A survey released by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) on April 10, 2023, revealed that for the first time ever, prospective business school students said that they prefer one-year MBA programs over the more traditional two-year options. In India, while two-year MBA remains very popular, there is a growing demand for a shorter program. IIMs have launched 1 year MBA programs, while top PGDM B-schools like IMT Ghaziabad have launched 18-month AICTE-approved PGDM programs for executives.

India’s most prestigious management education conference is back! IIM Kozhikode, one of the top management institutes in the country, is the Partner and Host institution for the 12^th edition of INDIAN MANAGEMENT CONCLAVE (IMC) 2022. The conference will be held on December 9-10, 2022 at the picturesque IIM Kozhikode campus.

Welcoming the conference to its campus, Dr Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode said, “IIM Kozhikode is happy to partner MBAUniverse.com to bring the 12^th edition of Indian Management Conclave to ‘God’s Own Campus’.”

IIM Bangalore, the convener of CAT 2022 is one of the 6 IIMs that are awarded the responsibility to convene Common Admission Test (CAT) on yearly rotation. Apart from IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore and IIM Kozhikode conduct CAT exam by rotation.  

While IIM Indore and IIM Ahmedabad modified and revamped CAT structure and pattern when they conducted it second time only, now it is IIM Bangalore which is convening CAT for the second time after 5 years. Going by the historical data, you should expect more changes in CAT 2022.

We are living in a VUCA World: Shri Piyush Goyal 
The world today is witnessing volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity — the “VUCA” world, said the Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Shri Piyush Goyal while addressing the Convocation Ceremony. Congratulating the graduating class of 2025, the Minister said India’s destiny lies in the capable hands of its youth to lead India towards Viksit Bharat 2047.

Xavier Aptitude Test, popularly known as XAT, is one of the top MBA entrance tests in India, and is a mandatory exam for XLRI Jamshedpur. As XAT is different from other exams like CAT, and also considered a more difficult paper, MBAUniverse.com reached out to XAT 2023 convener Professor Vishwa Ballabh to clarify on some popular “myths”.

Professor Vishwa Ballabh is a Faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur and held the responsibility of XAT Convenor for many previous years. Read the edited excerpts from the Interview for compete understand of XAT exam and XAT 2023 plans.

Dr Debashis Chatterjee, the Director at IIM Kozhikode, needs no introduction. He is a well-known champion of gender diversity (IIMK was the first IIM to admit 53% women way back in 2013), and a staunch advocate of Indian wisdom. He set up the first ever Indian Business History Museum at IIM K with contributions from the top Indian business houses. Even before IIMK, Dr Chatterjee had made significant contributions as Dean IR, Chairperson-Placements and in many other roles, at IIM Lucknow, which he joined in 1996.

XAT 2023 (Xavier Aptitude Test-2023) Registration process is open from August 10, to November 30, 2022 with a registration and application fee of Rs.2000/- on XAT 2023 official website xatonline.in. XAT 2023 exam will be conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur on behalf of XAMI on January 8, 2023 in a single session.

Leading to MBA admission 2023 in all the 15 Symbiosis Management Institutes, SNAP 2022 exam will be held on three dates - December 10, 18 and 23, 2022. Only a few days are left to register and apply for SNAP exam as the last date of SNAP Registration process closes on November 24, 2022.  

Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur will conduct Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2023 on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Since XAT is conducted on the first or second Sunday of January every year, XLRI wouldn’t like to break the legacy of 70 years in convening the XAT 2022 also. XAT is the second largest MBA entrance exams in India with one lakh applicants applying for the exam every year.

The 2021 winners of Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Research Scholar Awards for Social Science and Management disciplines have been announced by Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), the coordinator of this prestigious award. Based on the quality and number of research papers, published in higher-ranked journals during the past five years 2017 to 2021, Dr Sachin Kumar Mangla of Jindal Global Business School, O P Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Haryana has won the First prize of Rs. 300,000.