Exhorting B-schools to focus on finding solutions of real issues like challenges of urbanization, governance and other national and global problems, Union HRD Minister Dr M.M Pallam Raju has asked IIMs and management institutes in India to take on larger challenges and not merely confine themselves to their academic interests.

Do you look for logic in everything that happens around you? If yes, you have all good chances to score high in the Logical Reasoning (LR) section of Common Admission Test (CAT).

With 150 days left for CAT 2013, your CAT preparation strategy must also include a comprehensive lay-out on the Logical Reasoning. Though the section carries 10-11 questions as part of the Verbal Ability section in CAT, Aspirants generally dont pay as much attention to it as they do for other sections like Quant and Verbal.

The International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi held its 29th Annual Convocation at the Chinmaya Mission Auditorium, New Delhi on May 29, 2013. The convocation address on the occasion was delivered by Mr R K Dubey, Chairman and Managing Director, Canara Bank.

As many as 210 students across the regular PGDM, PGDHRM; Part-time PGDM, and the Executive PGDM programmes obtained their diplomas in management education.

Aiming to guide CAT Aspirants on 5-month Prep-strategy for CAT 2013, MBAUniverse.com will host Mr Sandeep Manudhane, Founder Chairman, PT education as Guest Expert on the second Live Chat of CAT 2013 season on Friday, May 31. The hour long Chat session will begin at 3.00 pm and continue till 4.00 pm.

Indian-origin globally recognized executive Mr Sangeet Chowfla will head Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) as its President and CEO beginning 2014.

GMAC, the global council of worlds leading graduate schools of business and management, announced the appointment of Mr Chowfla as President to succeed David A. Wilson, who has served for the past 18 years as both President and CEO. Sangeet will join GMAC as President in September and assume the CEO role on January 1, 2014.

As you get into serious CAT 2013 preparation mode, you must be ready with the section-wise strategy to score a high CAT percentile which can bring you admission opportunities at IIMs and other top B-schools like FMS, JBIMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IMT etc.

As MBA Aspirants foray into their CAT journey, a section-wise strategy for next 150 days is one of the most important elements that can lead them to scoring high CAT percentile and offer opportunities to enter into their dream IIMs or other Top B-schools like FMS, JBIMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IMT etc. With the two sections Quantitative Aptitude (QA) & Verbal Ability (VA), comprising 30 questions each in Common Admission Test (CAT), an equal emphasis on both the section is required.

The Indian School of Business (ISB) has admitted a total of 774 students across its Hyderabad and Mohali campuses, for the Class of 2014 of its Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP).

According to the Institute, the batch consists of students from diverse academic, professional, cultural, geographic and social backgrounds. The average GMAT score of the new batch stood at 711 with five years of working experience, the institute said.

With 150 days left to your Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 date, you must strictly become consistent with your preparation timing as proper time management plays a key role to scoring high CAT percentile.
Though CAT experts believe that four to five month of serious preparation can fetch you a good confidence level for CAT, they however insist that practice and consistency with fixed daily-preparation hours or weekly- preparation hours hold key to achieving high CAT percentile.

Globally recognized management thinker and Vice-Chairman of HCL Technology Vineet Nayar will deliver the much anticipated keynote address at the 4th Indian Management Conclave (IMC) Awards & Conference 2013 on August 1-2 in New Delhi.