Kalpana Pathak &Amp; Aminah Sheikh In Mumbai

Stories by Kalpana Pathak &Amp; Aminah Sheikh In Mumbai

Indian professors clear outsourcing test

Indian professors clear outsourcing test

Rediff.com   11 Dec 2009

Pankaj Sarma (name changed), associate professor with an Indian business school, earns Rs 1 lakh every month for evaluating papers written by students in the US. This is apart from his salary of Rs 60,000 as per University Grants Commission scale.

ADAG bites into food business

ADAG bites into food business

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2009

To launch in BIG Cinemas in India, abroad. Brother Mukesh Ambani might be the king of retail, but Anil Ambani's ADAG is getting ready to make its presence felt in branded food products

IITs invite ex-students for campus placements

IITs invite ex-students for campus placements

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2009

Even as placements at the premier Indian Institutes of Technology will continue till March 2010, some IITs have begun offering students from their previous year's batch a chance to sit for job interviews this year, too.

Now, Dubai travel gets cheaper

Now, Dubai travel gets cheaper

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2009

Your holiday in Dubai just got a little cheaper. Thanks to Dubai World's crash, travel portals and agencies like MakeMyTrip, Yatra, Cleartrip and SOTC are offering packages at prices almost 40 percent lower than a week or two ago.

CAT for 5,000 students rescheduled

CAT for 5,000 students rescheduled

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2009

The dates for the exam may be extended beyond December 8 and 9.

Turner to buy NDTV Imagine

Turner to buy NDTV Imagine

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2009

Turner International is close to acquiring a controlling stake in entertainment company NDTV Imagine, which runs three entertainment channels.

IIMs nearly dumped computerised CAT...

IIMs nearly dumped computerised CAT...

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2009

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are understood to have contemplated scrapping of the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) before deciding to wait for a few more days before taking such a call.

Reliance Media World to list on BSE, NSE

Reliance Media World to list on BSE, NSE

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2009

Anil Ambani's radio business, Reliance Media World, which operates radio station BIG FM 92.7, will list on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange on Thursday. This makes BIG FM 92.7 the second radio station to be listed on the stock exchanges.

IIM-B director on the CAT failure

IIM-B director on the CAT failure

Rediff.com   1 Dec 2009

Conducting an examination at this level is a very complex task, says Pankaj Chandra, Director, IIM Bangalore.

IIMs, NIIT blamed for CAT fiasco

IIMs, NIIT blamed for CAT fiasco

Rediff.com   1 Dec 2009

Even as day three of the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) continued to add to the anxiety of the student community, academicians have shifted the blame game from Prometric to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and NIIT, accusing them of adopting a highly casual attitude.

IITs smile as MNCs return to campuses

IITs smile as MNCs return to campuses

Rediff.com   26 Nov 2009

Offers, high ones, are coming in before placements officially start.

Game on: IPL team owners vs BCCI

Game on: IPL team owners vs BCCI

Rediff.com   26 Nov 2009

The eight team owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are all set to lock horns with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by refusing to pay their next instalment of the franchisee fee which is due in January 2009.

RIL mulls entry into low-cost housing

RIL mulls entry into low-cost housing

Rediff.com   19 Nov 2009

After successfully dabbling in organised retail in 2006, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India's largest private sector company, Reliance Industries (RIL), has now set his eyes on no-frills, low-cost housing."RIL has deep pockets and excellent execution skills. It has executed two large projects like the Jamnagar refinery and the KG-D6 basin in a record time. Another such large project is only obvious for the company to get into," said a source close to the development.

Brand endorsements: Cricketers lose their edge

Brand endorsements: Cricketers lose their edge

Rediff.com   18 Nov 2009

The heat from the cricket endorsement pitch is cooling, with rates falling between 25 and 50 per cent as advertisers shy away from new deals.Industry sources say the only major cricketer to have signed on for a new brand in the last six months is Yuvraj Singh. Up-and-coming players like Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina are charging Rs 40 lakh to Rs 60 lakh but have not signed any new individual deals in the last few months.

SET Max making another pile from IPL ad revenue

SET Max making another pile from IPL ad revenue

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2009

SET Max, the official broadcasters of the Indian Premier League (IPL)cricket tournament, has already hit a sixer with the third edition of the twenty20 league. The channel is estimated to rake in over Rs 650 crore, 30 per cent higher than it got in IPL-2.

Companies may be allowed to set up universities

Companies may be allowed to set up universities

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2009

These non-profit multi-disciplinary institutions will have to be registered under Section 25 of Companies Act.

Job offers: B-schools optimistic this season

Job offers: B-schools optimistic this season

Rediff.com   2 Nov 2009

Management institutes are simultaneously inviting more companies to minimise the chances of fewer placement offers this season.

4,000 Mumbaikars may switch off R-Infra

4,000 Mumbaikars may switch off R-Infra

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2009

Several commercial and residential customers of Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) in Mumbai are planning to shift their electricity connections to Tata Power Company (TPC).

IIMs plan to join hands for overseas foray

IIMs plan to join hands for overseas foray

Rediff.com   22 Oct 2009

Some directors think pooling their resources - financial and faculty - for their international foray makes eminent sense.

Indian IT firms lift lid on hiring

Indian IT firms lift lid on hiring

Rediff.com   13 Oct 2009

IT companies hire an average of 50 students each from engineering campuses and 20 students from management institutes. Headhunters confirm that many of the IT companies have given them mandates for hiring over the next couple of quarters. "We have seen an uptick in the hiring patterns among the IT firms. We ourselves have received good mandates from firms like Infosys and others.