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Strategic tools for the practising manager

Business Standard

Social ostracism would no longer in the coming days be a threat to HIV affected persons. 


Xavier Inst course for HIV-affected

With admission for the new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) batches beginning in February and the first stage of the 27 per cent OBC quota set to be implemented from academic year 2007-08, IIMs

IIMs set to take in extra students

India's largest private shipping company, the Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping), has set up a modern state-of-the-art training institute named the Great Eastern Institute of Maritime

GE Shipping opens centre for seamen

The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) has decided to start a one-year full-time certificate course on commodities in March this year in Mumbai. 


MCX to start full-time course in commodities

The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) is planning to set up 15 private universities in various states by 2010 at an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore. 


ICFAI to set up 15 pvt varsities at Rs 1000cr

Cornell University has joined the ranks of foreign universities that are exploring opportunities with Indian corporates to impart executive education to Indian corporates. 


Cornell varsity eyes Indian executives

Indian and Chinese students are increasingly moving away from standard MBA and engineering courses in the UK and looking for specialised courses. UK universities, haven taken the cue, are responding

UK varsities tailor courses for Indians

FACT Software Pte Ltd, Singapore, developer of FACT realtime accounting software and PERKS payroll software, entered into an alliance with J D Birla Institute, Kolkata, to introduce FACT as part of

FACT course at J D Birla college

With supply chain management becoming increasingly important to companies, business schools are fast catching up with the flow to bridge the gap between demand and supply of trained supply chain

XLRI, Jamshedpur to take supply chain management overseas

The commerce ministry and industry bodies are in favour of FDI in the education sector. However, the HRD ministry is opposed to it.


Harvard in India?

Its hat-trick for Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB). 


XIMB gets 309 job offers

In 2012 there were projects to be delivered. But given the policy paralysis, little progress took place.

Getting the blueprint ready for the new year

There is a widening gap between the technical education and the employability needs of the industry. India is going to become the largest workforce by 2025. According to the surveys, every year lakhs of students pass out from the universities butÂ  hardly 20 per cent of them are employable.

Student's corner

With the country facing humongous skill shortages, out-of-the-box solutions to ramp up skills like the one suggested are urgently needed. The theoretical portion of the course can be delivered by selected engineering colleges to students who are 10th pass through post, internet and evening or early morning classes.

It&rsquo;s yesterday once more at business school campuses: summer job placements this year seemed like final placements four or five years ago. At the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, for example, as many as 75 firms out of a total 230 didn&rsquo;t get the chance to make offers as the process ended ahead of schedule. The summer placement report card suggests 2013 may be a much better year than 2012 for jobs &mdash; IIM Lucknow placed 453 students in a record five days and IIM Calcutta&rsquo;s 449 students secured job offers in four days. Even the newbie, IIM Rohtak, saw 53 companies participating with the highest stipend crossing Rs 1 lakh. Beyond IIM, the 240 students of XLRI Jamshedpur got over 280 offers in four days, while at Mumbai-based Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, many companies returned to the campus after a year&rsquo;s gap.

Green shoots for jobs

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France-based Grenoble Ecole de Management seeking student and faculty exchange programmes, collaborative research projects and organisation of joint academic and scientific activities.

IIM Raipur signs MoU with France's Grenoble Ecole de Management

At least a dozen automobile companies are thinking big &ndash; literally &ndash; in the new year. The demand shift from compact cars to spacious multi-seaters (MUV) and stylish sports utility vehicles (SUV) has forced every car maker to fast track their blueprints for compact and mid-sized SUVs and MUVs.

SUV is the buzzword in Motown

As 2013 begins, you may have just finished developing your to-do list. If you are like a lot of small-business owners, one of the items near the top of that list is something about finally taking the time to figure out social media marketing.

A to Z of social media marketing

Indian Institute of Management, Raipur, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France-based Grenoble Ecole de Management for student and faculty exchange programmes, collaborative research projects and organisation of joint academic and scientific activities.

IIM-Raipur signs MoU with France's B-school

The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, has a New Year resolution &mdash; and this is to attend more international conferences and make presentations.

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