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IIMs seek liberty to elect directors

Government interference seen taking sheen off IIMs

Sales a dirty word for management grads

Students keep refusing job offers till the final months and when nothing exciting comes their way, they take up the sales portfolio offer

JBIMS completes final placements

Students placed across consulting, BFSI & IB, FMCG & pharma, Retail & E-Commerce, manufacturing & conglomerates besides telecom & IT

Ex-bankers get million-dollar offers

Job on offer to these ex-bankers is of consultants. Headhunters say contracts are for up to five years

Essar Oil exits CDR for Gujarat refinery, enters new loan pact

Move would allow company to distribute dividends and help it reach out to foreign lenders

Alumni lift mood at B-school placements

Several management institutes have seen their former students coming back as recruiters during slowdown time

Decision on IIM Council deferred by two weeks

MHRD minister Pallam Raju seeks further comments from all IIMs on the issue following IIM-A's opposition on grounds of losing autonomy

Hess Corp sells stake in oil field and pipeline to OVL

The BP operated ACG fields, located in the Caspian Sea approximately 100 kilometers east of Baku, commenced production in 1997

Employability evaluation catches up

Students and colleges are taking steps to ensure they join the workforce immediately after graduation

Most IIMs vote for umbrella body

Move for council to be discussed with HRD ministry on April 1

ONGC to award CBM stakes soon

ONGC has been wanting to move out of the CBM business and focus on conventional oil and gas exploration and production

No gain for pvt retailers from market pricing of bulk diesel

Annual diesel consumption is 70 million tonnes

Engineering graduates look at the GATE to state-run companies

About 1,700 jobs are up for grabs at 15 PSUs, which would recruit through GATE

No gains for pvt retailers from bulk diesel market pricing

State-run refiners saw some of their bulk customers shifting to using furnace oil against diesel

OMCs, EIL wish to join GAIL's Surat-Odisha pipeline

Last April, GAIL secured rights to lay the pipeline, with a capacity to transport up to 60 mscmd

Academic tie-ups ease ICICI's talent crunch & attrition woes

The students are also taught English at the academy along with training in basic etiquette

Now, train at a lab near you for PhD

AICTE to launch programme to promote research in technical fields, eyes 5,000 scholars in three years

Ahmedabad student tops CMAT

Four students from Maharastra make it in the top 10

CBSE to allow open book exams for class 9 and 10 next year

Minister of state for HRD Shashi Tharoor says an examination that does not require rote memorization is likely to reduce the current levels of pressure on them

AICTE issues showcause notice to IIPM