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“Forget what hurt you but never forget what it taught you”
-Anonymous
Greetings from Team Avant Garde! We welcome you all after a long summer break. I am sure you missed us as much as we missed you.
The new batch of MBA 2015-17 have joined us for the next 2 years. We would like to welcome and [...]

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MBA 2015-17-”Meet the freshers”

IIT Kanpur is undoubtedly the place to fearlessly follow your dreams. Certainly, we are the privileged ones. Settling down at a new place is never easy, but after spending one month here in IIT Kanpur, this fact already seems to be a myth. All of us came here chasing big dreams and carrying a whole [...]

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Summer Internship-”Juniper Networks India Pvt. Ltd.”

I completed my summer internship at Juniper Networks India Pvt Ltd at New Delhi from May 18, 2015 to July 17, 2015 as a Field Marketing intern. My experience with Juniper has been extremely fulfilling and enriching.
Juniper Networks was founded in 1996 by Mr. Pradeep Sindhu, an IIT Kanpur alumnus. One of the leading companies [...]

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Make In India

Standing in this 21st century junction, when the world is talking about innovation for sustainable economy, the new campaign initiative titled as “Make in India” launched by our new government is really a strategy to consider. Considering the present business scenario of our country, only 15% of the GDP comes from the manufacturing domains. Whereas [...]

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Falling Oil Prices

In June 2014, the price of Brent Crude oil per barrel was $115. Now it has plummeted to less than $45 per barrel.  Let us look into the reasons for the same.
Some years back:
It is all a game of supply and demand. Several years ago, oil demand was more than the supply. China was booming. [...]

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How About Becoming A Good Person First?

Recently a friend was discussing about her cousin how well-to-do he has become over time. He did his engineering, and then MBA from a reputed B-school and now earns a handsome salary in 7 digits but then has left his parents to their plight- the ones who struggled in all their lives to help him [...]

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Prabandhan’15 – Annual Management Conclave

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur is one of the premiere science and engineering schools in the world and undoubtedly the most respected educational institute in India. Over the years it has been consistently ranked among the top schools by several national and international surveys.
PRABANDHAN is the Annual Management Festival of IME Department, IIT Kanpur and [...]

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