Placements 2007 results out at IMI

The financial sector picked up 19% students, consulting 15%, and KPO 17%.The rest of the students were divided between oil & gas, consumer durables, manufacturing, market research, and pharma made up the rest.
The highest package offered was Rs. 13.68 lac (per annum) by Jumbo Electronics, followed by Rs. 10.30 lac by Accenture. The average salary was Rs.7.03 lac.

Harvard Professor writes an authoritative biography of Intels Andy Grove

Andy Grove was born on September 2, 1936, in Budapest, Hungary, to a middle-class Jewish family. According to Wikipedia, he was named Grf Andrs Istvn (in Hungary, the family name is first). His friends called him Andris. In 1956, during the Hungarian Revolution, he left his home and family under the cover of night, and emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York in 1957, where he studied chemical engineering from the City College of New York in 1960. After settling in California, he received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963.

Great Lakes, Chennai held its 12th Annual Convocation; 725 students graduated

Great Lakes Institute of Management, a premier B-School in India celebrated its Annual Convocation at the CTC Convention Center, Chennai. Dr. Subra Suresh, President of Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, delivered the presidential address. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Founder of M.S. Swaminathan Research foundation and former Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research addressed the graduands through video and delivered the convocation address.

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More than 100 French universities and institutes will participate in the French Higher Education Week that started on February 15, and will continue till the 23rd. The French Higher Education Week has been structured as a double Edu France Forum, with two major stages: the student fair and institutional meetings. One institutional meeting was held on the 15th, while the fair will be held on 16th and 17th in New Delhi at the India Habitat Centre.

Only 23% graduates from Tier 2 & Tier 3 MBA institutes employable, says a MeritTrac study

MeritTracs analysis factored in 790 candidates scores; the candidates were culled from six major hubs: Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai/Pune.
Kolkata displays the most consistent abilities and communication attributes while Mumbai displays flashes of brilliance on scientific abilities: Kolkata and Mumbai steal the limelight away from all cities they are by far the best cities to recruit management talent from, the report points out.

A new idea: IIT and IIM set up INNOVATORS NETWORK in Bangalore

Other than IIM Bangalore and IIT Delhi, the network will be supported by Proteans Software Solutions, Erehwon Innovation Consulting, and, of course, the alumni of IITs and IIMs who have already given their commitment to work for the innovation cause in Bangalore. Innovators Network will bring together individuals, groups, companies and organizations working for the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship. This would mean an organized forum to facilitate quick, open and effective interchange of ideas and resources.

French B-school ESSEC keen to attract Indian students

Bruno Heraud, director of international recruitment, ESSEC, who is in India as part the French Edu Fair, told MBAUniverse.com: Out of 1,200 Indian students in institutes all over France, we have only 10 Indian students, which is not enough. In future, we will try to attract more students. I expect 20 students by October of this year and more than 30 by the end of the year.