The theme of this year’s seminar is “IT India: From Cost Advantage to Strategic Partnerships”. The seminar aims to bring together IT industry practitioners, consultants, academicians and students for stimulating and engaging discussions on the latest trends in IT Management. As a part of AIMS 2006, IIM K is conducting two case study competitions. The […]

The convocation address was delivered by Uday Gharpore, CEO ATOSOrigin at the sprawling institute campus in Mumbai. Some of the other guests on the occasion to congratulate the graduating students were Mr Samik Biswas, CEO – McKinsey KC, Mr Aveek Mukherjee, CTO – ANZ, Mr Soumitra Sen, President, Brand Therapist – Mudra Communications, Ms Vidya […]

As you probably know by now, the GMAT is a Computer Adaptive Test (“CAT”). This means that the questions that you see on the exam are selected by the computer based on your performance on earlier questions. For example, if you answer a question correctly, your next question will be harder. If you answer a […]

As an alternative to increasing seats in existing courses, KJ Somaiya is walking the expansion road by starting new courses. Beside short term courses, KJ Somaiya has launched a two-year Retail Management course in partnership with Pantaloon. MMS vs PGDBA Among the two flagship courses of KJ Somaiya, the Masters in Management Study (MMS) is […]

Speaking with the students on his new formula for marketing, Dr Kotler varied from his popular theory of 4Ps and emphasised on the customer and not the product. The 4Ps of marketing as earlier propounded by Dr Kotler are product, price, promotion and place. “We have to look beyond the 4Ps. Value addition to the […]

Dr. Philip Kotler will be in India on an invitation from Great Lakes to address the participants of the seminar titled ‘Marketing Mantras’, in Chennai on July 17, 2006, in Bangalore on July 18, 2006 and in Mumbai on July 20, 2006. The event will be attended by the various prominent personalities of the Indian […]

Almost all of us are now at a juncture in our preparation where we have to decide between studying and taking tests. But where one ends up depends a lot on where one started from. Hence let’s look at the possible stages where a student could find himself/herself. We can then look at when one […]

Large-scale construction work is on inside GIM’s idyllic campus. But if you look at the 200-year-old heritage building that was once a hospital, you will hardly notice any signs of revamp. GIM has preferred to retain the vintage exterior look of its structure, making it the only B-school which does not look like a B-school! […]

Your overall score out of 800 results from your performances in quant and verbal, each of which is first scored independently on a scale of 0-60. These subscores are then combined to yield your overall score according to formulae to which only ETS (the organization that administers the GMAT) is privy. Each subscore (verbal and […]

While the SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) started the two-year FMB niche programme a decade ago, other local biggies of Mumbai like the LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research and the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) have launched this course in the past couple of years. How different […]