The CMAT February 2013 ended on February 25 and it is being hailed as a very successful exam. Dr S S Mantha, chairman of the AICTE, which conducts the test, in a free-flowing interview with MBAUniverse.com, spoke his heart out. Dr Mantha spoke elaborately on CMAT, its future road map, the Indian MBA education sector and roles B schools can play in improving the scenario in management education.
Excerpts of the interview

Q: What is your reaction on CMAT February 2013?

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore is inviting applications from eligible candidates for admission to its two-year post graduate program (PGP) in management (2013-15 batch), to be conducted in Mumbai. The program begins in July and the last date of the receipt of applications is March 22. The number of seats is 75.

To help aspirants identify and choose right MBA institutes, MBAUniverse.com has started publishing articles describing some common but sought-after information about reputed B schools. Each story describes a particular institute, its selection process, scopes for study loans & scholarships, placement details, averages salary and notable alumni.

This article shares with you updated information on Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai.

TSM at a glance

MBA graduates at top B-schools learned success mantras and lessons on work-life balance as eminent corporate leaders and experts like Arcelor Mittal Chairman and CEO L N Mittal, HCL Founder & Chairman Shiv Nadar, HUL CEO & MD Mr. Nitin Paranjpe shared their insight during their convocation addresses at IIMs and other top B-schools over the last one week.

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To help aspirants identify and choose right MBA institutes, MBAUniverse.com has started publishing articles describing some common but sought-after information about reputed B schools. Each story describes a particular institute, its selection process, scopes for study loans & scholarships, placement details, averages salary and notable alumni.

This article shares with you updated information on Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies (DSIMS), Mumbai

DSIMS at a glance

Master of Business Administration (MBA) is one of the most sought after professional course for fresh graduates and executive who aspire to acquire and sharpen their professional skills and go up the corporate ladder. This is well reflected as you scan the professional qualification of most of the highly positioned corporate managers and CXOs.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has concluded its final Placements of 2013 with top companies including Goldman Sachs, Nomura Holdings, HSBC, Citibank, DBS, ICICI, CRISIL, ITC, Google amongst others offering lucrative jobs to all the students who sought placement through campus. According to the institute, the median salary witnessed an increase of 9 per cent over last placement season.

Group Discussion (GD) is the integral part of final selection process at most of the B-schools. The group discussion is a tool for selectors to evaluate aspirants ability to gather their thought on a random topic and analyse the issue with its pros and cons based on facts and logic. It also tests their thought leading capabilities, clarity in their argument, ability to articulate and team leading capacity.

MBAUniverse .com brings to you a series of real account of GD, PI, WAT round at Top B School for admission in the session 2013-15.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur has concluded final placement for second batch of its flagship program - PGP 2011-2013 with top companies like HSBC, E&Y, Ranbaxy, IBM, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki, Godrej & Boyce, Vedanta, ICICI Bank, HT Media, Hindustan Petroleum, Infosys BPO, recruiting all the passing-out graduates who sought placement through campus.

While the average annual salary offered at the campus was Rs 12.03 lakh, the highest salary stood at Rs 19.00 lakh. Out of the 45 eligible students, one had opted out to pursue his career as an entrepreneur.

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If you wish to get admission at a B-school located in the western and eastern part of our country, we bring you updated list of B schools in west region along with their location, fee structure, total seats and acceptable written exam scores.