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Thursday, Jul 29, 2004

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Keeping B-schools under scanner

AT A national seminar on "Enhancing competitiveness of Indian B-schools with international benchmarking" organised here by the Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), P.N. Razdan, adviser to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) enlisted the criteria adopted to accredit business schools.

The National Board of Accreditation (NBA), he said, looked at an institution's mission, goals, organisation and governance, allotting 80 marks under this category. The other categories were financial and physical resources and utilisation (100 marks); academic performance indices, faculty and staff (150); students (100); teaching learning process (200); supplementary process (50); industry-institute interaction (100); research (120); innovation (50) and contribution to the community (50 marks).

Dr. Razdan said NBA was not a faultfinding team but part of a mechanism to facilitate quality education. "We want to improve the quality of the institutes, identifying their strengths and weaknesses," he said.

He regretted that only 65 of the 1,000-odd management institutes in the country had come forward for accreditation.

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FIVE TOP institutes in the country — XIMB, NMIMS Mumbai, TAPMI Manipal, Welingkar Institute Mumbai, and XIME Bangalore — have come together to form a consortium to work collaboratively and collectively to enhance the quality of management education. The association is called the "Consortium of Autonomous Business Schools".

The consortium will work towards faculty exchange; students exchange; sharing of faculty resources, particularly of visiting faculty from abroad, collaborated research, publications and case development; and student fests.

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THE GOVERNMENT College of Pharmacy has invited applications for its two-year Diploma in Pharmacy (D. Pharm) course for 2004-05. Eligible candidates should have passed any of the following examinations with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or Mathematics: Intermediate examination in science; the first year of the three-year degree course in science, 10+2 examination (academic stream) in science; pre-degree examination or any other qualification approved by the Pharmacy Council of India.

Application forms can be obtained from the Principal, Government College of Pharmacy, 2, P. Kalinga Rao Road, Subbaiah Circle, Bangalore - 560 027 on payment of Rs. 10, from August 5 to 20. Completed forms should be submitted to the Member-Secretary, Selection Committee for D. Pharm Course, Government College of Pharmacy.

All the eligible candidates should appear for an interview before the Selection Committee on September 3 at 10 a.m.

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THE PRESIDENCY College of Hotel Management has reintroduced two courses — a three-year B. Sc. in Hospitality, Catering and Tourism, with the degree awarded by the Sikkim Manipal University, and a three-year diploma in hotel management awarded by El American Hotel and Lodging Association. The courses are part of a tie-up with the French Institute Vatel, an international hotel and tourism management school. The Presidency College, a part of the Baljee Group, is associated with three city hotels, including Harsha, Royal Orchid, and Central Park. Students are given up to 400 hours of on-the-job training. The college's annual intake is 100 students.

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THE CANARA Bank School of Management Studies was abuzz with "Esperento-2004," its two-day national management fest last week. Thirty-eight teams converged at the school to fight it out in various events. At the end of it all, the team from the M.P. Birla Institute of Management Studies walked away with the overall championship.

Among the events lined up for the fest were those connected with finance, marketing, human resources, systems, a business quiz, and a corporate quiz. The Vice-President of the Karnataka Quiz Association, Arul Mani, conducted the quiz.

Rasheed Kappan

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