Education
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A Life Lived on Her Own Terms
A tribute to Armaity Desai - teacher, mentor, changemaker, and a life well lived
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November 2025
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'Tech has automated tasks, not trust'
Management education in India is undergoing a steady transformation. Classrooms that once focused mainly on lectures and case studies are now becoming spaces for experimentation, digital learning, and skill building. Himadri Das, director general of International Management Institute (IMI), in an email interaction with Pritha Roy Choudhury, explains how business schools are preparing students for an AI-driven world, why emotional intelligence is more important than ever, and what future-ready management education truly means. Edited excerpts:
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November 2025
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'B-schools' applied knowledge creation must get due credit in rankings'
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, has updated its one-year PGPM and the two-year programme has seen applications nearly double in four years. Chief operating officer, Gautam Lakhamraju explains how Great Lakes has “moved management education from being content-heavy to context-driven\", the latest trends in placements and what NIRF needs to change for a fairer assessment of standalone B-schools, in an email exchange with Aeshwarya Tiwari. Edited excerpts:
6 min |
November 2025
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ICAR PhD stipend to be hiked
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has decided to hike the institute fellowship for PhD students at its four agriculture deemed universities and make it uniform across the institutes.
1 min |
November 2025
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Incubation centres, govt schemes boost student entrepreneurship
While student startups struggle with funding, B-school incubators and government schemes are helping get ideas off the ground with both seed-funding and mentorship
4 min |
November 2025
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Learning leadership
Management programmes are increasingly leaning toward creating leaders, rather than just managers
2 min |
November 2025
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India's original data science institute faces crisis
ISI Kolkata community is seeking intervention of MPs, West Bengal government and academics to stop systemic 'dismantling'; 1,800 sign petition to MoSPI
6 min |
November 2025
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New tech programmes
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar has launched three different six-month fully-residential tech postgraduate diploma programmes.
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November 2025
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'AI literacy: Key differentiator for MBA graduates'
Management education must now venture into emerging areas like agriculture and agri-tech, especially in the context of climate change and sustainability, said professor Ajit Parulekar, director of the Goa Institute of Management, during an interview with Shradha Chettri. He also highlighted how proficiency in AI and related technological tools has become a universal expectation from recruiters. Edited excerpts from the conversation:
5 min |
November 2025
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Why B-school salaries hit a standstill
After years of steady growth, India's top B-schools – including IIMs – face stagnant, falling median salaries as AI layoffs, cautious hiring, and market slowdown reshape campus recruitment
5 min |
November 2025
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Of IIMs, faculty, and the fight for reservation
Across 21 Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), with a total of 1,880 sanctioned faculty posts, there are less than 200 teachers from historically-marginalised communities – the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
4 min |
November 2025
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'Employers now hire for skills, not seat time'
Rekha Sethi, director general of All India Management Association (AIMA), the apex body for management in India, in an email conversation with Aeshwarya Tiwari talks about AIMA's role in management education, MAT exam, online and distance education, curricula aligned with NEP and more. Edited excerpts from the conversation:
4 min |
November 2025
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The case study, capstone route to jobs
Amid campus hiring slump at B-schools, MBA students find alternative routes to employment through case competitions, capstone projects and live industry work
6 min |
November 2025
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'Goal is to extend full or partial freeships to 40% of our students'
Bharat Bhasker, director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, in an exclusive interview with Aeshwarya Tiwari, discusses his vision for the coming years, aiming to offer full or partial freeships to around 40% of their students, covering their tuition fees. He also talks about the institute’s fee refund policy and explains why management research at IITs is often ranked higher compared to IIMs and other management institutions. Edited excerpts:
6 min |
November 2025
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IIMs see interest rise in research programmes
Second-generation and newer IIMs see the most expansion with significant growth in practice-track’ programmes
4 min |
November 2025
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AIM retools for IIM Guwahati era
Northeast's oldest MBA institute shifts focus to tech programmes and entrepreneurship, plans to launch BSc data science and five-year integrated BCA-MCA course as Assam prepares for its first IIM
4 min |
November 2025
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'Continuous learning, adaptibility key'
Brainware University in West Bengal is reimagining management education to meet the evolving needs of a rapidly changing business world. Saileswar Ghosh, professor and HOD, Management, speaks to Pritha Roy Choudhury
3 min |
November 2025
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'Social impact' programmes grow despite tepid job scene
Changing government sector and civil society organisations boost public policy and development management programmes even as jobs get hit by fund cuts and regulations
5 min |
November 2025
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‘Aim to make India a global education hub, again’
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon has been granted Category 1 Graded Autonomy by AICTE, a recognition that strengthens its academic independence, enabling it to onboard up to 20% foreign faculty and students, and launch new programmes without prior approvals. Avanish Kumar, dean, School of Public Policy & Governance and Accreditations & Rankings, and co-chairperson (New Initiatives), MDI Gurgaon, during a conversation with Pritha Roy Choudhury, explains what this milestone means for the institute – from greater academic freedom and innovation in curriculum design to its evolution into a multidisciplinary university. Edited excerpts:
5 min |
November 2025
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'50% of ISB Hyderabad students should get some scholarship'
This year, Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad made its “most significant” course launch in years – a Postgraduate Programme for Young Leaders – in line with the trend of more leadership positions going to the young.
