Much before the CAT does, the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) of September 2009 will be the first exam to go computer-based. Here is a FAQ on the computer-based MAT as answered by AIMA’s Wg Cdr V S Bejoy (Retd), who is in charge of MAT. The MAT exam is taken in total by around 4 […]

Ever wondered why doing business in India is diametrically different from studying business in India. Many people must have realized the difference in scenarios when they passed out from their business schools and started working. The text book just did not teach you enough! According to Devdutt Pattanaik, Chief Belief Officer at Future Group, although […]

‘4Thought 2009’, the recently concluded annual business seminar at Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies talked about the Power Shift from the West to the East in Currency, Culture and Politics. Eminent speakers like Gulu Mirchandani, Chairman and MD, MIRC Electronics, Shikha Sharma, CEO and MD, Axis Bank and Dilip Chhabria, CEO and MD, Dilip Chhabria […]

It may sound unusual but like charity, management too begins at home. But in this case “home” refers to our mind. CAT preparation is like an iceberg floating along; the visible part of the iceberg is all the problem solving, late nights or early mornings spent in preparation and the books, newspapers and magazines that […]

Last Saturday, I attended a management event organized by Forum for Learning and Youth Leadership (FLY) at Bhaidas Auditorium in Ville Parle. The event schedule listed speakers from top Indian b-schools and heads of two prominent companies speaking about admissions, b-school life, CAT preparation and management. The issues covered by the speakers made the event […]

The twitter bus has taken the world by storm and most of the IIMs have recently woken up to how important 140 characters are. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are hardly following anyone on Twitter except for IIM Kozhikode and that account is currently being run by an alumnus. Unless of course, all IIM […]

It is difficult to quantify the importance of banks in our life. Living in an era of ATMs and credit available through credible financial institutions, we do not know what it is to live in the contrary. A lot of people in the farms still live without such facilities. Is there a way to provide […]

Chennai’s Great Lakes Institute of Management sent in their placement report for the 2008-09 batch, reporting a 10% decrease in average salary and large-scale participation by small first-time companies, pretty much the same story as at other b-schools. Here is how the numbers stacked up: Number of students placed: 162Average salary: Rs. 8.7 Lakhs per […]

Doctors, economists, social scientists may soon be strutting out from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) but unfortunately business will continue as usual at the India’s b-schools. Theres been a lot of talk about the problems that higher education faces in India and what changes need to be made. The IITs are embracing these changes […]

The Daily Pennsylvanian reports that The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania has declared acceptance of GRE scores for admissions to their MBA program, effective the upcoming admission season. Now that each of the big three (Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB and Wharton) use GRE for admissions, it could proliferate the acceptance of the exam across […]