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First it was the business schools of the Indian Institutes of Technology that scrapped the

By Pooja Das Sarkar

B-schools struggling with AICTE to increase intake, Take Solace: Reducing intake is equally frustrating

Here’s a story offering insights into how the seemingly inefficient practices of a regulatory body

The war may be over for former army personnel studying in b-schools but the battle to etch a name in the corporate world rages on

? The sound of gun shots may be a faint memory but the smell of

Interest in MBA continues to drop worldwide, even as applications to specialized management programs rise

With interest in fulltime MBA at an all-time low, the 2010-11 admission season might have

Diversity in India’s MBA classrooms may be at the cost of introducing quotas, say students

Admission criteria changes have been announced in many b-schools, including a few Indian Institutes of

I’ve got the Power: Working with Factorials for CAT 2011 quant

We all know what factorials (n!) are. They look friendly and helpful but looks can

By Guest

First look at IIM Kashipur

(Photo credit: Abhishek Kamble) Arriving in Kashipur late evening last week, I asked the three-wheeler

Weekend Reading (September 4-10): Tweets as MBA applications, Dumbing down of b-schools, Everonn Education MD’s arrest

(Photo credit: mcfarlandmo) SMS and Twitter are often accused of creating a generation with small

UK-based MBA student’s novel b-school project – live on less than a dollar a day and bring power to an Indian orphanage

Nathan and his family at dinner What can you do with Rs 45 in your

Are any of India’s MBA entrance exams really fit enough to be the Single Entrance Test?

Looking back at the last three years, one new ‘big idea’ has dominated Indias business

Solving Time-Speed-Distance problems without using equations

(Photo credit: Michael Gallacher) I guess my first fascination with problems of Time, Speed and

By Guest

Prometric claims having filled two-thirds of CAT 2011 slots, adds extra seats in 8 cities

Of the total testing slots planned for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2011, two-thirds have

IIM Ahmedabad’s super-detailed placement report is out, 22 b-schools to use placement reporting standards from next year

It’s finally here, the audited and mind-bogglingly detailed placement reports of the Indian Institute of

FMS students, faculty protest cancellation of entrance exam. Decision deferred by a week.

Picture from the FMS website Students and faculty of the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)

Under construction: Yet to be fully functional after a year, IIM Raipur is high on student energy

First View Raipur, the capital of Chattisgarh, is more notorious for its proximity to the

By Pooja Das Sarkar

8 FAQs on Critical Reasoning questions in MBA entrance tests

Q1.What is Critical Reasoning? Critical Reasoning is an analytical way of thinking about issues for

By Guest

FMS entrance exam to be scrapped soon

Pic from the FMS website Another MBA entrance exam is expected to bite the dust

IIM Ranchi students’ brains to be mapped, followed by MS Dhoni’s. Project to find ‘what-makes-a-good-leader’ to start soon

When the news first flashed a couple of weeks ago, that The Indian Institute of

Weekend reading (August 29-September 3): Tweet your way to b-school admission, no new jobs in America and China on a roll

Pic by Elvert Barne Lot’s of festivities last week. Starting with Idd on August 31,

MAT-hematics: A suggested test-taking strategy for September MAT 2011