IIM-A seniors share placement notes with juniors
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Nowadays, brotherhood is playing a leading role in the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), where the senior students' are helping the PGP-1 students prepare for their summer placements. The special sessions for summer placements, in which the PGP-1 students are guided by their immediate seniors, have begun. The seniors have already started preparing their juniors for the summer placements which may not be as rewarding as expected because of the changed scenario brought about by the economic slowdown. The summer placements for PGP-1 students are scheduled around the yearend. "Interesting changes have been taking place in various quarters as the market has dipped this year. As for placements, horizons have expanded since new sectors and recruiters are coming up. This means there will be more opportunities for students," said Kanika Mayar, a student of PGP-2, who is also a member of the placement committee, while talking about the special sessions.
"This year we are preparing our juniors so they can make the most of this opportunity and face these emerging sectors," added Mayar. Apart form the regular recruiters, the institute's placement this year witnessed the participation of new recruiters like media firms, private equity firms, event management firms and logistics management and automotive firms. While talking about the trend of seniors guiding the juniors for the summer placement, another student of PGP-2 Vivek Jain said, "It is a tradition of our institute. We have a sub committee of the students' placement committee that ensures that the juniors are well prepared for their summer internship; it also sees to it that their curriculum vitae are made in an appropriate manner."
The special sessions take place both formally and informally. A student of PGP-2, Ashish Mittal, said, "A number of clubs in the institute, each focusing on different sector, have started conducting sessions and making presentations to help their juniors. They are encouraged to contact their seniors for help or guidance while experts are also invited to conduct special sessions." "The initiative to conduct these sessions is our own since we intend to pass on what we have learnt from our seniors. It is a long-term process that helps students make well-informed choice of subjects, sector and company," He further added.

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Post Graduate Programme in Management in IIMA
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Post-Graduate Programme is the most prestigious curriculum at IIMA. The programme nurtures world-class managers by exposing them to real life unstructured situations along with analytical tools and business philosophies. Participants discover their true potential after practising rigour and focused hard work. Students gain conceptual and interpersonal skills while fine-tuning on the social purpose in managerial decision-making.
The Institute has initiated exchange programmes with more than twenty-five foreign Institutions of equal repute. Every year the Institute selects close to a quarter of the students to spend one term at some of these institutes. The students get to benefit from the rich exposure that they receive. Similarly students from the corresponding institutes visit IIMA for a term. Joint activities provide each school with a better understanding of teaching methods they practice and give them a better poise. Students learn to appreciate diverse cultures and working environments and develop a holistic vision.
Another important aspect of the PGP is the Summer internship. This eight-week programme provides the students an opportunity to work with reputed companies from various sectors where they get to put their ideas and skills to work. In retrospect the companies get to know their prospects better and a chance to enhance their visibility on the campus using the intern as their ambassador.
Some of the best companies, in India and the world, visit the campus every year searching for the best talent in the field. Close to 6000 graduates of the PGP course have scaled to high positions in a number of reputed Indian and International corporations and institutes.

