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The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi is going to start a weekend executive management program starting September 2011 for professionals with five or more years of work experience in the government, private or public sector. According to MJ Xavier, director of IIM Ranchi, classes for the 18-month program titled ‘PGPEX’ will be held on […]
(Original photo credit: Rafael Kage) An often asked question is, “What is the difference between the average CAT student in Verbal Ability and a 99 percentiler in Verbal Ability?” (You will notice that I do not yet say ‘an IIM convert’ because for every six ’99 percentilers’ who are interviewed, only one makes it. But […]
(Photo credit: Aashish Mylapally) After growing a franchise on the back of the two-year MBA format degree for 50 years, an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) has for the first time announced a foray into undergraduate education. With the five-year Integrated Post Graduate Program (IPGP), IIM Indore seeks to deliver a BBA+MBA type cocktail to […]
Dear readers, “Feedback is a business term which refers to the joy of criticizing other people’s work. This is one of the few genuine pleasures of the job, and you should milk it for all it’s worth.” That’s not my line, but it sure does describe well how I would like you to react to […]
Prof Prathap Oburai There is still no trace of Prathap Oburai, professor of marketing, at the Indian Institute Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), who went missing from Uttarakhand two days ago. According to Tehri Superintendent of Police, Rajeev Swaroop, the professor, who is also an IIMA alumnus, was mentally stressed and had attempted ending his life earlier, […]
(Photo credit: Alan Cleaver) In perhaps the most significant leap by any Indian Institute of Management (IIM) ever, IIM Indore this week announced a five-year integrated management degree which will admit students directly after class XII in school. A Times of India story reports that the total tuition fees for this fully residential ‘integrated PGP’ […]
Credit: Jonny Goldstein Peter Hiddema, a visiting professor at INSEAD (France and Singapore) teaches negotiation skills to MBA students. Globally known as an expert in strategic negotiation, conflict resolution and leadership development, Peter has taught students and corporate leaders at several universities in addition to INSEAD, including Queens University (in Canada and the UK), HEC […]
(Photo credit: Liza) For this you need to find the links between the sentences. The goal in these types of sentences is to rearrange the sentences in the original sequence. It consists of a group of sentences that have been jumbled up. All the Best for CAT 2011! Let us look at Para Jumble (PJ) […]
Glossary OMPA = Old Men’s (and Women’s) PaGaLGuY Association (link). AIPGM = All India PaGaLGuY Meet. Although Chick Corea is a pianist, his composed jazz standard ‘Spain‘ is a popular (and challenging) piece for learning on the guitar. Concept, illustrations and graphics by Deepak Gopalakrishnan aka chuck_gopal, a Mallu-turned Mumbaiker who blogs here and tweets […]
(Photo credit: meddygarnet) Engineers continue to be the largest group in the 2-year MBA-equivalent PGP programs at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). While IIM Bangalore’s class of 2013 will have 91.32% engineers, at IIM Calcutta’s batch comprises 95% engineers. The Times of India reports about IIM Bangalore that the new batch has 85 women […]