Dr Samir Barua, director, IIM Ahmedabad suggests that b-schools in our country must pool their resources and conduct placements collectively to ensure employability of its graduates.
The institute has revised fees for the one year post graduate programme for executives by five per cent as well.
Some directors think pooling their resources - financial and faculty - for their international foray makes eminent sense.
The Union Cabinet has already approved the Bill for tabling in Parliament.
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.
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), completes 50 years of its existence. Samir Barua, director IIM-A, shares with Kalpana Pathak his plans for the institute.
The IIM-A director said the Sixth Pay commission affected the institutes's resources severely.
The IIM-A faculty council during its meeting held on Saturday last had opposed the new government order on pay revision and asked IIM-A director Samir Barua to delay its implementation by a month.
After more than doubling fees last year, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, has raised fees for its Post Graduate Programme in Management by Rs 50,000 from 2010-11, institute director Samir Barua said in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
The mood at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is festive, with one of its alumnii, Raghuram Rajan taking over as the next Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor.
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