Our premier PGDM Programs are as follows:

·         Post Graduate Diploma in Management

• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (International Business)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Retail Management)
• Admissions are provided on the basis of merit among applicants. This merit is judged on the basis of percentile in CAT/MAT/XAT/AIMA followed by group discussion and personal interview.
• CAT/MAT/XAT/AIMA Applicants need to fill SMS application form, which can be obtained from SMS Campus / City Office or from the Centres of Career Launcher/PT Education/IMS Learning Resources across India on payment of Rs. 1000(Cash) or by sending a DD of Rs. 1050 in favor of “School of Management Sciences” payable at Varanasi.
• SMS application Forms may also be downloaded from our website www.smsvaranasi.com and be sent duly filled along with a DD of Rs. 1000 in favor of “School of Management Sciences” payable at Varanasi. Candidates can also apply for the above mentioned GD&PI activity by filling the Online Form.

Eligibility:

3-Year Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline recognized by Association of Indian Universities (AIU) will be suitable eligibility for a prospective student whereas candidates appearing in their final examination of the Bachelor’s Degree may also apply. Candidates will have to provide their passing out mark-sheets, at the time of final selection.

Admission process for all PGDM programs:

GD & PI Schedule

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Web Address: http://www.smsvaranasi.com

Phone: +91-542-2271771,72 & 3259266

Mobile: +91-9628700005 & 9919834555

Once in a while comes about an institution that believes in trudging along the path to the unknown and in its endeavor to do so breaks away from the tried and tested creating new boundaries of excellence. Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education is one such institute. Conceived as the first PPP model coming out of Northeast India and born out of a unique partnership between Manipal Education and Govt. of Sikkim in 1995, SMU-DE has since revolutionised not just the domain of distance learning but has also brought about a new era of practical industry oriented teaching.

In a country where since decades theory based education has been given sole importance as the world moved ahead of us, the approach by SMU-DE turned out to be a much needed shot of life improving vaccine. So heavily has our education system relied on theory that once the much famed IITs, recognized among the top 10 educational institutes in the world now fail to locate themselves even among the top 50. But the road for SMU-DE has not been smooth. After all, decades of habit had seeped deep into the veins of the education sector. But perseverance, patience and excellence over the last 15 years is now beginning to yield results. A testimony to the grit and vision of this pioneering institution.

SMU-DE is now the best distance education institute in India in terms of teaching efficiency and achieving results. The rankings out in the Hindustan Times also puts SMUDE as the third best distance learning institute in the country and the only one among the top three which is not an open university. ‘It’s a PPP model that works’ screamed an headline on another page of the Careers 360 magazine, indicating the path travelled by SMU-DE over the years.

Today SMU-DE offers more than 40 courses in 11 disciples spread across Management, Hospitality, IT, Telecom, Commerce, Journalism, Fashion Designing, Networking, Health Sciences and Biotechnology. Supported by 6,500 faculty and 65 core faculty, a network of 325 University Recognized Learning centers spread across 310 towns and an alumni base of 3 lakhs, it would easily have one the best prize if there was one for the quickest growing institute in India. The institute has also excelled in the integration of technology with education through its introduction of EduNxt, this multi award winning Internet based Learning Platform allows students to access faculty mentors, industry experts, counseling, virtual classrooms, self-learning materials and over a million journals over the Internet. Mock tests, videos, presentations and case studies are updated real time on this platform helping students to stay in sync with the industry. All this can be done 24×7 helping students to plan their studies beforehand. Moreover students can collaborate with their classmates and lectures on projects and assignments by just being on the web.

Any other institute in this position would have probably reached its burnout stage by now. But SMU-DE is in a different league. Its hunger for excellence and its constant endeavor to ensure education for all sees it launch a minimum of 1 new course every year, year on end. Along with new initiatives to increase its efficiency, reach and resources, SMU-DE has won the hearts of top corporate firms and its mentors. SMU-DE students work for the best public and private companies like Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft, IBM, HCL, Dabur, ICICI Bank.

SMU-DE is a vital cog in the wheel of India’s aim to achieve maximum literacy levels by 2020. A fact reiterated by the HRD Minister himself when he mentioned the importance of distance learning institutes vis a vis Indian literacy levels. The future too seems brighter than ever before. With the corporate world wanting only work ready skill oriented professionals from the first day itself and the spread of Internet in the Indian society, SMU-DE stands as the only institute which believes and practices in both of them. Over the coming years one would see SMU-DE scaling new heights, widening its resources and base and eventually creating the unknown path that it set out for so that others can follow.

Bangalore, 2010: Sikkim Manipal University-Distance Education (SMU-DE) programme, counted by Careers 360 magazine among the top 3 distance education providers in India, has launched job – ready graduation under the ProDegree programme.
The ProDegree courses are being offered under two broad disciplines; Bachelor of Science in Networking Technology (BScNT) and Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com). Under the Commerce ProDegree, three specialisations are offered – B.Com in Export-Import Management, B.Com in Supply Chain Management & B.Com in Financial Planning.
Course content has two essential components: Knowledge & Skills. Knowledge deals with sector specific understanding needed to succeed in an industry. Skills are hands-on/ technical/ employability – enhancing skills that enable a student to get a job even as he is studying for his degree, and get a better job year on year.

