A True Story Of Independence, Innovation, And Inspiration - IIM Bangalore
The ‘I’ story (Independence, Innovation & Inspiration)
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.
IIM Ranchi’s Khelgaon hostel premises came alive with a festive fervour as the students celebrated Janmashtami, which marks the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. The event was organised by the Cultural Committee of IIMR.
In India, MBA is just a degree which teaches you how to fool others, how to play with others emotions by not working in groups, throwing around jazzy management jargons which can very well be explained in plain English and above all, how to network your way up the B School ladder through desperate class participation to influential seniors and playing politics to get into the so called popular clubs. There is no knowledge or learning in this as the driver to perform is motivated by only two things: placements and grades.
June 30th, 2014 – The day I landed in the city of joy, all pumped up to embark on a journey I had been awaiting since I started solving MCQs on Numbers, para-completion, para-jumbles two years back. Today, I have traveled one month into the MBA (IB) program. I look back, awestruck, and realize how much I have grown or as managers put it – what has been my value addition. Here, I see what key learnings this one month has bestowed upon me.