The big high for any MBA aspirant in India has always been  the CAT exam and subsequently the announcement of the CAT topper (s). This year, as in CAT 2014 had  a record  number of toppers – all 16 of them. But only a few have been identified so far.  Ironically, while the number of […]

“100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa” – 13th Pravasi Divas begins in Gujarat On January 9, 1915, Mahatma Gandhi (Sarva Sreshtha Pravasi Bhartiya) returned to India from South Africa. He subsequently led India to independence and dramatically transformed the lives of millions of Indians. The government of India has chosen […]

1. Larry Page is business person of the year for 2014 i. According to Fortune magazine, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-founder of Google, Larry Page has emerged as the ‘business person of the year’ for 2014. ii. Larry Page topped the list of 20 global corporate leaders compiled on the basis of various factors, […]

Imagine, on a lazy Wednesday afternoon in Mumbai suburb a mother staying with her toddler son recollects that she wanted to read a new novel which has recently hit the stands. She goes ahead and buys it online just like any typical customer would do these days and expects it to be delivered home in […]

New Delhi, November 7th, 2014: MIP Politecnico di Milano, in Italy, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL) Gurgaon to offer a joint degree programme in Advance M asters in Innovation & Entrepreneurship. The MoU was signed by Mr. Gianluca Spina, President, MIP Politecnico de Milano and Mr. Anil Sachdev,Founder & CEO, SOIL, in the presence […]

MICA, Ahmedabad has released the details of its admission process for selection to the 22nd Batch (2015-17) of its Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Communications (PGDM-C). Admission Criteria: Students applying for admission to this programme must be graduates. Students who are appearing for final examinations for their graduation are also eligible to apply. In […]

The Common Admission Test (2014) results have been declared today. At least 16 of the lot have bagged a  100 percentile  and this number includes one girl.  The results, which were to be declared last week were delayed since some backend glitches had to be ironed out.  You can check your result here – https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/756/1390/login.html This […]

A very common question that bothers many CAT-takers is the scoring methodology used to assess their performance. Specifically, the mystery around normalization makes students wonder about its impact on their final scores. In this article, let us try to decipher the normalization process. First of all, CAT awards +3 marks for correct answers and -1 […]

I want to ask you a question. You don’t have to answer me, just yourself. But first, I must tell you a story before asking my question at the end. Three MBA students are studying together. We’ll call them Yudhisthira, Bhima, and Arjuna (and say upfront that any resemblance to people you may know is […]

We are all more mobile than ever and more likely to traverse into cultures different from our own – for reasons of studying, marketing, selling, buying, serving customers, and production of goods: literally, in the old-fashioned way, as business travellers or as onsite assignees; virtually as ‘desk diplomats’ via email, chat, phone, or web-based video […]