With five months left for CAT 2013, MBAUniverse.com has launched weekly Online Live Chat session with renowned CAT Experts to guide MBA Aspirants on their CAT 2013 preparation strategy and related CAT preparation queries.

In the first Online Expert Live Chat of CAT 2013 season held on May 24, Mr Abhishek Gupta, National Product Head, MBA Test-Prep, Career Launcher India shared his tips on section-wise strategy, time management and other related queries on CAT 2013.

Great Lakes Institute of Energy Management and Research, Gurgaon held its annual Convocation for its new batch of PGPM students on May 24, 2013. Union Minister of State for HRD Mr Jitin Prasada & Reliance Industries Limited New Ventures CEO and President Mr Vivek Lall attended the ceremony.

IFIM Business School Bangalore organized 5th International Conference -Convergence 2013 on 17-18 May at the IFIM campus. The conference based on the theme - Role of Innovation in Business, saw participation of academician and scholars from 8 countries who presented over 150 research papers during the event.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore has almost concluded final placement for its batch of 2013, even as a total of 142 top companies including ITC, PepsiCo, Pidilite, Airtel, Vodafone, GSK, Sony Entertainment, Flipkart, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Citibank, ICICI Bank, recruited the students from the campus.

According to the placement committee of IIM Indore, the average annual package at the campus was Rs 12.1 lakh and the highest annual domestic salary stood as high as Rs 34 LPA.

With CAT 2013 Aspirants getting into serious preparation mode for the elite MBA entrance exam beginning October 16, its high time they must create section-wise CAT preparation strategy to score enough CAT percentile to enter into their dream B-schools like IIMs, FMS, JBIMS etc.

This article of MBAUniverse.com brings you tips on Quant preparation strategy as the section along with Data Interpretation carries half of the CAT questions. A power-packed performance in Quant section will definitely help you get on the top.

The Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) will launch its Bhubaneswar campus in July, 2013. According to BIMTECH, AICTE has already approved a total of 120 seats for management programmes to be conducted at the Bhubaneswar campus.

The second campus of BIMTECH in Bhubaneswar is being launched when the institute is celebrating its Silver Jubilee year in 2013.

The job market continues to improve for graduate business school degree holders, as more employers plan to hire MBAs and specialized business masters talent than last year, according to the 2013 Corporate Recruiters Survey carried by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) and its survey partners, the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and the MBA Career Services Council (MBACSC).

The annual employer and graduate surveys, looking at the current employment outlook from both sides of the market, were released today by GMAC.

President Dr Pranab Mukherjee has asked quality seeking Indian University and Colleges to focus on technology-based learning and utilise new concepts like e-classes to counter challenges of faculty shortage in their institutes. He was addressing 3rd convocation of Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Jalandhar on May 20, 2013.

While Dr Mukherjee agreed that educational institutions in India are facing huge shortage of faculty, he said that this problem can be countered with the use of new technology like online classes.