What the IIMs never revealed in their press releases, a question in the parliament unearthed. In a written reply to a question posed in Rajya Sabha today, the Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal said that only 497 students were recruited from all the six IIMs by multinational companies in 2009 compared to 920 […]

The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad’s Admissions Director Mr VK Menon is back on PaGaLGuY to interact directly with ISB applicants and answer questions on the admissions process, advantages of ISB, placements and other matters important for a prospective applicant. Yes, you too can pose a question to him on the ISB Official Query […]

We are taking nomination entries for this year’s PaGaLGuY Volunteer Program. Being a volunteer gets you access to the core of PaGaLGuY.com’s activities and new initiatives and some seriously good experience in marketing and event management. In order to be a volunteer, you need to be taking CAT 2009 and be an active poster on […]

CAT aspirants are expected to devote hours and hours of hard work if they wish to get anywhere close to their dream b-school. Well, it really shouldnt be too much to expect coaching institutes to provide better facilities for students taking the practice tests that are conducted. The news that CAT might be a computer […]

I happened to attend the Proto event on Saturday July 25th, 2009. Proto is all about providing a platform to young and budding entrepreneurs to meet venture capitalists and other investors so that they can strike up a deal for that symbiotic relationship. There was a plethora of harried people around. The VCs were harried […]

How do you monitor where your money paid to the government as taxes, goes after the returns are filed? Neelesh Misra from the Hindustan Times (HT) proposes a plan for a monitoring network and wants to employ MBA graduates to work on it. The plan is to employ the MBA graduates for a minimum period […]

Not really, and if you ask the status at various coaching centers around the city, students are now more concerned about their strategies and fundamentals for the CAT than if they will be holding the pencil or the mouse in their hands while writing it. It is the season of mock CATs and city heads […]

After its encounter with the RTI case, the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi has decided to take no chances with this year’s admissions. It took more than a year for the institute to reveal the marks breakup for written test, group discussion, interview and extempore conducted for 2008 admissions. These marks were revealed a […]

From now on, when you are going to do something good, make something better or change something that is old, dont always expect a round of applause. Because very simply, even with the best of ideas you cant please everyone! In the education sector too, I saw the same scene present itself when I read […]

Its nice to see a case in which an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) has been chosen over Stanford University. The choice wasnt between MBA at the two institutes but it is still a tough decision. Every year, a large number of Indians go overseas for MBA programs at foreign universities. It is true that […]