Mou Chakraborty is a special correspondent with Hindustan Times and comes with over a decade of experience in print and television journalism. She currently covers education and tourism. She loves writing news features and occasionally covers state admiration.
Articles by Mou Chakraborty
Sweet welcome for Didi
“You have come to see Didi… How can I ask for the fare? Today is our day,” smiled cab driver Sanjib Mondal, as he dropped this correspondent outside Mamata Banerjee’s residence in south Kolkata.
Updated on Jun 02, 2010 11:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Mission admission begins
The city of joy, home to some of the oldest colleges in the country, is a hub of academic excellence, says Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on May 17, 2010 12:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, New Delhi
Newest IIM at Ranchi will be cheapest
The Indian Institute of Management-Ranchi, the youngest IIM in the country is also its cheapest.
Updated on Apr 23, 2010 12:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Extreme dream
Two years ago, a doctor in Thane, just outside Mumbai, left the spacious home where she had lived for two decades, and moved with her son to a smaller flat in the suburb of Andheri.
Updated on Apr 03, 2010 11:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Kiran Wadhwa, Jairaj Singh, Mou Chakraborty, Arun Kumar
CAT likely to be month-long affair
This year’s Common Admission Test (CAT) for the Indian Institutes of Management could be spread over a month — a move aimed at easing the burden on both the IIMs and the growing number of applicants.
Updated on Apr 01, 2010 01:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
1970s revisited? Kolkata youth back in Naxal fold
In a throwback to the Naxalite movement of the Seventies, many of Kolkata’s youth seem to be turning to the radical Leftist fold.
Updated on Mar 28, 2010 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty and Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Kolkata
IIMs differ on scrapping online admission test
With the first online common admission test results out, Indian Institutes of Management are debating whether to drop the online test and revert to the paper-and-pencil method.
Updated on Mar 04, 2010 11:42 AM IST
None | Prasad Nichenametla & Mou Chakraborty, Ahmedabad/kolkata
In Kolkata, a school mourns its fallen students
Framed pictures of Ankik Dhar (23), his sister Anindi (19) and friend Shilpa Goenka were covered in garlands on Monday, as school mates and former classmates gathered to mourn them, reports Saptarshi Banerjee & Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Feb 16, 2010 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saptarshi Banerjee & Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
‘I feel we were meant to be alive’
Thirty-two-year-old Mansi Jadhav cannot believe what happened in those few seconds on Saturday. All she knows is that she escaped a close shave with death.
Updated on Feb 16, 2010 01:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sayli Udas Mankikar/Hemant Padalkar/Saptarshi Banerjee/Mou Chakraborty/Yogesh Joshi, Kolkata/pune
IIT students to help artisans
Students of Vinod Gupta School of Management of IIT Kharagpur have drawn up a programme called 'Saamanjasya' for technology upgradation of artisans of Bengal and marketing their wares, with an eventual target to locate and incubate entrepreneurs.
Updated on Feb 13, 2010 10:15 AM IST
None | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
No slowing down: IIM Calcutta sees rise in lateral placements
The lateral placements at IIM Calcutta has picked up, raising hopes that final placements next month will emerge from the grip of economic slowdown that had paralysed the campus last year.
Updated on Feb 10, 2010 11:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Confused parents look for direction
For many Indian parents, raising children has become a very serious undertaking. Unlike their parents, many of who took their cues from that elusive thing we call “instinct” and the advice from “elders”, India’s new-age parents read books, attend workshops, consult experts and quiz others like them.
Updated on Jan 30, 2010 10:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Bhairavi Jhaveri, Tasneem Nashrulla Namita Kohli, Mou Chakraborty, Preet Omkar Singh, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh
Management students adopt village, put it on the growth track
The students of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) have adopted a backward village in South 24 Parganas and will prepare a blueprint for its development.
