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Smith received over 30 criminal convictions for minor offences , beginning in May 1984 when he was fined £ 100 for theft . His record also included handling stolen goods , burglary and driving without a licence , but no violence . At 6 ft 4 in and weighing 22 stone , with a dishevelled appearance and a soft West Country accent , he was considered gentle by those he met . In an interview with the Birmingham Evening Mail following Smith 's trial in July 2001 , Jim Smith , proprietor of the Shamrock Cafe , said , " He was a gentle giant who we named ' Bigfoot ' because his boots always used to leave black marks on the floor . Ninety @-@ nine per cent of the time he had a dirty appearance and looked like he had been working on a car . "
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= = Murder spree = =
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On 8 November 2000 , Smith met 21 @-@ year @-@ old Jodie Hyde , a recovering butane gas addict from Alum Rock , Birmingham , at the Rainbow public house , and they were seen leaving together . He took her to a hospital appointment and later killed her . Prosecutors believed that he strangled her at his flat and dumped her body near a recreation ground near Golden Hillock Road in Sparkbrook , where he set it alight . The still @-@ smouldering remains were discovered at 6 : 15 am next morning ( 9 November ) by two patrolling police officers . The body was barely recognisable and had to be identified using fingerprints . A subsequent post mortem concluded that she had been strangled before being rolled up in a carpet and set on fire .
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Three days later , Smith met Rosemary Corcoran , a 25 @-@ year @-@ old mother of three from Castle Vale at the same public house , and again they were seen leaving together . He drove her to Worcestershire before bludgeoning her to death and running over her body near Droitwich Spa . She was found at 8 : 30 am on 12 November by a man walking his dog in a lane near Junction 5 of the M5 motorway .
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Smith 's third victim was Carol Jordan , a 39 @-@ year @-@ old care home worker and mother of six from Balsall Heath , who was killed as she walked to work . Smith hit her from behind with his car while driving back from Worcestershire , fracturing her hip . Fearing that he would be caught , Smith moved her to another location and beat her so much that dental records were required to identify her corpse . The body was discovered at 8 : 50 am on 12 November on parkland next to Bell Barn Road , Lee Bank .
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= = Investigation = =
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= = = Initial statement = = =
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When staff at the Rainbow told him of Corcoran 's disappearance on 13 November , Smith telephoned the police station at Castle Vale saying that he wished to give a statement . Significantly , his call came at 4 : 00 pm , before the body found in Worcestershire had been positively identified as Corcoran 's , and within an hour Smith had presented himself at Castle Vale . Detective Constable Ruth Wilkins later recalled Smith 's phone call : " He said he would like to come to the police station to help with the inquiry and that he had seen [ Corcoran ] on Saturday night leave the pub with an unknown man . He insisted he would like to come over to the police station . He said he had been asked to contact the police by someone else and gave his mobile number . "
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In his subsequent statement Smith admitted to being at the Rainbow with Corcoran and a male friend , but claimed they were later separated when they went to another public house , the <unk> , and the male friend was ejected . Smith said that he and Corcoran then went to Monte Carlo 's , a nightclub in Handsworth , and that when they left some time later , Corcoran was confronted by a man he described as a Teddy Boy , with whom she had argued at the <unk> . Smith said that the man became aggressive , so he asked Corcoran if she wanted to go home . Claiming that she told him she did not , he said he then left her .
