Student Exchange Program between IIM-B and Paris-based HEC

In a recent development, IIM (Bangalore) has started a student exchange with Paris-based HEC School of Management. The program will be known as HEC-IIMB (Hiep). According to the schedule, 20 students each from both of the institutes will visit India and France. The group of students will also work jointly on projects of mutual interest. According to IIMB Director Pankaj Chandra, this type of programs will help the institution in becoming a truly international school. The vision is to increase the size of the institute in terms of number of programs. IIMB also has its eyes on becoming a top research school with a consistent focus on India as well as other emerging economies.

According to the program, batch of 14 students of IIM-B will make a visit to France. This will help them in getting familiar with business environment in Europe. It must be noted that earlier students of HEC visited IIM-B and companies like Infosys and Biocon.

7 New IIMs

There is no dearth of eligible and quality students who miss the prestigious IIMs just by a whisker. IIMs have fixed number of seats and they can take only so much. But now, students have better chances of getting admission into their dream institutions. Last year on August 27, the Union Cabinet approved 7 new IIMs to become operational in two phases. The privileged states are,

Haryana

Tamil Nadu

Rajasthan

Jharkhand

Chhattisgarh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttarakhand

New IIMs will become operational in two phases. In phase I, four IIMs will commence operations 2010-11 and the initial intake will be 140. These four IIMs are;

Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)

Rohtak (Haryana)

Ranchi (Jharkhand)

Rest of the three IIMs will be set up during 2010-2011 in the phase II and the intake will be a whopping 560 per year. So, all the IIM aspirants, you can rejoice now.