One of the most significant trends sweeping the Indian management education domain is the significant importance being attached to prior work-experience of MBA candidates.

Overwhelming percentage of students at IIMs and other top-schools are candidates with some prior work experience.

In the fresh data shared by IIM-L with MBAUniverse.com, a whopping 89% of candidates admitted to the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) have some prior work experience. Significantly, just a year ago, only 50% of the batch admitted to PGP 2007-2009 were candidates with work-experience.

Informs IIM-L, “The total number of experienced students in 2007-2009 batch were 122 (50.41%) which has increased to 274 (89.25%) for 2008-2010 batch. This is an increase of around 49% in the total number of experienced students.”

As per the IIM-L batch-profile of PGP 2008-10, of the 307 students, there are only 30 female students. Last year the number stood at 14 female students. There are 24 NRI students as well. As much as 93% of the batch at IIM-L is made of students with engineering degree.

IIM-L has also admitted 5 students who have some physical disability, thereby become a more inclusive institution.

Sources : mbauniverse.com

MUMBAI, Feb. 23: The Department of State has banned higher education, female students visit their homes male teachers. The mission follows a request unprecedented report, a teacher found guilty, sexually harassing a girl on the watch personnel Mumbai Kalina campus of the University.

City university, the reaction to the new order was mixed. “This is a ridiculous attitude by the state, as you can not run a global ban on the whole community of learning, because of a handful of teachers are bad. Take action against guilty , but not such generalizations unworkable, “said Amarjit Manhas, Member of the Senate Mumbai University.Professor Jeetendra Shah of VJTI common Manhas’. “Although I have yet to see the newsletter in our college is a tragedy, now that those rules should be made. Is the first sign of decline of religious master-pupil relationship, and the police is not a solution for the social problem, “said Shah.

But Principal Kadam ofBhavan DB’s College (Andheri), and supports the new rules. “The main guiding principles in the aforementioned circular - as the most important should be immediately after receiving a written request for a harassment complaint - that the increase in cases of molestations and colleges. That’s why I I sense it is correct to go a step More girls and the prohibition of visits by their teachers at home, “he said.

Main RT Sane by Ramnarain Ruia College agreed. “Although the circular is still to reach our school, I agree that students should be discouraged houses of their professors. Admit I do not mind my daughter, a teacher at home to study,” he said.

The vice-chancellor of the University of Mumbai, Dr Snehalata Deshmukh, also felt that students should be courageous enough to ask questions in class. “The power of the majority of teachers in the staff room, in order to dispel any doubts,” remarked.

Students, on the other hand, are rather amused. “Normally, it is chamcha only species that occur in institutions theirprofessors think they still exist in private and more brands and teachers are sometimes the benefits of these students, especially in the civil engineering and medical universities . in this bulletin is in the right direction “Says a girl student of Somaiya Medical College.An Sydenham FYBCom student at the University of Economy and Trade, Namrata Bhawnani, said that the ban on young people want their teacher, “places. “Normally, if such a regulation does On paper,” she says sceptical.

Talk to Express Line News, on Monday, Deputy Secretary (Higher Education) SB Chindarkar, said: “We had a discussion in this bulletin to all educational institutions in the state as we went to several complaints sexual harassment of various schools in the region. ”

On the question of how such a ban can be misuse of authority, Chindarkar (the newsletter focuses its signature), said the decision was made after extensive interviews with officials of education, vice-chancellor and vice-chancellor.

Some theother guidelines in the circular are more important than the need to take urgent measures, including on the smallest hint of more that the character of a teacher, and that the report should be sent, the joint director of higher education.

Viva Girl Power! For each of Sania Mirza, Meera Borwankar, D. Lalita Gupte, or Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattachrya (first woman DG, Uttranchal police), securities, there are hundreds of others deserve to wait in the wings. A proven, year after year, at the time, on the annual results of the training and schools, where girls are outparred boys have announced a fall. Fortunately for us, the trend is the first replica of the country’s institutions as well.

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) showed the way our last meeting, if for a record of admission of girls on their roles. The number of visitors for the 2004-’06 session clock to 47 girls a lot out of a total of 240 students. Removes Professor Sahadevan KG, entry into the IIM-President (L), “Normally, the number of girls never exceeded the field of cinema attendance of 17-25 per session. So, we were pleasantly surprised by the high rate of participation by young girls. ”

The recovery was also evident at IIT (K). Ravi Shukla top of the cell of public relations at IIT () 2000, they accounted for more than seven to eight per cent of girls enrolled in the various fields of engineering, more 3500 students. And it is growing every year, and today female students in IIT-K could be between 15 and 16 percent. ITI says Professor Faculty Asima Pradhan, “In recent years, the number of girls studying IIT-K membership in the various fields has become more diversified.”

Sneha said, a student in electrical engineering at the IIT-K, “My parents and my brother encouraged my exams for admission to engineering. Thus, parents want to talk about their daughters not to prosecute, engineering, is wrong. ”

However, Dr. Sita Nayak, executing Registrar in the Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) has another story to tell. SGPGI has a total of 180, of whom there are only 30 women. Regretté Dr Nayak, “The average age is about 27 or 28 years. At this age, most women are waiting to get married, so very few opt for a super specialization. For example, immunology batch here has only 2 women under 21 students in total.