News for 'IIM'

A tale of two IIMs

A tale of two IIMs

Rediff.com9 Mar 2007

Over 100 companies are expected to make offers to the 256 students who will graduate this year.

Slowdown skips IIMs

Slowdown skips IIMs

Rediff.com29 Aug 2012

Pre-placement offers point to a buoyant hiring season

IIM-B heads for Singapore

IIM-B heads for Singapore

Rediff.com10 Mar 2005

Brand new student friendly courses at IIM-A

Brand new student friendly courses at IIM-A

Rediff.com23 Jun 2017

IIM-A will be offering six programmes that are blended or a mix of online and offline.

India takes first steps to meet 2070 net-zero goal, Niti Aayog forms panels

India takes first steps to meet 2070 net-zero goal, Niti Aayog forms panels

Rediff.com1 Jul 2024

Three years after India declared its goal to become a net-zero economy by 2070, the policy design for achieving the target has begun, with the NITI Aayog forming dedicated multi-sectoral committees to prepare a transition plan. In 2021, India joined a select group of nations that set a target year for becoming net-zero carbon economy. At COP26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined a five-pronged 'Panchamitra' climate action target for India and committed to a net-zero target by 2070, joining nations like the US, the UK, and China.

Are IIMs 'elitist' organisations?

Are IIMs 'elitist' organisations?

Rediff.com11 Feb 2004

As alumni do you want to have your say too? Write to us. Your views count.

IIM-A director Ashish Nanda steps down citing personal reasons

IIM-A director Ashish Nanda steps down citing personal reasons

Rediff.com28 Apr 2017

An alumnus of IIM-A from the 1983 batch, Nanda was a Robert Braucher Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School and later a Harvard Business School faculty member, before he took charge on September 2, 2013.

IIM-L to hike fee

IIM-L to hike fee

Rediff.com10 Mar 2009

While IIM-A hiked its fee in the last academic session, IIM-K recently announced to increase its fee up to Rs 900,000. The move to hike fee is being made following the Centre's decision to stop bloc grant to the institute.

Are the IIMs profiteering?

Are the IIMs profiteering?

Rediff.com6 Apr 2004

IIMs: Accountability and autonomy

IIMs: Accountability and autonomy

Rediff.com16 Mar 2004

Funds to IIMs drying up

Funds to IIMs drying up

Rediff.com22 Mar 2004

IIMs, NIIT blamed for CAT fiasco

IIMs, NIIT blamed for CAT fiasco

Rediff.com1 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.

IIM-B, IIM-C upbeat on job offers

IIM-B, IIM-C upbeat on job offers

Rediff.com4 Mar 2010

At the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), where post-graduate programme (PGP) placement starts on March 4, a sense of anticipation and optimism is in the air.

IIMs scramble to get finances right

IIMs scramble to get finances right

Rediff.com21 Apr 2008

The premier Indian Institutes of Management will have to draw on all their management skills to solve the current financial imbroglio they are in. On the one hand, the fee hike by IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore has caused heartburn not only among students and the Union Human Resource Development Ministry but also among the other IIMs who say they were not consulted despite an existing agreement to do so. IIM-A and IIM-B have said that a fee hike is a prerogative of their own

IIMs shun business school surveys

IIMs shun business school surveys

Rediff.com31 Mar 2005

IIMs: Govt mulls umbrella legislation

IIMs: Govt mulls umbrella legislation

Rediff.com27 Sep 2007

"It may be clarified that bringing the IIMs under the ambit of a central law will in no way alter their accountability to the Parliament or their status of being public institutions," the HRD Ministry official stated

IIM-Bangalore's Unmaad 2007

IIM-Bangalore's Unmaad 2007

Rediff.com1 Feb 2007

The annual cultural festival of IIM Bangalore invites other B-schools students to participate.

IIM, IIT students turn mentors for aspirants

IIM, IIT students turn mentors for aspirants

Rediff.com11 Feb 2009

The programme is a free, student-driven initiative and independent of the admission process but is backed by the administration of these institutes. The programme is managed through either the institute website or a separate purpose-built website that matches the profile of mentors and aspirants based on the background and discipline.

B-schools offering PGDM seek parity ahead of IIM Bill

B-schools offering PGDM seek parity ahead of IIM Bill

Rediff.com2 Mar 2017

To meet this week on representation to HRD ministry for degree granting power, autonomy.

IIMs off to a flying start to placement

IIMs off to a flying start to placement

Rediff.com10 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.

Ramesh's views on faculty: What IIM says

Ramesh's views on faculty: What IIM says

Rediff.com7 Jun 2011

IIM Ahmedabad Director Samir K Barua says, a straight comparison of IITs and IIMs with global institutes, without accounting for the impact of the ownership on performance would be unfair.

IIM-Lucknow supports fee cut

IIM-Lucknow supports fee cut

Rediff.com17 Mar 2004

Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the IIM fee-cut issue on Friday, the human resource development ministry has received a shot in the arm with IIM-Lucknow extending its support to the controversial move.

IIM-A plans satellite campus near Hyderabad

IIM-A plans satellite campus near Hyderabad

Rediff.com30 Jun 2010

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has finally agreed to set up a satellite campus near Hyderabad. The decision was taken at a board meeting of the premier B-school on June 24, according to government officials.

Global pay for flagship course up 39% at IIM-A

Global pay for flagship course up 39% at IIM-A

Rediff.com8 Sep 2016

The highest domestic package, however, fell 10 per cent

IIMs raise worry over salaries, autonomy

IIMs raise worry over salaries, autonomy

Rediff.com6 Dec 2006

IIMs have categorically asked the government not to interfere in their internal affairs so that they can smoothly carry out their work of making IIMs a global brand on par with the big B schools like Harvard and Wharton.

Should IIMs go abroad?

Should IIMs go abroad?

Rediff.com25 Feb 2006

BUSTED! The truth about IIM placements

BUSTED! The truth about IIM placements

Rediff.com4 May 2013

Quality of jobs are being ignored.

Look who hired IIM-A grads this year

Look who hired IIM-A grads this year

Rediff.com14 Mar 2017

The e-commerce firm recruited 18 post graduate students.

Boost Consumption Of The Poorest 80 Crores And Not The Richest Eight Crores

Boost Consumption Of The Poorest 80 Crores And Not The Richest Eight Crores

Rediff.com15 Jul 2024

There are reports that the government will soon cut income taxes by about Rs 50,000 crore to boost consumption.
Prime Minister Modi, I suggest that, instead, you distribute about one lakh crore rupees per year to the 80 crore poor, which will boost both consumption and economic growth, suggests Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University of Baltimore.

Pranab Mukherjee delivers 1st lecture at IIM-A

Pranab Mukherjee delivers 1st lecture at IIM-A

Rediff.com18 Sep 2018

He spoke on 'public policy for inclusive development' before students of the post graduate programme in management, the flagship course of the premier business school, the IIM-A said.

This IIM student failed the CAT

This IIM student failed the CAT

Rediff.com21 Sep 2006

CIC pulls up EC for not replying to RTI query on EVMs

CIC pulls up EC for not replying to RTI query on EVMs

Rediff.com12 Apr 2024

Former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer M G Devasahayam, who was one of the signatories to the representation on the credibility of electronic voting machines (EVMs), voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) and the vote-counting process, had filed an application with the poll panel under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, seeking details of the action taken on it.

IIMs sharpen focus on foreign partnerships

IIMs sharpen focus on foreign partnerships

Rediff.com26 Oct 2009

The IIMs reason that foreign tie-ups are important given the increasing demand for student and faculty exchange programmes and joint programmes in research and training.

Does India need more IIMs?

Does India need more IIMs?

Rediff.com12 Jan 2006

Do you agree with the government? Or should IIMs be allowed to go overseas? Do you think India needs IIMs? Tell us.

IIMs issue CAT 2009 notification, demo

IIMs issue CAT 2009 notification, demo

Rediff.com31 Aug 2009

After months of speculation and apprehension, students have finally been let in on the pattern of this year's computer-based CAT.

What you REALLY learn at the IIMs

What you REALLY learn at the IIMs

Rediff.com1 Oct 2012

Rohit Salaria is the cheeky fictional protagonist of IIM C alumnus Mayank Jain's Stop Me If You Can who learnt some rare skills during his two years at IIM-C. He gets candid about his prized skills which have stood him in good stead ever since.

Hiring at IIM-B to cost more

Hiring at IIM-B to cost more

Rediff.com14 Nov 2007

While IIM-B is yet to decide on the exact quantum, the increase could be anywhere between Rs 20,000 and Rs 50,000. The institute will be revising its fee after three years. Through the revision, the institute plans to increase its earnings from the placement fee.

IIM placements under taxman's lens

IIM placements under taxman's lens

Rediff.com16 Mar 2006

Alert: CAT for IIMs

Alert: CAT for IIMs

Rediff.com2 Aug 2004

Alert: CAT for IIMs

Mukherjee to teach public policy as elective at IIM-A

Mukherjee to teach public policy as elective at IIM-A

Rediff.com9 Sep 2018

While most of Mukherjee's lectures will be closed door for the students taking up the elective, the institute plans to open up one or two sessions for public in November this year.