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IIM-A director flays government for interference

IIM-A director flays government for interference

Rediff.com7 Aug 2007

The government's decision to invite applications for the post of director in three Indian Institutes of Management has drawn a strong reaction from IIM-Ahmedabad director Bakul Dholakia.

Top 20 Indian B-schools for 2011-12, IIM-B ranked number 1

Top 20 Indian B-schools for 2011-12, IIM-B ranked number 1

Rediff.com20 Dec 2011

A recently published survey by magazine careers360 has revealed that IIM-Bangalore tops the list of b-school rankings in the country. Read on.

All IIMs to reserve seats for OBC

All IIMs to reserve seats for OBC

Rediff.com6 Mar 2007

The Indian Institutes of Management will have to provide reservation for the other backward classes in addition to SC and STs from the coming academic session, Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.

IIM-A raises fee almost three times

IIM-A raises fee almost three times

Rediff.com31 Mar 2008

Studying at the premier Indian Institutes of Management is no longer cheap. The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad on Saturday almost trebled the fee for its flagship two-year post-graduate management programme from Rs 400,000 to Rs 11.5 lakh (Rs 1.15 million), beginning from this academic year. The fees have gone up from Rs 200,000 each year to Rs 550,000 for the first year and Rs 600,000 for the second. Its fee hike is the highest among all IIMs.

Meet the only girl student at IIM Ranchi

Meet the only girl student at IIM Ranchi

Rediff.com5 Oct 2010

Piyusha Baghel is the only girl student among a batch of 45 who made it to the first batch of IIM Ranchi this academic year.

IIM-B's PG prog for IT professionals

IIM-B's PG prog for IT professionals

Rediff.com3 Jan 2007

The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, invites applications for admission to its Post-graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management.

DON'T MISS: How blind students cope at IIM

DON'T MISS: How blind students cope at IIM

Rediff.com28 Feb 2012

Suresh Reddy and Vishal Kumar Jatin, visually impaired students from IIM Calcutta IIM Lucknow share their experience of clearing the CAT and tell us how they cope with the rigour of studying in the country's top B-school.

CAT 2010: 'How I got into IIM Indore'

CAT 2010: 'How I got into IIM Indore'

Rediff.com9 Aug 2010

We invited readers who have taken the CAT in previous years to share their experiences. Archit Shrivastava, an IIM Indore student, shares his advice.

How I belled the CAT: An IIM-A grad reveals!

How I belled the CAT: An IIM-A grad reveals!

Rediff.com26 Oct 2013

Aniruddha Jaju, a non-IITian who cracked the Common Admission Test and made it to the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad shares his experience with us.

Do IIMs need a public relations agency?

Do IIMs need a public relations agency?

Rediff.com19 Feb 2007

IIM Lucknow recently hired a PR agency along with other top schools like ISB, Hyderabad and MDI Gurgaon.

IITs, IIMs need to revise curriculum, says Sibal

IITs, IIMs need to revise curriculum, says Sibal

Rediff.com30 May 2009

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) need to revise their curriculum to compete at the international level, newly-appointed Union Minister for Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Kapil Sibal, told mediapersons while taking charge today.

IIM-A bags 79 pre-placement offers

IIM-A bags 79 pre-placement offers

Rediff.com29 Sep 2007

Top consulting firms like McKinsey and Co, and Bain and Co along with others in the investment banking industry, such as Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, have extended fulltime offers to students who interned at IIM-A.

IIM-A tweaks admission criteria, non-engineers, freshers HAPPY

IIM-A tweaks admission criteria, non-engineers, freshers HAPPY

Rediff.com8 Aug 2013

As per the new criteria of selection effective for the 2014-16 academic session, work-experience of prospective candidates will assume lesser weightage and preference will be given to the most recent academic score; marks obtained in the class 10 and 12 examination will be given less importance.

Go-ahead for admissions to IIMs, IITs

Go-ahead for admissions to IIMs, IITs

Rediff.com26 Apr 2007

The 27 per cent OBC quota in elite educational institutions, like IIM & IITs) will be decided after the Supreme Court hearing on May 8.

IIM-A to give marketing lessons to Gujarat prisons

IIM-A to give marketing lessons to Gujarat prisons

Rediff.com17 Nov 2011

Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad and Central jail in Baroda have contacted IIM-Ahmedabad to help them in issues related to sale, distribution and management of factory products and also help inmates acquire more skills which they may be able to best utilise outside when they are released from prison, Dheeraj Sharma, associate professor of marketing and international business, IIM-Ahmedabad, said.

IIM-A students get fat pay packets

IIM-A students get fat pay packets

Rediff.com13 Mar 2007

Final student placements of the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) was over on Tuesday, with the premier B-school witnessing a hike in domestic and international salaries, as well as growing preference for enterpreneurship.

CAT 2009: 'How I made it to IIM'

CAT 2009: 'How I made it to IIM'

Rediff.com30 Sep 2009

To help test-takers, we asked readers who have taken the CAT to share their tips and tricks. Here, Rahul Sharma, IIM Lucknow -- batch of 2010, shares his experiences.

Expansion of IIMs, IITs likely to suffer

Expansion of IIMs, IITs likely to suffer

Rediff.com9 Feb 2007

The reason: The Planning Commission has decided to cut the allocation for higher and technical education in the Budget 2007-08.

CAT 2009: 'IIMs should have a re-test'

CAT 2009: 'IIMs should have a re-test'

Rediff.com2 Dec 2009

The CAT 2009 has been plagued with various problems and has candidates scrambling for answers. But Karan Agrawal, who will be taking the test on December 3, has some different concerns.

Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood is next CBI director

Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood is next CBI director

Rediff.com15 May 2023

He has been appointed to the CBI director's post for a period of two years from the date of taking charge after Subodh Kumar Jaiswal completes his tenure on May 25, a government order said on Sunday.

Video: Life at IIM-L is a 'Thriller'!

Video: Life at IIM-L is a 'Thriller'!

Rediff.com25 Nov 2009

IIM Lucknow students share their (hilarious) take on what it's like to study in a B-school.

PM tells IIM grads how corruption can be curbed

PM tells IIM grads how corruption can be curbed

Rediff.com23 Aug 2011

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Golden Jubilee of Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta in Kolkata on August 22, 2011.

IIM domestic salaries go up by 40%

IIM domestic salaries go up by 40%

Rediff.com14 Mar 2007

The average lateral domestic salary increased 52 per cent to Rs 16.13 lakh a year.

IIM Indore graduates bag hefty pay packets

IIM Indore graduates bag hefty pay packets

Rediff.com2 Mar 2007

Handsome pay packets in the range of Rs 50 lakhs or Rs 5 million (international offer) and Rs 18 lakhs or Rs 1.8 million(domestic offer) per annum were offered to the passing out batch of the country's youngest Indian Institute of Management, Indore.

The MP with an IIT and IIM degree

The MP with an IIT and IIM degree

Rediff.com23 Sep 2009

'The Northeast is the biodiversity saviour of the country,' says Sikkim MP Prem Das Rai. 'Thirty to 40 per cent of the biodiversity of the country is housed in the Northeast. It is the battery of India. Not only oil and gas but it has a hydroelectricity capacity of 70,000 MW. It has so much colour and diversity within itself.'

Govt, IIMs to meet on Feb 1

Govt, IIMs to meet on Feb 1

Rediff.com19 Jan 2006

Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has convened the meeting of directors of all IIMs to discuss issues relating to, among other things, autonomy and measures to further strengthen the institutions.

IIM-A ties up with France's ESSEC

IIM-A ties up with France's ESSEC

Rediff.com11 Nov 2005

In the first-ever collaboration between an Indian and European institute, premier business school IIM-Ahmedabad on Friday signed an agreement with French business School ESSEC for double degree programme for a limited number of select students.

Lalu to teach management at IIM-A

Lalu to teach management at IIM-A

Rediff.com30 Aug 2006

On September 18 this year, Prasad would be delivering a lecture to management students and the faculty at IIM-A, explaining finer points of the Indian Railways 'turnaround,' which earned a profit of Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) in 2005-06.

Children gather in schools to witness moon landing

Children gather in schools to witness moon landing

Rediff.com23 Aug 2023

An entire nation waited, praying and hoping fervently, as the countdown to touch down on the moon wound to a slow close on Wednesday with many thousands gathering in schools, places of worship and elsewhere and scientists doing last minute checks to ensure Chandrayaan-3 makes a soft landing on the lunar south pole.

IIM-B: CAT to go online this year

IIM-B: CAT to go online this year

Rediff.com28 Apr 2009

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore has announced that the Common Admission Test (CAT) of the Indian Institutes of Management is going to be a Computer Based Test (CBT) from this year onwards.

Cong promises caste census in MP after winning polls

Cong promises caste census in MP after winning polls

Rediff.com22 Aug 2023

The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls and establish a university in the name of Sant Ravidas, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing the regime at the Centre of wishing to change the Constitution.

Pay hike: No direct impact on IITs, IIMs

Pay hike: No direct impact on IITs, IIMs

Rediff.com27 Mar 2008

Faculty of top academic institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), and central universities say the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations do not have a direct bearing on their compensation levels. The new pay structure of assistant professors, associate professors and professors will be finalised by an internal committee of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, which would take a couple of months at least.

What's wrong with an exit tax on IIT and IIM grads

What's wrong with an exit tax on IIT and IIM grads

Rediff.com10 Sep 2007

We asked readers about what they think of the union HRD ministry's proposal to levy an exit tax on IIT and IIM graduates who go to work abroad for lucrative salaries or to pursue higher studies. Here's the readers' response on the subject.

Finance still rules summer placements at IIM-B

Finance still rules summer placements at IIM-B

Rediff.com18 Nov 2008

The number of companies invited sees a 50 per cent jump over last year.

7 Facts About Filing Income Tax Returns

7 Facts About Filing Income Tax Returns

Rediff.com25 Jul 2023

RediffGURU Mihir Tanna broadly lists the ITRs to be filled by individuals having income from salary, house property, capital gain, business and other sources.

Young Taxpayers Prefer New Tax Regime

Young Taxpayers Prefer New Tax Regime

Rediff.com31 Aug 2023

'Most young taxpayers prefer income tax filing to be flexible yet straightforward.'

IIM cutoff this year: 57 and above

IIM cutoff this year: 57 and above

Rediff.com24 Nov 2004

The transcript of the CAT analysis chat with Rakesh Kumar and Munish Kumar of Top Careers And You.

IIT, IIM pros eye independent directors' posts

IIT, IIM pros eye independent directors' posts

Rediff.com4 Oct 2005

India Inc may be on a mad rush to pick up independent directors, but there is a long queue of professionals waiting to take up the challenging job. \nAs many as 2,738 professionals, including high profile IIM, IISc and IIT graduates, have enrolled th

IIM-A incubation firm is asking for RE funds

IIM-A incubation firm is asking for RE funds

Rediff.com16 Dec 2010

CIIE Initiatives, a non-profit company set up by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad's incubator-cum-angel investor, the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), is in talks with the central government and private organisations for establishing a renewable energy (RE) fund.