The event was inaugurated by the head of department of DMS IIT Delhi, Dr. S. S. Yadav who set the tone and the pitch for the event by introducing the house to the topic and providing a context for what was to follow. He was followed by the very eloquent Mr. M Damodaran, who in […]

A very common flaw on the GMAT, and in life, is the confusion of absolute numbers and percentages. For example, which is larger, one-third of x or one-half of y? Without any information to compare x and y, we cannot answer this question. It is true that one-half is larger than one-third when applied to […]

Every year, as part of its ongoing research project, TopMBA surveys nearly 4,000 aspiring MBAs to establish whether the issue of finance was likely to prove a barrier to study. The latest poll found that practically all had already looked seriously into how they would fund their time at business school and a wide variety […]

According to figures from the World MBA Tour, the largest international programme of business school information events, women around the world are increasingly turning to an MBA as a route to top jobs in industry, commerce and banking. Of over 58,000 prospective students who attended World MBA Tour events in 2005, 35 pc were women […]

According to a recent poll by the careers and education group, QS, the company behind the World MBA Tour, there are almost no MBAs who regret having taken the qualification, but a significant proportion do wish that they had approached their studies in a different way. One of the most common regrets centres on a […]

Hello Everyone, It feels good to finally write an article on Math for PG. As the title correctly suggests, this is all about geometry. I do like Geometry but I am not one of those people who can balance vague 3-D structures all in the mind and come out with answers that go like “obviously […]

Rohan Khanna of Accenture and Shubhendu Saha of DTZ cruised their way in the Business Today Acumen 2006 Alumni Quiz North Zone regionals to reach the national finals. Shubhendu Saha is an alumnus of School of Management Studies, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, belonging to the class of 1999. He holds a Bachelor’s […]

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi beat MDI-Gurgaon in a battle of reason to win the Business Today Acumen 2006 North Zone Debate finals. IIFT’s Arka Bhattacharya and Swarnim Bharadwaj (in the picture) will now compete with the teams from East, West and South Zones at the finals on November 4, 2006 in Mumbai. […]

The topic of discussion was ‘Aligning HR Strategies with Changing Business Strategies’. The role of human resources has been evolving for quite some time now. The HR business objectives have been re-established to support the attainment of the overall strategic business plan and objectives. The discussion emphasized the importance of HR in managing this change […]

The delegation enlightened the packed gathering at the seminar hall of SIMSR about the organizational structure, networking approach and the flawless delivery mechanism of their organization. The speech, made in colloquial style, was laced with light humour and doses of popular aphorisms. The event was a momentous one for the institute that offers a specialized […]