Incremental employability is the catch phrase of the SMU-DE ProDegree programme. Well-known training industry veterans such as Datacraft (insert website link here), IndiaSkills (link) and FTDC (link) have partnered with SMU-DE to provide Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma to students.
Employability – focussed course construct provides students with a certificate at the end of the first year (that certifies him to get certain, entry-level jobs); a Diploma at the end of the second year (certifying him as eligible for the next level of jobs) and an Advanced Diploma at the end of the third year, along with his degree (which certifies him to the next level of jobs); all in the specialisation of his choice.

All the skill certificates and diplomas are provided by the industry partners while the end of course degree will be given by SMU-DE. The faculty comprising in-house professionals from the industry partners and visiting industry mentors team up to provide the best of training and practical knowledge to the students.
SMU-DE has just been voted by Careers360 Magazine (Outlook group) as the best distance learning institute in India in terms of efficiency and results and among the top 3 distance education providers in the country. Recognized by the Distance Education Council of India (DEC), UGC & Ministry of Human Resource & Development (HRD), SMU-DE is also a member of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK (ACU).
The industry demands trained professionals who are experts in their chosen field.

Knowledge, skills and the candidate’s ability to put them into practice in real time is considered more important than the degree itself. As firms have shown post recession, they will go any length to try and retain such valuable talent. At SMU-DE we realize industry’s needs and with the ProDegrees we help create professionals who will meet the standards and the requirements of not just the present but also the future.

Global Weight Management Market – Unraveling the opportunities

“Global Weight Management Market Report” aims to identify and analyze products and services that specifically induce weight loss and enable individuals to maintain weight. The global weight management market is estimated to reach US$586 billion in 2014 from about US$363 billion in 2009.

Device and accessories is the largest market under weight management, and is expected to be US$181 billion in size by 2014, owing to the role of brands targeting the youth, and growing adoption rate in the female population. However, the highest CAGR of 14.7% from 2009 to 2014 is expected to come from the services segment. Artificial sweeteners used in low calorie food and beverages such as hoodia gordonii, inulin etc are driving the CAGR of ingredients in low calorie F&B to about 11.2% from 2009 to 2014. Emergence of new artificial sweeteners that claim to preserve the traditional flavors are gaining in demand.

Weight management service market is lucrative as it exhibits the highest CAGR over the period of 2009 to 2014. There are not many food chains which specialize in serving health food. Diet chains service providers are now expanding this low tapped segment by providing better and healthy food.

The market is currently restrained due to a confused positioning. Number of weight loss methods available in the market are making it difficult for market players to drive brand recall among the consumers. Failed attempts to reduce weight by the consumers discourage them to go in for further weight loss trials. Hence it is very essential for market players to understand the target audience and their specific needs to provide them umbrella solutions.

The significantly high rate of new products in the weight management segment necessitates industry participants to adopt proactive strategies. Moreover, the larger chunk of the market is not only driven by significant products such as fitness devices and food market, there also exist added opportunities in the minor market such as for fitness accessories. This necessitates a further need to understand clearly the characteristics and demand for the micro-markets so as to obtain a holistic view of the industry. North America is the largest market for weight management. However, Europe is catching up with an expected CAGR of 10.2% during the period 2009 to 2014, owing to increased adoption of the services and products. Asian markets are expected to ensure long term growth due to increased health awareness.

The weight management market is highly fragmented and dominated by the unorganized sector. The key players in the weight management market are Abbott Nutrition, GSK, Roche, Atkins Nutritionals, Brunswick, Jenny Craig, Kellogg, Merck, McNeil Nutritionals, Nestle, Reebok and Unilever. Agreements and collaborations, and new product launches are very popular strategies to combat competition. Both these strategies are consequential as several of the market players are entering into agreements and collaborations in order to promote their new products and to extend their presence in new geographies with no or very less cost compared to acquisitions. Our patent analysis indicates that rise in the obesity concerns has resulted in an apparent increase in the number of patents especially for weight loss ingredients and diet food products in 2008.

What makes our reports unique?

1. We provide the longest market segmentation chain in this industry- not many reports provide market breakdown upto level 5.

2. Each report is about 250 pages with 100+ market data tables, 40 competitive company profiles, analysis of 300 patents and minimum 50 micro markets, which are collectively exhaustive and mutually exclusive.

3. No single report by any other publisher provides market data for all the segments viz products, services, applications, ingredients, technology, and stakeholders in a single report for all the four geographies – US, Europe, APAC, ROW.

4. We provide 10% customization- normally it is seen that clients do not find specific market intelligence that they are looking for. Our customization Our customization will ensure that you necessarily get the market intelligence you are looking for and we get a loyal customer.

