Set up at a capital outlay of Rs. 3 crores in Chennai, this new B-School will offer admissions to the first batch of MBA students in June 2009, offering full time 2-year Postgraduate Program in Management in collaboration with the Georgia State University. National Management School informed MBAUniverse.com that it will admit students in three admission cycles every year, and is supported by both corporate and leading academicians.

The Maharashtra CET is the first in a long line of State Level MBA entrance examinations that are conducted by individual states for entrance to MBA colleges affiliated to State Universities. Normally, these State level tests are meant only for students who are domiciled in that state, but the Maharashtra CET gains some significance among students from other states because of the following reasons:

A percentage of seats being kept open for students from other states (called as OMS candidates)

The plan raised the outlay on education sector from 6% to 20% of total outlay, thus making a paradigm shift in how national resources are spent. The architect of the plan and Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia is a well know economist and recognized as a strong proponent of improving education systems and output in India. Speaking at a function in New Delhi, organized by EDGE 2009, to felicitate Dr Ahluwalia for his contribution to higher education sector, Dr Ahluwalia outlined the importance of the sector in the growth of India and the challenges it faces.

With just a few days to go for CET, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) student and CET Topper Abhishek Pandey shared with MBAUniverse.com how MBA Aspirants can excel in this exam. Abhishek Pandey secured 159 marks last year in CET with a Percentile of 99.99. His final CET rank was 4. He is currently pursuing MBA at JBIMS, and is in the first year.

According to CII, the purpose of this Summit is to reflect, analyze and act on the thinking of young men and women of India who cogitate on the complexities of tomorrow, who see tomorrow, clearly and directly.Some of the eminent speakers invited for the summit include C K Prahalad, Professor at Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University, The University of Michigan; Madhu Goud Yaskhi, Member of Parliament; Anu Aga, Director, Thermax Ltd; D R Kaarthikeyan, Advisor-Law, Human Rights & Corporate Affairs and Former Director General of NHRC, CRPF & CBI; Sunjay Kapur, Managing Direct

The seminar was the first in the Idea series based on the theme of Marketing in the time of Recession. MBAUniverse.com was the Official Management Portal of this seminar.The speakers who spoke at Confluence include Prasad Narsimhan, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Mobile; Arun Tyagi, General Manager- Corporate Marketing, India Mart; Sandip Vij, Executive Director, Mudra Communications; Vaibhav Kumar Tanwar, Marketing Manager - Godrej Consumer Lifespace; Mr K V Damodaran, Joint Advisor at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

As a result, he has received Group Discussion and Personal Interview (GD/PIs) calls from six Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) -- IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Lucknow and Kozhikode.MBAUniverse.com interviewed with Amey and asked how he prepared, practiced and finally reached on the top.

Q&A with Amey S Mashilkar

Q- What is your percentile in CAT 08 and how does it feel getting call from prestigious IIMs!

The seminar was held to address the reasons and consequences of the economic recession in the field of marketing. While speaking at seminar on the theme Marketing in the time of Recession, Mr Prasad Narsimhan, Chief Marketing Officer of Virgin Mobile, said, The marketing industry needs innovative thinking and fresh ideas to tackle the current economic crisis.

E Week India, run by the National Entrepreneurship Network, is designed to improve Indias entrepreneurial ecosystem. Held between February 7-14 this year, E Week India highlights green business opportunities and sustainable development. NEN is co-hosting E Week 2009 with over 400 academic institutes, and entrepreneur support associations and corporate including The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), IBM, Proto.in, Indian Angel Networks, New Ventures India, Chennai Open Coffee Club, VentureWoods, WATBlog and Mumbai Angels. MBAUniverse.com is the Official Media Partner of this initiative.

In a column for MBAUniverse.com, Dr CS Adhikari, Director of Institute for Technology & Management, Navi Mumbai shares his views on this important subject. He says that B-schools focus on assessing both academic competence and employability skills of a potential MBA recruit. What does a B-School expect from an MBA Aspirant? By Prof. Dr. C.S. Adhikari, Director, Institute for Technology & Management, Navi Mumbai First of all, learn by doing. Then learn by observing. Finally, learn to learn. Learn from unusual sources. Reflect on why you are doing what you are doing.