13th Edition of INDIAN MANAGEMENT CONCLAVE (IMC) 2023, organized by MBAUniverse.com and hosted by SPJIMR Mumbai on Oct 13-14, was a grand success with Policy Makers, Global Thought-leaders, CXOs and 250+ Directors, Deans and Academic Leaders from India and Abroad present. MBAUniverse.com presents key highlights from the landmark conference.

CAT 2023 exam is round the corner and not much time is left for the CAT exam day which is on Sunday, November 26, 2023. The best CAT preparation tips can come from the CAT toppers themselves. To help our readers aiming at CAT 2023, MBAUniverse.com interviewed CAT 2023 toppers who scored high percentiles and were offered admission by many top B-schools but preferred to join IIM Kashipur. These CAT toppers share their CAT preparation strategy and bare their weaknesses and how they won them over to crack CAT.

Top MBA colleges including IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Lucknow, XLRI, MDI, IMT, FMS will conduct offline PI round comprising all the components with high weightage for final selection in MBA admission 2024 instead of online PI conducted last year. Read the Table of Contents below to check and know the details and importance of offline PI round, its key components and weightages, top MBA colleges to conduct offline PI round, Offline PI round tips and questions, how to prepare for Offline PI round among others

XLRI XAT 2024 exam date is January 7, 2024 and the last date for XAT registration is November 30, 2023. Considered a bit difficult and unique exam, the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) has many distinct features in its pattern which require good understanding of its structure. XAT is the mandatory entrance exam for admission to XLRI and its score is accepted by other 160+ MBA/PGDM colleges including  XIMB, IMI, IMT, MICA, Great Lakes among others.

If you are taking MBA entrance exam like CAT, XAT, NMAT, SNAP and are looking for top PGDM colleges, but are overwhelmed with so many options, you need not fret because help is at hand. MBAUniverse.com, India’s No 1 MBA Portal, has compiled a list of top PGDM colleges in India based on parameters that you want –Fees and Placements. Here is a list of Top PGDM Colleges

IIMs are returning to their earlier shortlisting criteria two years post covid. In their admission policy 2024, Top IIMs have announced various changes in shortlisting criteria for MBA 2024-26 batch as compared to last year. IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow have already released their shortlisting criteria for admission 2024 while other IIMs are gradually releasing the same one by one.

Despite the sharp growth in number of IIMs, the quality of education they impart has not gone down and the demand for old and new IIM students is consistently going up due to this education quality and the IIMs’ rigorous selection process. The companies visiting the IIM campus for placement year after year are increasing and are offering higher placement packages. This is the reason that more and more MBA aspirants are looking for IIM admission despite increase in their fee structure. Read all about IIM in India in this article. 

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Whether a fresher or a candidate with 2-3 years of work experience, your target is admission in the top rated IIM in 2025 if you are appearing and preparing for CAT 2024. Nothing can match the hard, intelligent and well managed self-study leading to success by scoring high percentile in CAT 2024. You will need to score high overall as well as sectional percentile to get shortlisted by the top IIMs namely IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow or IIM Kozhikode.

Hisar, Kangra, Chittor, Wardha are among the 9 newly added exam cities for CAT 2023. This year CAT will be held in 160+ Cities on November 26, 2023 in 3 slots than in 154 cities last year. There are more Tier-II Cities added to conduct CAT exam this year. Small cities in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra have been added to the list of CAT 2023 test cities to make CAT exam reachable for the CAT aspirants of Tier-II cities so that they do not need to commute long distances to appear in the exam.

CAT 2023 registration numbers have broken all previous records. CAT 2023 exam applications have gone up by 30% at 3.3 lakhs as compared to last year. Confirming the CAT registration numbers, Dr. Sanjeet Singh, Professor, Decision Sciences Area, IIM Lucknow and CAT 2023 Convener shared with MBAUniverse.com, “Around 3.3 lakhs candidates have registered for CAT 2023.”