(1) Having designed 350 Management Development Programmes, what is that one thing would like to implement in the current education system? The educational system must be tuned to the current organizational environment. The present environment is becoming highly impersonal and more objective oriented. We need to prepare our students to accept this reality and to […]

MICAT will  undergo  major changes in 2016.  To sum up the changes:  *The selection process for PGDM-C 2016-18 to happen twice. *Candidates will have to take at least one of the three eligibility exams: CAT 2015, XAT 2016 and GMAT (2012 onwards). *MICAT will be held only in the computer based format in 14 cities […]

6 years – 5 CATs, 4 XATs, 2 FMS, 3 IIFTs, 3 GMATs, 2 JMETs and over 500 Mocks, 1 failed start up and  Finally got 760 in GMAT and joining Tepper school of Business – Carnegie Mellon University. I loved the journey, in fact I loved it too much for my liking. Met remarkable person […]

Not so great story of another run off the mill software engineer IIT JEE Results, June 2008 Life took a vicious turn for a boy of 18, his dreams shattered to smithereens. 2 years of working hard yields no result as he leaves the city of Jamshedpur; his hometown, head hung down in pain and […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from various past years’ papers of MBA entrance exams such as CAT, XAT, SNAP, NMAT, etc. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! Q. 1 to 5: The following table gives the national income and the population […]

March 11th, Afternoon slot, BM /GM XLRI Jamshedpur XAT:- 97.13 GK:- 7.5 UG:- 7.58 (B.Tech & M.Tech, Mechanical Engg., IITKGP) GD Topic- Globalization promotes economic group but wipes out cultures. Only 4 out of 9 present. Our GD was ended after 20 min. PI – Three professors, same power seating arrangement, senior most Prof. Madhukar […]

HRM, Mumbai, 13th March, 8:45 slot X – 88% XII – 85% UG – 6.56 XAT – 95.96 Work ex: Teach For India/ Fellow/ 21 months Other major achievements : XII grade School math topper, Highest percentile in gulf region for ACER english exam Any achievement / USP of yours: The past 2 years have […]

HRM, YWCA Delhi, 16th February, 8:45 slot X- 93.67% XII – 82.2% UG – 8.1 XAT – 97.97 Work experience: IT/ 31 months GD topic: Globalization is good for workers and their rights. GD: Only 9/10 people showed up and the discussion lasted for 20 mins. The focus was majorly on Globalization so I tried […]

My tryst with the CAT is quite different from that of others. It starts with my floundering academics in my Undergrads.  I had waltzed through 10th with 88% in a relatively easy state board, taken up biology next (doctor dreams, you see) and after having a front-row show of bio, decided that medicine was never going […]

Being an academic, how would you describe the changes in Management education over the last two decades? Management education in India has come a long way since 1953, when IISWBM – the first official management institute was established.  A few years later IIM Calcutta and IIM Ahmedabad were established with the aim of providing American […]