Institutes to resolve home-front issues before going international.

IIMs allowed to set up their own foreign campuses

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After heading the financial product business of a Canadian company for four years, Tarun Mishra called it quits in 2003 to realise the dream he nurtured since graduation days at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B).

Living up to his IIT-Bombay dream

Around 18 students at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A)&rsquo;s post-graduate programme (PGP) 2010-12 batch may get to study without paying a single penny to the premier institute this year.

IIM-A may give 18 students fee waiver this year

Airline operators are making a beeline for Indian aviation academies. This follows the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA&rsquo;s) programme to phase out expatriate pilots working with Indian airline operators, giving rise to the demand for domestic pilots. Most airline operators have till July 31 to phase out expats from the cockpits.

Students smile as demand for domestic pilots rises

The placement season at Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Dubai is on and till now, has seen its highest salary package at 17,000 Dirham (around Rs 2.2 lakh) per month compared with 15,000 Dirham (around Rs 1.95 lakh) per month last year. The average salary this year stood at 9 Dirham (around Rs 1.1 lakh).

IMT-Dubai sees highest placement offer at Rs 22 lakh

The estimated $3-bn Vedanta University was to start Phase-I by mid-2011 but is facing stiff opposition from locals.

Vedanta may shift varsity to southern states

Having taken charge as Dean of the Noida campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), Archana Shukla has her work cut out for her &mdash; right from consolidation to the handling of faculty crunch. Though she has been associated with the institute for the past 13 years, Shukla tells Chitra Unnithan that the task is challenging. She discusses some of her plans for the campus in an interview.

Q&A: Archana Shukla, Dean, Noida campus, IIM Lucknow

Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group promoted venture capital (VC), Reliance Venture Asset Management (RVAM), has forged a strategic collaboration with two prestigious universities &mdash; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University &mdash; by sponsoring their entrepreneurship competitions and start-up programmes.

Reliance ADA VC firm ties up with MIT, Stanford

With the economy looking up, companies appear to be loosening their purse strings and sponsoring more executive training. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), for instance, are expecting more participants and better revenues from their executive education programmes.

IIM executive education courses gather steam

The quality of management education in the country could dip with merit taking a back seat, if this practice goes unchecked, caution experts.

New B-schools even 'buy' management students

This year, many aspiring engineering students are worried they may find it difficult to get a seat in the coveted Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The merit lists &mdash; recently released by the IITs after the joint entrance examination (JEE) results &mdash; reveal that the entry bar across categories, both for open and reserved ones, has risen.

Higher IIT entry bar troubles students

It will be at least two years before they get their own campus. Yet, there&rsquo;s a lot of excitement among the faculty members who will be teaching at the country&rsquo;s only Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Mandi, to be nestled in the lowermost climatic zone of the serene Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh.

New IITs aim high from transit camps; lay stress on research

Courses will be comparable to that of overseas institutes to help student exchange programmes.

IIMs updating curriculum...

Ever since the Supreme Court upheld implementation of 27 per cent OBC reservation in Central Education Institutions (CEIs), the need for sufficient infrastructure in terms of faculty, classrooms and residential blocks has been troubling the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). With the new academic year having begun, some IIMs have expedited the expansion process at their campuses.

IIMs gearing up to accommodate quota needs

The story would, perhaps, be told differently when the Indian Parliament finally allows foreign universities to set up campuses in the country (the Foreign Education Institutions (Regulation of Entry And Operations) Bill was tabled in Parliament this May).

UK, New Zealand, Australia lose sheen as student destinations

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have historically had a minuscule representation of girls. This year, however, things are set to change. With the intention of creating more global and Indian women business leaders, IIMs have admitted a record number of girl-students for their flagship post-graduate programme (PGP).

Girl student count at IIMs set to increase

To be set up under the PPP model, the 20 institutes will offer undergraduate, masters and PhD programmes.

Govt to open doors for IIITs

NIIT University recently launched its MBA programme called NU-MBA and commenced admissions for its first batch. The programme, which NIIT touts as the &lsquo;new age MBA&rsquo;, aims to groom the new age CEO for 2020 by imparting holistic training in a broadbased intellectual environment, according to Rajendra Pawar, founder of NIIT University. Kirtika Suneja caught up with him to know more about the programme and progress of the university that was launched in September last year.

'We will offer what a knowledge society needs'

Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has confirmed that its second campus will come up in Kundapur village of Chitradurga district in Karnataka. The institute added it is still deliberating over the proposal received from the Andhra Pradesh government for a campus and has not yet taken a call on whether it will look at a third campus.

IISc's second campus to come up in Karnataka

Hundreds of students, who get admitted to the two-year post graduate programme (PGP) at many Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) this year, will have the stamp of approval from alumni of the respective institutes.

IIMs expand alumni role to assist in admissions

The aim is to reduce pressure and conduct placements in a relaxed manner.

IIM bangalore, Calcutta may change placement process

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