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4D Theater, 5D Theater - India

2011-12-14T09:12:00.000-08:00

Modern Techno Projects Pvt Ltd, pioneer in commercialising state of the art technologies, launched its range of 5D theaters (or 4D theaters) a year and a half ago. Modern 5D theaters use comfortable seating system equipped with pneumatically run machines to provide cinemascopic entertainment to the viewers to make them feel a part of the cinema. The motion base performs a variety of motions which indulge the viewer’s completely into the characters of the movie.

Theaters have not less than sixteen dramatic and exciting SFXs. Motion base optimizes the use of space, i.e. more seats in a given area and more flexibility to select the number of seats, starting as low as four and going all the way to as many as the layout allows. The seats incorporate special effects along with the other environmental effects in the theater to provide non-stop excitement. A high quality surround sound system and a high quality silver screen adds to the melodrama. The theater involves all the senses for a powerful and unrivalled experience. The viewers are so thrilled that they wish to experience the drama again and again and again. The addiction, well, never stops!

Modern 5D theater uses seats, in options of cinema type / sports type / Maharaja type, covered in durable leatherite with cushioned armrests and with an option of footrest. Control system and pneumatic equipment are installed under the seats, accessible by removable panels. The main driver of the motion seats, the proportional pneumatic valves, are of Festo make.

Pneumatics or compressed air is the most popular driving medium for this type of seat worldwide. It has the advantages of: low power, low running cost, flexibility in installing, cleanliness, low noise, and virtually no heat generation. The overall experience makes the ride of highest and smoothest quality.

A high definition cross-eye 3D technology, specially engineered for motion viewing, remains strong with the dynamic position of the viewer's head and gives a thrilling 3D effect. Other than the motion the chairs have effects like neck tickler, back poker, butt tickler, leg tickler, air blast and water jet. The other effects in the theater comprise smoke, flash, rain, snow, wind, bubble and aroma.

All the effects, combined together, indulge the viewers completely into the characters of the movies and the viewers feel themselves a part of the movie. They become so excited, thrilled and addicted that they wish to watch the movies again and again...

Since inception of this new product, Modern 5D has successfully installed theaters across the length and breadth of the country. Modern has been expanding into the international territories with upcoming installations in Middle East, Africa and Europe. For more information visit the website http://www.modern5d.com.

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An excellent article - why to chose Spanish Bschools?

2010-02-02T13:13:00.001-08:00

As Anupama Rao takes a quick lunch break at Infosys in Bangalore she is thinking seriously about her future. Since she graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology five years ago she’s done pretty well, progressing steadily through the innovation department. But now she feels it’s time to make a big change. She’d like to lead more entrepreneurial projects at Infosys, but she’d also be open to starting her own company in the Bangalore area with a couple of Stanford MBA grad friends. Either way, she’s decided to study an MBA.

Soon she’ll be taking the GMAT test in Mumbai so she’s not got long before she has to decide which schools to apply to. She knows the best Indian schools are in Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, but Anu has her heart set on studying abroad, in the US or in Europe. She’s checked out the international rankings and put together her own shortlist by country and city. Looking at the top 20 of each ranking, she’s surprised to find that the Spanish schools come up highly rated again and again. In the Financial Times MBA ranking the three countries with the highest presence are the US (9 schools), Spain (3 schools) and the UK (3 Schools). Business Week’s international ranking tells a similar story with Canada (5 schools) followed by Spain (3 Schools). The Spanish schools even have a strong presence in the Wall Street Journal’s new One Year MBA ranking and the Economist’s MBA ranking with two rated in the top ten of each.

So Spain is second only to the US as the country with the most business schools in the top twenty of the international rankings, with IESE and ESADE of Barcelona and IE of Madrid consistently appearing. In fact, it turns out that Barcelona is the eighth city in the world in terms of attracting numbers of MBA students, a leader board topped by Boston worldwide and Paris in Europe.

Read on... http://www.topmba.com/node/1803

Wall Street Journal: One Year MBA Rankings - ESADE #6

2009-09-29T10:55:00.000-07:00

The Wall Street Journal has recently published a report "The Top M.B.A. Programs if You're in a Hurry", and has ranked ESADE on #6 spot behind IE, IMD, Cranfield, Kellogs and Babson, but ahead of many other acclaimed Bschools.

The WSJ has been rating ESADE #1 for its long MBA program in the last two published rankings, and it is credible for ESADE that it has been rated amongst the best for its shorter program also.

However, it would be interesting to see the next rankings, since ESADE has now changed its MBA structure. Now students can enrol in the MBA program and then can later decide which version they want to pursue. This would give them flexibility to design THEIR career based on THEIR needs.

The new rankings judge various Bschools on the basis of skill enhancement, leadership enhancement and alumni impact, and rates each of these attributes as top, middle and bottom. These judgements, in my opinion, might not give a wide range of selection choices to candidates who wish to use the rankings. However, being the first rankings for the shorter version of MBA, I would see a good reflection of the content of the MBAs.

