IELTS - An Introduction

Well, to begin with, let us first have a clearer picture of what IELTS is really all about?

IELTS tests are held in over 500 centres with tests up to four times a month. IELTS respects international diversity and is fair to anyone who sits the test, regardless of nationality

You can choose from two types of IELTS test: Academic or General Training, depending on whether you want to study, work or migrate. Both modules are made up of four parts – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. IELTS results are graded on the unique IELTS 9-band scale.

To help you prepare, IELTS provides samples and practice tests. The test covers the full range of ability from non-user to expert user. You are not limited in how many times you can sit the test.

You can trust the quality and security of IELTS because it is managed by three reputable, international organisations: British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL).

IELTS tests all four language skills – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. The Speaking test is a face-to-face interview with a certified Examiner. It is interactive and as close to a real-life situation as a test can get.

Research shows that IELTS motivates test-takers to develop real and well-rounded English rather than learning by rote. This means your understanding of English is improved and valid for real life in an English-speaking country.

IELTS is owned by three reputable, international organisations. It has the highest quality control and security procedures. More than 6000 organisations, including many government departments and universities, rely on IELTS. The IELTS scoring system is recognised globally, giving you a truly international result.

IELTS is available in two test formats:
Academic or General Training. All candidates take the same Listening and Speaking modules but different Reading and Writing modules.

Listening, Reading and Writing must be completed in one day. Depending on your test centre, the Speaking test may be offered on the same day or up to a week before or after the other parts. See below for a diagram of the test format.

Academic – Institutions of Higher and Further Education
The Academic format is for those who want to study or train in an English-speaking university or Institutions of Higher and Further Education. Admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses is based on the results of the Academic test.

General Training – for school, work or migration
The General Training format focuses on basic survival skills in broad social and workplace contexts. It is for those who are going to English-speaking countries to do secondary education, work experience or training programs. People migrating to Australia, Canada and New Zealand must sit the General Training test.

Check with your organisation
You must check with your institution or organisation which test format it requires. You may also find this information on the IELTS Global Recognition System.

The IELTS nine (9) band score system grades scores consistently. It is secure, benchmarked and understood worldwide. Test materials are designed carefully so that every version of the test is of a comparable level of difficulty.

IELTS Examiners are fully qualified and follow the IELTS standardised testing around the world. IELTS has a quality-controlled system of recruitment, training, benchmarking, certification and monitoring. IELTS markers are regularly monitored and tested every two years to retain their certification.

Our test centres are managed by the British Council, IDP:IELTS Australia or by independent organisations that meet strict standards of quality, security and customer service.

The free IELTS Test Report Form Verification Service enables universities and employers to authenticate test report forms and safeguards against fraudulent report forms.

If you have a disability or condition which might require special arrangements, you should discuss it with your test centre as soon as possible. Each case is considered individually and you will need a medical certificate. Test centres need three months to put arrangements into place.

Special arrangements include the following:
1. Enlarged print and Brailled test papers, an amanuensis to write answers, a Braille word-processor – for those with visual difficulties.

2. Special amplification equipment, lip-reading version of the Listening module – for those with hearing difficulties.

3. Extra time for the Reading and Writing modules, use of a word processor – for those with learning difficulties (eg dyslexia).

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IELTS Essay: Topic: Computers instead of teachers - 8 Bands

As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for teachers in the classroom.

There is no doubt that education and the learning process has changed since the introduction of computers: The search for information has become easier and amusing, and connectivity has expedited the data availability. Though expert systems have made computers more intelligent, they have not yet become a substitute of the human interaction in the learning process. In my opinion; what can be expected, is a change of the teacher's role but not their disappearance from the classroom.

Nobody can argue that the acquisition of knowledge is more fun and easier with computers. The mere activity of touching and exploring this device constitutes an enjoyable task for a kid. This, accompanied with the relaxing attitude and software interactivity, usually conduce to a better grasping of new knowledge. At a higher educational level; the availability of digital books, simulator and other academic materials, provide the student with an ever accessible source of information, that otherwise would not be at hand.

But, besides the increasing complexity and behavior of intelligent software, which is usually embedded in the academic digital material, the need of human interaction in the learning process will always be present, at least in the foreseeable future. There is the necessity for a human being to be able to determine what the specific needs of each individual are. The expertise of a teacher in how to explain and adapt complex concepts to different individuals can hardly be mimicked by a computer, no matter how sophisticated its software is.

