Articles in MBA Entrance Exams 2025
Yet another case of drugs abuse has hit the Indian Institute of Management Indore. This time 3 students of the Integrated Programme in Management were caught smoking up on the campus. The incident happened a week ago and a disciplinary committee was set up to probe it. Committee members apparently had long discussions with the […]
23 boat crews from schools including Harvard, MIT, HEC, IESE and London Business School will compete in the event organized by SDA Bocconi with Yacht Club Italiano and Rolex, in the Mediterranean at Santa Margherita on September 27-29. From 27 to 29 September MBA students from the world’s most important business schools will compete in […]
Questions on books and authors are very popular with entrance examinations. I could find various lists on the web which talked about books by businessmen / biographers but I think if there existed a list with respect to famous companies, it would be really helpful. And also – I really like makings lists. So, here […]
Disclaimer: This write-up is to be read in a light-hearted manner. Any similarity with the living or dead is NOT a coincidence but the TRUTH. This is a tale of a period when the new admits were suddenly exposed to a hectic schedule of long mid-night assignments, stressful bi/tri-weekly exams, interesting but elongated guest lectures […]
Former director MJ Xavier’s exit from IIM Ranchi was not smooth at all. Though Prof Xavier has termed his departure as ‘for personal reasons,’ there is apparently more than what meets the eye. According to sources close to the institute, Prof Xavier was forced to take the decision of stepping down due to incorrigible differences […]
At any stage in life, all our career decisions are entangled with our personal responsibilities. I have seen people passing out of schools and choosing colleges based on location, on girlfriend’s/boyfriend’s college and so on. When we pass out of the college and take up a job, similar challenges remain. For girls, the parents want […]
Which countries are Indian b-school’s alumni working in? Using LinkedIn’s ‘Education’ segment data we found that while USA has seen the largest number of Indians b-schools abroad, other destinations like UAE and Singapore also have their fair share of alumni from these colleges. What was interesting to note was that colleges like IIM Ahmedabad, SP […]
The earlier article on batch demographics (b-schools ranked 1-10) highlighted the increase in the number of girls this year while showing that engineers constitute an overwhelming majority there. For b-schools ranked 11-25 though, the trend is upside down. On an average, engineers in these b-schools formed about 80% of the batches. As many as 6 […]
The wheels of the 2013-15 batches across b-schools in India are well in motion. Taking a look at the batch demographics and admission criteria bring to light some interesting points. In this article, we focus on the first 10 b-schools from the PaGaLGuY B-school Rankings 2013. The most interesting point is the steady rise in […]
I write this as an MBA graduate who left a career in the education industry to prepare for the Civil Services exam and am halfway there. My article is particularly targeted at starry-eyed freshers going for an MBA. Let me play the devil’s advocate. Firstly, to address some traditional beliefs about the government. It is […]
