So, the best rule to follow is ‘throw all the rules out’ for none is holy enough to hold universally. Let me justify how all this makes sense. Consider the following: CAT in 2003 was what I would call a plain-vanilla CAT with English, DI (data interpretation) and Quantitative aptitude (QA), with 50 questions in […]

Judge business school is one of the youngest business schools perceived to be in the top 20. How do you strive to keep the cut among top b-schools, given that some of them are nearly 100 years old? This is a big challenge, and one that we are eagerly anticipating. The one year MBA program […]

Speaking about his new role, Dean Rao said, “This is an excellent opportunity to bring global management practices to India. The ISB was one of the first B-schools in India to use GMAT® scores an admission criterion. It has helped us a great deal in establishing international standards of quality and in selecting bright students […]

How many applications have you received in last two years of PGPX how many of them made it to the interview stage? In the first year (batch of 2006-07) we received 730 applicants and we called 210 applicants for interview. The final batch size was 60 students. In the second year (batch of 2007-0, we […]

The scholarships are available exclusively to attendees of the QS World MBA Tour, which travels with a total of over 350 business schools to 43 countries and is the largest programme of b-school events worldwide. Awards include the QS scholarships for Leadership and Community Involvement as well as those from the major business schools. The […]

How do you see the popularity, utility and relevance of the MBA degree panning out in the next decade? With the continued growth of the global economy, and accelerated economic development in most of Asia, the MBA has firmly established itself as the qualification of reference both for young professionals looking to accelerate their career […]

How much has ISB achieved in its 5 years? What we have achieved depends on what we set out to do. The most fundamental premises would be of having a globally comparable business school education, as good as it would be in any part of the world. We have a model where we get faculty […]

What is the kind of presence of India in IMD and what kind of activity does IMD do within India? IMD is known to be one of the most global MBA programs and even though we are a class of only 90 people, each class has between 4 and 8 Indian students who tend to […]

The ISB has emphasised the importance of diversity in the classroom right from the start. The School has made special efforts each year to attract a diverse student body. While 59% of the Class of 2008 comes with an engineering degree, (15 pc less than the last year), the remaining 41 pc come from various […]

Who is the Acton MBA for? What kind of applicant is best fit to make it to the program? The Acton program is not for everyone. It is designed for people who want to make a difference in the world, do not have a moment to waste and are willing to make a serious commitment […]