Daily Current Affairs Refresher Blog is an attempt by Civil Services Exam toppers from yesteryear, who have come together to provide the most important Burning Issues to candidates all over for free. The high quality content is curated and presented after referring at least two National Dailies, several online resources and National and International Magazines […]

(Photo courtesy: jonfeinstein) The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 authorities have sent letters with the ‘correct’ scores to the institutes that have admitted the 80 candidates allegedly involved in the infamous CAT scam. It is now up to the institutes whether the retain the students/candidates (waiting list) or not. This is what the institutes have […]

The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) had brought in two progressive changes to its academic process last year. It had made summer internships optional and permitted students to miss lectures. However, both the ‘privileges’ have met with a lackadaisical response. A close look at the concessions reveal that they both came with huge riders […]

(Photo credit: Alan Cleaver) In perhaps the most significant leap by any Indian Institute of Management (IIM) ever, IIM Indore this week announced a five-year integrated management degree which will admit students directly after class XII in school. A Times of India story reports that the total tuition fees for this fully residential ‘integrated PGP’ […]

Visual by Deanmeyersnet It is no secret that if entrance scores permit, many MBA hopefuls would seek admission only to those b-schools that offer the most lucrative placements. That an MBA degree in India, comes packaged with a job is understood. But not so in b-schools abroad, where students have to hunt for their jobs […]

The response to first three of the programmes conducted by IIML was a success with all 49 officers of the first programme and 60 of the second getting good job offer. The third batch, which is undergoing placements right now, is also witnessing many offers. This year a total of 59 Defense Officers including 7 […]

What in a nutshell is Forest Management and how is it different from conventional or general management? Forest Management, briefly, is about understanding forests or forestry as a sector, managing this sector and its natural resources and addressing the question of how you can provide livelihood to the nearly 15 million people comprising forest dwellers […]