Barely two months after the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, got autonomy, it announced a new five-year integrated programme in management (IPM). In spite of protests from other IIMs, institute Director N Ravichandran went ahead with his plans to introduce the programme after a Ministry of Human Resources and Development approval. Speaking to Vinay Umarji, Ravichandran talks about what made him venture into something no other IIM had tried so far.

Q&A: N Ravichandran, Director, IIM, Indore

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It is taking tips from Stanford, Harvard and MIT for the revamp.

IIM-K changes curriculum, hopes it's a 'trendsetter'

IIMs are busy updating and revamping the existing curriculum for their two-year flagship post-graduate programme (PGP). They typically conduct a comprehensive review of the syllabus every 3-4 years to incorporate developments and changes in industries and the economy.

Other IIMs also join in

Singapore&rsquo;s diplomat-turned-writer Kishore Mahbubani is known for his provocative ideas on the &ldquo;power shift&rdquo; from the West to the East. To contribute in his own way to this &lsquo;power shift&rsquo;, Mahbubani has built what is so far a unique &ldquo;Asian&rdquo; institution in the field of public policy, to compete with Harvard&rsquo;s Kennedy School of Government (KSG) and the Science Po in Paris.

Asian school beefs up Indian bureaucracy

After focusing on the Indian market, the Delhi-based Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is now spreading its wings. The institute recently inaugurated its Africa Business Cell to bring business leaders to India to promote partnerships and encourage entrepreneurship.

IIFT inaugurates African business cell

Wharton School&rsquo;s healthcare management department is exploring research tie-ups with Indian institutes in the healthcare and insurance sectors.

Wharton scouts for healthcare, insurance research tie-ups

Ranked third in industry research, the institute is number one in many research areas like supply chain and energy.

Penn varsity in talks with Indian institutes for tie-ups

High-quality research should be second nature to a top business school, believes B S Sahay, Director Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon. In an interview with Chitra Unnithan, Sahay says the issue of faculty crunch faced by business schools in the country can be tackled with adequate time allotted to research.

Q&A: B S Sahay, Director, MDI Gurgaon

Premier B-schools are taking steps to sharpen their focus on doctoral programmes. They hope the strategy will help in attracting more participants, while improving the quarlity of research work on their campuses in the coming years.

IIMs sharpen focus on doctoral programmes

The oldest management institute in the country, the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) in Kolkata, is on an expansion drive. It plans to set up two new campuses at Rajarhat and Salt Lake, both on the eastern fringes of Kolkata. The Rajarhat campus will be spread over three acres while the Salt Lake campus will be set up in over 58 katha or less than one acre.

India's oldest B-school set to expand

Learning begins at home. But, while Indian IT companies were busy providing software solutions for the rest of the world, they could not see beyond the traditional route when it came to hiring wannabe techies.

Going online: IT majors take tech route to hiring

A lesson or two from Bollywood could not only be entertaining for our future managers but could also be a shaping tool for the bright minds. And, Indian B-schools are all set to cash in on the idea.

(G)literati: B-schools' tryst with Bollywood

Students and faculty of the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad &ndash; a signatory to the European Union (EU)&rsquo; s educational programme Erasmus Mundus &ndash; have started reaping the fruits in form of scholarships.

IMT benefits from EU academic programme

Devang Khakhar, director, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a member of the IIT JEE reform committee set up by the HRD Ministry, in an interview with Kalpana Pathak speaks on the challenges in making changes, while retaining the Joint Entrance Examination&rsquo;s reputation for high level of integrity and transparency.

Q&A: Devang Khakhar, Director, IIT-Bombay

The global financial crisis and the opening up of the Indian market have prompted business schools to reflect on their future course.

Flame's liberal touch to MBA course

Icfai Business School (IBS), a wing of the Hyderabad-based Icfaian Foundation, plans to invest Rs 150 crore to set up its own campuses across India over the next two years.

IBS to invest Rs 150 crore for campuses across India

Section 227 of the Companies Act 1956 requires an auditor to express an opinion on if the balancesheet presents a true and fair view of the state of the company&rsquo;s affairs at the end of the financial year and whether the profit and loss account presents a true and fair view of the profit or loss for the financial year. It also requires an auditor to state specifically whether, in his opinion, the profit and loss account and the balance sheet comply with accounting standards. Auditing and Assurance Standard (AAS) 28 requires the auditor to express an opinion on whether &ldquo;the financial statements give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India&rdquo;.

Auditor mindset needs to undergo change

Will take decisions on recruitment, promotion of teachers.

Induction cells may help IIMs meet faculty crunch

Non-resident Indian students can now enrol with private colleges offering professional courses in Andhra Pradesh. In a recent circular, the state government restored a previous order allowing 15 per cent quota for NRI students who could pay their course fees in dollars.

AP reinstates NRI quota in pvt colleges

Industry majors keen to hire freshers based on their performance during summer internships.

IIMs see surge in pre-placement offers

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-K) might finally get a go ahead with its plans to set up a medical school and hospital.Since it signed a $50-million MoU with the University of California, San Diego, last year to set up a 750-bed state-of-the-art hospital and research centre at the IIT, the institute had been pursuing the case with the Union HRD Ministry.

IIT-Kharagpur hopes to get Cabinet nod for medical school

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