(Graphic by Sanjit Oberai) In the first part of this two-part series, we highlighted how executive MBA courses haven’t quite delivered to the expectations of the students pursuing them. In this second part, we take a look at what the b-schools have to say on the subject On placements… While the students we spoke to […]

(Graphic by Sanjit Oberai) Some months ago we noticed an ugly spat between an Executive (one-year) MBA student and a b-school on our forums. https://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/iim-calcutta-pgpex-vii-admission-process-and-beyond-25078658/7816564. We decided to follow the trail and finally ended up with a two-part series on the Executive MBA. While, this, the first part deals with students’ experiences only, the second […]

The search operation at IIM Bangalore has come to an end and the call has been identified as a hoax call. This was confirmed by a police official from MICO Layout Police Station, Bangalore. “We have traced the call to a phone booth in JP Nagar but we have not identified the caller yet,” said […]

Students attending an MBA class at Islamia College, Srinagar The two T’s that make most news in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K;), are terrorism and tourism. Almost everything else takes a backseat, unless of course an all-girl band is booed or there is bad weather at Amarnath. No surprises then, that education makes […]

(Photo courtesy : Ben Husmann) Two MBA candidates were in for a rude shock when the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad refused to refund them the admission fee of Rs 50,000 (each), they had paid for a seat for the PGDM program for the academic year 2013-15. The institute’s concerned official cited AICTE norms […]

In a meeting of close to 40 deans and directors of PGDM institutions convened by The Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI), it was decided that these group of b-schools want to continue working under the regulatory framework of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Act 1987. This was decided in wake of the […]

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Parasharan Chari If one were to compare the May 2013 Common management Admission Test (CMAT) with the February 2013 CMAT, two words suffice. No no change. The exam is being conducted from May 19-22, 2013 across two time slots (9:30 am to 12:30 pm; 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm). Starting with the infrastructure to the […]

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) recently approved the one-year Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) offered by SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR). The program now extends from the current 12 months to 15 months. The immediate impact for the students will be the reduction in fee for the program. […]

Earlier last month, a group of young business students made their way to the Sheikh Mohammed Center for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU) in the Bastakiya district of Dubai. These youngsters were none other than a group of Global MBA candidates from the S P Jain School of Global Management (S P Jain) who had only recently […]