Who better to answer these questions than the CAT toppers themselves, who are now studying at top B-school!

Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com presents a new series Road to CAT 2008 which will guide and inspire CAT aspirants at every stage. In this series, begin with a chat with students from top B-schools on their journey, and life at B-school.

The B-school students that we interviewed for this series are from institutes like IIM-B, IIM-I, IIM-K, JBIMS, FMS Delhi and IIT Bombays SJMSOM.

Former President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam delivered the inaugural address on the occasion. Mr Deepak Mohlah, MD, TMI India and alumnus of FMS was the Guest of Honour and Prof S K Tandon, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Delhi University chaired the session. FMS Dean Dr J K Mitra welcomed the students to FMS.

According to information shared by FMS with MBAUniverse.com, this year, FMS has admitted 101 students in its MBA programme, and 48 students in its MBA (Management of Services) programme.

On this occasion students of ISB welcomed Shrenik Rao, an environment activist, to the campus. Rao is in the midst of a cycling tour from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to increase awareness of the need to conserve the environment. He visited the ISB to discuss with students his perspective on conserving the environment.

Participating in the event, Shrenik said, I am happy that the ISB students realise the significance of conserving the environment. Conserving the environment has become a must for all of us as a community.

The batch strength this year is 114 students for IIFTs Delhi campus. Another 60 students have joined the IIFTs Kolkata campus.

Mr K T Chako, Director IIFT, welcomed the new batch along with Prof. Satinder Bhatia, Chairperson, Graduate studies division at IIFT. Prof. Ravi Shankar, Chairperson, International Collaborations and Capacity Development and Student Exchange programmes, Dr. R. M. Joshi, Chairperson, Management Development Programme at IIT New Delhi and Prof. Biswajit Dhar were also present at the inauguration.

In all, 120 students have enrolled for this course after undergoing a rigorous admission process consisting of the CAT/GMAT, MICAs own admission test the MICAT followed by rounds of Group Exercises and Personal Interviews.

Also present for the function, were the students of the recently inaugurated Executive Post-Graduate Programme in Communications Management (PGPCMX) and the Post-Graduate Programme in Crafting Creative Communications (PGPCCC).

Survey puts Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) in top 3 slots. The survey was conducted by global market research agency -- The Nielsen Company.

Pune based Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) is pegged at # 4 rank. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) and Xaviers Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) are placed jointly at # 5 slot. XLRI has moved up 3 places. It was ranked # 8 in 2007 rankings.

Who better to answer these questions than the CAT toppers themselves, who are now studying at top B-school!
Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com presents a new series Road to CAT 2008 which will guide and inspire CAT aspirants at every stage. In this series, begin with a chat with students from top B-schools on their journey, and life at B-school.

The B-school students that we interviewed for this series are from institutes like IIM-B, IIM-I, IIM-K, JBIMS, FMS Delhi and IIT Bombays SJMSOM.

While most other B-schools invited corporate honchos to inspire fresh batch of MBA students, Delhi Universitys Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) got none other than the former President of India and a respected thought-leader Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to ignite young minds.

Dr Kalam, while inaugurating the academic session 2008-10, delivered a 90 minute lecture for the FMS students. His address titled The Nation and the Dynamics of Leadership focused on leadership development, importance of integrity and character-building, and Indias challenges and opportunities in next decade.

Participants are getting ready for the international study visit early July where they visit facilities of Japan Honda Saitama Factory, Kao logistics center, Hino Motors, Sharp, Yao factory, Patlite, Kasai Recycling Systems, Toyota, Panasonic House of History, Panasonic HRD College, and Toyota commemorative museum of industry and technology.

IIM-C has also informed MBAUniverse.com that the campus interview for the final placement of the 1st batch of PGPEX-VLM students started with a bang by visits of internationally reputed companies having their operations in India.