Q 1. Over 22 years of Experience in CII what make you to join apex body AIMA

22 years of grooming in CII made me ready to take up the challenge of the top executive job at AIMA. Lot of synergy between the kind of work done at CII and AIMA and so it is like a natural progression.

 Q 2. What’s your next step, after becoming the Director General of AIMA?

AIMA is a great Institution and a great Brand!

My key KRAs at AIMA, while all the while working towards AIMA’s vision to be a leader in management development movement and facilitate individuals and organizations realize their potential include International ties and linkages, enhance AIMA’s profile, E Learning and E Testing and more mega events from the AIMA portfolio.

Q 3. Any plans to improve the standard of MAT ?

The purpose of an aptitude test is to assess the potential of the candidates. In the case of Management Aptitude Test (MAT) it has been designed and structured to assess the potential of the candidates to undergo management programs.
We are working towards taking MAT online.

Q 4. What is the strategy behind conducting 20 to 25 events every year?

Events are one of the vehicles through which AIMA reaches out to its membership. They also profile AIMA. The differentiating factor is that AIMA events and programmes are based on industry needs. The mix of programmes is such that it caters to all managerial levels including b-school faculty and students.

The vision is to organize mega events – with a much higher profile while maintaining the content and depth of each event.

Q.5 Comment on “Business Responsibility Summit”

This Summit was path breaking, as it marked the beginning of a new movement of Responsible Business- a clear departure from CSR on the side. We set out to propose a definite agenda on Responsible Business for the professional community to follow and the response we got was satisfactory. We plan to take this further to ensure that the movement grows and businesses voluntarily assume responsible ways.

Q.6 What are the new courses in AIMA?

(a) In association with IGNOU, we are planning to introduce a few sectoral specialization courses in the areas of Energy, Transport and Education sectors. Some of these courses would be made available through e-learning mode.

(b) We are also planning to launch one year Post Graduate Diploma programme in Financial Planning to meet the growing demand for financial planners due to the exponential growth in the Financial Services sector.
Q 7. What do you think about the management talent in India?

Every year almost 1.5 to 2 lakh Management Graduates are passing out of over 1500 B-Schools in the country.  A large percentage of the graduates passing out from the average (not well known B-Schools) lack analytical and soft skills.  There are enough jobs but companies are complaining that they are not able to recruit people with right skills.

Q 8. Kindly comment on AMT session held on July 21st?

To contribute towards quality management education, AIMA offers certification service popularly known as Accredited Management Teacher (AMT). The certification recognizes the academic achievements and professional expertise of management professionals and management teachers. It aims at identifying capable professionals from any arena not necessarily academics who can effectively impart management education by virtue of their academic achievements and professional experience.

The idea of AMT certification is to create a pool of experienced and knowledgeable management faculty from academia and industry. AMTs become benchmark of quality management faculty for B-Schools. Accreditation sessions (presentation and interviews) are conducted once in a month i.e. normally on third Monday of each month at AIMA, New Delhi. The forthcoming AMT sessions are planned for 18 August and 15 September at Delhi. To facilitate the applicants from Kerala an AMT session is planned at Cochin on 29 September this year.

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Delhi, March 25 (MExN): With the accepted medium that today there is a high demand for managers as the economy is transiting to high growth phase. It is also an accepted policy that candidates seeking admission to Post Graduate Programme in management should be screened through an aptitude test. Selecting the right material is critical to ensure availability of right manpower for the nation and to have the right management leaders in the future at global level.

“Business Management is a demanding profession. The career growth of a management professional depends on his aptitude and competency developed over a period of time.  The grooming of professional managers is possible only if the right candidates are screened and admitted to the management programmes.  In other words, the candidates should have an aptitude or a potential to perform as manager,” AIMA-CMS Director Wg Cdr V S Bejoy said today in a release received here.

Accordingly, Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is one of the tests approved by Government of India, Ministry of HRD at national level.  MAT is being administered four times in a year i.e. on the first Sundays of February, May, September and December in order to facilitate the candidates to take the test on a flexible mode.
The MAT scores with a validity of one year are scaled ones and hence comparable among different administrations. The test centres cover the entire length and breadth of the country. The test consists of five sections viz. Language Comprehension, Mathematical Skills, Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning and Indian & Global Environment.  A total of 200 questions are to be attempted within 150 minutes. It is an objective type test with multiple-choice answers. Wrong answer carries negative mark. This comprehensive test assesses the aptitude – the potential to perform successfully in future managerial assignments. This is a time tested and trusted scheme.

The acceptability of Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is evident from the fact that hundreds of B-Schools consider the MAT Score of several lakh of candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes every year.  The number of candidates appearing in MAT is much more than the number of candidates appearing in Common Admission Test (CAT) of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) every year.  Besides, the number of candidates taking MAT annually is more than the candidates taking internationally accepted GMAT. The Testing Services under which MAT is administered is ISO 9001: 2000 certified and winner of Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2007.

May 4 slated for MAT

The forthcoming Management Aptitude Test (MAT) will be held on May 4, 2008 (Sunday). There are over 450 B-School participating in this MAT and accepting the MAT score in addition to a number of B-Schools accepting MAT score based on the score cards issued to the candidates.

MAT Bulletin with Form for May 4, 2008 test is now available for sale. The sales outlets consist of a wide network of select branches of Bank of Baroda, AIMA Study Centres and some of the participating B-Schools. The consolidated charge for the MAT Bulletin is Rs 750/- by cash from these outlets. Candidates intending to get the form by post may send a demand draft for Rs.790/- in favour of All India Management Association-CMS, payable at New Delhi along with two self addressed slips of the candidates. The DD is to be sent to Manager-CMS, All India Management Association, Management House, 14 Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110003. The last date for sale of MAT Bulletin is 15 April 2008 (Tuesday). Filled forms by the candidates will be accepted at AIMA, New Delhi till 18 April 2008 (Friday).