The meet was a platform for Mumbai alumni to interact with each other and share their experiences and help in the institute’s progress. The inaugural speech was given by Dr. Anwar Ali, Director, IMT-Nagpur followed by a speech from Mr.V. Gopal, Dean, IMT-Nagpur and ended with dinner and cocktails, added...
Read MoreHe is further anticipated to talk about creative leaders who are visionaries and will help in driving innovation and growth in global knowledge economy. He is also expected to talk about the importance of education in cultivating creative leaders in both developed and developing countries and the role of youth...
Read MoreTwo months after graduating, five PGPX students are still to secure jobs. Placements for the PGPX program take place over an extended period of time from December to March and according to a statement released by the institute, aThe five students still remaining to be placed have niche skills and...
Read MoreHow is The Wharton School responding to the economic crisis? Business schools have a responsibility to prevent a repeat of this crisis. Several of our faculty are looking at executive compensation systems which have been misaligned. Senior bankers had short-term incentives to take leveraged bets on risky assets to increase...
Read MoreCIMA: the qualificationCIMA is a regulatory body that focuses on accounting for business which enables you to formulate financial strategies for business. However, it is different from being a Chartered Accountant. According to Narsimham, “People with CIMA qualification are different from Chartered Acoountant (CAs) as they can advice an organization...
Read MoreDuring the institute’s 48 year long presence it has alumni like Indira Nooyi, Chairman and CEO of Pepsi Co Inc.; Shantanu Khosla, MD of Procter and Gamble (India); Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder and CEO of Rediff.com and present Chairperson of IIM Calcutta; Dr. Ramachandra Guha, noted historian and author and R....
Read MoreThis year’s edition of Vantage, the annual recruitements program at Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), IIT Kharagpur has concluded with 65 companies recruiting 110 students from the institute. The highest annual domestic salary secured was Rs 14.7 lakhs and the average annual domestic salary was Rs 8.93 lakhs, a...
Read MoreAlso read Part 1 – How are IIM placements planned, how the placement committee is elected Part 2 – How the placements are executed on-ground Why do firms participate in the IIM campus placements at all? After all, the IIMs charge a substantial participation fee, as well as a recruitment...
Read MoreThe event was inaugurated by Dr. C. S. Venkataratnam, Director IMI, and Dr. Nagaraj Sivasubramaniam, Chair Leadership, Ethics and Global Business Division, Duquesne University. The view of having sustainable development in Indian business and meeting the needs of future generations was backed by Mr. Viraf Mehta Chief Executive, Partners in...
Read MoreThe reason for this increase being the belief that the Indian economy will revive soon and will emerge as a market full of opportunities in diverse fields like entrepreneurship, social, corporate, academic, etc. and attracting international students to try new ideas and approaches, added the release. This increase is also...
Read More“This MoU is primarily aimed at developing R&D; programmes; expanding knowledge and expertise in the field of research, fostering scientific cooperation through bilateral exchange visits of scientists and students, and other collaborative activities in accordance with the statutory requirements set by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) or governments...
Read MoreWith Indian business schools commencing classes from June onwards, this is the time for MBA aspirants to relax and realise. It is not a crime to expect good things to happen but b-school aspirants often have unrealistic expectations from the corporate world. A handsome salary package of Rs 9 to...
Read MoreThe seminar had discussions and speculations on the format of CAT online. Mr. Sandeep Manudhane, founder chairman of PT Universe was quoted in the release as saying, “Since IIM is starting online CAT from this year, itas unlikely that they may introduce the adaptive method. They are yet to decide...
Read MoreDr. M. Rathinasabapathi, Registrar, Annamalai University and Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, Director, FISB signed the MoU at the university in the presence of Dr. S B Nageswara Rao, Director and Dr. M. Ramanathan, Vice Chancellor of Annamalai University, added the release. Annamalai’s programs are recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government...
Read More18 percent of the students were offered jobs by Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) such as IOCL, BPCL, GAIL and National Housing Bank and this is a substantial increase from the previous year’s placements. The students also accepted 12 Pre-Placement Offers this year. Major companies which recruited from TISS came from...
Read MoreStatistics MBA program Number of recruiting companies: 79 Total number of offers: 98 Number of candidates: 89 Average domestic salary: Rs 11.47 lakh per annum MBA-MS program Number of recruiting companies: 58 Total number of offers: 45 Number of candidates: 42 Average domestic salary: Rs 11.15 lakh per annum The...
Read More32 percent of the batch opted to work in the financial sector in spite of the current financial crisis. Organizations such as Deutsche Bank, Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, Reserve Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Calyon Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Saraswat Bank, SIDBI, IFCI and HDFC...
Read MoreCitiAssist replacement loan programs at American b-schools The credit crunch resulted in CitiBank withdrawing its popular CitiAssist loan program which allowed international students at top American b-schools a such as University of Pennsylvaniaas The Wharton School, Harvard Business School, Chicago Booth School of Business – to borrow up to $...
Read More“Management teachers, for whom the training is designed, need to carry out their own research as well as guide students, for this they need to be skilled in research designing, development of research instruments, data analysis techniques, and statistical software application,” added the release. The keynote address would be given...
Read MoreThe campus was inaugurated by Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al maktoum, in the presence of Sheikh Nahayan mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, UAE; Mr. Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India; Mr. Bakul Nath, Vice president,...
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