MBAUniverse.com in its series of CAT toppers, brings before you success stories of such candidates who cracked CAT with high percentile and got into top IIMs or other top B-schools with their own devised self-preparation strategy. One such candidate is Soumik Banerjee, a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University and working professional since 2016 with Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), a Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking.  Soumik took to self preparation for CAT 2022 and cracked the exam with 99.95 percentile.

“MBAs don’t start delivering on Day 1. They need months of training and hand holding…”, said one of India’s largest MBA recruiters on the side-lines of a national HR conference recently. We’ve seen recent employability surveys confirming this opinion. According to the World Economic Forum, of the 13 million people who join India’s workforce each year, only one in four management professionals and one in five engineers are employable.

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The 20 billion Mahindra Group had launched Mahindra University (MU) Hyderabad in July 2020, the peak Covid 19 time and launched its School of Management (SOM) in 2021, again during pandemic.

Well-known global management academic and former faculty at CEIBS China - Prof Rama Velamuri was appointed its Dean and since then it has been two years journey for Prof Velamuri as the Dean of SOM at Mahindra University. The B-school has now launched its flagship MBA in 2023 after good response to its BBA program.

One of the leading management institutes in Delhi NCR with moderate fee structure, IMS Ghaziabad has completed 75% placement for its PGDM 2021-23 batch and is to complete 100% placement by February. The highest international salary in IMS Ghaziabad placement 2023 stood at Rs.28 LPA while the overall average salary is Rs.8.25 LPA.

Rajagiri Business School (RSB) Kochi is one of the few AACSB Accredited B-school in India. It’s PGDM Program is also accredited by EFMD. Rajagiri Business School offers AICTE approved two years full time PGDM programme at moderate fees and good placements. Check Fees, Placements, Admission 2024 process, Exams accepted and more.

Rajagiri Business School Kochi Admission 2024 Highlights
Key highlights for Rajagiri Business School Kochi PGDM Admissions 2024 is as below:

IITian Mihik Agrawal has a profile to get into the top IIMs or ISB. He graduated from IIT Delhi in 2019 with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, and then worked at Genpact for more than two years in a Marketing Analytics role for a Fortune 500 MNC. Then, Mihik cracked CAT in 2021 with a 99.21%ile. No wonder he got interview calls from IIMs and FMS Delhi. But Mihik chucked all the conventional options to take a leap of faith.

With 33 years of legacy,  IMS Ghaziabad is one of the oldest and trusted Business Schools in India. IMS offers AICTE approved and NMA accredited PGDM programme. Dr Urvashi Makkar, Director of IMS Ghaziabad has more than 27 years of experience in academics, research, teaching, training and consultancy and is one of the few female directors leading a B-School. Dr Urvashi is a PhD, EPHRM-IIM Calcutta, MBA and is serving o the Governing bodies of various Delhi University and other Colleges. 

Shri Pankaj R Patel, Chairperson, Board of Governors IIM Ahmedabad has today announced the appointment of Professor Bharat Bhaskar as New Director, IIM Ahmedabad effective March 1, 2023 for five years. The announcement of appointment of Prof  Bhaskar as director of IIM Ahmedabad comes in the wake of  Prof Errol D’Souza who is successfully completing his term as IIMA director in Jan 2023.

ChatGPT, a chatbot launched by Microsoft backed OpenAI, is creating waves across many knowledge industries. Its applications are being talked about in Book publishing, Legal Documentation and of course for writing Software Codes. Now, Wharton Professor and well-respected digital expert Christian Terwiesch has explored an interesting question – Can Chat GPT3 get a Wharton MBA?