The conventional model of summer internships that business schools follow is to provide an internship during the summer break, for six to eight weeks between the first and second year. This model was introduced in India by the ivy-league business schools, led by Indian Institutes of Management (IIM’s) and emulated by the tier-2 and 3 […]

Its not often that one sits in office to write the first few words on PG, but then I am doing it. Among the hustle bustle of a fresh Monday,with my colleagues arguing over bits and pieces of code written in robotic languages the C’s the Java’s the .NET’s, what I do is to pay […]

As we all know IIFT is on 24th nov 2013 , Here are some points which can help you in performing better in IIFT. 1) We all get confused when it comes to last minute preparation. We try to do many things which in turn leaves us doing nothing.So, First thing to do is to […]

With CAT out of the way, the good old days of paper-pen testing is back. Yes, I’m talking about IIFT 2013 which will be held on 24th Nov 2013. A well prepared student for CAT can find that the only road block in his/her way would be the GK section. This section can make or […]

(Part 6 ) Also with the CAT on the rounds, it’s commonly observed among the aspirants that after writing their paper, they post their attempt rates n “probable accuracy rates” on every possible and available networking site, and then beg others to “predict” their %iles; however misleading the projected %ile might be. I sincerely wish […]

(Part 5) The same applies even to those kids who have been assigned the task of fulfilling their parent’s wishes. It is indeed a matter of pride that the kids happily agree to live up to the expectations of his parents. But the kid must realize that it is very important for him to first […]

(Part 4) Moving on to another most obvious reason for an aimless child to appear for CAT could be “joblessness” coupled with aimlessness. In simple words, MBA is the drowning (and aimless) man’s straw, in this situation. The very reason I described the “aimless CAT aspirants” to be dangerous was that they might end up […]

(Part 3) But then what about remaining Indian Junta? Not all are so hopelessly and desperately driven only by the “hike in package” motive, I presume. So this remaining chunk of CAT-junta can be divided into 2 categories: Aim and Aimless. And sadly, the latter dominates the former. Only a few percent of the total […]

(Part 2) But again the question reverts to “Why CAT”?? Maybe one simple answer could be that CAT is the only management based entrance examination whose scores are widely accepted by most, in fact all of the prestigious B-schools and IIMs. So instead of asking “Why CAT”, the more appropriate question would be “Why MBA”?? […]

(Part 1) “C.A.T. cat.. Cat maane billi” –This was one among the funniest and famous songs sung by Kishore da during those good old days when CAT actually meant billi. But sadly, CAT has now become more of a homonym with its abbreviated version gaining more ground over the other. Even in his pre-school days, […]