IIM Visakhapatnam to have Dr Sourav Mukherjee, Dean programmes IIMB as Nodal officer; 70 students to get admission

Awaiting some formal approvals from MHRD to finally begin the academic session at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Visakhapatnam, the mentor IIM Bangalore has appointed Dr Sourav Mukherjee, Dean Programmes at IIMB as the Nodal officer for IIM Visakhapatnam. Sharing with MBAUniverse.com Kavitha Kumar, Head Communications at IIMB says Dr. Sourav Mukherji, IIMBs Dean Programs, will be the nodal officer during the mentorship period.

IIM Indore: 5th IIM & 10th B school in India to join GMAC membership

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) owner and administrator of the GMAT exam has announced IIM Indore as its 10th member B-school in India and 5th IIM to join GMAC membership. The announcement was made in New Delhi on June 30, 2015. After IIM Ahmedabad; IIM Bangalore; IIM Calcutta; IIM Lucknow, the IIM Indore has become 5th IIM to join GMAC membership. Other GMAC member B schools in India include Indian School of Business, NMIMS University, S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, XLRI and Great Lakes Institute of Management.

Amrita School of Business MBA orientation: 4 policies capable to transform lives Dr Shekhar Chaudhary, former Dir IIM C

Amrita School of Business (ASB) Coimbatore has inaugurated its 20th batch of full-time MBA program at Amriteshwari Hall in its campus beginning the 2 week long orientation on June 15, 2015. The new batch comprises 125 students from all over the country, coming from diversified academic background including engineering, medicine, arts and science.

MIT Sloan School of Management, USA to open MBA admission in July; first round to close on September 17, 2015

MIT (Sloan) one of the worlds leading business schools delivering high end business education in a highly innovative community is going to open on-line admission application process for MBA 2016 in July 2015.

While the first round of application submission will close on September 17, 2015, the final application round will be over on April 11, 2016. MBA abroad aspirants should submit their applications by January 14, 2016 in case they miss the first round.

MDI commences its new batch of budding managers for its flagship Post Graduate programmes

Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, one of the leading B-Schools in India, opened its gates for the 2015-17 intakes of their flagship Post Graduate Programmes namely, Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM), Human Resource Management (PGP-HRM) and International Management (PGP-IM). The event was held between 17th to 23rd June 2015 in the colleges auditorium. Students got a glimpse of what lies ahead for them in their life at MDI and their career graph thereafter.

CAT 2015: Expect a surprise question in Verbal Ability on First sentence of paragraph; know how to prepare and answer

In view of Prof S K Agarwal, expert on Verbal Ability in CAT 2015 preparation, it is expected that CAT 2015 would serve you with 2 questions based on completion of a paragraph in Verbal Ability section. This type of question was missing in CAT 2014 but it could re-appear in CAT 2015, so be on your guard and prepare well.+

SMU-Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore: MBA Scholarships and financial assistance

Established in 2000, Singapore Management University (SMU) was the first publicly funded autonomous university in Singapore and is built on the model of University of Pennsylvania-Wharton. Their collaboration is augmented by theWharton-SMU Research Center, giving Wharton a physical presence in Asia. MBA courses at Singapore Management University were launched in 2008 at Lee Kong Chian School of Business.

IIM Amritsar Admission criteria announced: Classes to begin in July 2015; website launched

Launching the website for IIM Amritsar, the mentor IIMK has declared the shortlisting and selection process for the admission at IIM Amritsar in Punjab. The Registration and verification process for admission to the first batch of PGP 2015-17 for IIM Amritsar has begun on June 29, 2015 and will close on July 3, 2015.

CAT 2015 going to be a different experience: 5 key known facts to guide your preparation in next 100 days

IIM Ahmedabad the CAT 2015 convening IIM with testing partner TCS is gearing up for the forthcoming Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 to bring number of firsts and many changes with a vision to change the class room environment in IIMs. Prof Tathagata Bandyopadhyay, Convener CAT 2015 and faculty IIM Ahmedabad proposes and has drawn strategic plan to make CAT 2015 a great success and an aspirant friendly exam calling for the participation of candidates coming from all academic backgrounds.