In order to create an environment of interaction between MBA students and industries, SV Institute of Management at Kadi had organised a national summer project competition recently.

SVIM hosts summer project competition

Business Standard

Many international institutions and governments are keen on offering scholarships to Indian students this year.

Bailing out recession-hit overseas aspirants

What's your EQ?

On the back of the global economic slowdown most management institutes last year, had to take steps like extending their final placement week by a few days and inviting more companies to campus to ensure better work opportunities to their students. This year, while the apprehension remains over how the summer and final placements could pan out, B-schools simultaneously see rays of hope.

B-schools on experimental mode for smoother placements

If an educational institute indulges in malpractices like failure to deliver on its promises and charges capitation fee, it will face the prospect of closure, according to a law being prepared by the Human Resource Development Ministry. Seeking to bring an end to the illegal practice in technical professional colleges, the ministry has prepared a draft legislation, which prescribes cancellation of registration of annstitute for charging capitation fee.

Tough law in offing to check capitation fee

Press Trust of India

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has indicated that it may allow the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to set up campuses in foreign countries once they improve their faculty positions.

IITs, IIMs may camp on foreign shores, indicates HRD

While the jury is out on this, Onida says its products are the real heroes of the new campaign.

Has the devil got his due?

The tri-nation cricket tournament in Colombo, involving India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand, ended a few days back. But for brand Compaq, it&rsquo;s the start of a new innings &ndash; something it wants to repeat every year.

Compaq's new innings

How Asian Paints outperformed rivals in the slowdown.

Flying colours

An IMRB study details how mobile number portability will impact service providers.

Will you switch?

A chubby 18-month-old boy is seen making moves with a football. The jersey he&rsquo;s wearing has white and blue stripes of Argentina. The moves could put to shame those of Diego Maradona. As the boy moves the ball from his thighs to his head, shoulders and back, a voiceover tells viewers that if they wish to make their child a footballer, then they should invest in Aegon Religare&rsquo;s child plans.

Aegon Religare: Child support

The executive search business has been in the dumps for a while. Thanks to the economic meltdown, companies overnight put a freeze on hiring at senior levels. Of late, the chill seems to have thawed. Companies have begun to hire people at the top and growth is back on their radar screen. Korn/Ferry is a global leader in executive search.

&#39;An Upturn is clearly visible&#39;

Modicare, the homespun direct-selling company, has expanded its cosmetic, personal, home and automobile care range with 30 new products. It has re-entered the food and beverages category with a new tea brand called Fruit of the Earth.

Modicare: Advantage direct sell

On the back of the global economic slowdown last year, most management institutes had to take steps like extending their final placement week by a few days and inviting more companies to campus to ensure better work opportunities to their students. This year, while the apprehension remains over how the summer and final placements could pan out, B-schools simultaneously see rays of hope.

B-schools on experimental mode for placements

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The Strategist Quiz (#116)

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Taking cue from the Satyam debacle, a doctoral student of Sardar Patel University (SPU) has called for making corporate governance standards suggested by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) mandatory in a study.

SPU study seeks making corporate governance standards mandatory

They are in comparison to their US counterparts, but there can be little doubt the performance parameters for them are a lot less stringent as well.

'Are the professors at the IITs/IIMs underpaid?'

A crucial test to gain admission in business schools in the US has seen a fall in aspirants for the first time in five years.

Testing time for GMAT in India

Regional players have hit Hindustan Unilever (HUL) where it hurts the most.

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