the annual media seminar of the international school of business and media sigma 2005 was recently held on the topic convergence cocktail brewing brands entertaining business at the india habitat centre new delhi says a press note while inaugurating the twoday event consulting editor of the times of india dilip padgaonkar emphasised on the need to present the content in a style thats entertainingmedia luminaries including prasad mangipudi director customorlab dilip cherian ceo perfect relations and anurag batra ceo exchange4media shared their views on the occasion on digital marketing branding beyond bricks and mortar is narrowcasting a myth get candid get real of gurus and gibberish is advertising doomed careers in media and entertainment industry and the role of pr in brand building were some of the other topics discussed at length during sigma 2005spectrum 2005celebrating a decade of excellence national institute of fashion technology nift had recently organised a fashion spectrum of nift 2005 at five of its centres in mumbai kolkata chennai gandhinagar and hyderabad according to a press release the threeday extravaganza was inaugurated by the director general of nift gauri kumar and it showcased a variety of cultural and educational programmes apart from professional workshops in hairstyling makeup grooming and kerala massage to name sometemple architecture and sculptures of andhra pradesh and creativity were the themes of the seminars organised at hyderabad to commemorate the occasion the mumbai centre made spectrum 2005 an amalgamation of fun jazz competitions craft ideas and loud music the kolkata centre organised a seminar on industry expectations niftians role and performance interactive workshop and photography exhibition the launch of silk party wear collection and a jewellery show were among the activities held at the bangalore centre of nift on the occasionndim convocationthe seventh annual convocation of new delhi institute of management ndim was recently held at the phd chambers of commerce and industry new delhi says a press release almost 120 students were conferred their postgraduate diplomas in business management and masters in business administration mba degrees on the occasionthe gold medal for topping the merit list went to promita bhattacharya the best student award in the male category was conferred on rajat sharma and in female category it went to amita kapoor in addition amandeep kaur was facilitated with a gold medal for topping the mba programme of ggsip university the convocation ceremony was presided by suresh neotia chairman gujrat ambuja cements ltd who congratulated the chairman of the institute for ndim being rated in a category of business schools in the latest aima surveymanthan 2k5manthan 2k5 the annual cultural extravaganza of the ansal institute of technology ait was celebrated with much enthusiasm by the students of the institute according to a press note the twoday festival was inaugurated by m p singh director aitas depicted by