CAT 2016 aspirants must be getting preparation tips and innovative testing room strategy from the past CAT toppers and students of IIMs and other top B-schools like FMS, NITIE, IMT. These CAT toppers are sharing their success mantra based on their preparation experience and MBAUniverse.com is conveying it to you, the CAT 2016 aspirants.

SPJIMR Mumbai has announced online application process for admission to PGDM 2017-19 batch to begin onOctober 1, 2016. S P Jain Institute of management & Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai will accept CAT 2016, XAT 2017 and GMAT scores (test taken between January 1, 2014 onwards andDecember 31, 2016). Applicants have the opportunity to opt for two specializations at the time of application.The last date to apply at SPJIMR isDecember 13, 2016.

Who can apply? Eligibility criteria

SPJIMR Alumnus Reeti Nageshri, is bestowed with The Economic Times Young Leaders Award for 2016. Reeti, the proud recipient of the award, was a PGDM - IM student from the Class of 2015. She currently Heads the Digital Platform Delivery for Automotive and Farms Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra. Reeti receive d the congratulation messages not only from her near and dear well wishers and SPJIMR but also from all across the corporate world.

Allowing an extension of 5 days in CAT 2016 registration process, the CAT 2016 convener Prof Rajendra K Bandi, faculty at IIM Bangalore has made it amply clear that the step has been taken to facilitate the candidates who have not been able to apply for CAT 2016 due to technical problem or some other issue but are keen to appear in CAT 2016.

CAT 2016 aspirants must develop multiple strategies of test taking is the success mantra shared by CAT topper with 99.61 percentile and IIM Indore student Siddharth R.
For the benefit of CAT 2016 aspirants, MBAUniverse.com has brought a round of CAT toppers success stories alongwith their success mantra that led them to crack CAT with high percentile. In the series we present the success story and CAT 2016 preparation tips shared by Siddharth R, student of IIM Indore and CAT topper.

IIM Bangalore will award much lower weightage to CAT 2016 scores in the PGP 2017-19 admission process while other factors will get much higher weightage.

Ready to break past 6 years record, CAT 2016 is poised to cross 2.50 lakh registrations in next 2 days, posing stiff competition. The number has already reached very near to this count. On the other hand IIMs have also assured Honourable Union HRD Minister Mr Prakash Javadekar in a meeting held at IIM Shillong on September 21 that they would all expand the intake in their class rooms and would preferably try to double the present number of total 10000 seats to 20000.

Right from the beginning, the IMT Ghaziabad alumnus and CAT topper with 94.8 percentile Manu Jain had the vision of becoming an entrepreneur after doing his MBA whether from an IIM or some other top B-school. He learned many lessons during his preparation journey and one of them was that low percentile in mock woke him up fully from slumber. This drove him to IMT Ghaziabad instead of focusing only on IIMs.

Great Lakes Institute of Management has announced the commencement of admission process for its flagship one year full time PGPM 2017-18 at its Chennai and Gurgaon campuses. The academic session is proposed to begin in April/May 2017.
There will be two cycles of admission. Students need to have at least 2 years of work experience by March 31, 2017 for applying and should have valid GMAT/CAT/XAT/CMAT scores. Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria can apply online on the institutes website.

PGPM 2017-18: Flagship 1 year programme

With the CAT 2016 registration having already crossed 2.08 lakhs, 5 days before the extended last date to apply, it is for sure that the exam would prove to be more competitive than CAT 2015.