IIM Lucknow, the convener of CAT 2017 is one of the 3 IIMs that have been twice assigned the responsibility to convene Common Admission Test (CAT) since it was computerized in 2009. Apart from IIM Lucknow, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Indore have convened CAT twice since 2009.

IIM Ahmedabad was the first to convene the 1st computerized CAT 2009 and again convened CAT 2015; IIM Indore convened CAT for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014 and now it is the turn of IIM Lucknow who convened CAT 2010 and has again been given the responsibility to convene CAT 2017.

IIFT 2017 notification release of entrance exam for admission to MBA (IB) 2018-20 batch is expected to be out on July 15, 2017 in all the leading news papers, reveal the sources. The entrance exam for IIFT MBA (IB) 2018-20 is proposed to be held on November 26, 2017.

According to IIFT Release of advertisement/Availability of Brochure and application form on IIFTs website will be from second week of July and the Written examination will be held on 4th Sunday of November from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

The evolution and changes in CAT exam pattern, its conduct and admission policies of IIMs sometimes not matching the CAT eligibility criteria are the key reasons that have prompted the CAT 2017 aspirants asking for changes from IIM Lucknow in CAT 2017 exam pattern, content, schedule among others.

Induction programme at IIM Lucknow for its incoming PGP and PGP ABM 2017-19 batch has recently concluded with a higher ratio of women and with more students having greater than last year work experience.
Over the Induction programme of two days, the newly inducted batch was addressed by the Guest of Honour- Mr. Niraj Seth, Executive Vice President, naukri.com (formerly Chief Marketing officer Intuit and Cleartrip); and noted IIM Lucknow alumnus Shri Lakshmi Narayan, Chief Endowment Officer, Azim Premji Foundation.

Since the year of going green with the 1st computerized Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by IIM Ahmedabad in 2009, this largest MBA entrance exam of India leading to IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow among other IIMs and top B-schools like FMS Delhi, SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon, IMI New Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, TAPMI Manipal, BIMTECH Greater Noida has gone with perceptible changes during last 7 years.
It is expected that IIM Lucknow which is convening CAT 2017 will again bring about more changes in the exam structure and content.

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Gateway to NMIMS, Mumbai and 19 other B-schools in India, NMAT 2017 registration has opened on July 4. NMAT 2017 is a unique exam in the sense that no other MBA entrance test offers the facility to retake the exam 3 times to maximise your score and get into the desired B-school.

In 2015 the ownership of NMAT was acquired by GMAC and as such since then the NMAT or NMAT 2017 this year is known as NMAT by GMAC. NMAT by GMAC 2017 has introduced many aspirant friendly changes in the NMAT registration process, choice of NMAT test centres, and NMAT registration fee payment process.

Longer sitting for more than 3 hours with eyes glued to computer system, mind working incessantly to crack maximum number out of 100 tricky questions of Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 is what awaits the CAT aspirants to do on exam day. So what is the most required skill that you need to develop right from the beginning that can help you in making your CAT 2017 preparation journey more enjoyable? You got it right! It is your memory factor that will play a very important role in fetching you a high score.

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With 150 days left for CAT 2017 exam day, your self-preparation remains the key to crack CAT 2017 with high score. This is revealed by the candidates scoring 100 and 99 percentile in CAT exams. CAT topper Avidipto Chakraborty who scored 100 percentile in CAT 2016 and was offered admission by IIM Bangalore began his preparation journey focusing only on self-studies. I completely relied on self-studies and did not get enrolled in any coaching centres remained the preparation strategy of Avidipto.

When it comes to give back to Alma Mater, IIM Ahmedabad alumni are second to none. This year three famous alumni of IIM Ahmedabad are there to contribute Rs.7.5 crore towards Infrastructure Funding Support for the Conservation/Restoration & Upgrade of Classroom CR1 in Heritage Campus and Upgradation of CR2 at IMDC in IIM Ahmedabad New Campus to state-of-art facility
IIM Ahmedabad Alumni Raghunandan G, Vishwavir Ahuja and Aprameya R have announced significant Infrastructure funding support to Alma Mater.

Vishwavir Ahuja (PGP 1981)- MD & CEO, RBL Bank: Rs.2.5 crores

Doing 2 years Post graduation and doing it from IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow FMS, SPJIMR, MDI is altogether different. A lot depends on your 150 days CAT 2017 preparation planning and strategy. CAT toppers who found their way to get into top IIMs with their consistent efforts deployed in right direction to prepare for CAT exam share the next 150 days preparation strategy for CAT 2017 and get an edge over your peers in IIMs.

CAT 2017: Revised exam pattern