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Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is on a high growth trajectory today, offering widest range of academic programmes in the field of management education.
Starting in 1997 with a batch of 42 students in its Postgraduate Programme (PGP) , it increased PGP intake to 120 in 2003, 180 in 2005 and to 261 in 2008, thus making it the fastest growing management school in the country to reach that landmark. This was done keeping the quality of the programme high, as the Institute continued to maintain its sound placement record, ranking among the top 5 institutes in the country in 2008.
IIMK pioneered Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) for working executives in India . Starting with 300 class contact hrs. in 2001-02, the year-long Executive Management Education Programme is today the richest one available in the country having 450 class contact hours. With the launch of 4 new 6-month long modular educational programmes in Strategic Management, Finance, Marketing and Operations Management areas, the IDL platform offers 1350 contact hours of long duration programmes today.
The training activity has grown after the Institute moved to its new campus in January 2003. The number of programmes increased from 8 in 2003-04 to 26 in 2007-08, the number of participant days went up from 520 to over 5000. The training activity is expected to have rapid growth with the latest 64 room executive hostel now under completion and the construction of a modern 200 bed management development complex to be completed in in 2010-11.
The Institute is today leader in Faculty Development Programmes (FDP), conducting largest number of programmes (18) totaling 20 weeks in 2008-09, and is the major QIP (Quality Improvement Programme) Centre of the All Indian Council of Technical Education, in the field of management education.
The Institute started its Fellow (Doctoral) Programme in Management in 2007 to complete full range of educational services expected from an Institution of higher learning. The Institute is also taking new initiative to give impetus to the post-doctoral research activities in the management field, dedicating over 30000 sq. ft. library space for it, and creating 300 capacity boarding and lodging facilities in summers, for the post doctoral research scholars, having interest in specified area.
The institute facilitates sharing of knowledge and meeting of minds, through its National and International Conferences that it holds on a regular basis. It has conducted 15 conferences in the last 5 years and during 2008-09 sessions, 5 more conferences are to be held.
The Institute also started taking Consulting Assignments which crossed Rs. 10 million mark in 2007. IIMK is also one of the few Centres for Development of Digital Libraries in the world and is a leader in the country.
A significant step was taken for incubation of a Centre of Excellence jointly with Government of Kerala, which is one of its kind in India, to help the Scheduled Castes/tribes students overcome their deficiencies in communication, personality etc. Incidentally, IIMK is one of the few management institutes in the country who have filled full quota of SC/ST candidates in its Postgraduate Programme on regular basis with sound track record in job placement.
The Institute has a set of highly qualified and experienced faculty. It is backed up by a large number of committed adjunct and visiting faculty from Industry and leading management institutes. Some visiting faculty members from foreign institutions complement the pool. All the fulltime faculty members carryout research studies in diverse fields of management.
The Institute has a strong International Exchange Programme for students and faculty with several leading Management Institutes in EU and ASEAN countries like SDA, Bacconi, Jonkoping, Sweden, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, ESCAP-EAP, France; University of Queensland, Austria, Victoria University of Wellington, Newzealand etc.
The Institute has alliances to further its contribution to the field of management education and research. It is an active member of Strategic Management Forum, to organize Seminar/Conferences and conduct management teacher's programme. Leading Management Institutions like IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore and Lucknow alongwith MDI, Gurgaon, XLRI, Jamshedpur and IIFT, New Delhi join hands to conduct week long faculty development programme on various subjects in the field of Strategic Management.
Spread over about 100 acres of land, the Institute is situated on two hillocks in Kunnamangalam Area of ancient city of Calicut in Kerala, is one of the most picturesque oxy-rich campuses in the country. The world class infrastructure including air-conditioned classrooms, guest care areas and LAN/WAN connectivity enables IIMK to offer a life time experience to a visitor. Managed by a dedicated regular administrative staff of 36, it is one of the most efficient Institutions in the country, which knows how to keep balance sheet green and keep all the stakeholders happy.

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Indian Institute of Management Indore
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Established in 1996, Indian Institute of Management Indore is the sixth in the prestigious IIM family of management schools. The institute was chosen to be set up in Indore to give an impetus to management education in central India and has ever since been acting as the pioneer in the field of management, interfacing with the industry, government sectors and PSUs. The essence of management, IIM I believes, lies in managing one's own ambitions and forging ahead consciously. "A strong theoretical foundation is the basis of good corporate practice" this, coupled with a grounding in management as it is practiced, is the underlying theme of the flagship Post Graduate Programme (PGP). Spanning two years the programme is benchmarked against similar programmes of the best business schools in the world. Experiential learning, IT orientation, and social sensitivity are some of the unique features of the programme.
Situated atop a scenic hillock, the beautiful 193 acre campus provides an ideal backdrop for some of the brightest minds in the country to work their best to become the best they can be. To back this up, IIM Indore has a solid infrastructure ranging from a very beautiful campus and hostels to a strong IT backbone and the latest in teaching aids. The geographical proximity to the fastest growing industrial belt in India and the presence of Special Economic Zones around Indore provide the right environment for both giving hands-on experience to the students and in enabling the industry to make use of the wealth of management expertise available in the institute. IIM Indore’s achievements in such a short span of time can be attributed to its innovative spirit, its will to excel, and, to a great extent, to the relationship it has developed with the Indore community.