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= = = Evidence and murder charge = = =
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The murder investigation , named Operation Green , was led by Sir Edward Crewe , Chief Constable of West Midlands Police , and included 100 police officers and 50 support staff from the West Midlands and West Mercia forces . Detectives viewed hundreds of hours of CCTV footage , gathered more than 100 separate exhibits and interviewed witnesses . Evidence was analysed by scientists from the Forensic Science Service ( FSS ) in Birmingham . Martin Whittaker , the scientist who headed the FSS team , spoke of the huge volume of evidence : " The team pulled together every strand of forensic evidence to create a kind of ' spider 's web ' and in the centre of it all ... was Philip Smith . In 20 years of working for the FSS , I have never had to deal with so much evidence in relation to one suspect . It was quite overwhelming . "
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Although Smith maintained his innocence , detectives quickly gathered evidence linking him to Corcoran 's death and those of the other two women . Witnesses had seen him leaving the Rainbow with both Corcoran and Hyde , and he was the last person to see them both alive . CCTV footage from around Birmingham showed his distinctive car visiting key locations linked to the investigation , and even captured Hyde getting out at one point to visit a chemist . Smith was seen buying petrol from a filling station and driving near the area where Hyde 's body was later discovered . Corcoran was seen on camera struggling with Smith outside Monte Carlo 's . CCTV footage showed him driving around Bromsgrove , a town close to Droitwich , after killing Corcoran , and later film showed him returning to Birmingham . At least two witnesses recalled seeing Smith with blood on him : a motorist who saw him buying petrol , and another who spoke with Smith about his appearance . Smith told the latter that he had been in a fight , although he had no visible signs of injury .
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In addition to the evidence of witnesses and CCTV cameras , there was substantial forensic evidence linking him to the murders . Investigators found over a dozen bloodstains on his car , on his clothing and in his flat , all matching the victims . There were bloodstains on the boots with which he had kicked both Corcoran and Jordan , which he was still wearing at the time of his arrest . Smith had tried to clean his clothes in the bath of his flat along with a pair of trousers belonging to Corcoran , and a bag containing items belonging to Hyde was discovered outside . Detectives matched the tyre marks from his car , which had four different types of tyre , to the Worcestershire murder scene and to Corcoran 's body , over which he had driven . <unk> and fragments of glass found on Jordan 's body matched those from Smith 's car , including a broken light cluster which he had thrown into the car 's boot .
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Smith was charged with Corcoran 's murder on 17 November 2000 and remanded in custody the following day . By this time her death had been linked to the killing of Hyde . Police interviewed Smith in connection with the deaths of Hyde and Jordan on 28 November and charged him with their murders two days later . While awaiting trial Smith was held as a Category A prisoner in the high @-@ security Woodhill Prison in Buckinghamshire .
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= = Trial and sentence = =
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Smith 's trial began at Leicester Crown Court on 3 July 2001 , where he pleaded not guilty to the three murder charges . The case was prosecuted by Tim Raggatt , QC , and Smith was defended by Rachel Brand , QC . On the opening day of the trial Raggatt told the Court there was " powerful and compelling " scientific evidence linking Smith to the killings . Smith 's defence was that traces of blood found on his clothes were there because police had tampered with evidence , while the trousers belonging to Rosemary Corcoran found at his flat had been among a bag of clothes Smith had stolen from outside an Oxfam shop .
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On 17 July Smith complained of feeling unwell with chest and eye pain while under cross @-@ examination , and proceedings were briefly halted while he was treated for the symptoms of a panic attack . When Smith returned to the witness stand , he said he wished to speak to his barrister . Presiding judge Rafferty told him that he must answer questions , to which Smith replied : " I want to change my plea . I 'm fed up with this . I want to change my plea . " The charges were read to him again the following day , and he pleaded guilty . On 18 July 2001 Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment . In January 2005 Birmingham 's Sunday Mercury newspaper reported that Smith had decided to change his plea after police agreed to return £ 400 confiscated from him during a raid on his flat after his arrest , and that he wanted the money to buy Mars bars in prison .
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Passing sentence , Rafferty said : " You robbed three innocent ladies of their lives . I suspect that their families will suffer the more as they simply don 't understand why you did . The brutality of these ladies ' deaths , designed by you to evade discovery , showing the coldness with which you dispatched them , is appalling . You should clearly have faced up like a man at the overwhelming nature of the Crown 's case against you but you chose to put the victims ' families through misery which you compounded by this trial . " The motive for Smith 's actions remained unclear after the trial , but police believed a " lack of permanent sexual relations " had been a contributing factor .
