The institute&rsquo;s plan to start its first academic session on the Mohali campus in 2012 may be delayed since it had to scout for alternative land due to a dispute.

ISB may rope in MIT, Kennedy School for Mohali campus

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With the placements season fast approaching, top B-schools across the country are to ensure they churn out as many entrepreneurs as possible.

B-schools want more students to become entrepreneurs this year

B-schools are increasingly introducing niche educational courses to cater to developing industries.

Now, golf, market courses in B-schools

Delhi University&rsquo;s (DU) Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) is moving south by having an integrated campus in the south campus of the university. The plan has been approved by DU which will go ahead with the activities and execution of the new campus.

FMS to set up south campus

Prominent institutes like the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), IIM-Bangalore (IIM-B), The Environment and Research Institute (Teri) University and Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, which offer the one- and two-year public management and policy programmes, are seeing a growth in applications.

Mid-level public sector executives back to school

Educational institutions like the Indian Institute of Management, Indian School of Business (ISB) and Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) are launching new courses to cater to working professionals who want to hone their skills and rise up the corporate ladder.

Premier institutes gear up to convert exeCs into biz leaders

The Indian School of Business (ISB) recently launched a Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives (PGPMAX) that incorporates best practices and knowledge from Kellogg School of Management and the Wharton School. Kirtika Suneja caught up with ISB&rsquo;s dean Ajit Rangnekar to discusse the new programme and other issues.

'We need business leaders who can understand global competition'

Following the decision of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Prometric to extend the testing period for Common Admission Test (CAT) by a day to December 8, students were apprehensive whether one extra day would be enough to accommodate all rescheduled students.

Buffer capacity helps IIMs extend CAT only by a day

Three years after its inception, Whistling Woods International -- the film, television, animation and media arts institute promoted by filmmaker Subash Ghai -- is planning to expand its operations by setting up entertainment hubs and production studios. This is in addition to expansion on the education front through new campuses in India and abroad.

Whistling Woods to expand its film school operations

Offers for senior positions take longer since companies spend more time screening the 1-year executive management programme students.

More firms pay early visit to size up Aspiring or Sr Managers

Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) at IIT-Kharagpur is increasing the tuition fees for its flagship two-year postgraduate MBA programme by 150 per cent from the next academic year (July 2010) to fund infrastructure expansion and other expenses.

VGSOM to hike tuition fees by 150%

The premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are gearing up to complete the implemention of the scheduled caste (SC), scheduled tribe (ST) and other backward classes (OBC) quota requirement for faculty positions from next year.

IITs begin advertising to fill faculty quota seats

In a first at the National Institute of Design (NID), academic profiles were offered to the graduating batch of young designers during placements this year. The annual industry interface at NID campuses in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar saw around 70 firms visiting the campus. Apart from academics, profiles in auto design, apparel design, retail, and product design were offered by some of the biggies like Honda R&amp;D, Bajaj Auto, LG, Madura Garments, TAFE, Luxor, Godrej Industries Limited, and Godrej &amp; Boyce Manufacturing.

Rs 9.9 lakh highest offer at NID

&ldquo;I pressed the end button by mistake and my test ended! Does this mean my one year&rsquo;s preparation for CAT went for a toss? Please help me!&rdquo; went a desperate plea of a candidate on the forum of an MBA resource website. Within minutes, she got a dozen replies from those who faced the same problem and others who assured that she would get a chance to re-appear.

Management resource sites log on to expansion

Admission process for the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) usually begins in January. However, post the computer-based CAT fiasco, IIMs are worried that it could get delayed. In an interview with Pradipta Mukherjee, IIM-K&rsquo;s director Debashis Chatterjee clears the air on fears of CAT fiasco impacting the admission criteria.

'CAT could have been handled professionally'

The Kolkata-based Globsyn Group joined hands with California State University (CSU) to launch programmes in entrepreneurship for those running family businesses. The group, which recently established the Asian Institute of Family Business (AIFB) to cater to the education and training needs of family run businesses, will offer two post graduate courses.

Globsyn partners CSU for entrepreneurship programmes

Centum Learning, the education and training arm of Bharti group, is expanding its footprint in India by setting up skill development centres and mini-campuses for offering professional degrees to students. The company will cater to the entire spectrum of students from - low end to high end.

Centum Learning to set up campuses in 20 cities in India

Although 2009 brought cheer to the education sector with the announcement of a slew of reforms, it would also be a year students and campuses would want to forget in a hurry.

A testing year for students, despite reforms

Over eight years ago, engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&amp;T) decided to join hands with the Shailesh J Mehta School of Management at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. The purpose was designing a programme in project management to bridge the human resource (HR) gap in the industry.

Project management gathers momentum as infrastructure grows

Ajit Balakrishnan wears many hats. He is the founder and CEO of Nasdaq-listed portal Rediff.com and Chairman of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) Board of Governors. An alumnus of IIM-C, he is the first ex-student of any IIM to be appointed to this position. He was also on R C Bhargava Committee which gave recommendations to improve the IIMs. On the sidelines of &lsquo;Samvit 2009 &mdash; The Leaders&rsquo; Conclave&rsquo; at IIM-Lucknow recently, Balakrishan in a chat with Virendra Singh Rawat answered some issues that have dogged IIMs.

'Faculty shortage is a worldwide phenomenon'

India Inc&rsquo;s improving results scorecard for the July-September quarter of 2009-10 is bringing the smiles back on the faces of the students and faculty members of management schools. They believe these companies will be back on the campuses in increasing numbers this year.

Smiles are back on campuses with expectations of more offers

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