Major institutes see rise in summer placements; consulting, BFSI, e-commerce firms are top recruiters, says Vinay Umarji.
While only the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has voiced its concerns so far, the company says it has done so due to the ongoing restructuring of its business
IIM-A, other top B-schools moot IIT-like joint placement committee
Of the 1,000 surveyed by IIM-A, only five were aware about the government-sponsored gold schemes
'I have realised that if we want to make a difference in global ranking, there has to be movement in a few dimensions, but it is a bit beyond us.' Outgoing IIM-A director Ashish Nanda discusses his tenure at the revered institute with Vinay Umarji.
India's premier management institute IIM-A has failed to make it to YouthIncMag's top ten list of best business schools in the world this year.
The institute will provide financial support for those not wishing to join the corporate sector and instead pursue other interests.
Sources said the fresh batch of profiles include students whose date of joining has been delayed by Flipkart.
The story of E Sarathbabu, a boy brought up in a slum in Chennai who turned into a successful entrepreneur, passing through, on the way, the corridors of BITS, Pilani and IIM-Ahmedabad has become legendary in India now.
'We want to connect unique skills that students have with the unique jobs being created.'
The annual placements at B-schools like Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and others are like a 'cattle fair' held in Pushkar, Rajasthan, every year, said Tata Sons' Chief Group HR Satish Pradhan.
The highest international offer of $3,40,000 (Rs 1.36 crore) during final placements on the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta campus this year has come from an international investment bank. The highest domestic salary has been in the range of Rs 65 to Rs 70 lakh per annum.
A heart-warming story of love, courage and determination from the IIM-A campus.
Over 100 companies are expected to make offers to the 256 students who will graduate this year.
Not chasing IIM-A graduates whose joining dates have been deferred by rival Flipkart, says the company
Reliance ADAG, Tech Mahindra among top recruiters at IIM-A
Axis Bank's chief talks of her stress-busters and brushes over the 'Chanda-Shikha' stories.
Data shows that the current system of decentralised marketing and centralised procurement helps Punjab and Haryana farmers the most, while its efficacy in other states has been poor. Experts and farm leaders say success of the laws rests heavily on implementation.
Studying at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is going to be costlier with IIM-Calcutta (IIM-C) and IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) hiking fees.
Anjuli Bhargava discovers how the Buddha Fellowship is attracting India's brightest minds to solve its problems.
Here's what the Canadian PM said at IIM-Ahmedabad...
Instead of focusing on the achievements of IIM graduates or graduates of other B schools who have excelled in terms of work and contribution to the society, the media keeps harping on salaries which are bagged by just by the toppers.
The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on Monday inked a memorandum of understanding with US-based Duke Corporate Education to provide 'customised corporate education programmes' in India and the Middle East.
The minister, accompanied by his wife Rabri Devi, met IIM-A director Bakul Dholakia and told reporters that he had come prepared to deliver the lecture.
Monster India launches Monster Salary Index, in association with paycheck.in and IIM-A as research partner.
Premier educational institutes like IIMs and IITs may be taxed for the placement charges they receive from companies. Tell us your views!
Of the total 381 summer placement offers at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 24.4 per cent roles were offered by financial and banking services.
In the last three years, the institute has maintained its fees at Rs 1.58 lakh, stated to be highly subsidised.
Let all the stakeholders, especially the government, remember that if the Make in India lion needs to roar and rise again, it won't happen unless India Inc rises too, points out Shekaar Subramanian.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Wednesday will launch a new index called 'BSE-GREENEX' measuring the performance of companies in terms of carbon emissions, an official of IIM, which co-developed the model, said.
Kaushalendra Kumar, an IIM-A alumnus is currently doing some pioneering work in the field of vegetable retail.
From the free rider who does things at his own place to the Kotler derivative who lives by the rules, meet the specimens you can bump into at IIM-Ahmedabad
Be it with faculty or students, premium business management schools are engaging newer initiatives for stress management.
Meet Shubhi Gupta and Prateek Goel, two passionate students who proved their mettle in a college competition when pitted against 25 finalists from around the world!
Issue-based theatre has the capability of playing a transformative role in society -- first through the artists and their families and then, their audience.
In an online chat with readers on November 3, Vinayak Kudva, head of IMS Learning addressed reader queries related to cracking the Common Admission Test and other b-school exams. For those who missed the live chat, here's the unedited transcript.
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