IIM A says that highlight for this year has been the diversity of recruiters and roles offered by them. Presence of heavy weight private as well as public players in the campus recruitment arena has been the focal point. For a batch of 20 students, 25 companies participated in the placement process. For a relatively young batch, the roles offered varied between business planning & strategy to marketing and finance.

While all PGP students sitting for placements at IIM Ahmedabad have been placed, there is a dip in the average salary of the batch. The placement process saw participation from 109 firms across sectors, out of which 95 firms recruited in the final placements process. PSUs made a comeback this year, recruiting over 40 IIM A graduates.

The average salary for domestic offers was Rs. 12.17 lakhs while that of international offers was USD 83,000 (exclusive of bonus). The placement process this year was conducted over a nine day period from February 25 to March 05, 2009.

Prof Saurav Mukherjee, Placement Chairperson at IIM B told MBAUniverse.com, IIM B is having rolling placements this year. The Final Placement Process at IIM B commenced on February 27, which is expected to go on till early next week.

When asked about the overall placements scenario, Prof Mukherjee commented, Yes, the placements this year are not good as last year. There is a cut in Investment Bank recruiters and IT sectors.

According to AIMA, Over 400 management institutes are participating in MAT this time. AIMA conducts MAT 4 times in a year in the months of February, May, September and December where lakhs of students avail of this test every year.
The objective of MAT is to assess the potential of a candidate to pursue a management programme. Towards that end, the paper tests the verbal ability, numerical ability and logical thinking of candidates. The exam will be held in over 90 cities including Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and others.

Official spokespersons of IIM L and Placement Team member of IIM K shared this information with MBAUniverse.com.

Prof Sushil Kumar, Placement Chairperson at IIM L said, IIM L is holding the Final Placement Week 09 from March 2 13, 2009.

Is IIM L also adopting rolling placements like other IIMs and top non-IIMs B-school? Prof Kumar said, No, IIM L is not having rolling placements. The placement process will go on as scheduled.

Contest was organized by the University of Washingtons Foster School of Business, Seattle, on February 23-27, 2009.

The initiative aims to benefit students who are keen to start entrepreneurial ventures or work with organizations in the development sector including social ventures and NGOs. The School has set aside a corpus of Rs 30 lakhs to support selected students while paying their education loan for a period of two years. ISB would initially support five graduates starting from this year.

Inclination to add value to the organization through added responsibilities and multi-tasking is a preferred style of creating an edge. Others believe in spreading the risk and hence feel that venturing into alternate sources for income (52%) or being an entrepreneur (50%) is the best option. Moving to government jobs is the least of the considered options inviting a dismal 30% approval.TeamLease Services released the findings of its latest survey Changing Expectations at Workplace in view of the current economic slowdown on March 3, 2009.

According to ISB, the 10,000 Women - the first 12-week certification programme, comprised of 150-hours was held between October 30, 2008 to January 31, 2009. The programme was aimed to provide 10,000 underserved women, predominantly in developing and emerging markets, with a business and management education.

According to ISB, the 10,000 Women - the first 12-week certification programme, comprised of 150-hours was held between October 30, 2008 to January 31, 2009. The programme was aimed to provide 10,000 underserved women, predominantly in developing and emerging markets, with a business and management education.