As computers are becoming a common tool for teaching, teachers should be more aware of their role as guides in the acquisition of knowledge rather than transmitters of facts. They have to be open minded to the changes that are taking places, keep updated and serve as a problem solvers in the learning process, thus allowing students to discover the fact for themselves.

To summarize, in my personal view, teachers play and will play an important role in the classroom, especially at the primary level. No matter how complex computers become, there will be no replacement for the human interaction, but in the way haw thisinteraction takes place.

An IELTS 8 Bands Letter

You successfully passed a job interview. You are expected to start on November 15, but you will not be available on that date.
Task: Write a letter to your new boss, explaining your situation, expressing your concern and suggesting solution.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Aadil Mukhtar and I have recently passed a job interview for the Software Engineer position at the Software Infrastructure group. I was expected to start on November 15, as agreed, and am writing because unfortunately I will not be able to present myself on that date.

During the interview I estimated fifteen days as the amount of time needed for me to finish my activities at my current job and start at your company, but due to fact that I got sick for the last whole week and was not able to work, I could not finish my tasks and will need another week to do so. If necessary, I can give you a copy of a letter from my doctor informing that I had to stay at home and under medical care during that week.

I really apologize for the inconvenience and expect it not to affect our relationship. Should I present any other form of proof or talk to someone else at the company, please let me know.

Faithfully yours,
Aadil

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It has come to our notice that some unscrupulous person/s are offering false and fabricated IELTS question and answer papers for sale. We also understand that huge amounts of money is being charged claiming to get the candidates the required IELTS band without a passport.

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IELTS - FREE online classes - Target Band 8 Score

IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is used as the language of communication. It covers the four language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking.
IELTS has two modules: General Training and Academic. The General Training module is usually taken by people who want to emigrate, and the Academic module is taken by people who want to study abroad. It is essential that you check with the receiving country or institution to find out which module you need to take. It is your responsibility to choose the right module.

PURPOSE OF IELTS
If you're planning to go abroad, to undertake further study, to undertake non-academic training or work experience, to emigrate or if you simply want to test your real English ability, then IELTS, the test of real English communicative ability, will ensure that you have the right level of English for your needs.
(SOURCE: British Council Website)
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Peter Drucker lives on...

By T T Ram Mohan - Economic Times
Peter Drucker, the acclaimed management thinker, was widely remembered on his centennial last month. Harvard Business Review ran a feature titled, What would Peter do? The reference was to the present economic crisis in which managers and businesses have come under a cloud.

Well, first Drucker would have rubbished any characterisation of him as a ‘guru’, he famously said that newspapers used the word only because the word ‘charlatan’ was too big to fit the headline. Drucker did write some books of the ‘how to’ variety. But he was not the sort to prescribe ‘six easy steps to brand-building’ or ‘eight rules for go-getting CEOs’.

Drucker was a business philosopher who sought to establish broad principles for successfully managing businesses over the long run. His focus would have been on what managers might do to prevent situations that give business a bad name. One of the articles in HBR mentions some of the things he would have done in today’s situation.

He would have exhorted top managers to work together to rein in excesses in executive pay. He would have reminded businesses that in order to retain the loyalty of knowledge workers, businesses must create a larger purpose that such workers could relate to. He would have re-emphasised the need for businesses to work closely with civil society and non-profit organisations.

Some of Drucker’s ideas have been so widely embraced that they have become commonplace. The purpose of a company is to create a customer. Every company must define clearly the nature of its business. Discarding the old is as important as focusing on the new. Knowledge-based organisations need fewer levels than the traditional industrial firm. Managers routinely practise these tenets without even knowing where they came from.

Is there anything in Drucker’s work that remains relevant and is not fully reflected in managerial practice? I combed through Drucker’s writings and found at least three areas where his ideas could make a difference: the role of a CEO; the functioning of corporate boards; and the larger responsibilities of management.

Most people think the CEO is one man’s job. No doubt, many CEOs find it convenient to have it that way, the imperial CEO lording it over all he or she surveys. Yet, as Drucker correctly points out (and this was in 1955!), the CEO’s job involves three distinctive functions: planning for the future, responding to every day problems, being the organisation’s face to the outside world.

