Clearing confusion about the acceptance of the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) for admissions at autonomous business schools, the Supreme Court today ordered that CMAT shall not be the singular management entrance test and PGDM institutes could admit anyone with CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA and JMET (now replaced by the GMAT) scores. The Educational Promotional […]

Coupled with the global turmoil and the slowing economic growth rate back home, this placement season has been tougher compared to the previous year at India’s leading business schools. While the number of companies participating in the placement process have more or less remained the same, the number of offers made by each company has […]

Harvard Business School announced the launch of a new classroom in India inside the Taj Land’s End hotel complex in Mumbai. The new space is on the same lines as the classrooms in the schools Boston campus and will provide students and participants an opportunity to have a true Harvard Business School case method learning […]

Delivering intense professional programmes crafted by leaders of Industry EMPI Group of Institutions, founded in 1995 with Mr. Gurnam Saran, former Director BHEL, Sr. Management Consultant Commonwealth (UK) & President IEEMA as its founder President, is a unique conglomeration of institutions/centres of excellence. EMPI has been continuously involved in job-market scan and developing befitting Post […]

In India, the Management Education has expanded exponentially, during the last two decades. Even today, the industry is crying aloud that most MBAs are misfits in the corporate set up. Much of what is covered in the class room is simply not relevant in the Corporate world. Industry needs executives who have the right attitude […]

A single entrance exam is a good idea but not if AICTE conducts it, says Fr PT Joseph, SJ, director of Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Bhubhaneshwar in an exclusive interview with PaGaLGuY.What changes in the b-school or the curriculum can the incoming batch at XIMB expect to look forward to? There has been some […]

CMAT aspirants outside a center in Belapur, Navi Mumbai (Photo: Ushnota Paul) Held amidst many apprehensions and uncertainties, the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) held by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) drew to an official close on February 28, 2012. While for most students the CMAT exam officially came to an end, […]

Editor’s note: Guest writer and IIM Ahmedabad student SG Shrinivas believes that the actual life as an MBA student is far from what is portrayed in the media, and those preparing for admissions should not base their decisions on sensational placement reports. ——— Have you thought it through well? (Photo: Dan McKay)Every morning in Africa, […]

The IIM Rohtak Campus The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak, which became operational in 2010, completed the summer placements for its second Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) batch. A total of 147 offers were made by 67 organisations, of which those by 55 companies were accepted by the students of the PGDM class […]

All that is transparent may not serve a real objective, believes IIM Calcutta (Photo: Horia Varlan) Until the last update, 25 of India’s business schools had committed to release detailed and audited placement statistics as per the Indian Placement Reporting Standards spearheaded by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. The standard lays down a […]