7 min |
November 2025
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India's top 100 Management Schools
For Careers360's 2026 B-school ranking, we evaluate and rank 100 public and private management institutions and rate over 550. A new section looks at new-age and highly-specialised branches
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November 2025
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'Knowledge of one specialisation no longer enough'
In 1983, the Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship (SIMSREE) branched out of Mumbai’s Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, the first modern commerce education institution in Asia.
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November 2025
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'B-schools are not placement agencies'
Indian business schools focus too much on placements and not enough on curriculum and expansion, believes Subir Verma, director, FORE School of Management, New Delhi. He spoke to Aeshwarya Tiwari about placements, management school rankings, changes at FSM and why Indian B-schools need to focus more on Indian businesses. Edited excerpts:
6 min |
November 2025
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Fresh campus, courses, curriculum – IRMA enters a new era
In April, the Indian government set up the “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University on a foundation laid by the famed Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) in Gujarat. Now, IRMA is a school within the fledgling central university which, in its inaugural year, has launched three programmes. Saswata Biswas, director, IRMA and dean, School of Cooperative Management, speaks to Sheena Sachdeva about the transition, curriculum, expanding beyond Gujarat, broad vision and more. Edited excerpts:
5 min |
November 2025
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43 NEW MEDICAL COLLEGES; MBBS COUNSELLING DELAYED
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 43 new institutes to start the MBBS programme in the academic year 2025-26, while increasing the overall undergraduate medical intake by 11,125 - a more than 9% growth over last year's 1,17,750.
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November 2025
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IIM Admissions: The case for common counselling
Newer IIMs are experimenting with common, 'single-window' admission counselling. Students wish all 21 would come together
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November 2025
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'Time for specialised MBA education is here'
Rakesh Mohan Joshi, vice-chancellor of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) - a deemed university shared that the new foreign campus in Dubai, being built at the Expo City, will be operational from the next academic session. During an interaction with Shradha Chettri, he also spoke about how the value of general MBA is declining and why institutes need to focus on specialised management disciplines. Edited excerpts from the conversation:
4 min |
November 2025
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'Entrepreneurship is where India's real future lies'
After nearly two years without a permanent director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has entered a new phase under the leadership of Professor Alok Kumar Rai, former vice-chancellor of University of Lucknow. During a conversation with Pritha Roy Choudhury, he talks about introducing AI-driven programmes and strengthening entrepreneurship while addressing emerging challenges in management education. He also shares his views on rankings, financial autonomy, and the evolving purpose of MBA education in a rapidly changing industrial landscape. Edited excerpts:
4 min |
November 2025
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Medical colleges hike fees
Private deemed universities have continued to raise the fees for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses, with the overall cost of education at the majority of these institutes now anywhere between Rs 1 crore and Rs 2 crore, and even higher in some instances.
1 min |
November 2025
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Why all 4 pillars of education matter
Translation: A quarter of knowledge comes from the teacher, a quarter from one's own effort, a quarter from peers, and the final quarter through experience over time.
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