In the past year, even as B-schools were hemmed in by a host of issues, including quotas, fee hikes, government intervention, faculty shortage and infrastructure bottlenecks, many of them did not become diffident.
While other backward classes had a share of 9 per cent, there were no scheduled tribe billionaires.
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'You can walk wearing the hijab on the street, but not in a school.'
The lessons of life would be a lot harder but for this theoretical grounding of the B-schools
MBA schools tend to lure students with fancy terminology, but it doesn't always work.
In December 2010, Mumbai-based Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies received an A*** grading by credit rating agency Crisil.
All eyes will be on BCCI secretary Jay Shah during the four-day ICC Annual Conference in Colombo, starting on Friday, where there might be serious discussions about when he will take over from New Zealander Greg Barclay as the chairman of the global body.
While some have announced setting up of a PE club for aspiring entrepreneurs, others plan courses, special lectures and seminars to create awareness about the booming sector. Students of the Post Graduate Programme for Executives at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will go through a course on PE in their last term between December and February.
Night curfew will continue but from 11 pm instead of 10 pm.
Over 100 people have been killed in the violence across Bangladesh as chaos reigned supreme hours after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled the country on Monday, reports said on Tuesday amid signs of return to normalcy.
North-eastern states have led the charge in recording a decline.
Top executives of leading corporates such as Reliance Industries, HCL, Parsvnath and UK Paints have suggested forging links between business schools and industry
'Qala is the only film in my career where I will be taking baby steps.'
The Indian School of Business said placements this year were better compared to the 2009 batch.
'I have no family (in the industry), no network, no mentor.' 'Still, I'm consistently working since 20 years and now I have a National Award.' 'It may take time, but if you're consistently at it, nothing can stop you.'
However, more often than not, the emotional skill training that is required to complement these is often forgotten. Inherent personal skills that we all have are not only not accentuated, but often downplayed to the extent that they are made completely worthless.
Competitive and unidirectional environment in B-schools offers little room for serious thought.
'People were asleep when they heard a loud noise and then a huge deluge of water accompanied with boulders and trees hit their homes.' 'Locals say around 400 houses have totally vanished in the landslide and floods.'
Deans and professors from the best business schools are jostling for appointments with executives and companies to offer tailor-made programmes. At IIT-Kharagpur, XLRI Jamshedpur, and IIM Calcutta, around 200 executives take the executive education programmes every year, with course fee ranging between Rs 5,000 and Rs 35,000, while a few courses could cost up to a couple of lakhs.
B-schools must not only develop managers but also develop entrepreneurs.
Starting with villages in Sangli district of Maharashtra, Dharma today sells products and services.
Leading B-schools are not taking any chances and are inviting more companies than usual.
If you see 'Made in India' apparel at any of the IOC's retail channels, it may have well come from Tiruppur, manufactured by a firm, which is owned by a mother-daughter duo, called Back Bay India.
The high court also said that Kejriwal's absence cannot allow students to go through the first term without free text books, writing material and uniform in schools under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
As against taking 25-30 students in one go, companies, especially in finance and IT sectors, are said to be taking only 8-12 students each, on average.
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On the announcement of his gurantees, Kejriwal said, "I have not discussed with my INDIA bloc partners about this. I will press upon my INDIA bloc partners to fulfill these guarantees."
For the moment, CBS would be offering post-graduate programmes in retail management and in management and insurance.
The problem is that the corporate world is evolving so rapidly that most of the B-schools are not able to keep pace with changes
In 2007, a year in which the inflation figure had yet to become the finance minister's Friday fear and crude oil was not hogging headlines, the placement salary spike was 10 per cent. What makes the jump this year even more impressive is that it does not take into account the offers from international companies, which typically dish out more than domestic recruiters.
'India has a skill shortage of 56%.' 'This is a very interesting paradox -- the unemployment rate is 6% to 7%, and at the same time 20% of those qualified are unemployed.'
Students and principals at the primary and senior schools Oscar winner Cillian Murphy attended in Cork, Ireland, tells Rediff.com what the triumph means to them.
'Parents, students and coaching institutes will find alternatives to cater to the demand.'
'To tell you the truth, we did not expect Iris to make such waves, to get so much attention.'
The 49-year-old entrepreneur oversees the media and real estate arm of Dempo Industries as its executive director.
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