Sale of vouchers for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 began today. About 12,000 vouchers were sold in all and about 10,000 candidates registered. Of this, 80 per cent had bought the vouchers online. According to CAT Convenor Prof Rohit Kapoor of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, the availability of e-vouchers brought in […]

(Photo: Liz West) Arts and commerce students – or those from non-engineering academic backgrounds are often in a fix about how to prepare for CAT. I talk of certain strategies that can be useful for such applicants. Non-engineering students often find that quantitative ability is their bête noire. This is because after high school they […]

(File photo) The voucher sale for Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 will now begin from August 5, 2013 to September 24, 2013, Rohit Kapoor, CAT Convenor 2013 confirmed to PaGaLGuY. Previously the registration was scheduled to begin from July 29, 2013. Impending changes in the official CAT website is the reason behind this shift in […]

(Photo: Skylar Murphy) The sheer number of aspirants who appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT) pushes up the competition up. This combined with the societal stigma attached with failure, the hype around an MBA degree and the misinformation attached to the need for doing an MBA means that ‘fear of failure’ drives every CAT […]

(Photo: Florin Gorgan) A minimalistic approach towards any goal is dangerous – it signals pessimism and a defeatist attitude. And I have seen dozens of CAT aspirants falling prey to it without realising. Very often, candidates ask me about the minimum questions to attempt to secure a percentile over 95. In my opinion, people who […]

(Photo: Official US Navy Page) Practicing mock tests forms an important aspect of preparation for CAT candidates, who often work their hearts out when it comes to practice. Some attempt up to three dozen mocks in a single preparation season. Many CAT takers often discuss with me their performance in these mock tests on the […]

HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju Mr M M Pallam Raju, the current Union Minister for Human Resources Development is an Engineer in Electronics and Communications from Andhra University as well as an MBA graduate from Temple University, USA. Post his degrees, Mr Raju worked abroad and on his return served on the boards of […]

In a stark reminder of recent cases in which Indians have been legally intimidated for what they wrote online on social networks, an MBA applicant from Kolkata has been threatened with legal proceedings by a CAT test preparation company after he expressed dissatisfaction with the institute’s pricing and product information through a post on an […]

Prof Gajendra Adil Prof Gajendra Adil recently took over as head, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSoM), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. An academician at heart, Prof Adil worked at Bilkent Universtity, Turkey and City University, Hong Kong before joining SJMSoM in 2000. Speaking exclusively to PaGaLGuY, he talks about his vision for […]

Anshul Garg Anshul Garg (20) an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar student, Ravi Teja Palla, an Assistant Manager with Tata Motors and B Rajesh who runs a coaching centre in Chennai are some of this years Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 toppers. Speaking to PaGaLGuY.com exclusively from his campus, Anshul sounded visibly excited and […]