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.

In a new insightful report, Lei and Slocum have analyzed how firms of all sizes struggle in their search for new sources of competitive advantage.Lei and Slocum demonstrate that managers need to understand the nature of their industry to formulate effective business strategies. Lei says, In response to these dynamics, managers need to rethink how to innovate, bundle their firms capabilities, create value, and capture customers.

SCMS Cochin School of Business is all set to host its annual management fest Shikhar 2016 on 28th and 29th January. It will be the 16th edition of the fest that was born with a few young students coming together with the idea of testing classroom learning, in a professional setting. Since then, over the decades, the event has grown in stature and has become one of the most popular and much awaited college fests of Kerala. It draws students from institutes across India and industry names from various sectors, in large numbers.

MBAUniverse.com presents an article shared by Mumbai based IMS Learning on how to do well in MAH - CET 09.How to do well in MAH - CET 09By Ms Jaya Desai and Mr Saikat Kundu, IMS LearningThe CET is a 200 mark test of two and a half hours duration, with no negative marking. . The components of the test are verbal ability and reading comprehension encompassing grammar/usage, vocabulary, sentence completion, synonyms/antonyms; quantitative aptitude comprising ration/proportion, percentage etc.

The programme, targeted at working executives, is aimed at preparing the students for a career in Healthcare Management.

The course content for the programme covers different aspects of Healthcare Management comprising: Fundamentals of Health Care Administration, Healthcare Policies and Regulations, Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations, Epidemiology and Information Management in Healthcare, Information Technology Strategy in Healthcare, Project Management in Healthcare, Ethics and Law in Healthcare and so forth.

The summit is organised with an intention to foster the education sector in Tamil Nadu and highlight the reforms needed from the Government to promote the state as a hub of education.The objective behind the Summit is to focus on the reforms needed to improve quality of education, attract best talents to teaching and reduce procedural hurdles in improving quality.The Summit would bring together chancellors, principals of colleges, heads of education institutes, academicians, industry leaders, Government representatives, non-governmental organizations and corporate leaders.Some of the eminen