The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) has been ranked # 6 in the Asia-Pacific region in the QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers&rsquo; Choice, published recently by Quacquarelli Symonds. IIM-B is the only Indian management school to rank among the top ten, which includes business schools in Australia, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.

IIM-B ranks among top ten in APAC region: survey

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The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) has been ranked 6 in the Asia-Pacific region in the QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers&rsquo; Choice, published recently by Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. IIM-B is the only Indian management school to rank amongst the top 10, which includes business schools in Australia, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.

IIM-B ranked among top 10 in Asia-Pacific region: Survey

Witnessing a slack placement season, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) today saw around 50 companies visiting the campus on &lsquo;Day three&rsquo; (the fourth day) for recruiting the students of the post-graduate programme (PGP).

Day 3: Things turn better for IIM-A

The global financial slowdown, perhaps for the first time in recent years, has forced premier B-school IIM-B to extend the placement process for the second week, which otherwise would have been completed in the first week itself. Industry sources say this is the problem with most other IIMs as there is not much of demand for the elite management graduates this year.

IIM-B extends placement for second week

As private companies shy away from B-school campuses this year, public sector units (PSUs) are filling in this gap. B-schools say they have seen between 20 and 50 per cent jump in the registration of PSUs which have come to the campuses to recruit students.

Public sector undertakings venture where private companies fear to tread

The slowdown seems to have brought along a general sentiment among companies to recruit fewer students from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), this year. However, even as companies having a long-standing recruiting partnership with the campus seem to be hiring fewer recruits, the silver lining is that the total number of companies visiting IIM-A has gone up this year.

Inviting more cos pays off for IIM-A

While venture capitalists (VCs) are reluctant to fund several entrepreneurial ideas this year, a few of the country&rsquo;s B-schools are helping student entrepreneurs to go ahead with their own ventures by providing seed funds, mentorship and using the alumni network to raise funds and get in touch with useful contacts.

B-schools assist student-entrepreneurs

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Telecom companies try to retain customers amid churn

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ISB salary offers down to Rs 13-15 lakh

The premier Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) saw a 25 per cent drop in the average compensation package offered to its final-year post-graduate programme (PGP) students in this year's placements, conducted over nine days from February 25 to March 5.
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