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Don't let the crisis go waste: How did pandemic affect B-school education?
Today's employees will need to learn new skills, upskill themselves to stay relevant in the digitally-driven future
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Post-pandemic, B-schools see spurt in self-sponsored MDP candidates
Big push has come from the need for professionals to upskill, supported by the spurt in online and virtual training
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IIM-A, SPJIMR in global top 50 of FT Masters in Management Rankings 2021
MiM programmes considered for the ranking are offered by schools with AACSB or EQUIS accreditation and are targeted at participants with little or no work experience.
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BS B-School Projects Award: Winners go off the beaten track for solutions
From staff attrition to manufacturing efficiency and health, the jury was impressed by the choice of subjects and the passion with which the students applied their analytical and research skills
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56% students bag foreign offers as SP Jain Global wraps up placements
The highest compensation package for the Global MBA class stood at Rs 43.9 lakh while that for the MGB program was Rs 35 lakh
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Excellence in education: Here's how to read the ratings of business schools
The final ranking of the business schools that have participated this year has been obtained by arriving at a weighted composite score comprising the audit index and the perception index
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BITS Pilani launches School of Management to meet challenges of disruption
Offering two-year full-time MBA, the 'new-age global' B-school in Mumbau aims at covering emerging technology, design thinking and analytics
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Management by algorithm? How businesses should work in the AI era
It is time we reimagined management education in a way that students build an understanding of AI, its usage and application in business, all the while honing their soft skills
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Traditional education needs a rethink as Covid accelerates ed-tech adoption
Perhaps the most exciting opportunity for MBA programmes will be to craft a life-long experience for its students rather than one limited to one or two years
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Management education in India is poised for a major transformation
This overhaul is likely to comprehensively reform the design, content, and delivery of management education in the country
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What we need to do is prepare our B-school students for an uncertain future
Softer skills are the subjects critical for success today. They will lead to implementation of bright ideas by the brightest minds, teamwork, collaboration and entrepreneurship
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What should keep you awake if you're a fresh MBA or planning to go for one?
For one, stop treating your B-school as a glorified placement office
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CAT 2020 to be held on November 29 in three shifts across 159 cities
Number of centres up from 376 last year to 430, registrations down by over 15,000
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Mid-rung B-School campuses await clarity on summer placements amid pandemic
Internship duration likely to reduce from the usual 8-10 weeks; while virtual internships might happen, offline might be somewhat impacted in summer 2021
XLRI Jamshedpur, Delhi-NCR campuses to begin new academic session from Aug
The standard XAT admission process will integrate the students of both campuses, besides having in place a common curriculum, syllabus, pedagogy, e-library facilities, and a joint placement process
IIM-Calcutta to start academic year in the online mode from August
On-campus activities were suspended throughout the lockdown period
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Unlike the West, endowment funds still a nascent revenue source for IIMs
Emulating major global B-schools like Harvard and Stanford for the first time, IIM Ahmedabad recently launched a Rs 100 crore endowment fund with the help of alumni with an aim to raise Rs 1,000 crore
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In a first, IIM Ahmedabad launches endowment fund with help from alumni
Alumni's initial commitment Rs 1,00 crore, B-school aims to raise Rs 1,000 crore in 5 years
Summer internship at top B-schools deferred or made virtual due to Covid-19
In some cases, existing internship offers have even been cancelled or squeezed to 5 weeks from the normal 7-8 weeks
Startups, new-age tech firms flock to mid-rung B-schools for recruitment
Traditional manufacturing firms stay away, mainly because of the ongoing slowdown
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