The grass is green for Karan Bajaj

The IIM graduate’s debut novel, which is about drug culture, has become a hit; now, director Kunal Kohli is keen on buying the film rights of the book
Karan Bajaj, an IIM Bangalore graduate, is a happy man. His debut novel Keep Off The Grass has sold more than 10,000 copies in India within a month [...]

PwC and IIM-C join hand to offer IFRS training

Auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta on Tuesday signed an agreement to launch dedicated executive programmes on International Financial Reporting Standards which will be adopted by India by 2011.
“PwC and IIM-C will also develop the concept and position papers on various IFRS-related technical matters and industry related issues, beside delivering training,” [...]

IIM Ahmedabad to launch carbon finance course

After the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML), it is now the turn of IIM Ahmedabad to launch a programme on environmental management strategies with special focus on carbon markets, a market in which India is now the second largest seller in the world.
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Ahmedabad will introduce the carbon finance course [...]

IIM-A grads to work with CPI-M leader

Indian Institute of Management graduates are often accused of ignoring politics and public affairs in pursuit of high-flying careers. However, students are beginning to reach out to the wider world by opting for summer internship with political parties.
In a unique initiative, students from IIM-Ahmedabad will work with Communist Party of India – Marxist politburo member [...]

IIM-Shillong ties up with NGOs to help masses

THE Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Shillong has joined hands with the local non-governmental organisation (NGOs) of Meghalaya in its bid to reach out to the most underprivileged people in the state.
In its effort to inch in closer to the grassroot and the rural masses, IIM-Shillong has exposed its students to the different strata of the [...]

IIMs relax cut-offs to admit OBC students

Unlike the IIT that admitted OBC students on merit , the IIM were forced to relax entry norms for OBC candidates . While the relaxation of cut-offs was insignificant in some cases, some other B-campuses had to compromise on merit to allow these students in.
For instance, if the cut-off for the general category students after [...]

IIM-C revamps its PGP curriculum

IIM Calcutta has revised its curriculum for the two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) from year 2008.
The revision comes after a detail review of the changing business environment and the expectations from management graduates. Sources spoke to Dr Prashant Mishra, Chairman, Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Management at IIM-C, to understand the changes and [...]