[embedded image] Two MBA candidates were in for a rude shock when the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad refused to refund them the admission fee of Rs 50,0000 (each), they had paid for a seat for the PGDM program for the academic year 2013-15. The institute's concerned official cited AICTE norms which specified that an institute need not refund admission fee if its seats are not full-up, in the case of IMT Hyderabad, 240 seats. The official, apparently, added, that if a...

[embedded image] In a meeting of close to 40 deans and directors of PGDM institutions convened by The Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI), it was decided that these group of b-schools want to continue working under the regulatory framework of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Act 1987. This was decided in wake of the recent verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) which took MBA programs of university-affiliated colleges out of the purview of AICTE - this had raised que...

[embedded image] Anna University, Chennai has declared the results of the Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) 2013. Candidates can view the results here.TANCET is a prerequisite for candidates who want to pursue post graduate courses through Anna university or affiliated colleges.

[embedded image] Guess who is who? Rupali and Sonali (L to R)Not many of you would have the inclination to reject an offer from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore if that’s the best option you have. However, Rupali Jain, who has converted her IIM-B call, is willing to give up the seat if her twin sister Sonali Jain does not get through IIM-B. Sonali has been waitlisted at 36 for IIM-B. Both the sisters have converted their IIM Lucknow call and will take that up if IIM-B does...

[embedded image] Hungry anyone? (Photo Courtesy: http://bit.ly/13ARZpD)Five students from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, Canada offered a rather innovative (read bizarre) solution to the challenge of the 2013 Hult Prize, considered by some as the Nobel Prize of the b-school arena. Responding to the challenge of developing a viable social enterprise to tackle the challenge of food security for urban slum dwellers, these students have offered crickets as an inexpensi...

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