Every year after the Common Admissions Test (CAT) registrations are completed, newspapers report the test statistics and highlight the percentage of candidates from unlikely fields such as veterinary science and animal husbandry. What is attracting vet doctors to study an MBA? While there cannot be one reason for all, Gujarat’s...
Read MoreAlliance University is notified under the list of Private Universities maintained by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi. Alliance University School of Business has carved a niche for itself among the best B-schools in the country, having been ranked consistently among the top B-schools and being the first Indian...
Read MorePradeep Kashyap, Founder and CEO, MART Widely regarded as a guru of Rural Marketing, Pradeep Kashyap founded and heads MART, a consulting practice on emerging markets specialising in understanding of ‘base of the pyramid’ markets. Since founding MART in 1993, Mr Kashyap has advised leading companies from the FMCG sector...
Read MoreThe IITs’ (Indian Institutes of Technology) loss is GMAT’s (Graduate Management Aptitude Test) gain. With the canning of the Joint Management Entrance Exam (JMET), regulatory body All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has added the GMAT to the six acceptable entrance tests for admissions to the Post Graduate Diploma...
Read More(Photo credit: Anusheel Shrivastava) The Xavier’s Admission Test (XAT) 2012 that paves the way for admissions to b-schools such as the XLRI School of Business and Human Resources – Jamshedpur, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research – Mumbai, Xavier’s Institute of Management – Bhubhaneswar and Goa Institute of Management...
Read MoreHere is some surprising news for those tracking the demand for the Common Admission Test (CAT). Despite a marginally higher number of registrations in 2011 compared to CAT 2010, the actual turnout of test-takers in 2011 was lower than that in 2010. About 1.85 lakh candidates appeared for the CAT...
Read MoreWith Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) 2011 entrance exam coming to an end on Sunday, curiosity propelled us at PaGaLGuY to ask some basic questions to test takers in New Delhi and Mumbai about the education offered at IIFT. And to our surprise many had little clue about the...
Read MoreOutside an IIFT 2011 test center in New Delhi. (Photo credit: Astha A) The General Knowledge and Data Interpretation sections emerged as the two sore points for candidates who appeared for the Indian Institute of Foreign trade (IIFT) admission test held today between 10 am and 12 pm across 20...
Read MoreThe Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Entrance Test 2011 turned out to be pleasant surprise to anyone who had worked hard. I am sure those taking it for the second time would be laughing while the first-time applicants would keep wondering why. It seems that b-schools are in the...
Read MoreAll the anxiety of going through CAT and the GDs and the PIs seems paid off, and paid off well at Institute of Management, Nirma University. The Institute of Management, Nirma University (IMNU) in the out skirts of Ahmedabad, has its own life. Besides its beautiful and lush green campus...
Read MorePic: Mickeysucks photostream An article in the one of the pink papers yesterday created ripples it was intended to create – that 3 b-schools in India had received offers of over Rs 1 crore during pre-placements. A similar story had been published a while ago and when we cross-checked with...
Read MoreThe Management Aptitude Test (MAT) held four times every year by the All India Management Association (AIMA) might be discontinued in the next twelve months, sources at AIMA told PaGaLGuY today. The possible shutdown of the test is a response to the Human Resources Development Ministry’s indication that there would...
Read MoreInternational students at XLRI, Jamshedpur Some of the finest b-schools in the world are in the United States and Europe, yet students from there choose to study in India. And its not only for the politicians hackneyed agenda of India being culturally rich and traditional but because the country has...
Read MoreOn Sunday, November 27, 2011, several thousand aspirants will appear for the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi entrance test in nearly 20 cities. The entrance test is the first stepping stone for admissions to the MBA in International Business offered at IIFT in its Delhi and Kolkata...
Read MoreManagement education major SCMHRD Pune has continued with its aspirant interface programs outside the regular route of digital and campus related activations. The institute known for its path breaking management teachings and excellent industry interface has always been the front runner in the education space with its multiple programs. Starting...
Read MoreWe are approaching the neck-deep phase of this year’s admission season, so we thought we’d devote a post linking to some of the more active forum threads on which students of some of India’s top b-schools are answering aspirant questions related to admissions, fees and life at the school. While...
Read MoreInterest in the Common Admissions Test (CAT), which had been enjoying a boom until 2009 has been on the wane since 2010. Both, the CAT 2010 and CAT 2011 have seen registrations in the vicinity of 2.05 lakhs, a steep 15% drop compared to 2009. This decrease has not come...
Read MoreThe newly established MYRA School of Business in Mysore, Karnataka, is one of the latest additions to the list of premier management education institutions in India. MYRA was born out of the need to redesign management education in the country and groom the leaders of tomorrow. Keeping in mind the...
Read MoreIt is a popular belief among many that the entire state of Goa exists spatially and symbolically just along the shoreline from Calangute to Anjuna. Some of the better informed might know Panjim and for some, maybe Old Goa would ring a bell. In public opinion however, the Goan horizon...
Read MoreFor the United States, Lalita Booth is the homeless to Harvard wonder. The face of hope, a much refined version of the staid rags-to-riches story only this time the riches is not in dollars but in educational degrees. For us here, she makes sense because till a few years ago,...
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