Project delayed by two years due to land-acquisition tussle.

Vedanta varsity to open by 2011

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Game-based learning seems to be the new fad in the e-Learning space and has gained popularity with the computer savvy generation.

Companies explore game-based learning

Not restricting the institute&rsquo;s knowledge creation activities within the campus, the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is set to create a publishing platform for case studies of B-schools across the country. The premier institute will conduct editing and quality check before publishing the case studies through its platform.

IIM-A to publish case studies

Companies forced to innovate and look for cost-effective products and services.

Slowdown designs a new path for students

At a time when the global economic slowdown has made the future of many youngsters uncertain, there is a silver lining in the form of clinical research.

Clinical research: An emerging field

&ldquo;We have already spent &pound;55 million (Rs 390 crore) of the total investment. Besides basic research, we are also spending on research in select areas like medical technology, steel technology, economics and history. Moreover, it is important for universities to become international to have close relationships with other universities,&rdquo; said Professor Nigel Thrift, vice-chancellor of Warwick.

Warwick to invest #250 million in Vision 2015

IIMs implement quotas in four categories: OBC 27 per cent, SC 15 per cent, ST 7.5 per cent and handicapped 3 per cent.

IIMs, IITs lease flats to accommodate quota students

Anwar Ali, currently serving as the Director of IMT Nagpur, will take charge of IMT Ghaziabad from April 1. Bidya S Sahay, the incumbent at IMT Gaziabad, has become the Director of MDI Gurgaon. Ali will be the Director at both IMT Ghaziabad and Nagpur till the latter finds a replacement. In a chat with Kirtika Suneja, he shares his plans to make the institute international.

'We will take a stake in student projects'

Bidya S Sahay, who is currently serving as director at Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad, has been appointed as the new director of Gurgaon based Management Development Institute (MDI).

B S Sahay to take over as new director of MDI Gurgaon

Career Launcher, a premier institute for Masters of Business Administration (MBA) test preparation, plans to set-up the Indus World University by 2010. The varsity will encompass a chain of around five specialised schools in areas like business, media and culinary skills.

Career Launcher plans new varsity

Faced with a huge shortage of skilled manpower in the growing space of welding technology, the Indian Institute of Welding (IIW) is planning to train and certify at least 1,000 students per annum across 33 centres in India beginning July this year.

Welding institute to train 1,000 pros

Ideas sprung up galore at the global social venture competition recently organised by the ISB. In all, there are 18 ideas looking for support from venture captalists (VCs).

B-school, engg students seek VC funding for ideas with a social bent

B-schools may soon offer an e-module on &lsquo;Managing profits with good values'.

Learn ethical profit management

The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), one of the oldest IITs in the country, has sanctioned the setting up of at least four new centres of excellence. One of these, the School of Entrepreneurship, will work exclusively to encourage entrepreneurship. However, the institute is also working to ensure that academic standards are maintained. In an interview, Deputy Director Madhusudan Chakraborty, likely to take charge as IIT-Orissa director, tells Pradipta Mukherjee that the institute plans to tie-up with foreign institutes to increase the number of PhDs graduating from the institute.

&#39;We will invest around Rs 46 crore in four new centres of excellence&#39;

Entrepreneurship is the flavour of the season. Premier institutes, including the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), are organising conferences, seminars and lectures on entrepreneurship.

B-schools encourage setting up of start-ups

The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) is planning to set up campuses in Dubai, Qatar, Vietnam, Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan and Khazakastan in the next five years.

UPES eyes foreign shores

The recruitment process undergoes a change as companies gear up for recession.

Firms shift to online interviews as technology saves cost

The premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will mentor smaller entrepreneurship cells across engineering and management institutes.

IITs, IIMs to mentor entrepreneurship cells

The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has increased the fee for its two-year post-graduate programme to Rs 9 lakh. The Rs 4 lakh increase, applicable from this session, comes a year after the increase in fee by other IIMs. IIM-C is also increasing its need-based scholarship fund and stipend for research scholars.

&#39;Increase in fees will help us break even&#39;

The All India Management Association (AIMA)-administered test for admissions to B-schools in India, the Management Aptitude Test (MAT), will go online from September. The online MAT will be conducted in addition to the regular MAT.

MAT to go online

NAAC is studying university ranking systems worldwide to identify parameters.

Indian varsities will be ranked

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