Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi will be holding the IIFT entrance exam date for the coming session of 2010-2012 on Sunday, November 22. IIFT has confirmed this development with MBAUniverse.com. This means that IIFT entrance exam, held on the fourth Sunday of November each year, will remain unaffected from CATs 2009 10-day long schedule. Our readers will remember that we broke the news (on June 26) that CAT entrance exam 2009 will be held from November 28 to December 7.

After the success of International Entrepreneurship Challenge 2008, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi presents International Entrepreneurship Challenge (IEC), 2009, a competition of independent business venture ideas. MBAUniverse.com is the Official Management Portalof this event. The IEC is an initiative of the Entrepreneurship Cell of the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. The event will be launched on August 15, 2009.

The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML) commenced the next batch of PGP program at its campus on June 23, 2009. The IIML PGP Chairman welcomed the new students at the inauguration ceremony, where they took a pledge. The Director and Deans of IIML addressed the students and introduced them with the teaching pedagogy of the MBA institute.

The sixth National Competition for Management Students (NCMS) 2009, organized by AIMA, will be held in September 2009. This years selected theme of NCMS, Innovate, Restructure, Reorganize: Challenges for India Inc, is significant enough for the present situation. The competition has a two-tier structure where the teams will first compete in the regional rounds before taking part in the final round. The regional rounds will take place in Bangalore and Delhi on September 2 and 3, 2009; Mumbai and Kolkata will take the rounds on September 4 and 5, 2009.

Himanshu Sarin is one of those exceptional MBA aspirants who cracked CAT exam in the very first attempt. Himanshu is fresh out of college after appearing for his final semester of B.Tech in CSE. He has cracked CAT exam brilliantly with a score of 159, leading to the percentile of 99.80. After getting through IIM Kozhikode and MDI Gurgaon, Himanshu decided to take final admission in IIM Kozhikode.

Q: What was your CAT exam percentile?
A: My CAT percentile was 99.80.

Q: Which are the MBA institutes that shortlisted you for GD PI and offered you final admissions?

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozikode commenced the new batch of its PGP program on June 29, 2009. While sharing details with MBAUniverse.com, IIM Kozikode said that the Director will be addressing the incoming batch and the orientation for the new MBA program students will take place on the first two days.Expressing happiness, IIM Kozikode Director Dr Debashis Chatterjee told MBAUniverse.com, This year the batch size has increased from last years 260 to 300. This is the largest-ever batch the IIM Kozikode will be teaching.

And suddenly you know... its time to start something new and trust the magic of new beginnings!

AARAMBH-a Hindi word literally meaning new beginnings; and indeed what a beginning it was!

Program has been designed to create professionals who have a sound understanding of the technical, policy/legal, financial, social and environmental dimensions of large infrastructure projectsDeutsche Bank and TERI University have announced the launch of Deutsche Bank Scholarship for the MBA (Infrastructure) program. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by Dr. R.K. Pachauri, The Chancellor, TERI University and Mr. Caio Koch-Weser, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group on June 26.

Noted academicians and industry evangelists addressed the aspiring students present in the seminar

Leading US-based business school accreditation body AACSB International, which has recently set up its Singapore office, is looking to increase its presence in India, and Asia. Indian MBA schools too are warming up, but until now no MBA schools in India enjoy AACSBs prestigious accreditation. Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) President & CEO shared this in an exclusive interview with Amrita Das of MBAUniverse.com