How do Indias Top 4 institutes TIME, PT Education, Career Launcher, IMS Learning compare? The ranking offers a clear picture for MBA aspirants.

Before we look at the head-to-head comparison amongst top 4 Institutes, a recap of five critical parameters on which the ranking is based on:
1) Quality of students admitted
2) Quality of faculty imparting training to students
3) Academic inputs available in these institutes,
4) Physical infrastructure and 5) MBA results of students.

In this feature, Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com highlights some of the newly launched B-Schools and their upcoming MBA programs in 2009 or 2010 academic session. Welingkar starts PGDM E-Biz program at newly launched Bengaluru campusAfter strengthening its reputation at Mumbai campus, now Welingkar Education has launched a new We School campus in Bengaluru, the IT capital of India.

The placement process for the 10th graduating batch of the institute with 175 students saw offers across traditional sectors like financial services, consulting, FMCG etc. as well as sunshine sectors like power and energy, media, pharmaceuticals, education, telecom etc.

Regular recruiters such as Deutsche Bank, HSBC Global Research, Standard Chartered Bank, Axis Bank, Yes Bank, FuturesFirst, Johnson & Johnson, ITC, Deloitte Innovation, Knightfrank, Larsen & Toubro, Jindal Steel & Power Corporation, Infosys, CTS etc. continued their relationship with the institute.

At the end of Slot 3 of the process, despite tough market conditions and the fear that the global meltdown would affect it adversely, IIM B managed to place its students in leading global and Indian companies. Leading global Consulting firms flocked down to IIMB along with some of the biggest Marketing firms. The consulting recruiters who visited the IIMB campus were Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Co, Bain & Co, Arthur D Little, Deloitte, Accenture, and Diamond.

Prof Prafulla Agnihotri, Placement Chairperson of IIM C confirmed this development with MBAUniverse.com and said, The successful placement of 265 students has completed on March 7, 2009. This was the second phase of final placement process, which started on March 2.

IIM Calcutta held the Phase I of its Final Placements Process 2009 from February 21 to February 24, 2009.
Prof Agnihotri added, Certainly this year the placement scene is not as good as last year due to economy meltdown. Overall, there is 23% fall in salary packages

The honour, bestowed each year by the Forum recognizes and acknowledges outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. Prof. Reuben Abraham is a professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad.

Convergenz is a one day business fest that has been conducted annually by Post Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management (PGSEM) since 2004. This year, the fest features four exciting events on the theme of Innovation - leading the way. The business plan has been named Alchemy and is aimed at providing technology entrepreneurs a platform to showcase their innovative ideas. This event is being conducted in association with the N S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, IIMB.

The conference will be held at NSHM Knowledge Campus-Durgapur. Leading speakers at the conference include Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Sahni, Executive Director, Indian Health Foundation- Bangalore , Ex- Professor , IIM- Bangalore; Prof. Amitava Sarkar, Director- School of Management Studies, West Bengal University of Technology- Kolkata; Dr. Satadal Saha, C.E.O. - First Trust Healthcare Services- New Delhi; Dr. Bidhan Das, Principal Quality Assessor of NABH , Quality Council of India (QCI), Ex- CEO, Rockland Hospital New Delhi; Prof. Anjon Roychoudhury, Head- Strategic Marketing, IIMC; Dr.

The award commemorates the spirit and memory of its illustrious alumna Dr. Nina Saxena, B.Tech (Hons.), ECE 1992, who passed away tragically in 2005. Open to all Technologists who are Indian citizens, the award was announced at the IIT Foundation Day on August 18th, 2006. Nominations for entries to the award are now open and will remain open till April 30, 2009. The nomination form is available and can be accessed through the official award website http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/topfiles/nina.php The objective behind the award is to commemorate the spirit and drive of Dr.

The event was kicked off in Meerut on March 7, 2009 and then held in Dehradun on March 8, 2009. Management Avenues saw seminar by management gurus, CAT experts and students from IIMs addressing the dilemmas of MBA aspirants.
The first edition of Management Avenues, held in Meerut, saw the participation of over 250 keen MBA aspirants, and over 200 MBA aspirants participated in Dehradun.