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IIM-Calcutta to introduce a new course on eco-friendly technology
Kolkata, Aug 19: The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) is all set to introduce a new course on eco-friendly technology in its post graduate programme for executives from the 2010-....
ISB not in race to open overseas campuses
Mohali (Punjab), Aug 11: The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, is not in the race to open a campus overseas, its dean said here today.
"Yes, there are many management in....
Foundation stone of ISB's second campus in Mohali laid
Mohali (Punjab), Aug 11: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today laid the foundation stone of the new campus of the Indian School of Business (ISB) here. It would be ISB's second ca....
Kiran Bedi to select needy students for management courses
Chandigarh, July 25: Kiran Bedi, India's first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, will on Monday interview and select needy and deserving students for free education in management c....
IIM-Lucknow launches new professional course
New Delhi, July 21: In a joint initiative with Hughes Communications India Limited, the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) today launched a new programme to equip professionals with....
IIM-Ranchi classes start from Wednesday
Ranchi, July 6: The much-awaited classes of the first batch of the Indian Institute of Management-Ranchi (IIM-Ranchi) will start from Wednesday.
The IIM-Ranchi was inaugurated by Jhar....
IIM-A developing sports management course
Gandhinagar, June 23: The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is developing a course for the management of sports organisations, an official said today.
IIM-A director Sa....
Kolkata learns the idiot's method to crack CAT
Kolkata, June 21: The city witnessed the most entertaining educative seminar on CAT preparation strategies organized by Career Launcher, Asia's leading education Services Company. 'The ....
Michael Barnes is new vice dean of Jindal Business School
New Delhi, June 19: International financial expert Michael Barnes has been appointed the first vice dean of the Jindal Global Business School in Sonepat, Haryana, the institute said in a statem....
CII to set up leadership institute in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, June 14: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will set up an institute to train middle-level managers in industries and academia for leadership roles in the manufacturing sector.....
Two-year Asian management module for Indian students
New Delhi, June 1: Pearson Learning Solutions, the specialised education wing of global publishing and education giant Pearson Education, has tied up with the Bharti group's Centum Learning....
56 percent pay hike for IIM-C students
Kolkata, May 20: Students of the post-graduate programme for the students at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) have got a 56 percent hike in their average salary package, a st....
Hindus want Bhagavad-Gita as required text in IIMs
Nevada (USA), May 20: Hindus are stressing introduction of ancient Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita as one of the essential texts in the management courses of eminent Indian Institutes of Manageme....
Calcutta Business School plans course for working officials
Kolkata, May 12: Calcutta Business School (CBS), an S.K. Birla group institute, is planning to start a 15-month programme for officials from next year, a top group official said today.
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India needs quality management education
New Delhi, April 26: The craze for management education in India is increasing day by day, as a result of which thousands of business schools and MBA colleges are cropping up every now and then....
Management guru C.K.Prahalad dead
Chennai, April 17: Internationally renowned management guru Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad died on Friday in San Diego after a brief illness, his family said today. He was 69.
A profe....
Wharton management gurus sing India's success mantra
Washington, April 15: A uniquely 'India way of doing business', which has fuelled an economy that even in perilous global times remains a dynamo, is essentially based on a simple philos....
Punjab B-school gets approval to use GRE score
Chandigarh: Punjab-based Aryans Business School (ABS) has become the first private business school in the region to get approval from the US-based Education Testing Service (ETS) to use Graduat....
IIM-Calcutta reduces its intake of students
Kolkata: Premier management institute Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) today decided to hike fees for its flagship post-graduate course, but reduced its intake of students citing....
IIM-Calcutta hikes fees by 50 percent
Kolkata: Premier management institute Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has decided to raise fees for its flagship two-year post-graduate diploma in management programme by 50 per....
IIM-Shillong first B-School to webcast convocation
Shillong: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Meghalaya is set to be first business school in the country to webcast its first convocation ceremony live on April 3.
"We wi....
With 100 percent placement, cheer at youngest IIM
Shillong: All the 63 first-batch graduates of the youngest Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Meghalaya have got job offers, with an annual average salary of around Rs.10 lakhs and the hig....
IIM-Ahmedabad again raises fees for post-graduate course
Gandhinagar: The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has raised the fees for the post-graduate programme in management for the third year in a row, an official said today.
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Now pay extra for studying at IIM-Bangalore
Bangalore: If you are confident to crack CAT this year and somehow manage to get admitted at IIM-Bangalore, be sure to spend more money as course fees. The renowned business management institut....
IIMK to churn out socially sensitive officials
Chennai: If livelihood is for life, what is life for? A simple question but pregnant with a heavy message that would make anybody ponder. Curiously, the person who poses this question is not a ....
