CMAT 2012 advertisement by AICTE that appeared on December 3, 2011 While b-schools and MBA aspirants have a lot to complain over All India Council for Technical Education’s (AICTE) Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), a senior AICTE official told PaGaLGuY that the exam is not compulsory for its affiliated b-schools. This comes as a breather, […]

The water reservoir at IIFM, Bhopal The Indian institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Bhopal, offers much more to its students than just the privilege of studying in the country’s only college giving a forest management degree. The students here take management lessons ‘directly’ from nature – either by way of weekly treks and excursions in […]

Ninad Karpe Ninad Karpe, CEO and MD of Aptech Ltd, tells PaGalGuY his plan of action for conducting the first Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2012. How does it feel to be chosen among prominent bidders such as Tata Consultancy Services and Prometric to conduct the first CMAT? CMAT is a very prestigious project for […]

SNAP 2011 was a very sensible paper and brought a welcome change. Though the test was a mixture of easy, moderate and tough sections, it was slightly different from expectations and general perceptions. This would have surprised a lot of aspirants. Let us try to evaluate each section on its merit and estimate the probable […]

Some test takers outside a SNAP center in Mumbai The PaGaLGuY reporting team met up with some Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) test 2011 takers on Sunday evening after the exam. Most of the candidates said that the Verbal and Quantitative Techniques (QT) were easy compared to the Logical Reasoning (LR) and General Awareness (GA) sections. […]

Prof Mouloud Madoun’s name is quite a tongue twister if one is not familiar with French names. People often end up addressing him as Mowlood Madown or Moloud Madnoun and after several attempts graduate to pronouncing it as Maolood Madu, which is how it should be. Not that Prof Madoun minds it at all. He […]

Pic of IIT Delhi by Bryn Pinzgauer Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and IIT Delhi are revisiting their admission criteria for MBA from the next academic year. While IIT Kanpur is considering barring freshers, IIT Delhi is looking at revising its eligibility criteria from 10+2+4 to 10+2+3. We dig in for more details. IIT […]

If questions on factor cost and marginal cost in the Common Management Admissions Test’s (CMAT) trial test on December 12 left you flummoxed, relax. The test was only to give MBA aspirants an idea as to how a CMAT paper would look like. Though CMAT’s website clearly said, “A trial test will be available from […]

Editor’s note: The first part of the two-part series warns you about the common goof-ups at a GD. Basically, now you would know how to crack it in a crowd, and stand out. (Part two here). Photo credit: SHK You are done with the Common Admission Test (CAT) and are probably lining up yourself for […]

Reston, Virginia The results of the 2011 year-end poll of employers conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) indicate an improved job market for MBAs in 2012. The poll shows that nearly three-quarters (74%) of employers plan to hire MBAs in 2012, up from 58% in 2011. Not only are more companies planning to […]