RICS Open day to offer insight on specialised MBA programmes

Aimed at helping students and their parents to understand career prospects in highly specialized areas like real estate, construction and infrastructure sectors, RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University is organising a day-long interaction programme at its Noida Campus on June 6.

According to the institute, the open day is scheduled on June 6 between 10 am 4 pm at Noida campus of Amity University. An information session on careers in built environment will also be held from 11am 12pm, followed by Q&A with the Dean and Director of the School.

CAT 2013: Begin Quant Prep with Number System

As you chalk-out your Quant section strategy for CAT 2013, you must start your preparation with major building blocks like Number System under the section. A conceptual clarity in Number System of Quant section also helps your overall Quant preparation as it strengthens your fundamentals for other areas of Quant section.

Importance of Number System:

B-school closures are merely market correction, HRD Minister tells MBAUniverse.com

Union HRD Minister Dr M M Pallam Raju has said that the government is not worried on the closure of more than 200 PGDM institutes as this is only a part of market correction process.

The closure of B-schools is only a process of market correction and government is not worried about these closures. The recent closures indicate to the sustainability of quality MBA institutes only, the Union Minister said. He was responding to a question by MBAUniverse.com on the sidelines of 2-day IIM meet in Goa that ended on June 1.

Immerse yourself into CAT to gain stamina, conceptual clarity & speed

How do I plan my CAT preparation beginning now? What is the average hours I need to put in for CAT preparation daily & weekly? How do I tackle my speed problem while solving quant questions?
These are some of the questions that MBA Aspirants ask to MBAUniverse.com as they seriously take plunge into their CAT journey which can lead them to dream IIMs and other top B-schools like FMS, JBIMS, SPJIMR, IMT etc.

B-schools must find solutions to real issues: Dr Pallam Raju @ IIM Summit

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.

150 days to CAT 2013: Develop logic to score high in LR

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.

IMI awards PG diploma to over 200 students at 29th convocation

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.

150 days to CAT: Expert Live Chat with PT Chairman on May 31 @ 3.00 pm

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-American Sangeet Chowfla appointed GMAC President & CEO

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.