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.

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.
Read below the Q&A with Nagendra, the first year student of Post Graduate Programme in Management of IIM Lucknow.

Immediately after breaking this news, MBAUniverse.com spoke to Mr Ajit Rangnekar, Acting Dean, ISB Hyderabad to get the first reactions on this recognition.

Said a jubilant Mr Rangnekar, Its a wonderful feeling and we are having a big celebration here! It is really a huge achievement for ISB to be ranked at 15 position in the world. Last year also, we felt great when it got 20th position in the world. There is a sign that shows how much ISB is improving year after year.

According to the just released Financial Times MBA Ranking 2009, released on January 26, ISB Hyderabad has been ranked as the 15th best MBA in the world! ISB was ranked at # 20 in the last years ranking by FT.
London Business School is ranked in the number one slot jointly with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, Insead have been ranked at #3, #4 and #5 slots on FT MBA Ranking 09.