Historically, application of finance in any corporation has been primarily in cost control, operating budgets, and internal auditing. But today in the age of far-fetched innovations and globalization, the world of finance presents new opportunities and challenges for corporate managers. India has observed unprecedented growth in capital market investments in the past few years along with increased economic globalization and market integration. In addition to day-to-day liquidity management, today corporate finance deal with Investment Banking, Management Consulting, Investment Management, internal financial decisions which encompass strategizing about a company’s organic and inorganic growth opportunities, capital optimization, dividends and buyback decisions. Corporate…
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The world economy is facing one of its worst crises since a century. Economies across the globe are seeing a sharp contraction in growth caused by the economic lockdown to control the spread of the virus. This has led to a supply shock, reduction in output, employment and consequently, demand. The Indian economy was already facing serious structural issues and facing a downturn, which probably have receded to the background with the more serious threat of the Covid 19 pandemic at hand. Two important questions are: a) when will the economy restart and what will be the sectorial response; b)…
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) recently concluded its summer placement for the 2018-20 batch with students securing an average stipend of Rs 1.48,000 for the entire duration of 2 months. The average stipend for the top 50% of the batch is Rs. 2,20,000. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has successfully completed its summer placements for the batch of 2018-20. The largest ever batch at IIFT with 321 students was placed across 90 companies with both the highest and average stipends seeing an upward trend. While the highest stipend increased to Rs. 1,60,000 per month, the average stipend stood at…
The UGC has considered the reports of the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) appointed by Government under the Chairmanship of Shri N Gopalaswami recommending (15) Public institutions and (15) Private institutions for considering status of ‘Institutions of Eminence’. Since the scheme has only provided for (10) Public and (10) Private Institutions, the UGC has examined the list of (15) Public and (15) Private Institutions using transparent and verifiable criteria. The following were the principles used for identifying the (10) Public and (10) Private Institutions, from the list of (15) Public and (15) Private Institutions recommended by the EEC: no existing institution…
Be it small business, family owned business, startup business, large entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurs or NGO – managing the business operations professionally in today’s highly competitive and economically challenging time, demands formal business management skills. Business scenario is changing fast. Typically, it would take a business decades to reach the market saturation to be a big company. But today the top 20 businesses did not even exist a few years back and some of the new companies are attracting more investments than age-old organisations. Apply to any top 250 B Schools from one window. Shortlist, save. CLICK Hence, entrepreneurship is no more…
The placement season is at its peak and the final placements of top management schools and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have started on a very encouraging note. Many B Schools claimed to have achieved 100% placements while some stated to have completed the placement process in record time. We take a look at some of the 2019 placements trends so far. We shall follow the trends as and when it unfolds with more institutes coming out with the final placement reports. Trends Consulting firms are top recruiters – 30% approx. Top offers by – BCG, Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG, JP…
MHRD letter stating that premier B-schools can’t offer 1 year post graduate degree programmes as per the UGC regulations poses a threat to te IIM’s which offer One Year MBA Programme. A tussle emerged between the government and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) over the MHRD order to stop offering one year post graduate degree programmes. Offered by some of the older IIMs, the one year PG programmes are primarily meant for working professionals who may not have a MBA degree. The 1 year program which used to be offered as diplomas initially, were later granted degree status by these IIMs…
IIM Ahmedabad placement 2019: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM A) has released it’s final audited Placement report for the batch 2017-19. Total of 398 students graduated from the No. 2 ranked business school in India by NIRF, which include 379 from PGP, 11from dual degree and 8 from dual degree students. Out of total 398, 388 sought form final placement. While a huge number of students – 135 were picked by consulting sector, 53 were placed in BFSI, 46 in FMCG, 44 in online services. According to the Official Report – Accenture Strategy rolled out the maximum number of…
Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi released final placement report for the batch 2017-19 with an average salary of INR 23.2 Lac per annum, an increase of INR 2.1 Lac from last year, according to report. Last year average salary was INR 21.1 Lac per annum. The average salary of for the women students witnessed a steep rise by 18% to INR 25.1 lac per annum. The entire class of 2017-19 at Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi received offers. The average stipend for the top 100 students of the batch increased to INR 27 Lac per annum from INR 26 lakh per annum…
After losing out to England, Team India needs to analyze and find quick solutions to the teething issues. No wonder match was tough, with England doing great in all the 3 departments, but question remains what went wrong in last few overs when it seemed it’s going to be a very close one. Bangladesh with 7 points from as many matches is at 5th spot on the points table and must win their last few games in order to make their maiden entry into the last four and is expected to give their best shot against India. India is…