For the complete news report, click here

ESADE Entrepreneurship Club

2009-09-02T13:26:00.001-07:00

ESADE Class of 2010, end of year 1

2009-08-30T16:23:00.000-07:00

European MBA

2009-08-19T05:33:00.000-07:00

MBA was traditionally born in the States, but it is now studied across the world. European MBA, in particular, has become extremely fascinating owing to benefits that it brings. Some of the bschools in Europe have excellent reputation across the globe, and international MBA aspirants are therefore attracted towards the enriching business studies here.

World class European bschools are mainly in Spain, France and Germany. The MBA degree is becoming a standard of education for all managers in Europe who want to improve their knowledge, gain new experiences and stretch their limits. Moreover, an MBA is recognised and appreciated by most companies as a valid qualification for business centric positions. The importance of MBA can be measured by the boost it gives to a career. Owing to these factors, Europe has witnessed an increase in demand of high quality MBA graduates.

Typically, European MBA programs are shorter than the US MBA programs and run for a year or a year and a half. The size and culture of a Bschool in Europe are different too. Bchools in the US are larger, with an average intake of full-time MBA students of approx 300, compared with around 120 in Europe. Also, most of the European Bschools enrol students who have at least three years of prior work experience. American Bschools on the other hand do not get much bothered by enrolling students with lesser or no work experience, i.e. simply hitting a market of ineligible MBA students. An international MBA without a work experience, according to me, is fatal and doesn't help in understanding business from a cross-functional point of view.

Merits of a European MBA over an American MBA:
1. Students end up learning another important language. Spanish, French and German are three very important business languages. E.g. learn Spanish and you can do business in almost whole of South America; Spanish is also the fourth most spoken language after Mandarin, English and Hindi. Learn French and it gives you an edge in doing business in Africa and Canada.
2. The MBA students body is usually a good international mixture, which makes the curriculum enriching. E.g. IMD & INSEAD enroll around 90% international students. Spanish bschools ESADE, IESE & IE enroll around 85% international students. Towards the end of the course every student has a close acquaintance in say 50 different countries.
3. Europe is an exotic place and every country/ city is deeply cultured, has its own tradition, food, drinks, clothes, festivals, etc. MBA programs give a nice break to the experienced participants to learn about European culture. Students travel across countries for leisure and for business networking. The best part is, travelling is cheap and hassle free. European MBA indeed gives a great lifetime experience in terms of getting acquainted with different cultures along with the business education.

European MBA is different, is out of the league, and hence is steadily gaining popularity.
Think about it!!

Strategy for Sustainability

2009-08-18T05:44:00.000-07:00

Should Crisis be taught in MBA?

2009-08-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

More than a year into the greatest economic upheaval, the world is a changed new place. Millions of jobs have disappeared, many of them never to be back. Trillions of dollars in shareholder wealth have gone up in smoke. And the business world is struggling to come to grips with a radically new economic climate where risk is, well, a four-letter word.

When business school students return to class next month, they'll find their academic world a changed place, too. There will be new classes for some—classes designed to give MBA students an understanding of the crisis and its causes. Existing courses in risk management, macroeconomics, and other crisis-related topics will be far more popular than they ever were. Ethics will play a bigger role than it did just a year ago. And in a few cases, entirely new programs will spring to life.

To be sure, some of the changes were in the works long before the first stress fractures appeared and the economy began to crumble. And individually few of them will make headlines. But collectively they amount to the beginning of what may be the most significant rethinking of the B-school curriculum since the spate of curriculum overhauls that followed the collapse of Enron.

The B-school response to the economic crisis is as varied as the schools themselves. For many, the financial crisis is serving as a catalyst for self-examination. These schools are using it as an opportunity to tweak, and augment, both curricular and extracurricular offerings.

A few schools are going so far as as introducing whole new crisis-themed programs.

Online MBA Programs

2009-08-14T03:49:00.000-07:00

The decision to pursue an Online MBA could not be made at a better time than this. Employers today are demanding more education from their employees than ever before. An accredited online MBA degree will carry significant value in any organization's hiring and career advancement decisions. Plus, there is a direct correlation between higher salaries and earning and MBA.

In difficult economic times, going back to school to build new skills -- and make yourself more attractive to future employers -- becomes extremely popular, even for people with full-time jobs. MBAs are especially popular since the degree is usually meant to prepare someone for more advanced, leadership roles in business (or even government). But is an MBA degree worth the extra years of schooling -- especially when you could be spending that time working full-time? Would you actually gain some additional knowledge? IS IT WORTH IT?

At first glance, the numbers indicate that the answer is a definite yes. A recent survey of accounting/financial workers of varying skill and seniority levels found that CFOs without a degree had an average salary of only $38,920, those with a Bachelors Degree earned $88,836, and MBAs earned an average of $104,284. The return on investment for an MBA certainly seems worthwhile. Some studies indicate the MBAs earn up to 145% more over their lifetime than non-degree holders. So getting your MBA, while sometimes expensive, is certaining economical.