The least exploited among our cities is Bombay as a creation of the British.


T Thomas: Ways of marketing tourism

Business Standard

The department of personnel, under the aegis of th ministry of home, has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIMA) for developing a full-time post-graduate management

IIMA may start post-graduate course for IAS officers

CRY said the RTE Act was an attempt to ensure universal enrollment, with prescribed norms for elementary education

Shadow of light : A far cry from equitable, quality education for all

BS Reporter

By tying up with Timberland and Police, the watch retailer wants to add muscle to its licensed products portfolio

Titan expands fashion brand play

Cumulative hikes in fees for its flagship PG course as well as mgmt development programmes have boosted its income

IIM-A posts surplus despite making provision for pension

It is a myth that just because it is digital, it should be cheap: Mohit Hira

Of the entire 361 students inducted into the  fresh batch (2013-15) of the IIM-Kozhikode's post graduation course, there are 196 women candidates, which is 54.29 per cent of the total strength. For the current batch, the institute has admitted candidates from diverse talent profile, such as Priya Chandak, Â who has represented India in the World Skating Championships; Prakriti  Sharma, a national level swimmer and basketball player and V Lekshmi, the all-India topper in CBSE in 2007.The batch has around 85 per cent students from bachelors degree in engineering and technology,  11 per cent Â from commerce & economics and 4 per cent from medicine, pharmacy, science and agriculture, said Prof Debashis Chatterjee, director, IIMK. "This year, we have not only led in ensuring gender diversity but have also admitted national talent from the field of sports, music, martial arts and the social sector. Our goal is to churn out not just a competent manager, but also a well-rounded and a compa

IIM-Kozhikode admits 54% women candidates

In a first, University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management has waived the GMAT test requirement for applicants who have passed all three levels of the CFA programme

Rotman school waives GMAT criteria for applicants with CFA level 3 standing

Dear Students,Â LAST WEEK WE ASKED:  Do you think IIMs should accredit other B-schools?BEST RESPONSE A B-school accrediting other B-schools would affect its independency and generate controversies. Alternative is MHRD must focus its efforts to set up an special committee consisting of competent members, which will independently concentrate and make concrete efforts to guide all B-schools (including IIMs) and address all research related issues, motivate & thoroughly develop, in all aspects, the country and its B-schools on global footings and carry out accreditation job too. It must be nationally recognized and empowered to draft & demand incentive schemes & resources for breeding high research work.- Priya Rajesh Dhruv, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.OTHER RESPONSESAs the standards of IIMs are better, they may compare standards of other B-schools with their own. They may ask other institutes to improve wherever required. Based on the assessment, IIMs may think

Students' corner

If one sector did not complain too loud about Bangalores crumbling infrastructure in 2004, it was the engineering design services. In a year when the citys preferred prefix, IT, threatened to desert

R&D, design firms make silent entry

3,000 open positions every day attract global agencies to India.


Part-time hiring, full time job

Check your business intelligence quotient and win a prize 


The Strategist biz quiz

Power plant manufacturer Wartsila is using customer forums for much more than just building confidence


Partner power

The Ernst&amp;Young-CNBC TV18 survey on entrepreneurship focuses on the importance of soft skills, even as claustrophobic controls and lack of capital remain the biggest hurdles on the road to

Where have all the entrepreneurs gone?

Ferraris are to be launched in India. Among the models that could hit Indian roads are the 430 Modena and the Ferrari Scaglietti. 


Ferrari, Maserati to scorch local roads

If you thought that sportspersons in the country are still being offered jobs by public sector banks (PSBs), think again. 


Jobs for sportspersons in PSBs vanishing

The Rs 4,000 crore Godrej group has finally forayed into food retailing. Group company Godrej Agrovet has launched Natures Basket, which would sell fresh farm produce based on the concept of

Godrej enters farm produce retailing with Nature`s Basket

<STRONG>Daniel N Rudolph </STRONG>has been in India for the past three weeks. From the colourful and extremely hospitable side of Rajasthan to Mumbai's corporate life complete with traffic jams,

Back to school

Cobra Beer, the beer company promoted by India-born British billionaire Perses Billimoria, is planning to have four breweries in the country.


Cobra Beer plans 4 breweries

The ninth Brand Derby was all about the need to innovate and communicate.


Racing ahead on innovation

The biggest brand launch of the ninth Brand Derby is a television serial revolving around a Plain Jane character  complete with unflattering fringe, heavy spectacles and a row of braces across her

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