It is impossible, Drucker asserts, for any individual to successfully handle more than any two of these three functions. Hxence, the CEO’s role cannot be discharged by one person, it can be done only by a team. And the team should comprise at least three members. How many businesses can claim to do this?


Drucker is emphatic as to the need for effective boards. “It is an organ of review, of appraisal, of appeal”. The last function, appeal, that Drucker mentions is striking if only because it is defunct today. Drucker says of this particular function of the board, “Somebody has to discharge the final judicial function in respect to organisation problems, has to be the ‘Supreme Court’”. We all know the drab reality that obtains today. Most boards do not even want to take cognisance of appeals from managers, that would be ‘interfering in operational matters’.

Drucker argues that it is in the interest of the top management team to attract outstanding individuals to the board and to make the board effective. An effective board is crucial to the success of top management. Yet, most CEOs tend to regard boards as decorative as best and a nuisance at worst.

Lastly, the responsibilities of management. One is self-evident and has been placed on the altar, making profits. Drucker is not dismissive of profits. Indeed, he sees it as the first responsibility of business. But, management has other responsibilities towards the enterprise as well: making sure of tomorrow’s management; not claiming special allegiance from its employees over and above the contractual obligations; allowing the freest mobility from the bottom to the top; developing a capital expenditure policy that counteracts the business cycle.

Beyond these, management has a larger responsibility towards society. This is not what passes these days for ‘corporate social responsibility’. It is much loftier than that. Drucker inverts the free market slogan, “What is good for the enterprise is good for the country”. He contends that management must strive to make whatever is good for the country become good for the enterprise. Business must make this rule “the lodestar of its conduct”.

There is so much wisdom in Drucker’s writings. Yet, it is possible to go through an MBA programme without even heard of Drucker. It is possible to be a professor in a business school without having read Drucker. That is, perhaps, why so many managers are like the blind men in the parable who feel out an elephant’s parts without knowing the elephant.

Online CAT may use open source code post glitch

BANGALORE: The leading IIMs, still smarting under the recent fiasco over the online CAT debut, are creating their own firewall against similar disasters in future. After an elaborate post-mortem of the recent disaster, many IIM officials are exploring the idea of using free and open source software (Foss), rather than going in for proprietary software, to prevent online common admission test disasters in future. 

“Online exams can be easily conducted using Foss as it can not only reduce costs by over 50%, but it is also safe against virus and malware attacks,” said one of the IIM officials. Infact, US-based Prometric — which bagged the high-profile $40-million contract to organise the online CAT using proprietary software like Microsoft Windows, along with NIIT — has pinned the main reason for this year’s disaster on the virus attacks.

Despite installing several security measures, they were unable to circumvent the virus attacks, which impacted over 20,000 candidates. Unlike the open source software, proprietary software is not for free and has to be bought.

Experts like T Vignesh Prabhu, a hacker at ‘deeprootlinux’, which is dedicated to developing and supporting Foss, said virus attacks form the major concern of IIMs. “The only solution is to discard the virus-prone operating system you have been using and install Foss, such as GNU (a free software) and Linux-based operating systems,” he said.

Foss software, which grants users the right to study, change, and improve its design through its source code, is the most preferred option. He said, there is enough statistics to prove that GNU/Linux-based operating systems are less prone to virus attacks. The only other way is to keep fighting the viruses by installing the latest updates of various anti-virus softwares.“And, you have to keep your fingers crossed hoping that developers of anti-virus companies are just as fast as the virus-writers,” he added.

Officials at Prometric, which had used proprietary software this time, said many centres were affected by mainly two viruses — Conflicker and W32.NIMDA. IIM officials said this happened despite the fire-walls systems installed. They said the CAT computers were sourced and leased from local colleges in the cities where the examinations were held. They said most of the CAT computers got infected through the servers and other computers in various colleges through the local area network (which is a computer network covering a small physical area like a group of buildings). Also, the existing data on some of the 17,000-20,000 CAT work stations has not been deleted.

IIM officials said many of these 17,000-20,000 computers were prone to virus attacks as they may not have used the genuine proprietary software.

