<t>As you yourself mentioned there is glass ceiling in your mumbai office, just changing desks wont make much sense unless you really "love" ur bank.You should give a shot at 2 things..moving to some "actual" front office in India or move to ur London office. Depends which one is more feasible and u...

Its too early to call, I am not targeting PhD.The arbitrage point made by you makes lots of sense but what one should do if there is not enough funds for NYU/Cambridge etc...so will this course lead me to anywhere?

So what did you decide?

Have u already applied or u will be applying for 2011 batch?

Metric for "Best": 1.Recognition 2.Job prospectsI am from non-EU country and don't know German...so does it mean doing these courses make little sense?

Which is the best Msc in Financial Engineering course in EU and UK region?What about new course like MFE at EPFL and Masters in Quant Fin at ETH... are these 2 courses good/recognized enough to be counted among top?