MBAUniverse.com is the Official Management Portal for the event Parivartan which will provide platform for business prodigies to analyze, interpret and debate relevant issues of economic and social significance. The annual business festival will be supported by a consortium of leading institutes and corporate across the country.

According to ISB, the competition worked as an international forum for exceptionally bright students and entrepreneurs with path breaking social venture ideas. Two teams have been selected to represent Asia at the Global Finals which will be conducted in Berkeley at the Haas School of Business in April 2009. Aimed at a global audience, the platform brings together business schools across the world to support the creation of social ventures. The winning teams in the competition were Pioneer Healthcare from ISB and Ummeed from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai.

The institute had invited Mr. Anand G. Mahindra, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. as the chief guest for the occasion. Other eminent personalities at the Convocation included Mr. Bakul Nath, Vice President, IMT; Dr. Bidya S. Sahay, Director of IMT Ghaziabad; Dr. Anwar Ali, Director of IMT Nagpur. To see the IMT Convocation coverage in pictures, click this link http://www.mbauniverse.com/newsInPictures.php?

They were addressing the event on March 21 & 22, 2009, in Allahabad and Varanasi on the topic How MBA aspirants should plan to enter top B-schools and my experience at top B-school. While suggesting the tips on different steps of getting into a good institute, Nagendra, first year PGP student, IIM L said, The first thing that a student should have is a positive attitude of I have to do it. Hard work is very essential for MBA written entrance exams like CAT, XAT, FMS etc. Taking larger number of Mock test is also very helpful.

The event was held on March 2122, 2009 in Allahabad and Varanasi respectively. The event was addressed by eminent personalities including management gurus, CAT experts and students from Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), who addressed the dilemmas of MBA aspirants.

Mr. Anand G Mahindra, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2008 to Mr. Sandeep Dhar, CEO, Tesco Hindustan Service Centre, Bangalore; and Mr. S Sriniwasan, CEO, Kotak Realty Funds.Mr. Sandeep Dhar completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from IMT Ghaziabad in 1988 and also attended an Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School.Prior to Tesco, he was the Managing Director of Sapient Corporation in India.

The objective behind the seminar is to present a platform for global business leaders, academicians, policy-makers and industry specialists to debate the pertinent issues affecting environment and the health sector in India.The Forum will be inaugurated by the welcome speech of Mr S Ramadorai, CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. The seminar will be divided into two sessions, and each session will address sub-themes.

The main highlight of this years placement was recruiters from financial sector as 40% offers came from the financial domain. Another significant development noticed was students inclination towards the Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) as 65 offers were accepted by students. The Higher Entry Placement Process (HEPP), which facilitates lateral placements at IIM L, was held from January through March 2009.

While talking to MBAUniverse.com regarding theappointment of new Director,IMT Ghaziabad, Dr. A.M Sherry, Dean IMT Centre for Distance Learning & Chairman of Joint Admission Committee,said, Dr.Anwar Ali will take over the charge of directors office from next month.

Dr. Ali did B.Tech and M.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1970 and 1972 respectively. Then he completed PG Diploma in Operations Management from IIM Kolkata in 1977, and Fellow in Operations Management in 1995 from the same institute.

What do they expect from their MBA coaching institutes? Are they happy with the academic inputs? How can coaching institutes improve their delivery? These are some of the questions that MBAUniverse.com research raised and sought answers from its MBA Test-Prep Institutes Ranking 09 held in Jan-Feb 2009.