The litmus test of pedagogic skills must be a teacher's ability to endow students with world-class, marketable skills

Parul Sharma: The real test for teachers

Business Standard

Even as the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Council decide on the &ldquo;re-worked&rdquo; version of the Kakodkar Committee report on autonomy for the IITs, the verdict by IITs is out: We don&rsquo;t need autonomy.

We don't need autonomy: IITs

Breaking into computer systems which once was a pastime for geeks, has become a full-fledged career option. Ethical hackers are in demand from government as well as private sector. Ankit Fadia, well known ethical hacker and independent computer security intelligence consultant tells Piyali Mandal how hacking can be a rewarding career option.

Q&A: Ankit Fadia, Ethical Hacker

In 2009, when Retailers Association of India (RAI) and Indira Gandhi National Open University jointly began a three- year bachelor&rsquo;s programme in retailing, the course saw 250 students enrolling.

India Inc's retail academy

Rising competition, market volatility and major corporate accounting scandals have opened the doors for actuarial graduates beyond the insurance sector. With more and more companies forming a beeline to hire students armed with the most recent knowledge of the market and products to secure their own future, actuaries is increasingly having an edge in the job market.

Risk assesors: A glimpse into the future

Practising cost and works accountants (CWAs), often considered poor cousins of chartered accountants, will see their fortunes soar following the recent government notification making cost audit mandatory for 14 selected industries.

Cost auditors call the shots

Smaller institutes worry their students may further lose out on placement opportunities.

B-schools see red over IIM-A's placement reporting norms

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which opened its India office this February, is looking to grow its GMAT volumes in India and get more B-schools to start using the format as part of their admission process. In the first four months, India has seen a 10 per cent jump in the number of students appearing for the GMAT exam over the same period last year. David A Wilson, President and CEO, GMAC, tells Praveen Bose and Pradeesh Chandran why he is bullish on India.

Q&A: David A Wilson, President & CEO, GMAC

Internet giant Yahoo&rsquo;s recent job notification cries out loud: &ldquo;Scientists wanted&rdquo;. To meet its requirements in India, the company has even decided to launch a talent hunt with its Yahoo PhD Coop programme in collaboration with major Indian institutes.

Tech companies increase PhD hiring for R&D units

Despite a significant rise in the number of engineering and management colleges in Uttar Pradesh, the number of MBA and B Tech aspirants is on a decline.

1.2 lakh MBA, BTech seats likely to go vacant in Uttar Pradesh

As the Indian School of Business (ISB) at Hyderabad completes a decade of its existence ISB Dean Ajit Rangnekar, explains to Kalpana Pathak how B-schools in Singapore are a big challenge in terms of faculty recruitment and how it hurts to be blacklisted by the All India Council of Technical Education.

Q&A: Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business

The placement season at the Delhi Technological University (DTU, earlier known as the Delhi College of Engineering) is in full swing with a total of 54 companies having visited the campus and making 320 job offers to the students.

DTU's highest salary at Rs 10.49 lakh

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and central universities will shortly begin work on sending an association of post doctoral students and faculty members to the US universities for training from the next academic session.

Obama-Singh knowledge initiative: IITs begin work

It&rsquo;s not only raining jobs at the IITs but also at regional colleges.

Engg colleges strike gold this season

A common consensus among B-schools that the placements this year maybe nearing the 2007-08 levels is hard to dispute.

Lateral placement gets its due at business schools

Manipal Education which has formed the corporate education initiative- ICICI Manipal Academy (IMA) &ndash;with ICICI Bank is expanding this partnership by adding capacity in the academy&rsquo;s campus in Bangalore.

ICICI Manipal Academy expands partnership

In a first, publishing arm wants 15 case studies from two management institutes.

Harvard dials Indian schools for case studies

When over half a dozen international B-schools have already launched their India initiatives, Stanford University&rsquo;s Graduate School of Business says it is in no hurry to do the same. Garth Saloner, the school&rsquo;s dean, tells Kalpana Pathak how India is important for the school in a different way and programme launches would only be need-demand-based.

Q&A: Garth Saloner, Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business

More and more IT firms look at arresting attrition by providing on the job education option to staff.

BPOs no more a stopgap option

The summer placements scene at B-schools is hotting up. A vibrant job market &mdash; the job speak index of Naukri.com says companies&rsquo; activities related to the recruitment stood at 1,085 in March 2011 against 900 in March 2010 &mdash; and war for talent acquisition has made India Inc dangle the fat pay cheque carrot even for the two month summer internship programmes at B-schools.

Students make money while the sun shines

With 28 partners in the skill development space and Rs 668 crores committed, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) completes one year of existence. Dilip Chenoy, CEO and MD, NSDC, tells Kalpana Pathak the sector will see a lot of action and investment from domestic and international players.

Q&A: Dilip Chenoy, CEO & MD, NSDC

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