SPJIMR Mumbai Admission 2018: Announces PI dates; Application deadline closes on Nov 24

SPJIMR Mumbai, the highly ranked B-school will shortlist you on the basis of your profile before the result of XAT 2018 or CAT 2017 is declared. Even before the rush of shortlisting on the basis of exam scores will start, SPJIMR has moved one step forward and has announced the interview dates in different cities for admission to PGDM 2018-20. The admission application process at SPJIMR Mumbai is to close on November 24, 2017. The SPJIMR application process is online and can be completed in a few minutes time.
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CAT 2017 Mock Test reflects changed CAT exam pattern: Non-MCQs reduced, answer options increased

You may find fewer Non-MCQs (No-penalty) questions in CAT 2017 as against past 2 years, if the CAT 2017 test paper adheres to the CAT 2017 official Mock test released by IIM Lucknow today on October 30.
The DILR section in CAT 2017 exam may contain only 4 Non-MCQs as against earlier 8 while Quantitative Ability section may consist of only 5 Non-MCQs as against 7 in 2016 and 10 in 2015. This will increase the risk of getting negative marking in more questions as wrong answers in Non-MCQs are not imposed with any negative marking.
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IMI, Indias 1st Corporate B-school, is enhancing Industry collaborations further, taking many initiatives: Dr D Chatterjee, DG, IMI New Delhi

Dr Debashis Chatterjee, a renowned management adcademic and author of 17 books such as Leading Consciouslyand Timeless Leadership, was appointed the Director General of International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi in January 2017. He is credited with turn around of IIM Khozikode from a regional institute to a globally known B-school. Amongst his many initiatives at IIMK was the Yale UniversityIIM Kozhikode Centre for Excellence in Academic Leadership, part of the Singh-Obama initiative. He has also served as Dean (IR) at IIM Lucknow.

FMS Delhi CAT topper Somesh, success mantra for CAT 2017 Give equal importance to all 3 sections

FMS Delhi student of MBA 2017-19 batch Somesh Lohani, an inspiration for CAT 2017 aspirants, scored 99.99 percentile in CAT 2016. With barely a month left for CAT 2017 D-day, Somesh Lohani advises the CAT 2017 aspirants to give equal weightage to all the 3 sections in CAT, improve their reading speed, overcome the weakness and study smartly instead of frequently switching over the study material.
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Great Lakes PGDM admission 2018 opens: Fresh or below 2 years experience Graduates eligible to apply

Great Lakes Institute of Management, a premier B-school in the country with campuses in Chennai and Gurgaon, has announced the commencement of admission for its 2 years full time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) 2018-20. The course will commence in July 2018. The B-school has announced to accept CAT/ XAT/CMAT and GMAT scores for PGDM admission.
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CAT 2017 Mock Test Countdown: IIMs to release CAT Mock on October 28 in conformity with CAT syllabus

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Expect the official CAT 2017 Mock test to be released on October 28 in conformity with the revamped CAT syllabus. The CAT 2017 Mock released officially by IIMs during last 3-4 years is a perfect guide about the forthcoming CAT exam pattern, CAT syllabus, type of proposed CAT questions in the exam, number of questions and share of MCQs and Non MCQs in the exam.
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ICFAI Hyderabads Prof D Purkayastha beats Harvard, IMD faculty to become Case Centre UKs world best-selling case author

In a remarkable achievement, Prof Debapratim Purkayastha, Associate Dean of ICFAI Business School (IBS) Hyderabad has topped the list of UK based The Case Centres list of bestselling case authors for the academic year 2016/17 for the second consecutive year! Prof Kamran Kashani from IMD, Switzerland and Prof Christopher Bartlett from Harvard Business Schoolwere ranked No 2 and No 3 respectively in Top 40 best-selling authors for 2016-17 of Case Centre. The list was announced on October 17 by Case Centre.

5 things to do, if CAT 2017 Admit Card is blank, has errors or not received

Have you downloaded and checked your CAT 2017 Admit card details on October 25? Does your CAT Admit card have complete information with your photograph? Lucky you, if everything is OK in your CAT 2017 Admit card. There are many CAT 2017 aspirants who have not received their CAT admit card or have received it blank or the CAT admit card has errors. Now they are in dilemma what to do and how to get the things right so that they can appear in CAT 2017 exam.
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Download CAT 2017 Admit Card now: Check the details, download and take the print

Dont delay and logon to the CAT 2017 website now to view and download your CAT 2017 admit card. IIM Lucknow has released the CAT 2017 Admit card on CAT website. The process to view and download the CAT admit card is slightly changed as the candidates have to go to the icon window Download Admit Card on the main login page of CAT 2017 website to have access to the CAT 2017 Admit card.

CAT 2017 Admit Card Download at 1PM: Dont delay to login; start now your schedule of activity

IIM Lucknow has suspended the user login activity on CAT 2017 website as the CAT Centre has started the CAT 2017 Admit card releasing activity. CAT Admit card is scheduled to be made available to the successful CAT 2017 applicants on CAT website at 1PM today, October 25, 2017. Suspending the login activity, IIM Lucknow has shared, The Login to form will be available only between 09-08-2017 09 Hours 45 Minutes to 24-10-2017 12 Hours 55 Minutes.

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