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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta’s Prof Janakiraman Moorthy, who is the Convenor for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2011 speaks about this year’s exam. Will there be changes in the CAT this year? Yes, but few. The CAT 2011 will have only two sections instead of three. The first section will focus on Quantitative […]
At about 7.30 pm this Friday, Nihit Sinha and some of his friends, all first year students from ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad were enjoying themselves at a dhaba, some half a kilometre from their college. Little did Nihit realise that it would be his last outing with his friends. While walking back from the […]
(Photo credit: Tom Taylor) Five technology and design firms pipped finance and consulting companies to appear among the top 10 most coveted companies to work for in US business schools according to a survey reported in the Wall Street journal. When asked to pick up to five ideal employers out of a list of 170, […]
Editor’s note: Here is an example of a summer internship experience gone wrong. The author of this article is a second-year MBA student of a well-known b-school but would like to keep his identity and the company he interned at confidential. We request those among you who know or discover his identity to respect his […]
A right to information (RTI) query by an activist in Andhra Pradesh has revealed that both, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) and Prometric were supposed to ‘ensure inclusive transition to take care of low-skilled computer applicants.’ This was one of the crucial points discussed at a meeting between IIMA and Prometric before the […]
Editor’s note: This is the first among the winning entries from the Summer Internships Writing Contest. We received dozens of entries of which we are selecting those which narrated very real and eye-opening accounts previously unheard in the ballyhoo surrounding the glamour of the MBA degree. The author’s prize is on its way! — After […]
Getting an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) call is the ultimate ‘Holy Grail’ for a CAT aspirant. But the quest itself is an arduous journey. And a good road map helps in making the journey easier. The hallmark of a good road map is to provide markers with the ups and downs of the journey. […]
(Photo credit: Preetam Rai) Ambitions of venturing into undergraduate education ran into rough weather at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore this week which was reprimanded by the Union Human Resource Development Ministry about the three-year exit option in its five-year Integrated PGP. Reports The Hindustan Times, A fortnight ago, the institute had proposed […]
A club for inclusion of 30% of women in company boards has recently made an entry at Cass Business School, London. The club’s big move is to open doors to get women higher, up the corporate ladder. The club, as such was initially started in November last year by Helena Morrissey, CEO of Newton and […]
The cries of some 200 students for a separate Telangana statehood, outside the gates of Osmania University, Hyderabad, can be heard faintly at the College of Commerce and Business Management, located at the heart of the university. Oblivious to the shouts, students sitting on bikes at the parking lot of the college, have their heads […]