T E Narasimhan And Kalpana Pathak

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ISB to groom entrepreneurs from B-schools

ISB to groom entrepreneurs from B-schools

Rediff.com   18 Feb 2010

Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business says it plans to provide graduates from other B-schools guidance and financial support for interesting entrepreneurial ideas as part of its strategy of finding and grooming entrepreneurs.

IIMs off to a flying start to placement

IIMs off to a flying start to placement

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2010

Final placements at IIM-Ahmedabad start this Saturday, while IIM-Indore and IIM-Lucknow will begin the process next week. IIM-Bangalore (IIM-B) and IIM-Calcutta (IIM-C) will start their final placements from March 4.

Hosur's rose exporters face wilting V- Day demand

Hosur's rose exporters face wilting V- Day demand

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2010

A prolonged cold spell in Europe and a rare conjunction of dates in China have combined to wilt the Valentine's Day hopes of rose cultivators in the Hosur region of Tamil Nadu. The two markets together account for 60 to 70 per cent of Hosur's supply, much of it crowded around Valentine's Day, on February 14.

Subhiksha stores to reopen as franchises

Subhiksha stores to reopen as franchises

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2010

Subhiksha Trading Services, the retail chain whose stores have been closed for more than a year for lack of money, is planning to reopen some through a franchise model, say sources.

Nissan to enter used car business

Nissan to enter used car business

Rediff.com   20 Jan 2010

The manufacturing facility is being set up at Oragadam, near this city. The company has planned to set up 55 dealerships by 2012. So far, the company has appointed 23 and plans to add seven more by the end of this financial year.

Dubai crisis hits Indian institutes

Dubai crisis hits Indian institutes

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2010

Indian engineering and management institutes, which have set up bases in Dubai, are facing a 13-60 per cent dip in admissions due to the economic crisis in the city, which is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

ISB placements kick off with Rs 40-lakh offer

ISB placements kick off with Rs 40-lakh offer

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2010

Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) is off to a flying start this season. Citi Group has offered an analyst investment banker's position with so far the highest offer of Rs 40 lakh per annum, followed by a Rs 33-lakh offer by Parthenon Group, a consulting firm.

Day Zero: B'lore, Calcutta break ranks with IIM-A

Day Zero: B'lore, Calcutta break ranks with IIM-A

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2010

The IIMs will begin final placements in March 2010.

Vencap success rate comparable to US: Study

Vencap success rate comparable to US: Study

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2010

The 'First Status Report on Technology Business Incubation' in India also stated that 20 to 30 per cent of incubated companies make it big.

Telangana issue forces IT firms to eye neighbours

Telangana issue forces IT firms to eye neighbours

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2010

Political disturbance over the demand for a separate Telangana state is forcing information technology companies to shift. The process to shortlist office space in neighbouring states, like Tamil Nadu, is underway.

Yale, Harvard, MIT buy Sibal's plan

Yale, Harvard, MIT buy Sibal's plan

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2010

These universities are a part of the ministry's 'brain gain' policy to attract talent from all over the world. Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal had last August announced that 14 Innovation Universities will be set up in the country under the 11th Five-year Plan (2007-12).

Greener fuels to cost more

Greener fuels to cost more

Rediff.com   30 Dec 2009

People will have to pay 50p-Re 1 more per litre of petrol and diesel when 11 cities in India move to the Euro IV emission norm, and the rest of the country to Euro III, in April 2010.

Corporate India warms up to adoption of ITIs

Corporate India warms up to adoption of ITIs

Rediff.com   28 Dec 2009

Last year, over 200 companies adopted 300 ITIs in the country and the involvement is gaining pace.

Soon, IIMs may scrap Day Zero for placement

Soon, IIMs may scrap Day Zero for placement

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2009

Day Zero was created when demand for IIM graduates had peaked and the institutes had to resort to creative mathematics to accommodate big recruiters without offending the existing ones. Falling job market has forced the B-schools to review the strategy, including placement fee revision.

CAT 2009 results may get delayed

CAT 2009 results may get delayed

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2009

Results of the Common Admission Test could get delayed with Indian Institutes of Management and Prometric, which conducted the online test, still to decide a new date for conducting the exam for students who could not give their exam due to technical glitches.

BHEL unit eyes acquisitions

BHEL unit eyes acquisitions

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2009

The Tiruchi unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) is considering four-five companies as candidates for acquisitions, its executive director, A V Krishnan, told Business Standard.

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.

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.

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.

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.