Date: April 19
Venue: Taj Mahal Hotel, MumbaiThe Worldcom Group Inc., headquartered in New York, is the largest consortium of independently owned public relations counselling firms with 100 partners in 36 different countries. In its effort to recognise young business talent and with the idea of fostering a spirit of excellence and achievement, the Worldcom Group runs the World Young Business Achiever (WYBA) programme. Worldcom Partners from different countries choose their best first generation entrepreneur below the age of 40 as their finalist for the WYBA.

SCM '99 -- A seminar on supply chain management

Date: April 26 & 27
Venue: Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai.
Managing supply chain is crucial, difficult and rewarding. The seminar dwells on topics crucial to supply chain wherein corporates share the secret of their organisational success and evaluate what an effective supply chain management is all about. Topics to becovered include how to select and work with third party and logistics providers.

Leadership through self transformation -- Indian insights

Date: May 5-7
Venue: Hotel Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi
Organised by IIM, Lucknow, the workshop will explore a new paradigm in transformational leadership based on the classical wisdom of the East and professional management practices of the West. A synthesis of profound experiential and conceptual insights, the workshop will go deep into the basic principles of effective leadership.

Enterprise resource planning -- managerial perspectives

Date: June 21-25
Venue: IIM Campus, Lucknow
The programme seeks to provide a comprehensive managerial perspective on ERP with the following specific objectives: To expose participants to the key concepts in ERP; to provide familiarity with specific tools and techniques in ERP; to understand the issues in implementation and use of ERP systems; to provide appreciation of theemerging trends and ideas related to IT applications in enterprise management.