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Salary offers during the ongoing final placements continue to be a matter of concern at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). However, the management schools that are a part of these premier technology institutions are not affected and are seeing a 10-20 per cent jump in final as well as summer placement salaries.

Management schools at IITs see 10-20% jump in salary offers

Recommended by Sam Pitroda who headed the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), the network has till date connected around 60 educational institutions in the country, and over six virtual classrooms have been set up.

Knowledge network to benefit all students by March 2011

With the shadow of the global slowdown behind it, the corporate sector appears to have increased its appetite for consultants. Even while 10-15 per cent of the post graduate programme for executives (PGPX) batch at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is yet to be placed, the placements for the one-year programme has seen a sudden rise in consulting firms picking up large number of students.

Consulting leads recruitment race at IIM-A exec course

If you have ever wondered why foreign universities are striking most of their alliances with institutions in the southern and western regions rather than north India, a new CII-KPMG study may shed some light on the subject.

North India lags southern, western regions in literacy: CII-KPMG study

For the first batch of the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (ePGP) at IIM-B, companies had started trickling in from November 2009. The institute has 70 students in this batch. Around 25 companies visited the campus and made multiple offers this January. The mood among recruiters is positive, confirms Sapna Agarwal, head of career development services at IIM-B.

Buzz around 1-year exec courses too

The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for making the latter a hub of Korean studies in South Asia. It also extended a grant to JNU for research and networking. Kirtika Suneja caught up with AKS president Kim Jung Bae who spoke about the agreement and related issues.

'India needs more private investments in secondary, tertiary education'

Canada-based Schulich School of Business has launched a two year MBA programme in collaboration with the S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR).

Schulich, S P Jain launch MBA programme

Institutes are seeing many first-time recruiters for lateral placements. Not only are they expecting more offers, but higher salaries, too.

No dearth of job offers this placement season

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are mulling a Rs 35,000 rise in student fees for the next 10 years. This would effectively increase the fees from the current Rs 50,000 a year to Rs 400,000 a year by the end of 10 years.

IITs seek govt nod to increase annual fees by Rs 35,000

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are leaving no stone unturned to ensure the presence of top companies on the campus this year. Some IIMs have even done away with, or reduced, the participation and placement fees for the final placements season.

IIMs reduce participation, placement fees to lure more companies

Haryana-based O P Jindal Global University (JGU), floated by the Jindal Group, has launched a B-school that will commence operations from August this year when a full-time MBA programme will be rolled out. The Jindal Global Business School (JGBS) is situated on the 54-acre fully residential JGU campus and will enroll 120 students in the MBA programme.

Jindal sets up B-school; specialised schools to follow

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are gearing up to meet the increasing demand for student and faculty exchanges &mdash; besides joint programmes in research and training &mdash; with more international collaborations and dual-degree programmes.

IIMs sharpen focus on foreign tie-ups, dual-degree programmes

They may lose anywhere between Rs 1,000 and Rs 60,000 if they get through an IIM and choose to quit the B-school they initially opted for.

Students seek other B-schools as IIMs delay admissions

The executive MBA programme at Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) is ranked among the top 20 such courses worldwide. As part of the course, the institute conducts a Discovery Expedition to India. Phil Rosenzwieg, professor of Strategy and International Management, and his students recently visited India as part of the expedition. Rosenwieg spoke to Chitra Unnithan about his experience.

'It is important that our executive MBAs experience India'

Almost 40,000 students took the first computer based Narsee Monjee Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) to gain admission in the Mumbai-based Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS). For the first time, NMAT was conducted in a computer based format by computer-based testing company Pearson VUE for a period of 10 days.

40,000 students take first computer-based NMAT

The desire to become entrepreneurs is taking roots with a vengeance this year at B-schools. Many students have shown eagerness to stay out of the placements process and start their own ventures instead.

Many B-school students may set up their own companies this year

A few IITs have not invited them to participate in placements this year. But coaching institutions offer attractive salaries to IITians to join them as faculty.

IITs keep coaching institutes away from students

B-schools may have begun final placements with renewed confidence. There&rsquo;s a nagging feeling, though, that expectations of higher salaries might be belied this year.

Salaries, offers yet to reach 2008 levels

The US-based Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) institute, which is fighting a case with the technical education regulatory body &mdash; All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) &mdash; in the Delhi High Court, has decided to create brand awareness about itself in India.

CFA gears up to build image in India

The Indian government has been pursuing an expansion of higher education facilities and has also determined that links with foreign universities are a priority. In this backdrop, University of Southampton, a leading UK teaching and research institution, is exploring academic and research collaborations with institutes like IIT-Kharagpur and IISER-Pune. With over 22,000 students, around 5,000 staff, and an annual turnover of almost &pound;400 million, the University of Southampton is one of UK&rsquo;s biggest institutions for engineering, computer science and medicine. Alistair Fitt, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton, had a teleconference with Pradipta Mukherjee on its India plans.

'We are exploring academic and research tie-ups with IITs, IISERs'

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