PaGaLGuY catches up with Prof Himanshu Rai, the man responsible for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2010 for a quick interview. Edited excerpts: CAT 2010 being a month away, how do you personally feel about the preparations by Prometric? I’m extremely happy. Nothing untoward has happened until now during the testing of the infrastructure and […]

Will executive or one-year MBA programs be more fruitful without the bling and stress of the placement process? We found this to be a question worth pondering over and asked a few academicians and students for their opinion. The debate is this: being one-year programs, a majority of the attention and energy of the participating […]

On a visit to the IIM Ranchi campus last week, I was allowed a peep into just one room in the students’ hostel building. Spick and span, the room looked welcoming and refreshing (to what one thought a management student’s hostel room is supposed to look like). The bedspreads were crisply laid, clothes neatly folded […]

Every year during the months of April and May when MBA students leave for their summer internship, it is time for the faculty to face blackboards and enter the learning mode. What was previously the strength of only the very premier b-schools, a growing number of private and upcoming b-schools too are investing in Faculty […]

(Photo credit: Joyjeet Maity, submitted as an entry to PaGaLGuY B-school Shutterbug Photography Contest 2010) PaGaLGuY’s Official CAT 2010 Helpline is now live, answered by none other than the Student community of IIM Kozhikode. Post all your questions and doubts about preparing for the CAT in the last month, how to cover your weak areas, […]

All but 70 kms stop IIM Rohtak from being called IIM Delhi. For advocates of building new IITs and IIMs near large industrialised metropolitan cities, the newest IIM at Rohtak would sound like a prayer answered in disguise, considering that it is just two-hours away from the country’s capital. And the travel time would be […]

The longer testing window seems to also have inspired a longer registration window for CAT 2010. The CAT Committee has decided to advance the final registration deadlines for CAT 2010 by one week. Vouchers will now be on sale at Axis Bank branches until October 4, while candidates can now register for the test till […]

The notification for the Xavier’s Aptitude Test (XAT) conducted by the Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur is out on their website. The XAT will be conducted on the January 2, 2011. Here is a ready reckoner with answers to Frequently Asked Questions and also, a few tips from people who had cracked the exam […]

Founded on the principles of innovation, excellence and dedication, The National Management School is committed to redefining the way Management Education is delivered in India. The program at NMS is designed meticulously, keeping in mind one goal: Mentoring Global Leaders. NMS offers a two year full-time MBA and a two-year Professional MBA (on weekends for […]

The mock CAT season of this year is in its full bloom but it is not leaving many who are preparing for the CAT seriously too happy. It’s not the difficulty level of the test papers or ‘technical glitches’ at the mock CAT centers, but the percentiles they are getting that is irking them. Many […]