Editor’s note: This ia an analysis of the CAT 2011 test pattern changes by Ankur Agarwal, a guest author and an IIM Lucknow alumnus who works in a senior position at an Ahmedabad-based coaching institute. The views expressed here are his own. — (Original photo credit: terren) The new Common Admissions Test (CAT) pattern looks […]

Welcome to the second edition of the B-school Shutterbug Photography contest! Clicked by Abhijeet Singh at the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad campus. One of the winners of last year’s (2010) contest. How to participate? Show off your photography skills by clicking original and creative photographs satisfying the following criteria, The photos should be inside […]

(Photo credit: Everjean) If Verbal Ability is the first half of the English section of management entrance tests, then Reading and Comprehension (RC) makes up the second half. As the name suggests, RC comprises two parts — Reading + Comprehension. A CAT aspirant should be able to read at a fairly good speed and also […]

The Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET), used for admission to the two-year MBA programs offered by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) might be abolished starting this year. Instead, a candidate’s Common Admissions Test (CAT) score could be considered for the admission process, Professor MR Ravi, Vice Chairman, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), IIT […]

Photo credit: roblisameehan PGDM institutions across the country are free to accept CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA and JMET scores and even conduct their own GD PI, the Supreme Court ruled today. An interim order to the effect which was passed on March 17, 2011 has been extended till the next academic year 2012-2013. The bench […]

Editors note: This is one of the articles we selected from the PaGaLGuY Summer Internships Writing Contest entries. We are selecting only those which narrate very real and eye-opening accounts previously unheard in the ballyhoo surrounding the glamour of the MBA degree. The authors prize is on its way! — Ever imagined a 21-year-old being […]

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta’s Prof Janakiraman Moorthy, who is the Convenor for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2011 speaks about this year’s exam. Will there be changes in the CAT this year? Yes, but few. The CAT 2011 will have only two sections instead of three. The first section will focus on Quantitative […]

At about 7.30 pm this Friday, Nihit Sinha and some of his friends, all first year students from ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad were enjoying themselves at a dhaba, some half a kilometre from their college. Little did Nihit realise that it would be his last outing with his friends. While walking back from the […]

(Photo credit: Tom Taylor) Five technology and design firms pipped finance and consulting companies to appear among the top 10 most coveted companies to work for in US business schools according to a survey reported in the Wall Street journal. When asked to pick up to five ideal employers out of a list of 170, […]

Editor’s note: Here is an example of a summer internship experience gone wrong. The author of this article is a second-year MBA student of a well-known b-school but would like to keep his identity and the company he interned at confidential. We request those among you who know or discover his identity to respect his […]