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Time to revisit the IIM Act

The government must jettison its hands-off attitude towards the IIMs and address the governance deficit

IIM Jammu sees 31% increase in average salaries offered in placements

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Jammu has witnessed a 31 per cent increase in average salaries offered during the final round of placements, a spokesperson of the institute said.

IIM-A stands behind new logo design despite opposition from faculty

The faculty has raised concerns on two new logo designs being approved without proper consultation

International offers hit pre-pandemic levels as B-schools see robust hiring

B-schools say international offers have come in the wake of digitisation across sectors along with rise in tech-backed roles, thereby opening doors across geographies for management grads

Highest stipend up by 44% as IIM Nagpur concludes summer placements

The summer placement season also saw the average stipend rise by 12.50 per cent to Rs 70,551, compared to the previous placement season

Should B-schools add a sociological perspective?

The author, currently a professor at an IIM, rightly turns his introspective gaze on these types of questions

122 students of IITs, IIMs committed suicide in seven years: Govt

A total of 122 students of IITs, IIMs, central universities and other centrally funded higher educational institutions committed suicide during 2014-21, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.

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

After IIMs, now IITs begin work for quota-based faculty hiring

The move comes in the wake of the Ministry of Education setting a deadline of Sept 4, 2022 for filling vacancies in the SC, ST and OBC categories by adhering to the reservation rules

Over 230,000 candidates register for CAT 2021 set for November 28

The test will be held at 400 centres across 159 cities, will follow last year's format of three shifts of 2-hour duration

IIM Kozhikode, Coursera collaborate on four certificate programmes

Priced at over Rs 1.1 lakh each, a special feature of these programmes will be flexibility afforded to the participants by a judicious mix of synchronous and asynchronous content

IIM-Udaipur placements: 322 students get offer from over 100 cos

Over a hundred companies have given placement offers to 322 students of the 2020-22 batch of the Indian Institute of Management-Udaipur

Conditional autonomy

IIM-A controversy shows the limits to freedom of action

A peek into the startup incubation drives of India's next-rung campuses

Not all great ideas are nurtured at IITs and IIMs; many enterprises with formidable products today have come from the country's deeper regions and have received parenting at lesser known institutes

IIMs can act as bridge between local products, global tie-ups: PM Modi

The IIMs can act as a bridge between local products and global collaborations, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi said

IIM Bangalore achieves 100% summer placements; 130 firms make 529 offers

All 525 eligible students of IIM Bangalore were recruited for summer placements by over 130 companies, which made 529 offers. Roles offered included in the domains of PE/VC, Business Analytics, Consulting, Finance, General Management, IT/Product Management, Operations, Sales and Marketing", IIMB said in a statement on Monday. "The entire process of summer placements was conducted online, all 525 students, including PGP and PGP BA students, were placed in less than a week of starting the process, said Professor U Dinesh Kumar, Chairperson of Career Development Services at IIMB. "Traditional recruiters have supported us by bringing in new roles across divisions. New recruiters have come in. Other than the domain of Consulting, students have also received a large number of offers for S&M (95), General Management (81) and Finance (71)," said Anushree Jibhakate, Student Placement Representative, IIMB. Accenture, Amazon, Bain, BCG, Kearney and McKinsey were the top ...

Best of BS Opinion: Missing the signals on 5G, trimming sails, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Learning curb

The latest challenge to IIM autonomy is counterproductive

Barring Quant, a shortened CAT 2020 turns out slightly more difficult

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension were slightly more difficult than last year in the morning slot and grew even more difficult in the afternoon slot

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