Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur hosted 2 days long celebrations of Annual Homecoming 2016 on December 10 & 11, 2016 with around 250 XL Alumni participating in this years Homecoming held at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur.
The highlight of XLRI Annual Homecoming the Distinguished Alumnus Awards Ceremony was hosted on 10th December. This year 8 prominent alumni of the institute received the Distinguished Alumnus Awards in 5 categories.

IIM Bangalore has been ranked the #1 B-school in Central Asia by Eduniversal Paris in 2016. The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore has also been conferred the 5 Palmes of Excellence award.

Once again endorsing the plea of PGDM institutions that the autonomy of PGDM institutes is vitally important for future growth trajectory of Indian Economy and the AICTE should refrain from trampling it, Honble Supreme Court of India granted extension of stay to EPSI against the AICTE controversial order of Dec 28, 2010 trying to disrupt the autonomy of PGDM B-schools around 12 noon on December 16, 2016.

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development(SDMIMD),
Mysore, has received the International Accreditation from Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), USA for its flagship 2 year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) conducted at its Mysore campus.
ACBSP accreditation standards are modeled on the Balridge National Quality Program. Out of thousands of B-schools in India, less than 20 B-schools are accredited by ACBSP. SDM IMD received the accreditation in November 2016.

IMI New Delhi has invited applications for its full time Executive Post Graduate Program 2017-18 spread over 15 months. The program aims to provide an opportunity for personal as well as professional growth through rigorous interactive learning environment including an optional 5 week international study module.

The on-line application process is proposed to close on February 10, 2017. Classes for Executive PGDM shall commence in first week of May 2017.

All India Council for Technical Education, the organizing body convening CMAT 2017 for admission to PGDM/MBA 2017-19 in more than 600 B-schools has extended again the CMAT registration last date to December 25, 2016 from December 15.
CMAT 2017 offers admission opportunity to AICTE approved MBA/PGDM programmes commencing 2017. This is the second time that CMAT 2017 registration end date has been extended. The registration process for CMAT 2017 was supposed to end on December 10 but it was first extended to December 15 and now it has further been extended to December 25.

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2017 the gateway to more than 140 highly ranked B schools in India including XLRI, XIMB, SPJIMR, IMT among others has reduced the number of questions and has increased the time limit to solve. On the top of it, XLRI proposes to reduce also the difficulty level of the XAT exam despite increasing the time limit by 30 minutes. Now you will need to solve 78 MCQs in 170 minutes and these 78 questions in XAT 2017 will be taken into account to arrive at the percentile score leading to shortlisting criteria at XLRI, SPJIMR, IMT, XIMB among others.

Your appearance in SNAP 2016 on December 18 will greet you with an overhauled exam with changed scoring pattern awarding more weightage or low weightage to sections, change in number of questions. While your preparation by now must have been finalised you will need to attempt a few practice sessions before getting ready for the D-day as per the revamped pattern.

Key changes in SNAP 2016
Following are the key changes in SNAP 2016 exam pattern which need to be duly addressed so that you make maximise your attempts in the testing room on December 18

Placement for the second batch of PGDM-Health Care Management (HCM) 2014-16 programme of Goa Institute of Management successfully completed with 100% placement and with 24% hike in the average salary alongwith international placement achieved for PGDM-HCM.

2 more days are available to apply for admission to S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai as the coveted B-school has extended the last date to apply for admission to PGDM 2017-19 to December 16 from earlier December 13.