In an unprecedented development that will propel Indian management education globally, Global Thinker & Padma Bhushan Awardee Prof Jagdish Sheth has accepted to rename IFIM Business School Bangalore in his name as the ‘Jagdish Sheth School of Management’. Prof Sheth accepted the request of present Chairman and noted business leader Shri Sanjay Padode to rename the School after the living legend.

Indeed, the top three IIMs namely IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta are a preferred choice of CAT Toppers, but Mumbai based SPJIMR is one B-school that is perhaps ready to rub shoulders with these giants. Recently, SPJIMR has added another feather to its crown when Financial Times Global MIM Rankings 2020, one of the most prestigious global rankings, ranked SPJIMR at par with IIM Bangalore. This MBAUniverse.com article compares SPJIMR with Top  IIMs on key parameters with latest data. The results are revealing! Read on for an indepth comparison.

IIM Ahmedabad has been welcoming students with different experiences, background and worldviews over recent years.  Consistently moving up the path of diversity, IIM Ahmedabad has again achieved yet another milestone for the incoming batch of 2020-22 at its campus. The diverse batch in terms of gender diversity, work experience and educational background has been admitted at IIM Ahmedabad.

Dr Srikant Datar, the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration and the senior associate dean for University affairs at Harvard Business School (HBS), will become the School’s next Dean from January 1, 2021.Dr Datar will succeed Dr Nitin Nohria, who last November, announced his plans to conclude his deanship after 10 years of service. Co-author of seminal book ‘Rethinking the MBA’, Dr Datar is well known for his contribution to improving the state of management education.

University Business School (UBS) Chandigarh, of Panjab University is likely to open its application process for MBA admission 2021 in December 2020. A low fee MBA with high placement makes UBS a high RoI MBA college in India. The institute is one of the most sought MBA colleges and is preferred by the MBA aspirants to many IIMs even.

Breaking the myth that cracking CAT and getting into Top IIMs needs long study hours only, the inspirational story of Shuktisindhu Mondal who, despite being a working professional for more than three years, cracked CAT 2019 with 93.26 percentile and converted IIM Ahmedabad, proves that success comes with determination.

Shuktisindhu  is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Calcutta Institute of Engineering & Management (CIEM) and had earned 41 months of work experience as software engineer at Tech Mahindra before joining MBA at IIM Ahmedabad.

The recently released Financial Times (FT) Global Masters in Management (MIM) Rankings 2020 had a pleasant surprise. While IIM Ahmedabad’s PGPM program is the top ranked program in India, closely followed by IIM Calcutta’s PGPM, PGDM program of SPJIMR Mumbai and IIM Bangalore’s PGPM are tied together at No 3 position. All these four B-schools are ranked amongst Top 40 globally. How did SPJIMR, the only non-IIM B-school in the ranking, achieve this feat of getting ranked at par with IIMB, and within the Global Top 40?

After the close of CAT 2024 registration on September 20, all educators are eager to know if CAT 2024 registration number will increase this year too. While the final figures are yet to be released by Prof Ramya T Venkateswaran, CAT Convener & IIM Calcutta Faculty, an analysis of past data can be a useful guide. MBAUniverse.com revisits last 12 years CAT Registration numbers and the currents trends.

Before we discuss CAT 2024 registration numbers, let’s note a few important facts about this year’s CAT. 

The inspirational story of a national sports man who has multi dimensional personality and has emerged victorious over all odds to get into India’s best B-school – IIM Ahmedabad breaks the myth that cracking CAT and getting into Top IIMs needs long study hours only. On the contrary the phrase ‘A Healthy mind resides in a healthy body’ comes absolutely true for Tanishq  Diddee who is now IIM Ahmedabad student of MBA 2020-22 batch.

On September 28, Financial Times (FT) released its Global Masters in Management (MIM) Rankings 2020. Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad’s Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) program is the top ranked program in India, closely followed by IIM Calcutta’s PGPM. After IIMA and IIMC, PGDM program of SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai and IIM Bangalore’s PGPM are tied together at No 3 position. All four B-schools are ranked amongst Top 50 globally. IIM Udaipur’s PGPM is ranked at #5 from India, and ranked #72 globally.