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In today's world, marketing is the most important element for an organisation to create awareness among the audience it is targeting for their product.
As it is most demanding career options for the youth to start. It can lead you to options like sales promotion, branding launching, setting target campaigns, etc. You will start as a sales executive to VP marketing in a top company. In the field of marketing, you will lead with high growth level than other fields as there is more career progression in this. You will be responsible for business development and promotion for your organisation and will be able to cope with the existing brand and other models to launch a new or diversity in the existing.
So there are numerous opportunities in the field whether in India or any other company because once a product is manufactured, it has to be marketed to the end user. There comes your role on how to market your product to the deepest level.
I hope this information helps.
All the best.

CMA vs CIMA: An Overview
The CMA qualification is granted by the Institute of Management Accountants and is also known as IMA. CIMA stands for Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, is a designation which comes from the UK.
Membership and Network
Both qualifications were conventional since a long time, but CIMA has a much superior presence with 218K members and students. IMA has around 70,000 members.
Global Presence
In terms of global presence, CIMA conventionally has a more global presence and is well familiar in most places less so in the US but more so in the UK and Commonwealth countries. In current years, the CMA (now CPA) Canada and CMA Australia are getting more widespread in their respective countries so CIMA is disputably less sought after in these countries.
On the other hand, IMA has been vigorously building up its universal presence, remarkably in developing countries e.g. China and the Middle East. For now, CMA is well established in China and is head-to-head with CIMA in the Middle East.
At the same time, CIMA pairs up with AICPA to establish a new qualification known as CGMA. CIMA members can pretty much pay to get the new designation before 2015.
Conclusion
There isn't a superior or simpler qualification. As fellow reader Gunner pointed out in the comment section, while CMA may look easier with only two parts in the exam, it needs a Bachelor degree, vs a high school diploma in CIMA. Or looking at it the other way, as CIMA has a lower entry barrier, it has a more comprehensive exam with extra papers and time/effort in the preparation.
A more important consideration is where you would like to work in a longer term. This will help you select the qualification best suited in that region.

There are several parameters on which these two mentioned B-schools can be judged, and those parameters are:
1. Brand name - SIMSR scores ahead over SIMSREE.
2. Campus life - SIMSR is way ahead and probably offers the best among the B-schools located in and around Mumbai.
3. ROi - SIMSREE is the clear winner as it offers the second best ROI (after FMS, New Delhi) in India.
4. Placements - Both are at par; no significant difference. But considering the ROI, SIMSREE proves to be the clear winner.
5. Industrial exposure - Since both are located within Mumbai, they provide similar exposure.
6. Rankings - Though both belong to the same tier of B-schools, SIMSREE edges slightly ahead over SIMSR.
7. Admission criteria: SIMSREE has a lenient criteria as there are no interview rounds conducted, unlike SIMSR.
Bottom line: An aspirant should give serious consideration to both these B-schools and choose SIMSR (if not facing any money constraints).

In my opinion you should prefer JK Business School (JKBS) compared to Banaras Hindu University because JK Business School is a private college and it is an CSR of one of the leading companies i.e; JK group whereas Banaras Hindu University is a government college it will not provide you much exposure compared to JKBS. In recent times Banaras Hindu University was in news for some incident which later on turned into an political issue where as in JKBS you won't find any of these kinds of problems in the campus. Reading in JKBS will help to develop your existing skills as well as you can gain new skills which won't be possible in Banaras Hindu University. JKBS provides summer internship for all the graduation students during there summer break which help them to gain corporate knowledge and culture. Studying at JKBS can be beneficial as you get corporate exposure from the very 1st day of your college life at JKBS. The JKBS has experience faculty who are very good in teaching. The benefit you will get from JKBS is very vast as compared to BHU. JKBS organises CRC activity every year for its students so that the students can interact with the people of corporate world. This college also invites guest lectures from the corporate world such as Mr. Gagan Dewan from Microsoft. I think all this things are not provided in the BHU. The fees of JKBS is high as compared to BHU as the course fees is Rs 2,75,000 but the return on investment (ROI) will be much higher than once you complete your knowledge. The return on investment would be in the form of knowledge,skills and experience. The only demerit of studying at JKBS is that it is located on the outskirts of Gurugram. There is a very friendly environment in the campus all the seniors and the PGDM students are very friendly with there juniors and seniors they share a great bound with each other there is no kind discrimination. In JKBS ragging is totally illegal if any senior is found ragging a junior then he/she will be expelled from the college immediately so for any new admission you don't have to worry about ragging as no wil be ragging with you. As it is said in order to achieve success in your life all you need to do is face the obstacles and difficulties JKBS will help you in achieving your goals and desire by guiding and helping you in your path of success. So join JKBS & enjoy your life and get prepared for future success.

