(Photo credit: albertogp123) Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) will revert to accepting the Common Admission Test (CAT) score for shortlisting candidates for the MICA test (MICAT) for admissions to the 2012-14 batch. A minimum of 90 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) will be required to reach the MICAT stage, said GK Nair, […]

Photo Credit: Benson Kua IIM Bangalore’s recent decision to make student attendance in classrooms optional is raising a lot of questions. Are Indian students at the post graduate level mature enough to come to class without the whip of compulsory attendance? Will they use or misuse the freedom that they are being entrusted with? And […]

(Original photo credit: Egan Snow) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad plans to release its placement report for the batch of 2009-11 adhering to its proposed Placement Reporting Standards by June-end. The report will be externally audited, for which the institute is in talks with credit rating agency Crisil. The standards — which aim […]

You’ve seen the posts, the thanks and the groans. Now meet the faces behind the usernames at the 8th edition of the All India PaGaLGuY Meet (AIPGM) on May 28 and 29, 2011 at Bangalore. A one of its kind event, the meet will allow you to network with other regular puys alongside a rock […]

We wanted to do this after IIM Ahmedabad released its placement report, but with no clear timeframe from ‘WIMWI’ yet, we are publishing this anyway. Each year, India’s better known b-schools release information about their placements in the form of a report or press releases. Besides highlighting what the b-school deems is more important about […]

Image taken from skulpt.com With this year’s MBA entrance season done and the new season about to begin in full flow in the next couple of months, freshers as well as those enthusiastic about joining a coaching institute to help them out with their CAT prep would be confused with the plethora of options available. […]

The quality of education among India’s business schools has not been able to keep up with their growth in recent years. But if each ‘good’ b-school mentors the faculty of five lower-rung b-schools in its local region with IIMs taking the lead, vast improvements can be made in the general quality of Indian b-schools, says […]

Being relatively new to market economy, we in India have for long centered quality measurement around accreditations with a rather low bar. Does your electrical appliance meet the minimum safety standards? Do factories have basic minimum safety conditions for workers? Do our business schools meet the minimum standards of infrastructure, faculty, number of books in […]

Its the time of the year when b-schools are bursting with activity playing host to festivals, events, inter-college competitions. When students are seen drowned in paperwork, stuck to their laptops, mobiles perpetually against their ear, travelling all over the place, getting sponsors, connecting with media, sending invitations and the works. It’s the most maddening time […]

While many partied all through yesterday after getting their CAT results, a few closed themselves to the world, trying to find an answer to just one question what did I do wrong? These were those who expected to do well and are generally among the brainy lot with regards to other MBA entrance exams. Abhishek […]