With updated knowledge and skill-set, India can leapfrog into a global resource for managerial talent. One organization that is playing a significant role this domain is All India Management Associations Center for Management Development (AIMA-CMD).

AIMA-CMD was established to provide working managers and students with new knowledge and to equip them with the best management practices and techniques available in the world.

The report offers a world view of management education while providing a series of recommendations for leaders in academia, business and government.

The partner institutes of One MBA are the Chinese University of Hong Kong, RSM Erasmus University (Europe), Technologico de Monterrey (Mexico), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA), and Fundacao Getulio Vargas (South America).

A group of 100 business executives participating in OneMBA program are in Delhi from 17 to 20 May 2008. The group hosted by MDI is visiting various premier industrial establishments in and around Delhi and is exposed to interactions with prominent chiefs of industrial houses and talks by MDI senior professors and academicians.

GMAT is the essential passport to prestigious global B-schools institutes such as Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Management with more than 2,000 graduate business programs worldwide require candidates taking GMAT to seek admission.

While addressing a CII organized special session in New Delhi on May 8, Dr Prahalad said, In my vision, India of 2022 can emerge as a major force provided it has economic strength, technological vitality and offers moral leadership to the world.

In 2007-2008 IIM-B disbursed Rs. 91 lakhs towards financial assistance. Keeping in mind the increase in fees for the entering batch, the amount budgeted for financial aid this year has been revised to Rs. 1.5 crores.

This paradox can only be solved by providing skill-based education at the grass roots level. These were the remarks made by Mr K V Kamath, MD & CEO of ICICI Bank while addressing the CII Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in the capital on May 5, 2008.

Said Mr Kamath, With economy growing at a health pace, services sectors like Financial service, retail, telecom, travel, media and several others are offering more jobs than there are takers. But the paradox is that there are lakhs of unemployed youths who suffer from skill deficiency, and are hence unemployable.

IIM-B has also declared final admission list on May 1, 2008 for its PGP for the batch 2008-10.
According to the information on IIM-B website, There are 300 candidates who have been made an admission offer to the PGP for the batch of 2008-10 at IIM-B for the 251 seats available in the General, SC, ST and PWD categories. The 49 extra offers covers for 137 of those candidates who have an offer from another IIM.

Prof. Dan Smith, the Founder and President of Capsim, a globally renowned virtual business simulation program provider conducted the seminar. The seminar saw the participants which include senior corporate trainers from the industry as well as faculty members from leading Business Schools in India as well as international participants.

In an attempt to facilitate the ongoing discussion, Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida organised a three day National Seminar on Globalisation and Inclusive Growth starting May 2, 2008 at NUEPA, New Delhi. The inaugural address was delivered by former Finance Minister Mr Yashwant Singh.