As options multiply -- from one-year executive MBA to domain specific MBAs in Retail, Insurance etc, to programmes via satellite/Broadband -- you want to know the What, Why, When and Where of MBA education and options. Dont be puzzled, as help is at hand. Management expert Dr CS Venkata Ratnam answers your questions on Ask Venkat section on MBAUniverse.com.

IIM C is organising event Ascent07 in association with the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) and TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs). The event will be an opportunity for learning and interacting with the people like ad-filmmaker Mr. Prahlad Kakkar, venture capitalist Mr. Mahesh Murthy, Chairman of Globsyn group of companies Mr. Bikram Das Gupta, founder of Burrp.com Mr. Deap Ubhi, founder of Ready to go? magazine Mr. Arjun Jindal and founder of Intelsys group Mr. Saumen Chakraborty. The event is a precursor to the international B-plan contest i2I.

He was presiding over the 12th convocation of Delhi NCR based IILM Graduate School of Management (IGSM) on July 20. On the occasion, 154 management students of IGSM were conferred with the title of PGDBM. The ceremony was addressed by Dr Munjal, Dr B Bhatachraya, Director IILM and Major Gen B D Wadhwa, AVSM (Retd), Director General IILM.

Students participated in several management games, rock climbing and trenching at a place near Jamshedpur. They also did rafting at Dimna Lake. Tata Adventure Sports Foundation (TASF), Jamshedpur, organized the event.
During the trip, students also got the opportunity to met Ms. Bachendri Pal, the first Indian women to climb Mt. Everest. She gave a pep talk to the students on leadership skills. She was all praise for the enthusiasm and high degree of involvement shown by them.

This seminar is part of the Executive Seminar Series organized by NMIMS.

Introducing the seminar, NMIMS says, We now live in an era of almost constant change. This seminar will also focus on learning how to improve the companys capacity to be a strategic innovator and to enhance society by
commercializing valuable new products and services based on new business models. It also offers tools and concepts that you need to implement and strategies which lead to innovation and growth.

two leading management institutes Mumbai-based SP Jain Institute of Management & Research and Ahmedabad-based Nirma University of Science & Technologys Institute of Management -- have accepted that delays at their end resulted in their missing out the CAT Bulletins official deadline. They however have informed MBAUniverse.com that they are part of CAT 2007, and their names will appear in subsequent CAT announcements. We are taking up the matter with IIM to correct the same in future publication and notifications, said SP Jains admission officer Prof Parimal Merchant.

The HR Conclave will be centered on the theme Strategic People Policy for the emerging globalised economy and the Trade Conclave on Unleashing The Potential: New Farm Supply Chain Initiatives in Indian Agriculture. Top executives from companies like ITC, Coca-Cola, Fritolay, Bank of America, IBM and Britannia and Reliance Industries will be speaking at the Conclaves.

In his former avatar, Prof. Cedric Serpes was the Creative Chief for ad agencies like Grey and Lintas, in India and abroad. The Ad Guru-turned-academician shifted to Goa about 15 years back, and subsequently joined GIM to teach Integrated Marketing Communication.

According to IIM-L, the program is expected to commence from April 14, 2008.

IIM-Ls IPMX is designed for executives to prepare them for leadership roles. The program aims to broaden the core managerial competencies and to enhance the professional growth of students. According to IIM-L, The program will develop business education that is grounded in the Indian and international business environment. It will accelerate understanding of business at functional and strategic levels, and prepare students to manage enterprises engaged in global business.

On the occasion the corporate leader likes Mr. Manjit Singh Lakhmana, Head-HR, India, Bank of America and Mr. Abhijit Bhaduri, Head-HR, FritoLay India addressed the people issues of Making M&As Work while four corporate leader Ronesh Puri, MD, Executive Access India Ltd.; Mr Sushil Baveja, Head-CorporateHR at DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited (DSCL); Rahul Gangal, Senior Manager TAS Tata Administrative Service; and Mrs. Celine George, VP HR, Technopak spoke on the issue of Managing Talent.