Ankur Kumar of Wharton ( Photo: Wharton ) In a quick Q&A; with PaGaLGuY, Wharton’s admissions director Ankur Kumar talks about the new curriculum at Wharton, the move to eliminate alumni from admission interviews and the school’s approach to the new GMAT. Could you describe what your role as Director of Admissions and Financial Aid […]

Goizueta Business School, Emory University (Photo: Daniel Mayer) From the previous blog posts in this series, we know that essays can play a key role in helping candidates differentiate themselves from the rest of the competition. This time we look at some guidelines to start working on those first drafts. Why Nine tips? Why not […]

Photo by Tony (Flickr) The fall-out of the food poisoning incident that took place at the Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI) on Saturday which rendered about 200 students ill, has forced a change in hygiene rules in the campus as well as an addition in the menu. Besides checking and replacing all water coolers […]

About 200 students of the Indian Institute of Management, Indore have fallen ill after eating food in the college mess. While many were admitted to the Choithram and Unity hospitals in Indore, as of now 12 are still there and being kept under strict observation. One student is still being treated at the school’s medical […]

After numerous technical issues held back the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) last week, the re-exam was conducted smoothly on Sunday. There were problems reported in 23 of the 25 centres across the state on Thursday and Friday and for all the exam slots. Not only were there mechanical problems but in some cases, the […]

The present IIM Trichy campus IIM Tiruchirapalli (IIMT) will be opening a new campus in Chennai. According to details available, a new building has been taken over in the Guindy, which is considered prime real estate in Chennai and is the entry point to the city from the southern parts of Tamil Nadu and south-western […]

Class in progress at ISB, Hyderabad A typical business school classroom has professors delivering lectures for straight hours at times, or endless case study readings and ‘interactive’ sessions discussing those case studies. This ‘traditional’ teaching format, if you will, is often criticised to be a one-size-fits-all approach, where the students are imparted the same content […]

MATS Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship is an illustrious part of the Jain Group of Institutions (The JGI Group) led by Dr. R. Chenraj Jain Chairman The JGI Group. The JGI Group established its first institution in 1990 Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, SBMJC. MATS Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship was the first institution of […]

IIM Indore Main Campus (Photo Credit: Aashish Mylapally) The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court under the jurisdiction of Justice UC Maheshwari, has ordered directed the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the chairman of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore board as well as other board members to issue a probe […]

ISB, Hyderabad, Main campus Starting the coming admission season, applicants to the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and Mohali will have to submit video resumes to the admission committee apart from the GMAT scores, essays and recommendation letters. Currently, the first step for candidates who wish to apply to the institute’s Post Graduate Program […]