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Sunday, January 9, 2011

IIT alumni conclave as part of Vibrant Gujarat summit

Ahmedabad, Jan 9 (IANS) To give a thrust to the technological development of Gujarat, the state government, along with the 500-strong Pan-IIT Gujarat Alumni Association will be organising a conclave on technology and development here Monday.
'The IIT Conclave: Technology and Development in Gujarat' will present and discuss various issues such as addressing educational challenges for innovation and looking at alternate approaches to development in order to secure economic leadership for Gujarat in the 21st century.A few of the initiatives already taken by the alumni association and the state are also slated for discussion and announcement.
Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) will be signed between the Pan-IIT Gujarat Alumni Association and the Gujrat government in various areas including castor production, improving agri productivity using nanotechnology, urban waste management and skills development in the state.
The conclave will also have international participation and is designed to bring together renowned thought leaders and industrialists. Participants include IIT alumni like IIT Kharagpur alumnus Farrokh Mistree, now a professor at the University of Oklahoma, Sammy Haroon, managing director, The RBR Group; and Dr. Rafiq Dossani, executive director, South Asian Institute, Stanford University.
Pan-IIT Gujarat Alumni Association founder chairman Sunil Parekh, an IIT-Delhi alumnus, said that there were over 500 IIT alumni currently working in Gujarat.
These include the directors and heads of major Gujarat based universities and institutions, such as Pradyumna Vyas of the National Institute of Design (NID) and Samir Barua of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, more than 11 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officials in the state government besides several who are working and managing special economic zones (SEZs), and public sector undertakings (PSUs).
State Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas is also an IIT Bombay alumnus

Vibrant Gujarat 2011, No state can match the speed.


Vibrant Gujarat

VIBRANT GUJARAT GLOBAL INVESTORS SUMMITS
The Mega Business Opportunity - January 12-13, 2011
The last four summits, being conducted biennially since 2003, have been a major success and has attracted investment proposals of over US $ 370 bn. On January 12-13, 2011 the immensely popular Vibrant Gujarat Summit is scheduled to take place at the Mahatma Mandir, in the State capital at Gandhinagar.Vibrant Gujarat 2011- the 5th Summit aims to facilitate investment alliances for the participating countries. The biennial Summit will be the ideal platform to discuss and deliberate business opportunities in the new age world.
The Summit, attended by leading global economies and a galaxy of international fora of business, policy makers, business and political delegations will host extensive B2B interactions, mega exhibition, sectoral seminars and conventions, will provide a very friendly ambience to the business community.
The 2011 Summit has got a major head start with pre summits and convergence at various national and international fora.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Indirect tax collections in Gujarat between April-November period stood at Rs 11,529 crore, showing a growth of 20 per cent

Indirect tax collections in Gujarat between April-November period stood at Rs 11,529 crore, showing a growth of 20 per cent as compared to the corresponding period a year ago. Gujarat comprising Ahmedabad and Vadodara zone has been allocated excise revenue collection target of Rs 18,510 crore for this fiscal by the Central Board of Excise and Customs. It ranks amongst top five tax paying states in the country. “The tax collection in first eight months of this fiscal stood at Rs 11,529 crore as compared to mop up of Rs 9,068 crore in the corresponding period a year ago, showing a rise of 20 per cent," Chief Commissioner Central Excise K K Singh said. The customs duty collections in the two zones during first eight months of this fiscal stood at Rs 766 crore as compared to Rs 440.23 crore in the corresponding period a year ago, showing a jump of over 74 per cent. A target of Rs 1,265 crore has been fixed as custom revenue collection for this fiscal by the central excise units. The buoyancy in service tax collection also prevailed, as the revenue collections for first eight months this fiscal rose by 40 per cent. PTI

23 students of Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya’s S K Patel Institute of Management and Computer Studies, Gandhinagar get great offers

The students of Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya’s S K Patel Institute of Management and Computer Studies, Gandhinagar have something more than the new year to celebrate. The final placements are on at the campus. And the excitement is palpable as big names like  Coca Cola India, HDFC Bank, Naukri.com were present on campus to recruit. This is the first time that such big companies have come for placements at the institute.

Twenty three students of the college have already landed their dream jobs. The ongoing placements saw Lucknow based Marketing Research company, Scope Services Private Limited offering the highest salary package of Rs 4.8 lakh, followed by first time recruiter Kotak Mahindra Bank, which is currently on campus and offering a package of Rs 4.5 lakh. The current average salary offered to the students so far is Rs 2.5 lakh.

“We are very excited with the industry response this year. Giants like Coca Cola India, HDFC Bank, Naukri.com, HDFC Insurance, ICICI Securities, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Azure Knowledge, SBI Life, Karvy Stock Broking visited our campus for the first time. We are sure that our students will certainly perform very well,” said the institute’s director, Sonu Gupta.

The list of companies does not end here. Offering different profiles in sales, operations, equity analyst, human resource and IT, the other companies which visited the campus also include regular recruiters and also some more first-time recruiter’s. Axis Bank, Axis Mutual fund, Teckfreak Developers, Squad Technologies, Universal Hunt, ICFAI, International College of Financial Planning, Scope Services, Arihant Capitals, Nictech Pvt ltd, KGMS Stock Broking are few of the companies that have come to scout talent this year.

“Broking firms have always been our mass recruiter, and this year too we expect them to recruit maximum candidates. Compared to last year, there is a drastic improvement in this years placement offers in terms of profile and packages offered to our students.”, added Gupta.

Parth Vora, who bagged an offer from Coca Cola India, shared his excitement with Mirror. He said “Working with Coca Cola India will be like dream come true. My institute helped me in sharpening my leadership skills which has turned out to be a key factor in my final placements.”