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CII MBA placement initiative Ambar held in Mumbai
MUMBAI: The first edition of CII’s Ambar – After MBA Recruiting – a two day event was held at IIT- Powai Campus on 14 February. The event brought together the industries and institutes located in the western region of India.
During the course of the event, over 160 students across various colleges and B-Schools participated in the event. The event was organized primarily to guide the colleges and get their students placed in reputed companies and simultaneously help the companies to source top quality students to work in their respective organization.
Addressing the gathering IIT Mumbai director professor Ashok Misra said, ” Today large number of students in India aspire for high quality education. However, in India we face the unique problem of high quality faculty, an issue we need to address as a country. He mentioned that foreign universities are taking advantage of the above issue and are enticing the Indian students and faculty.
Misra advised students that as future professionals, they should be committed to their job and refrain from changing their jobs frequently for remuneration. He asked the students to work on personal vision and ensure that it matches with their company’s vision and in turn with the country’s vision.
IAS Commissioner, director of Employment in Mumbai Jayashree Mukherjee in her address said, ” Studies have revealed that the rate of job creation in our country is low and this has been further hampered due to mechanization which has been taking place in the industries.”
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd senior VP Nandan Maluste gave an overview of various opportunities which are existing in the sector mentioning that on the whole host of job opportunities are being created in Retail & Insurance Companies. He advised students that its is very important for them to understand the product before they ‘sell’ it.
During the event, marketing students got a chance to interact with prominent corporates such as Abid Ali from TCS, P.V. Krishna, Head of Products from Wartsila India Ltd, Chinar Desphande, CIO of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd. They gave them insights on the career options available in various sectors of the industry like manufacturing, finance, retail etc.
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
