Candidates awaiting their Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) scores that were due to release on March 11, 2012, were in for a surprise when the results were declared fifteen minutes before the turn of the date, around 11:45 PM on March 10. The results contain the total marks as well as the all Indian rank […]

Clearing confusion about the acceptance of the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) for admissions at autonomous business schools, the Supreme Court today ordered that CMAT shall not be the singular management entrance test and PGDM institutes could admit anyone with CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA and JMET (now replaced by the GMAT) scores. The Educational Promotional […]

A single entrance exam is a good idea but not if AICTE conducts it, says Fr PT Joseph, SJ, director of Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Bhubhaneshwar in an exclusive interview with PaGaLGuY.What changes in the b-school or the curriculum can the incoming batch at XIMB expect to look forward to? There has been some […]

CMAT aspirants outside a center in Belapur, Navi Mumbai (Photo: Ushnota Paul) Held amidst many apprehensions and uncertainties, the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) held by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) drew to an official close on February 28, 2012. While for most students the CMAT exam officially came to an end, […]

CMAT centre at YMT Kharghar, Navi Mumbai (Photo: Ushnota Paul) Already labelled the easiest management entrance exam three days into the test, the Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT) is inviting mixed reactions from test-takers in Delhi and Mumbai, ranging from delight to distress. According to candidates both at Delhi and Mumbai, the exam content was […]

After much hoopla, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) conducted its first Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) today. Barring a few ‘wrong questions’ the exam was found to be fairly easy said aspirants, though the General Knowledge section was found to be a little more difficult than others. “The CMAT paper seemed like […]

SS Mantha, AICTE Chairman (Photo Credit: Astha A) A short interview with SS Mantha, Chairman of All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) after the first day of the Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT) season. Today’s CMAT paper was easy, was that deliberate? That is a good thing. AICTE is trying to facilitate a process […]

(Photo: Zack Klein) Candidates scheduled to appear for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) this year appear perturbed with test centers allocated at far-off places and the paraphernalia-gathering required ahead of the test. They feel that the test centers could have been allotted in closer vicinities of their homes and that the requirement of getting […]

A unique program with special focus on emerging economies Great Lakes Institute of Management is offering the Two Year Post Graduate Management Program (PGDM) in its Chennai campus. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved program has got an intake of 120 seats. The programs curriculum will have a special focus on the […]

The list of b-schools that would accept the Common Management Aptitute Test (CMAT) in 2012 has been released by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on the CMAT website. Notable schools from the PaGaLGuY B-school Rankings 2011 accepting CMAT scores according to the list are Asia Pacific Institute of Management (New Delhi), Goa […]