Although the placements received a blow due to the recession, a good MBA is a long-term asset for a studentManagement education has emerged as one of the main focus of higher learning in India. According to a report Management Education in India by management education experts B Bowonder and SL Rao, changing economic conditions and global competition has given management education in India an increasingly central role in the success of individuals and corporations.

IMI Director CS Venkata Ratnam tells freshers the economy will be fully recovered by the time they graduate
The International Management Institute (IMI) Delhi commenced the study session for the next batch of MBA programme students at its campus on June 23. The institute also hosted a two-day inauguration event for the freshers on June 21 and June 22, 2009 where the institutes distinguished alumni interacted with the students.

After Kanpur and Lucknow, MBAUniverse.com and iNext organized the third leg of MBA seminar in Ranchi on June 21 under the aegis of Management Avenues City Forum. Experts from MBAUniverse.com and Sudama K Bareily, MBA student, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Kolkata inspired the keen MBA aspirants to make their mark.

While addressing on the topic How to get into top B-school, Sudama said, The first most important thing is to set up your mind that I want to do MBA from my dream B-school and be passionate about it.

In this review of Collins latest offering, Amrita Das of MBAUniverse.com finds the book relevant and full of relevant insights for these troubled times.
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In this first part of MBA Primer, prepared by MBAUniverse.com for MBA aspirants, we discuss about a typical MBA course, options for pursuing an MBA degree and how to choose the right MBA institutes
Even in times when economy is slowing down, the buzz around the three-lettered word MBA is strong. And it is here to stay! As Dr. Anwar Ali, Director of IMT Ghaziabad puts it, This downturn had to happen. The Indian market situation is going to improve very soon. So the future of MBAs is very positive, very bright.

XLRI announced a 10-day team building and village exposure programme for the freshers at the orientationThe MBA programme session for the new batch of students at Xavier Labour and Relations Institute (XLRI) Jamshedpur commenced on June 15, 2009 with a large batch size of a total of 340 students. In an exclusive chat with MBAUniverse.com, Roshan N Dastur from XLRI Director Fr E Abrahams Office said, The highlight of this years MBA programme is an increase in the number of PM&IR students. This year the XLRI had to divide the PM&IR batch into two, with 60 students in each batch.

In an exclusive interview with MBAUniverse.com Dr. BS Sahay talks about the present situation of MBA education in India and his vision for MDI Gurgaon.

On the first day of study session at XIMB, the students interacted with Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik

The Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneshwar (XIMB) started another session with the new batch of PGDM program students on June 22, 2009. While speaking to MBAUniverse.com XIMB Director Fr PT Joseph said that the MBA institute has succeeded in adding 30 more seats in this years academic session. Until now 150 students have been enrolled for the MBA program. XIMB was waiting for AICTEs approval to add 30 more seats which has been done now, Fr Joseph said.

Summit will discuss the role and responsibilities of a business in current times

A series of seminars on Thought Leadership begins at IIMK
The Indian institute of Management (IIMK) Kozikode started the series of seminar on Thought Leadership as a part of its endeavor to achieve excellence and leadership in management education. The first seminar was held in IIMK campus on June 19, 2009 by Prof. Rajendra Sisodia on the topic Conscious Capitalism. Sisodia is Professor of Marketing at Bentley College, University of Bentley, USA and has a PhD in Marketing from Columbia University.