team. Dippenaar became chief executive of the merged group, now called FirstRand.

The story began 21 years ago when GT Ferreira, Dick Goss and Dippenaar formed Rand Consolidated Acceptances. Paul Harris joined a year later, and in 1984, the company bought Rand Merchant Bank from Johann Rupert. Eight years on, RMB bought Momentum Life, and Dippenaar was despatched to look after Momentum, which he steered to robust health and a top 10 placing in the Business Times Top 100 companies a year ago.

“We don’t do many deals,” says Dippenaar, but when we do them, they are big ones.”
Furniture retailer Profurn was the top-performing share in the five years ending September 30 1998 and the winner of the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies award for 1998.

The award is based on total investment return to shareholders, including capital appreciation and dividends. A R10 000 investment in Profurn had grown into R277 725 during the period – a compound rate of return of more than 90% a year.
Accepting the award on behalf of Profurn, chairman Gerald Rubenstein said it was a fantastic tribute to the efforts of everyone at the company that Profurn had achieved this honour. Profurn’s parent, Supreme, was liquidated in 1992 and it faced the prospect of being sold off to pay creditors.

Profurn has prospered locally and on the continent, turning over more than R1-billion from nearly 300 SA stores and more than 100 in eight African countries. It has a market capitalisation of R2.7-billion .

In second place was Tiger Wheels; Gencor was third and Dimension Data fourth – the sixth year in succession it has made the top 10.