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Silk Mark ExpoSilk Mark scheme, which was intro-duced by the Silk MarkOrganisation of India under the ini-tiative of the Ministry of Textiles,Govt. of India, in order to controlthe menace of unethical trade prac-tice, recently completed 6 years inMumbai. Commemorating theevent, the Silk Mark Organisationof India has put up the Silk MarkExpo 2011 at World Trade Centre,Mumbai, which is on till February 7.It's a golden opportunity for theconsumers to see wide range of silk products under one roof. TheExpo was inaugurated by Mohammed Arif (Naseem) Khan, Minister of

Textiles, Minorities Development & AUKAF, Govt. of Maharashtra.

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NOT many of us can thinkof taking study leave fortwo years after starting a

company, which is barely a yearold. But Allwin Agnel, who wasn'tinterested in regular jobs andwanted to do something on hisown, did exactly the same. Agnelstarted his online portal –PaGaLGuY – in 2002 and eversince it has become a readyreckoner for management stu-dents and B-school aspirants inIndia.Agnel who is a MBA from theWharton School, University ofPennsylvania started two com-panies when he was barely 21years old. Says he, “I startedvery early as an entrepreneur -right after college.”Talking about the early years hesays, “They were tough, excitingand full of dreams. It was chal-lenging to deal with issues onehadn't faced before- to figure outsolutions to problems and togrow, hire, set up things - all atthe same time. However, evenvery early on, I found amazingpeople to work with and thisallowed me to dream bigger.”With lots of ideas on mind to fur-ther improve the concept Agnelsays, “Our first hire atpagalguy.com was the turningpoint for the business. Thatmoment we went from a hobbysite to a business and wehaven’t looked back. There weredefinitely challenges we faced interms of growth, staffing and

other issues - but over a periodof time we were able to growfrom strength to strength.”PaGaLGuY.com is today country’sbiggest and most trusted MBApreparatory resources website,used by over 700,000 MBA appli-cants every month to seek help toprepare for MBA entrance examssuch as the CAT, XAT, SNAP,JMET, CET (India) and GMAT,TOEFL, IELTS (International) andrelated admission interviews. Ithas over 2.4 million discussionposts written by over 450,000users solely on MBA preparationand admissions.With a vision to put the companygrowth on fast track and work onincreasingly challenging projectswith the phenomenally talentedpeople Agnel’s idea is to grow it intoIndia's super site for education.“Persevere, talk to people, beobjective and once done that -go crazy. If you think you can doit, no one can stop you fromdoing it,” he sums up.

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ACADEMIC CORNERFounder, MET meets the President

Sunil G. Karve, Founder, MET League of Colleges, in aspecial meeting with the President of India, PratibhaPatil, in the course of which he shared his vision on thefuture of education in India.

AIT Pharma Alumni Meet

AIT Pharma Alumni Association, Malegaon recentlyorganised an Alumni Meet of the last 29 batches. The

meet was inaugurated by 1994 batch alumnus, ChetanPatni, Director, Kaytross ACG Life Sciences, Nasik.During the function, principal of institute Dr. M. N.Qureshi was felicitated for the 'State Teacher Award'conferred on him by the Govt of Maharashtra and foraward of degree of doctorate by the Shivaji University.

Republic Day celebration

Sahakar Vidya Prasarak Mandal's School, Kalwa cele-brated the Republic Day with great enthusiasm. Chiefguest for the function was Shrikant Vad, Thane GauravAward Winner, who also unfurled the flag. Also presentwere Dr. H.S. Bhanushali, president, R.K. Tawade, vicepresident, P.D. Nikte, secretary, A.P. Bhosale, trusteemember along with many others.

Symphony 2011 - Powered by MTV

'Symphony 2011-Powered by MTV', an annual inter-

collegiate cultural festival of K.J. Somaiya College ofEngineering was recently held with much funfareattracting a number of students from across the city.This year's theme was the Culture Carnival, whichaims at presenting a glimpse of the talent, compe-tence and exuberance of the youth across the coun-ty. Present for Pronite - an extravagant musicalevening, were many renowned artistes like PanditHariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussian,Hariharan, Euphoria, Bombay Vikings and SurajJagan.

St Stanislaus High School celebrates 62nd Republic Day

St.Stanislaus School celebrated the 62nd Republic Day with acultural programme and an aeromodelling display by theirNCC Air Wing.Chief guest for the function was Group CaptainAjay Kaul VM(G) and guest of honour was Consul General Dr.Seohang Lee (Republic of Korea).

