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It has been a while since the B-schools have started declaring their final lists of selected students. If you have been selected by the B-schools of the top league like IIMs, XLRI, MDI, IMT, SPJIMR etc. then it might not be that tough a task for you to decide on the B-school for taking admission to.
But if you get selected by the B-schools beyond the rank of 25, then you might get confused about which one to take final admission in. This confusion is nothing new for an MBA aspirant.

Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS), Delhi, an institute of excellence in the field of management studies and IT education, is witnessing a beeline of companies during the ongoing campus recruitment at its campus.

Kohinoor Management School, Mumbai offers PGDM of two years duration. The program is approved by AICTE. The b school admission process is going on at present and the last date to apply is Tuesday, May 31, 2011.
Kohinoor Management School considers scores of MAH CET, CAT, MAT, XAT and GMAT for admissions. The candidates who are shortlisted based on their test scores, have to undergo group discussion and personal interview rounds.

The number of seats offered by the B School is 120. The fee of the program is Rs. 1,75,000.

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai, has announced the successful closure of final placements for 110 students of its 2009-11 batch.

LIBA, which kick started the placement season in the first week of December 2010, had 10 pre-placement offers in its bag even before the final placement began at the campus.

Marketing as a function topped with 45% of the students being placed in it. Finance profiles accounted for 39% and Human Resource 16%. BFSI as an industry dominated with 39% of the total students being placed therein.

International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi was established in 1981 in collaboration with IMI Geneva (now IMD, Lausanne). It is Indias first corporate sponsored Business School with sponsorship from many corporate houses. In the last 28 years, the Institute has acquired a truly global status. It received UNDP assistance for promoting internationally oriented management education. It has also various other international linkages with bodies like World Bank, UNDP, ILO, UNCTAD, Asian Productivity Organization to provide a global perspective to the students.

In terms of management education, Kolkata can be considered as the pioneer as the first institute in India to offer an MBA degree of any Indian university was set up here. The Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM) was established in 1953.

Also, the first IIM of the country was established in this city. IIM Calcutta has produced leading business minds in the nation like Indra Nooyi, Chairman, Pepsi Co.

The Personal Interview round is a nerve wracking round. For all those candidates who have received their calls for GD and PI from Maharashtra based B-schools the time is ripe for giving shape to the final strategy for facing the GD PI rounds confidently. To help all such candidates MBAUniverse.com brings to you special tips on answering the most common and basic question that is asked during the Personal Interview round at B-schools -- Why MBA?.

MAT May 2011, the second MAT exam of the year, conducted by AIMA held the paper pencil based test on Sunday, May 1, 2011. The computer based exam of MAT May will be held from Saturday, 7 May 2011.

One of the leaders in the field of management education, Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai, has wrapped up its placement for the 2009-11 MBA batch consisting of 413 students.