MICA announces admission to Post Graduate in Advertising & PR

Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad in collaboration with Hughesnet Global Education has announced Post Graduate Certificate Program in Advertising and Public Relations. The programme is targeted at students and young working professionals who intend to make a career in fields of Advertising, Public Relations and Corporate Communications.
The course will be conducted around the country in [...]

MBA students with work-experience jump to 89% at IIM-L

One of the most significant trends sweeping the Indian management education domain is the significant importance being attached to prior work-experience of MBA candidates.
Overwhelming percentage of students at IIMs and other top-schools are candidates with some prior work experience.
In the fresh data shared by IIM-L with MBAUniverse.com, a whopping 89% of candidates admitted to the [...]

ICICI Prudential Life joins hands with IIM-Calcutta

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Tuesday announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) to start a new course focussing on the insurance sector. The course, named as Executive Program in Management and Insurance (EPMI), is targeted at the fresh graduates.
“With the boom in the Indian insurance industry [...]

IIMs may net Rs. 22 cr from sale of entrance test forms this year

As organizations that effectively teach people how to make and manage huge sums of money, it is only apt that the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) eat their own dog food.
The seven IIMs (in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Indore and Shillong) could together make a profit of up to Rs22 crore this year from [...]

IIM-A may scrap GD for PG courses this year also

The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has plans to do away with Group Discussion (GD) for the second consecutive year for admissions to the post-graduate programmes this year. The group discussion is held after the results of the Common Admission Test (CAT).
IIM-A authorities believe that changing the admission selection format will help them in selecting [...]

Drama tips in B-schools

Theatre was limited to the dramatics cell of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, till the B-school introduced drama and role-play in its curriculum to prepare its students for real-life situations.
The institute organised a day-long workshop by theatre group Nandikar for the students of the managing innovation course. Over 70 students attended the compulsory workshop [...]

Former president Kalam to teach at IIM-Ahmedabad

Former Indian president Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam has accepted the invitation of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM) to teach at the prestigious institution.
Come September, India’s ‘Missile Man’, will begin delivering lectures for 70 students.
Dr Kalam, who had earlier worked as a scientist at the Ahmedabad project of the Indian Space Research Organisation, [...]

IIM-B to offer one-yr programme

Following on the footsteps of IIM-A and IIM-C, IIM Bangalore has designed a one year full-time programme starting in April 2009 for entrepreneurs and executives at middle management looking to take full charge of their business models.
The programme, IIM-B assures, is “unique in the country” as it brings inter-disciplinary approach rather than a functional curriculum with the stress on [...]

IIM to come up in Rohtak, says Hooda

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) would be set up at Garnawathi in Rohtak district.
Delivering the convocation address at Apeejay School of Management at Dwarka in Delhi, Hooda also said a Business School and a Knowledge Park were being set up in Hisar, an official release [...]

IIM-B set to groom BJP MLAs

IIM Bangalore is all set to give the new government a corporate touch – with a course specifically designed for newly elected members of the BJP.
A brief course is being drawn up for the politicians, from which hopefully they and their constituents will benefit.
”Now BJP is thinking to give training to all our MLAs and [...]