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

Common Admission Test 2009 will be held in a window of 10 days from Saturday, November 28 to Monday, December 7 2009. According to information available with MBAUniverse.com, the CBT CAT 2009 advertisement containing the details of this years admission process will be published on Sunday, August 30, 2009.

The starting and closing of the CAT vouchers sale will be on Monday, August 31, 2009 and October 1, 2009 respectively. The closing date for registering for CBT CAT 2009 will be 11.59 pm on Thursday, October 1, 2009.

There are a variety of MBA courses available in India and abroad and the students opting for them have a varied background. While some go for normal two-year courses, those who have little time or are engaged with businesses or jobs opt for Executive MBA programs and part-time MBA courses. An MBA education broadens and enhances knowledge and should be viewed in a sense of building up skills. It is utilised to find solutions to business issues.

MDI Gurgaon has also introduced a number of compulsory courses in ethics for all MBA programme students