(Photo: Vishal Gosike) SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai is planning a detailed infrastructure expansion in view of the increase in batch sizes in various courses. With the addition of three new buildings in the planned expansion, the institute will more than double its space size. “We will be adding one lakh […]

CMAT centre at YMT Kharghar, Navi Mumbai (Photo: Ushnota Paul) Already labelled the easiest management entrance exam three days into the test, the Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT) is inviting mixed reactions from test-takers in Delhi and Mumbai, ranging from delight to distress. According to candidates both at Delhi and Mumbai, the exam content was […]

Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) completed its placements for the class of 2012 of the Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM). A total of 225 offers were made by 65 organisations during the week-long process, of which 105 offers made by 28 companies were accepted. Two students accepted pre-placement offers (PPOs). Batch Strength […]

Every year, among the long list of students getting admitted into the countrys top educational institutions are the about half-dozen names who make it through the Differently Abled category. While a lot is written about the perseverance it must have required on their part to overcome problems and clear the Common Admission Test (CAT) to […]

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 […]

Pic: (Flickr)All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts,…the words by William Shakespeare make particular sense in the b-school scenario today, given the number of ‘artists’ pursuing an MBA degree. Almost ever top b-school […]

(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 […]

The new Goa Institute of Management campus Surrounded by mountain ranges on three sides and a valley on the fourth, Goa Institute of Management (GIM)s new 50-acre campus at Sanquelim in north Goa is located at the foothills of the Western Ghats. In this nature-friendly campus, all hot water is heated using solar heaters and […]

XLRI Jamshedpur (Photo: Muthuraja)Like Mumbai’s SP Jain, XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur too is planning to increase the student intake in its Post Graduate Programme in Business Management (BM) and Post Graduate Program in Human Resource Management (HRM) by 60 seats each starting 2013. The Institute will send in an approval application […]