Articles in IIT Kharagpur
(Photo credit: Jim Ryan) Earlier this year, Radha Sharma got an unexpected visit from an ex-student and his family. The student had taken her course on emotional intelligence at Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon. While still a student, he had sought her advice when he was upset over his father’s death. A student came with […]
The vitriolic public reaction to Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s seemingly innocuous comment that “The faculty in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is not world-class. It is the students in IITs who are world-class. The IITs and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are excellent because of the quality of students and not because of quality […]
The engineers among us would be aware that the notification for the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is out and registrations are in full swing. Here is the JMET 2011 Ready Reckoner – some tips to help you sail through. What is the eligibility criteria for appearing […]
The Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur released its placement report for the MBA batch of 2008-10 this week, claiming a total of 110 offers for an eligible-for-placements count of 80 students. With 15 job offers, IBM was the largest recruiter at the placements. According to the institute, 45 companies […]
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur’s Vinod Gupta School of Management is starting two MBA programs for working executives at it Kolkata and Bhubhaneswar campuses. Working on a 3-year structure that will allow participants to work while they study, the courses are largely targeted towards the local population of each city they shall function […]
This year’s edition of Vantage, the annual recruitements program at Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), IIT Kharagpur has concluded with 65 companies recruiting 110 students from the institute. The highest annual domestic salary secured was Rs 14.7 lakhs and the average annual domestic salary was Rs 8.93 lakhs, a drop of 22 percent from […]
The conference was conceived with the objective of exploring the efficiency of the financial sector and its contribution to the economic growth, which in turn, is contingent upon the depth and diversity of the financial institutions, markets and instruments. The undertaken discussions were on four major themes: Investment Decision, Financial Markets and Foreign Direct Investment, […]
The idea was conceived by Colonel Indrabalan and his team of twelve would-be executives from the class of 2009. Prof Parameshwar P Iyer, Principal Research Scientist and Head Placement and Industrial Liaison at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was the Chief Guest for the meet. Also present at the meet was Mr Ramesh Hariharan, […]
Prizes worth Rs 10,000 are to be won at ‘Bheja Fry‘, online quiz about linking the daisy chains of brands and logos. A marketing Strategy case in association with Cavin Kare’s Natural Fairever named ‘STRATOsphere‘ will give away Rs 10,000 to the winner and Rs 5,000 to the runner up. The case study competition titles […]
What are the 3 unique differentiating factors that set you apart from the SOMs of other IITs? The most interesting feature is the exposure our students get to American Universities and business giants through our regular exchange program, for e.g. last year, not only did we have the six hour one-on-one with the legendary Warren […]