The World MBA Tour , the world's largest international programme of business school information fairs, comes this November and December, offering over US$2.7million in exclusive scholarships to visitors of the fair.

The World MBA Tour is the primary recruitment tool for the world's leading business schools, and has been touring the globe now for twelve years.

The Tour visits India :

City Venue World MBA Tour: New Delhi Taj Mahal Hotel, 1 Man Singh Rd. Tuesday 28 November Hyderabad Taj Krishna (WMT) and Taj Banjara (WGST), Road No. 1, Banjara Hills Thursday 30 November Bangalore Taj Residency, M.G. Road Saturday 2 December Chennai ITC Park Sheraton & Towers Monday 4 December Mumbai Taj Mahal Palace , Colaba Wednesday 6 December

The tour will visit 5 cities in India between 28 November and 6 December. The cites are Delhi , Hyderabad , Bangalore , Chennai and Mumbai. It gives prospective MBA candidates the opportunity to meet with business school admissions officers of over 80 top b-schools from around the world. American schools participating in the tour include Wharton, Columbia , Chicago and Thunderbird; European schools include Instituto de Empresa, ESADE, MIP-Politecnico di Milano, IMD, and INSEAD. Visitors will be able to obtain information on school programme content, costs, programme duration, financial aid and post-qualification career options. In addition, future MBA students will also be able to gain crucial information regarding the admissions process, including tips for preparing a winning application and a Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) preparation seminar.

'This event is designed to inform and encourage candidates to ask questions, enter into discussion with alumni and Admissions Directors, and gain personal advice based on their own experience and ambitions,' says Nunzio Quacquarelli, Director of the QS World MBA Tour.

Scholarships are offered by schools including: Wharton, Chicago , IE, Ashridge, Nijenrode, MIP Politecnico di Milano, as well as six QS scholarships worth US$25,000. In 2006, the World MBA Tour Wharton Scholarship was awarded to Amanda Bronesky, who attended the World MBA Tour in Fall 2005 . Thomas Caleel, Admissions Director at Wharton says, "We were astounded by the number of applicants from the World MBA Tour, but Amanda really stands out as an exceptional young lady." The MIP awards have gone to Katherine Keblusek from the United States and Alberto Cimenti, a Brazilian.

QS is the authority on international careers and education. In addition to running the World MBA Tour, QS provides research on MBA and post-graduate salaries and recruitment trends, as well as producing the Global 100 Top MBA Programmes and the World University Rankings Reports. Copies of these reports will be available at the fair and the first 100 visitors receive a free copy of TopMBA Career Guide.

For more information and to pre-register, visit www.topmba.com .