Indian Institute Management Udaipur hosted the third edition of its annual flagship event, The Leadership Summit 2014 on 23rd August, 2014 at the Durbar Hall, City Palace, Udaipur.
When I heard “We have zero tolerance for any discrimination based on sex, caste, religion, region, language, sexual orientation, or on any other basis whatsoever,” for the fifth time in two days, I thought they were overdoing it. These were the standard things that every institute claimed, I thought. However, it didn't take me too long to understand how seriously TISS meant it. TISS has committees that investigated sexual harassment, ensured social protection, and facilitated the functioning of the dining hall, and cyber affairs. Each of these committees / cells has student representation besides having experts from the respective fields. In fact, a vibrant, newly-elected student union that was elected through a democratic election process, just swore in earlier this week.
The ‘I’ story (Independence, Innovation & Inspiration)
The fourth edition of Colloquium- the annual series of guest lectures by industry leaders and corporate honchos, kicked off on a high note at IIM Ranchi. Mr. Ashu Malhotra, HR Head of e-commerce giant Jabong.com visited the campus as part of the event. He invoked the students to aim big in life and to be good human beings by connecting with people around us (people orientation), respecting others in the company and learning constantly from the immense knowledge repository that lies around us.
There is a gradual yet perceptible change happening in our top management institutions as far as research and publication is concerned. More faculty are taking research seriously, and targeting top journals to publish their findings. This shift is the result of three drivers: Firstly, institutional policy changes now place more emphasis on research output as a requirement for promotion. Secondly, a new generation of better trained and research-oriented faculty has joined these institutions. And, thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, there is a growing aspiration to be seen as more than a teacher, i.e. to make a place for oneself among the larger academic peer community. The Challenge of Thought Leadership
The Great Lakes Institute of management, Chennai has become the youngest and the 7th B school in India to receive the AMBA (Association of MBAs), UK accreditation. The institute has received accreditation for its flagship one year fast track PGPM program and its two year executive PGXPM program. With the prestigious achievement, the institute now has joined the league of some of the world’s renowned institutes such as INSEAD France, London Business School, HEC Paris, IIM Calcutta, who have received the accreditation in the past. Apart from Great Lakes, only 6 other institutes in India including IIM-C, IIM-L, MDI Gurgaon, SPJIMR have so far been accredited by AMBA.
We had given you a primer about the changes in the process and the examination for CAT 2014 in this article. Apart from procedural changes like exclusively online purchase of vouchers, and more important ones like the reduction in the number of time slots, there are also several changes in the CAT 2014 paper pattern that have already been spelled out. Some of these include no sectional time limits, increase in the duration of the exam, and increase in the number of questions.
Indian Institute Management Udaipur hosted the third edition of its annual flagship event, The Leadership Summit 2014 on 23rd August, 2014 at the Durbar Hall, City Palace, Udaipur.
When I heard “We have zero tolerance for any discrimination based on sex, caste, religion, region, language, sexual orientation, or on any other basis whatsoever,” for the fifth time in two days, I thought they were overdoing it. These were the standard things that every institute claimed, I thought. However, it didn't take me too long to understand how seriously TISS meant it. TISS has committees that investigated sexual harassment, ensured social protection, and facilitated the functioning of the dining hall, and cyber affairs. Each of these committees / cells has student representation besides having experts from the respective fields. In fact, a vibrant, newly-elected student union that was elected through a democratic election process, just swore in earlier this week.
The ‘I’ story (Independence, Innovation & Inspiration)
The fourth edition of Colloquium- the annual series of guest lectures by industry leaders and corporate honchos, kicked off on a high note at IIM Ranchi. Mr. Ashu Malhotra, HR Head of e-commerce giant Jabong.com visited the campus as part of the event. He invoked the students to aim big in life and to be good human beings by connecting with people around us (people orientation), respecting others in the company and learning constantly from the immense knowledge repository that lies around us.
There is a gradual yet perceptible change happening in our top management institutions as far as research and publication is concerned. More faculty are taking research seriously, and targeting top journals to publish their findings. This shift is the result of three drivers: Firstly, institutional policy changes now place more emphasis on research output as a requirement for promotion. Secondly, a new generation of better trained and research-oriented faculty has joined these institutions. And, thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, there is a growing aspiration to be seen as more than a teacher, i.e. to make a place for oneself among the larger academic peer community. The Challenge of Thought Leadership
The Great Lakes Institute of management, Chennai has become the youngest and the 7th B school in India to receive the AMBA (Association of MBAs), UK accreditation. The institute has received accreditation for its flagship one year fast track PGPM program and its two year executive PGXPM program. With the prestigious achievement, the institute now has joined the league of some of the world’s renowned institutes such as INSEAD France, London Business School, HEC Paris, IIM Calcutta, who have received the accreditation in the past. Apart from Great Lakes, only 6 other institutes in India including IIM-C, IIM-L, MDI Gurgaon, SPJIMR have so far been accredited by AMBA.
We had given you a primer about the changes in the process and the examination for CAT 2014 in this article. Apart from procedural changes like exclusively online purchase of vouchers, and more important ones like the reduction in the number of time slots, there are also several changes in the CAT 2014 paper pattern that have already been spelled out. Some of these include no sectional time limits, increase in the duration of the exam, and increase in the number of questions.
