New Delhi based International Management Institute (IMI), one of Indias leading B-schools, has appointed Dr Pradeep K Bhaumik as the Acting Director after Dr Bakul Dholakia stepped down as the Director General on September 14, 2016. Dr Dholakia, former Director of IIM Ahmedabad, had joined IMI as the DG on October 1, 2014.

CAT 2016 registration mistakes can be corrected this year even after making payment of application fee and after submission of registration form. This option of mistake correction will be available on the CAT Application form Webpage from October 1 to 5, 2016. According to Prof Rajendra K Bandi, CAT 2016 convener and faculty at IIM Bangalore, Candidates will have an option to correct details like Percentage of Marks scored, Work Experience, and Programmes Selected. No other details can be edited.

CAT 2016 registration, proposed to close on September 22, 2016 may see heavy last minute rush in next week. Prof Rajendra K Bandi, CAT 2016 convener and faculty at IIM Bangalore while announcing new initiatives for the test takers, has advised the CAT 2016 aspirants to register early. According to Prof Bandi Going by the trends of previous years, there will be a huge surge in the number of registrations in the last 2-3 days, which increases the load on the servers, and can potentially impact the server response time.

CAT 2016 exam may give you an opportunity to take the test again if the computer based CAT exam does not go the smooth way as claimed by CAT 2016 Test Centre.
Although admitting that the computer based CAT 2016 exam is the best testing process, CAT 2016 centre has kept the provision for re-test open in case there are certain unanticipated technical issues coming up during the exam.

CAT 2016 registration, gateway to 20 IIMs and other top B-schools, is drawing to close on September 22, 2016 at 5 PM. Number of candidates are still holding back from applying and are waiting for some last minute change or clarification whether the exam would bring more surprises this year. But all this confusion and difficulty in completing the registration in next 2-3 days will not deter IIM Bangalore from closing the CAT 2016 registration process on September 22.

CAT 2016 aspirants stand benefitted with the success mantra shared by last year CAT toppers who not only cracked the exam with high percentile but also converted their call to top B-schools. 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 Shashank Heda, CAT topper with 99.9 percentile and a student of PGP 2016-18 batch at IIM Bangalore.

Verbal Ability in SNAP 2016 will consist of 3 parts namely Reading Comprehension passages, Core Verbal Ability and Verbal Reasoning. The section will have 40 questions in MCQ format and will carry a weightage of 40 marks out of maximum 150 marks.

XAT 2017 on January 8, 2017 after CAT 2016, is the second largest national level MBA/PGDM entrance test offering admission opportunity in 2017 to XLRI and other more than 140 highly ranked B-schools. XAT 2017 will only be a month away from CAT 2016 and in view of Prof S K Agarwal, expert on Verbal Ability in CAT & XAT, due to the close gap between both the exams, you have to synchronise your preparation for CAT 2016 as well as for XAT 2017 especially when there are more common topics to prepare in both the exams.

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 Disha Gupta, student of IIM Ranchi and CAT topper.

IIM Ranchi student and CAT topper of last year with 98.83 percentile Disha Gupta believes that you need more practice to succeed in CAT 2016 than getting glued to reading theory only since high score in all the 3 sections is equally important.

CAT 2016 registration number may increase and break past 6 year record as more aspirants are expected to take the exam. The motivation behind the move is said to be the rising trend in MBA placements. Almost all the top and middle rung B-schools whether IIMs, Non-IIMs, University affiliated or private PGDM institutes, all have recorded higher than last year placement in 2016 with more recruiters from all sectors. The registration process for CAT 2016 is proposed to close on September 22, if not extended further as used to happen in last 2 years.