The MBA season 2008 is gaining steam. Today IIFT came out with the notification for admissions process for 2009-2011. IIFT 2008 will be held on, sunday 23rd Novemeber. Last date of applying online is 3rd September.
How to apply
Applications can be submitted online by visiting IIFT website. Payment can by made by using credit cards. Those who do not have credit cards have the option of sending across a Demand Draft to IIFT.
Application Fees
General/OBC(Non Creamy Layer) Indian candidates: Rs.1300/-
SC/ST/PH candidates: …

IBSAT 2008 admissions for session 2009-2011 are now open. As always, IBSAT 2008 exam is required for admissions to 22 ICFAI Business School or  IBS colleges in Ahmedabad ,  Bangalore, Bhubaneswar,  Chandigarh,  Chennai,  Coimbatore,  Dehradun,  Faridabad,  Goa,  Gurgaon,  Hyderabad,  Indore,  Jaipur,  Kochi,  Kolkata,  Lucknow,  Mangalore,  Mumbai,  Nagpur,  Noida, Pune and Vishakhapatnam. There are around 5000 seats up for grabs and with form priced at Rs. 1100, this one offers good Value for money. The exam is scheduled on 21st December and following are other important dates related to IBSAT 2008,
Important …

IBSAT or ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test is conducted for admission to 22 of ICFAI MBA colleges. ICFAI which is a big name in field of CFA and correspondence MBA programmes in India, established ICFAI Business schools for regular MBA programmes. Later, in order to establish the B school brand and to do away with all the negative publicity that ICFAI received after CFA fiasco, ICFAI Business school was rechristened as IBS, though we are still waiting to see effectiveness of brand building campaign as most of the popular ICFAI …

CAT 2008 notification was released today. As always exam will be conducted on the third Sunday of November, which happens to be 16th November 2008. One of the major changes this year is the way results will be made available. Starting this year CAT 2008 results will be made available through email, which will mean a less nerve wrecking test result day. More on ‘how to access your results’ later. Read further for eligibility and important dates related to CAT 2008.
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Presentations are an important part of any MBA curriculum. Level of importance, ofcourse varies with respect to a student’s choice of specialisation. For a marketing guy, effective presentation techniques are far more important than lets say for a Finance or a Systems guy. Irony is, that not all of us are blessed to be an effective presenter and we eventually end up losing audience’s imagination and interest. This post, has some of the best practices to help us deliver presentations more effectively.

Know your P-A-L - Your Purpose, Audience and Logistics.

Purpose: …

ScoreTop, which used to be Mecca of ‘free GMAT material’ GMAT aspirants was shutdown last month. GMAC sued them for allegedly publishing ‘Real GMAT questions’ on their site, something ScoreTop was obviously not allowed to do.  GMAC’s threat to ruin ScoreTop VIP members has them pissing in their pants(Read more about it here). In the middle of this high voltage drama (Situation is so much fit for a Bollywood potboiler, if only, Mahesh Bhatt is reading this) GMAC has published a detailed FAQ defending their move. Following are the key …

This volume of GK for MBA 2008 will cover some of the areas that are relevant to Issues of social concern for upcoming IRMA exam. IRMA has one section dedicated to these types of questions. The questions focus heavily on India’s agriculture scenario, state of rural development and government schemes focusing on these two. This post, is first in series of posts covering Issues of social concern.

Indian Economy at A Glance:-

Population: 1.138 billion (2007)

GDP growth rate (2007-08): 8.7% (Source …

First exam date for MBA admissions for class of 2009-2011 has been released. IRMA will be conducting the exam on November 9th, 2008. Detailed notification will be out only in late august. Subscribe to free newsletter by entering your email address in the box above and make sure that you get an alert as soon as notification is released. Coming back to, IRMA exam date, this is what the official announcement says,
Entrance Examinations for PRM 2009-2011 and FPRM 2009 will be held on November 09, 2008.
Online application forms for the …

Last week the GMAC-ScoreTop saga finally came to an end. ScoreTop.com which has long been the market leader in helping GMAT aspirants across the globe was using stolen ‘Real GMAT questions’ , alleged the GMAT Council. ScoreTop.com was a public forum wherein a thriving community of users helped each other in achieving GMAT success.
History behind the case
ScoreTop.com’s business model was simple, it had free and paid membership. Paid members used to pay a 25USD for a 60 day or something membership. In return of these 25usd they were …

General knowledge is one of the key components of many MBA entrance exams in India. While biggies like CAT or SNAP steer clear of testing candidates General awareness quotient, other exams like IIFT, IRMA or FMS rely heavily on General knowledge testing. Starring today, I will be publishing some key General knowledge questions, trivia etc. to help you prepare for the upcoming MBA exam season.
What makes General awareness more important, is the ever changing texture of second round of MBA admissions. More and more B schools are adding Group …