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 […]

  Image courtesy Muthuraja   XAT 2011 managed to spring a surprise and how. Five minutes into the test and all prep work meant nothing. Read below for what the first comments were like For 20 mins I was trying to guess whether there is any option which says ‘Cannot be solved’. The most absurd […]

In an interview with PaGaLGuY, Goa Institute of Management (GIM) Director Mr Peter FX D’Lima and Associate Professor of Marketing Prof Ajit Parulekar describe changes in admission policy and curriculum at the institute which has just moved to its new campus at Sanquelim, in the interiors of Goa. What new things can the incoming batch […]

Amidst chaos surrounding CAT 2009, the repeated passages in FMS, wrong questions here and there in other major entrance tests, XAT 2010 managed to hold its head high and lived up to the expectations of numerous MBA aspirants last season. Will it be the case this time around too? We will know come 2nd January […]

Professor Govindrajan, an IIM Ahmedabad alumni, with 21 years of experience of which 16 years has been in academics, is the founding Dean of Praxis Business School. He is a celebrated professor of marketing at Praxis and also at IIM Lucknow, XLRI and XIM B. Q: It is good to see a residential B-School of […]

The Xaviers Admissions Test (XAT) is on January 2, 2011, so a few XAT 99 percentilers from Xaviers Institute of Management, Bhubhaneswar (XIMB) have teamed up on PaGaLGuY to offer last-minute tips and advice on taming the exam. If you have questions about XAT or need help with figuring out a strategy for XAT, feel […]

Bhubhaneswar-based Xavier’s Institute of Management (XIMB) is in the process of turning into a university soon, its Director Fr PT Joseph, SJ tells PaGaLGuY. In this interview, he also speaks about the curriculum changes the institute is planning for its Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and the PGDM Rural Management courses. What changes can […]

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 […]

Dear all, The media cell at the Xavier’s Institute of Management, Bhubhaneswar (XIMB) brought the school’s XAT 2010 99-percentilers together in a video where each speak about their experiences on cracking the XAT and what worked for them. For all those of you who have taken the CAT, here’s a video ready reckoner to get […]

The last time, I focused on few of the commonly faced dilemmas at the various B-School entrance tests. A management entrance test is designed so as to bring out the ability of an aspirant to perform under immense pressure. To subject the students to a bit of stress so as to observe how good they […]