Was this the learning experience in the institutes; sudden spurt in demand for MBAs or suddenly India has come out of its slackening growth process aiming to surpass China or the recruiters in India have become more generous?

How the dismal picture of global economic slowdown that has been haunting the minds of young MBAs encountered a tough fight in placement 2014 and turned the direction of the wind in favor of these young job seekers became a topic of research which MBAUniverse.com managed to do and tried to get to the core of it.

Waiting period for admission to new IIMs is going to be over as the final merit lists for admission to IIM Kashipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Raipur, IIM Rohtak, IIM Trichy and IIM Udaipur are expected to be out in the 1st week of May 2014. Brand IIM has definitely become a household name for MBA education and with the high standard of education during the short span of their emergence; these 6 new IIMs have also been able to maintain the standard of learning experience and placement which attract more and more MBA aspirants year after year.

Working managers who wish to pursue management course from Xavier School of Management (XLRI) have good opportunity as the premium B school has announced admissions to the Postgraduate Certificate in Business Management (PGCBM) and Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management (PGCHRM) under their Virtual Interactive Learning (VIL) Programme with Hughes Communication.

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Whats common among Jyotiradiya Scindia, Jitin Prasada, Sachin Pilot, Navin Jindal and P Chidambaram, apart from holding the Ministerial positions in Government of India?

The answer lies in the fact that they are all MBAs who have earned good reputation as Ministers.

Honble Supreme Court of India in its interim order dated April 17, 2014 after hearing the petition of Odisha Technical College Association (OTCA) restored the regulatory control of technical and management education to AICTE. The latest order reverses the earlier order dated April 25, 2013 according to which institutes affiliated to University did not require AICTE approval. The interim order has allowed AICTE to move according to the Approval Process handbook for another year 2014-15. The order restores the pre April 25, 2013 regulatory position to AICTE.

With almost all the important MBA/PGDM entrance examinations results declared, GDPI either over or going to be over, final admission lists going to be announced and a few good MBA/PGDM B schools going to close their admission process shortly, how wise it will be to appear in AIMAs MAT (Management Aptitude Test) May 2014 and wait till the last week of May 2014 for score cards to explore admission opportunities in remaining MBA/PGDM programmes, is a big question the answer to which depends upon number of important factors and priorities.

Going by the MAHCET 2014 MBA/MMS/PGDM results analysis, it is evidently clear that not only number of test takers have substantially reduced in 2014 in comparison to 2012 (No MAHCET was held in 2013) but the scores have also taken a down trend. On the top of it, number of seats for various management programmes in most of the colleges has increased from 34 thousand in 2012 to 45 thousand in 2014, a clear indicator that more applicants can be accommodated in batch 2014-16. This phenomenon is going to tremendously help especially those who have scored on lower side.

With the declaration of MAHCET 2014 results, DTE Maharashtra is all set to begin the Centralized Admission Process (CAP) on May 12, 2014 for admission 2014-16 batch of MBA/MMS/PGDM programmes across Maharashtra for Maharashtra domicile as well as for outside Maharashtra candidates.
MBAUniverse.com was the first MBA Portal, breaking the news on the declaration of MAHCET 2014 results 11 days prior to the scheduled date of declaration.

XLRI Leadership series a student body of XLRI Jamshedpur organised X-Tend 2014 Leadership conclave on April 17, 2014 in association with the Centre of Global Management and Responsible Leadership (CGMRL). The conclave brought together eminent academicians and industrialists to discuss about Designing Future ready Organization.