The latest All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) rules for PGDM programs in AICTE-approved b-schools has sent shock waves across the higher education canvas. The circular not only instructs doing away with important MBA entrance exams such as the XAT, ATMA or MICAT but ascertains that only CAT, MAT or any state government-conducted exams […]

As expected, the first results of the season have come out from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (Delhi and Kolkata). A total of 1100 calls have been made this time for 220 seats (160 in Delhi campus and 60 in Kolkata campus) which is almost similar to last years figure of 1029 which was […]

Following the diversity-wave hitting Indian b-schools, Delhi-based International Management Institute (IMI) too is comtemplating using relaxed CAT cut-offs for students from commerce, economics and arts backgrounds, says Admission Director Prof Himadri Das. In this interview, he also announces IMIs thought process behind opening new campuses in Kolkata and Bhubhaneswar. What can the incoming batch of […]

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, better known as TISS, runs one of the most sought after post graduate courses in Human Resources Management (HRM). The entrance test for the school is on December 12, 2010. With less than 10 days left for the exam, we will advise you on the things you […]

IIFT managed to surprise everyone this time around by keeping the format almost similar to that of last year. The number of sections remained the same, the number of questions increased slightly and the negative marking was also same as that of last year. The only major change was the absence of a mention of […]

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad’s flagship festival Confluence 2010 was declared open by the head of Tata Administrative Services, Rahul Krishna and IIM Ahmedabad deans, Prof BH Jajoo and Prof Atanu Ghosh on Friday. The festival kicked off with a panel discussion on innovation along with inclusivity in business, which was the underlying […]

Now that CAT is almost done with, the next big entrance exam of the season will be the test conducted by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade(IIFT) on Sunday the 28th of November. A few months back, we brought to you the IIFT Ready Reckoner which explained a bit about the test and also compiled […]

With only a few days left for CAT to end and most of the junta done with it, the focus will now be on the other major entrance exams of the season. Now, each exam has its own identity and one should ideally have a specific strategy to counter this uniqueness. For that, one needs […]

It’s been one year and 4 months since we compiled arguably the best thread on PaGaLGuY into a book – ‘The Best of All I wanted to speak about CAT’. The ebook — which documented super-detailed stories of how successful CAT aspirants persevered against all odds and aced their way into an IIM or a […]

After the faulty first implementation of the computer-based CAT thwarted the dreams of several IIM aspirants in the country in 2009, there are high expectations from Prometric and the IIMs for an unblemished CAT 2010 from everybody involved in the management education sector. Here’s a look at stakeholders who are praying for a frictionless CAT […]