ISB ups its batch strength

B-SCHOOL BEAT

The Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) has increased the intake of students for its 2006 batch by 28 per cent. ISB claims that it will continue to ramp up its student strength every year till it reaches its full capacity of 550.

This year the student strength stands at 349. Last the figure was 273 and in 2001, at the time of ISB's inception, it was 126.

ISB Dean M Rammohan Rao said that the reason for a gradual increase in the class strength is ISB's emphasis on admitting "students of high calibre".

The institute claims it has made extra effort to attract students from non-metro cities in the country. Students from relatively smaller cities and towns such as Goa, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Mathura, Mangalore, Solan, Panipat and Thiruvananthapuram have made it to ISB this year.

"We want to ensure that bright people from all walks of life and from any nook or corner can access world class management education in India," said V K Menon, ISB's admissions director.

In its drive to attract student with high aptitude and talent, ISB is also awarding scholarships to deserving students right at the time of admission.

About 27 per cent of the students of the 2006 batch have been awarded scholarships. In addition, scholarships will also be awarded by companies such as Citibank, HSBC, Novartis, the Anand Group and others.

"No deserving student will be turned away from ISB for want of funds," said Rao. Several banks such as Andhra Bank, State Bank of India, Indian Bank and HDFC have come forward with attractive student loans.

Workshop for trainers

Amity Business School's Centre of International Business (CIB) recently organised a workshop on "conducting training for trainers". The programme was intended to provide managers and corporate trainers with the underpinning knowledge and skills required to train their employees.

The workshop focused on making corporate training sessions more interactive and developing skills required to conduct classroom sessions, deliver lectures and establish procedures for assessing trainees and measuring their performance.