Even while MBA institutes are closing down and admission numbers on the decline, XLRI has decided to increase its HRM seats from 120 to 180 from the next academic year. This makes intake for both its main programmes (HRM and BM) 180 seats each. When asked why the increase given the dismal economic scenario, Dr […]

(Photo: Soubhik Chatterjee) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta recently completed its summer placement process for the PGP batch of 2013-15. Highlights: Total Batch Strength 454 Students opting out 5* Number of companies confirming presence >250 Number of companies visiting the campus 155 Number of companies which made offers 150 Number of companies whose […]

Oh No its Monday again!!! This was the first thing that came to my mind on the very first day of the week. With sleepy eyes and sluggish footsteps I would get ready and reach office. Then I used to check my mails to find my “to-do” list of the day and plan my work […]

India’s star wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist, Yogeshwar Dutt visited IIM Ranchi hostel after his final bout at’All India Police Wrestling Championship’ and engaged in a lively interactive session with the students of the institute. Students bubbling with excitement, swarmed around him as he welcomed their questions while his coach, Anup Dahiya, complemented his answers. Yogeshwar’s […]

It is not always that a newly appointed IIM director replies to an email (that too sent to his official address) within two minutes. And it is almost never that he calls back in the next two minutes to answer queries. IIM Indore’s new director Prof Rishikesha Krishnan did just that. IIM Indore seems to […]

“What’s the difficulty level of this problem?” I see this question A LOT on the forum. Almost every day, someone asks it. Here’s the answer: You don’t care. If you’re a test taker — which, if you’re reading this, you probably are — then difficulty levels are irrelevant to your strategy. Why? Ironically, the best […]

IIM Bangalore’s Professor of Corporate Strategy and Policy, Prof Rishikesha Krishnan is going to be taking over as director of IIM Indore. While the official confirmation is yet to reach IIM-I, Prof Krishnan has apparently been informed about it. He is expected to join anytime soon since Dr N Ravichandran’s (current IIM-I director) termed ended […]

The morning of 9th January 2013… A day I will never forget… Ever… Refreshing the CAT results website, hoping it would load soon… Wanted to get this done with soon as I had an office bus to catch! And then, all of a sudden, it flashed infront of my eyes… For several minutes, I stared […]

We are born in a country with the second largest population and a high competitive spirit. The intellectual level of the person from India is already proved to the whole world and is being considered as one of the best. The European countries are afraid of their job been taken away by the bright minds […]

I would like to discuss about the trimester system in Business Schools. Trimester system is adopted by many first rung business schools as a structure that enables fast paced learning of more number of subjects in a period of two years. I have found many second and third rung business schools have adopting the same […]