[visusankar]

Hi,

There are two centers that CL have in chennai. One in Adayar and one in TNagar. Iam studying in Adayar center.

[manish_bengani]

Might be of use to some who have got multiple calls!! Now, no need to worry if you have deposited tution fee in an institute.... A few months ago,the Consumer Court had directed SP Jain to refund 1.4 lakhs to a student, provided the seat which the student left was filled by someone else (which is obvious since they have waitlists)

Read the excerpt below which i got from a newspaper on google!

MRTPC move to benefit many students
September 21, 2006 13:12 IST

In a judgment that can benefit a large number of students who change educational institutes during competitive exams such as Common Admission Test (CAT), the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission has told Mumbai-based S P Jain Institute of Management and Research to return Rs 1.4 lakh (Rs 140,000) to an applicant who later took admission in IIM-Lucknow.
"We find that the respondent (SPJIMR) has indulged in unfair trade practices and also brought about additional cost on the applicant by forfeiting the entire amount," MRTPC acting-chairman M M Sardana said.
He asked the institute to refund Rs 1.4 lakh to one Varun Gupta within six weeks.

The commission held that the scheme of changing from an institution to the other by a student was "inherent to the entire system . The institute is not expected to make undue gains particularly in a situation where the system allows the candidate to change their institution before the commencement of the course," Sardana said.

The institute had mentioned that Gupta would have to deposit a sum of Rs 1.4 lakh, which was non-refundable. As per instructions, Gupta took admission by submitting Rs 1.4 lakh.
Later, he got a confirmed call from IIM Lucknow and took admission there. He also informed SPJIMR and sought refund. But, SPJIMR refused to return the fees paid as per the terms of admission, forcing the candidate to approach MRTPC against the institute for indulging in unfair trade practices.

In his petition, Gupta said, SPJIMR's action amounted to restricting the competition, leaving no scope for candidates to exercise options with their CAT score and would burden them with additional cost.
SPJIMR countered Gupta's contention and said the institution suffers loss if an admission is cancelled.

However, the commission rejected this contention and observed that Gupta had informed SPJIMR within a week. At that time a waiting list of candidates was available and the institute could have filled the seat.
MRTPC compared the admission cancellation process of other institutes and found that in most cases only a part of tuition fee is deducted and substantial fee is returned.

The commission felt that the institute's action amounted to "restricting the choice of candidates."
"The institute would naturally be making financial gains at the cost of students while it is not making any financial loss correspondingly," the commission observed and directed the institute to return Rs 1.4 lakh to Gupta within six weeks.
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Saxena (a lawyer )is willing to take up the case. "If many students complain to me I will file a PIL ."

Students who have lost money to a Bschool and wish to file a PIL may contact
Nilesh Gupta at: nileshgupt@yahoo.com
Arun Saxena, ICRPC : consumerhelp@sify.com
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Hope none of us lose money in the run-up to b-schools....

Manish.

[getintoiimb]

for any one whoz missed out..
therez a chennai PG meet scheduled on 5th of may ..
for more info check this thread ..
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/chit-c...pg-meet-2.html

[IIMA-Dream07]

Me too from Chennai. B.E.2005 pass out. Just one goal in mind-The IIMs.
Hope lots of Chennaites crack CAT this year!!

[chuck_gopal]

Thanks, getintoiimb for posting here

All junta who are interested in the PG meet on the 5th, please come here, PM me your cell numbers. Looks like a good meet going to happen this time... 15 odd junta look likely to show up

Chennai mega meet

ChUcK

[halcyon]

Hi people,
I am working in an MNC in Chennai too and haven't started studying yet.
I wrote CAT last year and flopped big time. Anyone planning on group studying here??

[halcyon]

Hi people,
I am working in an MNC in Chennai too and haven't started studying yet.
I wrote CAT last year and flopped big time. Anyone planning on group studying here??

[sathyamoorthy]

Hi Friends
This is Sathyamoorthy from Chennai.
This will be my third attempt at CAT. I studied independently without any interaction with anybody.

I will be preparing by myself and taking up mocks

Sathyamoorthy

[Che_Guevara]

hi
i am from AP and working in chennai in software company
i preparing for cat in big way
will meet you all in short time..
and thanks to fabio for guiding to this link.......

“In a flat world, execution is strategy. Success is 20% strategy and 80% execution"

[chuck_gopal]

Junta ! The PG Chennai meet is tomorrow
If anyone is interested, PM me !

DATE: 05 May 2007
VENUE: Cafe Coffee Day outlet, IIT Madras
TIME: 04:00 PM onwards
CONTACT: Me

For more details, come here: http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/chit-c...hennai-pg.html

Also, PG tee shirts for sale:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/chit-c...es-2007-a.html



ChUcK