With America's fourth largest investment bank Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch being bought over by the Bank of America, placements at the Indian Institutes of Management will be affected.
Guest writer and IIM Ranchi director Prof MJ Xavier argues that India's business schools should go deep enough into teaching Indian business to develop their own brand of education that international applicants will find palatable.
The premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) expect a 25 to 50 per cent increase in pre-placement offers (PPOs) this academic year. This, even as other prominent B-schools anticipate a 25 to 30 per cent drop in placements this academic year.
The institute will provide financial support for those not wishing to join the corporate sector and instead pursue other interests.
Many top B-schools attach more value now to academic record, bachelor's degree marks, work experience, performance in the personal interview, as well as gender and academic diversity -- resulting in a decline of the weighting to the CAT score.
Seniors-turned-entrepreneurs help students learn about the difficulties faced by international ventures.
A Parliamentary Panel has taken exception to the fee hike by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and asked as to why IIMs should raise their fees without waiting for the report of the Bhargava Committee, set up to review functioning of the institutes. The Bhargava Committee under Maruti Udyog Limited Chairman R C Bhargava was appointed in October 2007 to submit a review of functioning of IIMs within six months. Review would include existing fee structure in IIMs.
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In 2024 so far, 20 startups have already visited the campus with 80 placements.
It's not just the post graduate students (PGPs) who opt for summer placements in consultancy firms.
Faculty crunch, infrastructure development and funding are were the 'major impediments' faced by the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), said its new director Samir K Barua.
IIMs have received over 170 lateral offers ranging between Rs 30 lakh to Rs 60 lakh in the first two weeks of their placement season this year.
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.
The first stage of the 27 percent OBC quota is set to be implemented from academic year 2007-08.
Industry majors keen to hire freshers based on their performance during summer internships.
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 Lok Sabha contest in Thiruvananthapuram is shaping up to be a significant battle involving key candidates like Shashi Tharoor, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and Panniyan Ravindran. This three-cornered fight highlights the political dynamics in Kerala's capital city, with each candidate bringing their own vision and promises for the region's development, notes Rajeev Srinivasan.
It is not clear whether the drop in offers is a fallout of demonetisation.
Rohit Salaria, the protagonist of IIM C alumnus Mayank Jain's Stop Me If You Can learnt some rare skills during his two years at the IIM-C. He offers a tongue-in-cheek account of the things he missed learning at the b-school.
The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore on Thursday night deferred announcement of the names of shortlisted candidates for the academic year 2008-09, following the Supreme Court verdict upholding 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions. IIM-B director Professor Pankaj Chandra said, "We will abide by the verdict and it will be done in a phased manner."
To assist aspiring MBAs in their preparation, students at IIM Lucknow have come together to pool their experiences of the admissions process and present these tips.
Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad Chairman N R Narayana Murthy on Friday rejected the idea of better-off institutes supporting the weaker ones.
Mayank Jain's book Stop Me if You Can is a light-hearted description of the life of an IIM grad in sales. Here is an excerpt from the book.
IIM-Indore chairman L N Jhunjhunwala said, "Neither the Centre nor the Union HRD minister Arjun Singh were happy with the IIM-A's step to hike its fees". He said since the country is undergoing election process, the government was unable to take any decision on the issue, Jhunjhunwala told PTI on Monday.
The silver jubilee celebrations for the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) seems to have fructified for the institute. Having hosted several alumni meets as part of its 50 years celebrations, the premier B-school has received close to Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) of fund commitments from previous batches.
The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore and Graduate School of Business, Stanford University will sign a memorandum of understanding to facilitate exchange of business and management strategies.
While 2009 placements saw a 20-50% dip in salaries, the institutes are optimistic this time, even though salaries and number of offers per student are yet to touch 2007-08 levels.
IIM Calcutta (IIM-C) will increase the fee for the two-year post-graduate programme (PGP) by Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 13.5 lakh from academic year 2010.
Unhappy over thousands of students failing to write the Common Admission Test (CAT) due to technical problems, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is meeting directors of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on Wednesday to discuss its concerns.
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh recently stirred the hornet's nest when he suggested that the faculty members of IITs and IIMs were not 'world class' and that the institutes were 'excellent' because of the quality of students. Siddhesh Joglekar an IIM-C alumnus reacts.
Doing a two-year post-graduate management course at any Indian Institute of Management is becoming increasingly expensive with most IIMs having already hiked fees by 5-43 per cent, while others plan to do so shortly.
Practise a mock test every two to three days. Don't start learning or attempting anything new, advises rediffGURU and CAT expert Aashish Sood.
Consistent practice is crucial for retaining math concepts and formulas, says rediffGURU CAT expert Ashish Sood.
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.
What does it take to get that coveted MBA degree? Here, IIM Lucknow students share their comic take on the trials and tribulations of an IIM student. Check it out!
After asking Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to speak about the revamp of the railways, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has invited his bete-noire Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to deliver a lecture on reforms in his state.\n
The IIM-A faculty council had demanded that implementation of the ministry order on pay structure be delayed by a month, before future course of action is decided by them.
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