The tuition fees and ancillary costs for management education at the Indian Institutes of Management, private Indian b-schools and deemed universites have witnessed upto sixfold increases in the last seven years. In contrast, the government university affiliated management schools have only seen a marginal hike in their fees, making them look economically attractive. However, […]

Concept, illustrations and graphics by Deepak Gopalakrishnan aka chuck_gopal, a Mallu-turned Mumbaiker who blogs here and tweets here.

An MBA at Altis Universita Cattolica offers students the unique opportunity to study in close contact with companies interested in doing business in their country of origin. India is definitely one of the countries that Italian and European companies most frequently consider as a target for their internationalization processes, both in terms of de-localization of […]

A bit delayed but not entirely late, we present to you our second free ebook — the PaGaLGuY Group Discussion Anthology 2005-2010. The GDPI Anthology is a collection of the most interesting GD-PI experiences as transcribed in detail by actual shortlisted candidates between 2005 and 2010 and posted on the various ‘GDPI experiences’ threads for […]

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode completed its Final Placements for the batch of 2009-11 comprising 290 students. Students were placed in various profiles across Finance, Consulting, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Human Resources, and IT. A total of 305 offers were made across all verticals and 110 firms participated in the process according to […]

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has done it again. A fresh salvo by the government body banning all part-time MBA courses has got concerned MBA colleges in ruffles. The ban which comes into effect from the next academic year has put a second spoke in admission to MBA courses this year. (The […]

The first decade of the new millennium has ushered in unprecedented changes in society and the way business is conducted. The rapid deployment of communication technology and the ensuing inorganic growth of Internet connectivity even to remote locations, combined with development of lightning-fast information storage and retrieval systems, convergence of internet with mobile telephony and […]

Here is another case of technological innovation in educational admissions succumbing to problems of execution. Nearly 16.000 applicants to the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad’s PGDM program this year were required to appear for a computer-based video interview as the first step in the admission process. Termed ‘Virtual Interview’ by IMT, the innovation backfired […]

Delhi University’s Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) completed placements for its MBA batch of 2009-11. The process secured 242 offers for a total batch of 200 students (including both MBA and MBA – Management of Services batches) from a total of 91 companies. A total of 124 companies confirmed presence, of which 97 actually participated […]

For those who found the last visualization esoteric, here is another one. The following interactive chart depicts the fees charged by 37 of India’s top 45 b-schools (as per the PaGaLGuY B-school Rankings 2011) versus the seat intake for their flagship programs, segregated by whether the schools are government-owned or private. How to read the […]