Recently, Government of India announced Start Up India and Make in India initiatives, aimed at creating more entrepreneurs and enterprises in India. This augurs well for the country where job-seekers abound, and only few take up entrepreneurship.

WAT and PI process for admission to 19 IIMs in their flagship PGP 2016-18 programmes has already begun and the WAT topics confronting the aspirants in 2016 are more focused on current affairs and economic development than they used to be earlier.

After enjoying one year of autonomy in admission process last year, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) Mumbai one of the most sought after management institutes goes back to the Centralized Admission Process (CAP) to be conducted by DTE Maharashtra for admission to MMS/MBA 2016-18 batch in 400 odd Maharashtra B-schools.

MICA Ahmedabad celebrated its 25th Anniversary in the presence of students across batches and courses, and faculty members, in its Shela campus on Friday February 5, 2016. The event was characterized by a mark of respect and reverence to Shri A.G.Krishnamurthy, the founder of the institute, who passed away on the Friday morning at the age of 73.

Marking success and clearing the fog whether the newest IIM Visakhapatnam first batch students would be accepted by industry, the Summer Placement season for the first batch, PGP class of 2015-17 of the Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV) successfully concluded with 33 companies recruiting all 48 participating students from the batch of 49, while one student opted out to pursue a startup effort. IIM Visakhapatnam is one of the 6 new IIMs that started in 2015 and is currently operating under the faculty mentorship of IIM Bangalore.

International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi has announced the personal interview (PI) round dates of its 4 prestigious courses Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Post Graduate Diploma inHumanResource Management (PGDM- HRM), Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Financial Services (PGDM-B&FS) and Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management.The PI process will happen during February 18 to 23, 2016 at IMI-New Delhi campus.

With more than 160 companies participating and making more than 450 offers across 200 job profiles,IIM Bangalore has successfully concluded the final placement 2016 for the PGP 2014-16 class with 100% placement for a batch of 409 students. Consulting emerged as major recruiting sector contributing 30% of total offers made in the final placement 2016 at IIM Bangalore. The Final Placement season at IIM Bangalore concluded successfully within 5 interview slots of half a day each.

Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon recently organised its first HR Conclave. The event, titled Reinventing HR: An Extreme Makeover, took place in Gurgaon on February 6 and brought together many industry leaders under one roof for a healthy, open exchange of ideas to chart the future course of the HR industry.

Making a swift move to conduct MAH CET 2016 on the fast pace, DTE Maharashtra has announced the exam to be conducted on March 12 and 13, 2016. The registration and application process for MAH CET 2016 opened on February 12 and is proposed to close on February 23, 2016 at 5 PM. The result for the exam is proposed to be declared on March 29, 2016.