Indian Institutes Of Management News
Consulting, financials lead recruiters as older IIMs end campus placements on robust note
The apprehension of B-schools, including IIM-A, was not unfounded as India’s economic growth of 4.5% in the September quarter is a six-year lowIIM-C said consulting firms were the largest recruiters with 31% of the total offers
2 min read17 Feb 2020Finance, consulting firms are key recruiters at IIMs, top B-Schools
Citibank (15) closely followed by Goldman Sachs (11) were the largest recruiters in the Banking and Finance sectorAt IIM Lucknow, of the entire batch of 481, 41% offers were from consulting and finance including Jp Morgan, Axis Capital, Goldman Sachs
2 min read26 Oct 2019IIMs to devise common minimum agenda of governance
On the verge of enjoying full autonomy, the IIMs feel that they have now a bigger responsibility
2 min read28 Aug 2018Govt may increase retirement age of IIM directors, impose cap on age of chairmen
The retirement age of directors at the IIMs is likely go up to 70, while chairpersons of the board of governors, for whom there is no limit at present, will now have an age limit of 74 for superannuation
2 min read13 Aug 2018IIMs face fresh threat to autonomy as HRD ministry seeks more control
HRD ministry is working on a set of rules, which may influence the fee structure, student intake, gender equation on campus, degrees offered and the corpus IIMs can maintain
2 min read11 Jun 2018New IIMs, other B-schools see robust start to placements
While international job offers have returned, consulting and analytics, marketing and financial sectors continue to be key job drivers
2 min read5 Jan 2018IIMs can now award degrees instead of diplomas: New law
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Indian Institutes of Management Bill, 2017, on Sunday, and it has now become a law
1 min read2 Jan 2018Learning curve
The IIM bill cleared by Parliament grants much-needed autonomy to the Indian Institutes of Management. The UGC and AICTE must be the next to go
1 min read31 Jul 2017Lok Sabha passes IIM Bill that seeks to give more autonomy
The IIM Bill contains a provision for a 'Coordination Forum of IIMs', but it will have limited power and work as an advisory body, consisting of a chairman and 33 members
2 min read29 Jul 2017Union budget 2017: Education outlay increases 9.9% to Rs79,685.95 crore
Of the total outlay, Rs46,356.25 is for the school sector and the rest for higher education
3 min read2 Feb 2017Popular Topics
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