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.

For the first edition, the Forum will focus on a theme that is locally and internationally vital, Global Education: Working Together for Sustainable Achievements.The main sub-themes of the forum, to be addressed by internationally acclaimed, high-level keynote speakers and panelists, include:

The Corporate quiz competition of the year received more than 225 entries from corporate sectors all over India this year. The quiz was hosted by quizmaster extraordinaire Derek O Brien. Over 30 B-Schools participated from all over the country. The fun weekend saw a host of interactive games relating to various disciplines of management.

India and the international perspectiveColumn by Dr Valerie Gauthier, Associate Dean at HEC - FranceOver the past decade India has witnessed a revolution in its economic development which, despite the current global downturn, has placed it at the forefront of the next generation of mercantile powers. And alongside this development we have seen a quantum leap in the provision of business education to managers and professionals across the country.