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The engineers among us would be aware that the notification for the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is out and registrations are in full swing. Here is the JMET 2011 Ready Reckoner – some tips to help you sail through. What is...

By Shashank Prabhu

5 improvements we hope Prometric makes to the CAT 2010 test interface

After experiencing the CAT 2010 practice demo test released by Prometric, all of you must have found features you liked or found disappointing. We got Aditya Dipankar, a student of M.Des. (Information & Interface Design) 2009-11 at the National Institute of Design (NID), Bangalore to look up the practice test...

Despite no-CET relaxation, few takers for MBA seats in Maharashtra

MBA admission without an entrance test would sound like music to the ears of many. However, the Maharashtra government’s decision to fill 15,000 vacant MBA seats in the state’s b-schools without the Common Entrance Test (CET) has met with moderate success. Two weeks after the circular was issued to effect...

IIM Lucknow’s Varchasva – Ayodhya verdict did not dampen this cultural show

That Ayodha was just about 135 kms away and bursting with police security and underlying tension on September 30, was hardly visible at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow’s cultural festival — Varchasva held between October 1 and 3, 2010. The three-day show was a pot pourri of cultural,...

By Guest

IMT Ghaziabad finally begins its Two-Campus programme with AICTE approval

The ‘Two-campus programme’ launched by the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad this year has received the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approval. The first year of the PGDM programme will take place at IMT’s Dubai campus while the second year will be at IMT Ghaziabad. This is...

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies: A profile

The Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) established in 1981 under the aegis of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) is one of the largest, most renowned educational complexes in Mumbai. It is now deemed-to-be university under section 3 of UGC Act, 1951. The flourishing NMIMS has over 6000...

By PaGaLGuY.com Spotlight

IIM Ahmedabad proposes a uniform standard for reporting placements

After introducing the cohort-based recruitment process, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad is trying out its second experiment with placements. The institute plans to develop a new ‘Placement Reporting Standard’. The stated objective of the Placement Reporting Standards will be to bring in greater objectivity and uniformity in the...

Prometric releases practice test for CAT 2010

Prometric today released a practice CAT test on its website in order to familiarize candidates with the navigation and functionality of CAT 2010. The test includes a tutorial followed by 12 sample questions in an interface that is supposed to look just like the actual CAT 2010. “Candidates will have...

IIM Shillong may shift placements to IIM Calcutta

IIM Shillong’s Director is mulling shifting the school’s placements to IIM Calcutta this academic year. The Director Prof Ashoke K Dutta says that he is currently making an assessment of the company responses to be able to take a final call. “If there are some companies not willing to come...

Interview with CAT 2010 Convenor Prof Himanshu Rai

PaGaLGuY catches up with Prof Himanshu Rai, the man responsible for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2010 for a quick interview. Edited excerpts: CAT 2010 being a month away, how do you personally feel about the preparations by Prometric? I’m extremely happy. Nothing untoward has happened until now during the...

Placement vs acads: Should executive MBA programs have placements?

Will executive or one-year MBA programs be more fruitful without the bling and stress of the placement process? We found this to be a question worth pondering over and asked a few academicians and students for their opinion. The debate is this: being one-year programs, a majority of the attention...

One of its kind. Piyusha Baghel is the only female student at IIM Ranchi

On a visit to the IIM Ranchi campus last week, I was allowed a peep into just one room in the students’ hostel building. Spick and span, the room looked welcoming and refreshing (to what one thought a management student’s hostel room is supposed to look like). The bedspreads were...

What second-tier b-schools are doing to improve their faculty

Every year during the months of April and May when MBA students leave for their summer internship, it is time for the faculty to face blackboards and enter the learning mode. What was previously the strength of only the very premier b-schools, a growing number of private and upcoming b-schools...

Get your CAT prep queries answered by IIM Kozhikode students!

(Photo credit: Joyjeet Maity, submitted as an entry to PaGaLGuY B-school Shutterbug Photography Contest 2010) PaGaLGuY’s Official CAT 2010 Helpline is now live, answered by none other than the Student community of IIM Kozhikode. Post all your questions and doubts about preparing for the CAT in the last month, how...

First look: What is life like at IIM Rohtak

All but 70 kms stop IIM Rohtak from being called IIM Delhi. For advocates of building new IITs and IIMs near large industrialised metropolitan cities, the newest IIM at Rohtak would sound like a prayer answered in disguise, considering that it is just two-hours away from the country’s capital. And...

CAT voucher sale and registration deadlines extended by a week; Signs of falling interest in the CAT?

The longer testing window seems to also have inspired a longer registration window for CAT 2010. The CAT Committee has decided to advance the final registration deadlines for CAT 2010 by one week. Vouchers will now be on sale at Axis Bank branches until October 4, while candidates can now...

The XAT and XLRI Jamshedpur Ready Reckoner

The notification for the Xavier’s Aptitude Test (XAT) conducted by the Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur is out on their website. The XAT will be conducted on the January 2, 2011. Here is a ready reckoner with answers to Frequently Asked Questions and also, a few tips from people...

By Shashank Prabhu

NMS Chennai: International Business Education from Georgia State University

Founded on the principles of innovation, excellence and dedication, The National Management School is committed to redefining the way Management Education is delivered in India. The program at NMS is designed meticulously, keeping in mind one goal: Mentoring Global Leaders. NMS offers a two year full-time MBA and a two-year...

By PaGaLGuY.com Spotlight

MBA aspirants concerned about misleading percentiles as mock CAT test-takers reduce

The mock CAT season of this year is in its full bloom but it is not leaving many who are preparing for the CAT seriously too happy. It’s not the difficulty level of the test papers or ‘technical glitches’ at the mock CAT centers, but the percentiles they are getting...