The ticket to MBA has been changing colours MBA admission procedures at Indian b-schools have traditionally followed the set routine of holding a mass admission test, calling the shortlisted candidates for group discussions in stressful environments and then grilling them one-on-one in personal interviews. A small crop of b-schools, however, are breaking away from the […]

With the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) booking out dates between February 20 and 28, 2012 for its Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), the Maharashtra state government has decided to push their management entrance examination Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (Mah-CET) to March 11, 2012. Confirming this, an official from the Directorate of Technical […]

The first trial test for the much awaited Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) was conducted in the second week of December. A handful of candidates took the exam and now preparations are on to conduct the second trial test. According to sources at the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), after the first trial […]

SS Mantha, Chairman, AICTE As the day for the ‘controversial’ Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2012 nears, PaGalGuY.com met up with the man behind it all, SS Mantha, Chairman of the All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Brimming with optimism, he said that CMAT was an enabling provision for aspirants and parents, which would […]

The Xavier Admission Tests (XAT) Quantitative Aptitude is always a bit on the tougher side. Sometimes, the difficulty level may take a dip, but that does not mean that it would suddenly drop to the standards of elementary mathematics. Unlike the Common Admission Test (CAT), XAT traditionally focuses more on topics like functions, probability, permutation […]

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will publish a list of b-schools accepting Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) scores only once the registration closes for the exam on January 9, 2012. Confirming this an AICTE official said: “We will present the list of colleges accepting CMAT scores on or a couple of days […]

CMAT 2012 advertisement by AICTE that appeared on December 3, 2011 While b-schools and MBA aspirants have a lot to complain over All India Council for Technical Education’s (AICTE) Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), a senior AICTE official told PaGaLGuY that the exam is not compulsory for its affiliated b-schools. This comes as a breather, […]

Ninad Karpe Ninad Karpe, CEO and MD of Aptech Ltd, tells PaGalGuY his plan of action for conducting the first Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2012. How does it feel to be chosen among prominent bidders such as Tata Consultancy Services and Prometric to conduct the first CMAT? CMAT is a very prestigious project for […]

Some test takers outside a SNAP center in Mumbai The PaGaLGuY reporting team met up with some Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) test 2011 takers on Sunday evening after the exam. Most of the candidates said that the Verbal and Quantitative Techniques (QT) were easy compared to the Logical Reasoning (LR) and General Awareness (GA) sections. […]

If questions on factor cost and marginal cost in the Common Management Admissions Test’s (CMAT) trial test on December 12 left you flummoxed, relax. The test was only to give MBA aspirants an idea as to how a CMAT paper would look like. Though CMAT’s website clearly said, “A trial test will be available from […]