Prof SSS Kumar, of The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK) has been appointed CAT (The Common Admission Test) Convenor for 2012. Prof Kumar who teaches Finance, Accounting and Control is from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and joined IIMK in 2003. The news was confirmed by an official from IIMK, though Prof Kumar was unavailable for […]

Manoj Rana on graduation day Uttar Pradesh born Manoj Rana is not the predictable computer engineer who ended up doing an MBA. His reasons were slightly different. A dreadful fire in 2005 had rendered both of Manojs hands and his upper extremities severely contracted. Today, after suffering 95% burns, undergoing 54 surgeries, in coma for […]

Ankur Kumar of Wharton ( Photo: Wharton ) In a quick Q&A; with PaGaLGuY, Wharton’s admissions director Ankur Kumar talks about the new curriculum at Wharton, the move to eliminate alumni from admission interviews and the school’s approach to the new GMAT. Could you describe what your role as Director of Admissions and Financial Aid […]

MATS Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship is an illustrious part of the Jain Group of Institutions (The JGI Group) led by Dr. R. Chenraj Jain Chairman The JGI Group. The JGI Group established its first institution in 1990 Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, SBMJC. MATS Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship was the first institution of […]

ISB, Hyderabad, Main campus Starting the coming admission season, applicants to the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and Mohali will have to submit video resumes to the admission committee apart from the GMAT scores, essays and recommendation letters. Currently, the first step for candidates who wish to apply to the institute’s Post Graduate Program […]

Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington (Photo: Jeff Hart) Unlike the other parts of the MBA application, the MBA interview is a little special. It doesnt like to get bundled along with the rest of its buddies the GMAT score, MBA essays, recommendations and the resume. It demands elite treatment and gets it. Phase […]

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Photo: teofilo) Among all the components that constitute your MBA application profile GMAT score, pre-MBA academic grades, admission essays, recommendations and the MBA resume most applicants tend to ignore the poor little resume. Why? Almost everyone who has got a job in the corporate world (or for that matter, […]

Ranked 16th among US business schools by BusinessWeek, University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School is popular among Indian applicants and accepts a median GMAT score of 690 for its MBA class of 298 seats. PaGaLGuY interviews Sherry Wallace, director of MBA admissions to learn about the post-MBA job market in the US and the […]

Globally, only 5% b-schools have acquired the rigorous Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation. Two days ago, TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal became one of this chosen group, the only other one in India being the Indian Schools of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. Does this global endorsement mean anything at all to […]

Melbourne Business School, Australia Alright, we now come to the part about financing one’s MBA after having focused on the relevance of GMAT, pre-MBA academics and MBA applicant profiles in earlier posts. Most Indian applicants think that the GMAT registration fee of $250 is high. Then they realise that each MBA application needs an additional […]