The global slowdown is taking a toll on the number of takers for international education training programmes. Enrolments for the Common Admission Test (CAT) at MBA test-preparing institutes, however, are in full swing.

CAT enrolment sees 20% rise, GRE, Toefl fall 30%

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Coal India Ltd, Steel Authority of India Ltd, Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation were among the 15 top PSUs, which went about head hunting at the IIM-L. CIL and SAIL recruited 12 students each.

65 IIM-L students recruited by PSUs

From watches to jewellery to accessories to eye care, Titan Industries keeps evolving successfully.

Titan keeps winning

In the past few years, a decidedly &ldquo;imperfect&rdquo; storm of scarce resources, global warming debates, shifts in customer demand and regulatory changes have compelled many businesses to react to the sustainability challenge. Some companies react strategically, adjusting the corporate strategy to sustain the human and natural resources they will need to succeed now and in the long term.

Green winners

Vishal Retail has a slew of plans to weather the current storm.

Bump the slump

The personal care category has a 5 per cent wallet share in the Indian retail market.

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The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, (IIMK) saw a total of 88 firms taking part in the placement process this year. These firms made 228 offers to a batch of 185 students (the largest batch till date).

IIMK graduates get 228 offers

Students aspiring to pursue a full-time management programme at the city-based B-schools should now be prepared to pay more as some of the B-schools are mulling a fee hike from the 2009-10 academic session.

Bhubaneswar B-schools mull fee hike

XLRI School of Business &amp; Human Resources, Jamshedpur (XLRI Jamshedpur), has completed its final placement procedure with all its 180 students getting placed.

XLRI achieves 100% placement

Amid a dwindling corpus and lack of proper financial support, board members of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) are set to meet on Saturday at the campus to discuss fee, among other things. The board, according to sources, may see hike in fee this year.

IIM-A board to meet today, may hike fee

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

After more than doubling fees last year, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, (IIM-A) has raised fees for its Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) by Rs 50,000 from 2010-11, institute director Samir Barua said here today.

IIM-A raises fees by Rs 50,000 from 2010-11

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

International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar (IIIT-B) would begin its first academic session from the Gothpatna campus on the outskirts of the city in August this year.

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