This one-year diploma programme will commence from January 2008. RAI will provide scholarships and internships to the students while IGNOU will develop the course curriculum, conduct the exam and provide diploma.
Speaking to MBAUniverse.com Mr N V Narsimham, Director, School of Management Studies of IGNOU said, Retail sector is growing at faster rate but we lack trained manpower for this sector. This new course will help the industry by producing retail-ready professionals.

Speculation is a waste, prepare in depth
CAT 07 is going to be a two and a half hour (150 minutes) test. Will the number of questions increase? Will there be more sections? Will the difficulty level remain the same? What is to be expected -- and what not? For the serious student, speculation is a waste of time. CAT will definitely focus on testing the core aptitude areas of verbal ability, reading comprehension, quantitative ability, reasoning and data interpretation. The best strategy would be to prepare in-depth and maximize your potential to score.

The program is aimed at students aspiring to make it big in the Insurance industry. According to XLRI, the program is backed by an assured employment in the sales function of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company as Executive Trainees, receiving MBA equivalent compensation levels.

RC&S was launched by Rahul Gugaliya, Amol Sangewar, Sameer Saigaonkar and Kartik Harugol, all students of the PGDIE program at NITIE. The company was launched under the Hamara Dhandha program at NITIE.
Said the four entrepreneurs and founders of RC&S, We are jubilant not only because of the significance of the date when our dreams materialized into reality the real cause of our celebration is that we are about to change the future of our country as we are the new generation entrepreneurs. They added that they owe this venture to the eminent faculty members of NITIE.

According to IMS, The event will provide MBA aspirants with a platform to interact with top B-schools and know everything about these B-schools. Dr Prakash Apte will inaugurate the B-school Tour with an interactive seminar on MBA Education. Dr Sujit Basu, Director, MDI Gurgaon, will address MBA aspirants in a seminar held after the inauguration.

The B-school Tour go to Pune (on August 19) and from thereon to Hyderabad, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai.

Mumbai based SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) and Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad are noticeable additions.

Six other institutes that have been added are: Bengal Institute of Technology & Management, Shantinikhetan; Management Institute of Durgapur; Mangalmay Institute of Management Studies, Greater Noida; Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal; University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Gurgaon and Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, Secunderabad.

Ever since morning of August 16, the last day for getting the CAT 2007 Bulletin, serpentine queues greeted those who left this chore for the very last. Outside bank branches, CAT aspirants had to wait for several hours to finally lay their hands on CAT Bulletin. MBAUniverse.com reports from the scene.

In his address, Dr Manmohan Singh announced a slew of significant initiatives in primary, secondary and higher education. Amongst the announcements was setting up of seven new Indian Institutes of Management, five new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, eight new Indian Institutes of Technology, seven new Indian Institutes of Management, and twenty new Indian Institutes of Information Technology.

This written management entrance exam is conducted by IIT Kharagpur.

According to IIT Kharagpur, JMET 2008 will be of 2 hours duration.The test will consist of 150 questions (objective / multiple choice type) in Verbal Communication, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation areas.

The Schools/ Departments that use JMET scores are:
IIT Bombay: Shailesh J Mehta School of Management
IIT Delhi: Department of Management Studies
IIT Kanpur: Department of industrial & Management Engineering

The convention will be held on August 25-26, and will see a host of eminent speakers from companies like Cargill India, Cambridge Solutions, IBM India, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Tata Steel, Ernst & Young and Ogilvy Sports. Delphique 07 also includes a Consulting Panel guided by KPMG.