IIM Rohtak (Photo credit: Gaurav Kalelkar) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak has concluded its summer placements for the 2012-14 batch of students pursuing the Post Graduate Program (PGP) in management. 115 offers were made by 44 companies to the batch this year, claimed the institute. Out of a...
Read MoreOri Elkin at the centre and Gili Elkin extreme right The story has been updated and re-published with a quotes from Carrie Marcinkevage, admissions director at Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business, A company started by an MBA couple, has caught the b-school community in the US by storm....
Read MoreEmployers will look at two things when they are evaluating to hire. First, how good you are at what you do. Second, how good you are at what I do. The first is directed at applicant quality and the second is directed at organisational fit. It’s actually that simple. The...
Read MoreSeated in the second row of the big auditorium, watching the inspiring video on the life of Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, I wondered what my journey will be like for the next two years in one of the premier B-schools of Northern India, LBSIM, Delhi. Today, when I am...
Read MoreBy Dr. Lalitya Vir Srivastava In an era where trade has no boundaries, global economy is trying to share a common platform developing common policies and practices for the world trade. With this kind of market dynamics, on one side there are lots of global opportunities available for both developed...
Read More‘You can’t top pigs with pigs’ was Walt Disneys not-so-subtle dig at a proposed sequel to his celebrated Three Little Pigs cartoon film. And why is this relevant here? Because that is exactly what most b-schools are trying to do today – aping each others’ curriculum and trying to outdo...
Read MoreDeepak Gopalakrishnan is a cartoonist from Mumbai. Catch all his cartoons and work here, and follow his tweets here.
Read MoreThe Mayans might have failed to keep their commitment but we shall not (fail to…, that is)! Four winners have been chosen among the 127 entries that made the cut. Hyderabadians (Hydies?) seem to be dominating the winners list this time. Clap your hands for the winners of the Best...
Read MoreThey tell you that ‘you can’t win em all’, we at IMI say ‘The Winner Takes it All’. International Management Institute (IMI), India’s first corporate sponsored Business School, has for long been one of the best institutes with respect to intellectual capital and corporate interaction. Here emphasis is laid on...
Read MoreArtist’s impression of the IIM Trichy campus If you are gunning for Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Trichy in a couple of years’ time, chances are that you will be studying in a swanky 172-acre new campus. According to the details made available by the institute, the new campus situated...
Read MoreRohit Gharde When creepy crawlies come out for a spin at the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, there is only one person to call – Rohit Gharde. The 26-year old, second year student at IIFM, is not just a snake-catcher, more a snake-charmer, that too in the real sense....
Read MoreIn this comic, we are trying out something new. After you read this comic, some of you might have further questions about the market research profession that you would like answered by someone who currently works in the industry. For this, we have Utsav Mamoria aka @utsavmamoria, a Mudra Institute...
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Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) MBA aspirants who applied to the Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDM-RM) offered by Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) using their Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) test scores were in for a shock email on Wednesday. In this email, XIMB told the...
Read MoreThe perils of too much choice (Photo: BurgerAustin) You are done with the CAT, are probably lining yourself up for some of the other admission tests, and preparing yourself for the last mile – the Group Discussion, Essay Writing and Interview processes. This is a good time to focus some...
Read MoreSuddenly this year, one couldnt take the Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) 2012 question paper home after taking the exam anymore. No clear reason was given for this change by Symbiosis, even though the tests nature remained the same (paper-pencil over a limited time). Folks from test-preparation companies who also...
Read MoreRashmi Sonthalia, product manager (MBA-India), IMS Learning Resources Today’s Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test 2012 had a very simple quant section, a moderately easy but lengthy analytical and logical reasoning section and relatively tougher verbal and general knowledge Sections. A total of 150 questions were asked in the exam. English...
Read MoreSpecial thanks to cricket nerd and fin whiz @cornerd, for his valuable help in the making of this comic! Follow him on Twitter if you love your sport! Deepak Gopalakrishnan is a cartoonist from Mumbai. Catch all his cartoons and work here, and follow his tweets here.
Read MoreShweta, with her children Update: Shweta Mallick has sent a response. It is at the end of the article. The hand that rocks the cradle can also burn the midnight oil, when project-work or assignments have to be submitted the next morning. That means finding the seamless balance between being...
Read MoreWhat is new about the Xaviers Admission Test 2013? The XAT exam this year will have a General Awareness section, and the paper will have two parts with a total time of 3 hours. The first part would have to be solved in two hours and 20 minutes and will...
Read More“Quiz on the Beach”(QOTB), a unique and prestigious management event of TAPMI-Manipal is back again to take your breath away, only this time its bigger and better!! Brace yourselves for Indias first and only B-school business quiz held with the sea as a backdrop, bringing quizzers from the Best Educational...
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