NIT Warangal Springspree09 Fest attracts record 4000 Students with Rs 6 lakh Cash Prizes

During the three day festival Springspree will witness the confluence of numerous talents including music, art, dance and literature put together by the active students community of NIT Warangal.

This years event offers Cash prizes worth Rs 6 lakh apart from the Springspree college champions and individual champion trophy, The spotlight events like the rock competition, group dance, fashion show and all night events like Gamedome, midnight scrabble and general quiz which is expected to add more vibrant colors to the very colorful fest.

Entrepreneurship Summit @ IIT Bombay to empower entrepreneurs with ideas, expert viewpoints and success stories

E-Cell of IIT Bombay, with MBAUniverse.com as an Online Partner, is organizing The Entrepreneurship Summit on February 7 at IIT Bombay campus. Several noted entrepreneurs, CEOs and VCs including Mr. Kanwal Rekhi, MD, Inventus capital; Mr. Ganesh K, Founder, TutorVista; Mr. Ashok Wadhwa, MD & CEO, Ambit PE, and Mr. Anand Lunia, Executive Director and CFO, Seedfund Competitive Intelligence will address the summit.

Faculty Development: IIM Indore revises norm for Fellow Programme to widen appeal

While the institute encourages candidates with valid scores in exams like CAT and UGC, candidates without any formal test can also apply. Further, it is encouraging faculty members of other B-schools to upgrade their skills.
Sharing the acute faculty shortage facing IIMs, Dr Kamal K Jain, Chairperson of the FPM programme at IIM Indore, told MBAUniverse.com, IIMs have been asked by the Government to increase their intake, six new IIMs are in the pipeline, private business schools are growing by leaps and bounds, faculty shortage in such a scenario is more than obvious.

MBAUniverse.com on Admissions 09: Interview with Dean, FMS Delhi on GD/PI

MBAUniverse.com is presenting a series of authoritative features and interviews on the upcoming GD PI round. We interviewed Dr JK Mitra, Dean of Faculty of Management Studies Delhi (FMS), seeking his advice to MBA aspirants on the What, Why and How of GP PI round.

Excerpts from this exhaustive must-read interview for MBA Aspirants:

Q: When and where are the GD PI rounds conducted for the FMS MBA programmes? How are the Calls issued and what are dates for this years rounds?

2008 Test highlights & analysis of CAT, XAT, FMS etc; Exclusive CAT TOPPER Interviews

MBAUniverse.com Aspirant Zone presents the highlights of these exams and a detailed analysis by Indias leading MBA test prep institutes. The exams included in our coverage include Common Admission Test (CAT), XLRI Admissions Test (XAT), FMS admission Test (FMS), IIFT entrance exam (IIFT), Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP), National Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) and Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET).
Click below to read Test highlights & Experts analysis of CAT, XAT, FMS, IIFT, SNAP, NMAT, JMET, MAT May09 and MAH - CET

IMS Learning on How to prepare for Group Discussion

How to prepare for Group Discussion By Ms Jaya Desai, Centre Head, IMS Learning
The GD-PI stage is arguably the most crucial stage in the post test scenario. It is a bit like the journey from qualifying in the heats to winning the gold medal in a sports event. In this article, let us take a look at certain important aspects of this process.

WHY IS A GROUP DISCUSSION [GD] CONDUCTED BY B-SCHOOLS?
GDs are conducted to test the following managerial attributes-

PT Education on How to prepare for Group Discussion

How to prepare for Group Discussion

By Mr Subhasish Mitra, Vice President (KRG), PT Education
Group Discussion: what and why?GD is a discussion by a group of people which involves an exchange of thoughts and ideas. Group Discussions are largely used by institutes where there is a high level of competition. The number of participants in a group may vary from 8 to 15 people. In most cases a topic or a situation is given to the group and the members have to discuss it within a given period of time.

Law grad beat budding managers; NALSAR wins IIM Bangalore Debating Championship

The debaters from National Law School, though disappointed, left richer by Rs. 50,000 nevertheless. NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, is an institution of national eminence in the field of legal education and research, is a residential University established in 1998.