A Pagal Look At: Fund Management
12 years ago
A huge shout-out to my friend Dhilip Krishna, who works in Edelweiss, for giving me enough gyaan, to help me put this together.
Read MoreIIM-B to lose part of iconic stone boundary to road widening
12 years ago
Do you remember the striking ‘white stone walls’ in the Hindi potboiler Three Idiots? You probably also know that much of the movie was shot in the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) campus. The news is that parts of the iconic wall that make the boundary is going to...
Read MoreHow to Deal with Four Sets in Set Theory
12 years ago
The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 had a little surprise for some students in the form of a question based on four sets. As far as I can remember, questions from set theory in CAT have always been based on two or three sets and CAT 2012 was the first...
Read MoreWhy recruitments at IIMs are chugging slowly this season
12 years ago
(Photo Courtesy: The Cleveland Kid) After the placement season last year, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) would have hoped that things would get better this year. However, things only seem to be moving in reverse gear as the IIMs are having a tough time placing the students of the...
Read MoreTo Lucknow with love. J&K MBA students bag summer internship at IIM-L and enjoy every bit of it
12 years ago
J&K; students pose with Prof H Rai of IIM Lucknow Eleven students from Srinagar’s Central University will forever remember this year’s summer internships, which have just concluded. No, not because there were mighty stipends to flaunt, or fancy company names to drop but because the two months were packed with...
Read MoreTAPMI Placement Report 2013
12 years ago
PLACEMENT REPORT 2013 Total number of students : 229 Total number of students who sought placement through campus: 215 students eligible for placement and all of them had got offers from various sectors. Total number of offers : 215 Highest annual Package: Rs.15.84 lakhs p.a. Average annual domestic package: Rs.8.65...
Read MoreIIM Shillong student drowns in Sweet Falls
12 years ago
Sweet Falls Karttik Mishra, a 23-year old student from the Indian Institute of Management Shillong allegedly fell to his death this morning. He along with a group of students was visiting the famous tourist spot Sweet Falls, where he drowned. The body has since been fished out and presently kept...
Read MoreDespite tough UK visa rules, you can wriggle out 8 months for job hunting after London Business School MBA
12 years ago
Oliver Ashby, Senior Manager – Recruitments and Admissions, London Business School Despite being ranked at 4th place right after Harvard, Stanford and Wharton in the Financial Times Global MBA rankings two years in a row, UKs London Business School (LBS) has seen lower MBA applications in recent years, partly because...
Read MoreInternational internship interviews are taking place almost exclusively over Skype at IE Business School
12 years ago
Amber Wigmore, Executive Director – Career Services at IE Business School, Spain (Source: IE Business School) With two MBA intakes in a year in April and November, Madrids IE Business School has to grapple with facilitating job opportunities for more graduates in a year than other Spanish business schools. According...
Read MoreIIFT, Delhi & Kolkata declares final list for 2013-15 batch
12 years ago
IIFT Delhi Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi and Kolkata released its final results around 7 PM today post the group discussions and interview rounds. For IIFT Delhi, you can can view your results here. For IIFT Kolkata, you can view your results here. IIFT held its test on...
Read MorePurpose is the fifth P of Marketing – Dr Philip Kotler
12 years ago
Philip Kotler addressing students at JRE Group of Institutes “I have added a new P to the 4 Ps of Marketing,” marketing Guru Dr Philip Kotler announced to a rapturous audience at JRE Group of Institutions on Friday in Greater Noida. Purpose is the fifth P, which is as important,...
Read MoreUpdate: For reevaluation of Feb 2013 CMAT scores, petitioners urge complainants to send email to AICTE customer care
12 years ago
Online petitions seem to be the flavour of the year for candidates dissatisfied with their exam scores. This time round it’s the turn of the candidates who took the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) February 2013. Some of the candidates who took the CMAT on the February 23 morning slot...
Read MoreIIFT summer placements 2012-14 batch. 40% to intern in Marketing function
12 years ago
IIFT Delhi campus Create infographics Note: The placement report is based on claims made by the institute in its placement report and answers to our questions therafter. The institute has not informed us about following a known placement reporting standard or applying an external audit, so PaGaLGuY does not take...
Read MoreMBA Abroad: Cornell Johnson MBA Interview
12 years ago
Here’s a talk with David Schuette, MBA candidate at Cornell Johnson. This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you...
Read MoreHow to use roots of an equation to solve problems
12 years ago
Photo Credit: Victorrochajr (Flickr.com) I am quite sure that most of you, if not all of you would be aware of the basics of quadratic equation but just to provide a brief refresher: For a quadratic equation given represented by ax^2 + bx + c = 0 Roots are given...
Read MoreMeet CMAT Feb 2013 toppers Sagar Padaki & Mikin Shah
12 years ago
Photo credit: pasukaru76 (www.flickr.com) Padaki Sagar Shrinivas, a 24-year old aspirant from Mumbai has secured the second rank in February 2013 Common Management Admission Test (CMAT). Extremely happy with his score, Sagar said that a single minded approach and a well-placed strategy keeping in mind the structure of the CMAT...
Read MoreMBA Abroad: Women & Exec MBA
12 years ago
So many people talk about quotas and glass ceilings but what about the women themselves? Are they ready to step up into leadership roles? Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, has hit a nerve with her Ted Talks presentation entitled ‘Why we have too few women leaders’. The media may still be...
Read MoreUPDATE: CMAT Feb 2013 results declared
12 years ago
Photo credit: comedy_nose (www.flickr.com) UPDATE (12 midnight), March 13, 2013: CMAT Feb 2013 resultS declared. You can view your results here. UPDATE (10.00PM) : SS Mantha, Chairman, AICTE has just told us that the results of the CMAT Feb 2013 will be declared at midnight. AICTE had earlier told us...
Read MoreIIM Ranchi Summer Placements 2012-14: Kotak Mahindra, ING Vysya and Berger Paints top recruiters
12 years ago
IIM Ranchi Close on the heels of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy, IIM Ranchi has also released its summer placement report for the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM) batch of 2012-14. Out of a total of 154 (PGDM-113, PGDHRM-41)...
Read MoreFinance goes down sharply at IIM Trichy summer placements 2012-14, Marketing up by 7 percentage points
12 years ago
IIM Trichy The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy recently concluded its summer placements for the 2012-14 batch for the Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) programme. In all, 92 students, among the batch of 102, who registered for the placements, bagged internships. Marketing was the leading function with 43%...
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