It is that time of the year when the Alumni Cell is once more, buzzing with activity. The Chapter Meets are just around the corner and the anticipation is palpable. We have been joined by a fresh new team overflowing with enthusiasm, ideas and energy, thus infusing new life into the cell. The invitation calling has begun in full swing and about 300 odd calls are being made every day.

Last year we were delighted with the turnout at the Chapter Meets at the various cities and this year too we are looking forward to welcoming an even larger number of Alumni.

We, students at PUMBA, have been doing a 8 day internship with Pune police. We will be working with Pune police for 8 days and would understand how they work. Objective of this mission is to reduce the negative impression of Pune police from the layman's mind and to bring police and public closer. And also to motivate pune police to work more honestly and with more enthusiasm. This program has been initiated by Pune Police Commisionor Ms Meera Borankar with the help of our Dean Capt Chitale.

Following is the Road Map of this internship.

Peepli [Live] is a refreshing satire on our society and systems we live in today. Story of a family with an old bed ridden mother, two brothers, wife of one of them and their children. Movie moves around the basic theme of indebtedness. Names of the characters are directly taken from Premchand stories. There's Budhiya, Dhaniya, Hori and of course Natha.

Got another article from The Economic Times......

Top IT firms log on to social networking sites to hire middle & senior-level staff
LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK SEEN AS BEST HUNTING GROUND FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE NOT DISGRUNTLED JOB SEEKERS

NEARLY half of new middle- and seniorlevel staff at top tech firms — including Accenture, Cognizant, Mindtree, HPMphasis and Wipro — are going to be hired from social networking sites such as LinkedIn, company officials and experts tracking the sector said.
Tech firms are now realising that middle-to senior-level managers and leaders are best hunted from platforms such as LinkedIn, where professionals are not necessarily disgruntled job seekers.

Hi All,

I came across an article in Time of India. Below is the link for the same. I have face the same problem when i was in PUMBA. Kindly go through the article.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Home/Education/Second-rung-B-schools-churning-out-unemployable-graduates/articleshow/6105359.cms

For those who cannot go to the link:-
NOIDA/NEW DELHI: Gaurav Kapoor completed his MBA from a Greater Noida institute, but the two year diploma couldn't get him a job he wanted and he finally joined a BPO. He is among the thousands who are virtually "unemployable" as the second rung B-schools they studied in failed to impart the necessary soft skills.

Today, I had a meeting with Dr. Paul Kim, CTO, Stanford School of Education who told me about this new OLPC computer. The new OLPC computer is a tablet, has looks like the iPad and its probably going to give the iPad a run for its money. The tablet may achieve the original pricepoint of $100 (Rs 4,500) for the device. Marvell’s new Moby educational tablet platform based on ARM-based chips serve as the brains of this re-designed low-power tablet computer.

Rita Mulcahy, 50 who was a prolific Project Management author and teacher, is no more. She died on May 15th 2010 due to Breast Cancer.

Rita's books and teaching methodology has helped many professionals studying for PMP exam. I am certainly indebted to her excellent study material for helping me become a PMP (Project Management Professional)

अब आप pumba-online.com पर विविध भारतीय भाषाओ में लिख और पढ़ सखते हो. ये भाषाये है, हिंदी , मराठी, तमिल,कन्नडा, गुजराती, तेलुगु, पंजाबी एवं बंगाली.

नेपाल के छात्र पुणे विद्यापीठ में पढ़ते है, इसीलिए नेपाली भी उपलभ्ध है.

हमें ख़ुशी है की वाचक इसका लाभ उठा सकेंगे.

Translation:

Now, pumba-online.com supports the following Indian Languages:

It was disheartening to see one sided comments on recent incident involving Mumbai locals.

No doubt the motormen created a lot of problem for the daily commuters but to make remarks like 'mismanaged by railways' shows only one part of story.

Am sure commentators must have visited atleast one of the two divisional control office situated in Mumbai and witnessed first hand the working/planning done in normal and unusual circumstances. Also, they must have met couple of officers directly responsible for the movement of trains and seen the arrangements made by them with the least of the resources available on hand on those eventful days.