MAT to continue with online, paper-pencil formats
Chandigarh: The Centre for Management Services (CMS), which conducts the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) across India, is in no mood to completely switch over to the online version and will cont....
Punjab B-school gets approval to use GMAT scores
Chandigarh: Punjab-based Aryans Business School (ABS) has become the first private B-school in the region to get approval from the US-based Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) to use G....
Financial sector key recruiter at IIM-Kozhikode
New Delhi: Strengthening the economic revival story, financial sectors made a beeline to hire students from Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K). The elite B-school today said that ....
Over 350 job offers for IIM-Lucknow students
Lucknow: The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) today completed its final placements with a total of 370 job offers for 315 students, the largest ever graduating batch to be placed ....
Rakesh Mohan joins Yale faculty
Washington: Former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has been appointed professor in the Practice of International Economics and Finance in the Yale School of Management from J....
110 firms in IIM-Ahmedabad placement mela
Ahmedabad: The graduating batch of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad has received placement offers from 110 firms, including international offers from firms like Goldman Sachs and De....
Another online management school test results out
New Delhi: Two days after the Common Admission Test (CAT) results were announced, India's leading management school, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) on Tuesday announc....
Online CAT results out
New Delhi: The much-awaited results of the Common Admission Test were announced today by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). The scores uploaded on the official website will be the deci....
IIM-A placement process going great guns
Gandhinagar: The second phase of the placement process at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is going on well with over 20 offers made today.
Deloitte made 10 offers....
New IIM-A placement system receives good response
Gandhinagar: The new placement system for the final year post-graduate programme students of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), introduced from the current academic year, rec....
IIM-Ranchi starts classes this summer
Ranchi: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi will become operational this year with classes starting from June or July, chairperson R.C. Bhargava said today.
"The IIM-....
India's growth will have global effect, says HBS
New Delhi: The Harvard Business School (HBS) says India's economic growth will impact the global market place and today announced three India-specific programmes.
"India's....
CAT phase-II ends, over 6,500 take test
New Delhi: Over 6,500 students, who could not take the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) due to technical glitches last year, re-appeared in the exam, the Indian Institutes of Manageme....
Now, a management university conducts online tests
New Delhi: After the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), over 5,500 candidates successfully took the first ever computer-based test for admission to the management programmes of Narsee Monj....
Kolkata B-school ties up with British varsity for MBA
Kolkata: Kolkata-based Globsyn Business School (GBS) today inked a tie-up with Britain's Coventry University for a one-year Master of Business Management (MBA) programme. The course aims to....
8,000 students to take CAT re-test
New Delhi: Nearly 8,000 candidates, who could not appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT) for entry to the country's top B-schools due to software glitches, would sit for the exam on Sat....
IIM-Calcutta eyes international accreditation
Kolkata: Premier B-school Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Calcutta is eyeing an international accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) to attrac....
IIMs to conduct separate GDs and PIs this year
Mumbai: The authorities of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) have planned to carry on with their present system of admissions by holding group discussions (GD) and personal interviews (PI) s....
For students CAT to become accessible the year round
Mumbai: The various Indian Institutes of Management are in the process of making the Common Admission Tests a year round affair. This is indeed a golden opportunity for students who have been s....
IIM-A revives its placements system in 2010
Ahmedabad: The authorities of IIM-Ahmedabad is planning to bring about a change in its existing placement system. The top business school of the nation has planned to shift to the "cohort-b....
IIM-A changes recruitment process
Gandhinagar: The premier Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has decided to give recruiters more time to study, evaluate and interview students before handing them appointment lett....
Most B-school students fear recession has hit placements
New Delhi: A survey amongst 1,362 students in 40 business schools across the country reveals that 74 percent of them fear that recession has affected their placement opportunities.
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Government asks CAT committee to furnish daily report
New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has asked for a daily update on the online Common Admission Test (CAT) for Indian Institutes of Management that was marred by technical ....
IIMs to conduct retest of students who could not appear for CAT
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) today said the pen and pencil format of Common Admission Test (CAT) is history but assured that all the aggrieved students who could not ap....
CAT crash: HRD ministry calls IIMs directors' meeting
New Delhi: The human resource development ministry has called a meeting of directors of all Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to discuss the problem that thousands of students faced due to....
Computerised testing has winning edge over paper-pencil CAT
New Delhi: Asking for a return to paper-and-pencil common admission test (CAT) for the Indian Institutes of Management because of initial minor glitches in the computer-based testing (CBT) carr....
Prometric's contract under scanner following IIM-CAT debacle
Ahmedabad: Following the significant shortcomings that kept cropping up in the original computerised Common Admission Test across India, the various IIMs have decided to reappraise the contract....
