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It is back to basics in engineering

Students opting out of streams such as IT & chemical engineering; civil and mechanical still big draw

ONGC flaring Gamij gas, losing $4,000 a day

So far, company has seen delay of about two years in marketing natural gas from Gamij field

India's marquee B-schools make a dash for global recognition

AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB accreditations on the must-have list of Indian B-schools

US-based consortium head likely for Turkmen-India gas pipeline

Four partner-countries also keen on registering Tapi in New Jersey

Madras HC issues notices to IIMs, Prometric, HRD ministry

Court sent notices to all the 13 IIMs, asking them to reserve seats for the eight petitioners

PIL, MHRD fail to deter PSUs from IIT-IIM hirings

Placement panel members at IIT Guwahati, Kanpur and Gandhinagar too admit that the institutes are not discouraging PSUs from campus hiring

IIMs may skip fee hike this year or increase marginally

Dip in CAT numbers raise concern over candidates' affordability

Ascending to the next level

Bharat Petroleum's decision to enter exploration has yielded rich dividends

In need of a class act

The Annual Status of Education Report points out that the standard of rural education in India has slipped. Kalpana Pathak, Shashikant Trivedi and Vinay Umarji analyse what has caused this decline

Lack of pricing clarity to hit CBM firms

According to the formula, the price of domestic natural gas is set to increase from $4.2 per mBtu to $8 an mBtu

Modi's IIT, IIM idea: Few takers, many critics

Sceptics say funds should instead be made available to improve infrastructure, pay of faculty members at existing institutes

Reliance Foundation awards scholarship to 393 students

Scholarship awarded to students supports their tuition fees and other allowances for the entire duration of academic course work

RIL to increase KG block output by March 2015

The company will invest $747 mn to increase production from D1, D3 and MA fields

110 firms make 378 offers to IIM-A students for summer placements

While the BFSI sector made 71 offers; conglomerates made 46; consulting 81 and FMCG made 50 offers

Relief for PGDM Institutions: AICTE to regulate them

EPSI had filed an interim application with a prayer to direct AICTE to take necessary steps

Cairn India set to strike gold in Sri Lanka

To sign pact for first commercial gas sale & to get one more block

Engineers will continue to dominate IIM campuses

High enrollment in engineering courses and CAT's math tilt help these students

Multi-client seismic policy to be notified soon

One-time licence fee of $10,000 for seismic survey rights, govt not to share profit with contractors

No equity gas from Mozambique basin, but India could get third or fourth train

BPRL present in seven countries including India. Of these, company's assets in five countries have shown promising discoveries

ONGC to meet deadlines for its deep water projects

Facing inordinate delays on its exploration blocks, ONGC roped in BCG for help