After much hoopla, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) conducted its first Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) today. Barring a few ‘wrong questions’ the exam was found to be fairly easy said aspirants, though the General Knowledge section was found to be a little more difficult than others. “The CMAT paper seemed like […]

SS Mantha, AICTE Chairman (Photo Credit: Astha A) A short interview with SS Mantha, Chairman of All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) after the first day of the Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT) season. Today’s CMAT paper was easy, was that deliberate? That is a good thing. AICTE is trying to facilitate a process […]

(Photo: Zack Klein) Candidates scheduled to appear for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) this year appear perturbed with test centers allocated at far-off places and the paraphernalia-gathering required ahead of the test. They feel that the test centers could have been allotted in closer vicinities of their homes and that the requirement of getting […]

A unique program with special focus on emerging economies Great Lakes Institute of Management is offering the Two Year Post Graduate Management Program (PGDM) in its Chennai campus. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved program has got an intake of 120 seats. The programs curriculum will have a special focus on the […]

The list of b-schools that would accept the Common Management Aptitute Test (CMAT) in 2012 has been released by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on the CMAT website. Notable schools from the PaGaLGuY B-school Rankings 2011 accepting CMAT scores according to the list are Asia Pacific Institute of Management (New Delhi), Goa […]

A total of 70,000 applicants have registered for the Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT) 2012 after the deadline of January 22, 2012, SS Mantha, chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) confirmed to PaGaLGuY on Monday. In addition, out of the 3,500 AICTE-approved management institutes in the country, only 2,000 have officially […]

Now that the Common Admission Test (CAT) results are out, all eyes are on the next round — GD-PI. PaGaLGuY spoke to some of the top b-schools other than the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to find out what is their plan of action for the next round and whether Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) […]

With the date for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) round the corner, most state universities are agreeing to accept CMAT scores. However, private institutes such as Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur and Symbiosis International University, who conduct their own MBA entrance tests, have been firm on not accepting CMAT scores for 2012. Universities […]

Soumyajit Sanyal, a software engineer working with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Kolkata, is one of the proud nine 100 percentilers cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT) this year. A graduate from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Soumyajit goes on a free-wheeling chat with PaGaLGuY about getting closer to realising his dream of soon becoming an Indian Institute […]

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has postponed the final registration date for the Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT) from January 9 to January 22, 2012. The decision to postpone the date was taken as some state universities including that of Maharashtra, Kerala and Rajasthan scrapped their own management admission tests and agreed […]