“I doubt whether Prometric really checked this. Many colleges may have used pirated software,” said one of the IIM officials. The Foss model is already working successfully in states like Kerala, where the state government’s IT@School provides IT-enabled education to 1.6 million students a year in the state using Foss. “We will use Foss to handle over four lakh admission application forms in a period of 10-15 days for two lakh 11th standard seats in government and government-aided institutions,” said IT@ School executive director K Anvar Sadath. He said the CAT exam can be run successfully on Foss without any virus threats.

SOURCE: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/internet/Post-online-CAT-disaster-IIMs-plan-to-switch-to-Foss-/articleshow/5338309.cms (ECONOMIC TIMES)

The MBA Primer: All you wanted to know, but didn't know whom to ask!

The buzz around the three-lettered word -- MBA -- is strong. More importantly, it`s here to stay, for a long, long time. Lakhs of aspirants prepare every year to tame the CAT and other management entrance tests. A record number of students - over 2.5 lakhs - appeared for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 08. Hundreds of MBA institutes release ads in newspapers to grab the attention of MBA wannabes. Many national magazines release annual surveys on MBA institute rankings. And, lest we forget, there are tons of training institutes that promise to help you prepare better for entrance tests - and get that prized degree!

But before you decide to be a part of the race to enter the portals of IIMs, XLRI, ISB or other institutions, it would be worth doing a bit of homework. You should know, for instance, what a typical MBA course is like, what the various options for pursuing an MBA are, and how you can choose the right institutes. Remember, all MBAs are not equal: while a rigorous course from a reputed institute can be your passport to a fat-salaried job at India Inc, there are many lowly-rated institutes from where getting even a halfway decent job is a pipe dream.

Management experts believe that there are over 1500 Business Schools and the numbers are growing every year. "Management education is very important for the sustained growth of the country and we have some 1,800 management institutes in India," says Fr N Casimir Raj S J, Former Director, XLRI Jamshedpur.

What accounts for this growth? The demand of a reputed MBA degree is healthy -- from both the recruiters and the aspirant`s sides. Says Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi, Director, Birla Institute of Management and Technology (BIMTECH), "After engineering, MBA is the most sort after course by Indian students. In education, there are many other courses but most of them are theory centric. MBA is a mix of theory and application." Around 10 lakhs students aspire for an MBA degree in India every year, he adds.

The Indian economy has grown at a healthy rate in last decade. This growth has translated into a demand for more managers. Although the growth momentum is slowing of late, demand for quality managerial talent is expected to sustain.

Business is getting more competitive and knowledge-driven, thus creating a demand for knowledge workers. Fr N Casimir Raj S J comments, "There is a great demand for quality talent -- both in India and from across the world." Dr B S Sahay, Director, IMT Ghaziabad, adds, "The perception of whole world about India and Indian B-schools is changing today. Earlier foreign institutes didn`t give much importance to Indian B-Schools, but today things have changed. Foreign institutes are giving a red carpet welcome to Indian institutes and students."

If one looks at placement of various leading B-schools, lot of top companies rush towards these institutes to make good offers.

Every year, during placement season, companies flock to the management institutes to grab the best managerial talent. The fact that many more companies are keen to recruit MBA graduates are leading to a new requirement in numbers - at both the domestic and the international level. According to MBAUniverse.com`s Placement Report 2008, firms from a wide range of sectors, namely consulting, private equity, real estate, finance, information technology, general management and marketing participated in the process.

Consulting major Monitor Group and private equity player Greater Pacific Capital were some of the big names which recruited exclusively from IIM Ahmedabad; while the world`s largest steel manufacturer Arcelor Mittal offered some unique and challenging roles in hitherto unexplored but rapidly emerging economies of Eastern Europe.

There was a significant increase in the compensation offered to students by Indian firms as well. Top Indian firms, namely the Aditya Birla Group, Trilogy and HCL significantly increased the salaries offered to students to compete for talent with international firms.

Read on for a comprehensive overview of what an MBA is all about, and what should you consider before getting a degree.

FMS Entrance Test ::: Delhi University...

The FMS exam is the management entrance exam conducted by New Delhi-based Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University. FMS, set up in 1954, is one of the pioneers of management education in India and its entrance exam is one the oldest one. It is generally held on the second Sunday of January every year. For instance, the exam date for academic year 08 is January 13.
But why does FMS conduct a separate exam? Prof JK Mitra, director of FMS, says, “FMS is a pioneer in management entrance testing. Our entrance test is a benchmark in India.”

