My column last month on inflation and monetary policy provoked more response than usual, no doubt because of the heatedness of the debate, rather than any one thing I wrote. With some of the heat having subsided, this is a good time to revisit some of the issues. This is important since the long run [...]

It is time for another politician to set foot on the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) campus, this time an American. Senator Edward Murray, a native of Washington state, who has represented Seattles 43rd legislative district since 1995 is all set to deliver a lecture on Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure at the campus on May 16. The [...]

The Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-I) on Friday has issued final calls to 650 candidates against 180 seats for its two-year postgraduate MBA course, including to the candidates belonging to SC/ST and physically handicapped categories. Prof Neeraj Dwivedi, Chairman of Admissions at IIM Indore told MBAUniverse.com, We have announced the list of 650 students against [...]

Its quite a transition for a battle hardened armyman to reorient himself for the boardroom at the age of 51. Thats exactly what Col Satish Tyagi did when he opted to undergo a special program at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) called Armed Forces Program (AFP) in Business Management, early this year. In [...]

Panels mulling quota criteria in educational institutions could well take a leaf out of Tariq Chouhans book. While filling the application forms for the Common Admission Test (CAT) to gain entry into any of the six prestigious B-schools of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Tariq, a student of Nirma University, had two options — he could [...]

it is exploring tie-ups with institutes in Singapore to offer Executive MBA (EMBA) programmes. We are not setting up any campus in Singapore. We are in talks with a couple of Singapore-based universities and institutes for offering Executive MBA programmes. The programmes will be delivered partly through the distance learning mode, said Prakash G Apte, Director, [...]

Thousands of MBA aspirants can finally breathe a sigh of relief with the human resource development (HRD) ministry Friday issuing a directive to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) to release admission lists like in previous years. HRD Minister Arjun Singh Friday afternoon formally issued directives to all central government funded higher educational institutes, including the [...]

The suspense over the admissions to the Indian Institutes of Management ended on Friday after the HRD ministry issued a directive to all Central educational institutions to begin admissions for general and SC/ST categories. The IIMs wasted no time in releasing their merit lists, on their websites, leading to a collective sigh of relief. Students whose [...]

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore will be releasing its admission list today. Speaking to MBAUniverse.com Dr Prakash Apte Director IIM Bangalore said, We are still waiting for official communication from government. Hope to release the list in couple of hours. This years admission will follow the HRD Minister Arjun Singhs formula to allow admissions as per [...]

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalores Center for Corporate Governance and Citizenship announced a faculty development program in Corporate Governance. It will be held between 21 and 26 May 2007. Said Dr N Balasubramanian, Programme Director and Chairman, IIMB-CCGC Faculty Development Programme in Corporate governance to MBAUniverse.com, Our objective is to spread the message of the imperatives [...]

The countrys best known business school, the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmadabad, has introduced a short course on managing HIV/AIDS programmes for health professionals, the schools director said on Friday. The weeklong course is meant for government health policy makers, voluntary groups and others working in the field of HIV prevention and care, said Bakul Dholakia, director [...]

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) on Thursday indicated they might send offer of admission to students in next two days if they recieve communication from the Union HRD ministry giving a go-ahead to start admission as per last year by Friday. The IIMA welcomed the Centres decision to give a go-ahead to fill general [...]

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) Alumni Association yesterday filed a petition in Supreme Court (SC) seeking a direction from the court to the government not to implement reservation in higher educational institutions like IITs and IIMs. The former students of these elite institutions argue that according to Section 4 (B) of the Central Educational Institutions [...]

Brand IIM might just have to think of a fresh branding exercise. With the Centre toying with the idea of pulling the autonomy carpet from under the feet of the IIMs, ripples are already being felt among directors and faculty. IIMs feel that the Bill, once it becomes an Act like the Institutes of Technology Act [...]

The plight of around 5,000 students caught in the midst of the quota controversy and subsequent freezing of admissions at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have finally received some respite. After the directive from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to all education institutes asking them to refund course fee if the student [...]

Even though the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday enhanced the previously-fixed August date of its hearing on the OBC reservation case to May 8, any delay in the admission process at the six IIMs in the country is going to cost premier private B-Schools, and students seeking admission into such institutions, the maximum, feels XLRI. Also, [...]

IIM-A Alumini Trust to bail out students IIM Ahmedabad Alumni Trust has come to the rescue of students who face the prospect of losing money due to the delay in admissions. The admissions have been delayed due to the stand-off between the government and the IIM managements following a supreme court stay on OBC reservation. The trust [...]

Short-term FDs or long-term lock-in Neither a lender, nor a borrower be, goes the adage. In todays rising interest rate scenario, being a borrower can be a scary scenario. Rising EMIs (equated monthly instalments) have been causing a lot of financial and emotional strain on the borrowers. Anyone who has taken a floating rate loan over [...]

IIMs move to avert showdown with Govt With the Supreme Court today making clear that it will only hear on April 23 the Government application seeking vacation of its stay on implementation of 27 per cent OBC reservation in institutes of higher education, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have begun moves to avert a confrontation [...]

IIM-A to make position on admission clear on April 21 Even as the Supreme Court has posted the hearing on quota in elite educational institutions case on April 23, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), yesterday said it will make its position on admission to the coming academic session clear on April 21. We will make [...]

Date delay affects XLRI aspirants The decision of postponing the IIM admission dates to April 21 has taken a toll on students on the waiting list of XLRI admissions. XLRI releases two lists of selected candidates — both confirmed and those on the waiting list. Earlier, about 50 students for the business management and about 10-12 students [...]

Centre to move SC to get stay vacated After the six IIMs decided to declare their merit lists on April 21, IIM-Ahmedabad has said the list of qualified candidates will be released from 11 am onwards on that day. Other IIMs are also expected to follow suit. The government, meanwhile, is expected to move the Supreme [...]

Oyoun to organise workshop on project appraisal Oyoun Education is organising a workshop on project appraisal from April 24 to 26 at Radisson SAS. The workshop will be conducted by Professor V. Ranganathan, the professor on infrastructure at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has a B.Tech from IIT Madras and a doctoral degree from IIM [...]

OBC quota: Centre may move SC today After the six IIMs decided to declare their merit lists on April 21, IIM-Ahmedabad has said the list of qualified candidates will be released from 11 am onwards on that day. Other IIMs are also expected to follow suit. The government, meanwhile, is expected to move the Supreme Court [...]

B-schools take lessons in candidate diversity You could be a nuclear scientist and at the same time, be a suitable candidate for a premier B-school seat! Yes, we are talking about diversity here. B-schools across India are now all game for imparting their classrooms a diversified look. And its not just gender arithmetic they used to [...]