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  • AU authorities vacate hostels to check unrest

    Visakhapatnam, Dec. 24: The Andhra University authorities closed down all the hostels and vacated rooms as a preventive measure to check any unrest after Srikrishna Committee submitted its report on December 31.

    The university has over 3,400 students pursuing their studies in engineering, arts, commerce and law. The research scholars and foreign students were however were allowed to stay back.

    The students normally stay back in the hostels during winter vacation and prepare for their final examination and some who had completed their studies prepare for competitive examinations.

    Last year, the students formed Samaikhya Andhra Students Joint Action Committee and staged serious dharnas. Some of them launched an indefinite fast and shifted to hospital. Top political leaders called on the striking students expressing their support.

    “In fact Andhra University became the major forum for the Samaikhya Andhra after the trouble broke out in Telangana,’’ said Samaikhya Andhra Students joint action committee state convenor Adari Kishore.

    Mr Kishore Kumar, who is currently on tour of various universities in coastal Andhra, told this correspondent said they would organise peaceful dharna in case the committee gave an adverse recommendation bifurcating the state into two. He said there was a meeting in Ongole on Thursday in which it was resolved to appeal to coastal MPs to resign in case of adverse report.

  • India in top 4 among B-school destinations

    India in top 4 among B-school destinations.

    MUMBAI: That the US and the UK are the most popular destinations for management studies is not big news. But the findings of a survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which conducts GMAT, a B-school entrance test used globally, have thrown up some surprises. Number 4 on the list of the Top 10 preferred destinations for B-school aspirants is India, with Canada at No. 3. Israel and Spain are the other surprise entrants.

    According to experts, India’s foray into the elite league has a lot to do with the emergence of institutions such as the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, which was ranked No. 12 globally in the Financial Times ( London) Global MBA rankings earlier this year. The IIMs, which use GMAT as an entrance test for their executive MBA programmes, are also responsible for India’s popularity.

    ”B-school aspirants are looking at a return on their investment, and with the investment being lower for management education in India when compared to the US and the UK, the returns are higher,” said an expert. Many feel that India can soon emerge as a hub for management studies amongst Asian countries such as Singapore and the Philippines as the country will be a far less expensive destination than western giants.

    Although making it to the US has, for long, been the great Indian dream, it is not the only North American country that’s attracting desi students. Many are now making a beeline for Canada, which not only has a robust economy and liberal visa policies but also promises good job prospects. ”In testing year 2010, India was the top foreign country that sent score reports to Canadian graduate management programmes,” reveals GMAC’s survey.

    According to the report, 78% of full-time MBA programmes in Canada received the largest number of foreign applications from Indians. Not surprisingly, all Canadian management programmes that recruited foreigners targeted India, as did 44% of European programmes that undertook special recruitment efforts to attract overseas candidates.

    Source: TOI

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