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Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur and Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, USA on Thursday announced joining hands to launch a Masters Programme in Positive Organisational Development and Change (MPOD) to be offered in India. The programme which is designed for mid-level working executives from across the globe will […]
The IIT Delhi main building (Photo: Bryn Pinzgauer) For the 2013 season, the management departments of all the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are considering launching a common admissions web portal that will serve as the single funnel for all the candidate applications to the IITs’ MBA programmes. “We are thinking on the lines of […]
Shashank Shukla Only earlier this week, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council recommended with much a Rs 4,250 crore programme to provide shelters and other amenities to the homeless in India’s cities. A target of 6,800 permanent shelters has been set with much fanfare by the government for some three lakh homeless, covering 15% of […]
The IIM Kozhikode campus (Photo: P Venkata Rajesh) This is one time where the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode has beaten both IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore. It has received the amended Memoranda of Association (MoA) from the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry, which makes it the first IIM to be operationally autonomous. […]
Although not very logical, the popular method of calculating the return on investment (RoI) of an MBA programme is to count the number of years it takes for your post-MBA earnings to equal the fees. That works out really well for top b-schools in India because even if you are paying Rs 12 lakh for […]
Last year was dominated with Team Anna’s slogans and Dhanush’s Kolaveri Di on Youtube. Catching in on the waves, many Indian b-schools introduced the study of both these newsmakers in their MBA classrooms as formal case studies or informal sessions with the stated intent of making students understand why these sensations had gripped the country’s […]
Kolkata’s Vishal Kedia, one of the nine 100 percentilers of CAT 2011 It’s like pumping in whatever you have and still being left empty-handed. The 2011 Common Admission Test’s (CAT) nine 100 percentilers are going through a similar situation. Hoping to have been flooded with calls from all the top Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), […]
Dr Pritam Singh The time when most b-schools are gearing up for the GD-PI round — a standard part of the MBA admission procedure — there are some who are experimenting with a cocktail of criterion. International Management Institute (IMI), Delhi, is one of the few b-schools which is planning to profile your personality using […]
Even former US President Richard Nixon could screw up in an interview — all the more reason why you should read this. (Photo: from the movie Frost/Nixon) Editors note: This is the final part of the two-part series by guest author Charanpreet Singh that gives you a checklist about the important don’ts at a personal […]
Many doctors are pursuing a management degree to get into healthcare management. (Photo: Truthout.org’s photostream) Shashank Prabhu, a doctor by profession, made headlines last week by cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT) and that too with a 100 percentile score. One question that the entire media asked him was why did he opt for an […]