Mr. Manoj Kohli shared his optimism about India being a country with high potential to grow and become a giant economy in the near future.

According to the Rankings released on CNBC TV18, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM A) has been crowned as Indias # 1 B-school.

The detailed finding of this survey will be available in form a special 200 page MBA Rankings & Guide Book. According to CNBC TV18, the rankings guide book will hit the stands by mid-November. MBAUniverse.com is the Knowledge Partner of this MBA Rankings & Guide Book.

We presents theanswers from experts from IMS Learning, T.I.M.E., Career Launcherand PT Education. The experts on Ask the Experts include Mr Gejo Srinivasan, General Manager, IMS Learning, Mr Dhruba Jyoti and Mr Ajay Nayar, T.I.M.E., Mr R Shiva Kumar, Director, R&D, Career Launcherand Mr Subhashish Mitra, VP (Academics),PT Education.

They discussed about Human Values, Learning and Innovating. According to them Creativity is generating new, original ideas while innovation is putting those ideas to work and getting results. They took the discussion from Inhaling = Learning and Exhaling = Innovating, to overview the 4 innovation styles.

They defined 4 innovation styles as:

Visioning: To envision the ideal future
Modifying: To refine and optimize what has come before
Experimenting: To combine and test different factors
Exploring: To discover the radically new and novel

This is thelargest gift to any business school in the world, the school announced on Thursday, November 6.

The donor is David G. Booth, founder and chief executive of Dimensional Fund Advisors, an investment firm, his wife Suzanne Booth and their family. David Booth received an M.B.A. from the school in 1971. The combination of an up-front payment, the income stream, and the equity interest provided by the Booth gift is valued at $300 million. In recognition of the gift, the school will be renamed the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

According to official information shared by AIMA with MBAUniverse.com, A total of 293 B-Schools are accepting MAT Score of December 2008 test for admission to their programmes.
Every year, lakhs of students avail of this test. The test is conducted 4 times in a year in the months of February, May, September and December.

To help MAT takers, MBAUniverse.com spoke to AIMA to know what does MAT actually tests and how to do score well in this exam.
Q&As with AIMA Official on MAT December 08

Q: Please give us an overview of management exams and MAT?

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