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

Business Standard

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

The number of CAT applicants had gone up from 50,000 in the year 2000 to 270,000 in the year 2008. This was because of the good placements that the graduates from premier B-schools had secured. With the global financial recovery, there has been a double digit increase in the average placement package in all good B-schools.

Student's Corner

Nikhil Uppal is elated. He is back after spending a day with Ajay Kaul, Chief Executive Officer, Jubilant Foodworks Limited and now he knows what it takes to be a leader.

A day out with CEOs

In a first, Madras University has given the first-right-to-placement to HCL Technologies for 1.5 lakh students in 120 colleges affiliated to the University. Subrat Chakravarty, HR Head- Business Services, HCL Technologies, tells Shivani Shinde that the collaboration is a step closer to creating a pool of skilled, job-ready talent.

Q&A: Subrat Chakravarty, HR Head-Business Services, HCL Technologies

Chief executive officers and senior level executives are usually responsible for managing all other executives in the company and are ultimately accountable for achieving results. The best way to get a firm understanding on what you must do to reach the top job in your field is to learn from those who have already made it to the top job.

B-schools are paying faculty per lecture to save staff cost.

'Taxi faculty' parks itself at institutes

The Bombay Stock Exchange Training Institute (BSETIL) is gearing up to do what it couldn&rsquo;t in the past 21 years. Ambarish Datta, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, BSETIL, tells Kalpana Pathak&gt;/I&gt; that after the institute de-linked itself from BSE, the pace of work has improved.

Q&A: Ambarish Datta, MD & CEO, BSETIL 

Despite the language barrier, China is taking over from India, in terms of their ranking among top Asian Universities. According to the latest QS Asian University Rankings 2011, six Chinese universities have made it to the top 30. India&rsquo;s pole position starts from 36 with IIT Kanpur.

IITs climb, others slip in Asian varsity rankings

When you strongly desire something, the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it,&rdquo; this is the favourite quote of Immadi Prudhvi Tej, this year's IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) topper.

Hyderabad boy tops IIT-JEE

Service providers to stream content through 3G platform.

Virtual classroom on your mobile

Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB), in association with Massachusetts-based Marketing Science Institute (MSI), will organise a conference on &ldquo;Marketing in Emerging Markets: The Indian Experience&rdquo;.

ISB to hold emerging markets meet

The menace of fake degree certificates and forgery of mark sheets could soon come to an end with the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) finalising proposals for dematerialising such certificates.

Smart degree: Database to curb fake certificates

Offers up by 50-70 per cent; stipend up by 35-40 per cent.

B-schools inching to peak placement levels

JK Organisation, promoter of JK Tyre, JK Paper and JK Lakshmi Cement, among other group companies, is in the process of setting up a multi-disciplinary university &mdash; JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) in Jaipur. The university will be operational from the next academic year. Upinder Dhar, vice chancellor of JKLU tells Kirtika Suneja that the university will be based on four principles &mdash; long term teaching, corporate training, research and consulting.

Q&A: Upinder Dhar, Vice Chancellor, JK Lakshmipat University

University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has roped in Punjab-based GGS Group of Colleges as its India partner, besides Hyderabad-based Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU).

UWS forms partnership with 20 Indian institutes

International university endowment funds have stepped up their presence in the Indian stock markets to cash in on the high returns.

Destination India for global university funds

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C), the oldest IIM in the country, is considering setting up another campus.

IIM-C mulls setting up another campus

Indian companies are seeking tax break from the government to increase their share of endowments to higher education institutions.

India Inc eyes endowment tax break

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