BMS Syllabus

Had a look at the BMS syllabus from the prospectus booklets bought by my daughter for her college admissions - a look at the subjects and i am zapped - there are about 36 subjects to be covered in six semesters - subjects as varied as Business Law, Managerial Economics, Operations Research, Environmental Management, Strategic Management, Retail Management, Logistics & Supply Chain management, Business Ethics & CSR, Co-operatives & Rural Markets and Entrepreneurship and Management of Small and Medium Enterprises among others. The usual culprits such as finance, cost management, accounts, quantitative methods are all there as well - This looks like an absolutely fabulous course - a crunching tough one too. There are project works and Electives in the last two semesters. Looks like a winner to me, not sure how corporates treat this for employment purposes.

Two Brothers

"Two Brothers" is a beautiful movie about tigers - the brothers are the tiger cubs who lose their parents to poachers and who are separated -  they are re-united to fight in an open arena - it is a beautifully shot movie, a must watch for tiger lovers

LLPs allowed for statutory auditors

Ministry of Corporate Affairs has clarified vide circular no. 30/2011 dated 26th May 2011 that LLPs of chartered accountants will be allowed to act as statutory auditors of companies as per the companies act, 1956. In the Act, there was a bar on body corporates to take up this function and since the LLP was defined as a body corporate under the LLP Act, this became sort of hindrance to the appointment of LLPs of chartered accountants as statutory auditors. MCA has relaxed this for the limited purpose of being appointed as an auditor.

Band Baaja Baarat

Saw the movie "Band Baaja Baarat" on TV yesterday - some content there in the movie, rustic Delhi lingo is used very well - good impression by Ranvir Kapoor - the boy shows some promise but Anushka Sharma hams so much it becomes irritating. Good for one time watch.

new information technology rules

New Information technology rules under section 79 of the information technology act seeks to regulate readers comments and feedback on social networking sites such as linkedin, facebook, google, etc. For more news go to economic times story here

interest on savings bank accounts

Interest rate on savings bank accounts increased from 3.5% to 4% w.e.f. 3rd May 2011 - as per RBI circular here

mobile banking transactions

Mobile banking transactions limit increased from Rs.1000/- to Rs.5000/- without the need for end to end encryption - for details check this RBI site