Preliminary registration data for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 indicates a slight increase of 4.39% compared to last years figures. The CAT 2012 registration window ended at midnight on September 19 with 2.14 lakh registrations, exceeding last year’s registrations of 2.05 lakh. The gender split has also improved with 28% registrations coming from females […]

Prof Shekhar Chaudhari The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) has kicked-off a few radical moves in the last few months. From initiating ‘reservation’ for women applicants to aggressively going after alumni to keep its infrastructure plans ticking. IIMC director Professor Shekhar Chaudhuri, spoke to PaGaLGuY about these measures and also on his institutes contribution […]

Dr Samir Barua, director, IIM Ahmedabad As he prepares to end his stint as director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Dr Samir Barua speaks to PaGaLGuY on his achievements in the last five years, placement reporting standards and the schools selection criteria. Dr Barua also discusses the Common Admission Test (CAT) going […]

Pic: Flickr The Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI) has 65% freshers in its 2012-2014 batch. This figure is the highest among all the Indian Institutes of Management and other top schools this year. What becomes incidental is that the number of work-ex is about 35%. While IIMI decided to go with a bigger ‘fresher’ […]

So its time we made the new version of PaGaLGuY a little more exciting by addressing the biggest obstacle of getting through a top Indian b-school: cracking MBA entrance tests. Preparing for a test like the Common Admissions Test (CAT) can be boring. Theres a lot of theory to read, based on which you try […]

Registration for the Common Management Test (CMAT) is now extended to September 7, 2012. Originally, registrations were to close on September 2, 2012. One would naturally think that AICTE has done it to net in more applicants but apparently the extension has come about because states are gradually announcing their individual decisions to switch over […]

Prof Raj S Dhankar, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi (Photo Credit: Astha A) PaGaLGuY.com spoke to the dean of the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University (DU), Prof Raj S Dhankar, to know his thoughts on critical issues such as the need for infrastructural additions, admissions through CAT scores and the reason […]

Clockwise: Mr Deep Kalra of Make My Trip, Simrandeeep Paramar, Gunajit Brahma, Deepak Nanwani and Mohit Maheshwari That e-commerce is the most rocking business idea to hit Indian markets and pockets is an established fact. That fresh MBA grads are using the e-commerce route to fulfil their entrepreneurial dreams is a relatively contemporary drift. Every […]

Pic: Flickr The Common Admission Test (CAT) which usually spans twenty days will be extended by a day this year. The exam which will begin on October 11 will end on November 6, 2012 and there will be 21 exam days in that period. This obviously gives aspirants an extra day to take the exam. […]

Above : The scene outside the Shivaji Park Axis Bank branch today, on the first day of CAT voucher sale Below : The scene outside the same Shivaji Park branch last year on the first day of CAT voucher sale The pictures say it all. Queues for The Common Admission Test (CAT) vouchers in many […]