Emergent Vision to Enhance Reserves of the Global Value Chain: Building Brand India is the theme of the 3 day Annual Management Conclave Conventus15 of International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi. The conclave began on August 21 and will continue till August 23, 2015. Conventus is organized by the student community of International Management Institute (IMI). Corporate leaders have come together to discuss, deliberate, justify and elaborate the significance of evolution in terms of and their value addition to the economy.

CAT 2015 registration window that opened on August 6, 2015 will continue till September 20, 2015 with number of aspirant friendly changes but without any facility to choose the necessary exam slot and test centre. Now CAT 2015 aspirants are in a dilemma whether they should go for early registration or should wait for last days. Experts as well as CAT 2015 convener suggest although there is no harm in going for early registration, rushing for it is also not necessary nor it is desirable to wait for the closing date of registration.

INSEAD Singapore and NUS are the top business schools for MBA in the Asia-Pacific region. Both the schools are highly competitive and offer an academically rigorous MBA programme. These schools are not only the top ranking ones in the Asian region they also feature in the global MBA rankings despite US dominance.

Only a day remains to register and apply for MAT 2015 September exam, the gateway to MBA/PGDM programmes to more than 180 B-schools across the country.
All India Management Association (AIMA), the authority convening paper pencil and online Management Aptitude Test (MAT) Sep 2015 will close the online as well as offline registration process for the exam on August 22, 2015. The completed application has to be submitted online or off-line latest by August 25, 2015.

IIM Lucknow, the highly placed B school in MBAUniverse.com ranking has announced the shortlisitng criteria for admission 2016 to flagship PGP; PGP-ABM and PGP-SM programmes 2016-18. CAT 2015 aspirants shall have to score a minimum of 90 overall and 85 sectional percentile to qualify for shortlisting by IIM Lucknow.

Hosted at IIM Bangalore, the 3day fest of ideas, competitions and panel discussions EXIMIUS 2015 has concluded. The event saw over 5000 participants from management schools across the country. From historian Ramachandra Guha to business leader Mahesh Murthy; from filmmaker Ketan Mehta to start-up stars Anjana Vivek and Rajiv Raghunandan, Eximius 2015 witnessed enthusiastic participation.

The list of Non-IIM member B-schools authorized to accept CAT 2015 scores has surpassed past record and one day still remains to expand this number further. The earlier list of Non-IIM member institutes comprised total 81 B-schools. The number was shorter by only a few B-schools, but the fresh updated list of Non-IIM member institutes despite containing 101 B-schools does not have JBIMS, Great lakes among others. It is expected that this number will further increase after August 20 and the highly ranked B schools which are not included in the list will also find a place.

The accelerated MBA at Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB) of the Singapore Management University (SMU) is designed to train candidates to become successful business leaders in Asia. The program can be completed in 12 months and prepares students to face global business challenges and be an effective leader. The admissions committee carefully picks the qualified candidates from among thousands of application and keeps the class size as small as possible. Last year only 60 candidates were selected to participate in the SMU MBA programme.

The first CMAT 2016 to be convened in January 2016 with be a yearly event and will be the last CMAT of the calendar year 2016. The scores of CMAT 2016 January exam will remain valid for the academic session 2016-17. The CMAT aspirants from now on will not have the opportunity to improve their scores in next exam as was available when 2 half yearly CMAT exams were conducted by AICTE in one academic year.