2nd edition of official online Study material titled NMATPrep by GMAC to help candidates prepare better for NMAT by GMAC, the mandatory entrance exam for admission to NMIMS and 17 other B-schools has been launched by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) on June 16, 2016.

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Bengaluru has ended its Placement Season on a high, for the batch of 2014 - 2016. The number of pre-placement offers (PPOs) has also increased as compared to last year. The PPOs by market leaders such as Dell, Genpact, Fidelity Investments, Cummins, D.E. Shaw, and Wildcraft among others were bagged by the students on their calibre and stellar performance during their summer internships.

The myth that only an intelligent candidate can bell the CAT 2016 is busted by CAT preparation expert and IIM Lucknow alumnus Nishith Sinha who has also authored books to guide CAT aspirants and number of his students have made it to top B-schools

Intelligent Vs Average
A most common definition of an intelligent person is - One who can process the data / information fast and solve the questions in a short span of time. Accorginly, an average person is one who takes more time.

Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon commenced the 7 day long 22nd induction ceremony on June 15, comprising students belonging to Post Graduate Programs namely Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM), PGP- