women candidates in greater numbers are seeing the value in investing in management education the survey also reveals special efforts made by programmes to recruit entrepreneurs 16 per cent preexperience candidates 13 per cent and members of the lgbt community 9 per cent the annual survey also indicates that specialised masters programmes in management finance and accounting continue to show robust growth 744 programmes including 527 mba programmes 24 business doctoral programmes phd dba and 193 specialised masters programmes from 359 bschools in 46 countries participated in the survey this yearcourtesy myeducationtimescom has been bypassed the blueprint hasnt been placed before anyone says narain instead announcements have been made at big melas where students have been gathered like they do at political rallies