Our HRD ministry seems to be in love with the IIMs. They started with the proposal of decreasing the fee to Rs. 1 lac some years ago, then quota implementation, quota for teachers and now have given this brilliant idea of having integrated interviews.
The idea is a great one, on the face of it; given the fact that right now there are 7 IIMs and it is planned to increase to 13 (which will spoil brand IIM - different issue though), so a student will have to undergo just one interview instead of multiple rounds. And the reference is given to the Civil Service selection.
This would have made sense had all IIMs had the same selection criteria. With all IIMs giving different weightage to different things like CAT, past academic record, work experience, extra-currics or recommendations (IIM B is the only one as of now asking for it), the student will have different shortlists. Moreover, how will the composition be done for the panel who will be interviewing? Currently, it is the professor or alums of the particular IIM who interview the candidate. Lastly, there are some clear skills which a particular IIM looks for and that is reflected in the GD or case study handed out or the types of questions asked. For example, IIM Calcutta always stress on 'quanti' stuff and asking puzzles and lots of maths in an interview.
The advice given out is fine but it would have been better if HRD had its homework. And my sincere advice to HRD - leave the IITs and IIMs alone; please focus on primary education. That's where the problem lies in the country!
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Bingo! But then the interest which HRD ministry has been taking for past few years in the higher education centers of excellence is its own giveaway! It is so easy to feign activity here than at primary school front!
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