Updated on Jan 15, 2010 02:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Abolishing exmas not idiotic
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is the latest addition to the 3 Idiots fan club. Under fire from teachers, parents and guardians for abolishing the Class X Board examinations, the CBSE has found an excellent lesson in the Amir Khan starrer that it wants them to learn from, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Jan 14, 2010 01:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
‘No N-plant without people’s consent’
The proposed nuclear power plant at Haripur in Bengal’s Burdwan district would not be set up without consulting the local people, renewable energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said, report Drimi Chaudhuri & Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Jan 06, 2010 01:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Drimi Chaudhuri & Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata/kharagpur
All smiles at IIT-Kharagpur
Top firms are in the race to hire students at IIT-Kharagpur this year, an indication that the economic slowdown in the country is over.
Updated on Dec 10, 2009 12:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kharagpur
Abanindranath Tagore inspires IIT-K to teach green engineering
What can you achieve with dry roots, stems, twigs and leaves? In the early thirties of the last century Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951), a doyen of the Bengal school of Art created a new art form called ‘Katum Kutum’ from such trivia. Mou Chakraborty reports.
Updated on Dec 06, 2009 01:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
No need to clear Hindi for ICSE
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), the school-leaving board examination, will become easier from 2012.
Updated on Dec 01, 2009 11:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Taking CAT online? Check your email
If you are due to take the first online version of the Common Admission Test (CAT) between November 28 and December 7, don’t forget to check your email regularly.
Updated on Nov 25, 2009 02:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Kolkata school alumni’s Rs 2.2 cr gift
More than 20 years ago, in the classrooms of St Xavier’s School here, they learnt valuable lessons that shaped their future. On Saturday, the class of 1986 — now all grown up and leading successful lives — gave a little back, to make the future of those who taught them a little brighter.
Updated on Nov 15, 2009 02:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Biometric test debuts in India for CAT candidates
If you are about to appear for the first online Common Admission Test between 28 November and 7 December, be prepared for a biometric test preceding the exam, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Nov 04, 2009 04:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Financial Wizards Inc.
Real time fin labs, innovative exams, sylvan campus... life at IIM-C’s exciting Mou Chakraborty Reports
Updated on Nov 04, 2009 09:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, New Delhi
Team leaders
Want to manage an IPL team? Try the sports management course at IISWBM Mou Chakraborty Reports
Updated on Nov 04, 2009 09:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, New Delhi
ICSE snubs Sibal on Class X exams, marks
Unlike the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) board is in no mood to introduce absolute grading for Class X examinations.
Updated on Oct 27, 2009 11:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Unique Grade Improvement Program for Bengal +2 students
In an unprecedented move West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) is finalizing a plan whereby a student will get a chance to improve marks even after the publication of Higher Secondary examination by reappearing for any two papers once again, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Oct 08, 2009 08:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIT Kharagpur to tighten security due to its proximity to the Maoist belt
Thanks to the Maoist hotbed in West Midnapore district of Bengal, IIT Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) is going to tighten security from November, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Oct 07, 2009 09:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
For those who want to change boards after Class 10
Life may get a little more complicated for students in states where it is often necessary to change schools after Class 10, write Farah H Chitalwala and Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Sep 12, 2009 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Farah H Chitalwala and Mou Chakraborty
In a first, robots play soccer at IIT-KGP
Students, researchers and scientists of IIT Kharagpore had gathered to watch a game of football. As they rooted for their teams in the five-a-side match, all the players have been built by them and by students from three other technical institutes. A report by Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Aug 31, 2009 02:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIT-KGP leads the way, sets up medical school
The oldest Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur will be the first IIT to start a medical school two years from now.
Updated on Aug 18, 2009 11:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kharagpur
The joy of work
Raghav, 25, is an ethical hacker. He works with national security agencies to devise anti-hacking solutions. As he could not join the Army for vision disorder, he said, “This is my way of serving the nation.” An option that was unheard of some years ago. Mou Chakraborty, Lina Choudhury-Mahajan and Shriya Ghate report.
Updated on Aug 17, 2009 08:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Lina Choudhury-Mahajan and Shriya Ghate