Last week, the Builders Association of India (BAI) Pune Chapter started its 11th cycle of hiring interns. BAI has been taking interns for the last 6+ years and has been very successful in growing and sustaining this activity. This year itself, more than 150 students from various engineering institutes of Pune have been selected for […]
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Industrial Exhibitions as a Medium to Boost Student’s Exposure
I visited the #HannoverMesse in April 2017. I had heard much about this fair and this was my first time attending it. Hannover Messe, which translates as Hanover Fair, is one of the world’s largest trade fairs. With about 6500 exhibitors, it was bigger than I had ever imagined. It is spread across more than […]
Shivaji: The Indian Management Guru
Shivaji: The Indian Management Guru As students of MBA, we are pushed to read the book “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu -One of the greatest books on strategy. It’s a known fact that in businesses, we should be taking inspiration, analogies and ideas from the strategies used by the kings and commanders during […]
The Four Women of My Life
We as a family are fervent devotees of Goddess Laxmi. My grandfather started the construction of the temple opposite Sarasbaug, which is devoted to the Goddess Laxmi, Goddess Saraswati, and Goddess Mahakali. My father completed the temple and today the Mahalaxmi Temple, Sarasbaug, is an important landmark and a place of worship in Pune. While I […]
We Adapt – We Grow
We have all been fascinated by the mammoth creatures that once ruled the Earth- Dinosaurs. We know that they became extinct due to their inability to adapt to the climatic changes that were taking place in the Earth’s atmosphere. Lately, I have been intrigued by the word “adaptation”. Today, the world is changing at a […]
TOP 5 BENEFITS OF ERP FOR SMALL BUSINESS IN 2023
Top 5 Benefits of ERP for Small Business in 2023 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has become a buzzword in the business world. During its days of inception, the term ERP was usually associated with large corporations. Today, it has become indispensable for smaller enterprises as well. With growing modernisation and digital transformation, small businesses need […]
Towards Quality & Efficiency: An Analysis of NIRF Rankings
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune has yet again been ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) amongst the top 200 engineering colleges in the country. Earning a top NIRF ranking is not just personally gratifying to us, it is also a validation of our hard work as a team, and our unwavering commitment to […]
I need to ask myself a question every single day: How sincerely am I running my business?
Writing my speech for the BNI (Business Network International) Biz Mania ’23 brought back a flood of memories. My learnings from setting up our manufacturing unit Aakar Foundry Pvt Ltd are evergreen. The main takeaway was that when starting a company, you must have a contingency plan in place. When creating a strategy for your new venture, it’s best […]