IIM Amritsar Becomes 6th IIM to join the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program Students of MBA batch of IIM Amritsar taking steps to career success through preparation for the CFA Program Amritsar, 15th Dec 2020 — Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar has become the 16th Indian Institute to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. It is the 6th Indian Institute of Management to have joined this program. The MBA Program has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice with…
Dr. Pawan Kumar Singh has recently joins Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIM Trichy) as new Director, one of the India’s premier B-schools. Earlier he was the director of Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon. His last working day at MDI is Dec 15. Dr. Atmanand taking additional charge of MDI Gurgaon. Presently Dr. Atmanand is the Director of MDI Murshidabad. Prior to joining IIM Trichy, Dr. Singh has already distinguished himself as one of the leading authorities in the field of post-graduate teaching in management, training, research, consulting and academic administration. His prolific academic career, spanning over three decades, marks him in…
%ile: 99.134. (84/78/82) GEM with 4 months experience. Venue:I IFT,KOLKATA(2PM) WAT: Jobless growth in India: Reason for a brewing social unrest. GD: Music,Sports and Wine; Impact on perceived peacefulness. PI: There were 3 panellists; all of them Male.(seemed to be aged and experienced) All About IIFT Admission 2023. MBA IB Placement 2022 The transcript is as under: 1.Are you nervous? (I was the first one to be interviewed,so) Told. 2.Don’t be.Tell me a little bit on yourself. Told . 3.What do your parents do? Elaborated. 3.You have this gap of a few months?Why so? IIFT Interview Experience by Shounak Ghosh…
IMT Ghaziabad Interview Experience Location: CII Suresh Neotia Center for Excellence Kolkata. Only PI. No GD or WAT. CAT 2018 Percentile— 95.38; XAT 2019 Percentile—-91.xx 8.30am — 01.45pm. Arrived before time. Registration took about 40 minutes starting from 8.30 am. Student interaction session with AdCom Reps for about an hour and a half. Second last to enter the interview panel room. Panel 3. (I was 7th in a series of 8 candidates) It was apparent that the two gentleman in the Panel were bored and kind of burnt out. The older one kept coughing and the younger one quizzed a…
Globsyn Business School (GBS) to use Blockchain technology to digitise its certification process – a feat that has yet to be achieved by any other academic institutions in India, and among the very few to have taken this disruptive step globally. The rollout of the diplomas on Blockchain will allow the students and their prospective employers to access the diploma from any geographical location, without any need to send or present physical certificates. All students graduating from the post graduate programmes of GBS will now be able to share the credential of their diplomas with future employers and higher education…
FORE School of Management release final placement data for the batch 2017-19. Average salary is INR 10.8 Lac per annum. FORE School of Management concluded the Final Placement process for its largest batch of 2017-19. As per the report, final placements this year were both faster and better, which was manifested in a higher median CTC and multiple job offers for students. Highest salary offered is INR 32 Lac per annum (International Offered) and average salary is INR 10.8 Lac per annum which is 3.8% higher than last year average salary 10.4 Lac per annum while Highest salary (32 Lac…
Ever since the first ever official domestic ranking of the top universities, engineering colleges and management institutions in the country were released in 2016 by MHRD, it has been drawing criticism from a large section of the academia due to anomaly in the rankings. While NIRF maintained that the rankings were based on the data submitted by varsities, academia raising red flags, pointed out glaring gaps in the process as some of the lesser known and obscure names were found on the top of the categories. For instance, in the management category, Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur, was Ranked 5th above the much…
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management (VJIM), the Hyderabad based premium Management School’s, process of admission in Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) for the upcoming 2020- 22 session is underway. The courses on offer are Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) – Dual Specialization, General, Marketing and PGDM in Business Economics – a unique course module which is one of its kinds in the country. The PGDM – Business Economics program has been designed keeping in mind the global economic situation and its challenges, with an aim to create next generation business-leaders capable of impacting the dynamic business scenario and…
B. Tech in Data Science and Engineering: Indian Institute of Technology Mandi has become the first IIT to launch a full-fledged Bachelor’s Programme in Data Science and Engineering. It will train students in Computer Science, Applied Statistics, Applied Mathematics and Machine Learning, fields that are required in the context of Data Science and its applications. The programme is being jointly offered by the School of Basic Sciences (SBS) and the School of Computing and Electrical Engineering (SCEE) from the coming academic year (2019-2020). Data Science is key to many technological developments in the future. With a vision to be a…
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM B) released final placement report for PGP Batch 2017-19. IIM Bangalore placements for the PGP class of 2017-19 witnessed 488 offers rolled out to all 411 students who appeared for placements over two interview days. The 488 offers were made to students of PGP (409) and FPM (2). This season 129 Companies participated in the placement process. Total Pre-Placement offers made were 170 and Pre-Placement offers accepted 125; Lateral placement offers made / accepted were 142 / 110 respectively. A total of 15 overseas offers were made. Overseas average salary offers is INR 62.3…
