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  • XLRI to set up campus in city!

    XLRI to set up campus in city !

    The Chief Minis ter, Mr K. Rosaiah, was all smiles on Tuesday with two industrial giants and a top class business management institute coming forward to set up shop in the state.

    The fertiliser major Oswal Chemicals and Fertilisers will establish a `7,000-crore urea and DAP plant with a capacity of 2.2 million tonnes, while auto major
    Mahindra and Mahindra will set up an aerospace manufacturing unit in the Adibhatla aero SEZ on the city outskirts with an initial investment of `300 crore.

    The premiere business management institute, XLRI, also conveyed to the Chief Minister the decision of its governing body to open a campus at Jawaharnagar, adjacent to the BITS campus.

    The head honchos of these organisations, including
    chairman and managing director of the Oswal group, Mr Abhay Oswal, met the Chief Minister separately and got in-principal approval for their projects.

    The XLRI director Father E. Abraham and dean, Mr C.

    L. George, met the Chief Minister and sought 75 acres for the proposed campus, which was immediately agreed upon.

    Official sources said the Oswal group has sought 600 acres of land.

    Source: Deccan Chronicle

  • CAT aspirants hope for fewer hurdles this year

    CAT aspirants hope for fewer hurdles this year

    Having burnt its fingers last year with the online CAT exams, the IIMs are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the exam goes off smoothly this year. IIMs, along with their US based partners Prometrics, have uploaded preparatory videos on their website and on YouTube, so students can understand how to navigate through the exam. This apart, there would also be mock CAT tests held a month before the real thing. Also, the CAT shall be spread across 20 days this year, so there is less load on the servers.

    Last year, more than 17,000 applicants suffered because of navigational difficulties and because the servers kept crashing. Nandini Dasgupta says she went through a torrid time during last year’s CAT because of the servers crashing repeatedly.
    “They should use more powerful servers that don’t crash as easily. The mock CATs and the videos were all fine and quite helpful. But nothing will make any sense if things go awry on the D-day,” she said.

    Aditya Krishnan says holding the exams across 20 days would mean the IIM will need to come up with 20 different sets of question papers. “Last year, there were a lot of complaints about some sets being easier than the others and about the IIMs normalising scores. If there were so many problems for just four sets of questions last year, then imagine what would be the scene this time,” he said.

    Source: Deccan Chronicle

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