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February 2013 CMAT scorecard as visible to aspirants A link leading aspirants to the scorecard of the Common Management Admission Test February 2013 emerged one day before the actual results were due tomorrow i.e. on March 13, 2013. However, SS Mantha, Chairman, All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE), rubbished the claim saying that the […]
The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad is on the list of unapproved colleges again, put out by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) two days ago. It shares the list with 42 other colleges, some having notorious reputations. That ISB is on the list is not surprising but that fact that the bi-annual […]
Students waiting outside the CMAT test centre in Tughlaqabad, New Delhi (Photo credit : Astha A) The second edition of Common Management Admission test (CMAT) conducted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) drew to an official close on October 1, 2012. Out of a total of 60,000 students who had registered for […]
If you are an aspirant studying hard to gain entry to a top-ranking b-school through the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) forget it, at least for this year. Most of the good schools are not considering CMAT this year again. While most schools said an outright NO to us when we asked, some said they […]
The Supreme Court has extended its last year’s stay order on the AICTE notification that had sought to do away with major MBA entrance exams in favour of only the CAT and MAT. For the coming admission season of 2012-13 too, PGDM institutes can continue their admission processes on the basis of scores attained by […]
The All India Council for Technical Education has approved the executive MBA programme run by the XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur. Called the General Management Programme (GMP), the approval has come with a change in the duration of the course – from the present 12 months, to a full-15 month schedule. The […]
Out of the total 138 technical institution closure applications received by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) this year, the council has decided to shut down a total of seven institutes, which includes four management and three engineering institutes. As many as 102 new institutes, which include around 40 b-schools, have been granted […]
In a bid to reduce pressure on students in b-schools, the Human Resources Development ministry’s Curriculum Review Council has drawn up a rather extraordinary list of ‘things to do’ as compulsory activities from this academic year onwards. The list has twenty activities, but students will have to choose any three to successfully complete the course. […]
A single entrance exam is a good idea but not if AICTE conducts it, says Fr PT Joseph, SJ, director of Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Bhubhaneshwar in an exclusive interview with PaGaLGuY.What changes in the b-school or the curriculum can the incoming batch at XIMB expect to look forward to? There has been some […]
SS Mantha, AICTE Chairman (Photo Credit: Astha A) A short interview with SS Mantha, Chairman of All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) after the first day of the Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT) season. Today’s CMAT paper was easy, was that deliberate? That is a good thing. AICTE is trying to facilitate a process […]