An obscure turning with a small board saying ‘Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad’ leads you to a narrow road leading to MICA. The institute is so far removed from the humdrum of the city that students often call living there more of a ‘social experiment’ than a study course. MICA...
Read MoreYou have probably already seen this one, but let me tip you off in case you haven’t. A group of currently studying MBA students from IIM Kozhikode have been running a CAT helpline on PaGaLGuY since September, answering MBA aspirants’ questions related to CAT strategy, weaknesses in preparation, last-minute tips...
Read MoreAs US business schools enter the 2010 admission season, Guest Writer Nunzio Quacquarelli of QS TopMBA.com speaks to Admissions Officers of four key schools – Wharton, NYU-Stern, Boston University and Duke-Fuqua on how the economic crisis affected their admissions in 2009 and the outlook for the future. We have witnessed...
Read MoreThe voucher sale and the registration for CAT 2009 is over and the final figure of the registrations is here. Contrary to the popular belief of the number of CAT applicants crossing the 3 lakh mark this year, the total number of applicants who registered for CAT till October 11,...
Read MoreAccording to one report, there are between 250,000 to 500,000 management consultancies in the world. Yet, as soon as we mention Management Consulting, immediately the ‘Big Four’ comes to mind. But what about the other consulting firms in the world? What kind of work do they do? What type of...
Read MoreFMS completes Summer Placement for MBA batch 2011 Faculty of Management Studies, (FMS), Delhi recorded 100 percent summer placements for the Batch of 2011. FMS was able to place all 142 MBA students and 63 MBA (MS) students well within the planned timeframe of the process. The varied nature of...
Read MoreWith the attacks on Indian students in Australia still a burning issue, we decided to find out how the business of educational consultants has been affected and their role in instilling faith in Indians aspiring to study in Australia. If you’re wondering who educational consultants are – they are the...
Read MoreIf you are a student at Institute of Management-Nirma University (IM-NU), thank your parents again if you have a name that starts from a letter in the later set of the alphabets. Why? Because at IM-NU you have to sit in the classroom according to your roll numbers; for the...
Read MoreK V Sridhar, National Creative Director of Leo Burnett visited Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, JBIMS, Mumbai on October 13 for a session on New Age Advertising. A veteran with 30 years of experience at leading advertising agencies, Sridhar has worked on a plethora of brands – Thumbs Up,...
Read MoreBhavesh Patel, the newly appointed director at School of Petroleum Management (SPM), Gandhinagar plans to expand the scope of energy management at the institute and develop strong interaction between the industry and the students. As per his plans, he wants to host a ‘World Energy Forum’ for all the people...
Read MoreSo here’s a comedy of errors begging clarity. The October 18, 2009 issue of Business Today ranks “Symbiosis, Pune” on all-India number 4. “Symbiosis, Pune” is specifically defined by the magazine as SCMHRD, Pune. But guess what! SIBM, Pune too is claiming to be ranked 4th in the same survey...
Read MoreHi Puys! This is a new section on PaGaLGuY.com to bring to the fore all that happens in the forums or our PG community. With over three lakh of you in this space, we are taking up the cause to keep you posted HERE! We will be posting all that...
Read MoreXavier Labor Relations Institute (XLRI) embark on the road towards volunteerism, by celebrating the Joy of Giving Week XLRIs spirit of volunteerism was rekindled with the celebration of Joy of Giving Week. XLRI organized a series of activities to support different causes to bring together the entire city towards a...
Read MoreSometime back I wrote a post regarding the mushrooming of engineering and management colleges in India and how reforms in education (which are making setting up of such colleges easier everyday) are not helping the students in the long run. Most of the students of such tier II and III...
Read MoreThe refund for a second CAT voucher, bought in hurried panic on not being able to edit information in the online registration should not worry you any more. Promteric is refunding candidates who bought the second voucher and they have come up with the following criteria for a candidate to...
Read MoreCEO Roundtable Conference on timeless leadership: What sustains leaders Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode organized a roundtable conference on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. The theme of the event was Timeless Leadership: What Sustains Leaders. This was a onetime event where fourteen CEOs from across India attended to discuss and...
Read MoreCognizants Board Room competition – (the first version was launched in 2007) proposes to management students across B-schools to get creative, come up with new business avenues for Cognizant and draw up a comprehensive business plan on what Cognizants next move should be. Cognizant will seriously consider incubating the winning...
Read MoreAdding to the already eventful CAT 2009 registration drill (remember the furore over the absence of an ‘Edit’ button?), Prometric today extended the deadline for online registration by ten days to October 11, 2009. The sale of registration vouchers at Axis Bank branches however, will end on October 8, 2009....
Read MorePadma Shri Dr. Vijay Bhatkar visits SIOM, Nashik Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik, students got an opportunity to meet and interact with Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, best known as an architect of the PARAM series of Supercomputers, GIST multilingual technology and Education-to-Home mission. He is also credited with the...
Read MoreApplication forms for the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal and Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon are out. Here is all the information you need to know before buying and filling the forms: IIFM Bhopal: Deadline to send the filled in application: December 10, 2009 There are three ways...
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