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Things you might learn in life but not because of your MBA

This post is formally an entry for the InsideIIM ‘Great Indian B-School debate’

The weird phenomenon of B school students failing!

Of late I have been ruminating over a line that I came across, “Education is not a commodity”. When I analyse this statement in light of the business education that I am going through, I can’t help but disagree. Most people around me have come to college not only to gain knowledge or to get taught by a world-class faculty; rather they have come to a B-school in order to progress ahead in their careers- in order to go through a course that offers them a better job than what they were doing previously.  And they pay through their noses for the same. XLRI is a case in point where the batch of 2014 paid a cumulative fee close to Rs. 14 lakhs; the batch of 2015 is paying Rs. 17.5 lakhs while for the batch of 2016, the figure gets close to Rs. 19 lakhs. This is a 36% increase in a span of about three years. The story looks pretty similar in the IIMs. The only college of repute that is immune from this super-normal inflation is FMS- for reasons that need no explanation.

PERCEPTION: A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

This is an entry for The Great Indian B-School debate.

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IIM Ranchi celebrates Independence Day

The 68th Independence Day was celebrated at Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIMR) amidst colourful vibrancy and great patriotic fervor. A blood donation camp was organised and was followed by several cultural competitions at IIM Ranchi Khelgaon hostel to mark the occasion.

Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta celebrates Janmashtami with IIM Shillong

The evening in Shillong was filled with the celestial sounds of the sarod as Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, Padma Bushan awardee, enthralled the audience at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillong. The concert was organized by the Meghalaya Chapter of SPIC MACAY on account of Janmashtami celebrations.

IIM Kashipur organized Bikerthon - a bike rally to promote road safety

On the auspicious occasion of the 68th Independence Day of India, the students of IIM Kashipur organised a motor kike rally “Bikerthon ‘14” to spread awareness about the importance of helmets and road safety.

What's worth reading | Shreyas Recommends (Week 18 : Aug 11 – Aug 17)

After a one-week break, InsideIIM and PwC Consultant Shreyas Panse are back with the 18th edition of our weekly series on InsideIIM, where Shreyas curates a list that is the best  from across the web that industry professionals and current students must read.