Read over a hundred queries answered by the eminent BW MBA Advisory Panel.

Is an MBA the right thing for you? What is the right time to do an MBA? How important is work experience?    How to go about the entire admissions process: from test prep to group discussions and interviews.    Choosing the right MBA option: the specialised and general MBA; full-time, part-time and executive MBA; and the distance-learning programme.    Choosing the right B-school.    Choosing the right specialisations and electives according to your profile and interests.    Funding your MBA    How to go about your career and placement strategy.    Getting a second MBA. Do you really need it?    Studying abroad: how to go about it.

AJIT RANGNEKAR is deputy dean of the Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business. ARADHANA KHAITAN Mahna is managing partner, Manya India, the franchisee of The Princeton Review in India. DERRICK BOLTON is assistant dean and Director of MBA Admissions, Stanford Graduate School of Business. SATISH PRADHAN is executive vice president-group HR for Tata Sons. DHARNI SINHA is chairman of COSMODE, a think tank based in Hyderabad, which conducts the most exhaustive annual survey of business schools in India. MADHUKAR SHUKLA is professor of organisational behaviour and strategic management at XLRI, Jamshedpur. VIJAYA KHANDAVILLI is educational advisor, U.S. Educational Foundation in India, New Delhi.*

* Dr. Vijaya Khandavilli is educational advisor, USEFI. Dr Khandavilli's presence on the BW MBA Advisory Panel should not be taken as an endorsement of the magazine or its website by USEFI.