Dear Readers,  Firstly, we congratulate all the candidates who have successfully cleared the IBPS CWE PO/MT 2015 Mains exam. IBPS has started issuing call letters to the shortlisted candidates for the third and final phase of the exam, which includes a Personal Interview (PI). We are posting a series of articles on ‘Preparation Strategy for […]

Alyque Padamsee, the Ad God, theater doyen, change maker and an actor known for his role as Mohammed Ali Jinnah in Sir Richard Attenborough’s film ‘Gandhi’ was invited to address the students on campus as part of the ongoing Woxsen Leadership Series on 18th December, 2015. He spoke on the topic “Leadership- The Dynamic catalyst […]

The IIT Madras placement process, which was postponed due to the floods in December 2015, resumed on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, and 286 students were placed. As per the new schedule, the dates of January 6 – 10, 2016 will have two sessions per day, January 12 – 14, 2016 will have one session per […]

The year 2015 echoed with ‘intolerance’ in all over India. Starting from the ban on beef to the lousy pandemonium at Cuttack, the single word created uproar in the whole country. Artists, writers and even scientists returned their respective awards raising their voices against the growing intolerance. Well-known actors such as Shahrukh Khan, Anupam Kher […]

What is a Statement of Purpose? A ‘Statement of Purpose’- usually known as ‘SOP’-is a popular admissions tool used by institutes in different formats. The purpose of writing an SOP is to explain questions like: – Why you are taking up a particular course? – Why you are a good candidate for the course? – […]

The placement season continues in full swing at K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research. A total of 300 plus companies have registered at the campus this year and another 75 would follow in quick succession. Industry leaders and top notch brands of every industry and sector have visited SIMSR and the response is a remarkable […]

Tata Institute of Social Science’s National Entrance Test (TISSNET) was conducted at various centres across the country today. TISSNET is the entrance exam for various post graduate courses offered at it’s three campuses- Mumbai, Hyderabad and Guwahati. The test is in an online form with no negative marking. Candidates have to solve 100 questions in […]

This week the campus of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal saw deserted classrooms with untouched chalks and dusters. Students of MANIT have been on a casual schedule with no lectures. This schedule is expected to continue till at least January 15, 2016. The reason for this is the on-going faculty strike of […]

1. Vikas Thapar appointed as Vice President of Micromax i) Indian smartphone company Micromax has appointed Vikas Thapar as vice-president for finance.  ii) Thapar will be in charge of strengthening the company’s asset and revenue base while steering external relationship developments with key partners including bankers, equity partners, investors and the government.  iii) He will […]

1. Central Banker of the year Award conferred to Raghuram Rajan i) Recently, The Reserve Bank of India Governor Dr Raghuram G Rajan was conferred the Central Bank of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for 2016 by the Financial Times Group’s monthly magazine The Banker.  ii) The award recognises central bank chiefs who […]