“Teach your children how to dream”, are the golden words of Bharat Ratna, Dr. Kalam, and it inspires every youth in the country. In a business world today, we all strive to become better professionals, better managers, and this comes from our every day “dream” for that goal in life. This story is something similar, […]

The new 16 acre IMI campus in the Institutional area of Bhubaneswar, is a bustling campus setup under the aegis of IMI, Delhi which has been ranked 3rd in intellectual capital by a leading business magazine. With a lineage and heritage such as that, the Bhubaneswar campus is set to break new ground. The course […]

Pic: Flickr In what might sound like sweet music to some aspirants, deadlines of registration for Xavier Admission Test (XAT) 2013 and applications for the Post graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) program of SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai has been extended. The last date for both processes was supposed to be […]

Taking a cue from the written analysis component in the admission process of the new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai has also decided to introduce a similar exercise for candidates who apply for admission. The institute will now ask aspirants to write on-spot essays and submit recommendations after the […]

Welcome to our new comic series, “A Pagal Look At” (APLA). This is different from MBA (the comic, not the degree). We decided to start a new comic series because we finally ran out of ideas for the last one we realised there were many many career options after completing the MBA (the degree, not […]

Pic: Flickr The three Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI) students, who have been suspended for consuming drugs on campus, have been asked to go for a rehabilitation and detoxification programme. Only on the completion of such a programme and with a medical certificate deeming them fit, will they be reinstated into the institute after […]

The three students of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore who were expelled from the institute on Friday are not permitted to seek admission to IIMI or any other IIM for two years. This rule will apply to any other new IIM which may come up in that time. In effect, this means that […]

Gautam Puri, co-founder, Career Launcher The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Entrance test 2012, presented a few surprises to all those who attempted the paper today. Unlike the past two years, the test instructions clearly stated that sectional cut-offs would be levied this year. The paper also veered away from its traditionally difficult Data […]

(Photo credit: Stevie Gill, flickr.com) A day to go for the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), (New Delhi and Kolkata) entrance test 2012. On Sunday, November 25, 2012, the exam will be held at 51 centres in nearly 20 cities. Known as an unpredictable exam, the IIFT test typically contains four sections: quantitative ability, […]

Prof Dan Ariel Prof Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. He is also a visiting professor in MIT’s Program in Media Arts and Sciences. But what Prof Ariely has really earned eminence for, in recent years, are his books on irrational behaviour. Two […]