In this exclusive article for MBAUniverse.com Aspirant Zone, Mr Gejo Srinivasan, MBA Product Head of IMS Learning Center offers advice to all CAT takers how to use the last few weeks. Excerpts from the article:
When the CAT is just around the corner

By Gejo Srinivasan
Last remaining days before the CAT knocks at your door! Can I really make a difference now? Life has taught us that the last mile to any race is crucial in any case; in the last few laps, in the last few milliseconds you lose or you win.

Many Associate level jobs are pouring in for IIM-C would-be managers. According to information shared by IIM-C with MBAUniverse.com, so far five students have got the coveted associate level offers. In comparison, last year only 4 students managed to bag these offers, and the placement week is several months away. IIM-C informs that these profiles typically attract salaries hitting the magical rupees one crore mark.

Kellogg Insight brings together current research from the schools professors, doing so in a new format that emphasizes key findings. The digest consists of summaries that present research in an accessible way. It subjects like entrepreneurship, innovation, finance, international business, leadership, marketing and policy. Kellogg Insight takes detailed research articles published primarily in academic journals and makes them easily available to the general reader and time-starved business leader.

has shaped the marketing discipline like no other. As a measure of his influence, his tome is included alongside classics such as Adam Smiths The Wealth of Nations, Machiavellis The Prince and Peter Druckers The Practice of Management in Financial Times list of the 50 most influential business books ever published.

It is a series of 20 sessions to help familiarize and teach the students the basics of golf. The first session was held on September 26. On the occasion Mr George Olapally, an XLRI alumnus from the 1975 batch, and Mr. Bushen Raina, CEO of Tata Tinplate spoke to the students about their love for golf.

Fortune Magazine ranked these women executives at for-profit companies based on the size, importance, and health of their business in the global economy; career momentum; and social and cultural influence.

IMI is expecting more PPOs in coming weeks. Says Mr Amrish Sharma, Administrative & Placement Officer, IMI Delhi, We have already received 9 PPOs. We expect 7 to 8 more companies, including International Companies, to make PPOs to our students.

At IMI, the placement season will formally begin from January 3, 2008. The placement process is divided into two phases: lateral and final placement. The lateral placement process will start on January 3, 2008, while the general placement process will be held between January 15-19, 2008.

The emphasis at IIM-A is on quality and not just numbers. Sharing information with MBAUnivere.com, IIM-A says that already 9 students have got associate level offers from leading Investment Banks. Not only are these offers highest in the country, these offers put IIM-As talent at par with the worlds best.

In this article, Mr Sai Kumar, Course Director, Triumphant Institute of Management Education (TIME), one of Indias leading MBA prep company, offers section-wise strategy that students can adopt to score maximum. MBAUniverse.com Aspirant Zone is the most comprehensive online media platform for CAT takers which reports expert advice and news on getting into Indias premier MBA institutes.

TIME Education on Countdown to CAT 07 Strategy:
Last minute hiccups:

The report covers 178 economies. India now ranks 120, against 132 last year. However, the ranking is still behind its 2005 rank of 116.

This years performance, however, marks a significant improvement over last year, when the countrys ranking dropped 16 points over 2005.That decline had prompted the Centre to initiate a serious exercise aimed at removing bottlenecks in rules and regulations for starting businesses or closing them.