Indian Institute of Management Bangalore will celebrate its 42nd Foundation Day on Wednesday, October 28, 2015and will extend honour to its distinguished alumni among other plethora of events and activities on campus.

Indian Association of Autonomous Business Schools (IAABS) after organizing B-Schools Summit with Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director, XLRI as its President has submitted a Memorandum on October 11, 2015 to Ms Smriti Irani Minister of HRD, Government of India and has demanded autonomy to award MBA degree and level playing field at par with IIMs.

The memorandum is signed by Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director, XLRI as President of IAABS; Dr Bakul Dholakia, Director General IMI & former Director IIM Ahmedabad and Dr. C.P. Srimali, Director MDI, Gurgaon as Vice Presidents of IAABS.

Beating all expectation, a record 54,010 candidates have registered to take NMAT by GMAC test, which closed its registration process on October 19, 2015. Compared with last years registrations, this year 7000 more candidates have registered for the exam. Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), owner of NMAT by GMAC exam, has shared these numbers exclusively with MBAUniverse.com.

Attention CAT 2015 Aspirants! To test your readiness and preparation for the D-day, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management Hyderabad (VJIM-Hyd) will be organizing CAT 2015 mock test on November 6, 7 & 8, 2015 at 36 locations across the country.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak has announced the admission to the doctoral programmes (FPM) 2016. The last date to apply for the programme is January 30, 2016.
IIM Rohtak is the only IIM in NCR region. In its initial years of establishment, IIM Rohtak very well understood the scarcity of quality research programmes in India and hence decided to start the doctoral programme to cater to the rising demand of qualified researchers and academicians in the industry.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will conduct the entrance test for admission to MBA (IB) 2016-18 batch at its Delhi and Kolkata campuses on Sunday, November 22, 2015 in 20 cities across India. The entrance exam will be paper pen based and will be of two hours duration from 10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon.

The 4 culprits who are suspected to have tempered and escalated the CAT 2012 scores for 80 candidates include the mastermind Vikas Bansal who has been arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from Ghaziabad almost after 3 years of declaration of CAT result. Other arrested accused in the case are Muhammad Aslam, Zegam Abbas and Muhammad Aafaque. CBI expects more to be involved in the CAT score goof and after producing recently arrested Vikas Bansal in the court, is exploring the possibility of involvement of more such criminal heads.

Analysis after taking right kind of mock tests for CAT 2015 is as necessary as taking the mock itself, else Mocks are of little use. Unless and until you know the type of errors that you have committed while attempting the mock test and analyse it afterwards so that it may not recur, taking a mock wouldnt serve its purpose.

Dr ML Shrikant, widely respected as a pioneer of management education in India, passed away on October 16. He served as the Honorary Dean of SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) from 1987 till 2014. During his tenure SPJIMR emerged as one of leading Bschool in India with unique approach to curriculum and pedagogy.

Summer Placement for 2015-17 MMS batch at JBIMS Mumbai is over with a hike of 17 % in average stipend and maintaining its record of 100% internship offers. It is the 51st MMS Batch of Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. The placement concluded in record time of 4 days. The campus attracted both legacy and new recruiters across various sectors who hired in large numbers.