Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, has announced a successful placement year reflecting the growth in the economy.

The PGPM Class of 2011 comprised 296 students from diverse backgrounds and work experience ranging from 20 months to 81 months. This year, 121 leading companies participated in the placements, an increase of 59% over last year as companies chose Great Lakes students for a variety of roles including Senior Management positions.

In an MBA aspirants life, choosing the right B-School is one of the most crucial decisions. It needs to be taken very carefully as MBA happens only once in a lifetime and you need to be very careful about your choice of B-schools. In order to guide the students on choosing the right B-School for MBA, MBAUniverse.com hosted a Live Expert Chat on Friday, April 22, 2011 with Mr. Manish Saraf, COO, PT Education.

Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, recently concluded the summer placements process for the first year students of the 2010-12 batch.

Most of the MBA aspirants have started their preparations for CAT 2011, but if you have not started yet then you should go through these FAQs:

The landscape of Bhubaneswar is swamped with great traditions of our country. It is the capital of Orissa. The sheer volume of temples that are found here and as the number of visitors keep growing to this godly place, one cant help but be stunned by such an overriding effect. Or the devotees pay a visit to this beautiful place to receive the blessings from their gods & goddesses. Put it mildly, wherever you go around this amazing city, the history of temples engraved so palatably will keep humming in your ears.

The MBA Admissions 2011 has been a very interesting story so far. The admissions season began with downs and later moved to ups, luckily. The AICTE affiliated B-schools had been served a shocker before the start of the admissions season. Completely caught unawares the notification served by the AICTE hit hard the B-schools.

There are now just around two weeks left for the second Management Aptitude Test of the year 2011 (MAT May 2011), conducted by AIMA. MAT May 2011 is scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 1, 2011 and Saturday, May 7, 2011. The exam will be held in both paper pencil format and computer based format.

After getting through the B-School of your dream, the main concern that will start to rock your mind will be regarding the payment of the fees. While approaching the banks for education loans, an aspirant faces several queries.

In this exclusive interview with MBAUniverse.com, Mr. Harsh Roongta, CEO, Apnapaisa.com, talks about the several aspects which you should know while applying for education loan from banks.

Management Aptitude Test (MAT), conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA), is a popular choice of MBA aspirants. MAT is conducted four times in a year, in the months of February, May, September and December. Recently, AIMA had announced the start of the registrations for MAT May 2011 exam. The MBA entrance exam will take place on May 1, 2011 in paper pencil format and May 7, 2011 onwards in computer based format. The registration process for the exam is going on at present.

MBA is in vogue. The trends in the job market point towards the ever shooting demand of this golden degree. Given the prevalent cut throat competition and the rat race for money and power, its natural for everyone to demand for more. If you are a working professional and still not an MBA, then what else is more desirable than getting the highly coveted MBA, on campus or off campus?