CAT 2009 will offer 560 extra IIM seats

Sources from HRD ministry confirm CAT committe has been asked to add 560 more seats at IIMs for aspirants this year
CAT Cabinet approved 4 new IIMs in August at Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Rohtak (Haryana), but the institutes are yet to be established.
New IIM shall admit 140 students each.
Some IIM directors [...]

IIMs bet big on SE Asia for placements

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Premier Indian B-schools increasing placement focus on emerging South and South East Asian markets from Singapore, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, necessitating an Occidental slant in their teaching procedures
20-30% rise in Indian applicatns at Univ. of Hong Kong. Indians keen to learn Asian business conduct
Sources said IIMs were in talks with companies like [...]

IIMs face many hurdles in mentoring newer ones

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IIMs face difficulty in mentoring new ones due to shortage of resources like faculty, staff etc
In August, the govt. approved 7 new IIMs, with 4 becoming functional in 2010-11 and other three a year later
Each new IIM to start with batch of 140 which will rise to 560 eventually
However, unlike the existing IITs, existing IIMs [...]

IIMC students gave up seats at foreign B-schools

Several IIM Calcutta’s 2009-11 batch students turned down foreign B-schools – LBS, Stearn (NYU), Cornell University, University of Texas, Georgia Tech Univ. and Univ. of Southern California etc.
20 students of the batch left jobs paying over Rs 20 lakh p.a. to pursue MBA at IIMC.

Av work ex – 27 months. Students from [...]

Participate in CNBC TV18 B-school Survey

India’s premier business news channel CNBC- TV18 in association with Career Launcher presents ‘A of B Ranking’, the nation’s most exhaustive B-school Rankings. This endeavor is for the benefit of MBA aspirants, who will gain an in-depth understanding of B-Schools and their rankings when results of the survey are reported in September.
Last year, CNBC-TV18’s [...]

CAT 2009: Frequently Asked Questions (1 July 2009)

Q1: I hear that CAT will be held online. Is that correct?
A1: CAT is going to be a computer based test (CBT) and not internet based test (IBT). I.e. Candidate does not take the test on an internet site. Instead of reading the questions in a paper booklet and darkening the ovals on the answer-sheet, [...]

UK may emerge as most preferred study destination

MUMBAI: The UK may once again emerge a preferred destination for higher studies among Indian students as a recent spate of attacks on the current batch in Australia forces them to redraw their plans. One of the best education systems and shortest visa processing time make UK the strongest contender to replace this affordable and [...]

CAT 2009 is a computer based test

It has finally been confirmed – CAT is definitely going to be a computer based test (CBT) from this year.
As per this press release from IIM Bangalore:

The Common Admission Test (CAT) of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is going to be a Computer Based Test (CBT) from this year onwards, comparable to the existing [...]

Half of India Inc CEOs from IITs, IIMs

Nearly half of the India Inc’s professionals in Chief Executive role hail from the country’s elite institutes — IIT and IIM, a study says.
“A whopping 50 per cent of the professionals in Chief Executive or Strategic Business Leadership roles hail either from the IITs or the IIMs or both, across corporations studied,” global executive search [...]

Good news in bad times, for IIM Calcutta

Everyone is talking about recession and poor job prospects for business school graduates. But despite the hue and cry, schools like IIM Calcutta are not complaining. And here’s why.
It is good news in bad times from IIM Calcutta. Recession may have affected pre-placement offers which fell from 90 last year to 54 this year, but [...]