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MAT September, 2009

After the CAT now it is MAT that is going online. September 2009 MAT is going to be a paper based as well as an online test – the notification regarding this has been put up on the official website of All India Management Association (AIMA), the conducting body for MAT. A candidate can select any of the formats while applying but he/she cannot apply for both the formats.
The paper-based test (PBT) will be conducted all over India on 6th September, 2009, from 10 a.m to 12.30 p.m. The computer-based test (CBT) will be conducted in different time slots from September 7, 2009 onwards. One candidate can appear only for one date for September ’09 MAT. Since the CBT will be conducted over a period of time, a candidate has the advantage of choosing the center, the date and the time slot as per his/her convenience.
As a test taker, you should not get intimidated by the change in test format. Actually there are a number of things that have not changed, like:-
The eligibility criteria for application - Graduates in any discipline or Final year students of Graduate Courses can apply.
Duration of the test – MAT is still a 2 hours 30 minutes test.
Total Number of questions – The test would still have 200 questions with 4 options.
Marks per question – All questions would carry equal mark.
There will be negative marks for each incorrect answer, but the exact figure has not yet been revealed. Till May'09 test, there used to be 0.25 negative marks for each incorrect answer
How the CBT format works?
The CBT format assumes that the test taker has basic familiarity with the use of computers like the use of keyboard and mouse operation. The candidate sits in front of a computer and the questions are presented on the monitor and he/she has to submit the answers through the use of keyboard or mouse. A main server prepares the question sets and delivers the same to each terminal.
The candidates would be provided with blank sheets for rough work. Details like one’s name, roll no, form no, etc have to be entered in the space provided on the screen before taking the actual test.
The individual sections / parts of the test would not be timed, so the test taker would be allowed to go back and change any answer that he/she thinks was marked incorrectly at the first go (quite similar to a PBT format).
In MAT all questions are of MCQ (multiple choice question) type. Each question will consist of a stem, which may be in the form of a question or an incomplete statement and four options. One has to choose the correct answer by clicking on the button next to the answer. One can navigate freely through the questions.
The invigilator will guide the candidates regarding how to record or save the work.
The registration process has already started and the forms will be available till 10th August, 2009. The last date for receipt of filled in registration forms at AIMA , New Delhi is 13th August, 2009.

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IIM Ahmedabad Courses

MBA Courses at IIMA: -
(1) Post Graduate Program in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM)
(2) Post Graduate Program in Management (PGP)
(3) One-Year Post Graduate Program in Public Management and Policy (PGP-PMP)
(4) One Year Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives (PGPX)
Fellow Program in Management (FPM):-
This is a doctorate program that offers specialization in ten different areas. The specializations offered are: -
1.Marketing
2.Business Policy
3.Public System
4.Finance and Accounting
5.Personnel and Industrial Relations
6.Production and Quantitative Methods
7.Organizational Behaviour
8.Information Systems
9.Agriculture
10. Economics
Faculty Development Program (FDP):-
This course at IIM Ahmedabad has been designed for researchers, teachers and industrial organizations.
Management Development Programme (MDP) :-
The flagship venture was a three tier program (3-TP). Later the institute came up with a list of general management programs (GMPs) and small and medium enterprise programs (SMEP).

