Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, held its annual Convocation with Chief Guests Mr. Ratan N Tata, Chairman-TATA Trusts participating in the convocation interaction and Mr. Faizal E Kottikollan, Founder and Chairman, KEF Holdings, Dubai delivering the presidential address. The Convocation was held on July 15, 2015.

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) announced the implementation of 3 new GMAT features and options that became effective from July 19, 2015 to enhance the GMAT exam experience for test takers. GMAC has decided to remove cancelled scores from score reports; allows graduate management education candidates to retake the GMAT exam after a 16-day time period rather than the previous 31-day retake period; and enable test takers to view their Official Score Report online using their date of birth instead of an authentication code.

Hardly a week is to go for release of CAT 2015 exam notification which is proposed to be released on July 26, 2015 with many changes and surprises making the forthcoming CAT as the first of its kind of examination during past many years.

Prof. Pramod P. Thevannoor Vice Chairman of SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, Cochin got elected as the President of the South Asia Council of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), Region 10. Prof. Thevannoor is a renowned name in the world of academia in the country and is professor of Marketing Communication.

TheWharton Schoolof the University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1881 as the first business school in USA by American entrepreneur and industrialist Joseph Wharton. A dream B-School and highly selective, Wharton is globally ranked 3 by The Financial Times and is recognized for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. With over 93,000 alumni in 153 countries around the world Wharton has one of the largest and most published business school faculties with 225+ standing and associate members.

Breaking the legacy of opening the registration process for September CMAT examination in the first 4-5 days of July every year, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has allowed the first 2 weeks of July 2015 pass by without any indication when they are going to announce the CMAT Sep 2015 exam. It appears that AICTE has forgot opening of CMAT Sep 2015 (the first CMAT 2016 test) which may cause delay in conduct of the exam. In fact CAT 2015 is proposed to be held in October 2015 and there will be MAT Sep 2015 also.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore the 6th in the family of IIMs has revamped its curriculum for the PGP 2015-17 batch with many initiatives and innovations. Prof Rishikesha T. Krishnanthe Director and his team at the Indian Institute of Management Indore in an endeavour to make the PGP course at IIM Indore more effective in career span of IIMI students have brought about innovations in pedagogy also apart from making changes in curriculum. The focus is on making the course worthy of current market demand.

CAT 2015 aspirants are preparing hard with the solo aim to get into the flagship MBA/PGP 2016-18 batch of IIM A, B, C, L or the top B schools like FMS & SPJIMR where not only the learning experience is great but an excellent career opportunity is also assured after completion of the course.