Mumbai AXIS Bank, Turner Road branch For CAT aspirants, queueing up outside Axis Bank’s Turner Road branch, it was a dripping affair. With only part of the bank’s foyer flaunting a roof, most students waited in the rain, though a handful were couched under umbrellas. By 9.00 am (the scheduled time for the voucher sale), […]

The most awaited CAT 2010 registration has finally begun. Not wanting to be a mere spectator to everybody’s comments, I decided to try my hand at the process myself. More so this year, because I wanted to experience the preparedness of Prometric and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for this year’s test. After procuring my […]

This looks like the beginnings of one-upmanship contest in computer-based exam awesomeness. While the CAT grapples with getting the basics write, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies’ (NMIMS) entrance exam NMAT is offering a choice of three attempts to aspiring candidates. The best score of the three attempts will be considered. Besides giving the candidates […]

Last week, we had an opportunity to have a quick phone conversation with Prometric’s Vice President (Solution Services) David A Meissner during his visit to New Delhi about scoring, testing environments and results. Following is an edited excerpt: Why is it not possible for a candidate to get his raw score from Prometric? There are […]

In the last one decade, there are some common things that business schools in India have showcased to lure students to their MBA or equivalent programmes. Due to the excessive usage of these so called Unique Selling propositions by almost every private b-school, these terms have now become irrelevant and are no more associated with […]

(Photo credit: Kristian Bjornard) A lot of expectations rest on a smooth conduct of this year’s Common Admission Test (CAT), after it suffered a major credibility-hit in 2009. The major change in CAT 2010 over CAT 2009 is that of the duration of the test — from 10 days to 20 days and only in […]

The 2010-11 admission season to Indian b-schools received a formal flag-off with the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) publishing the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2010 notification in national dailies on August 22. The exam will be held in a computer-based format at 32 cities on 20 calendar days between October 27 and November 24, 2010. […]

Five 99-percentilers who are now studying at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) speak about what they did right when preparing for the CAT. Read through their experiences, you just might find a magic pill or two! What to read Shreyans Shrimali from IIM Ahmedabad with a CAT 2009 score of 99.99 percentile: “A lot […]

The third of the four newly sanctioned Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Raipur released its admission notification today, inviting CAT 2009 applicants with minimum 90 percentile for the general category. IIM Raipur, which is being mentored by IIM Indore, will have 70 seats for the two-year Post-Graduate Program (PGP) in Management to begin with. […]

Netaji Subhash Institute of Management Sciences, the 38th ranked among private b-schools in India, has launched some specialized and futuristic courses in Management. This will help management aspirants get a strong foothold in corporate India right from the beginning. NIMS has arranged special tie-ups not only with the corporate sectors but also with noted personalities […]