The quality of education among India’s business schools has not been able to keep up with their growth in recent years. But if each ‘good’ b-school mentors the faculty of five lower-rung b-schools in its local region with IIMs taking the lead, vast improvements can be made in the general quality of Indian b-schools, says [...]

Picking a business school is not made easier by the fact that the rankings vary widely, with each of the big name lists using its own particular criteria and weighting. With the economy still in the doldrums, this could be a great time to take a full-time MBA. Why slog your guts out working thanklessly [...]

“From distance learning, we have come to distributed learning,” said Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof K.R. Srivathsan, while launching the International Division’s (ID) state-of-the-art web portal at the University’s Electronic and Media Production Centre (EMPC) studio. Jointly designed and developed by the Advanced Centre for Informatics & Innovative Learning (ACIIL) and the International Division, the web portal [...]

Architects build our buildings and structures. Sandhya Prakash gives you the low down on what the job entails Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. Architects are responsible for the design of new buildings, their surrounding landscape and interior design and are usually responsible for the supervision of their construction. They [...]

With most companies back to hiring, placements at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) have been upbeat this year. As many as 114 students have reached the last leg of the campus placements which is currently underway. “It has been a very encouraging placement season and we are currently in the last leg. Moving [...]

ndira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU’s) National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education (NCIDE) is preparing a comprehensive database of experts. Those experts may be interested to be associated with various academic activities of the university such as course writing, editing, translating, question paper setting, moderation or evaluation. Also, in order to serve the purpose, [...]

Mysore-headquartered Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has become the second biggest distance university in the country, after the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Having tied up with three other universities, which have signed MoU with the KSOU, it expects its student enrolment to cross 200,000 this year-end. It has also ambitious plans to launch [...]

The Indra Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has published the B.ed exam results at its official website on Monday, February 14, 2011. The exams were held in the month of December 2010. Candidates who are willing to check there results can visit the Students Zone of IGNOU’s official website to check there results. Indra Gandhi [...]

If job offers made by international corporate houses at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad’s (IIM-A) final placements are anything to go by, then it seems the global market is on the recovery path. As the final placement process for the 2011 Post Graduate Programme (PGP) students — the first cluster — kick started on Saturday, [...]

Security Skills Council of India (SSCI) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) recently launched a new course namely Post Graduate Diploma in Fire, Safety and Disaster Management (PGDFSDM) at SSCI’s Regional Training Academy at Choudwar, Cuttack. The new course was launched with an impressive parade followed by the inauguration ceremony. Pro Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU, KR [...]