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
B-school placements feel downturn pinch
As the placement season peaks, final-year students at the country’s top business schools are coming to terms with a new reality — a cut in offers and salaries from prospective employers, and the chance of not landing a job at all, reports HT.
Updated on Feb 27, 2009 01:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ritika Chopra, Mou Chakraborty & Snehal Rebello, Delhi/kolkata/mumbai
IIM Calcutta hikes fee by Rs 2 lakh
The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta has decided to hike its fee for its flagshup two-year post graduate diploma course. Students who join the course in 2009 will each pay Rs 5 lakh more in tuition fees than those who graduate this year, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Feb 21, 2009 02:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Once bitten, twice for a child
A survey conducted by a second marriage portal revealed various reasons for remarriages in India and the desire for having a biological child topped the list, closely followed by feeling of wanting to have a family of one’s own, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Feb 13, 2009 12:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
‘No radio without Bose’
A century-long debate over who invented the radio may have come to an end. Marconi has given Jagadish Chandra Bose due credit for his pioneering contribution in the field of wireless communication.
Updated on Dec 04, 2008 12:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty & Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Kolkata
Desi firms can cherry-pick the best at B-schools
For years, many Indian companies were priced out of the talent grabbing game at top business schools, but now they have a chance to hire the country’s best brains, reports Snehal Rebello, B Vijay Murthy and Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Oct 28, 2008 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Snehal Rebello, B Vijay Murthy and Mou Chakraborty, Mumbai/jamshedpur/kolkata
Ishani gets her twin brother, 3 years later
Ishani and her ‘embryological twin’ Vinayak’s births had been separated by three years, as their mother Rubai Choudhuri was not ready for twins three years ago. A report by Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Sep 05, 2008 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Despite electronic gadgets taking voyeurism to new dimensions, the Information Technology Act under which most of the cases are registered has serious lacunae, report HT Correspondents.
Updated on Jun 23, 2008 02:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty/Yogesh Joshi, Kolkata/pune
To join the league of Amartya Sen, Mittal, go to Kolkata
Steeped in history and boasting an impeccable reputation in academics, Kolkata is home to some of the best educational institutions in our country, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on May 17, 2008 10:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
In the league of Amartya Sen, Mittal
Steeped in history and boasting of an impeccable reputation in academics, Kolkata is home to some of the best educational institutions in our country, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on May 17, 2008 01:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Calcutta HC stays OBC quota at PG level
The interim order means that IIMs, IITs and all central institutions offering postgraduate courses will not be able to go ahead with the quota in these courses.
Updated on May 15, 2008 02:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepak Prahladka and Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
In Bengal, 25 pc is all you need to pass
The WBBSE introduces several changes in its examination system, from the next academic session, the minimum pass mark is being brought down from 34 per cent to 25 per cent, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Mar 26, 2008 02:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIM-C: Rs 1.36 cr annual salary package
After crossing the Rs 1 crore-salary mark last year, students of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) are well on their way to upgrade the record this year, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Mar 11, 2008 03:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Coming, steep fee hike at IIMs
Three Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) are set to effect a big hike in fees from the next academic session, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Jan 25, 2008 02:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Kolkata schools to have close-circuit TVs
Schools in Kolkata are turning to CCTV, rattled by the shooting of a student in a Visva-Bharati hostel, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Jan 08, 2008 05:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Premier wants to fulfil Netaji’s dream
The Japanese Premier wants to fulfil Bose’s dream and strengthen bilateral ties between India and Japan, report Nandini Guha and Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Aug 24, 2007 01:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nandini Guha and Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Leeway for poor and meritorious WBJEE candidates
From this year, a number of students from poorer sections will be able to enrol in engineering colleges.
Updated on May 12, 2008 01:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Keep your options open, always
DU isn't the last post. Sons of soil have risen from the east as well. The best from Kolkata, compiled by Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on May 31, 2007 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, New Delhi
Want to learn English? Turn the music on...
A two-day workshop organised by American Library in Kolkata aims to help teachers make English enjoyable in class with the use of music, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on May 23, 2007 01:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Panel to monitor academic bodies
The Centres’ move to form a panel to regulate autonomous accrediting bodies for academic institutions has met with rumblings, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Updated on Apr 05, 2007 07:31 PM IST
None | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Brewing tea the IIT way
The IIT?s food and agriculture department is currently in business talks to transfer the secret recipe for instant soluble tea, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Published on Feb 05, 2007 02:34 AM IST
None | Inside the IIT | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Instant Darjeeling tea, made in IIT
The IIT Kharagpur is about to reveal a secret method to brew instant tea, just like coffee, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Published on Feb 03, 2007 04:57 PM IST
None | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIT-Kharagpur to hold workshop on ornithopters
Kshitij' 07's biggest attraction is a workshop on flapping-wing flying robots - the latest in man?s fascination with artificial flight, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Published on Jan 31, 2007 09:02 PM IST
None | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Learn Vaastu at an institute in Kolkata soon
Exterior Interior, a premier interior-designing institute, is all set to offer a course in applied Vaastu Shastra in Kolkata from February, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Published on Jan 29, 2007 04:51 PM IST
None | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIT-Kharagpur ready with reservation plan
The introduction of quota would mean that the total intake of students in the institute would go up by 54 % in 2009, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Published on Dec 16, 2006 03:04 AM IST
None | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Bengal polls, eunuchs party
For the transgendered people, the 1st phase of polls gave scope for a different tamasha, reports Mou Chakraborty.
Published on Apr 20, 2006 03:38 PM IST
None | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Male contraceptive
Male contraception is going to become simpler, cheaper and safer by November this year.
Published on Mar 02, 2005 04:00 PM IST
PTI | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Male contraceptive marvel from IIT-K
Male contraception is going to become simpler, cheaper and safer by November when a revolutionary technique invented at IIT Kharagpur hits the market.
Updated on Mar 03, 2005 01:17 PM IST
PTI | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata