MBA - Masters in Business Administration is a post graduate program. The underlying philosophy behind this program is to prepare professionals with managerial skills like Core Competence in General management area, global vision etc., that are critical for success in today's complex and competitive world of business. MBA is offered as a two year program or executive programs.

India, in the past decade has seen MBA program maturing and today it is one of the most lucrative careers among professionals aspiring for management positions. An MBA from a good institute would certainly make your dream come true. Let us put forward a hard fact; every year lakhs of students are competing for a few thousand seats in India's top most colleges like IIM's, XLRI, IIFT, FMS, SP Jain, JBIMS, IRMA, Symbiosis to name a few……It's a tough road ahead and can be achieved only by your determination and self-confidence.

CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
MBA Programs today offers a wide spectrum of specialisations to choose from. The tradional and more popular fields are:

MARKETING
How can you be different from others? How can you make people remember your product? Even good products need to be marketed well. One studies about Sales, Brand Management, Market Research, Advertising etc. Marketing today is one of the most sought after specialisations.

FINANCE
Financial Management deals with accounting, auditing, taxation etc. One can choose a career in Corporate Financing, Investment and Securities, Consumer Finance, Banking, Financial Consultancy. With globalisation & stronger Corporate Laws, there is a huge demand for Finance Mangers.

HRD
Organisation is made of people. From recruiting them to motivating them and keeping a balance between the needs of an organisation and human resource, you have to be accessible, a good communicator, charismatic and competent. Further categorisations are Personnel Management and Industrial Relations.

SYSTEMS
From automating attendance -punching to making schedules for different departments to developing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), you need to be a tech-wizard. The growing independence of organizations on IT has seen a rise in the demand for specialized systems management professionals.

A⁺Grade B-School:

• Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A)
  City: Ahmedabad
  WebSite: www.iimahd.ernet.in
  


• Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM-B)
  City: Bangalore
  WebSite: www.iimb.ernet.in
  


• Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM-C)
  City: Calcutta
  WebSite: www.iimcsl.ac.in
  


• Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM-L)
  City: Lucknow
  WebSite: www.iiml.ac.in
  


• Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM-K)
  City: Kozhikhode
  WebSite: www.iimk.ac.in
  


• Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM-I)
  City: Indore
  WebSite: www.iimidr.ac.in
  


• Institute: Xavier Labour and Relations Institute (XLRI)
  City: Jamshedpur
  WebSite: www.xlri.edu
  


• Institute: Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)
  City: New Delhi
  WebSite: www.fms.edu
  


• Institute: S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research
  City: Mumbai
  WebSite: www.spjimr.org
  


• Institute: Department of Management Studies IIT
  City: New Delhi
  WebSite: www.iitdmba.org
  


• Institute: Shailesh Mehta School of Management IIT
  City: Mumbai
  WebSite: www.iitb.ac.in
  


• Institute: Indian Institute of Management (IIM-S)
  City: Shillong
  WebSite: www.iimshillong.in
  


• Institute: Indian School of Business (ISB)
  City: Hyderabad
  WebSite: www.isb.edu
  


• Institute: Management Development Institute (MDI)
  City: Gurgaon
  WebSite: www.mdi.ac.in
  


• Institute: National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
  City: Mumbai
  WebSite: www.nitie.edu
  


• Institute: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
  City: Mumbai
  WebSite: www.tiss.edu
  


• Institute: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
  City: New Delhi
  WebSite: www.iift.edu
  


• Institute: Institute of Rural Management (IRMA)
  City: Anand
  WebSite: www.irma.ac.in
  


• Institute: Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA)
  City: Ahmedabad
  WebSite: www.mica -india.net
  


• Institute: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM)
  City: Pune
  WebSite: www.sibm.edu
  

A Grade B-School

• Institute: Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
  City: Mumbai
  WebSite: www.nmims.edu
  


• Institute: T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)
  City: Manipal
  WebSite: www.tapmi.org
  


• Institute: Xavier Institute of Management (XIM)
  City: Bhubaneshwa
  WebSite: www.ximb.ac.in
  


• Institute: Institute of Management Technology
  City: Ghaziabad
  WebSite: www.imt.edu
  


• Institute: Bhartidasan Institute of Management (BIM)
  City: Tiruchirapalli
  WebSite: www.bim.edu
  


• Institute: Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Research Development (SCMHRD)
  City: Pune
  WebSite: www.scmhrd.edu
  


• Institute: K. J. Somaiya School of Management
  City: Mumbai
  WebSite: www.somaiya.edu
  

*These ratings are just indicative & for informative purpose only. The grading will differ from source to source.

This section will familiarize you with the latest formats of the various B-school entrance tests. However, one can not predict the test structure for the coming year. Most of the MBA entrance exams aptitude test are a combination of some or all sections which are Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Logical & Critical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency and General Awareness. Latest test structures for some of the exams are mentioned below:



Maths & Reasoning

• QA - Quantitative Aptitude
• QT - Quantitative Techniques
• QS - Quantitative Skills
• DI - Data Interpretation
• DS - Data Sufficiency
• LR - Logical Reasoning
• RA - Reasoning Ability
• AR - Analytical Reasoning
• DM - Decision Making
• MS - Mathematical Skills
• DA - Data Awareness
• ICR - Intelligence & Critical Reasoning

English

• VA - Verbal Ability
• EC - English Communication
• EU - English Usage
• RC - Reading Comprehension
• VR - Verbal Reasoning
• LS - Language Skills
• LA - Language Ability
• LC - Language Comprehension

General Knowledge

• GA - General Awareness
• ISC - Issues of Social Concern
• IGE - Indian and Global Environment

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