5. 15 pages of high level analysis including benchmarking strategies, best practices and the market?s cash cows (BCG matrix). We conduct detailed market positioning, product positioning and competitive positioning. Entry strategies, gaps and opportunities are identified for all the stakeholders.

6. Comprehensive market analysis for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, medical device manufacturers, pharma-research labs, doctors, physicians and hospitals, medical/pharma associations, retailers and super-retailers, technology providers, and research and development (R&D) companies.

Key questions answered

1. Which are the high-growth segments/cash cows and how is the market segmented in terms of applications, products, services, ingredients, technologies, stakeholders?

2. What are market estimates and forecasts; which markets are doing well and which are not?

3. Where are the gaps and opportunities; what is driving the market?

4. Which are the key playing fields? Which are the winning edge imperatives?

5. How is the competitive outlook; who are the main players in each of the segments; what are the key selling products; what are their strategic directives, operational strengths and product pipelines? Who is doing what?

Powerful Research and analysis

The analysts working come from renowned publishers and market research firms globally adding their expertise and domain understanding. We get the facts from over 22,000 news and information sources, a huge database of key industry participants and draw on our relationships with more than 900 market research companies across the world. We are inspired to help our clients grow by providing qualitative business insights with our huge market intelligence repository.

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Excel Software has enhanced the WebActivation system  to activate software licenses.  WebActivation is a self-hosted software license server used to activate QuickLicense protected applications or documents. WebActivation 1.1 adds a DLL replacement of all EXE files and enhancements to easily utilize the new activation, release and restore features introduced in QuickLicense 4 without requiring a web browser on the client computer.

WebActivation  consists of a documented design and a set of customizable components.  With the default set of EXE, ASP and configuration text files, an automated activation system can be setup quickly.  The new WebActivationRT.dll includes the same capabilities as the EXE files but presents a more convenient interface for many web server programming environments.

Software vendors issue serial numbers that control how many computers can run a software license.  Users can easily and securely move a license between computers. WebActivation 1.1 simplifies the process of implementing a fully automated, browser-less process for license activation, release and restore without vendor involvement.  WebActivation can be integrated into the vendor’s order processing system.  It is used for Mac and Windows applications protected with QuickLicense and documents protected with DocProtect.

A software vendor uses QuickLicense to configure various types of trial and product licenses, the activation process and any restrictions or limitations on the activated software.  A license can be applied to any Mac or Windows application or various kinds of documents using DocProtect.  Any number of protected products or licenses can be distributed, royalty-free.   An activated license does not require an Internet connection.

WebActivation 1.0 is $2500 for one web server.  It normally requires a dedicated web hosting account that allows ASP files to run executables that read, write and delete files stored on the vendor web site.  Alternatively, the WebActivationRT.dll exposes the same features through external methods and can be easily demonstrated with the included SendWebActivationRT tool.

The WebActivation system includes a tool to edit data files that store serial numbers and license data.  It comes with a printed and PDF User Guide with ready-to-use web pages, design diagrams plus technical phone and email support.  Visit the company web site to see videos that demonstrate the QuickLicense technology.

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Effective immediately, ResQ Track & Trace will be known and carry on business internationally as ResQ Mobile Services, according to Chad Hughes, ResQ founder and president. After operating in Canada for four years, and establishing many critical strategic relationships, the company recently began an expansion plan to acquire marketshare in the US. “When we launched in 2005, we were tracking vehicles exclusively,” Hughes explains. “The company has grown a lot since then and, based on demand in the marketplace, we thought it was the right time for a name change and one that reflected the realities of our evolving customer base.”

ResQ currently offers an end-to-end asset management and communication system for the transportation and logistics industries, and last month introduced a new product called Trackberry™ for smartphone users. Historically, ResQ has sold an integrated system to fleet managers to effectively monitor their assets in real-time and access numerous reports online. “We’ve been asked to track temperature changes within refrigerated containers, media screens within transit shelters and lightbulbs within industrial developments,” Hughes continues. “We can do all those things, and more, but people still think we only track trucks.”

ResQ introduced Trackberry™, which is downloaded and installed onto any GPS-enabled device, to track mobile employees. The application relays at regular intervals its location that is conveyed to users through a secure web portal. This is currently an enterprise solution enabling employers to track sales and service personnel in the field and acquire automatically a record of their activities. A stripped-down version for consumers, Findr™, will be released shortly to enable parents to track their wandering teenagers, young children and in fact parents of parents.

ResQ offers real-time asset management systems using GPS technology to enhance mobile communications and wireless business processes. After deploying a ResQ system, our clients obtain the tools they need to attain measurable results and the necessary data for efficient management of their resources and customers. ResQ delivers industry leading applications for location tracking, identification, security and workforce management. With a national footprint and expanding offices servicing markets across North America, ResQ mobile asset management systems support the transportation, logistics and service industries.

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Please feel free to call Carol Wood ([email protected]) in the ResQ Mobile Services office in Toronto: 905-910-0477, or visit ResQ online at www.resqgps.com, for more information.