NIS L.I.V.E and XIM-B join hands to launch Advanced Post Graduate Certificate courses NIS L.I.V.E, an initiative of NIS Sparta Ltd., (L.I.V.E. stands for Learning in Interactive Virtual Environment) has in association with Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIM-B) announced the launch of advanced Post Graduate Certificate courses earlier this week. The programs are: PGCBM […]

Management institutes are wholesome entities in themselves. Generally. Management institutes (or I should rather call them departments) in the North Campus of The Delhi University are pretty much the best bargain you will find between a conventional management institute and a University set-up with Management studies as just another department. Colleges offering management education in […]

The Graduate Record Examination’s (GRE) big shot at trying to wrest the business school admissions space from the currently prevalent Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) comes in an interesting period of time, when applications to b-schools in the US and Europe are dwindling. Last month, Wharton joined Harvard, Stanford, MIT-Sloan and 250 business schools worldwide […]

SRIJAN 09 – IMI’s Annual Marketing Summit SRIJAN09, the marketing summit of International Management Institute, New Delhi to be held on August 28 and 29, 2009 will provide an opportunity for the young managers to assimilate, learn and implement the concepts and to understand the cycle of idea evolutions in different companies. The panel discussion […]

Considering that everyone today believes that MBA education lacks the wherewithal to train managers, Fastcompany.com, a business magazine that reports on technology, design and digital media too has come up with a feature called 30second MBA where stalwarts of the industry answer basic questions on management for whoever might be interested. How it goes is […]

Later this week, I’m traveling to an interesting conference at ISB Hyderabad on the role of business schools in the current economic crisis, and how they need to change in order to be more relevant in the new economy that will emerge out of the crisis. The conference, among other matters, will examine b-schools’ obsession […]

If you have an Italian streak in you, I say head for IMT-Ghaziabad; no you will not find yourself turn into Michelangelo, but every three months you will be able to feast on unlimited pizzas and cold drinks in the mess. Now this is a treat for even the most remote Italian in us. While […]

The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad like most schools has experienced a drop of 20 percent in salary levels and had a long drawn out placements season. The most interesting bit this year’s placements at ISB is that only 55 percent of students have changed careers post-MBA and this is a reduction of 26 […]

XLRI, Jamshedpur launches Agri-Business Management program Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur has launched a six month certificate program in Agri-Business Management in Hyderabad at the Loyola Academy in association with Ikisan (an agri portal promoted by Nagarjuna group). The online self learning program aims to help students understand marketing and sales jobs in the agri-business […]

About 100 odd old users on the PaGaLGuY.com forums are going to be lining up for this year’s CAT as part of OMPA (Old Men’s PaGaL Association) but they aren’t simply cooling their heels and waiting for the CAT notification to come out. Far from it! You can invite your favourite OMPA member in the […]