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= = Further inquiries = =
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As a result of their inquiries into Smith 's background , police launched an investigation into the death of a fourth woman who was discovered to have had links to him . Patricia Lynott , a 47 @-@ year @-@ old divorced mother of two , had moved to Birmingham from Athlone during the mid @-@ 1990s . On 23 October 2000 , while she was employed at the Rainbow as a cleaner and to look after the licensee 's children , she was found dead in the bedroom of her flat on <unk> Street , Bordesley Green . Police believed at first that she had died of natural causes . An autopsy failed to establish a cause of death , and her body was returned to Ireland for burial .
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Because Lynott had worked alongside Smith at the Rainbow Pub , West Midlands Police wished to re @-@ examine the cause of her death . In early 2001 , investigators asked the Irish authorities for a new post mortem , and on 8 March Lynott 's body was exhumed by <unk> from a cemetery in Athlone and taken to Dublin City Morgue for further examination by Ireland 's State Pathologist , Dr John Harbison . However , the results of this autopsy also proved inconclusive .
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An inquest into Lynott 's death was held at Birmingham Coroner 's Court in January 2003 . The hearing was told that marks found on her back and an arm may have been bruising , but the pathologist who conducted the original post mortem could not be sure how she had died , because her body had lain undiscovered for up to seven days . It was also said that , despite her connection with Smith , police and four pathologists had failed to establish that Lynott had been murdered . The inquest jury returned an open verdict .
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Police also conducted a routine re @-@ examination of other unsolved murder cases dating back 20 years in areas where Smith had lived . Officers from West Midlands Police held a conference in October 2001 with representatives from several other forces , including Gloucestershire and West Mercia , to share information about unsolved murder cases in their areas . Detectives interviewed Smith three times , but he refused to answer their questions , and no further charges were brought .
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= Indian Institute of Management Lucknow =
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The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow ( abbreviated IIM Lucknow or IIM @-@ L ) is an autonomous public business school located in Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh , India . It was established in 1984 as the fourth Indian Institute of Management ( IIM ) by the Government of India . IIM Lucknow offers post @-@ graduate diploma , fellowship and executive programs in management . It is recognised as an " Institution of Excellence " by the India 's Ministry of Human Resource Development . It is ranked among the top 5 B @-@ schools in India . IIM Lucknow also serves as the mentor institution for the newly established IIM Rohtak and IIM Kashipur .
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The institute is situated in a 200 @-@ acre site in the northern outskirts of Lucknow . It has a satellite campus at Noida exclusively for executive education . The admission for the post graduate and fellowship programmes is done through Common Admission Test ( CAT ) , while GMAT score is used for the executive MBA program . The programs are accredited by the Global accreditation body <unk> . The institute has tie ups with 24 leading B @-@ schools across the world for student exchange . Many management events , competitions , cultural and sports events are organised by various committees throughout the year .
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= = History = =
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IIM Lucknow was established in 1984 and is currently a centrally funded institution . It is the fourth Indian Institute of Management to be established in India after IIM Calcutta , IIM Ahmedabad , and IIM Bangalore . Noted Academician Ishwar Dayal played a significant role in setting up the institution , who also served as the founding director of IIM Lucknow for a period of four years . Industrialist Hari Shankar Singhania , took over as the chairman of Board of Governors in 1992 , served for a period of 15 years till 2007 .
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The Post Graduate Programme ( PGP ) was started in 1985 – 86 with a strength of 30 students . When the institute was established , classes were held in rented rooms at Butler Palace and subsequently moved to Giri Institute of Developmental Studies . The current campus was built in 1992 in the outskirts of Lucknow .
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The institute runs with the mission to help improve management systems with regard to business , industry and public services through pursuit of excellence in management education , research , consultancy and training .
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Tie ups were made with three foreign universities in 2001 to start the student exchange program . The Agribusiness Course was started in 2004 with a strength of 13 students . In 2005 , IIM Lucknow established a second campus at Noida leveraging its locational advantage of nearness to Delhi . The Noida campus was established exclusively for executive education . IIM Lucknow is the first IIM in the country to start an additional campus .
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= = Campus = =
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IIM Lucknow main campus spans 200 acres ( 81 ha ) and is located in <unk> Nagar on the outskirts of Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh , India . It is located at 21 kilometres ( 13 mi ) away from Lucknow Railway Station and 31 kilometres ( 19 mi ) from Lucknow Airport . IIM Lucknow also has a City office at <unk> .
