The programme will be coordinated by Prof. Abraham Koshy, and will be held during February 9-13, 2009 at IIM A campus.

XIMB, a premier business school of India, has been developing various innovative programmes for working executives as well as aspiring management professionals in the fields of management and insurance. The Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Business Management (PGCBM) is a state-of-the-art management programme which leverages technology enabled learning using VSAT technology and provides high quality management education to working professionals across the country.

The highlight of the batch was spending a term at McGill University, Canada as well as a three month long industry project, which were a part of the academic curriculum. Both these combined together not only focused on the academic acumen of the students but also provided a global feel to the programme.

Dr Deepak Pental, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University delivered the Convocation Address. The ceremony was attended by Mr. Nirmal Jain, CMD, India Infoline and Mr. M. Venugopalan, MD & CEO, Federal Bank. Accman Institute of Managements Chairman Mr Arun Singh and Director Prof Rajiv Kumar were present on the occasion.

Ocumen provides a platform for students to experience life at a top-notch business school. The event saw Initial participation of over 165 schools from across India and the top 15 schools were selected for the event. This is an increase of 50% over the last year.

The event would also see 30 teachers from the participating schools who will be invited to the campus where they will discuss the best education and management practices from world renowned management gurus and professors at IIM Lucknow.

IIM A Chaos is one of the biggest cultural spectacles across all Indian campuses, and it brings together students from colleges across the country to be part of the celebration.

Says IIM A, Embedded deep within the red bricks of the Mecca of higher learning called IIM Ahmedabad lays the spirit of path breaking ideas, the spirit of creating something unique, something new, something brilliant. Each sparked by a dream, a KHALBALI in the minds and hearts of people. It is exactly this Khalbali which is celebrated this year as the central theme.

How to prepare for Personal Interview

By Mr Subhasish Mitra, Vice President (KRG), PT Education
While intimidating for some MBA-hopefuls, the personal interview represents a prime opportunity. Interviews allow you the chance to not only put a face and personality to the name and credentials on your application file, but also to express your academic, personal, and professional accomplishments, experiences, and intentions.

How does it engage people actively to optimise performance? These are questions that HR professionals are pondering over. To discuss the issue, Delhi Management Association (DMA) is organizing a seminar on March 6, 2009 in New Delhi.The seminar will be addressed by leading HR practitioners and academicians. Some of the key speakers are: Mr. P. Rajendran, Director & Chief Operating Officer, NIIT; Mr. K. K. Gupta, Executive Director, Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management; Dr. A K Balyan, Director Human Resources, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation; Dr. C. S.

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 current students advice to MBA aspirants.
Read below the MBAUniverse.com special Q&A with Ritushree,thestudent of Post Graduate Programme in Management of IIM Indore.

Three day festival OJAS will be held on 13-15 February, 2009. MBAUniverse.com is the Official Management Portal of OJAS 09.