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Takers for doctoral faculty development programmes up slightly at IIMs
IIM Lucknow sees applications rise from 250 to 300 in the past three years
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Not just tuition fees, financial aid too rise at IIMs
If you find fees at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) high, think twice. While most of the IIMs may have hiked tuition fees of their flagship post graduate program in management as well as agri business programs and executive programs, financial aid to students in various forms have also risen at the premier B-schools. As per the four IIMs that Business Standard reached out, cost on extending financial waivers have risen at most of the campuses, with IIMs now incurring more than what they earn from fees. Take the IIM Ahmedabad for instance, which spends Rs 7-8 crore for providing fee waiver to candidates from financially weaker sections, thereby supporting over one-third or 34 per cent of the batch. IIM Bangalore (IIM-B), on the other hand, incurs an annual cost of Rs 6-7 crore for financial aid and benefits on an average 60 students or roughly 15 per cent of the PGP batch and another 10 students from the executive programs. Under its Financial Aid Policy, IIM-B extends ...
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Lok Sabha passes bill to give more autonomy to IIMs
Aims to give more autonomy by restricting govt role, enable them to grant degrees
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IIMs to hold CAT 2017 on November 26
Registrations for the entrance test of premier B-schools will open on August 9
Miles from making a mark
Lack of identity, funds, leadership and remote locations have left the new Indian Institutes of Management in the lurch
As Bill gets passed in Rajya Sabha, IIMs prepare to offer degrees
What the IIM Bill entails:- IIMs can now grant MBA degrees, PhDs - Currently they offer post graduate diplomas, research fellowships- Autonomy with the board to select chairperson and director- As the executive body, Board of Governors will comprise 19 members- Greater participation of experts, alumni, in the Board- Provision for inclusion of women and members from Scheduled Castes/Tribes in the Board - Provision for periodic review of the performance of Institutions by independent agencies - Results of periodic review to be placed on public domain- Annual Reports to be placed in Parliament; CAG audited accounts- Provision of Coordination Forum of IIMs as an advisory bodyNow that the Rajya Sabha has passed the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bill, the premier B-schools are readying themselves to grant degrees. The Bill, which will be promulgated into an Act under the Parliament once the President of India signs it, declares the 20 IIMs as institutes of national importance, ...
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Diversity deficit: Why are there still such few SCs, STs and OBCs at IIMs?
Out of the 642 faculty members across ten IIMs, only four belong to Scheduled Castes and a solitary faculty member belongs to a Scheduled Tribe
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New IIMs divided over mentorship with appointment of full-time director
Some new institutes believe older IIMs should cease to be mentors once a full-time director is appointed, while others are of the view that hand-holding is required till operations stabilize
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HRD Ministry leaves it to IIMs to chose between degree and diploma
The directors of all the 20 business schools met in the national capital on February 28 to reach a consensus on the issue
7 new IIMs to get permanent campuses by June 2021 after govt okays proposal
These IIMs were established between 2015-16 and 2016-17. At present, they are functioning from transit campuses
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HRD Ministry approves process to form IIMs' boards of governors
Under the Act, the IIMs have been provided comprehensive autonomy for the first time
IIMs roll out specific post-graduate programmes in business, data analytics
IIM Bangalore has announced a two-year post-graduate programme in business analytics from 2020
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IIM Lucknow signs MoU with HPCL to promote energy start-ups
Under the tie-up, the selected start-ups would be provided with seed funding
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At 32%, IIM-A's incoming batch has the highest female ratio ever
28% of 395 PGP students, half of agri-business batch are women, up from 21% and 46% earlier
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Gender diversity rises to 50% among doctoral research applicants at IIMs
In the past three convocations, IIM Kozhikode has seen 11 male and five female fellow students graduate
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IIMs may see better gender mix, greater discipline diversity in new batch
Following the rise in academic and gender diversity among the Common Admission Test (CAT) takers, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) may see increased diversity in the incoming batch for 2018-2020 this year. To achieve the same, the premier B-schools have been according weightage in the pre-interview screening and shortlisting process to enhance gender and discipline in recent times. For instance, according to IIM Ahmedabad's admissions office, the increasing discipline diversity is due to its admission policy, which gives interview calls to candidates from various academic disciplines based on their academic performances, subject to clearing certain CAT cut-offs. "This is being done with the conscious efforts to improve the in-class experience of the students, who we believe would benefit from being in a class with people from diverse background. However, we do not have any quota for women. The improvement in gender diversity is partly because of the conscious effort of the ..
Top 3 IIMs see rise in gender parity
Efforts in the pre-interview screening and increased weightage in shortlisting has resulted in the top three Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) posting a better gender and discipline diversity this year over the past few years. For instance, at 31 per cent, IIM Calcutta has posted its highest share of female candidates among its 462 strong batch. As against 16.5 per cent in the previous batch of 2016-18, IIM-C saw share of female candidates rise to 31 per cent or 145 students in 2017-19 batch, its highest ever.IIM Bangalore too which saw a rise in its female students ratio to 28 per cent in 2016-18 batch, maintained it this year as well for its 405 strong 2017-19 batch.Even on the discipline front, the top three IIMs have seen the same rise in diversity. While IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is yet to release its latest batch profile, last year the institute had seen share of non-engineers in its 2016-18 batch grow to 20 per cent, the highest in the past five years, as well as 21 per cent ..
7 IIMs hiked fee in last 2 years: Smriti Irani
IIM Calcutta hiked its fees by 17.3%, IIM Kozhikhode 23.1%, IIM Ranchi 19% and IIM Trichy 20%
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RS passes bill to grant more autonomy to IIMs
The bill gives them powers to award degrees instead of postgraduate diplomas
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How IIMs' functioning will change
The IIM Bill, passed by Rajya Sabha, gives B-schools autonomy and power to award full-fledged degrees
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