MBA Fees 2020: 9 IIMs hike fees, yet AICTE stops XLRI, SPJIMR, MDI

In the grim situation of COVID-19 pandemic when job cuts and salary delays are rampant, top IIMs have chosen to increase their fee for the PGP 2020-22 batch. IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow and many other IIMs have resorted to sharp fee hike. Yet, top PGDM colleges like XLRI, SPJIMR, MDI Gurgaon, IMI New Delhi and IMT Ghaziabad are not allowed to increase their MBA Program Fee by regulatar AICTE. Infact, PGDM B-schools have rolled back their fee structure following the AICTE guidelines, issued on May 1.

AICTE Revises Academic Calendar Yet Again for Admission 2020: PGDM Admissions Open in B-Schools till August 25; Fee refund last date extended to Aug 17

AICTE has yet again extended the last date for the MBA colleges in India to offer MBA/PGDM Admission 2020 by seven days. Now B-schools can offer admission to the new batch till August 25 as against earlier deadline of  August 17. Besides, the last date to get MBA admission against vacancies is also extended to November 15, as against October 20. These changes are part of ‘Revised Academic Calendar’ released by AICTE on August 13, 2020 superseding the recently issued guidelines of July 7, July 1 and the earlier May 1 notification.

How CA Anushree Naik juggled her finance job in Mumbai, and yet cracked CAT 2019 to get into IIMA! MBAUniverse.com Interview

CAT 2020 exam date is Sunday, November 29, 2020. To help the aspirants preparing for CAT 2020, MBAUniverse.com has published a series of articles on CAT preparation plan & strategy adopted by CAT toppers studying at IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, MDI Gurgaon among others. Below are shared the interview excerpts with CAT preparation tips by CAT Topper Anushree Naik, and IIM Ahmedabad student of 2020-22 batch 

GRE At-Home Exam got overwhelming response in India; all Top 50 US B-schools accept GRE scores now: Alberto Acereda, ED -Higher Education, ETS Global

On March 23, in an unprecedented move taken to mitigate disruption caused by COVID 19, global testing body ETS announced that students can take GRE exam from the comforts of their homes. GRE is accepted by top global universities like Harvard, Chicago and MIT for their Masters, MBA and other programs. Soon after, on April 14, GMAC too announced that it will offer GMAT Online exam. Since Exams are considered as sacrosanct where in-person supervision is necessary, the news left many purists wondering if this was a right step. Also, will students take the option or wait out the storm?

QS Global EMBA Rankings 2020: IIM Bangalore EPGP ranked #36 in the world, ISB PGPMAX and IIM Kozhikode EMBA also ranked in Top 150

EPGP at IIM Bangalore, PGPMAX at ISB Hyderabad, EMBA at IIM Kozhikode are the three best Executive MBA programs in India which are included in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Global Executive MBA Rankings 2020. The Wharton School, USA is again ranked #1 globally followed by IESE Business School, Spain and HEC Paris which are ranked at #2 and #3 respectively in QS EMBA Rankings.

IIM A Vs CAT Topper: Rejected in PI-WAT, CAT 2019 Topper Raghav Gupta takes IIM Ahmedabad to Court

IIM Ahmedabad is facing court trial for denying admission to the candidate with 99.95 percentile in CAT 2019 exam. The candidate used RTI Act to know the bifurcation of total marks scored by him in  final selection process. However on the ground that IIM Ahmedabad did not provide this bifurcation, Raghav has filed a case against the institute in the Court of Law.

Video Series with CAT Toppers: Tanuj Ruia tells MBAUniverse.com how he cracked CAT and PI/WAT Round to get into IIM Bangalore

To help the aspirants preparing for CAT, MBAUniverse.com is publishing a series of Videos with CAT toppers and interview Articles on their CAT preparation plan and strategy adopted by them. Next in the series, is a Video and Text Article with CAT topper  Tanuj Ruia who is an IIM Bangalore student of 2020-22 batch.

Chandanbala, a B.Com with 51% Cracks CAT 2019 with 98.28%ile; Gets into IIM Udaipur; Never found Questions too Hard

CAT 2020 exam date is Sunday, November 29, 2020. To help the aspirants preparing for CAT 2020, MBAUniverse.com has published a series of articles on CAT preparation plan & strategy adopted by CAT toppers studying at IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, MDI Gurgaon among others. Below are shared the interview excerpts with CAT preparation tips by CAT Topper Chandanbala Shyamsunder Dhanawat, and IIM Udaipur student of 2020-22 batch 

How Alappuzha Girl and NIT Calicut Graduate Sruthy cracked CAT with 97.71%ile and got into IIM Lucknow for MBA 2020!

CAT 2020 exam date is Sunday, November 29, 2020. To help the aspirants preparing for CAT 2020, MBAUniverse.com has published a series of articles on CAT preparation plan & strategy adopted by CAT toppers studying at IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, MDI Gurgaon among others. Below are shared the interview excerpts with CAT preparation tips by CAT Topper Sruthy S Kumar, and IIM Lucknow student of 2020-22 batch 

GMAC modifies NMAT 2020 to Navigate COVID times; Exam starts on November 4 in both Test-center and At-home options; Check 5 big changes

After a wait of few weeks, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has released NMAT by GMAC 2020 Exam dates and process. NMAT exam will be conducted from November 4, 2020 to January 30, 2021 with option to the candidates to take the test either at test centre or to take the online proctored exam from their home. Apart from 30+ Indian B-schools, students taking NMAT by GMAC exam 2020 can also apply to leading B-schools in Philippines, South Africa and Nigeria.