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| 10-May-2010 |
| Corporate Gurukul to train over 8000 graduates in FY 2010- FY 2011 |
| Starting July'10, Corporate Gurukul will commence training for over 8000 graduates on employability in India, China an Singapore. Training imparted will include domain skills and soft skills for IT and FMCG industries. Programs include Infosys Campus Connect for engineering undergraduates and Corporate Gurukul's flagship product - FastStart Manager for management graduates. The training imparted will be anywhere between 40 hours and 150 hours depending on the need of the students. |
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| 8-Apr-2010 |
| Campus Connect Assessments at IEM, Kolkata and NIST, Berhampur |
| Corporate Gurukul assessed over 500 engineering undergraduates in two of eastern India's top colleges on industry-readiness and employability. The students will be certified by Infosys on their soft skills and industry-readiness. |
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| 26-Mar-2010 |
| National University of Singapore (NUS) and Corporate Gurukul offer joint employability programs |
| Corporate Gurukul and NUS have collaborated to offer joint employability and certification programs in Singapore. This program is open to management graduates and professionals from India. Participants can take a 40-hour/ 80-hour program at the NUS campus in entrepreneurship, leadership and management. Corporate Gurukul manages all costs, program delivery and logistics associated with the program. |
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| 24-Mar-2010 |
| Corporate Gurukul launches Kolkata operations |
To address employability challenges in West Bengal, Corporate Gurukul formally launched its Kolkata operations. Bharat Gupta, an alumnus of SP Jain will be spearheading the operations.
Bharat Gupta has been a management consultant with more than 3 years of experience in the consulting industry with firms like IBM and Stern Stewart. He has managed Value Based Management programs for clients at Stern Stewart India Pvt. Ltd, advising top management on aligning shareholder and employee interests, long term strategic planning, performance measurement and incentive systems.
As a Strategy and Change practitioner in IBM his engagements have ranged from formulating corporate and functional strategies for organizations, large scale programs in terms of supply chain transformation to implementing cost reduction exercises. Bharat has led and participated in engagements in diverse industries like steel, media & entertainment, banking and logistics. |
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| 27-Jan-2010 |
| Corporate Gurukul conducts FMCG Sales training for MBAs |
| Corporate Gurukul conducted a 40-hour sales training program for 30 PGDM participants. The program was focused on sales training for Sales Officers and Territory Sales Executives. The program is designed by alumni of top FMCGs like HUL, P&G and Colgate Palmolive with several years of industry experience. The program is delivered by graduates from top B Schools like XLRI, SPJIMR and IIMs with several years of industry experience in recruiting, training and managing Sales Officers and TSEs. The program has already been tested with success for several top FMCGs in India. Currently, MNCs like GSK Consumer Healthcare and Fena recruit from this program. Corporate Gurukul is currently working with several top MNCs to endorse and recruit from this program. |
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| 12-Dec-2009 |
| Corporate Gurukul and MeritTrac at Times Education Expo, Pragati Maidan, Delhi on 19th and 20th December |
| Corporate Gurukul and MeritTrac jointly address the challenges in 'Global Employability of Indian Talent' at the Times Education Expo, New Delhi on 19th and 20th December. Do visit us at Stall No. 13 !! |
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| 18-Nov-2009 |
| Rajesh Panda, Founder - Corporate Gurukul features among budding entrepreneurs |
What would you give up to see your dreams come true? What would you put at stake for a vision? A lot of people would forsake a lot of things, but how about a whole future complete with a stellar career that would set you up for life, would you give that up? Not many would have the daring or the self belief to be able to do that.
That is however, exactly what our Young Entrepreneur Rajesh Panda did…He came back to India to set up “Corporate Gurukul” in 2008, and he told us more about his dream company ....
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| 28-Oct-2009 |
| FastStart Manager Program @ HDF School of Management, Bhubaneswar |
Corporate Gurukul commenced its FastStart Manager program at Human Development Foundation (HDF) School of Management to get B School graduates industry-ready. The 150-hour program focuses on Management Skills, Industry and Domains Knowledge together with Soft Skills. The objective is to get PGDM (2nd Year) students employable.
