IIMs

IIM Lucknow, in collaboration with Hughes Communications India Ltd, has launched the country’s first ever executive Global Business Management (eGBM) programme the programme aims at empowering managers with varied leadership styles, skills and perspectives, key to running an organisation in a more effective manner, within diverse economic environments. The programme will be launched on the Hughes Interactive Onsite Learning platform.

All the centres of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) have started revamping  their signature Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management. The course lasts for two years at a stretch and modifications are made in the syllabus and structure with an interval of three to four years.

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is all set to release its latest book 'Midwifery and Maternal Health in India: Situation Analysis and lessons from the field,' on the international midwifery day that falls on May 5.

Keeping in view the fact that china is emerging a global market with the increasing possibilities of more jobs in the country, the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIMS), Shillong, has introduced Chinese as second language in its curriculum.

Among the new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to be opened from this year, IIM Ranchi seems to be a big draw for aspirants.  Already the institute has received over 15000 applications from CAT 2009 aspirants. With cut-offs lowered piles of applications are only expected to swell further.

To ensure better management at the grass root level by making maximum utilisation of its student potential, the Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore has decided to reimburse the total amount of about Rs. 8,00,000 that students pay for their two-year post graduate programme if they opt to serve a non-profit body for a minimum period of three years.

As part of its efforts to ensure a more inclusive educational set up, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have decided to enhance the amount disbursed as scholarships for easing the financial burden shouldered by its needy students.

While some might be celebrating the point three percent relaxation in the maximum cut off for the coveted Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A); for others it might be time to actually take a peek into their high school result cards.

The Indian Institute of Managements (IIM) has declared that the results of CAT 2009-2010 exam will be deferred to the end of February this year. Earlier, results of the entrance exam were scheduled to be announced by the third week of this month.

With a view to streamline its executive education programmes in India, the US-headquartered Harvard Business School (HBS) plans to have its own classroom in the country. In its endeavour, Harvard is getting enviable assistance from Indian corporate giants, Ratan Tata and Anand Mahindra. The HBS has been conducting executive education or management development programmes (MDPs) in five-star hotels. The same practice was being followed from 2008.