Debate on Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill, one of the hottest topics in current affairs and a favourite source of GK questions in MBA and other entrance exams has already begun and the Parliament is all set to weigh various pros & cons before converting GST Bill into an Act.

NMAT by GMAC gateway to NMIMS and other 17 B-schools in India offers unique opportunity to re-take the exam thrice and maximise your score to enable you to get shortlisted by the top B-school and universities for admission to MBA 2017-19 batch. NMAT by GMAC is a computer based objective type multiple-choice test and will be held in 75 days test window from October 7 to December 20, 2016 in 23 test cities across the countries.

IMT Ghaziabad Indias premier AACSB accredited management school conducted a two-day Personal Growth Lab (PGL) for the students of PGDM 201618 on July 9 & 10 at its campus.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT 2016) has not prescribed any minimum percentage of marks to register and apply for the entrance exam 2016 for admission to its flagship 2 years MBA (IB) 2017-19 batch. All candidates with 3 years of recognized bachelors degree in any discipline are eligible to apply for the IIFT 2016 exam which will be held in paper pencil mode on November 27, 2016 in 20 test cities from 10AM to 12 Noon.

The CAT 2016 registration and application window is proposed to open in the 1st week of August. CAT 2016 convening IIM and the testing partner TCS would open the registration process at 10 AM. IIM Bangalore, the CAT 2016 convening IIM proposes to release the exam notification for Common Admission Test (CAT) 2016 in a weeks time from now in the month of July with all the relevant details on how to register and appear in CAT 2016 exam.

CAT 2016 must not see the mistakes that I made last year. Hailing from a southern advanced state of India and with Public school back ground, I prepared well for CAT and was always confident to crack at least VARC questions in the exam without much difficulty. I solved 26 out of 34, working out till the last minute available for Verbal Ability section but when CAT result was declared, I was astonished to see that I scored the lowest percentile in VARC among all the 3 sections. I have now committed to myself that I will take every care not to repeat the mistakes in CAT 2016.

Will CAT 2016 offer the same good opportunity as last year to attract more Non-engineers and women candidates to improve diversity in IIM class rooms as it offered last year? In all probability yes! IIM Ahmedabad who convened CAT last year overhauled the exam structure and content with the sole objective to have more non-engineers, women and candidates from diversified background to improve academic and gender diversity in IIM class rooms.

Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB) New Delhi is organizing the First Annual International Microfinance Research Workshop in New Delhi on July 15 & 16, 2016. FIIB has partnered with Banque Populaire Chair in Microfinance of the Burgundy School of Business, Dijon, France; Sa-Dhan, a Microfinance Regulatory Institution and Sahulat Microfinance Society, New Delhi for the purpose.

CAT 2016 exam notification is expected to be released next week and in all probability before July 25. Since registration process for CAT opens after a week or so from the date of release of CAT exam notification, it is also expected that the registration and application process for the exam will begin in the 1st week of August, 2016. The fee for registration for CAT 2016 exam may also remain same at Rs.1600/- as it was for last year.

IIFT exam notification for admission to its flagship MBA (IB) 2017-19 programme is expected to be released on July 15, 2016. The registration process will also begin on the same day with the release of IIFT exam notification. For the last few years Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has been releasing its MBA (IB) entrance exam notification on July 15 in leading news papers and on its site simultaneously. Accordingly only 2 days are left to opening of registration for IIFT entrance exam.