It was the evening of 8th April. I came back home from office. I went to website of XLRI. For last few days, it became a routine in my life to go on xlri.ac.in and check whether result has come out or not. To my surprise, link for result was open. My heart started pounding. […]

The NC-OBC reservation along with batch size increase in the IIMs has positively impacted the academic grades of both general merit students as well as reserved category students in the IIMs. In the pre-OBC period, we had closer competition at the top in the IIMs with fewer marks separating over two-third of the section in […]

I have always maintained in my advice to CAT (& GMAT) aspirants that the best way to score well in the exam on the D-day is to know yourself – your strengths and weaknesses, the time taken per question, which questions to attempt at the start and which ones towards the end, which questions to […]

During one of my several GD/PI processes this season, an aged panelist of a reputed B-school in the capital, who was illustrating all the signs of a “Senior Marketing Professor” on his face asked me, “You did your MBBS from a government medical college, then joined government service, then left it for your private practice, […]

After taking charge as director for little over a year, Dr Sunil Rai has put in his papers at the Goa Institute of Management. Dr Rai who was earlier with management institutes like SP Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai as a joint Director and NIIT University, Neemrana, Rajasthan is leaving for personal […]

Problems based on mixtures, more commonly known as alligation is a fairly frequent concept tested on the exam. Since a major portion of this article is devoted to mathematics, let us begin with a little bit of English. ‘Alligation’ which means ‘a method of solving mixture problems’ sounds very similar to ‘allegation’ which means ‘a […]

Read Part 1 Here At the classroom level, you also get associated with several groups. For your presentations and projects, the class gets divided into groups. 90% of the work in MBA would be done in those random groups. And unlike your workplace, where there is a boss who everyone is supposed to listen to, […]

When someone opts to go for MBA, there are primarily two things on his mind. First, a major salary hike after 2 years of MBA. Second, an improved profile to leverage upon in the future. For a select few, networking is part of the agenda too, which surely is a very important aspect of MBA. […]

The glossiness of the chandeliers to the glassiness of the interiors nothing could outshine the sparkle in the Aspirant’s eyes as he absorbed all the honour he was bestowed upon in the banquet hall of a premium (countless stars) hotel at prime time when rates would be supreme (For the record he couldn’t afford the […]

“Your son will not get admission this year no matter how hard he’s going to try.” That’s what my dad got to hear upon consulting an astrologer. Yes he’s a stereotypical father who takes lesser rational decisions. This was during the time when I had decided to quit my job in order to pursue MBA. […]