The decision follows reports of MBA seats lying vacant.

AICTE wants common date for B-school admissions

Business Standard

The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn), hopes to build a corpus of Rs 15-20 crore through endowments in the next two years. It already has a corpus of Rs 50 lakh through its charitable foundation in the US and expects another Rs 1.20 crore soon.

IIT-Gandhinagar eyes Rs  20-cr corpus via endowments

In an attempt to help chief information officers (CIOs) align with their companies better, Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) has introduced a new course, called Global CIO Certification Programme, in association with the CIO Association of India.

ISB launches certification course for CIOs

The Indian Hotels Company, owned by Tata Sons, recently launched a new brand, Vivanta by Taj, in the upper upscale segment. The brand covers three new hotels in Bangalore, Goa and Maldives and 16 old properties in India and Sri Lanka. With this, the company now has put in place its brand architecture.

Room for all

The global recession of 2008-09 has brought in a major shift in the way companies are assessing their human capital needs. Monster India Managing Director Sanjay Modi says employers today want to make every hire count by finding the right skills for every job. They are not willing to hire and invest in people who are, say, 60 per cent there. Relevance has thus become a key parameter in evaluating hiring. Modi speaks to Amit Ranjan Rai on how jobs portal Monster India helps both companies and job seekers make the right choice.

Q&A: Sanjay Modi, MD, Monster India

The two fatal flaws bedevilling management education in India are the God problem and the LOL problem. The God problem arises because industry is looking for an apprentice angel when it recruits a fresh MBA &mdash; instead, it lands up with someone ready to fill only God&rsquo;s (the CEO&rsquo;s) shoes.

Searching angels, finding... God

Fiat hasn&rsquo;t been able to wet its beak in the Indian automobile boom.

Can the linea salvage Fiat?

Tata Motors is marketing its crossover vehicle, the Aria, through a viral campaign on the internet. With a reported price tag of Rs 12-14 lakh, the car will have a premium consumer base. Tata Motors Utility Vehicle Product Group Head Sunil Saxena says: &ldquo;The internet has become a necessary tool of research for any capital purchase, more so with the premium set of consumers that the Aria will address.

Tata Motors: Teaser trial

Lifestyle channel Discovery Travel and Living has been rebranded TLC, and it is now eyeing to become the country&rsquo;s top English entertainment channel. TLC currently leads viewership in the travel and lifestyle category with a share of 56.6 per cent (for January to September 2010, TAM data), ahead of rival NDTV Good Times which led the space last year.

Discovery Networks: Brand new TLC

The ethnic wear market for women in India is estimated at around Rs 40,000 crore.

KIT: The Ethnic wear market for women

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Indian School of Business is expecting the number of job offers to go up 20 per cent for the present batch (Class 2011) that will graduate in April next year.

ISB sees 20% rise in job offers for Class 2011

Entering the 50th year since its inception on December 11, 2010, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) has launched the Golden Jubilee logo. The launch of the Golden Jubilee logo will be followed by year long celebrations including alumni meet and various conferences.

IIMA launches Golden Jubilee logo

Mills &amp; Boon has been a doughty purveyor of romantic fiction to millions of teenage girls and women since 1908. A quick look at its kitschily designed website suggests that its reign as the go-to publisher of mushy romance is unchallenged (it is still privately owned, so hard numbers are unavailable).

Kanika Datta: M&B's passion for endurance

The tag line for the new festive season campaign launched by Reliance Trends says &lsquo;sirf dikhne me mehenga&rsquo;, (it&rsquo;s expensive only by its looks). That just about sums up the brand strategy of the three-year old department chain of Reliance Retail.

Reliance trends: Holding the middle ground

Image artist Wally Olins has handled marquee brands such as LVMH, Coca Cola, Visit London, the Royal Opera House, East Timor Development Agency, and now brand West Bengal. In an interview with Namrata Acharya and Ishita Ayan Dutt, the Saffron Brand Consultants Chairman talks about how he plans to align reality and perception about the state - his first such assignment in India.

Q&A: Wally Olins, Chairman, Saffron Brand Consultants

Top ecommerce portal eBay is doing it all for sales promotion: from holding special charity auctions to launching new commercials. So if you want to work out with Salman Khan or get a chance to lunch with Amitabh Bachchan, just log on to the online marketplace and start bidding.

Shop, but don't drop

The Rs 2,041-crore Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) will introduce air freshener products from its Indonesian acquisition, PT Megasari Makmur, chairman Adi Godrej said in an exclusive conversation with Business Standard.

Godrej to get fresher with Indonesia

SKS Microfinance Founder and Chairman Vikram Akula is a star in his own right, and his trademark kurta pyjama that stands out in the backdrop of dark-suited fellow professionals is certainly not the only reason for his exalted status. After all, Akula is leading an institution that is well on its way to becoming the world&rsquo;s biggest micro-lender.

Shyamal Majumdar: Mr Akula's deafening silence

When the festive season is around can discounts and freebies be far behind? Consumer durables firms, including Panasonic, Videocon and Samsung are going all out to cash in on the festivities, expecting as much as 70 per cent jump in sales over the last year.

Freebies galore as festive season beckons

Press Trust of India

The Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad, has seen a 12.5 per cent increase in salary offers for the executive education batch this year at Rs 18 lakh from Rs 16 lakh offered last year.

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