Action Plan: Social Entrepreneurship Competition at Abhyuday, IIT Bombay [Prizes worth Rs. 15 Lakhs]: Register by Nov 7

“Sequence of steps that must be taken, or activities that must be performed well, for a strategy to SUCCEED”: ACTION PLAN Action Plan is the one of the most popular and Asia’s fastest growing Social Entrepreneurship challenge held by Abhyuday, The Social Body of IIT Bombay. The competition, which was incepted 10 years ago, has …

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) named as the best B-School in Central Asia for the seventh consecutive year

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) maintained its place of the best B-School in Central Asia for the seventh consecutive year. Eduniversal, a ranking and rating agency specialized in higher education announced the award at it’s The Worldwide Business Schools Rankings for 2014 Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony in Istanbul in October. The title of …

Smart Ways to Research about MBA Schools before Selecting the Best One

Smart Ways to Research about MBA Schools before Selecting the Best One   It is not uncommon for several young professionals to think about joining a business school for acquiring the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA). While a solid economy encourages several professionals to carry on with their current roles, the dream of working at …

Questions to ask at an informational session organized by a top b-school

The round one deadlines are very near and several top b-schools are organizing road shows or informational sessions in cities all over the world. In a previous blog post, we informed our readers that they should take the opportunity to visit the information session organized by a b-school to establish your seriousness about the application. …

Tips to stay within your B-School Essays word limit

With B schools updating their essay practices, a lot of MBA applicants struggle to stay within the set word limit on b school essays. The university of darden last year had restricted itself to 140 words/ tweets. That’s innovative! When you sit down to write answers to the questions asked, you find you have lots to …

Not visiting the Schools – A Disadvantage?

B-school applicants experience a moment of panic as they begin to work on their MBA applications for round 1. You realize that the September and October deadlines are just around the corner and you won’t have time to visit any schools before their materials are due! The question you might be facing is if not visiting …

Online MBA Guide – All your Online MBA course related questions end here

What is an Online MBA? Once upon a time, fathers used to say with pride, “My son is a graduate.”  Graduation was treated as a quite prestigious degree in that time. After some years, the job market made the students bound to think that graduation is not enough to get a high quality job. Then, …

Why US b-schools recruit a large number of international students

Many debates have a point of view that if immigration denies jobs to U.S. citizens,then international students deny places in our colleges and universities to U.S. citizens. Why do U.S. b-schools recruit international students and arrange for their accommodation? Robert F. Bruner, Dean at Darden explain his side of the story in his blog . Republished …

Ross – Best B-school for entrepreneurship 2013 says Princeton survey

Earlier in 2011 we had written about the Best B-Schools for Entrepreneurs and The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in Massachusetts offered the number one graduate business program for entrepreneurs in the country, according to the U.S. News and World Report website, as of 2011. A recent survey ( September 19th 2013 ) done …

Reviewing all of your application materials for Round 1 deadlines

As the round 1 deadline nears, you will want your family and friends to support you by helping you find any unforeseen mistakes in your MBA application. While that’s the best way to figure out any mistakes that you may have made in the seemingly perfect MBA application form, you may want to be aware …