Oh, you’e writing CAT this year and are feeling jittery because this time you’re going to be wielding a mouse? Some people lose sleep because of CAT while others chase CAT in their dreams. People in b-schools or done with their MBAs look back at their CAT preparation days with...
Read MoreThere’s been lots of discussion about whether OBC quotas at educational institutes are justified or not and now we have some hard facts to back up the chatter. Half a dozen students belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) have made it to the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C)...
Read MoreThere is no lack of ways to get information in this day and age; all it takes are the right amount of keywords. However, we still rely more on the information given by a person than by a website, a magazine or a journal. The spoken word holds more water...
Read MoreThe Budget-2009 has allocated Rs.15, 429 crore (Rs.154.29 billion), including a planned allocation of Rs.9,600 crore. The break up is as follows: 1) UGC has been provided Rs 4,374.95 crore, which includes expenditure for both Central and Deemed Universities.2) The allocation for Central Universities includes allocation of Rs 1,033 crore...
Read MoreThe Right to Information (RTI) Act is not another law which results in cases hanging around in court rooms for years without any action coming through. In a major development, the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi has revealed the marks breakup for the entire batch of students admitted to...
Read MoreRelationships are meant to last. And they are meant to grow. And who can better demonstrate that than our very own forum members at PaGaLGuY.com. I have recently joined the company and was blessed with a chance to go for an All India PaGaLGuY meet (AIPGM) soon after joining. This...
Read MoreStudents will benefit from this year’s Union Budget but there is a lot which remains to be done on the part of the government. Let’s go with the facts first. It’s been declared that students from weaker sections of society will not have to pay any interest during the study...
Read MoreSome time back, I wrote about the view points of directors of various business institutions on the Yashpal report. Recently I got Ajit Rangnekar, Dean of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad to present his views on the same document; He had some interesting suggestions: a) Abolition of all regulatory...
Read MoreA Talk with the Director SIMS makes you put an MBA in perspective. Quite simply. Brig Rajiv Divekar is a retired Army brigadier who did his MBA while still at services and through it realized the ‘why’ of his own job. He still believes that this is what an MBA...
Read MoreNothing can stop you from taking a pause at the dome of Symbiosis Institute of Management (SIMS), look up and say a few words in its praise. The colored stripes intercepted with translucent ones create a semi luminescent environment below which is as close to serene as it gets. No...
Read MoreNo one really has a clear idea of when b-schoolers will get back their eye grabbing salaries and zip-zap-zoom campus placements. However, students are definitely not cooling their heels and waiting for the situation to normalize. Their logic is simple: if companies will not come to campus then they will...
Read MoreOfficials of the University Grants Commission (UGC) have kicked and screamed that the UGC cannot be shut down like a factory so that one body to regulate higher education can be set up. However, the UGC is waking up to the fact that the grades offered at various Indian universities...
Read MoreThe Government has finally realized that something is wrong with our Educational system. And this is not the first time. However, with the abolition of AICTE and UGC and the implementation of the Yashpal Report within the coming 100 days, it wants to make sure that something substantial does happen...
Read MoreBusiness schools are having a tough time managing within the restrictions of the English language. Management studies includes everything from the jigging of stock prices to the basics of handshaking. B-schools themselves are doing a fair amount of handshaking when it comes to their names. Institute names include at least...
Read MoreWhile going through the Business Standard some time back, I came across an article titled How many MBAs do we really need? by Abheek Barua who is the chief economist at the HDFC Bank. He talks about the large amount of MBAs available in India and the not-so-MBA-type jobs that...
Read MoreThere is a reason why every problem has been connected with increase in population. Things in India just aren’t designed for a large number of people. Think vaguely, do you remember any place or situation where things went smoothly once the number of people went even a little above normal?...
Read MoreWhere will the jobs come from? was the question that was doing the rounds of b-schools when news of the economic slowdown came through. Public Sector Units (PSUs) proved to be the saviors of the day and provided the answer. However, the economic slowdown has put some roadblocks in the...
Read MoreMuch has been written and talked about the Yashpal report. Opinions have been exchanged like tennis balls across discussion tables. All and sundry have expressed theirs; even some who would probably be the last in line to be affected by the report. Hence, I thought of asking the directors of...
Read MoreThe 2009 forms seasons has kicked off! The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has announced details for its application form for admissions at the institute’s Delhi and Kolkata campuses. The IIFT entrance test is scheduled for November 22, 2009 and is the first major MBA entrance test in the...
Read MoreHow safe is it to study in Australia after Indian students have been attacked in major cities such as Melbourne and Sydney? This question is doing the rounds amongst foreigners studying in Australia and some Indians have made a clear choice of returning home. The attacks have led to parents...
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