(Photo: Bilal Kamoon) Business schools in India continue to want to shut down. This year, the number of technical college closure applications received by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has gone up by 23.9% since last year. Consequently, the number of b-schools being allowed by the regulator to shut down has also […]

(Photo: Sixtybolts ) Problems based on weighing machines and pan balances are little more common in exams like CMAT and SNAP compared to the CAT because the nature of these questions is such that once you understand the basic concepts and formulae, there isn’t much thinking required to solve the problems. Having said that, many […]

Which will it be this time? (Photo courtesy: pheaber) The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has declared the results of the May 2013 CMAT. Candidates can download their scorecards from here Previous updates: May 2013 CMAT results to be declared by midnight, all ten toppers males (May 31, 2013) The results for the […]

Photo Credit: flippinyank Come September 2013 and the Common Management Admissions Test (CMAT) will be conducted abroad as well as in India. Additionally, candidates will be tested on a new component in the paper termed Emotional Intelligence. Speaking exclusively to PaGaLGuY.com, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) chairman Dr SS Mantha said taking […]

Parasharan Chari If one were to compare the May 2013 Common management Admission Test (CMAT) with the February 2013 CMAT, two words suffice. No no change. The exam is being conducted from May 19-22, 2013 across two time slots (9:30 am to 12:30 pm; 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm). Starting with the infrastructure to the […]

A Supreme Court (SC) ruling on April 25, 2013 could have long term implications on the business education regulatory landscape of India. The court, hearing a petition filed by a group comprising the Association of Management of Private Colleges and some Tamil Nadu-based private institutes, has taken away MBA (not PGDM) and MCA courses in […]

If you are feeling stumped about the origin and purpose of an email from the sender ‘CMAT’, which directs you to a webpage form with the AICTE logo on its header, vaguely asking you “To fill up online Application for AICTE Approved College details in India. Form should be filled on immediate effect“, you’re not […]

Photo credit: Jilligan86 The admission process to the Master in Management Studies (MMS) programs at business schools across Maharashtra is likely to be delayed this year due to the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) scheduled for May 2013, the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Government of Maharashtra confirmed today. Last year, the interview process had […]

(Photo courtesy: neubie) MBA applicants have more reason to worry this year. If the increasing costs of application, exam fees and tuition of business schools were not enough to break you into a sweat, get prepared to pay atleast 10-15% more for test preparation this year, no matter what part of the country. At Career […]

Dr Surajit Mitra, Director, IIFT Delhi & Kolkata In an exclusive interview with PaGaLGuY, Dr Surajit Mitra, Director at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi and Kolkata talks about sectional cut-offs becoming a permanent feature of the IIFT test, the possibility of shifting the IIFT test online and his views on a single National […]