The 2nd convocation of Indian Institute of Management Kashipur was held on 29th March, 2014. The 2nd batch comprising 40 students received their Post Graduate Diplomas in Management.

The event started with the robing and welcoming of the chief guest Mr. Subroto Bagchi, who is the co-founder and current CEO of Mindtree Ltd. Mr. Bagchi is widely renowned in business circles for his supreme role in rebuilding Mindtree and taking it to unprecedented heights after the hit in September 2001.

Placement season 2014 at IMT Ghaziabad began in the first week of December 2013 which has already seen more than 130 recruiters making more offers than last year. According to Dr Bibek Banerjee, Director IMT Ghaziabad There are more number of offers as compared to previous years. PPOs have also increased from last year A total of 571 students from PGDM and DCP have sought placement at IMT Ghaziabad.

The placement 2014 has reflected an upward swing in recruitment with more recruiters offering higher placement packages and more offers.

Common Admission Test, commonly known as CAT is the most sought after entrance examination to pursue MBA/PGDM in IIMs and other top rated MBA colleges in India. It is a yearly examination conducted by Indian Institutes of Management usually in the months of October-November. MBAUniverse.com brings out an overview on CAT 2014 with how to start the preparation from Prof S K Agarwal, expert on Verbal Ability

You have already received ample information from MBAUniverse.com on MBA colleges in Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai which will accept CMAT Feb 2014 scores and where admissions are open. Ahmedabad is another prominent city where admission opportunities can be explored in MBA colleges with CMAT Feb 2014 scores.

Economy:

Placement at IMI Delhi did not see much change except for the fact that more recruiters visited IMI campus for recruitment and more offers were made by the BFSI sector. According to Prof Subir Verma, Dean, placements, IMI except for the firms in BFSI sector overall number of offers per company declined.

The placement process at IMI began in the first week of January 2014 and was over in the third week of January 2014. The placement although began a little late than many other very good B schools, it got over in about a fortnight.

PGDM B-schools, and other private sector higher institutions, play an important role in delivering higher and technical education in India, but it is only those institutions that offer quality education and training which will survive the current spate of closures, where more than 300 B-schools have closed down in last few years. This is the key message coming from AICTE Chairman Dr SS Mantha when he addressed 75 Chairman, Trustees and Directors from Mumbai, Pune and rest of Western India at the MBAUniverse.com Western India RoundTable on March 28 in Pune.

MBAUniverse.com has already shared information about top rated MBA colleges in Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai which will accept CMAT Feb 2014 scores and where admissions are open. Close on the heels of Mumbai, Pune, another most prominent city of Maharashtra with upcoming industries and corporates offering more job opportunities has now become much sought after management education centre of India.

Placement 2014 for PGDM batch 2012-2014 at Birla Institute of Management and Technology BIMTECH, Greater Noida is over, marking an increase of 55% in the highest salary while average salary has also gone up in comparison to placement 2013. According to Prof K K Krishnan, Chairperson, Centre for Corporate Relations Very briefly, it has been all about overcoming the head winds. The volatile economic conditions of 2013 14 have been posing a great challenge to the Centre for Corporate Relations (CCR), BIMTECH in placements.

CMAT Feb 2014 results declared on March 14, 2014 can get you through a good B school in Mumbai. However if you have registered for MAHCET 2014, you stand a good chance in Government aided and Mumbai University affiliated MBA colleges also. MBAUniverse.com presents details of various B schools in Mumbai where you could find admission opportunities with your CMAT February 2014 scores.

MBA /PGDM colleges with top ranking have shown a silver lining beating the global economic slowdown and have reaffirmed the faith of aspirants and educators alike in the management education.