CAT 2008: Career Launcher offer tips for the last 10 days to CAT

Tips for the last 10 days to CAT
By Career Launcher experts

Age of experimentation? There should be no fiddling with your Test-taking strategy at this stage. The time for Experimentation is over now. As long as you know that the strategy you are using is giving you rewards, dont change it For example, you would know if your best bet is to scan a passage and then move onto to the questions, while another person could be more at ease scanning questions before going onto the passage. So just stick to whatever works best for you.

MBAUniverse.com Column: GMAC (GMAT) CEO says current global financial crisis will increase competition to enter top MBA programmes; better preparation is key

Mr Wilson is a respected thought-leader and has been associated with GMAC for more than decade. He is an MBA from the University of California (Berkeley), and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He has served as a faculty member in a number of institutions including Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining GMAC, Dr. Wilson was with Ernst & Young in various senior capacities.

Mr Wilson writes a column titled A Global Perspective on Graduate Management Education for Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com.

ITC Corporate Communications Chief addresses Delhi Universitys MBE students on Triple Bottom line

The Triple Bottom Line Approach under its MBE Expert Lecture Series which continuously bring eminent personalities from industry, academia and politics to interact with MBE students.

The speaker for the seminar was Mr Nazeeb Arif, Vice President and Cheif of Corporate Communications, ITC Group. He pressed on the fact that high GDP growth rates were not sustainable in the long run if businesses keep exploiting the natural resources and not replenish them.

Countdown to CAT 2008: Got last minute questions? Ask the Experts on MBAUniverse.com

As an MBA Aspirant, all you have to do is to send your questions to us at MBAUniverse.com, and we will invite experts from Indias leading test prep companies like IMS Learning, T.I.M.E, Career Launcher and PT Education to solve your queries.
Your questions can be on test taking strategies, preparation for Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning sections and any other CAT related query.

So email your questions to [email protected] now, and stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for Q&As.

CNBC- TV18, along with MBAUniverse.com & TNS, to announce its B-school Rankings on November 8

Indias leading business news channel CNBC-TV18, along with Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com and global research agency TNS, is ready to announce the CNBC-TV18 A of B Ranking on Saturday, November 8, 2008.

The A of B Ranking has drawn wide support from B-schools, Recruiters, MBA-students, Alumni and MBA-aspirants. In fact, with participation of 100 B-schools and over 7500 stakeholders, this is fast emerging as Indias leading B-school Ranking -- in its debut year itself.

Dream Big, Bill Gates tells IIT students

Dream and pursue your dreams. Gates was at IIT Delhi to launch a new Microsoft Initiative Dreamspark, that offers professional software to students free of cost.

I think Indian students are better placed that how I was 35 years back. They are more exposed to the ground realities than their counterparts in the US, know the challenges of poverty and therefore know how technology can be used to achieve best results in order to help the poor, he added.

Dept of Management Studies IIT Delhi holds annual business summit on Building India Inc.

The summit was an attempt to bring together the corporate and the academia to deliberate on issues and challenges facing the nation and share their experiences and views with the larger audience. Presentations were made on cross-border investments, innovation and infrastructure by academicians, thinkers, economists and industry leaders.

IIM Kozhikode summer placements records new highs

Despite the anxieties and the fear of reduced hiring due to the global economic scenario, national and international companies flocked to IIM Kozhikode for the Summer Recruitment process for the batch of 2008-2010. With a 102 firms, up from 66 last year, participating in the process, the 261 students in the batch got placed in companies of their choice. Summers 2009 saw students walk away with 14 International offers across various functions and in locations like Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Dubai, South Africa and London.

A. M. Thimmiya joins 24x7 Learning as COO

In particular, he will head SkillBridge - the employability enhancement program, and AVAGMAH the continuous learning initiative, lines of business.

Before joining 24x7 Learning, Mr. Thimmiya served as the Senior Vice President & Global Head for Channel Operations & Distance Education at Manipal Education. There, he was instrumental for the growth and profitability of the distance education business of Sikkim Manipal University.