Category: Management

Top QS Ranked B-Schools in India

The QS Rankings are out again. The top 5 schools based on QS rankings are IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay. The QS World University Subject Ranking 2025 for Engineering & Technology is based on five parameters: (1) Academic reputation (40%), (2) Employer reputation (30%), (3) Citations (10%), (4) H-index (10%) and (5) International Research Network (10%).

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Strategies to Optimize Resources and meet Customer Needs

Strategies to Optimize Resources and meet Customer Needs

Managing demand and capacity is a vital part of keeping any organisation running smoothly. Balancing the demand for services with the available capacity is essential to maintain high service standards and efficiency. This involves analysing patterns, understanding potential challenges, and planning strategically to meet customer needs without overextending resources.

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2024 List of “Elsevier Top 2% Researchers” from India

5352 Researchers from India are in the list of Top 2% of researchers across the world, which has 223,152 listed researchers. This is a percentage of 2.4% from the total of the top 2% list. Kudos to all Indians in this list of 5352 researchers who are contributing very heavily to the growth of the academic reputation of Indian academia and research.

Details in Ioannidis, John P.A. (2023), “September 2023 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, Mendeley Data.

Link to dataset https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7

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Top B-Schools in India – NIRF 2024

The rankings for the top B-Schools of India is out, from the Ministry of Education, Government of India. Cheers to all the faculty member in the schools in the Top 10 and the students who graduated from these institutions. For aspirants in management education, these schools would be the cherries to target to get that ever inspirational career.  The relative performance scores of these top 50 schools is given in the table below.

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Four Significant Asbestos-Related Diseases and their Symptoms

Four Significant Asbestos-Related Diseases and their Symptoms

Have you ever reveled in the cool comfort of your grandparents’ old basement, surrounded by dusty boxes and forgotten treasures? Or perhaps you’ve swung a hammer at a stubborn wall in your fixer-upper, sending plumes of unexpected debris into the air. 

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Boosting Efficiency: A Step-by-Step Guide to Calculating OEE

Boosting Efficiency: A Step-by-Step Guide to Calculating OEE

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) offers a powerful metric for contextualizing manufacturing losses through Availability, Performance, and Quality pillars. By effectively quantifying where systems fail to fire at optimal capacity, the OEE percentage calculates losses and illuminates improvement opportunities when precisely formulated from rigorously tracked data.

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Why is it not a Good Idea to Surrender your Term Insurance Policy?

Why is it not a Good Idea to Surrender your Term Insurance Policy?

Term insurance is a type of life insurance that provides a large sum of money to your beneficiaries in case of your untimely death during the policy term. It is one of the most affordable and simple forms of life insurance, as you can get high coverage at low premiums. For example, you can buy a 1 crore term insurance plan starting from as low as ₹ 384 monthly, depending on the insurer, your age and a few other factors.

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Composable Commerce: The Future of E-Commerce

Composable Commerce: The Future of E-Commerce

People love e-commerce platforms because they provide the fastest and easiest way to buy
virtually anything they might need, like a replacement TV remote control. But what if the only
way to buy a new remote control online was to also buy a new TV, a year’s worth of AA
batteries and subscriptions for three streaming services? It’s hard to imagine anyone needing a
new remote control that badly, but e-commerce retailers often find themselves in a similar
situation when it’s time to build their sites.

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Career ideas for people with entrepreneurial mindsets

For individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset, entering the world of business can be an exciting and rewarding pursuit. With creative thinking, perseverance, and a knack for problem-solving, these professionals have the potential to excel in various career paths that leverage their skills and interests. In this article, we’ll explore four career ideas that may pique the interest of those with entrepreneurial aspirations.

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5 Considerations for Designing a Security Operations Center

5 Considerations for Designing a Security Operations Center

When designing a security operations center (SOC), there are several critical decisions that need to be made, particularly those involving technology, layout, and personnel. These, along with other factors, can make the difference between an effective, efficient SOC and one that has much room for improvement. In this article, you will learn about security operations centers as well as the five necessary considerations for designing one.

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