Hi,
Yes, there are multiple opportunities for successfully completed B.Com students. B.Com qualified graduates can go for government jobs like bank jobs, Railway, SSC jobs. They are also qualified to appear for Groups and Civils. There are various positions especially for Accounts and tax department in all these jobs like CAG in civil services.
There are positions like accounting officers, tax assistants for fresher's in all these sectors. They are eligible for bank clerical and PO's and for bank PO's (Probation officers), the percentage of marks in degree should be 60 or more to apply for the post.
Apart from all these jobs, they are also eligible for all other jobs for notifications are issued based on degree by central and state governments.
There are positions for B.Com graduates in defense also in Indian Accounting Defence Services which is responsible to maintain the accounts for defence, as a fresher B.Com graduates can join as assistant controller of accountants in IADS department.

Distance MBA degree certainly adds value to your resume (for a person who completed their graduation). However, there are not many firms which hire candidates with Distance MBA for managerial roles. You ask me for a justification for that? I'd simply say, there are people who had done full-time MBA and are still waiting for jobs.
Having said that, if you have a distance MBA after having Masters in your technical field that might get you into a pretty decent job. No one can assure it though.
You can use the knowledge you gained through that distance course to become a better professional and climb up the organizational ladder once you get into the firm but when it comes to the opportunities, my word still stands. It is hard to get into managerial roles with a distance MBA with graduation. This is the current status in India when it comes to opportunities for candidates successfully completing their distance MBA.
Pursuing MBA through correspondence will give you knowledge if you really put in the required effort but when it comes to a job abroad, it is very difficult. Let's hit the reality and have a look at supply-demand graph. We are having more supply (people completing full-time MBA) compared to demand even overseas. So, if you have a chance, prefer doing full time MBA which will fetch you a good job in India or abroad depending upon the institute you pursue your MBA.
Hope you got a fair idea of what really is happening in India and around the world. I sincerely wish you will take the right decision.
All the very best.

Some of the useful books are listed below. Try solving for the topic you wish to enhance your skills on.
Quantitative:
The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review
Total GMAT Math: Volume 1
GMAT Advanced Quant: 250+ Practice Problems & Bonus Online Resource
GMAT Geometry (Manhattan Prep GMAT Strategy Guides) - (For Geometry preparation)
GMAT Algebra Strategy Guide (Manhattan Prep GMAT Strategy Guides) (Covers all topics of algebra)
Verbal and Grammar
GMAT Sentence Correction (Manhattan Prep GMAT Strategy Guides)
The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2017 with Online Question Bank and Exclusive Video (Good book, Covers all the topics that are to be used to preps for GMAT)
Essay writing for GMAT
MBA Admissions Strategy: From Profile Building to Essay Writing (Magical Book on eassy writing)
Graduate Admissions Essays: Write Your Way into the Graduate School of Your Choice
Reasoning-
GMAT Critical Reasoning (Manhattan Prep GMAT Strategy Guides)
Good Luck!

One year is a good time to prepare for CMAT test. Candidate should stay focused right from the day one.
As you have twelve month for the final preparation, you can divide the time into two parts:
Phase-1 you can start covering the syllabus and cover different methods, tips and tricks to solve variety of problems. Try to finish the syllabus in initial seven to eight months and keep the rest for revision.
Phase-2 is when you start your revision part. Try solving mocks paper as much as possible this will lead to more accuracy as you learn from your mistakes.
Be focused and calm. For the last month keep all the formulas and tricks handy and revise on a daily basis.
Remember not to be emotional while solving or appearing for exam. Manage your time wisely.
Remember:
A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) decides the syllabus of TISSNET 2018. The syllabus of the national level management exam TISSNET covers a vast range of topics. Major sections of TISSNET syllabus are Social Sensitivity/General Awareness, Verbal Ability/English Proficiency, Analytical & Numerical Ability (Maths) and Logical Reasoning.
The total number of questions in TISSNET is 100.
TISSNET 2018 Syllabus- Section wise:
TISSNET 2018 will have three major sections.
TISSNET Syllabus for Social Sensitivity/General Awareness
Topics include:
History & Geography
Economic Processes
Social Activities/Movements
Current Affairs
Films, Fine Arts and Music
Literature
Personalities
Sociological Awareness etc.
TISSNET Syllabus for Verbal or Language Ability/English Proficiency
Topics:
Reading Comprehension
Analogy
Vocabulary
Synonyms & Antonyms
Acronyms
Fill in the blanks
Pairing of words etc.
TISSNET Syllabus for Maths & Logical Reasoning
Topics:
Geometry
Algebra
Number theory
Time & Distance/Time & work
Percentage
Functions
Ratio
Areas
Volumes
Venn Diagram
Binary Logic
Family Tree
Puzzles etc.