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| 21-Oct-2009 |
| Campus Connect Soft Skill program at NMIET, Bhubaneswar |
Corporate Gurukul commenced training of MCA students at NMIET, Bhubaneswar on 20th October, 2009. The training for 2nd and 3rd Year MCA students is aimed at getting them industry ready. The training is being jointly done with NMIET faculty who would engage the students for Development Assignments post training.
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| 21-Jul-2009 |
| Workshop on Leading Change for over 1000 students at Sri Balaji Society, Pune |
| Corporate Gurukul delivered workshop on ' Leading Change - Managing Emotions and Intelligence for Life' for over 1000 B School management graduates @ BIMM, BITM, BIIB and BIMHRD of Sri Balaji Society. The program was delivered between 28th June'09 to 20th July'09. As part of the workshop students were introduced to the practical applications of Emotional and Multiple Intelligences in corporate and personal life. |
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| 9-Jul-2009 |
| Workshop on Leading Change for management graduates @ S P Jain, Mumbai |
| Rajesh Panda, Founder and Managing Partner, Corporate Gurukul, conducted workshop on 'Leading Change - Managing Emotions and Intelligence for Life' for management graduates @ S P Jain, Mumbai. The program, which was delivered on 9th July, introduced the participants to the practical applications of Emotional and Multiple Intelligences in corporate and personal life. |
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| 26-May-2009 |
| Corporate Gurukul to assess over 50,000 students on soft skills (for industry-readiness) |
| Corporate Gurukul has partnered with MeritTrac (India's #1 Skills Assessment Company) to assess over 50,000 students on soft skills and industry-readiness. This project is undertaken by Orissa E-Governance Services Limited (a joint undertaking by Govt. of Orissa and ILFS). The assessment spans over 4-5 months across all 30 districts in Orissa covering over 160 training centres. The pilot project was rolled out in April' 2009. This pan-Orissa project aims at improving the employability and industry-readiness of youth in Orissa. |
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| 29-Mar-2009 |
| Infosys Campus Connect program @ UCE, Burla |
| For the first time ever, Orissa's #1 State Engineering College, UCE Burla has started the Campus Connect Soft Skill program in association with Corporate Gurukul. UCE, which celebrated its Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary) this year, is Orissa's 1st Engineering College started in the year 1959. Rajesh Panda, Founder and Managing Partner, Corporate Gurukul addressed the students @ UCE and spoke on the relevance on industry-readiness in these tough times. He also gave the students an overview of Corporate Gurukul's association with Infosys to groom undergraduates to be industry-ready |
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| 16-Feb-2009 |
| Corporate Gurukul @ NIST, Berhampur for Infosys Campus Connect program |
| Corporate Gurukul kicked off its partnership with National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), one of Orissa's top Engineering colleges, with assessments on Infosys Soft Skills program. The undergraduates in their 3rd year of engineering were assessed across art of communication, hidden data of communication, teamwork, decisions, group discussions and presentations and corporate etiquettes. NIST plans to train and assess over 500 undergraduates on the Infosys Soft Skill program by July, 2009. |
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| 20-Jan-2009 |
| Corporate Gurukul trains B-School graduates @ Indian Institute of Production Management |
| Corporate Gurukul has started a 40-hour training program for B-School graduates at Indian Institute of Production Management (IIPM), Kansbahal, Orissa. The program is targeted towards grooming undergraduates for various industry verticals along with soft-skill inputs. Indian Institute for Production Management (IIPM) was set-up by ICICI Limited in 1983 with active support from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Limited and Government of Orissa. |
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| 17-Sep-2008 |
| Infosys Campus Connect training in West Bengals #3 engineering college |
| Corporate Gurukul has reached an agreement with Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), Kolkata to train engineering undergraduates on the Infosys Campus Connect program. 'It is a priviledge for Corporate Gurukul to be training undergraduates at West Bengal's #3 Engineering College (as per World Bank TEQIP rankings)' - said Rajesh Panda, Founder and Managing Partner, Corporate Gurukul. The training will be conducted by international faculty as well as faculty from IIM, Kolkata. |
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| 10-Aug-2008 |
| Corporate Gurukul to train over 800 engineering undergrads @ PIET, Rourkela |
Corporate Gurukul has started training over 800 engineering undergradautes in Purushottam Institute of Engineering and Technology (PIET), Rourkela. The training is being conducted by Singapore based faculty with over 10 man years of industry experience in companies like HCL Hewlett Packard, Wipro, CTS, Satyam and ITC.
