Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli has inaugurated its 8th batch of Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) 20182020 in a ceremony held on June 25, 2018. The eighth PGP batch at IIM Tiruchirappalli is the first batch inaugurated in the recently completed Permanent Campus of IIM Trichy.
The occasion was graced by Chief Guest Shri Sanjeev Kumar Gupta,MD & CEO, Lahari - Advanced Electronics Testing Facility andGuest of Honour, Dr. Jibitesh Rath, General Manager (HRD), NMDC Ltd.

University BBA degree can now be obtained not only from VIT-AP School of Business (VSB), VIT-AP University at Amaravati, AP in India but also from University of Michigan-Dearborn (UMD) USA. VIT-AP School of Business has collaborated with University of Michigan-Dearborn (UMD) to offer BBA degree programme.

MBA Hiring is Strong across the globe with 4 in 5 Companies planning to hire MBA Graduates in 2018. The MBA graduates continue to command a salary premium relative to other degree holders or the direct-from-industry hires. The projected median base starting salary for recent MBA graduates in the United States in 2018 is US$105,000 (Rs.71.40 Lakhs) as compared to US$85,000 for direct-from-industry new hires and US$65,000 for bachelors degree new hires, according to the 17th Annual Survey Report by GMAC.

IIM Calcutta Final Placements 2025 witnesses strong hiring by Consulting Sector 
The consulting sector was the top recruiter with 201 offers (37.3%) being made. Within this sector, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) emerged as the top recruiter along with Accenture Strategy. Other consulting firms that participated in the IIM Calcutta final placement 2025 were McKinsey, Kearney, Alvarez & Marsal, Arthur D Little, Auctus Advisors, EY-Parthenon, Monitor Deloitte, TCS, KPMG, PwC, and Vector Consulting. 

In a scenario when most B-schools are facing adverse impact of Economic Slowdown in their placements, IIM Shillong too has been affected by this phenomenon with a dip in its Average, Median and highest salary in Placement 2024. IIM Shillong concluded its final placement 2024 witnessing 87 marquee companies making offers to its large batch of 283 students. IIM Shillong has started conferring MBA degree instead of diploma after implementation of IIM Act 2017 which empowered the IIMs to award MBA degree.  

After celebrating the commencement day for its new batch for the academic session 2018-19, Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur organized an Interactive Session withProf. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on June 20, 2018.The topic of the session wasThe Future of Higher Education in India-Management Education in India. The session was attended by the Director XLRI, Fr. E. Abraham S.J., Dean (Academics) Dr. Ashis K Pani along with all other faculty members and students of XLRI.

Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) celebrated the 31st Commencement DayDeeksharambh, at its campus in Greater Noida for its 2018-20 batch of management students on June 16, 2018. Sri Rajeev Dubey, Group President, HR, After-Market & amp; Corporate Services; Mahindra & Mahindra Limited was the Chief Guest on the occasion and the Guest of Honour was Shri Alok Kumar Choudhary, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India -Delhi Circle.

MBA Entrance Exam for admission to MBA (IB) 2019-21 batch at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will be held on Sunday December 2, 2018. IIFT 2018 exam for admission to MBA (IB) 2019-21 exam will be a conventional paper based test - this has been confirmed by Prof Manoj Pant, Director of IIFT in a brief interview with MBAUniverse.com.

Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, one of the premier business schools in India has commenced its new batch for the academic session 2018-19. The institute has begun a 10-day induction programme for the Batch of 2018-20 from 15 June, 2018. On the occasion, Industry leaders were present to motivate the new batch of future leaders.

Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur has announced the commencement of new academic session 2018-19 on June 11, 2018 with an inaugural prayer service function with a fresh batch strength of 543 students admitted in 2018 as against 537 students last year.