Melbourne Business School, Australia and Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, USA, for example, look for a minimum of two years professional experience. IE – Instituto de Empresa, Spain and Cass Business School, UK, specify three years, while at Ashridge, UK, the minimum specification is five years previous work experience. One of the main […]

Demand for places at the best business schools keeps growing every year. Rosemaria Martinelli, former Director of Admissions at The Wharton School reports that applications have increased by 30% in the last few years. The Wharton School receives over 15 completed applications for each of the 780 places available. Of these, students from outside the […]

With its reputation as the home of management education – the MBA was ‘invented’ at the Tuck school in New Hampshire well over a century ago – the USA has long been a major draw for Indian students. However, its attraction has been undermined since 2001 due to the tightening of immigration regulations and the […]

One of the largest and longest established b-school information fairs, the QS World MBA Tour will be visiting location on date giving aspiring MBAs from country the opportunity to meet admissions teams from many of the world’s top schools and gather information on topics such as programme length and content, local conditions, GMAT testing, faculty […]

One of the great GMAT myths is that the first 8 questions in each section “make or break” your score and that nothing you do after that point has much of an effect on the score you end up with. False! Eight questions are not enough to determine your score. If they were enough, each […]

According to Director Prof KS Subramanian, SCMHRD differs from other b-schools of its league in that it looks upon students as individuals who are giving a last shot at professional education in their life. “It is not going to happen that these students will go back to organized learning on a two year basis again […]

Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, the premium business school of India, has entered into a tie-up with European School of Management (ESCP-EAP) France for the PGPIM programme in International Management to give the upcoming leaders in management a global exposure. PGPIM in International Business is a full time intensive programme that offers: • An innovative […]

“After ten years I see myself at least 10 to 15 private albums old.” This ambitious statement pretty much sums up Gaurav Dagaonkar’s commitment to walk the road he has chosen for himself all the way through. An MBA from India’s best B-school making music? “Ever since I made my first song I knew this […]

For the record, Malli Mastan Babu is India’s first MBA to climb the highest peak in the world. Malli achieved the feat with four other climbers (from US, UK, France and Holland) last Sunday at 7:03 am. He is now resting at the Everest Base Camp with his team, ‘Summit Climb’. It is from here […]

Following is the text of their joint statement released at a press conference at IIM, Bangalore. Dear Members of the Press, First of all we would like to extend our gratitude on behalf of the entire IIM Student Community for coming here to listen to our viewpoints. All IIM students are presently interning in various […]