The Supreme Court has brought an end to the uncertainty in the admission process by granting an interim relief against the controversial AICTE circular. We have procured a copy of the order and after speaking to the various stakeholders, we have deconstructed the implications of the order for MBA aspirants. What does the verdict say? […]

IBS campuses located at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune are the constituents of the Icfaian Foundation. They offer two-year, full-time Postgraduate Program in Management (PGPM) to prepare the students and equip them for successful corporate careers. IBS campuses are committed to achieve excellence in teaching and research by focusing on the necessary hardware […]

The Supreme Court is today understood to have delivered interim relief to PDGM institutes from the controversial AICTE circular by allowing them the independence to conduct their own admissions and decide their own fees. The institutes can conduct their own group discussion and interview processes after shortlisting candidates using any one or more of the […]

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has done it again. A fresh salvo by the government body banning all part-time MBA courses has got concerned MBA colleges in ruffles. The ban which comes into effect from the next academic year has put a second spoke in admission to MBA courses this year. (The […]

Here is another case of technological innovation in educational admissions succumbing to problems of execution. Nearly 16.000 applicants to the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad’s PGDM program this year were required to appear for a computer-based video interview as the first step in the admission process. Termed ‘Virtual Interview’ by IMT, the innovation backfired […]

Big Brother All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)s controversial circular pressing for vast changes in the sphere of business education received a further setback yesterday with the Bombay High court squashing most parts of the circular. This comes after Orissa High Court stayed the same circular last week, when a group of b-schools from […]

The Orissa High Court has granted a stay on the recent All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) circular, which pressed for sweeping changes in the business education space. The AICTE notification dated December 28, 2010 had not only placed a cap on fees charged by AICTE-affiliated MBA colleges across the country, but also made […]

Looking back at the way many premier Indian b-schools have handled their admission processes this year, the MBA admission season of 2010-11 will not exactly be remembered as a season that people were fond of. From changing their admission criteria midway after selling application forms on a certain premise to using questionable methods of factoring […]

A classic error that judicial courts are prone to is one where the paranoia over not allowing criminals to be let off the hook results in a lot of innocent people being put to trial. Statisticians call this unintentionally increasing ‘type 1’ errors (false positives) in the pursuit of reducing ‘type 2’ errors (false negatives). […]

Big brother AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) has been given just eight days by b-schools to modify the notification it issued on December 28, 2010 (pushing for sweeping changes in business education) or else face legal action. The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) has decided to march up the steps of the […]