The event hopes to bring together around 1,000 alumnus of the school. “The event is a platform to acknowledge the contributions and achievements of all alumni besides meeting old buddies, making new ones, rekindling relationship with the campus, engaging with students, meeting faculty, industry champions and having a great time together,” the release quoted Rakesh […]

You are reading Part 2 of the series. Also read Part 1 – How are IIM placements planned, how the placement committee is elected Part 3 – How companies save HR costs by recruiting from IIMs Pre-Placement Talks Most regular recruiters conduct pre-placement talks on campus in the December to February period. The pre-placement talk […]

The event saw participation and interaction between alumnus, second year students interning in these cities and the new batch of 2009-2011, added the release. The meet was partnered with State Bank of Indore and was aimed as an ice-breaking session for the new batch besides as an alumni meet held in an informal manner, said […]

CAT 2009 will not exactly be an ‘online’ test According to a high placed source at IIM Bangalore, aTest takers will not be required to be connected to the Internet at the time of the test. They will be attempting the test at terminals.” The test will be already downloaded on the computer alloted to […]

Training institutes will be offering computer based practice and section tests, tests available through CDs and the Internet which can be taken at home. A supervised test environment will be provided at test venues such as established centers of training institutes, Internet cafes and facilities provided by partnering vendors. Test takers will be connected to […]

Change in format It is not just thelogistics that make the CAT 2009 morethan just the competitive exam that it has always been. It is the wholenewinterface (in the form of computers and not paper) which is the realcause ofworry; comprehension power being higher on the paper medium than ononline for mostcandidates. Sections like reading […]

The one-year weekend post-graduate diploma in Patent Law & Practice course begins on July, 18 and aims at providing thorough information on patent laws to scientists, technologists, and lawyers, added the release. The program claims to go beyond the conventional teaching methods to include raining in searching, drafting, opposition and licensing of patents. The other […]

The program is based after a study of 19 organizations from HR, sales and operations professionals. The program has three offerings, APBS (two year program for 10+2 students); GPBS (three year program for 10+2 undergraduates and PGPBS (two year program for graduates), added the release. “This program has been designed so that a student can […]

The event (Colloquium) was started in 2007 and has seen participation from institutes in Australia, France, Peru, UK etc., also from Indian institutes like Management Development Institute, Indian Institute of Management, Faculty of Management Studies etc. and from corporate participants like ICICI bank, Big FM etc. The event has a prize money of USD 2000 […]

Mr. S Maitra was quoted in the release as saying, “Maruti rolled out its one component, one gram programme, getting each vendor to make its component or sub-component one gram lighter without compromising functionality. Maruti expects to save Rs 10 crore on annual sales and hopes to share it with vendors.” He believes, without cost […]