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= = = Academic infrastructure = = =
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The academic buildings are constructed in medieval Indian architectural style with red brick wall texture . All the major buildings in the campus are named in Sanskrit symbolising the activities conducted in them . The academic blocks ( <unk> @-@ I and II ) houses classrooms and seminar halls . The Faculty block ( <unk> ) houses faculty rooms and Fellowship classrooms . The Library ( <unk> ) spanning 30 @,@ 000 <unk> has five reading halls with a total seating capacity for 250 people . The library houses a collection of 40 @,@ 000 books , 500 periodicals and online subscription to 1600 e @-@ journals and 34 e @-@ databases . The library building also houses the computer centre , audio visual lab , Enterprise Resource Planning lab and a videoconferencing hall . The 15 @,@ 000 <unk> computer centre has a fibre optic backbone network and provides wireless connectivity to all the buildings in the campus . The Management Development Block ( Manthan ) catering to the short term executive programs has exclusive library , computer centre and guest house ( Patanjali ) for the participants . The Centre for Food and Agribusiness Management undertakes Agribusiness research and consultancy projects and also offers the Agribusiness Management course . The institute has an incubation centre ( Abhiyan ) for supporting the entrepreneurial plans of its students and alumni .
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= = = Social infrastructure = = =
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As a fully residential collegiate system , the institute provides housing to its students , faculty and research scholars . While the campus has separate sports fields for Football , Cricket , Basketball , Volleyball , Tennis , Badminton , most of the hostels have their own table tennis and badminton court . A fitness and recreation centre ( <unk> ) was set up in 2010 , which houses gymnasium , swimming pool , Squash and Billiards . The multipurpose utility hall ( <unk> ) is used to host most of the cultural activities in the campus .
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The campus has a health centre with residential and visiting doctors available round the clock . The centre also has an ambulance to reach associated hospitals . The two guest houses <unk> and Patanjali has a total of 128 serviced rooms . The campus has a students activities complex which houses two banks , a medical shop , a travel agency , a super market , a post office , a saloon , a coffee shop , an <unk> parlour and three restaurants . A Central school ( Kendriya Vidyalaya ) was established opposite the campus as a community school .
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= = = Environmental responsibility = = =
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Tree plantation campaign is undertaken every year on the foundation day and the campus , which was started in barren lands , has been converted into a natural ecosystem consisting of peacocks , monitor lizards , snakes , porcupines , monkeys , Great Indian horned owl and a variety of other birds . The college consists of open lawns and tree lined pathways . Rediff listed IIM Lucknow as one of the beautiful B @-@ school campuses in India .
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= = Organisation = =
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= = = Governance = = =
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IIM Lucknow is an autonomous institution established as a registered society under the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development , Govt. of India . The IIM Council acts as an overseeing body to facilitate coordination among the different IIMs . The Board of Governors of IIM Lucknow is chaired by Jamshed J. Irani , the former Managing Director of Tata Steel . The board consists of 10 industrialists , four Government representatives and three academicians in addition to the Director and two deans of the institution .
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= = = Administration = = =
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The Director of IIM Lucknow , the head of the institution , is selected and appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet of Ministry of Human Resource Development . The institute has three separate deans for Academic affairs , Planning and development and Noida campus . Each of the academic programmes is overseen by a separate faculty chairperson . The non @-@ academic functions such as Placements , Corporate and Media Relations , Alumni affairs , Admissions and Student affairs are also chaired by faculty and assisted by student committees . The office administration is carried out separately without the involvement of faculty and is headed by the Chief Administrative Officer . The elected body of Students ' council coordinates all the student activities in the campus . IIM Lucknow has achieved 100 % summer placements in 4 days .
