Parasharan Chari Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) generally symbolises the end of the new year celebrations with a paper that manages to surprise the aspirants with questions that are fresh yet standard, time consuming & tricky. And just in case the questions don’t look tricky, you will find an option that screams ‘none of the above’ […]

Manish Harodia The Xaviers Aptitude Test (XAT) 2013 wished the aspirants new year in a grand style. The centre where I took the test (Sinhgad Insttute of Management, Pune) must have had about two thousand aspirants taking the exam today. It somehow resembled the golden days of Common Aptitude Test (CAT) being a paper pencil […]

Outside Army Public School, the XAT test centre in Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi (Photo credit: Astha A) A changed paper pattern with the introduction of a General Knowledge section and an additional forty minutes of testing time was top of mind for many appearing for the Xaviers Admission Test (XAT) 2013 today. However, the fears […]

Dr Kavil Ramachandran of ISB Hyderabad The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad is the latest b-school to offer an MBA in Family Business Management, which they call the Management Program for Family Businesses (MFAB). In an interview with PaGaLGuY, ISBs Dr Kavil Ramachandran explains the need for a separate kind of management education for […]

International School of Management Excellence, (ISME) Bangalore has been in the forefront of management education with a strong emphasis on quality in education and strong industry academic interface. The industry relevant curriculum, accomplished faculty with strong industry experience and educational background from the best schools like Carnegie Mellon University, Purdue University, Wharton, Texas A&M;, IIMs […]

It is said that ‘knowledge will give you power, but character respect.’ But in today’s world seldom does a person pay attention to character building. Have we forgotten all the virtues which our families have taught us or is it that the way to success means we start focusing on character rather than power? Can […]

Registrations for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) February 2013 have been extended to January 9, 2013. The registrations were supposed to come to a close yesterday. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) seems to be making a habit of extending the registration dates for CMAT. They had done so early last year […]

IIM Rohtak (Photo credit: Gaurav Kalelkar) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak has concluded its summer placements for the 2012-14 batch of students pursuing the Post Graduate Program (PGP) in management. 115 offers were made by 44 companies to the batch this year, claimed the institute. Out of a total of 125 students, 10 […]

Ori Elkin at the centre and Gili Elkin extreme right The story has been updated and re-published with a quotes from Carrie Marcinkevage, admissions director at Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business, A company started by an MBA couple, has caught the b-school community in the US by storm. Wordprom, the company, is in […]

Seated in the second row of the big auditorium, watching the inspiring video on the life of Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, I wondered what my journey will be like for the next two years in one of the premier B-schools of Northern India, LBSIM, Delhi. Today, when I am almost at the end of […]