The conference aims to bring together researchers and academicians from across the world and provides a unique opportunity to the marketing professors in India and abroad to share their ideas with some of the best in the world.

Sadly, India has slipped its last years ranking of 23 to the 41st position this year. The GII that has studied 130 countries has ranked Germany in the second position, followed by Sweden, the United Kingdom and Singapore.
The European economies including the Nordic ones continued to do well in 2008. Switzerland, Denmark and the Netherlands figured in the top 10 apart from Germany, Sweden and UK that figure in the top 5. However France was the biggest loser slipping from the 5th to 19th position.

IIMs have informed MBAUniverse.com that they have taken multiple steps to tackle the issue. Students are advised to access the scores using several other options.

Acknowledging the issue, IIMs said, CAT results have been announced today. With close to 250,000 candidates, their friends, relatives, and coaching classes trying to access the result on CAT website, we face a gargantuan peak-load problem on this day. And, as a result, we receive many requests from faculty, staff, and students with inquiries for CAT score of their kith and kin.

XAT 2009 had 104 questions as compared to 120 questions last year and 130 questions in 2007. The questions were divided into 3 sections - Verbal and Logical Ability (35 questions), Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making (31 questions) and Data Interpretation & Quantitative Ability (38 questions).

Here is a detailed analysis of XAT 09 exam by IMS Learning:

XAT 2009 Analysis

By IMS Learning

These are some of the many questions which will be addressed at the two-day IIM Ahmedabad Doctoral Colloquium that is being held on January 5-6, 2009 at IIM A campus.

According to CRISIL, CCAP is a two year intensive entry level programme aimed at preparing world-class finance professionals for CRISIL. The programme follows a unique study-cum-paid internship format that ensures effective learning of theory coupled with efficient application of the same at work. During the programme, all the interns are paid a stipend of Rs. 8000 per month.

The Ranking will guide MBA aspirants in choosing the right Institute for their MBA entrance preparations. The Rankings will indentify and highlight the best MBA Test-prep Institutes across the country, and even the top training centers within cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and more.

Minister of Medical Education, Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, Shri Ramachandra Gowda inaugurated the conference on behalf of the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B S Yeddyurappa.

The event will showcase the best of Indias entrepreneurs. The event recognizes IIM-L and Abhiyans spirit of promoting entrepreneurship not just across B-schools. The event is organized annually with MANFEST, the annual business conclave of IIM Lucknow. Organized on the theme Clean Goes Green, Nirvaan 09 would shift its global technology towards clean technology.

But first a look at last years paper. The FMS 2008 paper was a moderately tough paper with 110+ attempts possible out of the 175 given, and at this level of attempts, with an accuracy of 85%, a student could have expected a call from the Institute.