Check-in queue outside the CAT center at Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Jasola, New Delhi On the first day of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012, the morning slot tests were running behind time by at least forty minutes to an hour at a few centres in New Delhi and Faridabad. Administrative delays during the […]

Editor’s note: Two members of the PaGaLGuY Headquarters took the CAT 2012 on the first day today. Here are their personal accounts. CAT centre at Jasola, New Delhi Astha A: Appeared for the test at Jasola, New Delhi, morning slot. Here is her experience. Appearing for the first slot of the Common Admission Test (CAT), […]

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is known for throwing surprises but this time, it surprised us by giving no surprises at all! Todays CAT has to be the most balanced one in the short history of four years of in which it became a computer-based test. My congratulations to the CAT creators for a good […]

Students waiting outside the CMAT test centre in Tughlaqabad, New Delhi (Photo credit : Astha A) The second edition of Common Management Admission test (CMAT) conducted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) drew to an official close on October 1, 2012. Out of a total of 60,000 students who had registered for […]

Preliminary registration data for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 indicates a slight increase of 4.39% compared to last years figures. The CAT 2012 registration window ended at midnight on September 19 with 2.14 lakh registrations, exceeding last year’s registrations of 2.05 lakh. The gender split has also improved with 28% registrations coming from females […]

Prof Shekhar Chaudhari The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) has kicked-off a few radical moves in the last few months. From initiating ‘reservation’ for women applicants to aggressively going after alumni to keep its infrastructure plans ticking. IIMC director Professor Shekhar Chaudhuri, spoke to PaGaLGuY about these measures and also on his institutes contribution […]

Dr Samir Barua, director, IIM Ahmedabad As he prepares to end his stint as director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Dr Samir Barua speaks to PaGaLGuY on his achievements in the last five years, placement reporting standards and the schools selection criteria. Dr Barua also discusses the Common Admission Test (CAT) going […]

Pic: Flickr The Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI) has 65% freshers in its 2012-2014 batch. This figure is the highest among all the Indian Institutes of Management and other top schools this year. What becomes incidental is that the number of work-ex is about 35%. While IIMI decided to go with a bigger ‘fresher’ […]

So its time we made the new version of PaGaLGuY a little more exciting by addressing the biggest obstacle of getting through a top Indian b-school: cracking MBA entrance tests. Preparing for a test like the Common Admissions Test (CAT) can be boring. Theres a lot of theory to read, based on which you try […]

Registration for the Common Management Test (CMAT) is now extended to September 7, 2012. Originally, registrations were to close on September 2, 2012. One would naturally think that AICTE has done it to net in more applicants but apparently the extension has come about because states are gradually announcing their individual decisions to switch over […]