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The year took the education sector by surprise. The government established three IITs on a fast-track basis. B-schools revised their placement strategies by inviting new companies on campus.

The wave for institution building got stronger

Edexcel International, the UK-based awarding body, which offers joint academic and vocational qualifications to schools and colleges world wide, is expanding in India by opening four offices in

UK Board Edexcel to expand in India

This year, the Institute of Management Technology (IMT) , Nagpur, is seeing slower placements than last year because of the global financial crisis.

IMT Nagpur sees slower placements than last year

They may hardly be undergraduates, leave alone being graduates, they could well provide today's managers a lesson or two in management, said Ahmedabad-based management guru Shailesh Thaker in his

Cricketers know management principles, says case study

Sachin Tendulkar gave up studies to pursue cricket. So did Adam Gilchrist. School and college dropouts proliferate all sports.

Manager Rasquinha hopes to reform the game he left

Case study suggests strategy to offer &lsquo;maximum bang for the minimum buck&rsquo;.

IIM-A offers dabbawalas food for thought

Five years after it started, the low-cost aviation model in India is gasping for breath. Value carrier is the in thing.

The flight of low-cost airlines

Directors and faculty at the seven Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have so far maintained silence on the recommendations of the RC Bhargava report, but are privately in consultation with each

IIMs upset with report recommendations

The report of the IIM Review Committee, headed by Maruti Suzuki India Chairman RC Bhargava, does not appear to have gone down well with the heads of the premier management institutes.

&#39;IIM boards can&#39;t have unfettered, unregulated authority&#39;

Consumers, voters and fans are all creatures of emotion and sentiment, who can be swayed in any direction.

Reality and reality plus

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, the worldwide audit, tax and consulting firm, must know a thing or two about globalisation.

&#39;Few companies are truly GLOBAL&#39;

Looking to slash your IT budgets? Consider the possibility that targeted investments might generate savings and revenues exceeding what you could save through cost cutting.

Managing IT in a downturn: Beyond cost cutting

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The sunglasses market is estimated at Rs 4.8 billion. It is projected to grow over Rs 11 billion in the next five years.

KIT: The sunglasses market in India

    This bitter-flavoured carbonated drink is consumed as a non-alcoholic aperitif in Italy. It is named after an area in Los Angeles and gets its bitterness from quinine. Identify the brand and its manufacturer.

The Strategist Quiz #071

    The Elmer&rsquo;s Glue. It was first marketed in 1947 by Borden Inc&rsquo;s chemical division under the name &ldquo;Cascorez Glue&rdquo;. In 1951, the brand was renamed after Elmer the Bull, husband of Borden&rsquo;s advertising mascot Elsie the Cow.

Answers to last week&#39s quiz (#070)

The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has awarded Hyderabad-based Sarovar Park Plaza, a subsidiary of Sarovar Hotels, a long-term contract to provide management-backed hospitality

IIM-A books Sarovar for hospitality mgmt

Summer placements at Indian management institutes are gathering momentum.

Summer placements gather momentum

Our television screens are full of really well-made ads these days. Good production values. Engrossing story lines. A really upgraded class of actors.

Finally, some brand recall

In order to meet the growing need for uranium, state-owned Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL) is mulling acquisition of one mining asset overseas apart from starting exploratory activity in four

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