MBAUniverse.com, in its series of interviews of CAT 2022 toppers, presents the inspiring success stories that showcase candidates from diverse background who cracked CAT or other exams, and also secured admissions into top B-schools. While preparing for your exam, these interviews will keep you motivated by their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam preparation, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection. So, dream big and stay focused on your preparation for a brighter future.

Conducted by one of the top IIMs, CAT exam full form is Common Admission Test. CAT 2023 on November 26, 2023, will provide admission 2024 opportunity in top MBA programmes in India. If we go a little deep into the query to know about ‘CAT exam is for what purpose’ or ‘What is CAT Exam used for in India’ it reveals that the CAT exam purpose is to assess and find out the candidate’s skills and suitability for MBA/PGDM admission in top B-schools with the unique overall and sectional scoring assessment method in CAT exam. Read below in detail What is the CAT exam?

MBAUniverse.com is excited to share inspiring success stories of CAT toppers. These interviews showcase candidates who cracked CAT or XAT, and also secured admissions into top IIMs and other prestigious institutions. Get motivated by their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam preparation, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection. Dream big and stay focused on your preparation for a brighter future.

The largest and most important MBA entrance exam for MBA admission 2024 in IIMs and other top B-schools, Common Admission Test (CAT) 2023 will be conducted by IIM Lucknow and Prof Sanjeet Singh, faculty of IIM Lucknow is the CAT 2023 exam convener. The expected CAT 2023 exam date is November 26, 2023.

Arun Sharma, CAT Mentor and Author of Best-Selling CAT Preparation books, is the founder of Mindworkzz, one of the top CAT coaching institutes in India that offers offline and online CAT preparation courses. For CAT 2023 and also for CAT 2024, preparation courses are in full swing. This article with information on Arun Sharma Mindworkzz CAT Preparation courses shares all the details about the various comprehensive and tailor made class room and online CAT courses offered by the institute. But first let us briefly know a little about Arun Sharma

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Apart from Directors leading the top 10 B-schools, if there is one high profile role that everyone looks up to, it is that of the CAT Convenor. With the fate of about 2.50 lakh students linked to their performance in CAT exam, everyone looks up to the exam Convenor, and their plans. On July 11, MBAUniverse.com had published that IIM Lucknow will be the CAT 2023 conducting IIM. Now, we are breaking another big news... Get ready to find out the CAT 2023 Convenor.

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India is set to welcome its 21st Indian Institute of Management (IIM), and the first one in Mumbai. The amendment bill to the IIM Act, known as the IIM (Amendment) Bill 2023, is passed by both houses of Parliament. Lok Sabha passed the bill on August 4 and Rajya Sabha has passed the bill on August 8, 2023. In a day or two the bill is likely to get President's consent and this will rename NITIE as IIM Mumbai. It will follow all the system and procedures for MBA admission 2024 as are followed by other 20 IIMs.  

With the rapid rise of ChatGPT and other tools, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a key boardroom discussion the World over. So how are Indian companies leveraging AI... According to an IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report, most Indian companies are lagging behind. The study reveals that select Indian BFSI companies, particularly banks and new-age NBFCs, have very high AI Maturity, on par with global frontrunners. Consumer Goods companies, which were once the vanguards of management practices, have fallen behind.

Sharp Increase in IIM MBA Fees 
Since 2022, IIMs have substantially increased their MBA fees. Last year, almost all the IIMs have increased their MBA fees in recent years. Take for example IIM Mumbai, earlier NITIE Mumbai. This year, IIM Mumbai has increased its MBA fee for 2024-26 batch by more than Rs.7 lakhs! This is a 43 percent increase over the last year fees! This is a clear case of opportunism where IIM Mumbai has increased its fees exorbitantly to milk its newly acquired IIM tag.