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HUL has been rated among the top four companies globally in a study of Global Top Companies for Leaders by Hewitt Associates in partnership with Fortune magazine and RBL Group. The company has also been ranked number one in Asia- Pacific region and in India in this study, an HUL statement said. HUL CEO Doug Baillie received the award from chief guest at the event K.V. Kamath, the vice-president of CII and the Managing Director of ICICI Bank Ltd. The HR Excellence Awards were constituted by CII Western Region in 2005 to recognise the strength of HR processes of an organisation. — PTI IIM-L launches course for executives The Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow has launched its International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX), the first full time,one-year residential executive programme at its NOIDA Campus. The course was announced by the institute recently and will commence from April 2008. A core component of the programme is an international module of 4-5 weeks at the Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal Canada. The programme is designed for mid/senior level professionals, to prepare them for leadership roles. "The IPMX is our latest offering targeted at creating the complete manager and empowering him/her to take the leadership mantle. In the current scenario, where specialization and globalization are the key buzzwords to success, our programme achieves both and creates global specialists in the domains of their interest", says Dr. Devi Singh, director, IIM-Lucknow. The selection of the students would be based on their GMAT score (between January 1, 2004, and November 20, 2007), their professional experience and the personal interview. — TNS Patni ties up with BITS-Pilani Patni Computer Systems has forged a strategic alliance with the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, for a two-year master’sl degree in Embedded Systems for Patni employees, beginning September, 2007. This will give Patni employees a platform to further their educational aspirations while continuing with their professional pursuits. Patni signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BITS-Pilani through the ‘BITS Off-Campus Distance Learning & Collaborative Programmes’ scheme to hone the skills of Patni employees for the growing Product Engineering Services (PES) division of the company. — TNS ISB holds social responsibility conclave Students of the Net Impact club at the Indian School Business, Hyderabad, held their Social Responsibility Conclave recently. The theme of the discussion was the scenario of education in India. Delivering the introductory speech, D. Purandeswari, minister of state for higher education, said that with the 21st century being a century of knowledge and with world looking at China and India as great economic powers; education did not remain a goal by itself. Applying new ideas and technology to education would help it in a creating a key. Delivering the keynote address, Dileep Ranjerkar CEO, Azim Premji Foundation, said that teachers have to play a more active role. The panel discussion was led by the theme called Demographic Dividend of India: Education as a Turnaround Factor. Professor VN Rajasekhran Pillai vice-chancellor IGNOU said that such a dividend exists. — TNS Reverse flow of manpower in IT, retail Rising opportunities in the Indian job market following the impressive growth in its economy, have triggered a 'reverse flow' of manpower into certain sectors like IT and retail, a senior IBM official has said. "Unlike in the early 90s, a huge chunk of qualified manpower is now returning to India on account of the tremendous growth opportunities here. This is obviously a good sign for the talent-starved country," IBM Executive Director, Human Resources, Aquil Busrai, said. The trend is more palpable in certain pockets like IT and retail sectors, while the same is expected in other sectors as well in the years ahead, he said on the sidelines of a CII-organised seminar in Mumbai recently. IBM has nearly 50,000 employees in India, as on March, 2007. The US-based IT major has almost doubled its headcount in the country in the last two years. Even as the demand for quality manpower has well exceeded supply in the past decade, the country has hardly succeeded in creating enough opportunities for its talent-pool, Busrai said. — PTI
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Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) was on Monday conferred the commendation certification for significant achievement in human resource excellence by industry body CII.