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| 30-May-2008 |
| Corporate Gurukul signs MoU with Infosys for Campus Connect program |
Corporate Gurukul has signed an MoU with Infosys to roll out the Campus Connect softskills program across engineering colleges in eastern India. As per the agreement, Infosys will design the courseware while Corporate Gurukul will deliver the softskills program in over 70 Campus Connect partner colleges across Eastern India.
Infosys launched Campus Connect, an industry-academia partnership initiative in May 2004, with 60 colleges. The nationwide intiaitive, now global and in its fourth year, focuses on creating industry ready IT professionals, by aligning engineering talent with needs of the industry. As of March 2008, Infosys has partnered with over 500 engineering colleges across India. |
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| 26-May-2008 |
| Corporate Gurukul to conduct Management Development Programs (MDPs) together with partner B Schools |
| Corporate Gurukul has partnered with leading Business Schools in India to conduct Management Development Programs for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The programs are primarily targeted towards bridging the skill-gap of junior and middle management in these SMEs. The faculty for the program are mostly industry professionals from MNCs and professors from India's leading B Schools. Corporate Gurukul is also exploring the option of conducting workshops with international faculty. 'We believe, the SMEs of today will become the leading corporates of tomorrow. Hence empowering their employees with the desired skillsets will help facilitate the learning curve.' - said Rajesh Panda, Founder and Managing Partner, Corporate Gurukul. |
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| 14-Apr-2008 |
| Corporate Gurukul @ Infosys Campus Connect workshop in Bangalore |
| Corporate Gurukul was invited to participate in Infosys Campus Connect's Train the Trainer workshop in Bangalore. Rajesh Panda, Founder and Managing Partner, Corporate Gurukul, particpated in the workshop held in Bangalore from 8th-11th April, 2008. The Campus Connect Allinace Partner initiative by Infosys targets to impart 'Life Skills' to engineering undergraduates in participant colleges. |
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| 21-Mar-2008 |
| Corporate Gurukul to train Larsen and Toubro (L&T) GETs |
| Corporate Gurukul has bagged the first contract from Larsen and Toubro (L&T) to train Graduate Engineer Trainees (GETs) and Diploma Engineer Trainees (DETs) at their Kansbahal operations. The training on “Business Communication Skills Development” is being imparted together with faculty from the industry and academia and spans over a period of 6 months in different phases. Corporate Gurukul and L&T are in discussions to establish a partnership for addressing L&T’s long-term Organisational Development (OD) and Skills Development requirements. |
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| 17-Mar-2008 |
| Corporate Gurukul trains OIT(UCE), Burla undergraduates |
| Corporate Gurukul conducted a skills and industry training program at the OIT (UCE), Burla campus focused on IT Industry, Group Discussions and Interviews. The program involved classroom instruction and 1-on-1 assessment of individual participants together with individual feedback sessions. The program was designed exclusively for the campus interviews of TCS, Wipro and Infosys. |
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| 21-Feb-2008 |
| NTU, Singapore and Corporate Gurukul together offer skills development program for Indian undergraduates in Singapore |
In this knowledge-based economy, it is no longer sufficient for engineers to be proficient in engineering specialization alone. In order to maximize their contribution and to help shape the business environment of the future, engineering undergraduates must continue to augment their technical skills with management skills and knowledge.
Corporate Gurukul, Singapore (a company focused on bridging the industry-academia skill gap) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (ranked 69th among World’s Top 100 Universities by Times Higher Education Supplement (THES-QS), 2007) together present a unique opportunity to get a headstart, for a ‘global career’, with an international management skills development program in Singapore exclusively designed for Indian Engineering Undergraduates!
The 2-weeks/ 4-weeks program on ‘Management Skills and Global Best Practices for Engineers’ is certified by NTU and will be jointly delivered by NTU and Corporate Gurukul. |
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| 7-Jan-2008 |
| Corporate Gurukul launches India operations |
| Corporate Gurukul launched its India operations on the 7th of January, 2008. To start with, Corporate Gurukul will offer skills development programs in Orissa (where the industry-academia skill gap is among the highest in the country). The programs are designed to get engineering and management graduates industry-ready. |