Walsh was on a visit to the School and spoke to the students on Bold Moves in Tough Times.

Walsh joined British Airways as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) designate in the year 2005. Under his leadership, British Airways delivered record profits and an operating margin of 10 percent. He has been in the airline industry since the late 70s, and thus his insights into the complexity of the industry proved very helpful to the students here at the ISB.

The theme for this years conclave is The Spirit of Entrepreneurship, and is scheduled on February 17, 2009 in New Delhi. Dr Dilip K Bandyopadhyay, Vice Chancellor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, will deliver the Inaugural address and noted entrepreneur Mr Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Co-Founder & CEO of Naukri.com will deliver the keynote address. MBAUniverse.com, Indias leading management portal, is the Official Management Portal of the Conclave.

The conference will be addressed by many distinguished speakers including Prof Robert J Aumann, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Spiritual leader Swami (Dr) Parthasarathy.

Other prominent speakers at the conference are Prof BB Bhattacharya, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Prof N Ravichandran, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore; Ankit Faida, World-Renowned Cyber Security Expert and Subir Gokarn, Chief Economist Standard & Poors Asia-Pacific.

According to IGNOU, The admission to Management Programmes of IGNOU is done through OPENMAT Entrance Examinations, held twice a year.

The management programmes that IGNOU offers are Programs Master of Business Administration (MBA) Diploma in Management (DIM) Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDIM) Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM) Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM) Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM) Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM).

Yet for some Harvard Business School (HBS) students, this years break involved stimulating field work in locations such as Israel, Mexico, and New Orleans. In March 2009 another group of MBA students will take part in the India Immersion Experience Programme.

Anand Mahindra, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra is a Co-Chair of the annual meeting 2009. MBAUniverse.com presents highlights from this important global summit.
Government, business and civil society leaders are at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 in record numbers to discuss ways out of the worst financial crisis in eight decades. The meeting got underway on January 28 in Davos, Switzerland with addresses by world leaders like Russian Premier .

An 85-member strong CII delegation from India will participate in the World Economic Forums Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from 28 January-1 February 2009.

ISB has also moved higher than FTs last years ranking, where it was placed at # 20. However, none of the IIMs have managed to find a place on this important global ranking.

To know more on this important development, MBAUniverse.com, which was infact the first media from India to report on this development, interviewed London based Business Education editor Ms Della Bradshaw.

The process will give weightage to CAT scores, prior academic record, work experience and performance in an intensive GP PI round. Sharing information with MBAUniverse.com, Prof Saji KB Nair, Admission Chairman, IIM L said, IIM L has observed over the years that students who perform well in PGP are typically those who have a consistently good academic record during their secondary school, higher secondary school, and graduate levels, besides exhibiting sufficiently high aptitude as measured by the CAT.

MBAUniverse.com now presents Q&A with MBA students who are studying at Prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and other premier B-schools. The institutes include IIM Bangalore, IIM Indore, IIM Lucknow, SJMSOM of IIT B and others.
MBA Aspirant, this Q&A series will give you the idea of how IIMs and other premier B-schools conduct GD/PI rounds, what they tests in GD/PI rounds and students advice to MBA aspirants.