Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi completed its summer placements for the MBA batch of 2013 by securing a wide range of roles from national and international firms, including offers from 15 growing sectors of the economy. Batch Strength 226 Did not participate in summers/Opted out 3 Total number of companies confirming presence […]

Pic by Soubhik Chatterjee The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) is thinking of drawing in corporates and its alumni base to seek funds for completing some of its infrastructure projects. According to sources, it was at a meeting held at the Chennai Chapter of IIM-C Alumni Association, a few weeks ago, that the IIM-C […]

B-schools teach youngsters how businesses ought to be run. Who questions the way business schools are run? Nina Jacob, a professor who has been with private b-schools such as Xavier Institute of Management, Goa Institute of Management and Institute of Management Technology writes a scathing critique of unregulated governance at India’s private business schools in […]

A Pearson VUE team from the USA was in Mumbai today. They are the guys that NMIMS University has contracted out the computer-based NMAT to. Their agenda was to create awareness about computer-based testing (CBT) and resolve perceived myths surrounding it. PaGaLGuY caught up with the team comprising Kathleen Gialluca – Senior Research Scientist, Fiona […]

(Photo credit: IIM Ranchi temporary campus by Vijayakrishna Kandula) Breaking away from the tradition of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) campuses being distributed building clusters spread over hundreds of acres, the new IIM Ranchi campus due to be constructed by 2014 will be a high-rise campus with ten-storey buildings. In a public notice inviting tenders […]

There is an ol’ world charm to Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Trichy’s campus. A huge playground on one side and little hostel buildings with quaint balconies on the other. At one corner is the mess, which is nestled among trees and partly open air so it gives the feeling of dining in the outdoors. […]

(Photo credit: IIM Calcutta by Velavan S) The Indian Institutes of Management are considering forming an umbrella structure on the lines of an ‘IIM University’ that would offer a full-fledged Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree instead of the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) that they offer now. The idea of an IIM University […]

The most cherished profession an MBA can look forward to in a contemporary business environment is a career in Logistics and supply Chain Management (LSCM). It is said that ‘today, organizations no more compete, their supply chain does.’ This new vista of career opportunity in this emerging field throws open a basket of excellent charter […]

Admissions waitlists at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) may be better managed during the upcoming season with the IIM directors agreeing towards closer cooperation in admissions at a meeting with the Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal in New Delhi today. Earlier, the idea of the IIMs conducting a common interview process on the […]

Even though there are no reported fatal technical failures in the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2011, the test is not completely bereft of glitches. Monday, October 31, computers crashed and screen colours played truant in a data interpretation question at the Nirmala Devi College centre in Mumbai, where this correspondent was taking the CAT. Although […]