The Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) and Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI) in collaboration with Birla Alumni Associations Network (BANN) even organized an interactive session on Dabbawalas of Mumbai: The Success story at New Delhis PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi on 23rd August last year.

In a similar move, IIM Ahmedabad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Columbia Business School. According to sources at IIM A, Columbia B-school dean Glenn Hubbard will visiting India later this month when the partnership between the two B-schools is formalized. While the IIM A officials confirmed the proposed tie-up with Columbia, they did not comment on the nature of the tie-up. Columbia Business School is among the top ten (according to Business Weeks 2006 rankings) B-schools in the world.

In his keynote address, Kiran Karnik said, The PIAA is uniquely placed to make a big impact on the economic and social fabric of the country. It will provide a platform for discussing new ideas and creating a powerful independent voice on topical issues and policies, even as it plays a role in furthering Brand IIM globally.

Commenting on the potential of PIAA, Nirpjit Singh (Noni) Chawla said, The PIAA has the potential of making a major contribution to the communities and societies that the alumni live in.

Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav recently lectured Harvard and Wharton students at the National Rail Museums auditorium: 100 students from Harvard Business School and 30 from Wharton, along with seven professors from both B-schools. The students had come all the way to meet the Indian minister for taking tips on management and sharing the success story of Indian Railways. Lalu, as we all know, has been credited for the financial turnaround of the loss-making Railways into a profit-making venture.

Missing your score even by a fraction in IIFT 2016 entrance test can throw you out of the race for admission to MBA (IB) 2017-19 and this is true especially for GK section where maximum marks are only 14 and it is very difficult for the candidates to score more than 7-8 marks while cut-off goes even below 1 mark in GK section.

Admissions in some of the top MBA colleges are still open for a few more days and the application last date is proposed to close in January for MBA/PGDM 2017-19. It could serve as the last opportunity for those who wish to apply and start pursuing the management programme in 2017 in one of the top non-IIMs.

Please note this list is for Non-IIM MBA colleges. To know CAT 2016 Cut Off for IIMs,click here.

The 2 years flagship Post Graduate Diploma (PGDM) in Management of Durga Devi Saraf Institute of Management Studies (DSIMS), Mumbai offers the students more than the MMS students are offered. The PGDM students at DSIMS get the same four functional areas as in MMS but there is an add - on feature of this program that is, PGDM specialization tracks are regularly orchestrated with the ever changing needs of the industries.