B Schools

Despite slowdown, summer placements at B-schools boom

If this year's summer placements are any indication, there will be a good number of final placement offers which have not been very encouraging for many B-schools this year due to the slowdown in the economy.

It's employers' job market: expect variable pay cut, flat offers at IIMs

Employers gain upper hand in the job market during a slowdown. Those seeking jobs will have to settle for lower salaries while those with a job can forget about salary hikes until the situation improves.<br /><br />

Jobs galore: 100% summer internships at XLRI in record 3.5 days

Despite the current economic slowdown, one of India's top B schools XLRI Jamshedpur has managed to provide 100 percent summer internshipts to its largest ever batch in a record time of three-and-a-half days.<br /><br />

Job alert: Vodafone's hiring but only from top B Schools

Vodafone plans to recruit more than 90 interns this summer and hire over 80 top talents into various entry level programmes

Aiming for IIM-A? Work ex, engineering degree won't help you anymore

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, has decided to admit fewer engineers starting 2014 by making significant changes in its admission policy.

How IIMs, ISB are cashing in on need for real estate professionals

Not only are top business schools such as the IIMs and ISB offering specialised courses in real estate and infra management, but the institutes are also working on research papers that can actually help the bleeding realty and infra companies.<br /><br />

MBAs listen up: Graduation from premier B-schools can double your pay

According to a survey by executive search firm MANCER Consulting, a candidate with two to five years of experience from a premier B-school gets a salary of Rs 10-12 lakh per annum for the post of Business Partner, while for the same post, a candidate from a normal B-school with similar years of experience gets Rs 4-7.5 lakh per annum.

Slowdown: India's B-schools learn it the hard way too

About 140 schools offering Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses are expected to close this year, as 35 percent of their places were vacant in 2011-12, up from 15-20 percent in 2006-07, a report by ratings agency Crisil found.

India's e-commerce boom lures Wharton MBAs back home

With Asian economies becoming stronger, MNCs expanding operations here and Indians turning to entrepreneurship, many are returning after getting the much-sought-after MBA certificates abroad.

3 IIMs, ISB on Asia-Pac top 10 B-school list

Other two business schools that got featured in the list include S P Jain Institute of Management and Research at 16th rank and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade