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.

The pilot program has been designed for the students appearing for the test in India. The programme aims at recognising Indian students outstanding levels of proficiency achieved in all four communication skills measured by the TOEFL test: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

To help MBA aspirants, MBAUniverse.com is initiating yet another tool -- Ask the Experts on GD PI queries. On Ask the Experts, we have experts include Mr Nilesh Sarawate, Director, IMS Learning, Mr Nitin Jindal, National Head, Personality Development Program and Innovative Learning, Career Launcher and Mr Manish Saraf, COO, PT Education. While responding to a students query on MBAUniverse.com, Mr Saraf said, The best mantra is to be your natural self. Do not manufacture artificial responses. See a GD or an interview as just an extension of any other routine situation you encounter.

This question would be in the minds of lots of MBA aspirants. Mr Sandeep Manudhane, Founder Chairman of Indore based PT Education - an MBA test prep institute, feels that MBA programme is still a good option for the students even if there is a recession in global economy. Mr Manudhane enlightened the 150 CAT qualifiers of Common Admission Test (CAT) 08 on the topic - The Global Financial Meltdown, on February 01, 2009 in New Delhi.

This growth can be achieved by adopting innovative strategies that benefit local communities, reports say. The reports presented examples of successful BOP business ventures based on a year-long survey drawn from consultation with over 150 business leaders and stakeholders, and a review of over 200 case studies. The reports were developed by the WEF in partnership with The Boston Consulting Group and with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Some of the eminent speakers invited for the meeting include Stephen S. Roach, Chairman, Asia, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong SAR; Baba N. Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge, India; Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank, Manila; Yasuo Hayashi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Japan External Trade Organization, Japan.