Friday, November 14, 2008

EABS wins Dewang Mehta Awards

Zensar Centre for Business Innovation, in its very first year of inception received the Dewang Mehta Best B School award in the 16th Business School Affaire at the Asia Brand Summit in the category ‘Business School which encourages Innovations that leads to better Development’.

Founded on 21st April, 2008 by the Chairman of NASSCOM, CEO of Zensar Technologies and a Harvard alumnus Dr Ganesh Natarajan, this B School has already created jitters in the Corporates and Academia alike. Dr Ganesh Natarajan said: “Developing a niche for itself in this era of ‘Innovation’ and an altogether new concept of emerging I Schools in our country, ZCBI won the Dewang Mehta Best Business School Award which recognises talent and leadership amongst the business schools across India....And rightly enough this B School is named as the Zensar Center for Business Innovation!”

ZCBI won this award along with the IIMs, ISB, and NMIMS. Infact, ZCBI created history as being the first B School ever to win this prestigious award in the first year of its inception. ZCBI, a unique concept, won this award for its Innovative Curriculum and Education, focussed Leadership Development, Unique Industry Interface and a series of Innovative Incubation Projects blooming in its campus. The award ceremony was attended by many Industry Big Shots.

The award was received by Dr Nikhil Agarwal, Director ZCBI. On the occasion, Dr Nikhil Agarwal said: “I dedicate this award to the students and their mentors working on numerous Innovative Incubation projects such as Second Life – a unique virtual world project with ZCBI setting the first B School campus here, Kirana Concept – an organisation of the unorganised retail market in India, Life Units – a budding National Level project in search of a solution to blood shortage in the country, Internet Governance – 4 ZCBIians among the chosen 30 all over India for this unique programme by DiploFoundation and many more.”