Happy homecoming via IIM-Ahmedabad

IIM-A’s post-graduate programme for executives (PGPX) is becoming a channel for reverse brain drain. Indian executives working abroad are willing to come back and see PGPX course as a route to start their career afresh in the country.Hit by the global crisis, the expats feel Indian economy is far more robust and alluring for them [...]

IIM-B’s Singapore plans grounded in B’lore

Guess what happened to the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore’s (IIM-B) mega plans of setting up a campus in Singapore? The institute’s dream of taking Brand IIM global is firmly grounded in Bangalore. More than two-and-a-half years after a committee was constituted to consider amendments to the Memorandum of Association (MoA), it is yet to submit [...]

Real estate crunch forces IIM-B to experiment with off-campus housing

Faced with the prospect of escalating real estate costs and the lack of adequate finances, the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) is experimenting with “off-campus housing” to accommodate additional students from the next academic year. If the experiment works, it may set a precedent for other IIMs.
With its campus in Bannerghatta already brimming, the institute [...]

IIM Lucknow Students Set-up One Stop Consulting Portal

In another first, three IIM Lucknow students have come together to start a portal dedicated to consulting profession to help students and professionals at the start of their consulting career. The lack of concrete information promoted the three consulting enthusiasts to develop www.learn2consult.com. The portal aims to act as a one-stop shop for people who [...]

Existing IIMs to be mentors to new ones

Fearing dilution of brand IIM if the proposed Indian Institutes of Management do not attain the same degree of excellence as the existing ones, the HRD Ministry appointed committee has recommended that the seven IIMs should be actively involved in the establishment and management of the six new IIMs.
“If these (new) IIMs are not able [...]

B-School fests may win you a top job

Deon Fernandes, a student of the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, won the third prize in Arthnomics, IIM-Kozhikode’s annual finance seminar. Mr Fernandes won a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and a job offer from Deutsche Bank, which had sponsored the event.
He’s got company. Reckitt-Benkisser and Ernst & Young are among the companies [...]

Review panel wants higher salaries for IIM faculty

A high-level committee that reviewed performance of the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) has called for increasing
salaries and incentives for faculty members and hiring on contract basis to counter shortage of teachers, especially in the functional disciplines.
“Ideally, board of governors should determine the remuneration of the IIM staff taking into consideration market conditions to [...]

Existentialism Simplified

Well the mercury is rising everyone…CAT is just a month away! Lately I have been thinking that although we talk a lot about the reasoning and verbal section of CAT, we focus hardly on the most ubiquitous section in CAT English i.e.Reading Comprehension.We know different terms like eclectic reading ,nuances of reading,mind mapping et al [...]

Film-makers to train management students

Guess who will come down to teach management students next? Bollywood stars and filmmakers.
After successfully wooing Lalu Prasad and APJ Abdul Kalam to address their students, premier B-school the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will rope in Bollywood greats to elucidate the nitty-gritty of the film industry.

Global meltdown eases IT companies effort to rope in IIM grads

The global meltdown of the financial institutions are proving advantageous for the IT firms as India’s elite class of B-schools, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) are fervently exploring employment opportunities in this field. Infact, the companies shall be given the Day 1 slot for recruitment, once the placement scene kicks off.
One of the HR [...]