Gejo Srenivasan, MBA expert with IMS, discusses CAT issues immediately after yesterday's exam. He breaks down each section, gives percentile ranges for different schools and advises students on how to proceed from here.
In the first part of last minute CAT 2011 preparation series, ARKS Srinivas, an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and ex-Director at T.I.M.E. Mumbai spoke about the mental strategy. In the second part, here, he shares tips and strategies to solving Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation sections. Read on
The Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore's Memorandum of Association - which has been undergoing modifications to allow the institute to set up a campus in Singapore
'In that dark tunnel, we spent our energy searching for a ray of hope.' 'It was tough; nobody can even imagine the conversations we had.' 'Laughter had disappeared from our lives.' 'I would tell my daughters, I might go mad.'
Overwhelmed by the honour of having been invited to lecture at IIM-A on Tuesday, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad announced the setting up of a 'Railway Chair' at the country's premier management institute.
The imposition of service tax on premier educational institutes like IIMs and IITs for placement charges they receive from companies is still a grey area as the interpretation of a relevant notification lay with jurisdictional commissioners.
The Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad, for instance, will hike the fee from Rs 13.65 lakh (Rs 1.365 million) to Rs 14 lakh (Rs 1.4 million) for its flagship one-year management programme.
Twenty-one students of Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode have bagged foreign job offers this year with the highest being $1.10 lakh (approx Rs 49.5 lakh) per annum.
Amidst all the tension of the economic meltdown, Srijan Pal Singh took the call of letting go of an offer from a much sought-after consulting group and followed his instinct.
The committee, headed by former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agrawal, discussed ways to "promote zero budget based farming", to "change" crop patterns keeping in mind the changing needs of the country, and to make MSP more "effective and transparent".
Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore has raised the annual fee for its post-graduate programme in management by Rs 75,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh.
T V Mohandas Pai, director, Human Resources and member of the Infosys board, is upfront and brutal -- whether it's taking potshots at hallowed institutions like the IITs or IIMs or rubbishing the unrealistic aspirations of today's generation.
There would be intake of 140 students in the Post Graduate Programme course in phase-I.
Missing the deadline for filing Income Tax returns can lead to consequences.
Begin by tackling small and manageable math problems. Gradually increase the difficulty level as you build confidence and familiarity, suggests Aashish Sood.
Promoters, institutional investors have started increasing their holdings in domestic private sector companies.
The Indian Institute of Mangement-Ahmedabad will collaborate with Duke Corporate Education to develop and deliver custom corporate education programmes in India and West Asia.
Ultimately quotas kill talent and true meritocracy, argues R Jagannathan.
What should one choose to do, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
With the first batch of IIM-A's PGPx (Post-graduate Programme for Executives) set to conclude its sessions on March 15 next year, the buzz on upcoming placements is in full swing.
'With Ramaland, the tourism department is looking to attract children and adults alike. It'll be learning with entertainment.'
A 40-year-old freelance journalist has claimed a person 'hypnotised' him over the phone and duped him of Rs 40,000, but police and experts said this is one of the 'most normal kinds of cyber fraud' and not a case of hypnosis.
Offers for the final placement of the Post-Graduate Programme for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing have recorded a jump of 56 per cent in average annual salaries.
'I think my first obsessive, possessive and only half-requited -- as we would joke -- 'love' was Ivan. I saw him first slouching down the corridor of St Stephen's College nearly 50 years ago and was instantly smitten (as was everyone else around him).'
Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, who is considered as the turnaround man of several Indian corporate houses like BHEL, Maruti Udyog, SAIL and Gail (India), passed away on Sunday at the age of 97. Krishnamurthy is considered as "the father of public sector undertakings in India" by many in India Inc. Born in the temple town of Tamil Nadu's Karuveli, he started his career as an airfield technician during the Second World War.
N R Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Information Technology giant Infosys, has lamented that economic activities in India were 'stalled' and decisions were not taken by the Manmohan Singh government in time in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance-era.
'When I talk to my colleagues in the Railways, they say 'aadmi toh bohot hai, lekin matlab ka aadmi ek bhi nahi hai (the Railways has a bloated workforce, but doesn't have employees with have the skillsets that matter)'.'
For Yoginder, it is a release from pain. But for us, his friends, it is the loss of a warm and generous life companion, says Nitin Desai of his 50-year association with the eminent economist who passed into the ages on December 6, 2022.
This State-corporate 'cooperation' didn't begin with the arrival of the Modi government.
Many of the big licences, contracts, and even environmental clearances for the Adani group had come in the UPA's time, points out Shekhar Gupta.
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