(Photo: Florin Gorgan) A minimalistic approach towards any goal is dangerous – it signals pessimism and a defeatist attitude. And I have seen dozens of CAT aspirants falling prey to it without realising. Very often, candidates ask me about the minimum questions to attempt to secure a percentile over 95. In my opinion, people who […]

(Photo: Official US Navy Page) Practicing mock tests forms an important aspect of preparation for CAT candidates, who often work their hearts out when it comes to practice. Some attempt up to three dozen mocks in a single preparation season. Many CAT takers often discuss with me their performance in these mock tests on the […]

HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju Mr M M Pallam Raju, the current Union Minister for Human Resources Development is an Engineer in Electronics and Communications from Andhra University as well as an MBA graduate from Temple University, USA. Post his degrees, Mr Raju worked abroad and on his return served on the boards of […]

In a stark reminder of recent cases in which Indians have been legally intimidated for what they wrote online on social networks, an MBA applicant from Kolkata has been threatened with legal proceedings by a CAT test preparation company after he expressed dissatisfaction with the institute’s pricing and product information through a post on an […]

Prof Gajendra Adil Prof Gajendra Adil recently took over as head, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSoM), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. An academician at heart, Prof Adil worked at Bilkent Universtity, Turkey and City University, Hong Kong before joining SJMSoM in 2000. Speaking exclusively to PaGaLGuY, he talks about his vision for […]

Anshul Garg Anshul Garg (20) an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar student, Ravi Teja Palla, an Assistant Manager with Tata Motors and B Rajesh who runs a coaching centre in Chennai are some of this years Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 toppers. Speaking to PaGaLGuY.com exclusively from his campus, Anshul sounded visibly excited and […]

Overlooking the Vihar Lake, the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) in Mumbai offers a picturesque view. However, the view is now slowly being marred by the new architecture that’s coming up within the campus. The institute will have a new academic cum library complex nearly twice the size of the existing one and a […]

In a first of its kind, for any management department of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Department of Management Studies (DoMS), IIT Madras will open its doors to undergraduates from any stream for its MBA program from the academic year 2013-15. This was confirmed to us by G Srinivasan, head, DoMS, IIT Madras. Until last […]

Responding to our Right to Information (RTI) query in the context of the misrepresentation of salaries and job offers in their 2012 placement report as described in our August story, the Department of Management Studies (DMS), Indian Instititute of Technology (IIT), Delhi denied having released any official placement report at all. The institute sidetracked almost […]

Department of Management Studies ((DMS), IIT, Delhi In a major policy change, the Department of Management Studies (DMS), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi is mulling opening its doors to non-engineering background candidates from the next academic session onwards. Currently, the IIT admission process requires candidates to have a four-year graduation degree post completing their […]