Published on December 4, 2023 Ahmedabad: Majority of city-based premier educational institutes are recording a slow but steady rise in students with multiple disabilities on their campuses. These students say that while quota helps to a certain extent, it is the learning environment complete with assistive devices, accessible facilities and peer support that makes it … Continue reading Campuses witness steady rise of students with disabilities
Sans limbs, Andhra Pradesh boy dream-rolls into IIM-Ahmedabad
Published on December 3, 2023 International Day of Persons with Disabilities AHMEDABAD: When fate snatched Dwarapudi Chandramauli's, a promising engineer, hands and legs in an electrocution accident in Andhra Pradesh five years back, he recalls feeling hopeless. He changed academic tracks and pursued LLB hoping for a desk job.But destiny had other plans when he … Continue reading Sans limbs, Andhra Pradesh boy dream-rolls into IIM-Ahmedabad
IIMA review: Experts stress on improved research, expansion
Published on October 25, 2023 Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), one of the top B-schools of the country, needs to focus on improved research, interaction with multiple stakeholders and consider expansion both in terms of geography and student intake, indicated an experts’ committee in a report. The ‘Review of IIMA,’ submitted by … Continue reading IIMA review: Experts stress on improved research, expansion
Southern Sunrise: IIM-Ahmedabad course to decode tsunami of South movies
Published on October 10, 2022 AHMEDABAD: The first instalment of Ponniyin Selvan (PS) released last week has already become the fifth highest grossing Indian movie of 2022 with a collection of Rs 346 crore, according to IMDb. In fact, out of top five highest grossing films of the year, blockbuster Brahmastra is the only exception … Continue reading Southern Sunrise: IIM-Ahmedabad course to decode tsunami of South movies
At 42%, ratio of non-engineers in IIM-A’s PGP batch at record high
Published on June 29, 2023 AHMEDABAD: The 2022-24 batch of the postgraduate programme in management — the flagship programme at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) — had 133 students who were not from engineering backgrounds. They have graduated from disciplines such as arts, commerce, science, management and so on. They had made up 33% of the batch. … Continue reading At 42%, ratio of non-engineers in IIM-A’s PGP batch at record high
Education institutes to change assessment patterns
Published on June 7, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Recently, the education department in Gujarat and CBSE at national level decided to scrap the annual exams of the students, and instead working on a formula to assess the students’ academic prowess. But the premier educational institutes in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar are grappling with the issue for the past … Continue reading Education institutes to change assessment patterns
Only one student from IIM-Ahmedabad PGP opts for entrepreneurship this year
Published on March 23, 2021 AHMEDABAD: The IIMAvericks fellowship, offered by the CIIE.CO at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A), got only one candidate out of the batch of 380-odd students of the flagship PGP course in 2021 recruitment. The number was 11 six years ago in 2015. The IIM-A released a consolidated final placement report for 2021 … Continue reading Only one student from IIM-Ahmedabad PGP opts for entrepreneurship this year
Big consulting firms make big hires from IIM-Ahmedabad
Published on March 9, 2021 AHMEDABAD: You would think that the economic downturn due to the coronavirus crisis will affect placements. Despite being in the shadow of a pandemic that has kept the markets on tenterhooks, the IIM Ahmedabad’s flagship PGP course has recorded the highest number of placement offers from consulting firms. While the … Continue reading Big consulting firms make big hires from IIM-Ahmedabad
How big a stock portfolio to cut market risk? Over 40, says study
Published on March 5, 2021 Ahmedabad: What’s a good number of stocks in the portfolio to assure investors a better cover against the proverbial ‘market risks’? A study carried out by an IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) professor and a Singapore-based investment firm director assessed more than 50 Nifty stocks over six years and deduced a safe … Continue reading How big a stock portfolio to cut market risk? Over 40, says study
Normalcy diagnosed: Recruiters back to IIM-A
Published on February 24, 2021 Ahmedabad: The biggest worry for any institute during the pandemic is the placement of its students. But if the trend of premier institutes such as IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is anything to go by, companies are back on the campus with confidence. As the final placement for the premier B-school’s flagship PGP-MBA … Continue reading Normalcy diagnosed: Recruiters back to IIM-A
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