This year, University of Chicago will join the ranks of a dozen international universities which have firmed up plans to set up centres in India. Sunil Kumar, who took over as the dean of Chicago Booth School of Business last month, tells Kalpana Pathak how the school plans to leverage the India centre and the school's alumni base in India.

Q&A: Sunil Kumar, Dean, Chicago Booth School of Business

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Managerial and consulting roles in call centres attract IIM graduates.

BPO calls reach B-School campus

The higher education sector is pinning its hopes on a few big-ticket reforms in the Budget to be unveiled on Monday.

Education sector awaits budget goodies

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) and HEC Paris School of Management have announced their partnership with Altran, a global high tech engineering consulting firm, to launch 'HEC Paris-IIMB-ALTRAN Professional Monitoring Scheme'.

HEC Paris School of Mgmt, IIM-B and Altran launch professional mentoring scheme

The institute will provide financial support for those not wishing to join the corporate sector and instead pursue other interests

IIM-Ahmedabad plans new fellowship for its students

LAST WEEK WE ASKED:  Do you think it will be a good idea to offer an annual package of Rs 55 lakh to foreign faculty with Indian origin for science institutes? Would this leave Indian faculty happy?

Student's corner

The last of the eight-part series on the one-year full time MBA at IIMs looks at the steps required to drive home the reality that the course is the only full time MBA at IIMs that is accredited inter

Claiming its rightful place in the sun

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

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

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