FMS pattern
According to FMS, in the past the pattern of the exam included Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Language Comprehension, Analytical Sbility and Environmental Sensitivity. There were a total of 175 questions in FMS exam in 2007. The duration of the exam was 120 minutes.
Comparing the FMS with CAT, Prof Mitra says, “The FMS entrance test is different from others in its approach. We believe that management programmes should be open to students of all backgrounds, not just students with engineering education. So our exam is more holistic.”
According to Career Launcher, “The FMS paper in 2007came up with the standard pattern of 175 questions but the difficulty level was much higher than the previous year. Quantitative section was full of questions on algebra, complex numbers, logarithms, mensuration and coordinate geometry, which could have perplexed you in case you were not comfortable with them. The Reading Comprehension and English Usage sections were difficult, while the two sets on Data Interpretation were sitters. Verbal Logic was easy. The questions in Analytical and Mathematical Reasoning section were tough to say the least.”
Way to FMS

To apply for FMS, interested candidates can get FMS admission forms and submit the duly filled forms by November end. Students who have secured 50% marks with Arts, Commerce or Social Sciences, 55% with a Science background, 60% with Mathematics or Statistics, and 60% with Medicine, Engineering or Technology can apply for FMS.
For students from outside India, submission of GMAT scores is mandatory. There are only 130 seats for Indian students and 13 seats for foreign students in FMS.
On the basis of their performance in the test, applicants will be called for an interview, an extempore and a group discussion.

How to enter IIM???

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The selection for the post-graduate programme (MBA) in Indian Institute of Management - IIM is done through a two-stage process. In the first stage, candidates to be called for personal interview are short-listed from among those who have applied to IIMA’s post-graduate programme. While short-listing the candidates for personal interview, candidates belonging to categories for which seats are reserved, are treated differently. The criteria used for short-listing would be disclosed on the CAT web-site (www.catiim.in) and/or the IIMA website (www.iimahd.ernet.in) along with the list of short-listed candidates on 9th January 2009 (Current Academic Year). Please note that the cut off for short listing SC/ST/PWD candidates for personal interview would not be less than 17% score in each of the three sections of CAT 2008 and no less than 25% score in aggregate. For other categories, it would be no less than 25% in each of the three sections and no less than 33% in aggregate.  The actual cut-offs used for short-listing, however, may be higher than the above mentioned percentage scores and would depend upon the performance of candidates in Common Admission Test - CAT .

In the second stage, candidates to be admitted to the post-graduate programmes are selected from among those who have attended the personal interviews.  In preparing this admission list, inputs such as performance in personal interview, the CAT score, academic background and achievements, extra-curricular activities, and post-degree work experience, are taken into consideration.

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What is MBA at IIMA???

The Post-Graduate Programme is the most prestigious curriculum at IIMA. The programme nurtures world-class managers by exposing them to real life unstructured situations along with analytical tools and business philosophies. Participants discover their true potential after practising rigour and focused hard work. Students gain conceptual and interpersonal skills while fine-tuning on the social purpose in managerial decision-making.

The Institute has initiated exchange programmes with more than twenty-five foreign Institutions of equal repute. Every year the Institute selects close to a quarter of the students to spend one term at some of these institutes. The students get to benefit from the rich exposure that they receive. Similarly students from the corresponding institutes visit IIMA for a term. Joint activities provide each school with a better understanding of teaching methods they practice and give them a better poise. Students learn to appreciate diverse cultures and working environments and develop a holistic vision. 

Another important aspect of the PGP is the Summer internship. This eight-week programme provides the students an opportunity to work with reputed companies from various sectors where they get to put their ideas and skills to work. In retrospect the companies get to know their prospects better and a chance to enhance their visibility on the campus using the intern as their ambassador.

Some of the best companies, in India and the world, visit the campus every year searching for the best talent in the field. Close to 6000 graduates of the PGP course have scaled to high positions in a number of reputed Indian and International corporations and institutes.

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The magic called IIM !!! Shaping future ahead...

In just four decades IIMA has evolved from being India’s premier management institute to a notable international school of management. 

