Krishna Deshmukh is a satisfied man. After narrowly missing out on a Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai seat last year (he scored 306 marks in last year’s Common Management Admission Test), this BITS Pilani Goa student finally upped his performance and topped the CMAT September 2013. PaGaLGuY spoke to him. What went […]

Bureaucratic hurdles are not unheard of in India but when they derail academic plans, it becomes a matter of concern. Contrary to popular perception and as being commonly believed by all, the Common Management Test (CMAT) is not being held abroad. The Ministry of External Affair is apparently sill sitting on the file and not […]

The world around us is changing everyday and there is lots to ponder about. If you really care about the things that matter, why not let the world know? So, here are ten ideas to get you started this week: 1. In news that’s just come in, petrol prices have been cut by Rs 3.50 […]

Many of you have something to say. The problem is that only a few voices really come out in the open. How about going beyond thinking and putting your thoughts to words? Here are ten ideas to write about: 1. What does Rahul Gandhi’s outburst on the convicted lawmakers audience mean? Is he trying to […]

Weekend is here which means a lot of free time. How about utilising this weekend to write about something which has played on your mind for a long time? To make things easier, here are ten ideas: 1 . Rahul deemed the ordinance on convicted makers nonsensical. Why does the Congress party always have multiple […]

“The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.” – Edwin Schlossberg And that’s what we want you to do when you sit on the typing board for writing on Channels. Here are ten more ideas to get you authors out there thinking. 1. Supreme Court has given voters […]

The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) September 2013 is being conducted over a five-day test window from September 26-30, 2013 across two time slots (9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm). It seems the Verbal section is being made similar to the structure in other entrance exams, especially in terms of […]

Our world is always ticking with events, some which matter to us directly and some not. PaGaLGuY Channels is a platform for writing opinions, blogs, ideas and experiences about things that matter to you. Here’s a daily idea hit list. You can pick anyone of these and submit your take on it in 500 words […]

A total of 83,662 candidates have registered for the September 2013 Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) of which 54,882 candidates are males while 28,780 are females. A total of 60,110 candidates fall in the general category. Corresponding registration figures for September 2012 CMAT were far lower with only 60,000 registrations. The registrations came to a […]

A lot of students face problems in the General Awareness / Business Awareness / General Knowledge section of MBA entrance exams like XAT, IIFT and SNAP. That happens because they start “preparing” for it once they are done with their Quant, LR/DI and Verbal prep (sometimes even after CAT) – which is often too late. […]