India has a long history of more than five millennia of existence. Despite the numerous foreign invasions, the rich knowledge and practices have passed on from generation to generation, albeit orally. During the British rule, this knowledge was shunned and Macaulian education system was propagated. Even post Independence, little has been done to reintroduce Indian knowledge in the formal educational curriculum. Of late, policymakers have taken cognizance of this lost heritage and have taken steps to revive the treasure.

Distinguished management academician and former Dean of IIFT Delhi, Prof Rakesh Mohan Joshi has taken over as the Director of Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM), Bangalore, an autonomous sectoral B-school under Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Prof Joshi has been part of many policy making bodies including as the Chairman of the ‘UGC Committee for Framing the Regulations for Foreign Educational Institutes’ Entry and Operations’ in India.

Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIM Udaipur) has conferred MBA degrees to a large and diverse batch of 398 students in its 11th Convocation which was held on March 26, 2023. The Chief Guest for the convocation Mr. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank, delivered the Convocation Address. The event took place in the presence of Mr. Pankaj Patel, Chairman, Board of Governors, who presided over the Convocation and the concluding address was given by Prof Prof. Ashok Banerjee, Director, IIM Udaipur.

National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the CMAT 2022 Result for 51144 test takers who appeared in CMAT exam on April 9, 2022. This year CMAT score card does not display percentile score and consists of raw score and all India rank. This has opened Pandora’s box as both applicants and AICTE approved MBA colleges never expected that NTA will do something like this in release of CMAT score card.

After a break of two years, the 57th convocation ceremony of IIM Ahmedabad saw 584 students being awarded degrees and medals at an in-person convocation ceremony on April 13. The chief guest on the occasion was Falguni Nayar, IIM Ahmedabad alumni and founder-CEO of Nykaa. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIM Ahmedabad and Errol D’Souza, Director, IIM Ahmedabad were also present on the occasion. MBAUniverse.com presents key highlights from Falguni Nayar’s talk.

Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) has conferred degrees to a large and diverse batch of 747 students with more than 50 percent women students in its 23^rd Convocation which was held on April 09, 2022. The Chief Guest for the convocation Mr. Sandeep Bakhshi, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank, delivered the Convocation Address. The event took place in the presence of Mr. Deepak Satwalekar, Chairman, BoG, IIM Indore and IIM Indore’s Director Prof. Himanshu Rai

Key Highlights

IIM Kozhikode celebrated its 24^th Convocation on April 9, 2022 for the 962 graduating students from the different management programmes. Eleven Gold Medals were awarded to the students from different programmes out of these six Gold Medals were awarded to four women students. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Hon’ble Governor of Kerala, Shri Arif Mohammed Khan who delivered the convocation address by drawing inspirational lessons from Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Albert Einstein and the likes who devoted their entire life in the pursuit of knowledge.

CMAT 2022 answer key has been released on April 18, 2022 late night on official NTA CMAT website nta.cmat.ac.in. Only the candidates who actually appeared in CMAT 2022 exam can login to download the CMAT answer key. The National Testing Agency (NTA) usually releases official CMAT answer key with candidate response sheet after three days of CMAT exam date which was April 9, 2022. However, this year CMAT answer key release has been delayed by more than 7 days.

Deviating from its earlier question pattern and difficulty level, CMAT 2022 has brought a few surprises for the test takers on April 9, 2022 with a bit difficult 5^th section on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This is the first CMAT exam with 5 mandatory sections and reduced number of questions.

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Hyderabad has registered strong placements 2022 for its MBA 2020-22 batch. The highest salary in placements 2022 has gone up at Rs.15.31 lakhs while the average salary stood at Rs.8.10 lakhs per annum. Apart from the regular recruiters, there were more than 37% new recruiters that participated in SIBM Hyderabad placements 2022 for the first time. Key highlights for SIBM Hyderabad placements are:

SIBM Hyderabad Placements 2022: Key Highlights