Be it the Gibbs College or any other b-school, indian business schools have now shown that they are not too far behind the others when it comes to top conditions and quality of teaching and students. The institute we are refering to as amongst the top ones is the ISB in Hyderabad.

The Indian School of Business, which is a Hyderabad-based business school has been ranked inside the top 20 amongst all the b-schools in the world. This is a big boost to this b-school and the students there are truly excited about it.

The Financial times , London was the source we are refering to and to get the name on that is not a mean feet. The school has progressed leaps and bounds from where it started and now has found itself among other prestigious b-schools.

The dean of the ISB was indeed very happy when told about this news and was very bullish on the outlook of other indian schools progressing to such heights.

Jet Airways have tied up with Citibank to offer you the best service in the credit card industry. These are cobraned credit cards introduced by the mega bank offering you good discounts on air tickets and other things.

A closer look to the reward program is very interesting. You earn 4 Jet airways miles for ever 100 rupees spent on the card. With these miles you can purchase free air tickets to any destination of your choice.

So you just have to spend enough money and collect the suitable amount of JP miles which will enable you to discounts and even free airtickets from the airlines.

we are not sure if these are valid on international flights, but it is well worth it even if its for intra-country flights.

Travel without a mobile is almost like handicaping yourself, so you wouldnt do that unless you are really forced to or have been drinking a whole lot of wine.

Lets look at the Sharp 703 Mobile which comes in the GSM 900/1800/1900/UMTS 2100 networks.

The Sharp 703 Mobile comes in the dimensions of 99×47x23 mm and weighing 107 grams. The display of the mobile is TFT, 256K colors comes in the size of 240×320 pixels, measuring 30×40 mm.

The ringtones of the Sharp 703 Mobile are 40 channels polyohonic customized downloadable.

The Sharp 703 Mobile has a decent phonebook memory with the option of photocall, call records and has miniSD card slot with internal 8 MB shared memory.

The Sharp 703 Mobile comes in black color. The camera of the mobile is 1.3 MP with the resolution of 1280×960 pixels and has video recording.

The battery of the Sharp 703 Mobile is Li-ion. The battery has stand-by duration up to 290 hrs and talk-time up to 4 hrs.

When you travel with kids or grandparents or for that matter elderly people you have to be careful in planning everything to the minutest details. For example we did our Berlin hostels group booking 5 weeks in advance even though we had to pay a little bit extra for it.

Some tips what you could follow on your long trips -

1. If you are going by air or train, don’t forget those air pillows which will save you from a stiff neck.

2. A travel guide to the place you are visiting is a must along with a map.

3. Calling card if you are travelling abroad is a boon and will save you a lot of cash.

Well, going to spend my Christmas eve in Goa as well as New years eve. It is going to be great. Really looking forward to a super vacation with all my friends and a few cousins as well.

We have taken the plan early since there are absolutely no Goa late deals available anywhere. Looking forward to visiting Copa Cabana and the beaches there.

Everyone is also thinking of extending this vacation, but some of us have to report back to work on the 3rd… so that wont be possible for us.

The Mahindra and Mahindra group is on target to launch an IPO of its Holidays and Leisure company. The M&M group will be doing a pre-IPO placement in Jan which will be followed by an IPO. Mahindra holidays also had one of these great Cancun vacation deals running last week.

The company has filed its draft red herring prospectus with SEBI for the issuance of 10.7 million equity shares of Rs. 10.
Mahindra Holidays will be listed as early as February 2008 said chairman Arun Nanda.

The company plans to use the new capital to finance its expansion into other cities and setting up new projects. The company has established links and affiliations with RCI over 21 resorts and over 60,000 members.