CG's Ramblings

Am a little late on this one(probably 'cause I got no interest in MBA, and joined blogosphere only 2 weeks back), but since it involves Indian bloggers and freedom of speech, not to mention that some of my friends are preparing for CAT, I'll post a few links where you can read about the whole IIPM flap i.e. if you haven't already done so.

• Article on USC Annenberg, from where I found out about the whole thing
  
• Article by JAM magazine countering IIPM's ad claims
• Gaurav Sabnis's post, The fraud that is IIPM, linking back to JAM's article
• IIPM's legal notice to Gaurav, which he posts on his blog, and Gaurav resigns
• Photos of two notices(1 & 2) published in Outlook on Rashmi Bansal's blog(editor of JAM)
• CNBC-TV18's article - IIPM doesn't have approval from UGC
• A post on IIPM's new, toned down ads.

You can find out much more on Desipundit's and Arun Varma's updates on the controversy. Chances are, you already know the whole thing, but still, am trying to do my bit as a brand new member of the Indian blogging community.

Update - Just saw IIPM on Wikipedia. Nice read, and quite informative. Also, wiki page on Arindam Chaudhuri, current dean at IIPM. (Update 2 Dec, 05: Wikipedia being a free encyclopedia can be edited by anyone; its IIPM article has recently been vandalized by pro-IIPM editors, so please don't rely on wiki alone, see other links too)

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