BBA and MBA programs to be offered from the current academic year

IMIs 25th Annual Convocation concluded on June 1, 2009 with over 85% of its batch placed

HBS student-led oath has taken shape of a widespread movement with aims to regain societys trust, legitimacy
New age MBAs, after having gone through a world of embarrassment on the state of MBA leaders and the way they are looked at, have come up with The MBA Oath, a student-led voluntary pledge for MBAs to create value responsibly and ethically. Not surprisingly, the oath originated at Harvard Business School (HBS), which had to bear the maximum burnt of global meltdown accusations.

An alumna of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Kanpur, Rajnish Karki, in his first book, Competing with the Best, talks about key Strategic Management challenges facing Indian companies in an exclusive interview with MBAUniverse.com

Going by the latest batch of students that have flocked to the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, it seems as if India is emerging as one of the preferred destination for management studies among students across the globe. Following the heavy H1B visa curbs by the USA, students from a large number of countries started considering India as their MBA destination.

The online marketing summit, OMCAR 2009 held at Amity University, Noida on May 23, 2009 saw the participation of over 250 delegates comprising entrepreneurs, online marketing professionals, advertisers, web development and design professionals, sales and marketing professionals, brand managers and management students from across the country. The summit was presented by OM Careers, worlds first online marketing careers community, in association with TiE Delhi.

What exactly makes IIM A the top choice of those elite students who gain admissions into many IIMs? And which is the next best institute after IIM A? We at MBAUniverse.com posed these questions to several CAT toppers, about to join B-schools this summer.

The annual alumni meet of Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM K), Sangam 09, held on May 23, 2009, witnessed the highest attendance in the event history this year.The event, which was simultaneously hosted at Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, was attended by the alumni along with the coming in batch Class 2011. Senior alumni of the institute came down with their families and enjoyed the evening by meeting and catching up with old friends and teachers.

To help thousands of its readers, the MBA aspirants, MBAUniverse.com is conducting the Expert Online Chats on How to prepare for Computer based CAT 2009? The chats will be held on May 30, June 5 and June 6, 2009 on MBAUniverse.com. Mr Nilesh Sarawate, Director Test Prep, IMS Learning; Mr R Shiva Kumar, Director, R&D, Career Launcher and Mr Sai Kumar, Course Director, Triumphant Institute of Management Education (T.I.M.E) will be available for solving delimmas faced by MBA aspirants.

In the last article of this series you have learnt how to choose the right test prep institute. But enrollment to a good test prep institute alone is not enough. Personal preparation is the key. MBAUniverse.com spoke to CAT 2008 toppers on How to prepare for cracking CAT 2009. In the second part of the series, MBAUniverse.com discusses ways to master fundamentals and how to manage preparation time in run up to CAT entrance exam.