Students unhappy with their scores in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 plan to move the Supreme Court.

Unhappy students move SC

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The alumni at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) have, in recent times, been keen to contribute to their alma mater by offering assistance in areas like admissions, lectures and mentorship.

IIM-B alumni set up forum for online contributions

Aim is to cash in on the growing Rs 350-cr executive education space in India.

Exec education: Ivy League entry ruffles Indian schools' feathers

Russia, which imparts free education to all its citizens, is set to introduce short-term courses for foreign students next year in the field of IT, business management, engineering and medicine.

Russia mulls short-term courses for foreigners

To differentiate its one-year executive post graduate programme in management (EPGP) from its flagship two-year post graduate programme (PGP), the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) has increased its minimum requirement of work experience from five to seven years. This has been taken into account while selecting its final class composition for the 2010-11 batch.

Executives need to work more to join IIM Bangalore

The Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad plans to start a new dual-country course by July this year. With an intake of 120 students, the two-year course will offer students the opportunity to spend one year at IMT&rsquo;s Ghaziabad campus and the other year at its Dubai campus.

IMT Ghaziabad to launch dual-country course

Rishi Patel, a student who wanted to study in Australia, is in a dilemma. He paid his visa application fees for a course in hair design in Melbourne and was planning to start his own firm there after getting permanent residency (PR).

Student flow to Australia may dip further with migration law changes

The three groups aim to address issues of governance, faculty and funding.

IIM review committees to submit report to centre in June

The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K), which raised its fee to Rs 10 lakh from Rs 8 lakh this year, gave away over Rs 2 crore as scholarships to students last year. The institute, which altered its admission process to welcome higher number of women students on campus, has increased its allocation to Rs 1.21 crore for the 2011 batch from Rs 1.06 crore for the 2010 batch. Debashis Chatterjee, Director of IIM-K, tells Chitra Unnithan what changes he plans to make on the campus.

'Women make better managers'

The Richard Ivey School of Business (Ivey) at the University of Western Ontario has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), according to which Ivey will invest $100,000 (around Rs 46 lakh) in India&rsquo;s premier business school.

Richard Ivey invests in IIM-Bangalore for research, exchange programmes

Technology is a tool to make things better in and for India, believes A Jithendar Reddy, a native of Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh, who topped the recently-announced IIT-JEE results.

JEE topper eyes IIT-Bombay, MIT for higher studies

While the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have been consistently increasing tuition fees for the two-year post graduate programmes (PGPs), they have simultaneously attempted to lower the financial burden for deserving students by increasing the disbursal of need-based scholarships.

IIMs sweeten fee hikes with increase in scholarships

Private unaided schools are smarting under a clause of the Right to Education (RTE) Act which mandates that even private educational institutions have to reserve 25 per cent of the seats for children from poor families. They believe the Act, which came into force last week, will do more harm than good by enforcing quotas.

Pvt schools stumped by 25% quota for poor children

Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) plans to organise workshops for other B-school faculty in a bid to enhance management education in the country.

ISB collaborates with peers to enhance B-school education

The Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), a premiere Jesuit Institution with worldwide collaborations, is planning to revise its curriculum from next year to keep abreast with the latest in management practises. In an interview with Pradipta Mukherjee, the institute&rsquo;s director P Maria Joseph Christie S J says the institute is exploring collaborations with international institutes.

'We are in talks with four global universities for collaborations'

Engineering PhD candidates can now look forward to mentoring from faculty members of some top US engineering institutions.

US mentors for Indian faculty

Brown University, like some of its Ivy League peers, does not plan to set up a campus in India. Instead, it plans to strengthen its alliances with institutions and the industry here. Ruth J Simmons, President of Brown University, told Kirtika Suneja the reasons for these premier institutions&rsquo; unwillingness to set up campuses in India despite the opening up of the higher education space here.

'Joint ventures yes, but no campus in India'

Radcliffe Foundation, a New Delhi-based educational trust operating in the K-12 (kindergarten to 12) segment, is in talks with private equity players to raise funds and expand its operations in the K-12 segment.

Radcliffe to raise Rs 300 crore from PE players

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, is in advanced talks with the Ethiopian government for sending its students to IIM-B to undertake the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM).

Ethiopia in talks with IIM-B for doctoral programme tie-up

An attractive destination for multinational, India has had successful companies on its soil which have adapted their businesses to the local conditions instead of imposing foreign models on India. Be it food chains, home appliances or even personal care products &mdash; companies have changed their product designs and policies to attract the Indian consumer.

'Global universities must think local '

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) will soon offer its executive post graduate programme (ePGP) in management in cities like Dubai and Sharjah.

IIM-K may enter Dubai, Sharjah

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