It all started with Dr Vikram Sarabhai and a few other public spirited industrialists realizing that agriculture, education, health, transportation, population control, energy

, and public administration were all vital elements in a growing society and that it was necessary to link these meaningfully with industry. The result was the creation of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1961 as an autonomous body with the active collaboration of the Government of India, Government of Gujarat, and industry. 

It was evident that to have a vision was not enough. Effective governance and quality education were seen as critical aspects. From the very start the founders introduced the concept of faculty governance: all members of the faculty play an important role in administering the diverse academic and non-academic activities of the Institute. The empowerment of the faculty has been the propelling force behind the high quality of learning experience at IIMA. The Institute had initial collaboration with Harvard Business School. This collaboration greatly influenced the Institute’s approach to education. Gradually it emerged as a confluence of the best of Eastern and Western values.

Mission

• IIMA's mission is to help India and other developing countries improve their managerial practices both in the private and in the public sectors, and adopt superior public policies. It seeks to do this through producing risk-taking leader-managers who will pioneer new managerial practices and set new standards; through producing teachers and researchers who will generate new ideas of International significance; and through purposeful consulting aimed at helping client organizations scale new heights. 
  

Objectives 

• To provide learning facilities to men and women of exceptional
  
• calibre for pursuing careers in management or becoming teachers and researchers in different management fields.
  
• To promote knowledge through research, both applied and conceptual, relevant to management, and to disseminate such knowledge through publications.
  
• To participate in and contribute to the formulation of public policy, which would provide answers to questions of social importance.
  
• To enhance the decision-making skills and the administrative
  
• competence of practising managers and assist organizations to solve their managerial problems by providing them with consulting services based on actual requirements.
  
• To collaborate with other institutions in India and abroad with a
  
• view to further professionalising management education and assisting in institution building, in a meaningful manner.
  

Source: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in (IIM Official Website)

What actually is AIMA all about???

Today amid all the transitions, there is one Indian body that’s helping the Indian managers to make the most of the new opportunities. One body that’s assimilating the changed global perspective and equipping the Indian managers for it. One body that’s ready for tomorrow is All India Management Association (AIMA).

The All India Management Association (AIMA) was created as an apex body of professional management with active support of the Government of India and Industry in 1957. AIMA is a group- a body to pool management thoughts in the country, a forum to develop a national managerial ethos, an orgnisation to facilitate the furtherance of the management profession in the country.

AIMA is a federation of Local Management Associations (LMAs). AIMA today affiliates 58 LMAs across the country and two Co-operating management associations i.e. Qatar Indian Management Association and Mauritius Management Association.

AIMA has established close linkages with over 3000 institutions and over 30,000 individual professionals directly and through network of the Local Management Associations. AIMA’s activities include Distance management Education, management Development Programmes, national Events, Competitions, Research, Publication and Testing Services.

AIMA is represented on a number of policy making bodies of the Government of India and a number of National bodies / organizations. Some important ones are as under :

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which is the apex regulatory body for professional education in the country under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India

1. Council of Institute of Applied Manpower Research
   
2. Boards of Governors, Indian Institutes of Management (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore and Kozikode)
   
3. Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
   
4. National Productivity Council, New Delhi
   
5. Central Direct Taxes Advisory Committee
   
6. AIMA is frequently co-opted by the Government on Specialised Committees.
   

AIMA is an active member of the Asian Association of Management Organizations (AAMO), which is the Asia-Pacific regional body of the World Management Council (CIOS). AIMA currently holds the Presidency of AAMO. The current 15 member countries of AAMO include Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

AIMA maintains close links with a number of overseas professional institutions like the American Management Association, Chartered Institute of Management (UK), all the National Management Organisations in the Asia Pacific Region and St Gallen University of Switzerland among others.

Source: http://www.aima-ind.org/ (Official Website of AIMA)

I was off for too long...

A/A dear friends...

Well, I was off the blog for too long... apologies for this..

But we now have a new start, I have finished my 2nd year from the Islamia College of Science and Commerce and I'm now into my final year and preprations are now to begin for the MAT, CAT, GMAT, GRE and other national and internation management entrance tests. I hope to prepare myself pretty well, God willing. In the meantime, I will be posting all the information I acquire regarding the tests above mentioned. I shall post all relevant material here. But, in return I need your valued feedback and suggestions..

Rest, I stay promised for continual posting on the blog from now onwards, INSHALLAH...

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