Viveat Pinto, Digbijay Mishra And Kalpana Pathak

Stories by Viveat Pinto, Digbijay Mishra And Kalpana Pathak

Tata Group to foray into food retail

Tata Group to foray into food retail

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2007

After Reliance Industries and the Aditya Birla Group, the Tata Group is poised to become the next big name to feast on the burgeoning food retail sector.

A night in a luxury suite for Rs 4 lakh

A night in a luxury suite for Rs 4 lakh

Rediff.com   22 Jun 2007

The room rate for the presidential suite, spread over 12,000 sq ft and with an exclusive entrance and a private elevator, is exactly double that of most other expensive suites in India.

Sahara plans five-star hotel in Lucknow

Sahara plans five-star hotel in Lucknow

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2007

Sahara India Pariwar, a major player in the infrastructure and housing sector, is planning to build a five-star hotel in Lucknow. The company has plans to build a hotel in each of its 217 Sahara City homes.

CFA Institute may not hold December exams in India

CFA Institute may not hold December exams in India

Rediff.com   14 Jun 2007

The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute's level I exams scheduled for December 2007, registrations for which began this September, might not be held in India.

CFA moves court against shut down order

CFA moves court against shut down order

Rediff.com   25 May 2007

The Chartered Financial Analyst institute has filed a petition in the Delhi high court seeking a stay on the notice, even as it has decided to give $300 (Rs 12,300) to each of its 7,000 students to write the June 3 examinations outside India.

CFA told to cease operations

CFA told to cease operations

Rediff.com   23 May 2007

About 7,000 Indian students registered with the Chartered Financial Analyst institute are unlikely to appear in their examinations scheduled for June 3.

Managers head to virtual classrooms

Managers head to virtual classrooms

Rediff.com   21 May 2007

For sometime, satellite-based management education has come to the aid of senior managers who never went to a business school.

Indian engineers to get registered

Indian engineers to get registered

Rediff.com   17 May 2007

The Bill, to be called the Draft Engineers Bill, will propose setting up a separate statutory authority which will lay down specifications for competency in professional engineering practice.

Global hotel majors eye India

Global hotel majors eye India

Rediff.com   5 May 2007

International hospitality majors such as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and Jumeirah International are all planning to establish their presence in the country.

Leave us alone, B-schools tell AICTE

Leave us alone, B-schools tell AICTE

Rediff.com   3 May 2007

Over 20 premier Indian B-schools have jointly decided to present a white paper to the All India Council for Technical Education, recommending that instead of regulating them, the governing body should facilitate the growth of management education in

IIM-B modifies Singapore campus plan

IIM-B modifies Singapore campus plan

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2007

The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, has called off its plan to start full-time operations in Singapore. Instead, it is exploring tie-ups with institutes in Singapore to offer Executive MBA (EMBA) programmes.

Tata Motors may set up car unit in Egypt

Tata Motors may set up car unit in Egypt

Rediff.com   24 Apr 2007

Tata Motors may soon set up a car manufacturing unit in Egypt, North Africa. The car major is said to have held talks with an eight-member high-level delegation from Egypt.

IIMs: Working students in the lurch

IIMs: Working students in the lurch

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2007

Working students, shortlisted by the Indian Institutes of Management for admission to this year's batch, are on the tenterhooks since many of them have put in their papers and are serving notice periods.

Mumbai University eyes stock market for funds

Mumbai University eyes stock market for funds

Rediff.com   19 Apr 2007

A state-funded university, it may pump in money into the stock market through its corpus fund of over Rs 100 crore.

SC judges to get Harvard schooling

SC judges to get Harvard schooling

Rediff.com   9 Apr 2007

A programme to train the judges has been proposed where they would be attending a two-week advanced executive programme in management of cases, at the Harvard Business School.

After IIMs, other B-schools to raise fees too

After IIMs, other B-schools to raise fees too

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2007

The Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad, for instance, will hike the fee from Rs 13.65 lakh (Rs 1.365 million) to Rs 14 lakh (Rs 1.4 million) for its flagship one-year management programme.

First wine institute in India soon

First wine institute in India soon

Rediff.com   19 Mar 2007

The University of Adelaide, Australia, will soon set up India's first wine institute at Narayangaon, 80 km from Pune, Maharashtra, in association with India's largest wine making company, Champagne Indage.

Engineers can now be global consultants

Engineers can now be global consultants

Rediff.com   15 Mar 2007

To date, when an Indian engineer wants to practice abroad, he needs to fulfill certain requirements.

B-school salaries: The untold story

B-school salaries: The untold story

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2007

While the premier IIMs Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta have yet to conclude the final placements, last year's (2006) figures reveal that the average salaries hovered below Rs 10 lakh.

IIM-A to employ foreign faculty

IIM-A to employ foreign faculty

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2007

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is toying with the idea of having international faculty on its rolls. The institute is in talks with a French professor to join it full time and conduct classes.