Harvard Business School’s case-method pedagogy has been one of inspiration and learning to many b-schools across the world. In Indian b-schools however, this mode of teaching is yet to gain ground as the ‘only one.’ Yes, there are combination teaching methods in some of the older Indian Institutes of Management and others – with a […]

(Photo credit: Aniruddh Phukan) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode secured internship projects for its 343 students of the 2011-13 batch with 108 firms including 35 new companies. Batch Strength 343 IIM Kozhikode claims that there were no opt-outs Total number of companies confirming presence 110 Number of companies that made offer 108 The […]

Shaishav Amrut Solanki, is the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore’s first author – could very well be the first on-campus author among all IIMs. Having just released a book few days ago, the young author is all smiles seeing it do brisk business. The book, the author claims is as much fiction as non-fiction […]

With less than a week to go for the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) Admission Test 2011, here are a few last minute tips given by the current Rural Management Program students. This is just to give an overview about the paper and the various approaches one can follow in the exam. It also […]

(XLRI Jamshedpur by Anusheel Shrivastava) Jamshedpur-based XLRI School of Business & Human Resources concluded its Summer Internship placements for the batch of 2011-13 with 77 recruiters making a total of 365 offers to a batch of 240 students. Microsoft, ITC, Standard Chartered, Aditya Birla Group and Tata Motors were the largest recruiters of summer interns […]

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi completed its summer placements for the MBA batch of 2013 by securing a wide range of roles from national and international firms, including offers from 15 growing sectors of the economy. Batch Strength 226 Did not participate in summers/Opted out 3 Total number of companies confirming presence […]

Pic by Soubhik Chatterjee The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) is thinking of drawing in corporates and its alumni base to seek funds for completing some of its infrastructure projects. According to sources, it was at a meeting held at the Chennai Chapter of IIM-C Alumni Association, a few weeks ago, that the IIM-C […]

B-schools teach youngsters how businesses ought to be run. Who questions the way business schools are run? Nina Jacob, a professor who has been with private b-schools such as Xavier Institute of Management, Goa Institute of Management and Institute of Management Technology writes a scathing critique of unregulated governance at India’s private business schools in […]

A Pearson VUE team from the USA was in Mumbai today. They are the guys that NMIMS University has contracted out the computer-based NMAT to. Their agenda was to create awareness about computer-based testing (CBT) and resolve perceived myths surrounding it. PaGaLGuY caught up with the team comprising Kathleen Gialluca – Senior Research Scientist, Fiona […]

(Photo credit: IIM Ranchi temporary campus by Vijayakrishna Kandula) Breaking away from the tradition of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) campuses being distributed building clusters spread over hundreds of acres, the new IIM Ranchi campus due to be constructed by 2014 will be a high-rise campus with ten-storey buildings. In a public notice inviting tenders […]