The Maharashtra government has finally given the domicile certificate requirement a thumbs down for securing admission to a professional course (including MBA and PGDM) in the state. In a communique, the state government has declared that even a birth certificate or a standard class X passing certificate belonging to the state will serve as proof […]

With several European companies showing a keen interest in the Indian market and Indian companies starting operations abroad, the demand for qualified management professionals is consistently growing. To cater to this demand, Manipal University has been offering the Masters in European Studies & Management (MESM) program in partnership with Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences […]

Hundreds of MBA students have just about left or are in the process of leaving Mumbai after having completed their summer internships with some or the other firm. For most, this is their first and only close call with actual ‘corporate’ experience during the MBA. PaGaLGuY reporters Anjali Mangal, Rozelle Laha and Tendar Tsering caught […]

We usually react in either of the two ways to a physically or mentally challenged person sympathize or ignore. Prem Kumar Ravi, presently a second year student at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM C) reacted differently. He helped. Even while struggling to get into an IIM himself, Prem decided that helping ‘others’ would […]

Next weekend (June 1, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad will host a conference to discuss and finalize a common and transparent format for b-schools to report their placements with. IIM Ahmedabad’s Placements Chairperson Prof Saral Mukherjee hopes that a standardized process to record and report placements information will deter b-schools from lying about […]

Deadlines that extend like rubber bands. MBA applicants to Maharashtra b-schools who had failed to submit their domicile certificates before the stipulated deadline now have a reason to smile. The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), which conducts the common admission process has decided to allow them to submit their domicile certificates between June 20 and […]

(Photo: Christina Rutz) You have probably wondered how a no-name private b-school caught hold of your mobile number each time you received a telemarketing call or an SMS from such a school asking whether you would like to consider appearing for its admission process. More often than not, the telecaller knows the roll number of […]

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There is a slight glimmer of hope for MBA applicants to Maharashtra b-schools caught in the domicile imbroglio at the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) office in Mumbai. For those candidates who have not submitted Maharashtra domicile certificates while applying for admission to various management courses and face omission, there just could be an extension […]

Among the only two few Padmashri recipients in the management education space, management guru Dr Pritam Singh, Director General of International Management Institute (IMI), Delhi is well-known for having hauled up the fortunes of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow and the Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon during his tenures as their Director. This […]