Students from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad recently battled it out over not the usual case-studies and quizzes, but thirteen games like cricket, tennis and swimming. IIM Bangalore played host to the sports contingent from IIM Ahmedabad for Sangharsh08, the second edition of the Annual IIMA-IIMB Sports Meet between January 11-13, 2008.

According to the information shared by TDA with MBAUniverse.com, the last date for receiving filled in application forms for 9th Post Graduate Diploma in Development Management: 2008-2010 has been extended to January 31, 2008. Earlier the last date of submission was January 20th, 2008.

TDA is a joint academic venture of Sir Ratan Tata Trust and DHAN Foundation. DHAN Foundation is a development organisation working towards bringing significant changes in the lives of the poor through innovative themes. TDA engaged in Development Management Education, Training and Research.

One of Indias leading test-prep company, IMS Learning Resources shared with MBAUniverse.com how their students have fared in CAT 07, and what inputs it is offering for the GD/PI rounds. According to IMS Learning, more than 2000 IMS students have got calls from IIMs. Whats more, four IMS students have hit the jackpot and have got 100 percentiles in CAT 07.

IMS Learning told MBAUniverse.com, The calls have started pouring in. We are still in the process of collating the data of all our students. As of now we have more than 2000 calls.

The PPOs aretranslating into one-third of the batch getting placed much before the formal Placement season.

The offers ranged across a varied spectrum of verticals from Strategy Consulting to Investment Banking, Corporate branding to Human Capital, and Technology Management to Corporate Finance.

The contest is an endeavor to bring together the knowledge and analytical skills of supply chain management students and corporate executives across India in the form of a case study competition, informs SIIB. The case would be based on a real life supply chain problems faced by industries. This year the automobile sector is chosen for the case study.

The new initiative is aimed at enhancing employability of graduates and providing competitive advantage to Indian organizations, says NIIT.

The Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) each with the University of California, Berkeley, USA and the University of Cambridge, UK. The primary objective of TISES is to provide international students a chance to work in community initiative projects of the Tata Group in India and thereby promote international understanding, says the Tatas.

Captain G R Gopinath, the Managing Director of Air Deccan will be the keynote speaker.

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In this Q&A, Mr Srinivasan says that FMS test was quite different from CAT, and the difficulty level ranged from low to medium. Read on for detailed analysis by IMS expert.

Q: Kindly share the breakup of questions in FMS exam?
A: In total there were 175 questions. The Sections-wise breakup was as follows:Quant: 50 questions; Logical Reasoning: 50 questions; Reading comprehension: 40 questions; and Verbal Ability: 35 questions.

Q: According to your assessment, which sections were tough and which were easy?