CAT schedule extended by one day
New Delhi: After the online Common Admission Test collapsed in several places, creating confusion among thousands of B-school aspirants, the CAT authorities today extended the exam schedule by ....
CAT examinees being pushed around the country
New Delhi/Bhopal: Not in their worst dreams did management aspirants imagine that their attempts at the Common Admission Test for entrance into prestigious business schools would become so biza....
CAT questions reproduced from coaching material: Experts
Hyderabad: The officials of the MBA coaching classes in Hyderabad has come up with a revelation that more than half of the questions in 2009 CAT were taken from their question banks.
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ISB launches MBA for professionals for Rs.2.5 mn
New Delhi: Senior industry executives looking to "broaden their perspective" and "leadership qualities" can now do so at the premier Indian School of Business -- by paying a who....
Online CAT is here to stay: IIM committee
New Delhi: The highly competitive Common Admission Test (CAT) for entry to the country's top B-schools will be held online again next year despite the technical glitches that marred the exa....
Troubling CAT a 'national shame', says Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday described as "a national shame" the computer failures that have marred the first online Common Admission Test (CAT) for entry into....
CAT glitch notwithstanding, education needs e-governance
New Delhi: Millions of us woke up on Sunday morning with front-page headlines that screamed "Online birth pangs dog CAT", "CAT's e-debacle leaves students foxed", etc. But w....
Cursed CAT: Trouble on day three again
New Delhi: The competitive Common Admission Test (CAT) for institutes of management and business schools, which went online for the first time this year, ran into trouble for the third consecut....
Computer crash hits start of CAT exam
New Delhi: A computer crash in an unspecified number of centres in six cities marred the start of the Common Admission Test (CAT) that determines admission to over 100 business and management s....
IIM-B is voted No.1 B-school once again
Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore has done it again. For the second consecutive year, this premier management institute has been labeled as the No. 1 business school in I....
Multinationals flock to IIM-Bangalore for internees
Bangalore: In a clear sign that the impact of the slowdown is behind, multinationals flocked to Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) to offer placements to the entire batch of 348 f....
Finance firms lead recruitment in IIM-C summer placements
Kolkata: As many as 61 Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta students got internship offers abroad with 43 percent landing up jobs in banks and equity firms, during summer placements conducte....
Upsurge in IIM summer placements
Bangalore/Ahmedabad: Indian Institutes of Management have got tremendous response from the corporate sector for summer placements.
Last year, with the downfall of Lehman Brothers ....
Haryana readies to set up IIM at Rohtak
Chandigarh: A memorandum of association for setting up of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Rohtak town in Haryana was signed today between the representatives of Haryana and central g....
IIM-Lucknow celebrates silver jubilee
Lucknow: Top business leaders gathered at the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow today to celebrate the silver jubilee of one of the country's premier business school and asked the stud....
Government won't oppose IIMs going global: Sibal
New Delhi: The premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will soon be able to go global by opening off-shore campuses, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said today.
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IIMs to open their campuses abroad
New Delhi: Finally IIM got its official approval from the government to open its campuses in foreign countries. As per the government's notice, the directors and the board of members of IIM....
300 management students stranded without degrees in Goa
Panaji: Nearly 300 students enrolled over the last three years at the International Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), a tourism oriented management institute here, have been left high and d....
Refund on CAT vouchers available till October 16th
New Delhi: The refund for a second CAT voucher, bought in hurried panic on not being able to edit information in the online registration should not worry you any more. Promteric is refunding ca....
Chinese intrusion at IIM-A
Ahmedabad: Following to the ferocity between China and India, around 60 students at Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), India's premier B-school, are learning Chinese.
No IIM for Jammu and Kashmir now
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir will not get an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) as proposed earlier, the human resource development (HRD) ministry said today.
The decision was taken....
MBA aspirant alleges irregularities in online counselling
Bhopal: An MBA aspirant in Madhya Pradesh has filed a police complaint alleging that irregularities were being made in online counselling, with the help of internet cafe operators, to benefit c....
New IIMs won't dilute brand image: Sibal
Bhubaneswar: Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said today that the setting up of new IIMs won't dilute the brand image of these prestigious business schools.
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Orissa cries foul after being denied IIM
Bhubaneswar: Orissa today complained of neglect by the United Progressive Alliance government after being denied an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in the state. The union cabinet on Thurs....
Cabinet approves seven new IIMs
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved the setting up of seven new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) that will get operational in two phases.
Four IIMs would be set up in Tr....
Former IIM professor appointed Indian Law Institute director
New Delhi: A former professor with the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, and environment law expert D.S. Sengar was today appointed director of the Indian Law Institute, a deemed univers....
