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| 19th
September 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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33% womens quota in B-schools abroad
Foreign Lessons to Woo Girls for MBA
Bangalore: Women make great managers and B-schools worldwide
are even raising the quota regularly to ensure more girls enrol
in MBA courses. The reservation for women ranges from 27% to
33%. In India, theres no fixed quota for girls in B-schools though
they have reservation for other categories.
For instance, HEC Paris (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commercials
de Paris),a top B-school in Europe, reserved 27% of seats for
girls for admission to its MBA program this year. The reservation
for girls varies 27% and 31% every year.
Pierrette Doz-Perdix, business development manager, HEC, said
in Bangalore on Saturday, Women are confident of their skills.
Studies have proved that women go for higher studies once they
have the right skills. They think before they take on the next
role and make for great managers. With the right kind of opportunities
and talent, women students perform really well. It makes for
diversity in the classroom, she says.
INSEAD in Singapore believes a successful world economy demands
diversity in management thinking. Committed to increasing number
of women in leadership positions, on an average the INSEAD MBA
program has 33% women in each class, a percentage that’s
rising every year.
Similarly, Cornell Universities Johnson School includes partnerships
to reach out to women and encourages them to apply. The institute
has a Women’s Power Lunch for current students to network
with each other, female faculty and prominent alumnae.
This B-school partners with the Johnson School Women’s
Management Council and other graduate professional programmes.
Johnson Women in Business (JWIB) is a new event involving woman
students on campus. At JWIB, students learn about MBA programmes, get insights on how to position oneself as top women candidates
for MBA admissions, understand what the business school experience
is like from current Johnson women, and network with female
Johnson School faculty, staff and alumni.
Some colleges and women universities in India do offer MBA programs.
There are opportunities for women. We see that women candidates
have strong communication and qualitative analytical skills.
If the weight age is more for the verbal section during selection, more women will score higher. Women who get selected for the
interview and GD perform better and most easily clear these
two rounds, says Prof Ganesh Prabhu of IIM-Bangalore.
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