XLRI commences session 2015: 573 students join XLRI student fraternity

Drawing up a special Orientation Programme for the new students to refresh their knowledge base before the class commences, Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur has announced the commencement of new academic session 2015 on June 15, 2015 with an inaugural prayer service function. New students were welcomed in presence of all the current students, faculty and staff members. The welcome ceremony was addressed by Fr. E. Abraham, S.J., Director of XLRI and Prof. Pranabesh Ray, Dean- Academics at XLRI.

CAT 2015 Notification: What we can expect in the release; know more

After it has been made clear that official CAT 2015 notification is going to be out on July 26, 2015 by IIM Ahmedabad, the clock of speculation on the dates of the exam has started ticking the minds of CAT 2015 aspirants. Candidates can expect number of changes in the examination scheduling, dates, scoring pattern in CAT 2015 going to be conducted by IIM Ahmedabad in partnership with CAT 2015 testing agency Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

CAT 2015 Notification on July 26; expect an early exam with big changes

You may expect an early CAT 2015 and instead of November it could be held sometime in October 2015. The notification containing all the details on Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 would be published on July 26, 2015 in all the leading newspapers. Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad in partnership with the CAT testing agency TCS would be conducting CAT 2015 for admission session 2016-17.

Transform youth into good human beings says Baliyan on BIMTECH commencement day Deeksharambh

Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) celebrated the 28th Commencement Day at its campus in Greater Noida for its 2015-17 batch of management students. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Dr. A.K. Baliyan, MD & CEO, Petronet LNG Ltd (the Nations largest LNG importer). The Guest of Honour for the event was Dr. Arbind Prasad, Director General, FICCI.

Dr SR Singhvi conducts FDP on Case Method at IMT Nagpur; initiative to adopt as important pedagogy

Dr S.R. Singhvi, Senior Professor at IMT Ghaziabad and expert on Case method was invited to facilitate the Faculty Development process for 2 days involving the total faculty at IMT Nagpur. On the initiative taken by present IMT Nagpur Director Dr S.K. Bhattacharya and Associate Dean Dr R. Patnaik, Case Method has been adopted as an important pedagogy in delivering their MBA Program.

IIM Bangalore offers free online management education; partners with edX to roll out free MOOCs; 10000 register

Emphasizing that the future of education is online and the vast Indian talent pool has traditionally been handicapped by physical capacity constraints of premier educational institutions, IIM Bangalore has partnered with edX to roll out free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The highly ranked B school proposes to launch 8 courses in the first year.

IIM Bill 2015: MBA or MBM; draft not clear to satisfy international standards

IIM Bill 2015 which has been put under discussion and is going to take the shape of IIM Act 2015 after nod from Parliament may have many issues to address and one of them could be that it may not satisfy the international standards. A petition to make the degree proposed to be awarded by IIMs at par with international standards has been submitted to the Prime Minister of India as well as to the Minister of Human Resource Development by the past and present students of highly ranked IIMs.

Dilip Shanghvi Sun Pharma, RS Sodhi AMUL & Avani Davda Starbucks MDs, Top Global Deans to address IMC 2015

Sixth edition of Indian Management Conclave (IMC) 2015, to be held on July 29-30, 2015 at the ISB Hyderabad campus, is all set to host the whos who from the Corporate World and Management Thinkers. While the Valedictory Address will be delivered by Mr Dilip Shanghvi, Founder and MD of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries; Mr RS Sodhi, MD, GCMMF Ltd (AMUL) and Ms Avani Davda, CEO, Tata Starbucks will bring their rich corporate experience on Management in Practice theme to IMC conference.

AICTE fee refund policy: Acquaintance with AICTE rules not enough; know how to claim the fee-refund

Knowing the rules of fee refund is not enough. You should be aware how to claim the refund of your deposited MBA admission fee from the adamant B school.

Dont be scared of unwarranted problems caused during fee refund process on withdrawing your MBA admission 2015. No doubt that despite the AICTE laid down norms for fee refund the B schools make the fee refund process most irritating and make it a tale of woes, still they have to refund the fee.