Articles in NMAT 2020

The current pandemic and lockdown have altered how we live, work, study, socialize, and think. The crisis has impacted the economy and the job scene in general. Many people decided to put the time on hand to use. One fallout of more time available to people is enrolment in online programs, significantly, the EMBA. Many

What are the job prospects for graduates with over eight years’ experience at B-School campuses? How many people take a second shot at graduation in management after seven and a half years’ work experience? Nothing stops people from reaching for the skies. There are cases of people with GMAT score >700 who got admission at

The Delhi Cabinet had cleared the proposal for a skill-focused university last October. The Lieutenant Governor had passed the order to set up a new university in Delhi in August 2020.  The newly set up Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University has acquired its Vice-Chancellor. The state government has appointed Professor Neharika Vohra as the University’s

Srikant Datar, an alumni of the esteemed IIM Ahmedabad, has soon designated the new Dean of the Harvard Business School. He will start working on the post from 1st January 2021. He is the second constant Dean of Indian origin after Nitin Nohria. Mr Bacow mentioned, “Srikant is a preeminent mastermind of the eternity of

Who is Sidhartha Namburi? He grows rice and vegetables on a farm in Telangana. What is unique about farming, many people in India are farmers.  Twenty-four-year-old Sidhartha Namburi is a mechanical engineer who chose to help farmers after graduating from the prestigious BITS Pilani. He did a political internship, working with Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister,

Management colleges in India have been selecting students based on the scorecards of different entrance tests. Management entrance tests like CAT, XAT, MAT, GMAT, etc. are commonly given by students; however, the key question is which exam the students must apply for? Some management schools accept candidates based on the score of CAT entrance test,

Telecommunication engineering graduate from the German University in Cairo, Egypt, Hatem Ahmed thought that applying for the analytical skills in IT sector would be enough. However, he then got involved into politics, which helped him in refining teamwork skills.  Ahmed then decided to boost his career by taking up the MBA course from any of

In a significant move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be welcoming Jayanth R Varma, professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) as a member of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Varma is among the three notable economists of the country being appointed by the Reserve Bank of India. The decision of

Amidst the global coronavirus, schools and colleges have been shut since the initial outbreak of the virus. The education sector of the country has faced several challenges since then. The education sector witnessed several students been deprived of their basic learning resources, whereas students in metro cities witnessed the standardisation of virtual learning platforms. However,

A significant dip has been noticed in the volume of CAT aspirants since 2015. Nearly 2.18 Lakh aspirants applied for CAT 2020  exam. It was 2.30 Lakh in 2015. Since 2016, this is the lowest. As per IIM Indore, the institute conducting CAT 2020, has depicted that it has witnessed a significant slide in the