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(Photo: Official US Navy Page) Practicing mock tests forms an important aspect of preparation for CAT candidates, who often work their hearts out when it comes to practice. Some attempt up to three dozen mocks in a single preparation season. Many CAT takers often discuss with me their performance in these mock tests on the […]
Amity Business School is a flagship institute of Amity University, established through a state legislature, with powers to award degrees, recognised by UGC. It is a part of the Amity Education Group comprising 30 campuses spread over 1000 acres and includes 5 worldclass universities, 17 schools & pre-schools, 150 top ranked institutions and 8 international […]
Mr Ramesh Unnikrishnan If you think All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) directors have to necessarily be dreary-looking, peering through thick-rimmed spectacles, from columns of dusty files, you need to check on Ramesh Unnikrishnan – AICTE’s Western Regional Director. He is young, sports a perpetual smile and takes every call that rings on his […]
(Photo courtesy: David Boyle) Just because Mumbai is India’s financial capital, it does not mean jobs are easy to come. In fact, it has been as sluggish as schools in other areas last couple of years. To allay the problem (to a small extent), b-schools in Mumbai and recruiters have started pooling in campus placements. […]
To put the new Ford EcoSport’s Rs 5.59 lakh price in perspective, talk to someone who’s joining a two-year MBA program in the US this fall. In the two weeks that the Indian rupee slid from 57 to 60 against a US dollar, that is about how much more their impending educational expenditure increased by, […]
(Photo courtesy: jonfeinstein) The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 authorities have sent letters with the ‘correct’ scores to the institutes that have admitted the 80 candidates allegedly involved in the infamous CAT scam. It is now up to the institutes whether the retain the students/candidates (waiting list) or not. This is what the institutes have […]
Photo Credit: Bergerking (Flickr) When you can’t fight the system, you simply go with it. Professor of Marketing, Nicolas Minvielle, at Audencia Nantes School of Management, France did just that. Sensing that his students spent considerable time on Facebook and Twitter during class hours, he simply decided to join them. He got social media inside […]
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) current director, Ajay Pandey has got another extension for three months. Prof Pandey’s stint as acting director was scheduled to end on June 30 and the new director expected to take over from today, July 1. The delay appears to be from the Ministry of Human Resource Development […]
(Photo: Sixtybolts ) Problems based on weighing machines and pan balances are little more common in exams like CMAT and SNAP compared to the CAT because the nature of these questions is such that once you understand the basic concepts and formulae, there isn’t much thinking required to solve the problems. Having said that, many […]
Rewarding opportunities in real estate and construction • Be engaged in a sector that contributes 17.5% to India’s GDP • With an average of 4 million professionals needed in the sector every year over the next 10 years, employment opportunities in built environment are numerous • Work on amazing projects and help create structures that […]