To work closely with current and potential business school partners in India, and to reach out to more candidates taking the GMAT exam, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the owner of the popular global GMAT exam, has opened its office in India. Located in Gurgaon, this is GMAC’s fourth office in the world. GMAC has its headquarters in Virginia, USA, and regional offices in London and Hong Kong.
Mr. Ashish Bhardwaj has been appointed Managing Director, Graduate Management Admission Council (India) Private Limited, and Regional Director, South Asia, GMAC. Mr. Bhardwaj is responsible for GMAC’s operations in South Asia and will work closely with current and potential business school partners in the region besides focusing on campaigns to help candidates know more about the GMAT.
“This announcement underscores GMAC’s commitment to candidates as well as business schools in South Asia,” said Mr. Bhardwaj. “As more candidates are taking the GMAT exam in India, more business schools in India are accepting GMAT scores for admission and more international candidates are drawn towards India, GMAC is creating a strong presence here to support graduate management education and to facilitate the free flow of intellectual capital”, he further added.
According to GMAC, there has been a steady rise in the number of Indian MBA aspirants taking the GMAT. As of January 2011, the GMAT exam is accepted at 43 Indian institutions representing 96 programs (93 located in India and three delivered overseas by Indian institutions). The number of Indian institutions using the GMAT has increased 207 percent when compared with data from five years ago.
The number of GMAT scores received by Indian business schools has also increased substantially over the previous five years.
The GMAT exam is accepted by the many globally recognized MBA programs. GMAC says GMAT is accepted by all 100 programs in the Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings.
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