Chitra Unnithan

Stories by Chitra Unnithan

Samsung plans aggressive smartphones for India

Samsung plans aggressive smartphones for India

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2010

With 17 per cent market share in the Indian mobile market, Samsung Mobile plans to add another six to seven per cent market share this year.

IIMs see surge in pre-placement offers

IIMs see surge in pre-placement offers

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2010

Industry majors keen to hire freshers based on their performance during summer internships.

7 months on, some IIM-A execs without jobs

7 months on, some IIM-A execs without jobs

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2010

In 2008-09, all students from the PGPX batch were recruited by June. The batch of 2009-10 was expected to follow suit.

IT grads bag good pay packs

IT grads bag good pay packs

Rediff.com   7 Jun 2010

In 2010, those armed with an MBA degree and one-two years of work experience got the highest salary hikes

Scorching summer to boost durables sales

Scorching summer to boost durables sales

Rediff.com   4 May 2010

The Rs 30,000-crore consumer durables market is expected to rake in more money this summer on the back of rising mercury levels.

PVR earmarks Rs 500 cr for 500 screens

PVR earmarks Rs 500 cr for 500 screens

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2010

PVR Ltd., the retail entertainment company, is planning to open 500 screens across the country in three years. For this financial year, the company plans to open 60 screens in cities including Surat, Kochi, Pune, Bhopal, Vijaywada, Mysore, New Delhi and Jalandhar.

Prahalad taught them to think outside the box

Prahalad taught them to think outside the box

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2010

The India-born global management guru not only helped companies but also MBA students and faculty to think laterally.

Few IIM-A students go for entrepreneurship in 2010

Few IIM-A students go for entrepreneurship in 2010

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2010

The entrepreneurial bug does not appear to have bitten students at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad this year. So far, not even one student is believed to have opted out of the final placements process to start his own venture.

MBA aspirants file RTIs, may move court

MBA aspirants file RTIs, may move court

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2010

The IIMs were just recovering from the uproar over technical glitches during the CAT. Now, at least five students have filed applications under the right to information law.

Salaries, offers yet to reach 2008 levels

Salaries, offers yet to reach 2008 levels

Rediff.com   22 Feb 2010

Having witnessed a surge in the number of offers and average salaries as compared to 2009 -- a year marred by the impact of the global slowdown -- they believe the exuberance of 2008 would only return in 2011.

No dearth of job offers this placement season

No dearth of job offers this placement season

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2010

Institutes are seeing many first-time recruiters for lateral placements. Not only are they expecting more offers, but higher salaries, too.

'Assaults on Indian students are a wake-up call'

'Assaults on Indian students are a wake-up call'

Rediff.com   12 Jan 2010

'The situation is such that they feel unsafe and confused whether they should go out and work or just sit at home fearing safety. Incidentally, the number of aspiring Indian students to Australia has dropped dramatically.'

Film producer's fund eludes real Idiots

Film producer's fund eludes real Idiots

Rediff.com   9 Jan 2010

The makers of 3 Idiots may be smiling their way to the banks with box-office records in Bollywood, but the National Innovation Foundation awaits funds promised by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the film's producer. NIF sourced the innovations for the film.

Indian student flow to Australia may drop 50 pc

Indian student flow to Australia may drop 50 pc

Rediff.com   5 Jan 2010

The murder of a 21-year-old Indian national, Nitin Garg, in Melbourne has further tarnished Australia's reputation for hosting Indian students. For the academic year 2010, overseas education consultants are predicting a 20-50 per cent fall in the number of students applying to Australian universities.

Rs 9.9 lakh highest offer at NID

Rs 9.9 lakh highest offer at NID

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2009

In a first at the National Institute of Design (NID), academic profiles were offered to the graduating batch of young designers during placements this year.

IIM, ISB offer new courses for professionals

IIM, ISB offer new courses for professionals

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2009

Professionals are making the most of the short and full-term courses to keep pace with changing trends at the workplace.

B-school suggests ways to revamp Indian Post

B-school suggests ways to revamp Indian Post

Rediff.com   13 Oct 2009

Among the strategies provided to make postal services commercially viable are tying up with fast moving consumer goods companies, gift shops, cellular service companies, banks and other financial institutions to deliver their products, mobile bills and debit/credit card statements.

Innovator designs gas-run iron box

Innovator designs gas-run iron box

Rediff.com   8 Oct 2009

With an aim to provide an energy-saving and low cost option to iron boxes operated through electricity, an innovator has come up with an iron box operated with the help of liquified petroleum gas.

IIT faculty turn to 'Gandhigiri' for pay hike

IIT faculty turn to 'Gandhigiri' for pay hike

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2009

Following a "raw" deal by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which issued a notification on September 16 that deprived them of an immediate pay rise and ignored other demands for enhanced allowances, faculty of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to express its dissatisfication with the Centre in a novel way.

Order kills pay rise hopes for IIT, IIM faculty

Order kills pay rise hopes for IIT, IIM faculty

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2009

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has killed hopes of an immediate pay rise for the faculty of centrally funded technical institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Indian Institute of Science.