Taking a cue from the likes of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Indian School of Business (ISB), Ahmedabad-based Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management (AIIM) will begin its academic

AIIM launches 1 yr PGP in infra mgmt

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Thousands of students who took the Common Admission Test (CAT) this November fear the increased weight given to verbal questions may cost them their place at the top ranked B-schools.

CAT's new structure may raise the bar for aspirants

The action is heating up in the Rs 1,500-crore domestic baby-care market with international brands such as Avent, Nuby and Tenderils deciding to introduce specialised premium products in a bid to grab

Now, action heats up in baby-care market

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), one of the very few Indian B-schools to revise its curriculum annually, is awaiting the Centre&rsquo;s sanction for its Rs 100-crore (third) campus in the

&#39;We have started receiving more queries from PSUs&#39;

The Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector has emerged as the most popular industry of choice for the 2009 batch of management graduates.

FMCG tops students&#39; wishlist

The academic landscape of country&rsquo;s B-schools is set to change shortly. The focus will also be on localisation of the financial models, case studies and curriculum.

Local B-schools catch B-school fancy

To ensure that the new generation of entrepreneur is well-grounded in all aspects of managing businesses,the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other B-schools are focusing on the oldest and

Family business programmes on the radar of B-schools

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THE OVERALL retail industry in India is worth $410 billion, with the organised sector accounting for $18 billion.

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As the economy slows, companies should avoid the impulse to batten down their operations indiscriminately. Taking short-term steps and a balanced view of operations can keep cash flows healthy.

Freeing up cash from operations

A McKinsey study on the last slowdown of 2001-2002 showed the companies that emerged successfully from the downturn were those that used their cash, did lots of mergers and acquisitions, and stepped

'It's the time to address capability gaps'

The RPG Group, which has interests in retail, power, IT, lifesciences and entertainment, plans to expand its human resources initiative &lsquo;Corporate University&rsquo;.

RPG to expand HR pilot project

Recruiting firms are being told by uninterested clients to freeze hiring. Layoffs are no longer taboo. It's time to re-work HR strategies.

Fingers crossed

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) is expecting over 25 per cent growth in its pre-placement offers (PPOs) this year, compared to last year despite the prevailing economic

XIMB expects 25% growth in PPOs

    Link the penning of the American national anthem and the signing of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 which marked the end of the Opium War and ceded Hong Kong to England.

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    Born in 1930, this person filed his income tax return at the age of 14, paying $7 as taxes. He peddled refurbished golf balls, pinball machines and collectible stamps as a high school student. By age 30, he was a millionaire and set up his firm based on the Newman &amp; Graham model in 1956. Today, he is a legend. Identify him.

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IIM Bangalore Alumni Association (IIMBA) is looking at setting up a separate corpus for the alumni association, as a part of their maiden initiative to boost networking among the alumni scattered

IIM-B alumni to raise corpus

The Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has won the Asian Association of Business Incubation (AABI ) Award for the year

Icrisat Agri-Business Incubator wins award

'We have been asked to take a practical approach and not look only at dream jobs'&mdash; Student from Institute for Technology and Management.

Second-rung B-schools feel the placement pinch

    This major American investment management firm has $1.3 trillion (approximately) of assets under its management across fixed income, liquidity, equity and real estate. It has a technology platform named Aladdin, which it offers to other investment management organisations, too. Identify the firm.

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At a time when layoff fear seems to be prevalent across industries, the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) is designing innovative courses in order to provide the right

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