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| | CAT aspirants to be given a tutorial prior to test | 16-NOV-09 |
| | With the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 less than two weeks away, Prometric, the company that will administer the first computer-based CAT, has issued guidelines for students taking the test. The exam will take place between 28 November and 7 December this year. | |
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| | Lancaster University ties up with G D Goenka | 16-NOV-09 |
| | UK-based Lancaster University has tied up with the G D Goenka World Institute to set up a 68-acre campus in Gurgaon to offer six courses — three undergraduate courses and three post graduate ones. Around 295 students have taken up their places at the GD Goenka World Institute University and will receive a Lancaster University degree on completion of the course. “The undergraduate programmes are BA (Hons) Economics, BA (Hons) Business Economics and BBA (Hons) Business Studies of which the last one is most popular,” said Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Professor Paul Wellings. | |
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| | ISB to help faculty and scholars publish case studies abroad | 16-NOV-09 |
| | The Indian School of Business (ISB) has set up a Centre for Case Development by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business to enhance case writing capabilities among Indian academia and distribute these cases worldwide. | |
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| | 'UGC had wrong perceptions of its powers' | 16-NOV-09 |
| | It is difficult to discuss Amity University, one of India’s private universities, without the mention of its clash with the University Grants Commission. Amity’s Chancellor, ATUL CHAUHAN, clears the air on Amity’s conflict with the UGC and tells Kalpana Pathak why the university is still a preferred destination for many students. | |
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| | NID to apply for Centre of Excellence status | 16-NOV-09 |
| | The National Institute of Design (NID)’s governing council will meet this December to work on its final proposal to apply for the Centre Of Excellence (COE) status through an Act of Parliament. The proposal will be forwarded to Parliament by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. | |
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| | Common Admission Test 2009 | 09-NOV-09 |
| | This depends on the difficulty level of the paper and relative performance of others. Generally attempting around 60 per cent of the questions with around 80 per cent accuracy is good enough to get multiple IIM calls. | |
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| | Common interview plan of IIMs may get delayed | 09-NOV-09 |
| | The plan of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to conduct a common interview in just one city for aspirants is unlikely to start from the 2010 academic session as was planned earlier. Most IIMs are juggling with issues that are hampering the process which is aimed at easing admissions for students and saving costs too. | |
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| | Summer placements at IIMs leave winter behind | 09-NOV-09 |
| | The summer placement process, which gives first-year post-graduate students an opportunity to spend nearly two months during summer 2010 with companies that make them offers, has given the Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) much cause to cheer. | |
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| | IIT-Jee reform not a new idea | 02-NOV-09 |
| | Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal recently hinted that Class XII students may require more than 60 per cent (the current percentage requirement) to appear for the IIT-JEE exam. Notwithstanding the fact that the suggestion raised a major debate, after which Sibal backtracked, this is not the first instance of the HRD ministry floating an idea to reform the JEE system. | |
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| | Job in hand may be better than CAT | 02-NOV-09 |
| | Rajeev Parashar, a quality assurance engineer in an IT company in Bangalore, appeared for the Common Admission Test (CAT) last year but couldn’t make it to any of the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Soon after, the slowdown hit the job market in India too, which has made him defer his plan of taking the exam. | |
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| | Smiles are back on campuses with expectations of more offers | 02-NOV-09 |
| | India Inc’s improving results scorecard for the July-September quarter of 2009-10 is bringing the smiles back on the faces of the students and faculty members of management schools. They believe these companies will be back on the campuses in increasing numbers this year. | |
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| | 'Faculty shortage is a worldwide phenomenon' | 02-NOV-09 |
| | Ajit Balakrishnan wears many hats. He is the founder and CEO of Nasdaq-listed portal Rediff.com and Chairman of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) Board of Governors. An alumnus of IIM-C, he is the first ex-student of any IIM to be appointed to this position. He was also on R C Bhargava Committee which gave recommendations to improve the IIMs. On the sidelines of ‘Samvit 2009 — The Leaders’ Conclave’ at IIM-Lucknow recently, Balakrishan in a chat with Virendra Singh Rawat answered some issues that have dogged IIMs. | |
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| | December 6 preferred date for CAT 2009, says poll | 26-OCT-09 |
| | With 240,000 applicants Common Admission Test (CAT) preparing for the paperless examination to be scheduled between November 28 and December 7, the favourite date amongst masters of business administration (MBA) aspirants seems to be December 6, states a poll conducted by PaGaLGuY.com, an MBA resources website. As many as 1,821 voters (24 per cent) prefer to take the test on the date, which falls on the first Sunday of December, out of the total 7,635 voters in the poll that began in August this year. | |
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| | TIME scouts for acquisitions | 26-OCT-09 |
| | In a bid to expand its footprint in India and abroad, Hyderabad-based Triumphant Institute of Management Education (TIME), an education and test preparation institute, is currently evaluating proposals from some professional training institutes and schools for a possible acquisition. | |
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| | 'Course revision is important for students to diversify' | 26-OCT-09 |
| | Professor Kuriakose Mamkoottam recently took over as the dean of Delhi’s Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) from J K Mitra and has many plans for the premier management institute. He shared with Kirtika Suneja his vision for the faculty, students and his expectations from the industry. | |
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