After a splendid success of first year, International School of Management Excellence (ISME) on Sunday, August 8, 2011, held its inaugural program for its second batch in Navi Mumbai campus at Nerul, Uran Phatta. The batch comprises students from over 11 states all over India. ISME is one of the top B-school founded by alumni of Carnegie Mellon University, Purdue University and Wharton Business School, having campuses in Bangalore and Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai campus has added the students to its already very strong batch of Bangalore campus coming fro

m across the country.

Mr. Hrishikesh Deshpande, CMO & VP, Avalon Global Research, was the Chief-Guest of the event. MrDeshpande addressed the students on leadership and analytical skills and also highlighted the important aspectsfor management graduates to be successful in corporate world. Other prominent personalities who atte

nded the inauguration and shared their thoughts included, Mr. K G Garg, Chairman- NVT Quality Certification, Mr. Nitin Garg, an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University and Director, ISME, Mr. Rituraj

Sar, Head Learning & Development at Lupin Ltd., Mr Jay Acharya, Senior HR Manager, Siemens, Dr. Vijay Joshi, Group Head & Head HR, Indian Music Industry, Ms. Kranti Shety, Global Head-HR, Elerca Capital, Mr. Sridhar Kadambi, VP, Bharat Biotech and Mr. Hegde, MD & CEO, BioMedicon Pvt. India Ltd. The delegates addressed the students and highlighted the importance of knowledge as a tool to succeed in emerging knowledge economy. They also stressed the need for right attitude and values as the stepping stone for being successful. The speakers crystallized on various prospects for the young management graduates and the importance of management education in today’s world. The importance of goal settings in professional and personal lives was also dually emphasized.