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Subject to a favourable legislation allowing foreign investment in higher education, the top-ranked Darden School of Business, University of Virginia may set up a campus in India. “India lies in a sweet spot in any international investment decisions we make. I would love to open a school in India,” Darden dean Robert F Bruner told […]
Odisha (until a month ago Orissa) is better known for the architectural wonder of the Sun Temple at Konark and the beaches of Puri. But a push from the state government, cheap land prices, a pool of students from the neighbouring states of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and the North East as well as investments […]
Pic: Chris Isherwood I deliberately bought my Common Admission Test (CAT) voucher today sometime 11.00 am thinking I’d catch the rush of other aspirants like me. Today was the last day of the voucher sale and by 1pm, the Axis Banks would stop selling them too. It was also a bank half-day. But Lokhandwala’s Axis […]
Pic: Whatcount’s photostream It’s possibly the oldest rhetorical question and dean of Darden School of Business, Robert Bruner asks it once again for the sake of asking – Are business schools really worth it? Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Steve Jobs (Apple), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Sergey Brin/Larry Page (Google) didnt go to business school……” In his recent […]
Businesses are obligated to walk great lengths to ensure that none of their dealings throw up a conflict of interest situation. For instance, an insurance company cannot also be in the business of damage claim assessment. Or a news media company should not be in the real estate business. In universities, curriculum setting should not […]
With bids touching Rs 70,000, the Indian Institute of Ahmedabad, (IIM-A) has decided to change the method of selecting participants for the ‘A Day at IIM-A’ event. The original idea was to have an auction and open seats to the highest bidder. However, IIM-A has now decided to hold a draw of lots to select […]
(Photo credit: Orin Zebest) If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isnt, it aint. Thats logic. Tweedledee in Lewis Carolls Through the Looking Glass. If the above line confused you, trust me you are not alone. Even God can vanish in a puff of […]
We are delighted to invite you to our annual flagship events Meeting of Minds (MOM) and Inspired Leadership Conference (ILC). We, at SOIL, take pride in our team-based and collaborative culture and the success of last years MOM and ILC was the result of exceptional teamwork among students, faculty, and the staff. The Meeting of […]
(Image credit: Chris Hand) Heres a language test for all of you: what do you call ‘business management’ in Hindi? Okay, before you pull out all those English-to-Hindi dictionaries gathering dust in your ancestral bookshelf, just log on to Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabads swanky new Hindi website that was launched on September 26. […]