Punjab on top in school infrastructure category
Chandigarh: Adding another feather to its cap, Punjab has emerged a leading state in the country in providing best infrastructure and facilities to primary and upper primary schools.
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Five IIM-A graduates yet to find jobs
Ahmedabad: Five of the 70 students of the 2008-09 batch of the Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here are yet to find jobs,....
NIIT to provide infrastructure management training
New Delhi: IT training and talent development provider NIIT has partnered with industry stakeholders to provide certified training in infrastructure management services (IMS), the company said ....
Amity, Max New York to offer insurance management course
New Delhi: Amity Global Business School, in collaboration with Max New York Life Insurance, today announced the launch of a post-graduate diploma in insurance and sales management.
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CAT for IIMs to go online from this year
New Delhi: Hundreds of thousands of students aspiring to get into the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will now be answering the Common Admission Test (CAT) online from this y....
Salary packages of IIM-C graduates down 23 percent
Kolkata: The global recession has taken its toll on the salary packages of India's new corporate managers, with the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C), seeing a drop of 23 percent....
IIM Bangalore grads slog to grab jobs in tough times
Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) is relieved now that its outgoing post-graduate programme (PGP) batch of 242 students has secured jobs at an extended campus....
IIM-Lucknow to hike fees
Lucknow: One of the top B-schools in the country, Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) Monday announced that it will soon hike the fees for its two-year postgraduate programme. "....
Devi Singh takes charge as IIM-L director
Lucknow: Ending six months' uncertainty, Devi Singh Monday resumed charge as the director of the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) for the second consecutive time. The IIM-L d....
Few takers for IIM-A students
Ahmedabad: In yet another example of the shrinking job market, 50 final year post-graduate students at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) are yet to get any job offers eve....
Krishna, not Kotler, guides Indian management gurus
New Delhi: The next time you hear someone recite verses from the Bhagavad Gita, pay more attention. The wisdom of the ancient Indian scriptures may come in handy in tackling issues from man....
IIM-L to push sanitation management in villages
Lucknow: It's not for the corporate sector this time. Students of the premier Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) will now apply their managerial skills to teach villagers sanitat....
Korean professor to deliver IIM A-SAGE Lecture
Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Ahmedabad has announced Hasung Jang, dean and professor of finance at Korea University Business School, will give the first IIM-A-SAGE End....
IIT alumni conference in Chennai from Friday

Chennai: PanIIT 2008, the three-day global conference of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) alumni, will begin at IIT Madras here on Friday. Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen, Ato....
IIM-A summer placement not affected by meltdown
Ahmedabad: Fears of the global financial crisis affecting placements at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad have proven wrong with major recruiters from previous years reaffirming thei....
270,000 appear for 'doable' CAT exam
New Delhi: Around 270,000 MBA aspirants appeared for the Common Aptitude Test (CAT) across the nation today, an official spokesperson said. A majority of those who appeared felt that while the ....
More govt servants enrol for special IIM-A programme
Ahmedabad: A retired soldier, a doctor and an IAS officer are among 39 participants who have enrolled for a special programme at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, (IIM-A) aimed to ....
ISB to set up campus in Mohali
Chandigarh/Hyderabad: Indian School of Business, (ISB), one of the top 20 business schools in the world, will set up a new campus at Mohali in Punjab. A tripartite agreement to this effect was ....
IIM should motivate students to opt for politics: Kalam
Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, must motivate its students to opt for politics as a career, says former president A P J Abdul Kalam. "IIM, Ahmedabad, should ensure tha....
IIM students launch portal to help new consultants
Lucknow: Interested in a career in business consultancy, but don't know where to begin? Well, for starters, you could log on to www.learn2consult.com, a portal launched by three students of the....
IIMA's faculty development course is in great demand
Ahmedabad: Many of the 37 management teachers from India and abroad who participated in a special programme at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), would like to come back to l....
'Professor' Kalam starts IIM-A classes on Saturday
Ahmedabad: Former president A P J Abdul Kalam is all set to start his classes at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on Saturday. Reducing the urban-rural divide, energy securi....
Purwar named officiating director of IIM Lucknow
Lucknow: Prem Chandra Purwar has been appointed officiating director of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), an official said on Monday. His appointment, following a human r....
IIM-A awaits 'professor' Kalam's special classes
Ahmedabad: Reducing the urban-rural divide, energy security and water conservation - these are some of the themes former president A P J Abdul Kalam will be teaching at the Indian Institute of ....
Industry professionals can now walk into IIT classes
New Delhi: Industry professionals who aspire to rub shoulders with students of the elite Indian Institutes of Technology and upgrade their skills now have a chance to do so. IIT Delhi has opene....
IIM Calcutta to run financial reporting training course
Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) and audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have tied up to train professionals in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS....