Xavier School of Management(XLRI) has announced admission to theExecutive Diploma in Human Resource Management for Working Executives(EDHRM: 2017-18) with the last date for online registration as October 15, 2016.

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XLRI has specially designed this uniqueconsolidatedprogramme for working executives to enhance their professional knowledge and skills that are essential to play the HR role effectively within the dynamic and fast-growing corporate world andearn an Executive Diploma in HRM without interrupting their career.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) held its Annual Business Summit under the aegis of Trade Winds 2016 from 10th to 12th August, 2016 at New Delhi. The summit was inaugurated by the Chief Guest of the event, Mr. Mohit Malhotra, CEO of Dabur International, the Guest of Honor, Mr. Gautam Sinha, CEO of Times Internet and Dr. Surajit Mitra, Director and Vice Chancellor of IIFT.

CAT 2016 aspirants with excellent academic profile and seeking admission in PGP 2017-19 programme at IIM Lucknow should expect to be shortlisted even if they score a little low in CAT exam this year. IIM Lucknow has reduced the weightage to CAT 2016 scores in 1st stage shortlisting to 60% from 78% in last year. In the final selection also CAT 2016 scores will be awarded weightage of only 30%.

SNAP 2016 exam on December 18 will have an entirely changed face with reduced maximum marks to 150 from 180 and reduced weightage per question in Analytical & Logical Reasoning as compared to last year exam. In the process General Awareness section has also been trimmed to fewer questions. SNAP 2016 will have uniform sectional marking process for each question as against earlier marking system which awarded higher marks for correct answers in Reasoning section and lower marks for other sections.

CAT 2016 with time limit of 1 hour to attempt each section could prove to be a blessing in disguise if used judiciously. CAT 2016 will consist of 3 sections and you will get 60 minutes to solve each section which may contain 30 to 35 MCQs & non-MCQs.

MAT 2016 September exam online registration last date has been extended till August 31, 2016 while the last date to obtain the application form from AIMA is already over on August 20, 2016. You are left with a weeks time to register for MAT 2016 September exam in online mode for option 1 only.

AIMAs list of B-schools accepting MAT 2016 September exam scores consists of 164 B-schools spread across different regions of India. However, it is necessary to check with the Managament institutes whether they would be accepting MAT scores for admission.

SNAP 2016, Announcing the beginning of registration process from today August 22 and other key dates of SNAP 2016, the Symbiosis International University (SIU) Pune has shared in the evening today that SNAP 2016 for admission to MBA programmes 2017-19 at 15 Symbiosis institutes will be held on Sunday, December 18, 2016 across the country. There will be 32 test cities where SNAP 2016 is proposed to be conducted. The last date to register for SNAP 2016 is November 22, and the last date to make payment of registration fee is November 25, 2016.

CAT 2016 aspirants from non-engineering back-ground may find it easier to get into IIM Ahmedabad in 2017 as the admission policy of the top B-school awards higher weightage to the candidates coming with the academic ground of Arts/Humanities; Commerce and Science streams.

Apart from preliminary shortlisting based on weightage to CAT 2016 scores which will be the mandatory shortlisting criterion, IIM Ahmedabad has devised the weightages with a view to improve the academic diversity in its class rooms.

CAT 2016 exam may throw more surprises than anticipated as the aspirants are still in dark about the total number of questions in the exam as well as about their sectional division. It appears IIM Bangalore may change the test structure and question content alongwith number of questions in each section in CAT 2016.