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= = = Controversy on Director Appointments = = =
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<unk> issued a letter on September , 2014 ( DO 4 / 4 / 2013 @-@ <unk> ) ) addressed to Jamshed J Irani , chairman , board of governors , IIM @-@ L. It reads : “ Competent authority have directed to assign additional charge of director IIM @-@ L to Prof Srivastava for a period of six months with effect from 09 @-@ 09 @-@ 2014 or till appointment of regular director or until further order , whichever is earliest . ” The institute did not execute the order and incumbent director Devi Singh who completed his six months of extension period , on September 8 did not leave office even after receiving the letter . As a result , there was complete confusion at IIM @-@ L campus for almost a week . The allegations against Devi Singh , who served two term as director of IIM @-@ L , ranges from nepotism to mismanagement of accounts . The Central Vigilance Commission also asked the HRD ministry to <unk> investigate ' allegations of corruption against Devi Singh . In a letter to the higher education secretary , CVC secretary KS <unk> has asked the ministry as to why the case against Singh is being closed when specific allegations have not been answered . The CVC has taken exception to the fact that the case is being closed on the basis of an " emotional reply " by Singh . CVC sources said the ministry had taken Singh 's reply as final . " Without investigation how can general comments be taken as the final word ? " a CVC official asked . CVC sources also said that the institute 's Board of Governors had rejected allegations against Singh . " This is not how an investigation is conducted , " the CVC official said , adding that the HRD ministry was to be blamed for not following the procedure .
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= = Academics = =
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IIM Lucknow conducts regular two @-@ year diploma program in management , one year executive MBA program , fellowship program and a number of short term MDP programs . The Management programmes of IIM Lucknow are accredited by London @-@ based <unk> association .
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= = = Post graduate education = = =
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= = = = Structure = = = =
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The Post Graduate Programme in Management ( PGP ) and Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management ( <unk> ) are full @-@ time residential diploma courses . These are two @-@ year programs , with the first year stretching from June to March in three ten @-@ week trimesters , after which students undergo a two @-@ month summer <unk> with a company or organisation . The specialisations offered in the second year are Finance , Marketing , Operations , Human Resources , Systems , Strategy and Economics ; while the <unk> course students specialise in Agribusiness . Course of independent study and dissertation are also available based on merit .
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As a part of Student exchange program , students spend three @-@ month term in a foreign university during the period of October to December in their second Year . Every year around 50 students of IIM Lucknow are selected for the student exchange programs based on merit , while around 30 foreign students come to IIM Lucknow . IIM Lucknow has made student exchange relationships with 24 leading B schools in Europe , USA , Canada , Singapore and China . The current partner institutions are <unk> Business School , Ecole De Management , Jean Moulin University , Reims School of Management , European School of Management , Toulouse Business School , Institute National Des Telecommunications , ESC Bretagne Brest , European Business School , Leipzig School of Management , George Mason University , University of Connecticut , McMaster University , Brock University , Carleton University , Louvain Catholic University , Copenhagen Business School , <unk> Business School , <unk> International Business School , University of St. Gallen , <unk> University , <unk> <unk> di Milano , Athens University of Economics and Business , National University of Singapore , Turku School of Economics , University of Amsterdam , Beijing <unk> University .
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The Dual Degree Program , offered in association with the ESCP Europe business school in France , awards degrees from both the institutes after students spend a year in each . About four or five students are selected each year for the program . Students , after completing two trimesters ( July – September and October – December ) at IIM Lucknow , spend two semesters ( January – May and September – December ) at ESCP Europe 's Paris campus and return to IIM Lucknow to complete the final term from January to March .
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= = = = Methodology = = = =
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The courses are taught under eleven diverse disciplines of Business Environment , Communication , Decision Sciences , Finance and Accounting , Marketing , Human Resource Management , Operations Management , Information Technology and Systems , Strategic Management , Agribusiness Management and Legal Management . Students are trained in management using lectures , case studies , projects , workshops , management games and role plays under a rigorous syllabus . They are evaluated based on examinations , projects , quizzes , presentations and class participation under a relative grading system . The academic learning is supplemented by the various live projects , management competitions , guest lectures and interactions with alumni and industry leaders organised by the various committees . Students also get a chance to provide consultancy to various companies and get paid .
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= = = Post Graduate Programme for Executives = = =
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