Masters in Business Administration or MBAs are in real demand these days. And if someone is holding his or her MBA degree from a reputed business school, it’s an icing on the cake. The students of top business schools bag lucrative offers from the corporate world.

Almost all the universities conduct the MBAs program today. With the phenomenon of globalization taking the practical shape, whole world has emerged in to a big market. This has led to the great increase in the business activities all over. Products and services are being sent and received across continents. This situation has posed a huge demand for the skilled professionals in the industries. In an MBA program, syllabus is prepared in such a manner that it covers all essential elements of business.

MBA Specializations:

There are various streams of MBA course which can be studied as specializations. Some examples are: MBA in Human Resources (HR), MBA in Hospitality & Tourism, MBA in Entrepreneurship, MBA in Communication, MBA in Marketing, MBA in Health Care Management, MBA in Finance, MBA in Operations.

Some prestigious Management Institutes in India are enumerated below:

List of MBA entrance examinations 2009
• AIMA-MAT
• INC Adam Smith Institute of Management
• National Institute of fashion Technology
• West Bengal University of Technology, JEMAT 2009
• Department of Commerce, University of Delhi
• MDI School of Energy Management
• KIIT University, Bhubaneswar
• Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi
• ATMA – AIMS Test for Management Admissions
• Faculty of Management Studies , University of New Delhi
• NMAT
• SNAP Test
• TATA Institute of Social Sciences
• XLRI Jamshedpur, XAT 2009
• Joint Management Entrance test (JMET)
• Institute of Rural Management Anand
• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
• IBSAT
• Common Admission Test (CAT)
• Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management, Ahmedabad
• SIES, Navi Mumbai
• Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi
• VIT- Business School , Vellore
• Institute of Management Development and Research, Pune
• IILM Institute for Higher Education
• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras
• MICA, Ahmedabad
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore
• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune
• Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik
• Symbiosis Institute of Healthy Sciences (SIHS), Pune
• Great Lakes institute of Management, Chennai
• Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
• Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development
• Welingkar
• Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management
• K.J.Somaiya
• Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
• S.P Jain, Dubai, Singapore
• Symbiosis Center for Information Technology
• Asia-Pacific Institute of Management
• Institute of Management Technology, Dubai
• Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Forest Management
• Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune
• ITM Business School
• Panjab University, Chandigarh, University Business School
• AIMA, Aligarh Muslim University
• Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
• IILM Graduate School of Management, Greater Noida
• NITIE, Mumbai
• Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi
• Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna
• National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
• Institute of Insurance and Risk Management
• Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
• Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies
• NIRMA Institute of Management
• University of Hyderabad, The School of Management Studies
• Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad and Nagpur
• NICMAR
• Goa Institute of Management, Goa
• Mudra Institute Of Communications, Ahmedabad
• Asian Institute of management
• Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
• Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
• Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai
• IIM Lucknow, Noida campus
• IIM Bangalore
• XLRI Jamshedpur
• Indian Institute of Forest Management
• Birla Institute Of Management Technology, Greater Noida
• Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
• Institute of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar
• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
• GITAM Institute of International Business
• Lal Bhadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi
• Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
• S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research
• Fore School of Management
• T.A. Pai Management Institute
• Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi
• NMIMS University (School of Distance Learning)
• Anna University, Chennai
• Pondicherry University, Directorate of Distance Education
• Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Hyderabad
• Entrepreneurship Development Institute Of India
• Fortune Institute of International Business
• SCMS, Cochin
• Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics
• Globsyn Business School
• AICAR Business School, Karjat
• International School Of Business & Media
• NILLM -CMS, New Delhi
• National Insurance Academy School of Management, Pune
• Suryadatta Institute of Management & Mass Communication
• International School of Management Excellence, Bangalore

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1995 to 1998:

Total Questions – 185
Time – 120 minutes
Verbal Ability – 50 Q
Reading Comprehension – 50 Q
Problem Solving – 45 Q
Data Interpretation – 40 Q

In 1995 and 1996, the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension sections were grouped and had a time limit of 1 hour.

Similarly, the Problem Solving and Data Interpretation sections were grouped and had a time limit of 1 hour.

There was no such time limit in 1997 and 1998.

1999:

Total Questions – 165
Time – 120 minutes
Section 1 : 55 Q – Verbal Ability – 25 Q and Reading Comprehension – 30 Q
Section 2 : 55 Q – Problem Solving – 55 Q
Section 3 : 55 Q – Data Interpretation – 31 Q and Verbal Reasoning – 24 Q

2000:

Total Questions – 165
Time – 120 minutes
Section 1 : 55 Q – Verbal Ability – 15 Q and Reading Comprehension – 40 Q
Section 2 : 55 Q – Problem Solving – 55 Q
Section 3 : 55 Q – Data Interpretation – 31 Q and Verbal Ability – 24 Q

2001:

Total Questions – 150
Time – 120 minutes
Section 1 : 50 Q – Verbal Ability – 20 Q and Reading Comprehension – 30 Q
Section 2 : 50 Q – Problem Solving – 50 Q
Section 3 : 50 Q – Data Interpretation – 31 Q and Logical Reasoning – 19 Q

2002:

Total Questions – 150
Time – 120 minutes
Section 1 : 50 Q – Data Interpretation – 40 Q and Logical Reasoning – 10 Q

Section 2 : 50 Q – Problem Solving – 50 Q
Section 3 : 50 Q – Verbal Ability – 25 Q and Reading Comprehension – 25 Q

2003 :

Total Questions – 150
Time – 120 minutes
Section 1 : 50 Q – Verbal Ability – 25 Q and Reading Comprehension – 25 Q

Section 2 : 50 Q – Data Interpretation – 30 Q and Logical Reasoning – 20 Q
Section 3 : 50 Q – Problem Solving

A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a graduate degree that you can study for through colleges and universities. It initially encompasses a very broad range business management studies, then branches off into more specialized areas such as accounting, marketing or finance from the second year onwards.

It is universally accepted that if you have completed the MBA program, then you have very thorough business training behind you. The harsh reality of the real business world has show that MBA graduates are better equipped to handle the rigors of everyday business than most other business degrees. An MBA is recognized world wide as being a “cut above” an undergraduate business course.

To even gain admittance to an MBA course in India, an applicant must first pass the Common Admission Test (CAT). The CAT is a set examination directed at determining the aptitude of a candidate for business management studies.

Where as the entrance criteria to most college courses is largely established on academic criteria, MBA courses place a lot greater emphasis on work experience, references, personal interviews, community service and non-business interests as well as academic achievements.

The normal MBA degree course covers everything from economics, marketing, international business, finance, information technology management and accounting, right through to government policy and organizational behavior. As MBA’s have become more fashionable it is now possible to find courses specializing in these same fields.