Mumbai based leading B-school SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai has announced completion of its Final Placements 2014. SPJIMR beat previous records in placing the Class of 2014 with the average salary climbing to Rs 17.2 lakhs. This puts SPJIMR average salary amongst the Top 5 B-schools in India that officially announce their salary. 51% of the Class of 2013 received Pre-Placement Offers and Pre-Placement Interviews.

In a unique initiative, two AACSB Accredited institutions, TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) and University of Dubai (UD), have joined hands to offer an 18 months MBA programme to Indian students. The program offers placement assurance in Dubai and is open only for 20 candidates in the first year.

Sharing the similarities, USPs, key features of this collaboration, Dr R C Natarajan, Director, TAPMI Manipal sees a number of positives with a promising future for Global MBA education. Edited excerpts of the interview:

MAHCET 2014 aspirants have 11 days left for this another important management entrance test called Maharashtra Common Entrance Test or MAH CET 2014, which can open the gates of good B schools for them across Maharashtra. The most beneficial part of MAH CET 2014 is that it will not only provide admission to Maharashtra domicile candidates but also to outside Maharashtra candidates.

Read: MAHCET 2014 Paper Pattern: Prepare for MAH MBA CET 2014 to be held on March 15-16, 2014

Level of questions in MH CET Quant (LOD)

A five-member team from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, comprising Soumya Gupta, Pratik Jaipuriar, Saakshi Mahajan, Siddharth Agarwal and Abhishek Agarwal all Finance majors of PGP2, has won the National Finals of the CFA Institute Research Challenge 2013-14. They will represent India at the Asia Pacific Finals of the Investment Olympiad to be held in Singapore in April 2014.

In another Real account of Personal Interview, MBAUniverse.com is publishing details of a candidates interactions at IMI New Delhi. (Name of the candidate has been changed to protect the identity.)

Suvarna Kapoor is a B. Pharma from well known Jaypee University and has been working for last one year as a faculty with the role of developing training modules. She fared well in CAT 2013 scoring 90 percentile with a consistent good academic record of 80 to 90 percentages of marks from class 10thto graduation.

The biggest USP of Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai is its student driven focus on various activities. JBIMS is one of the most sought after management institutes and is ranked 14 in MBAUniverse.com ranking 2013 among the top 100 Indian B schools including IIMs.

Number of seats in MMS
The present intake in JBIMS for the flagship MMS course is 120.

No separate GDPIWAT at JBIMS Mumbai

20 percent questions in Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension section of MAHCET examinations are expected to be based on vocabulary usage. Strong vocabulary may turn the table in scoring good marks and in securing a seat in a good B school in Maharashtra like JBIMS, KJ Somaiya, SIMSREE, etc. Outside Maharashtra candidates have more than 8 thousand seats waiting for them in 400+ B schools across the state.

MMS/PGDM admissions to 180 seats in Sydenham institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE) are open for Maharashtra as well as outside Maharashtra candidates.

SIMSREE Mumbai Admission 2014: Short listing

Mumbai the state capital of Maharashtra and business Capital of India has been the financial hub of the country since beginning. National stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay stock Exchange (BSE) are globally renowned business centres the commercial trading activities of which make a great impact on economic trends. Apart from being the financial capital of the country, it has the great Maratha cultural heritage which makes this metro city unique among others.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi and Kolkata campuses have reinforced their standing as one of the elite B?Schools of the country, by concluding final placements for the Batch of 2012-2014 in record time. In all 85 recruiters including 46 first-time recruiters made offers for 200 students of the graduating class of 2014. The highest domestic CTC stood at Rs. 24 lakhs p.a. with the average CTC rising by 15%to Rs. 14.32 lakhs p.a.