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

B-schools inching to peak placement levels

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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

Pre-placement offers (PPOs) at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) continue to pour in. As the IITs prepare for the final placement process beginning December, companies are making pre-placement offers for final-year students.

Boom time for IITs: Job offers continue to pour

US-headquartered Harvard University may offer more to Indian education institutions from its bouquet of programmes.

Harvard mulls pan-india management training

Himachal Pradesh has struggled to improve rural literacy and has had to focus on primary education, but the hill state is now the fastest growing education hub. In the past two years, 10 private universities have set up their base and the government has issued Letters of Intent (LoI) to 19 others.

Tourist hotspot HP is the new education hub

Students at Delhi University's Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) have got attractive summer placements with the highest stipend witnessing a staggering 150 per cent rise compared to last year, to '2.5 lakh offered by an investment bank.

FMS students get impressive summer placement offers

In a bid to take their schools international and make them comparable to world class Business schools, more and more Indian management institutions have begun accepting the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) as an admission criterion.

Management schools in India drive GMAT growth

One of the top 10 B-schools in the World, Stephen M Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan was in India last week to sign an MoU with CII. The MoU will help both parties implement experiential learning projects in India. Robert J Dolan, Dean, Ross School of Business tells Piyali Mandal how the partnership will work and the school&rsquo;s plans for the Indian market.

Q&A: Robert J Dolan, Dean, Ross School of Business

South Korea based coaching institute Etoos Academy will set shop in India with its first IIT-JEE coaching institute in Kota (Rajasthan) to be operational from next month.

South Korean tutorial to coach students in IIT-JEE

If the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has its way, individuals and corporations donating to educational institutions may soon be eligible for tax exemptions.

Ministry in sync with IIMs on tax waiver for donations

The new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs ) appear to be well on their way to a good start, thanks to the mentoring by their established predecessors.

New IIMs do well with placements

The fake pilot scam, where fourteen persons were arrested, including six pilots and three Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officers, has prompted the aviation regulator to consider a change in the format of the commercial pilots licence (CPL) examination.

Flight of hope: DGCA in reform mode

International B-schools are making a beeline to enter the Indian market not only with general management programmes, but specialised MBA courses. The latest to join the fray was UK-based Robert Gordon University offering a programme in Oil and Gas management. University Director Andrew Turnbull tells Piyali Mandal that India is the second biggest market for them after Nigeria.

Q&A: Andrew Turnbull, Director, Robert Gordon University

After a lacklustre response during the recessionary period, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are back to attracting working professionals to the campuses for one year management programmes.

One-year MBA back with a bang at IIMs

Pearson Plc, the owner of Financial Times and Penguin Publishing, is optimistic about emerging markets. Post its recent acquisition of 76 per cent stake in Bangalore-based online tutoring company TutorVista, Pearson is planning an even bigger portfolio for itself.

Q&A: Anish Srikrishna, CMO, Pearson Publishing India

When Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced a grant of Rs 200 crore to the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) in his Budgetary speech, he facilitated more than just infrastructure upgrade at the institute.

MBBS at IIT Kharagpur

It&rsquo;s not only the B-schools which are drawing companies on campus. Improved global recovery has brought the companies back on the campuses of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), too.

IIT placements back to pre-recession levels

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