Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) itself to test their aptitude for entering prestigious FMS Delhi. The FMS exam was held in over forty centers in Delhi, and elsewhere in the country, on January 13. MBAUniverse.com was present on the spot and spoke to aspirants before and after the exam for their feedback.

The theme of the summit was Targeting Excellence The HR Way. The Summit attracted well-known industry practitioners to share their experiences.

The event plans to rope in lakhs of participants across the country and crown a Tycoon at the end of five rounds of grueling competitions. The final of the multi city event will be held on February 18-20. Tycoons is a Career Launcher and jaagoindia initiative.

Dr. Rahul Singh, Asst. Professor and Head - International Alliances was also awarded the Gold Medal for his contribution to Research and Collaborative Developments.

The theme of the Congress is Outsourcing: Role of Consultants.
Talking about the objective of Congress, the organizers say, The Congress will provide a platform for interaction between the various stakeholders with the aim to achieve a better understanding of the issues involved in client-consultant relationship for achieving organizational objectives of world class productivity through outsourcing of engineering and management services to consultants and experts.

FORE informs that its entire batch was placed on Day Zero itself with an average salary increase of 35 % over last year. In total there were 47 companies from 13 industry sectors that made 300 offers to FORE students.
According to FORE, the average package jumped to more than 8 lacs per annum while the highest package was offered by the international recruiter Jumbo Group, Dubai at 26 lacs per annum. The highest domestic offer is 11 lacs. The laterals of the batch also performed well with their average package being more than 9 lacs per annum.

Responding to an MBAUnivese.com query, IIM Indore Director Dr SP Parashar tells us about the shortlists drawn and the details of GD/PI rounds.

Q: How many total seats are there at IIM-I for Post Graduate Programme in Management for batch to be admitted in 2008?
A: In total, there are 240 seats at IIM Indore for the session starting 2008.

Q: What are the total number of students shorlisted by IIM-I for GD/PI rounds?
A: We have shortlisted a total of 1730 candidates.

Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com has officially tied-up with UK based Thinkers 50, to present this global ranking. Our readers will remember the first article in this series was on none other than CK Prahalad, who is ranked as the # 1 Business Guru on this ranking. Read on for Bill Gates Business Mantras.

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Continuing our series on management exams, MBAUniverse.com spoke to Prof J K Mitra, Dean of FMS, seeking his last minute advice for FMS aspirants. Prof JK Mitra told MBAUniverse.com: We advice all the students that are going to appear in FMS 08 exam to try and do well in all the sections. The sectional cut-offs is a new element included in FMS 08 test, and this aspect is very important.

Dr Mitra added, Students should not just do well in only one or two sections. Its the all round score that will count.

At XLRI, plans are in progress to scale the Island Peak in the Himalayas. This peak situated to the south of Mt. Everest scales to a whooping altitude of 20,305 feet. Students will attend a 2 month long training camp conducted by mountaineering professionals to build up the required stamina.

Taking inspiration from the Wharton Leadership Program, the annual event at Wharton Business School, XLRI Leadership Expedition (XLE) was started three years ago.