MBA

Planning to take CAT this year but not sure about your preparation to make it to IIMs? Then we suggest you take admission in a private B-school. Private B-schools offer post graduate diploma in management and these courses have great value in the corporate world.

From war zones to boardrooms, from arms & weapons to corporate strategy, 40 retired armed forces personnel are now students of IIM Bangalore. These retired armed professionals include a brigadier who led a team of officers in Kargil war, a wing commander who flew a helicopter

Samsung is a well-known brand in Indian market. Samsung has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to provide scholarship prorammes for its students.

During a recent visit to Gujrat, HRD minister Kapil Sibal indicated that Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad (IIM-A) has take one more step towards making it fully autonomous.

For MBA aspirants who want to take admission in various management courses, there is a reason to rejoice. Now they do not need to rush from one college to another to fill the forms. This year, a group of private and unaided business schools will conduct centralised admission for their courses.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has recently announced that in a recent inspection of state college it found that only 3% colleges are following the norms and rules of AICTE. The AICTE has recently inspected 1,800 engineering, MCA and MBA colleges in the state. But only very small numbers of colleges are meeting the desired criteria.

Management field is considered as one of the most rewarding field today. It gives you a platform where you can earn as per your capabilities and knowledge in your field. All management aspirants aspire to study in one of the top B-schools of the country. There are many reasons which makes a B-School a distinguished one. While choosing a B-School for yourself, always make sure that you are choosing the right school which will fulfill all your requirements and offers you good placements. Many...

The prestigious Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra has introduced a five-year integrated course of Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Application (MCA) for the Class XII pass-outs this year.

For all MBA aspirants, cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT 2011) is very important. To get admission in top class management institutes like Indian Institutes of Management, FMS, MDI, etc, one has to do very well in CAT.

In an attempt to weed out poor candidates, the Indian Institutes of Management would soon conduct a preliminary round or a screening test for Common Admission Test.

Courses like MBA, MCA, Engineering and Pharmacy are attracting a large number of students. It is for this reason that every year colleges offering these courses get bombarded by applications.

Andhra Pradesh is one such state which is dealing with political uncertainty and this situation has made the country’s two top B-schools- Indian Institutes of Management, and XLRI, Jamshedpur- put on hold their plans to establish their campuses in the state.

The newly established School of Applied Management by Punjabi University, Patiala, has been bombarded with applications for its five-year integrated MBA (applied management) and (financial markets) programme.

Despite having some reservations about hiring students from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, ICICI Bank has emerged the top recruiter across B-schools this year, in terms of the number of students hired.

Gone are the days when students had to travel long distance to pursue their dream course. Now with premier universities offering a slew of professional distance education programs, students now can study anywhere, anytime and at their own convenience.

With a multitude of coaching centres across the vicinity, choosing the perfect MBA preparation institute centre can be a daunting task. Each MBA coaching centre claims to be the best and gives an inflated figure when it comes to its success rate.

With just Rs 20 in their wallet, a banana for breakfast, a rice dish from roadside vendor for lunch and biscuits for tea time.

The prestigious Symbiosis International University has announced the date for its entrance exam SNAP 2011 that will give admission to students for next academic session. SNAP 2011 will be held on December 18, 2011 (Sunday).

It seems technology firms are very popular among MBA graduates of top B-schools in the USA. Reiterating a decade-old trend where the dot-com boom had attracted plenty of business-school graduates, this year too fresh MBA graduates have named technology firms as their most-desired employers.

The Common Admission Test (CAT 2011), the key to admissions to 13 IIMs and other prestigious B-schools of India, has undergone a format makeover. The exam will be conducted between October 22 and November 18, 2011.

The prestigious Indian School of Business (ISB) is increasing the size of its flagship post graduate programme in management by 200 seats with the addition of a new campus at Mohali.

The Common Admission Test will have several changes in the format of the exam and will offer something new to the exam takers. The Version 3 of the Online CAT will have two sections instead of three.

CAT 2011 notification has not been announced yet. The notification will be out on August 8th. Following last year’s trends, the notification is expected to be announced in the third week of August. Other important dates can also be guessed from the last year’s schedule of the exam.

In most B-Schools across the globe the ratio of female candidates in the classroom is comparatively low. However, Indian B-Schools are taking various steps to attract more female candidates in their management schools.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Indore) has recently announced a radical five-year management education programme for 10+2 students. IIM-Indore got approval for its ambitious programme from HRD minister Kapil Sibal.

There are almost 50% seats vacant in business management courses after the second round of admissions. Though these courses are very popular among students, the state’s B-Schools are unable to get more students

Now that you have secured admission in your favourite B-school and are looking forward to attending the lectures there, there are few things you should keep in mind.

For the first time, St. Stephen College of Delhi University is entering into business education. The university inaugurated its management centre last week. The institute is named as St. Stephen’s Institute for Management Excellence (SSIME).

Getting an MBA degree from a top B-School has become a trend in our country. All students from almost all the fields want to get admission in top-grade B-School of the country. Students who have completed their engineering from IITs or other premier engineering institutes want to pursue an MBA.

The MBA exam season is about to begin and almost all the prestigious B-Schools of the country have announced dates of their entrance exams.