Flying start to the Advanc’edge B-School Tour

January 8, 2010

The Advanc’edge B-school Tour, an event eagerly looked forward to by the aspiring MBA community, was flagged off in Pune today. Over 500 students and aspirants attended the Tour at the Pride Hotel in Pune, which saw the participation of leading schools such as SPJIMR Mumbai, NMIMS, the Shailesh J Mehta School of Management at IIT Bombay, SCMHRD Pune, IFMR Chennai, Welingkar Institute, Praxis Business School-Calcutta, IMDR Pune, Sydenham Institute of Management Mumbai, Loyola Institute of Business Management Chennai, KJ Somaiya Institute Mumbai and Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. The attendees had an opportunity to interact with the representatives of each of these schools individually and have their queries addressed on various issues ranging from admissions to placement. At the end of the day, schools and aspirants were equally satisfied with the constructive interaction that they had throughout the day.

The Advanc’edge B-school Tour, currently in its third year, is a unique event hosted by IMS Publications. Conceived of with the motto Right Counseling Right Career, it provides a platform which brings together leading schools providing management education and the huge pool of aspirants who wish to pursue business management studies in these institutes. This year, the B-school Tour is being held in 8 cities across the country, starting with Pune. The subsequent itinerary of the Tour is as follows: