Kolkata’s Vishal Kedia, one of the nine 100 percentilers of CAT 2011 It’s like pumping in whatever you have and still being left empty-handed. The 2011 Common Admission Test’s (CAT) nine 100 percentilers are going through a similar situation. Hoping to have been flooded with calls from all the top Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), […]

Dr Pritam Singh The time when most b-schools are gearing up for the GD-PI round — a standard part of the MBA admission procedure — there are some who are experimenting with a cocktail of criterion. International Management Institute (IMI), Delhi, is one of the few b-schools which is planning to profile your personality using […]

Even former US President Richard Nixon could screw up in an interview — all the more reason why you should read this. (Photo: from the movie Frost/Nixon) Editors note: This is the final part of the two-part series by guest author Charanpreet Singh that gives you a checklist about the important don’ts at a personal […]

Many doctors are pursuing a management degree to get into healthcare management. (Photo: Truthout.org’s photostream) Shashank Prabhu, a doctor by profession, made headlines last week by cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT) and that too with a 100 percentile score. One question that the entire media asked him was why did he opt for an […]

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) […]

IIM Trichy, celebrated its first foundation day on January 4 this year. The event was marked by the presence of corporate honchos like Srikant Gathoo, director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), R Chandrasekaran, president and managing director, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Xavier L’Official, chief executive officer (CEO), Societe Generale Global Solutions Centre. There was a […]

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 […]

  Just a day after the CAT ‘purred’, it was time for being SNAP ‘ed’ at. The Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) 2011 results that were declared yesterday has left many aspirants worked up. Not the top scorers though, who seem content with the results, but most of those who have scored between 80 and […]

IIM Kashipur (Photo: Apurv Pandit) After most of the the older Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) declared their admission shortlists on January 11, 2012, the newer lot started between 2010 and 2011 began declaring their interview shortlists for 2012 admissions based on the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011 results on January 12. The six new […]

While the world is going gaga over those who scored 100 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011, those who missed the feat by just a few points went unnoticed. PaGaLGuY talks to some of the 99 percentilers, who fell short of the perfect score by a scratch. Srikanth Lanka, a final year student […]