DILR and Quant sections in CAT 2017 exam on November 26, may bear the brunt of increased number of negative marking questions as compared to last 2 years CAT exams. IIMs released the official CAT 2017 Mock test on October 30 and have introduced perceptible changes in the CAT 2017 exam pattern and CAT syllabus.
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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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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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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 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 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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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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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.

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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