Showing posts with label Workshops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Workshops. Show all posts
Know the CATs:Algebra
Here's the Algebra presentation that we had shared with you during the "Know the CATs" 7am classes.
Feel free to call any of the faculty (Nitin, Kapil or myself) to recollect any answers, if you forgot them!
Know the CATs: Number Systems
Here's the "Number Systems" presentation that we shared with you during the 7-10 am classes. Though only the questions are produced here, I am sure you will be able to recollect all the methods that we had discussed.
Feel free to call me or Kapil or Nitin, if you need any assistance. All the best!
CAT 2007 revision classes rock!
Barely had the reverberations of "Quant for Dummies" died, there was a new noise of the late night achievers batch. And now there's something to rock all you CAT '07 aspirants further:
The proverbial worm for the early bird: Morning revision classes kick off tomorrow at 7:00 a.m.
ITS NOW OR NEVER! LETS ROCK CAT '07!
The Dummies' Methods: Zindabad!
There is an excitement in the air now a days at the centre...of anticipation and nervousness. Suddenly, after the "Quant for Dummies" session by Nitin this week, people started coming to the centre with renewed hope.
I wanted to pay tribute to this renewed vigour and take the opportunity to invite those who are feeling low for obvious reasons. Come and be a part of the new revolution that is taking the CL, Pune centre by storm.
Personally, I am enthused by the ways and means of the new czars of CAT, who till now didn't even want to give it a shot. But armed with the belief that CAT Quant is not for the Mathematicians of this world, they have picked up the lost threads, and in style too!
If you haven't yet booked your time slots for one-to-one counseling, make sure you do it at the earliest. But before that, take a look at the SIS pages with all the details about your Mock Tests. My favorite pages are the ones with Selectivity Analysis for each Test. For those who are new to the SIS, these links come under the Details tab.
Lets celebrate the beginning of the slog overs in the run up to CAT!
Infosys: A Profile
The second in the sequence of presentations in this batch was about the jewel of the Indian IT industry: Infosys. A snapshot of the presentation:
Infosys was established in India in the year 1981.
VISION- to be globally respected corporation which would provide best breed business solutions, leveraging technology, delivered by best in class people.
MISSION- achieving their objectives in an environment of fairness, honesty and courtesy towards their clients and employees.
VALUES:
1. Customer delight
2. Integrity and transparency
3. Fairness
4. Pursuit of excellence
The man behind Infosys is Mr.N.R.Narayanamurthy (Chief mentor & chairman). His belief was that the future is shaped by several turning points with great opportunities. Learning from experience helped him grow & succeed which lead Infosys to grow a $3billion
The Three Key people in Infosys are:
N.R.NARAYANAMURTHY (chairman &chief mentor)
NANDAN M NILEKANI (Co-chairman)
S.GOPALAKRISHNAN (CEO & M.D.)
HISTORY:
1981- established in India.
1987- first international office in US.
1995- Best annual report award from ICAI
1998- First in award for corporate excellence
1999- Annual revenue $100 million
2000- Office in Hong Kong & France. Global development centres in Canada, UK & three centres in US
2001- Best employers in India. Touched $400 million.
2002- Established subsidiaries Infosys China & Infosys Australia
2004- Crossed $1 billion
2006- Completed 25yrs with an excellent growth of $2 billion & had around 50,000+ employees
2007- Touched $3 billion
Infosys is now issuing its equity shares holders bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1.
Infosys is the only Indian company whose single share's market value went up to Rs.18,000.
To know more about the company, visit www.infosys.com.
(Thanks to Sandeep, Sunanda and Shambhu for an informative session, and to Soniya for providing this summary.)
Orkut: A Presentation
Last week, we had a concise but very informative presentation by some students from the PEX-08 A Batch. The boys had selected their topic as "Orkut". A snapshot of the discussion is given below:
Orkut, the popular networking site, was started by a Google employee- Orkut Buyukkokten. It claims to be designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships. Orkut is the eighth most visited site throughout the world. It is also the 31st most visited site in US.
Some of the disadvantages that Vijay highlighted were use of fake profiles, prevalence of hate communities, privacy infringement, anonymous postings, adult content and spam, addiction to the virtual world and a limit of 999 friends.
Patel informed us about the statistics like the number of users having crossed the 15 million mark. 60% of the users are in the 18-25 years age group, while the next largest segment is 26-30 years. 64% of the users are in Orkut for friends, while 18% each are for partners, business and dating. One surprising statistic was in terms of the countries that the users came from. Brazilians constitute the largest (55%) of the orkutians, with US, India following up at 19 and 16% resp. The reason for the Brazilian dominance is Orkut's availability in the local language, which no other similar site has. Incidentally, Indian participation has grown from about 2% in 2005 to the current 16%!
Orkut, one of the most popular Google properties, didn't seem to have a strong business model. Some of the possible revenue streams in future could come from selling premium subscriptions, classifieds and targeted ads. Data mining and user profiling could also be used to get to a certain business model.
One interesting aspect about Orkut is "Orkut Jail". Huy Zing, a very popular Orkuter with more than 600 communities ranging from the mundane to more controversial ones, was "jailed" in 2004. Basically, he was barred from posting anything on Orkut, though he was allowed to view everything. But there was such a big hue and cry over his "killing" that he had to be reinstated. Such is the power of networking sites like Orkut! Now, Orkut has a "policeman" logging in as OrkutGuy who has the rights to get into any community or user profile, and take appropriate action. For instance, OrkutGuy interfered when one of the communities changed its name from "Orkut Loser Patrol" to "Orkut Pedophile Society".
Orkut (and Google, in turn) has also supported Governments in getting information about any illegal activities.
We also had a comparative discussion about Orkut and other networking sites like MySpace and Linkedin. We ended the discussion with a note on SecondLife, one of the futuristic models in the virtual world. SecondLife is a virtual world with more than 8 mn residents, and a flourishing economy with almost $2 mn spent every day! More than 300 universities have setup their own campuses in this other world!
The next presentation in this batch will be on the pride of the Indian IT industry- INFOSYS. Keep watching this space...
Communication Workshops
As a part of our constant endeavour to help you realize your true potential, we are organizing communication workshops for you at the FC Road centre as per the following schedule:
Workshop part 1: Thursday, 2nd August, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Workshop part 2: Friday, 3rd August, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
As you are well aware, good communication skills are extremely important for cracking the GD/PI round. It is also a key competence required for any career nowadays. Hope all of you will derive maximum benifit from these workshops.
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