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Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
Saturday, July 25, 2009

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. During its initial years, several prominent faculty formed part of its nucleus, including Paul Samuelson, Jagdish Sheth, J. K. Sengupta, among others.
Over the years, IIMC has grown into a mature institution with global reputation, imparting high quality management education. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalising Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level programs, Executive Training Programs, Research and Consulting Activities. Today, the institute serves as an autonomous body, continually evolving to meet its goals in an ever-changing business environment.
The vision of the Institute is to emerge as an International Centre of Excellence in all facets of Management Education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values. Over the past four decades, IIM Calcutta has blossomed into one of Asia's finest Business Schools. Its strong ties to the business community make it an effective mechanism for the promotion of professional management practices in Indian organizations. Today, IIM Calcutta attracts the best talent in India - a melting pot of academia, industry and research. The best and brightest young men and women pursue its academic programs.

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IIMB

IIMB, The Indian Institute of Bangalore is one of the premier institutes of management education in India. It was established in 1973 on the southern edge of Bangalore to augment the management talents and resources in India. IIM B has, since then focused in providing quality education in the postgraduate programs and also in research in Software, IT and insurance sector. The efforts of the qualified faculty members and motivated students have helped IIMB to earn adequate recognition. It has consistently figured among the top business schools in India in most of the domestic and International Surveys. In the 2003 edition of Wall Street Journal IIM Bangalore was the lone business school in Asia to figure in the list of top 100 global business schools. IIMB has also opened a campus in Bangalore in recent years.
A 100-acre oasis in south Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), with its all-stone architecture, lush verdant woods and landscaped gardens provides an idyllic environment to engage in management studies, academics and learning. IIMB has world-class infrastructure that facilitates excellence in teaching, research, consulting and other professional activities.
Located in India’s high technology capital, IIMB is in close proximity to some of the leading corporate houses in the country, ranging from information technology to consumer product companies, giving it the added advantage of integrating classroom knowledge with practical experience.
Established in 1973, the Institute has since then built on its base of highly accomplished faculty, world class infrastructure and motivated student body to emerge as one of the premier institutes for management education and research promoting managerial excellence in the country. IIMB strives to achieve excellence through partnerships with industry, and leading academic institutions, the world over. IIMB’s mission is to “build leaders through holistic, transformative and innovative education.”
The long-duration post-graduate programmes of the Institute comprise the flagship Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP); the Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management (PGSEM); the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM); the one year full-time Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), and the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), which is a doctoral programme. As such, IIMB offers courses relevant for each of the three segments of the managerial hierarchy. All these programmes are very highly rated and IIMB alumni occupy senior managerial and academic positions across the globe.
Further, the Executive Education Programme (EEP) caters to a wide variety of organizations in government, the public and private sectors and non-governmental organizations, with open and customized programmes ranging from two days to one year. The International Masters Program in Practising Management (IMPM), an international collaborative executive education program jointly offered by IIMB with INSEAD, McGill University, Lancaster University and a consortium of Japanese universities is globally recognised as a major innovation in executive education. The N.S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at IIMB also offers courses for entrepreneurs and owners of family businesses.
IIMB has always been a hub of innovative activity and is continuously on the lookout for opportunities to collaborate with the industry as well as other academic institutions the world over. Innovation and research at the Institute has been given a fillip with the establishment of Centres of Excellence in various areas ranging from Public Policy and Corporate Governance to Insurance to Financial Markets and Risk Management. The N.S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning is a catalyst for entrepreneurial activity and a well-known incubation centre for startup ventures.
A feature that sets apart IIMB from other B-schools is the carefully selected mix of students with diversity as a stated objective so that students can leverage from each other’s experience in addition to theoretical studies in the classroom, thereby creating a truly enriching learning experience. The Institute also has the largest Student Exchange Programme amongst all B-schools in India with several partner universities across North America, Europe and Australia.
As the global business scenario gets increasingly complex and dynamic, IIMB prepares students to manage and lead in such dynamic business situations by providing a diverse and challenging environment where they can learn and grow and finally walk out, ready to lead and inspire…

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IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA)

