59th National Exhibition of Arts inaugurated
The lalit Kala Akademi's National Exhibition of Art is held every year to exhibit the works of brilliance and to give appreciation and recognition to outstanding artists. The 59th National Exhibition of Art was inaugurated by Minister of Culture Dr Mahesh Sharma. The exhibition covers artworks from extensive series of mediums like paintings, sculptures, graphics, photographs, drawings, installation and multimedia. The Exhibition opened before a large audience of art practitioners, artists, art collectors, art lovers and critics from all over the country. The catalogue for the 59th National Exhibition of Art was also been released by Minister of Culture Mahesh Sharma.
ICFAI B-School Wins Prizes in International Case writing Competition
ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, won two awards in the 37th John Molson MBA International Case Writing Competition, organized by John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada. A case titled, “Walmart's E-Commerce Acquisition Spree: Toward Online Success Or Existential Crisis” written by Syeda Tahera Sadia and Indu Perepu won second prize in the prestigious competition. The case discusses the e-commerce acquisition spree of the world's largest retailer Walmart and how this decision to go omni-channel would affect the retail giant's profitability. Another case titled, "Birchbox" written by Indu Perepu and Alok Kavthankar also won a prize in the same competition. This case discusses a beauty products subscription startup Birchbox, and the challenges it faced in its quest for growth.
NCC MENTOR OF THE YOUTH: RAKSHA RAJYA MANTRI
Subhash Bhamre, Union Minister of State for Defence visited NCC Republic Day Camp-2018 being conducted at the Cariappa Parade Ground. On arrival, the Minister was received by lieutenant General BS Sahrawat, SM, Director General National Cadet Corps. The Republic Day Camp is being attended by 2070 cadets including 695 girl cadets specially selected 29 States and 07 Union Territories and foreign cadets from ten friendly foreign countries under the NCC Youth Exchange Programme. A contingent of all the three wings namely Army, Navy and Air Force presented an impressive "Guard of Honour" to the Hon'ble Raksha RajyaMantri on his arrival. NCC cadets thereafter presented a fine band display. The RRM also visited the 'Flag Area' prepared by the NCC cadets depicting various social awareness themes and cultural activities.The cadets briefed him in detail about their respective State Directorate themes, all aimed at national integration and development.