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Cricket meets Bollywood…off pitchBollywood star Riya Sen and Cricketer Sreesanth to be the new celebrity endorsers for GitanjaliGroup's jewellery brand Rivaaz, a line of 18K gold jewellery with CZ. They were chosen keepingin mind the focus of the brand on the youth segment.

New addition in the mobile phone family(From left) Naresh Saraf (CMO), Celina Jaitley and Nawal Kumar Sawarthia (CEO) at thelaunch of the Xage Mobile. An advertising campaign, featuring Celina Jaitley, who is also thebrand ambassador of Xage Mobile, will soon go on air.

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UBI CMD speaks on banking for GenNext Union Bank of India CMD M V Nair delivering a keynote address onthe occasion of the release of FTKMC's special report on ‘The Stateof Banking’ . The topic of the keynote address was ‘Banking for thenext generation India - Challenges for Indian banking’. Nair said Indiais currently in the phase of super cycle growth and banking sector isone of its important sub cycle. During the next 10 years or so, bank-ing and economic growth will reinforce each other with greater inten-sity, as new set of constituents and customers will emerge.

BoM distributes smart cards & passbooksBank of Maharashtra CMD A S Bhatttacharya distributing smart cardsand passbooks to the customers under IT-enabled financial inclusionplan at Wadegavhan village in Ahmednagar dist flanked by VK Gupta,General Manager (credit priority dept) .

Canara Bank holds Analysts MeetCanara Bank CMD S Raman, ED HSU Kamath and other top brassof the bank during the Analysts Meet held at Hotel Trident onFebruary 1.

Water Supply Unit for WRM-2 CommissionedPK Bishnoi, CMD, RINL, inaugurating the commissioning of the 'WaterSupply Unit' along with 'Power Supply Station (3LBDS1)' for New WireRod Mill (WRM-2) under the 6.3 MTPA Expansion Project in the plantby VSP. Umesh Chandra, director (operations), AP Choudhary, director(projects), P Madhusudhan, director (finance), TK Chand, director(commercial), K Vidya Sagar, CVO were also present on the occasion.

CLW-WWO holds annual cultural functionChittaranjan Locomotive Works Women's Welfare Organisation (CLW-WWO) organised annual cultural function 'ULLAS' at RanjanAuditorium with students of Asha Kiran and Sishu Vihar School par-ticipating in the event. Chief guest Amar Nath, general manager,CLW, inaugurated the function. Veronica Nath, president, CLW-WWO; Usha Tripathi, vice president, CLW-WWO; Rita Singh, generalsecretary, CLW-WWO were also present on the occasion.

First 3-phase electric locomotive produced by CLW flagged off

The first 3-phase electric locomotive (WAG-9 Loco No. 31291) fittedwith cab air-conditioning system in Chittaranjan Locomotive Works(CLW) was flagged off and dedicated to the nation on January 31 byCLW general manager Amar Nath. Principal officers, senior officers,members of staff council and president, CLW Women's Welfare, werepresent on the occasion.

DU-NTPC Foundation's certificate distribution function held

Dinesh Agrawal, general manager, NTPC Foundation and CSR pre-senting the certificate to students on successful completion of short-term course at DU-NTPC Foundation ICT Centre, New Delhi. In all,69 disabled students successfully completed short-term courses thatwill qualify them for employment in the corporate sector like IT, lifeskills and knowledge of English.

World Bank's implementation supportmission for MUTP, MUTP 2A kicked off

World Bank kicked off their implementation support mission for MUTPand MUTP 2A on February 3. The bank is on a regular supervisionmission from February 3 -10, led by Atul Agarwal, transport specialist.Dr PC Sehgal, managing director, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporationwelcomed the mission and explained the details of various works inprogress. World Bank also applauded MRVC for the "MoU ExcellenceCertificate 2008-09" which was conferred on Mumbai Railway VikasCorporation by the Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry ofHeavy Industries & Public Enterprises, for excellent achievement inMoU Targets.

Cycle rally flagged offCentral Railway general manager Kul Bhushan flags off cycle rally.

Hazarika given additional charge of CMD & Director (Exploration), ONGC

The Government of India has entrusted the additional charge ofChairman & Managing Director, ONGC and Director (Exploration),ONGC to AK Hazarika, Director (Onshore), ONGC. Hazarika is a firstclass graduate in mechanical engineering from Assam EngineeringCollege, Guwahati. He joined ONGC as a Graduate Trainee in 1976.His first assignment was as Driller (Cementing) in Assam. Heremained in Assam upto 1989 at various important positions withincreasing complex responsibilities.