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

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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.

The IGNOU- Accenture BPO diploma is targeted towards undergraduate and graduate students across India. The diploma programme is an innovative programme, the first of its kind, in the open and distance learning system.This programme will provide the opportunity to the students across India to develop their professional careers, to be eligible for employment in the growing BPO industry.

MBAUniverse.com spoke to placement team at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM A), and other leading campuses, to get a sense of mood and planning for the Placement 2009.
IIM A is currently in the midst of Lateral Placements, which are expected to end by end of February. The placements for rest of the batch will commence by end of February. IIM A has taken a series of steps to ensure that more companies, including new recruiters, participate this year, and is hopeful that countrys top talent will find enough takers.

NITIE organizes such events every year which is aimed at providing assistance to those MBA aspirants preparing for the GD/PI selection process.The day-long event will comprise quiz, seminar, interviews and group discussion along with feedback at each stage. The management aspirants will be offered a platform to interact with students, alumni and faculty of the institute and get their views on a range of topics. The event is also aimed at bringing in a dimension of tangibility to the whole concept of being one of the premier institutes of the country.