Govarthanaraj B alias G O V A R, is in his second year at IIM, Indore. In a conversation with our in-house PaGaL Interrogation Squad sleuth DJ Krish Kay, Govar reveals top-secret classified information about his life at IIM and provides an insight into the oft asked question, “Why MBA?” So Govar, engineering se tapka […]

The Human Resource Development Ministry on Tuesday launched a portal on a wide range of educational support such as scholarships, fellowships, freeships and educational loans. The portal, www.educationsupport.nic.in, will serve as a ready reference/single window source of information relating to scholarships available in India, said a Ministry press release. PaGaLGuY.com adds: For management aspirants seeking […]

The first CEO talk in the new academic year turned out to be a great learning experience for the entire batch of XIMB students as they got to interact with Mr SK Mohapatra, CEO, Dhamra Port Co Ltd. Mr SK Mohapatra, who has recently retired from the IAS, addressed the student gathering by stating that […]

Xavier’s Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar organized Ashwamedh, the national level conference on India’s manufacturing sector at the XIMB auditorium on Saturday evening. Distinguished speakers from different segments of the manufacturing sector came down to the campus to share their valuable insights on theme ‘Manufacturing excellence in India – Opportunities and Challenges.’ Mr Rajive Kaul, Chairman, […]

• There are 100 million children who do not go to school in our country today.• India has the largest number of child labour in the world and the number is growing day by day.• More than 40% of school going children do not complete class five.• Only ten children out of one hundred who […]

Now that you have set your eyes on the ‘right’ schools, you should not waste even a single moment…leap onto the bandwagon of essay-writers! One of the biggest deciding factors in the entire Application Game is the ‘Application Essay’. Jeez, what is an ‘essay’…? Each school abroad, no matter how big or how small, places […]

Hello there! How have things been with you? I hope with the calendar in hand, you are now in a comfortable position to look closer at the Application Game. Now, I am making a safe presumption that you are done with the GMAT and have had a fantastic score. Even if the score is not […]

Okay, the first 2 articles basically introduced you to a global MBA and gave you little tidbits of what to expect at a B-School abroad. Logically the next thing you should know is the calendar of events for that ‘Application Game’ and of course the GMAT itself. Err…Where do I start? I really hope you […]

Oh God, CAT or GMAT! Yippee, I am back again! Wading through the comments and mails I have received for Part#1, I thought I would spend sometime discussing some major differentiating factors in studying for an MBA in India Vis-à-vis abroad. I am sure a majority of aspirants are pretty unclear whether it is the […]

A series of articles regarding MBA programs and US B-Schools will be put up on a weekly basis. These are mostly a student’s perception of the entire application process and in no way unquestionable. This is not the one-stop for all the information you ever wanted about acquiring an MBA abroad. But for starters, it […]