I have never been an extraordinary achiever, someone who excels at everything he does. I have been very mediocre person, failing at each and every point I could have failed. Always followed the traditional path everyone followed around me, did HSC with Science, prepared for IIT, landed in a Deemed Engineering college(Where education means Business),Got […]

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is an essential entrance exam for all B-school aspirants conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA). This exam covers 5 sections which can be classified as language comprehension, mathematical skills, data interpretation, logical reasoning and general knowledge. MAT scores are valid for most of the management institutes. It helps students to […]

The petitions filed by disgruntled CAT 2013 candidates in various courts across the country have made little progress. In most of the cases, the IIMs have either failed to respond or been absent for the hearings. This has only attracted fresh ‘hearing’ dates. The case at IIM Indore came up last week but not all […]

By Sunil Garodia via The Indian Republic Narendra Modi has stirred a hornet’s nest on his last visit to Kolkata. He had made two statements during his speech that have raised shackles. Firstly, he said that the business communities, meaning Marwaris, Gujaratis, Punjabis and those from UP and Bihar are not welcome in the state. […]

PaGaLGuY Channels brings you the most Recommended Reads from April 24-30. 1. The Writer’s ‘Routine’ by Rashmi Bansal. Read 1,614 times. 2. Sometimes, you gotta take the plunge! by Chris Burnett. Read 2,578 times. 3. Imperfections and renditions by Somak Ghosh. Read 230 times. 4. Why the Indus Valley civilisation remains a model worth emulating […]

The Placement scenario at TSM is upbeat with over 95% of the students of the 2012-14 batch being placed in reputed Corporate. This includes the first ever International Placement offer by Khimji Ramdas, Oman with a CTC of 14.5 Lakhs. According to the report of MBA Universe “The placement season across the country has seen […]

It was the evening of 8th April. I came back home from office. I went to website of XLRI. For last few days, it became a routine in my life to go on xlri.ac.in and check whether result has come out or not. To my surprise, link for result was open. My heart started pounding. […]

The NC-OBC reservation along with batch size increase in the IIMs has positively impacted the academic grades of both general merit students as well as reserved category students in the IIMs. In the pre-OBC period, we had closer competition at the top in the IIMs with fewer marks separating over two-third of the section in […]

I have always maintained in my advice to CAT (& GMAT) aspirants that the best way to score well in the exam on the D-day is to know yourself – your strengths and weaknesses, the time taken per question, which questions to attempt at the start and which ones towards the end, which questions to […]

During one of my several GD/PI processes this season, an aged panelist of a reputed B-school in the capital, who was illustrating all the signs of a “Senior Marketing Professor” on his face asked me, “You did your MBBS from a government medical college, then joined government service, then left it for your private practice, […]