InsideIIM.com is pleased to announce the addition of IE Business School, Madrid in its list of top schools featured on this website. It is the first European school to be featured on our website and we couldn't be more pleased to have one of the top 3 schools in Europe and one of the top 10 schools in the world.
In a run-up to 100 days to the Common Admission Test i.e. CAT 2013, we introduce a new series called Ask the Expert. Ask us anything you want to about the CAT or other management entrance tests. We will pick 4-5 interesting questions each week which will be answered by Ravi Handa or an expert in this field. You can leave your questions for the expert here below. The questions will be answered next week. Ravi Handa's thread on InsideIIM can be found here.
A cheating scandal or a scam is not something that is new to the Common Admission Test (CAT). It is not something new for many of India's most prestigious competitive exams. You may be surprised to know that 5 years back even the GMAT exam was under a bigger and even more perplexing cheating scandal. You can read about it here.
There is no doubt that the batch composition of the IIMs needed more diversity. At InsideIIM.com, we support the idea of increasing the number of women and non-engineers in a batch to provide an experience that introduces all kinds of perspectives in the 2 year MBA programme equivalent at the IIMs - the PGP. However, not at the cost of merit.
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Tough times reveal a lot. IIM Bangalore's report on the career opportunities provided to its graduates shows us why certain brands are worth their weight in gold. IIM B is one such brand. Across sectors and domains, graduates have been provided ample opportunities. One of them is an opportunity to work in the Office of Mukesh Ambani as an executive assistant, chairman of India's most celebrated enterprise (Reliance Industries Ltd.- Strategic Services Unit). HCL Technologies participated with a unique initiative - Entrepreneur@Residence, under which candidates selected will work directly under Mr Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL. Premier private equity firm, the Blackstone Group (London) and consulting firms Greenwich and Roland Berger, hired exclusively from IIM Bangalore offering international locations. Despite the global slowdown, 21 students will start their careers abroad from the Class of 2013 at IIM Bangalore. Almost every company ranked in the top 5 in our Recruiter Rankings has visited IIM Bangalore (Morgan Stanley being the only exception). Any student graduating from IIM Bangalore who feels hard done by can only be termed 'ungrateful'. In any case, we at InsideIIM believe that no business school is obligated to provide jobs to its graduates.
Update : 21st July 2013 : The contest is now over and the results are out!
We had predicted this on Jan 10th. Happy to confirm now. IIMs L and K will cross 150 women (>33%) with a fight to the finish for the top spot. IIMs Bangalore, Calcutta and Indore also score centuries(>25%). IIM Ahmedabad also expected to better its tally but will stop short of a century. These are not official figures since commencement of the new batch has not taken place. It is a developing story and we will get you more details soon. Keep watching this space.
