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Career Launcher, which offers coaching services to MBA aspirants, on Tuesday said it will float a 50:50 joint venture with US-based Veritas to introduce GMAT and GRE training programmes in Asia. The company expects US$10 million as turnover from operations in Asia by 2011. The joint venture would initiate programme from Singapore, where it will be based and then gradually foray into other Asian countries like China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan with a product basket including test-prep for exams like GMAT, GRE, SAT, courses on English speaking and other region-specific exams. More : antara.co.id

Career launcher, a leading Educational conglomerate actively engaged in imparting preparatory courses for competitive examinations is all set to enter the schools-chains foray with an investment of over Rs.400 crore. The group plans to set up a series of secondary schools across the country in the span of next five years. We plan to set up around 50-60 schools in India by 2012, with an investment of around Rs.7 crore per school, Career Launcher Managing Director Nikhil Mahajan informed. More : indiaedunews.net

Career Launcher, a premier Masters of Business Administration (MBA) test preparation institute in India, is all set to join the league of B-schools. Indus World School of Business (IWSB), as the B-school is christened, will induct its first batch next year. With an investment to the tune of Rs 50 crore, the B-school will come up in Greater Noida. It will accept scores of Common Admission Test (CAT), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and Xavier Admission Test (XAT), for a strength of 90 students in its first batch. The B-school will eventually look at seeking approval from the

Attend an educational evening highlighting GMAT test preparation and UST MBA programs. A free Kaplan and UST MBA programs forum will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Schulze Hall auditorium, Minneapolis campus. A panel discussion will include a question-and-answer session with administrators, faculty, admissions professionals, students and alumni from the Full-time and Evening UST MBA programs. Get valuable insight on the GMAT exam and prep methods from a Kaplan Test Preparation representative. This is an opportunity to network with business professionals. Door prizes, including a Kaplan GMAT preparation course ($1,400 value) will be awarded. More : .stthomas.edu

Indians’ fetish for education, poor educational infrastructure and ambitious parents is giving rise to a booming coaching industry in the country. The coaching industry, estimated at Rs 5,000 crore, is growing annually at 20%. From board exams to school tuitions, IITs, medical, IIMs and now GRE, there is demand at all education and income levels. There are at least eight big players in the organised sector like Career Launcher, IMS, TIME, Brilliant Tutorials, FIITJEE, Pie Education, Raus’s IAS, who comprise 20% of the market. This is in contrast to just two to three organised players five years back. The

The CAT paper may be going the GMAT way. Sample this - from 2003 to 2006, the number of questions has fallen from 150 to 75. The GMAT paper has 78 questions. The number of choices and the duration of the CAT examination have also changed resembling a GMAT paper. And now, the CAT test might soon become an online exam like the GMAT. Mumbai T.I.M.E institute Director Arks Srinivas says, “The CAT paper's quantitative section used to be considered very difficult but 2004 onwards, it is becoming easier and more arithmetic driven which is what GMAT follows. And if

Manhattan GMAT, the worlds largest GMAT-exclusive prep provider will hold a b-school admissions panel for future MBAs, on Wednesday, April 25, with representatives from Harvard Business School, Sloan School of Management, Columbia Business School, and the Kellogg School of Management. Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 24, 2007 -- Future business leaders in the Boston area will get the chance to meet admissions representatives from four of the highest-ranked MBA programs, on Wednesday April 25th. The event will be held at the Back Bay Center of Manhattan GMAT, the worlds largest GMAT-exclusive test prep provider. Representatives from Harvard Business School (www.hbs.edu), Sloan School

Offers: Master of International Business 2006-07 / MBA Human Resource Management 2006-07 / MBA in Retail Management & Marketing 2006-07 Eligibility & Admissions Process: Graduates in any discipline with min. 50% marks may apply. ITM GLC accepts CAT, XAT, MAT & GMAT scores. Candidates may also take ITMs Admission Test. Selection is based on overall merit and performance in interview process. Application forms may be purchased by sending a cheque/DD for Rs.1000/- in favor of Institute for Technology and Management to the address below. Forms may be purchased directly from IMS, PT Education, TIME and Career Launcher centers

There are many management students across the country keen to join international B-schools like Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg or Stanford. The way to get into these institutes is the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT), the computer based online test conducted by Educational Testing Service (ETS) under the aegis of global nodal body Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). To crack the GMAT, Indian students get coached at GMAT-prep institutes. MBAUniverse asked one of the leading GMAT-prep institute Jamboree about its assessments of the exam, the performance of Indian students in the exam and the kind of services it offers to students. A GMAT

The number of Indian students, opting for further studies at popular destinations abroad, has been on a constant rise. For a large section of the student community, getting there has been a problem. Questions such as, how does one prepare for the entrance, which universities or courses does one choose, what score is considered good enough, have always cropped up in the minds of the aspirants. To help tackle these issues a coaching class was born in India in 1995. Jamboree, the brainchild of Akrita Kalra, has now opened its branch in Bangalore. Jamboree focuses solely on exams that need

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