The pattern of CET 08 was same as last years exam and is being evaluated by experts as easy. The 150 minutes long paper had a total of 200 questions and the maximum marks possible were 200. MBAUniverse.com Aspirants Zone presents a review.

These new courses lead to the batch size increasing to almost a double of last years at 180 students.

The highest domestic salary offered this year was Rs. 17 Lakhs offered by Abhishek Industries - Trident Group, whereas the highest international package offered was $ 85,000 by Olam International, Singapore.

The highest international salary offered was a high Rs 26 lakhs pa. The average salary offered to PGDM (HR) candidates was Rs 6.89 lakhs pa.

Earlier, the Batch of 2008 returned from their summer placements with a record number of PPOs (Pre-Placement Offers). Some of the prominent domestic companies who offered PPOs were: Asian Paints, Dr. Reddys Laboratories, DSCL, Firstsource, Genpact, RPG Group, Tata Motors, Vedanta.

The average salary increased by 25% to Rs. 13.78 lakhs per annum with the highest domestic offer of Rs. 20 lakhs and highest foreign offer of USD 70,000.
The process ended with the participants being offered their profiles in large Indian and foreign firms. Companies in sectors like Consultancy, Banking, IT, Investment Banking, FMCG, Private Equity, Manufacturing, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Telecom, Media lined-up to pick up SPJIMR graduates.

CAT 2016 exam notification is delayed by a week or so as it was expected to be released on July 24. Now it is likely to be released on July 31, 2016 by the convening IIM Bangalore. The last year CAT exam notification was released on July 26 which led IIM Ahmedabad to convene CAT on November 29. This year it may not be possible for IIM Bangalore to convene CAT 2016 on the last Sunday of November as IIFT entrance exam is scheduled for November 27, 2016. Accordingly, CAT 2016 will have to be conducted prior to that and most likely it would be held on November 21 or earlier.

The inaugural of the first year of MBA (2016-18 batch) was organized by the School of Business, AIMS Institute of Higher Education, at the Auditorium on July 14th 2016.
Mr Priyanandan Reddy, COO, while welcoming the students said Rigour, Relevance, Reward and Recognition are the hallmarks of top business schools in the world and the same will be applicable at AIMS. During his address, he quoted the Steve Jobs famous quote Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish and guided them to follow the same in their lives.

The Mentorship Program was launched online at http://mentor.iimklive.com on 9th January, 2008, with an aim to provide the IIM aspirants a platform to discuss, share and get feedback on various issues and queries related with their preparations for the second stage of CAT, which consists of group discussions and personal interviews (GD/PI) of shortlisted candidates.

The CAT applicants who were shortlisted by IIM-K for the GD/PI process were asked to register for the programme.

Uttar Pradesh state supported Gautam Buddha University (GBU) has made a hi-profile entry into the countrys education sector with its first programme offering a two-year MBA progamme offered by its School of Management. The MBA programme will admit students through its own Graduate Proficiency Test for Management to be held on June 1, 2008.

GBU has issued admission notice announcing its Graduate Proficiency Test for Management (M-GPT 2008). The University is expected to commence its first academic session in Greater Noida from August 2008.

The students - Supreet Kaur, Anand Trivedi and Anand Mohan Sharma, part of the team called Midas of Management Development Institute (MDI) - won the contest entitled Taste the Success - Become Indras Advisors.
As part of the competition, PepsiCo India invited business strategies for unlocking the latent demand for beverages in India from the leading management schools. Winners

Kaur, Trivedi and Sharma would be flown to PepsiCo headquarters in New York in April, where they will present and discuss their case solution with the chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Inc Indira Nooyi.

A plethora of offers were received in varied profiles such as Finance, Consultancy, Operations, Marketing, Human Resources among many others. According to XLRI, in total, over a 100 offers were made during the lateral season to 90 eligible lateral candidates for senior level management roles. The average salary package offered was Rs. 15 lacs. The highest salary offered too, reached the Rupees 22 lacs mark this season.