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad or IIMA, as it is popularly known, was set up in 1961 and today it is business school of International repute. IIMA is committed not only to provide quality management education to its students but also on producing quality research papers for the further development of the field of management. It has earmarked the decade of 2000 as a decade of Internationalization. In this decade IIM Ahmedabad is focusing on exchange of faculty with International Business schools, admitting full time International schools, expansion of the campus to accommodate the Institutes's International Executive development programs.
In just four decades IIMA has evolved from being India’s premier management institute to a notable international school of management. It all started with Dr Vikram Sarabhai and a few other public spirited industrialists realizing that agriculture, education, health, transportation, population control, energy, and public administration were all vital elements in a growing society and that it was necessary to link these meaningfully with industry. The result was the creation of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1961 as an autonomous body with the active collaboration of the Government of India, Government of Gujarat, and industry.
It was evident that to have a vision was not enough. Effective governance and quality education were seen as critical aspects. From the very start the founders introduced the concept of faculty governance: all members of the faculty play an important role in administering the diverse academic and non-academic activities of the Institute. The empowerment of the faculty has been the propelling force behind the high quality of learning experience at IIMA. The Institute had initial collaboration with Harvard Business School. This collaboration greatly influenced the Institute’s approach to education. Gradually it emerged as a confluence of the best of Eastern and Western values.

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Upcoming IIMs
Friday, July 24, 2009

Plans for six new campuses of IIM are being drawn up. The locations for the new campuses are : -
1. Chhattisgarh
2. Haryana
3. Jharkhand
4. Uttarakhand
5. Jammu and Kashmir
6. Tamil Nadu
Studying at one of the IIMs in India is a dream that can come true through hard work and effort. Financial assistance is provided in most of the institutes. The placement and packages offered are generally regarded best among the business schools of the country.

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Establishment of IIMs in India

Establishment of IIMs in India:-
1• In1961, IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) was started as an autonomous institute in collaboration with the State and central government.
2• IIM Bangalore was started in 1973 to cater to the rising demand for managing the technical uprising in the country.
3• In November 1961, in association with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Ford Institute and the government of West Bengal; IIM Calcutta (IIMC) was set up.
4• Indian institute of Management, Indore (IIMI) was established a decade ago.
5• The fifth Indian Institute of Management was established in Kozhikode (IIMK) under the guidance laid down by the government of India and the state government of Kerela.
6• IIM, Lucknow (IIML) was started on a modest footing back in 1981.
7• IIM Shillong From Friday July 4, the new branch of the Indian Institute of Management became operational following its inauguration by the Meghalaya Chief Minister, Donkupar Roy.

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Indian Institutes of Management (IIM)

Among the prestigious educational institutes of India that have captured the imagination of students and scholars alike, Indian Institutes of Management or IIMs, as they are known, are prominent. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are India's premier management institutes that also conduct research and provide consultancy services in the field of management to various sectors of the Indian economy. They were created by the Indian Government with the aim of identifying the brightest intellectual talent available in the student community of India and training it in the best management techniques available in the world, to ultimately create a pool of elite world class managers to manage and lead the various sections of the Indian economy. IIMs play a leadership role in the nation’s managerial manpower development and carry out research in emerging areas. These Institutes are recognized as premier management institutions, comparable to the best in the world for teaching, research and interaction with industries. IIMs being "Role Models" have shared knowledge and skills with other institutions to improve their quality and standards in management education. IIMs have earned an international reputation for the quality of their alumni.
The IIMs are considered the top business schools in India. All the IIMs are completely autonomous institutes owned and financed by the Central Government of India. In order of establishment, the IIMs are located at Kolkata (Calcutta), Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Lucknow, Kozhikode (Calicut), Indore, and Shillong. They offer post-graduate courses in management (equivalent to an MBA), fellowship programmes in management (equivalent to PhD), executive MBA and industry based programmes. IIMs actively carry out research and consultancy for the industry, including the needs of non-corporate and under-managed sectors such as agriculture, rural development, public systems management, energy, health education, habitat, etc. The IIMs also offer various other management training programs as well as part-time MBA programmes for various organisations and individuals. With its practical approach, modern facilities and well-qualified experienced faculties, an IIM can provide quality management education in India that can be compared with the best business schools of the world.

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