Odisha (until a month ago Orissa) is better known for the architectural wonder of the Sun Temple at Konark and the beaches of Puri. But a push from the state government, cheap land prices, a pool of students from the neighbouring states of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and the North East as well as investments […]

Pic: Chris Isherwood I deliberately bought my Common Admission Test (CAT) voucher today sometime 11.00 am thinking I’d catch the rush of other aspirants like me. Today was the last day of the voucher sale and by 1pm, the Axis Banks would stop selling them too. It was also a bank half-day. But Lokhandwala’s Axis […]

Pic: Whatcount’s photostream It’s possibly the oldest rhetorical question and dean of Darden School of Business, Robert Bruner asks it once again for the sake of asking – Are business schools really worth it? Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Steve Jobs (Apple), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Sergey Brin/Larry Page (Google) didnt go to business school……” In his recent […]

Businesses are obligated to walk great lengths to ensure that none of their dealings throw up a conflict of interest situation. For instance, an insurance company cannot also be in the business of damage claim assessment. Or a news media company should not be in the real estate business. In universities, curriculum setting should not […]

With bids touching Rs 70,000, the Indian Institute of Ahmedabad, (IIM-A) has decided to change the method of selecting participants for the ‘A Day at IIM-A’ event. The original idea was to have an auction and open seats to the highest bidder. However, IIM-A has now decided to hold a draw of lots to select […]

(Photo credit: Orin Zebest) If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isnt, it aint. Thats logic. Tweedledee in Lewis Carolls Through the Looking Glass. If the above line confused you, trust me you are not alone. Even God can vanish in a puff of […]

(Image credit: Chris Hand) Heres a language test for all of you: what do you call ‘business management’ in Hindi? Okay, before you pull out all those English-to-Hindi dictionaries gathering dust in your ancestral bookshelf, just log on to Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabads swanky new Hindi website that was launched on September 26. […]

Delphique, National Management Convention along with SEED of MDI, Gurgaon is launching a unique International Business Coaching Program, ‘Vincenza’. Vincenza will be held as a business coaching program, with a business plan competition as the prelude. Participants will be mentored by a panel of top venture capital partners and entrepreneurs in enhancement of their business […]

Prometric, the testing services provider that executes the computer-based Common Admissions Test (CAT) by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on Thursday announced the opening of two new testing facilities. According to Prometric, “The new flagship centres meet the highest global standards for security, reliability, consistency of candidate experience, and convenience.” Both centers will dedicatedly […]

The country’s two premier b-schools, Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Ahmedabad and Calcutta will hold a joint conference on the future of India’s management education on October 14 and 15, 2011 at the IIM Calcutta campus. Titled ‘Management Education: The road ahead, Meeting the challenges of globalization’ the conference would seek to take stock […]