The upcoming campus of TISS Guwahati has created a lot of buzz Prof S Parasuraman, director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai talks in detail about the upcoming campuses in Guwahati and Hyderabad. Author of the Development Dilemma: Displacement In India, Great Britain and co-author of Listening to people living in poverty and India […]

The first trial test for the much awaited Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) was conducted in the second week of December. A handful of candidates took the exam and now preparations are on to conduct the second trial test. According to sources at the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), after the first trial […]

The Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida with a 23 year old Birla legacy is one of the pioneers and pillars in Management education. It has been providing highly conducive environment not only on academic and professional fronts but also on personal fronts. The institute believes in providing all sorts of opportunities to […]

?One of the new kids on the ‘IIM’ block, the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur (IIM-U) sure makes a pretty picture. The peach-coloured building that houses IIM-U looks rather regal on a cold winter morning. The early sun rays strikes it gently and the pockets of fog around the building, slowly melt away. Under the […]

SS Mantha, Chairman, AICTE As the day for the ‘controversial’ Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2012 nears, PaGalGuY.com met up with the man behind it all, SS Mantha, Chairman of the All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Brimming with optimism, he said that CMAT was an enabling provision for aspirants and parents, which would […]

Dhanush during the recording of the Kolaveri Di song Business has changed, but business education has failed to keep up and stay relevant. This column in the Financial Times articulates what has changed about business, The world of work my father knew was pretty much as follows: a job was for life, career progression depended […]

? Under pressure, SIU to look into SNAP 2011 fiasco In response to the widespread student complaints against alleged mistakes and copied questions in the Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) 2011 exam, authorities at Symbiosis International University (SIU) have set up an external committee to look into the matter and present its recommendations. In order to […]

The Xavier Admission Tests (XAT) Quantitative Aptitude is always a bit on the tougher side. Sometimes, the difficulty level may take a dip, but that does not mean that it would suddenly drop to the standards of elementary mathematics. Unlike the Common Admission Test (CAT), XAT traditionally focuses more on topics like functions, probability, permutation […]

The financial and banking sector was the top recruiter at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi’s summer placements, roping in 43 per cent of its students this year. Last year’s lead recruiter, sales and marketing was a close second, taking in 38 per cent of students. IIM Ranchi, the 8th in the IIM fraternity […]

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will publish a list of b-schools accepting Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) scores only once the registration closes for the exam on January 9, 2012. Confirming this an AICTE official said: “We will present the list of colleges accepting CMAT scores on or a couple of days […]