Two fake students were arrested while appearing CAT 2007 in Chandigarh.  Police took the action after IIMC lodging a complaint regarding the possibility of few students appearing the exam on phony names.

IIM B and IIM I will be raising their batch size by 20% and 33.3% respectively for the batch 2008 –10. Source: Economic Times, Tuesday, October 9, 2007

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( Karnataka Management Aptitude Test ) ON 8TH JULY 2007 for MBA/MCA ASPIRANTS

The AICTE has announced new guidelines for B school to deduct the processing fee when a student leaves the institute before the commencement of classes. As per the new instruction no institute can deduct more than Rs. 1000.

Reservation – why, its achievement and its failure to deliver

Well before we slam the politicians and all let’s look in to the past and observe why was the reservations done in the first place and its present impact.

The 6 IIMs have deferred the admissions for the academic session 2007-2008 till 21st April. IIMs have reiterated that they are not in a position to implement the quota if the government fails to solve the impasse. The Centre is most likely to go the Supreme Court this afternoon in the OBC quota case.

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, (IIM-B) has increased it s annual fee to Rs. 2.5 lakh for the Post-graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) programme. Currently the fee stands at Rs. 1.75 Lakhs. The decision was taken on Monday at the governing body met headed by Mr. Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries.

The second MAT exam of the year 2007 will be held on 6th may 2007. The MAT bulletin for the exam on 6th may is now on sale. The form is available at all the AIMA nodal centres, selected branches of UTI bank and at some of the participating B-schools. All India Management Association (AIMA) is coming up the online registration and payment option for MAT exam but its not yet active for the scheduled may examination. The consolidated charge for the MAT bulletin is Rs. 650/- and can be obtained with cash payment at any of those above specified outlets.

The second round of attack on cola companies in India with the issue of pesticides seems to be over. Both the cola giants have come up with advertisements which try to show that the process in which Coke/ Pepsi are made is quite hi-tech and there is least chance of pesticide or for that matter any harmful contents. These advertisements are quite unique in the sense that for the first time soft drinks are trying to convince the general public that their product (of Rs 5 to 40) are not harmful to their health.