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After years of being compared on the basis of the pay packets offered to their students, most Indian Institutes of Management have decided not to reveal the salary figures from this year onwards. While IIM-Indore has already decided not to reveal salaries, IIM-Calcutta may not reveal the...

Twenty-six of us were seated around a long U-shaped table. It was late in the afternoon. The room was semi-dark. Each of us had a plate of sweets and a bottle of mineral water in front. A third of the people seated here were CEOs of large and famous Indian companies, some recently retired...

Vaishnavi Kasthuri has the 'never say die' attitude. It was this attitude that helped this 21-year-old visually-impaired girl from Bangalore in her fight for transparency in the prestigious Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore. Vaishnavi, who is currently pursuing a Masters in Business...

If the central government has its way, India Inc will soon get more corporate honchos, straight out of top-notch B-schools along with more IIT tech grads.The Planning Commission has proposed a plan which includes setting up eight new IITs and seven new IIMs among other institutes. The government...

MUMBAI/BANGALORE/KOLKATA: Eight new IITs, seven IIMs! This mandate from the government with no fixed timeline regarding the country’s higher education is drawing a mixed response from both the alumni and students of these institutions. While some feel it’s a move that will help develop...

15 new IIT, IIMs; Rs 25,000 cr for farmers In his address to the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the country's independence on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the key initiatives of his Government would include massive increase in...

Lack of adequate infrastructure, faculty and an India-centric view is preventing the Indian Institute of Managements from admitting more foreign students unlike their counterpart ivy league schools worldwide. Consider this. Nearly 80 foreign students and NRIs applied for admission to...

ISB gives IIMs a run for money After the prestigious IIMs, it seems that Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business is blipping on the radar of big employers. Five students from the prestigious Indian School of Business have bagged international jobs worth Rs one crore annually with the...

Govt calls up IITs, IIMs; puts admissions on hold The Indian Institutes of Management and Indian Institutes of Technology will put admissions on hold till the Centre sorts out the Supreme Court’s stay on 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The Human Resources Development...

IIMs' Controversies and Saga of Other Management Schools Last week, i.e., 16th-21st Jan. 2006, gave a sense of déjà vu when it was reported that HRD ministry has denied IIM Bangalore permission to open its off-shore campus at Singapore. The Indian media seized the event thinking that this move...

IIMs have categorically asked the government not to interfere in their internal affairs so that they can smoothly carry out their work of making IIMs a global brand on par with the big B schools like Harvard and Wharton. The IIM heads -- who came together on one platform to address the pan-IIM...

Abstract This paper suggests a roadmap for IIM Ahmedabad to increase its intake substantially with available resources in its flagship ‘Post Graduate Program in Management’ (PGP equivalent to MBA). Solutions for other IIMs should be similar as all share similar programs, ethos and culture...

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is every MBA aspirant's ticket to a business school. And many of them will be looking to get into one of the top B-schools in the country on Sunday. This year, more than 1,90,000 students across India are appearing for the test, which is considered a passport to...

Post-Moily, the debate is about how the IIMs' quality is likely to suffer. Yet, good US B-schools have a lot more students and a lot better research. Samuel Paul Chairman, Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore The leadership positions assumed by IIMs' alumni and global recognition in a competitive...

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Hiring those whiz kids from IITs and IIMs is set to turn costlier. The government is planning to tap the placement services offered by management and engineering institutes under the ambit of service tax. The indirect tax department has instructed its field formations to conduct surveys and...

This paper suggests a roadmap for IIM Ahmedabad to increase its intake substantially with available resources in its flagship ‘Post Graduate Program in Management’ (PGP equivalent to MBA). Solutions for other IIMs should be similar as all share similar programs, ethos and culture; differences...

Students from medical colleges and other professions gathered at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Saturday to support the union government for the proposed hike in quotas for OBC's in the medical colleges. (PTI photo) DELHI/ KOLKATA: The crucial issue for the government as...

Institute of Imperfect Management200,200They are the cream institutes of learning - on top of the aspirants' list of ambitions. But a close look at the IIMs, their faculty and students reveals a picture not quite perfect. Apurv Pandit looks at the issues ailing our B-Schools as they plan to go...

Is reservation the way ahead for India in its quest for the twin goals of development and social equality? A Harvard alumnus and a founder of Hyderabad's Indian School of Business, McKinsey's ex-MD, Rajat Gupta, shares his views with The Indian Express' Editor-in-Chief, Shekhar Gupta, on NDTV...