The first day of the 8th edition of Indian Management Conclave (IMC) 2017 registered a grand success with participation of corporate leaders, deans and directors of top B-schools and policy makers bringing conglomeration of thoughts out of their intellectual sharing and panel discussions. Great management thinkers, top academicians, corporate leaders, deans and directors of IIMs and other top B-schools from India and abroad addressed, presented and shared their views on the 1st day of Indian Management Conclave (IMC) 2017 on August 4, on the theme Curriculum for New Era.

CAT 2017 aspirants especially the non engineers stand a good chance to get into IIM Ahmedabad even with less than 90 percentile, shares the admission policy announced by the undisputed to B-school of India, IIM Ahmedabad for PGP 2018-20 batch.

IIM Ahmedabad can shortlist you for admission to PGP 2018-20 batch, even if you score as low as 70 percentile in each section and 80 percentile overall in CAT 2017. However, you are supposed to have an excellent academic record.

Indias biggest management conclave IMC 2017, organized by MBAUniverse.com and hosted by IIM Lucknow at its Noida campus has taken a grand start today on August 4, 2017 on the theme Curriculum for New Era. IMC 2017 is a two days event on August 4 and 5, 2017 and will conclude with the presentation of IMC Awards, Distinguished Alumni Awards followed by valedictory address from AICTE Chairman Dr Anil D. Sahasrabudhe.

The issue of exam date clash for IIFT 2017 entrance exam for MBA (IB) 2018-20 and CAT 2017 has been resolved. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade has changed the IIFT 2017 entrance exam date to Sunday December 3 from earlier November 26 and the last date of registration has been extended to September 15 from earlier September 5, 2017. IIFT has extended the online registration date to make up the loss of time as thousands of candidates have not registered and applied to IIFT entrance exam due to the date clash.

XAT 2018, gateway to XLRI, SPJIMR, IMT, XIMB and other prominent B-schools will be held on January 7, the first Sunday of 2018 in paper pen mode with slight changes in exam pattern and number of questions.
Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur will conduct Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2018 on January 7, 2018. XAT is usually held on the first Sunday of January, however, for the first time XAT was held on 2nd Sunday of January in 2017.
Sharing the information on exam date XLRI official has confirmed Kindly note that the test date (XAT) is on Sunday, January 07, 2018.

More small towns have been added in the list of test cities for CAT 2017 in all the States and Union Territories in India, although a few of the last year test cities have been struck off.
IIM Lucknow, the CAT 2017 exam convener has increased the CAT 2017 test cities to 140 from 138 in 2016 and 136 in 2015. Prima facie it appears that only 2 test cities have been added to 138 making it 140 but the fact is that many existing test cities for CAT exam have been discontinued and have been replaced by new small towns by IIM Lucknow this year.

The 8thIndian Management Conclave organized by MBAUniverse.com and hosted by IIM Lucknow at its Noida campus, is all set to begin on August 4 preceded by IMC Faculty Workshop 2017 being conducted today on August 3 at the IMC 2017 venue.

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) concluded its campus placements for the academic year 2016-17 on a high note with record placements of 1,447 students and 1527 offers. More than 325 domestic and international companies offered career opportunities to UPES students this year. 56% of these recruiters were first timers at UPES. Overall, 91% of graduates who were eligible and opted for placements have been placed with the highest package of INR 29.76 lakhs.
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Your date with CAT 2017 exam is on November 26 either in morning or afternoon session, depending upon which slot is allotted to you by CAT Centre 2017. IIM Lucknow, the CAT 2017 exam convener, has already clarified that allotment of exam centre and exam slot will be done only after the CAT registration last date of September 20 is over.

Good news is about to be announced for the CAT 2017 and IIFT 2017 exam aspirants as the issue of clash of entrance exam dates is being resolved soon. Accordingly, now the candidates who were in dilemma whether to apply for CAT 2017 or IIFT entrance exam may proceed to apply for both the exams.

Taking the initiative to pacify the candidates, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has announced The issue related to clashing of date of MBA (IB) Entrance exam with CAT, is being resolved. You will be updated soon on the issue.
MBAUniverse.com apprehended the clash on July 17