Giving low attention or even slightly neglecting Data Interpretation (DI) in CAT 2016 can cost you more than leaving a few topics in other sections. As a result you may end up with low sectional scores in DILR section as happened in last year CAT exam when 99 percentilers could not score minimum qualifying percentile in DILR section and were not short listed by any IIM.

Global Warming, its causes and harmful effects on the world population and how to control it, is one of the hot debated current GK topics. Countries across the world are worried with the trends of climate changes. The recent Paris summit on Climate change has placed the issue as one of the major global concerns. Now the move is to legally bind the developed countries who contribute more to the climate changes and add to global warming.

CAT 2016 - Common Admission Test since it was computerized in 2009 has constantly been changing its attire - structurally as well as content wise. Last year CAT created history after introducing very different type of questions called NON-MCQs which carried no negative marking for wrong answers. Going by the trends, CAT 2016 may bring more surprises and set a new trend by introducing many firsts in the exam structure and content.

Brushing aside, as rubbish and misleading unauthentic information being spread on some portals, sources from Symbiosis International University (SIU) Pune have informed that the decision on key dates for SNAP 2017 is yet to be taken.

Startup India, according to the document released by the Government, is a flagship initiative of the Government of India, intended to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and Startups in the country that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities.

While attempting CAT 2016, How it was difficult to manage individually timed sections in CAT, I came to know only after analyzing my big mistakes on losing my cool right after the 1st section which further aggravated in mismanagement of sectional time allotted to solve questions in CAT last year.

Prof Diganta Saikia from the department of finance participated in the World Finance & Banking Symposium which took place in Hanoi, Vietnamduring December 17-18, 2015.

Prof Saikia chaired the first session of the conference on Corporate Governance and Agency where a number of brilliant papers were presented by a galaxy of academics.

The workshop started with innovation song Saraswati Vandana and lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries. Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director IBA Bangalore welcomed the august gathering and presented his views on Viswa Model of Strategic Management. He said that this idea was originated in the mind of Prof. Krishna Kumar and explained the meaning of Viswa as combination of Videshi and Swadeshi. According to him this forum is like a network, a virtual organization. There are no assets of its own its members are its assets. He represented the four lion as the four forces at the global level.

Not only the top IIM Ahmedabad which has witnessed rising diversity in its new batch, the relatively younger generation IIM Raipur has also welcomed its 7th PGP batch and 5th FPM batch consisting of more non-engineers and women candidates in its PGP 2016-18 batch. The new batch has been inaugurated with a 4 day orientation programme.