| MeritTrac plans to invest Rs 20-cr to up offerings |
20-NOV-09 |
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When the IIMs decided to award the contract to Prometric for conducting the Common Admission Test (CAT) online, and Pearson bringing its assessment brand to India, it must have been a wake up call for MeritTrac, a large assessment company. |
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| ISBians to evaluate biz plans for VCs |
19-NOV-09 |
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Putting the case study model aside, the Indian School of Business (ISB) is asking its students to do due diligence of a few business ideas for venture capitalists. |
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| CAT aspirants to be given a tutorial prior to test |
16-NOV-09 |
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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. |
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| Lancaster University ties up with G D Goenka |
16-NOV-09 |
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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. |
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| ISB to help faculty and scholars publish case studies abroad |
16-NOV-09 |
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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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| NID to apply for Centre of Excellence status |
16-NOV-09 |
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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. |
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| IMI to invest Rs 50 cr on Bhubaneswar campus |
14-NOV-09 |
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International Management Institute (IMI), a New Delhi-based B-school, will invest Rs 50-crore in setting up its campus on 15.8 acres of land at Gothpatna on the outskirts of the city. |
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| IIMs see better summer |
12-NOV-09 |
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Companies like Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Nomura, Standard Chartered, JPMorgan and RBS flock the campuses Banking and finance companies, whose dismal performance in late 2008 caused panic among students and faculty members of the premier Indian Institutes of Management, are making up this year with better profiles and stipends. |
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| IIM-L sees 25 per cent rise in summer job offers |
11-NOV-09 |
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The first phase of summer placements at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), which began in the last week of October, saw a 25 per cent increase in the number of offers as compared to last year. |
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| XIM-B kicks off rural exposure programme |
10-NOV-09 |
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As a part of its endeavour to prepare future corporate managers with a human face, Xavier Institute of Management-Bhubaneswar (XIMB) is providing opportunity to its students to bond with the rural folks. |
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| Common interview plan of IIMs may get delayed |
09-NOV-09 |
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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. |
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