- The upcoming Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Rohtak in Haryana is going to be functional this year. Recently, the institute has tied up with US-based Indiana University's Kelley School of Business for the overall growth and development of students and course curriculum. The partnership is more of strategic nature and will involve faculty exchange, joint curriculum designing and research. IIM-R is being mentored by IIM Lucknow (IIM-L). The first semester classes will begin from July or September end. The first batch will have student intake of 140 students. Initially, the classes will be held in Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. However, the construction of the 170-acre IIM-R campus is going on.
- IIM-C has started admissions to IIM Ranchi using CAT 2009 Scores. More than 15000 applications have already thronged to IIM Ranchi where classes will commence from June/July this year. The institute has lowered the cut-offs to encourage reserved category students.
- The placement season is going real good for the management students this year. The number of offers has registered substantial increase over previous year and students are being offered multiple choices by the recruiters. IIMs and other top management institutes of the country have expressed their delight and satisfaction at offers being made by the recruiters. The highest offer received by IIM-A has reportedly been around a record Rs 1.44 crore plus package from Deutsche Bank. IIM Lucknow has bagged the highest offer of Rs 75 lakh from Olam International. Some of the top-notch companies have participated in recruitment season this year. This is definitely encouraging news for management students who were feeling despondent just a year ago. The tide has really turned.
