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 […]

Continuing from where we left off in the November 2011 update about the seat availability in the top 10 b-schools as per the PaGaLGuY B-school Rankings 2011, here is a similar update on the number of seats available across categories at the b-schools ranked 11 to 20, for the upcoming 2012-14 batch. Six colleges among […]

A unique program with special focus on emerging economies Great Lakes Institute of Management is offering the Two Year Post Graduate Management Program (PGDM) in its Chennai campus. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved program has got an intake of 120 seats. The programs curriculum will have a special focus on the […]

Diversity of class has been the driving force behind declaring the list of shortlisted candidates from the Xavier’s Admission Test (XAT) 2012 results for the interview stage of the XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur admissions. XLRI’s admissions chairperson Soumendra Bagchi told PaGaLGuY that the school was looking at increasing the number of […]

Now that the Common Admission Test (CAT) results are out, all eyes are on the next round — GD-PI. PaGaLGuY spoke to some of the top b-schools other than the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to find out what is their plan of action for the next round and whether Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) […]

With the date for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) round the corner, most state universities are agreeing to accept CMAT scores. However, private institutes such as Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur and Symbiosis International University, who conduct their own MBA entrance tests, have been firm on not accepting CMAT scores for 2012. Universities […]

Soumyajit Sanyal, a software engineer working with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Kolkata, is one of the proud nine 100 percentilers cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT) this year. A graduate from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Soumyajit goes on a free-wheeling chat with PaGaLGuY about getting closer to realising his dream of soon becoming an Indian Institute […]

Like in a Bollywood flick, the Xavier’s Admission Test (XAT) 2012 held today, January 8, 2012 closed this season with a happy ending. Living upto its standard of questions, the XAT 2012 turned out to be a very balanced paper. This year. the exam was easier but certainly not easy! Questions were not direct; each […]

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 […]

Original photo: Ayush Shukla The Xaviers Admissions Test (XAT) is on January 8, 2012 and a few XAT 99-percentilers from the XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur have teamed up with PaGaLGuY to offer last-minute tips and advice on taming the exam. If you have questions about XAT or need help with figuring […]