[embedded image] XLRI Jamshedpur The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has inducted the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM C) and XLRI Jamshedpur as members. Students will stand to benefit indirectly from this move as member b-schools get better exposure to global practices. Indian School ...

The Mayans might have failed to keep their commitment but we shall not (fail to..., that is)! Four winners have been chosen among the 127 entries that made the cut. Hyderabadians (Hydies?) seem to be dominating the winners' list this time. Clap your hands for the winners of the Best B-School Photography Contest 2012. Each...

[embedded image] Special thanks to cricket nerd and fin whiz @cornerd, for his valuable help in the making of this comic! Follow him on Twitter if you love your sport! Deepak Gopalakrishnan is a cartoonist from Mumbai. Catch all his cartoons and work here, and follow his tweets here.

Welcome to our new comic series, "A Pagal Look At" (APLA). This is different from MBA (the comic, not the degree). We decided to start a new comic series because we finally ran out of ideas for the last one we realised there were many many career options after completing the MBA (the degree, not the comic), but a general la...

[embedded image] Pic: Flickr The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) which owns the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), annually conducts a unique survey titled The Alumni Perspectives Survey. The survey which was first launched by GMAC in 2001, is a longitudinal research study of graduat...

[embedded image] Photo: Flickr A lecture, according to Wikipedia is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. That's how lectures have pretty much been since the time sages and gods gave sermons. In real terms, for ma...

[embedded image] About 200 students of the Indian Institute of Management, Indore have fallen ill after eating food in the college mess. While many were admitted to the Choithram and Unity hospitals in Indore, as of now 12 are still there and being kept under strict observation. One student is still being treated at the...

[embedded image] (Photo: Edd Morgan) In a month or so, b-schools, which were practically silent all of last month and April will resound with the 'at-home' chatter of students. The second year guys have probably started filling up hostel blocks already while the first year students will make it there soon. We are certain t...

[embedded image] Class in progress at ISB, Hyderabad A typical business school classroom has professors delivering lectures for straight hours at times, or endless case study readings and 'interactive' sessions discussing those case studies. This 'traditional' teaching format, if you will, is often criticised to be a one...

[embedded image] Neeraj Kakkar, CEO, Hector Beverages (Photo credit: Astha A) Most entrepreneurs that we interview here tend to have started their businesses during b-school or right after graduating from one. But how are their startup stories different from those who work in a corporate job for a few years before deciding ...