Has Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad violated its AICTE certification? Applicants to the 2006-08 PGDCM course were astounded on Thursday to find that MICA had screened in students with CAT and XAT percentiles between 90 and 95 but many with higher scores were left out, giving way to speculations that sectional scores were used in […]

There are some, for whom, drinking 40 bottles of Pepsi in one go is a feat. There are others who would settle for nothing less than summiting Mt Everest. But here we present to you, the Great-Grandma-of-Them-All Muneera Lokhandwala, who will settle for nothing less than a 100 percentile or close, in CAT year upon […]

What is the mission of IIM C and what sets it apart from other b-schools in the same league? The mission of IIM C is to be an international centre of excellence. In terms of what sets it apart from other IIMs is the very open academic culture here. There is an enormous amount of […]

Tell us a little about you.I graduated in computer science and engineering from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. I had a job offer from Kanbay on hand before joining FMS but getting into a top B school without any work experience was my goal which I did manage to achieve. I did my schooling […]

IIM Calcutta has short listed the candidates for group discussion and personal interviews for CAT 2005. Candidates may view the results at the following link: http://www.iimcal.ac.in/admissions/cat_resultsxf984phe.php * About 1,55,000 students appeared for the CAT for entry to the six IIMs this year. The other IIM’s shall be putting out their list of candidates who have […]

The Indian School of Business has extended the deadline to accept GMAT scores from prospective students till January 15, 2006. This is to facilitate applicants who are unable to take their scores due to unavailability of GMAT dates. There is a substantial growth noticed in the number of GMAT takers outside US, which is coming […]

Having been from the IIMs where the procedure for admissions is so vastly different, can you tell us in detail about the ISB admissions process? We are looking at experienced candidates from 2 years upwards to 20 years and the predominant category is between 2 – 8 years which is where 60 – 70 pc […]

Originally I was going to title this “The average student’s guide to cracking the CAT” .Then I realized I wasn’t average. This could hardly be called a guide. And I hadn’t even cracked the CAT. So I modified the title. I was going to rip-off Five Point Someone‘ s opening line and modify it to […]

What is a qualified doctor like you doing at an MBA institute? I did my bachelors degree in Homeopathic Medicine from Anand, Gujarat and have zero work ex. Honestly speaking, I wasn’t too keen on doing medicine in the first place. Having done so due to parental pressure, I wasn’t very pleased with the idea […]

Prateek Agarwal alias ManDevIan is in his second year at Management Development Institute-Gurgaon. In a conversation with our in-house PaGaL Interrogation Squad sleuth DJ Krish Kay, Prateek sheds more light on his life at MDI-Gurgaon and what goes into surviving the two year bootcamp that is an MBA. A little Bit on your background please. […]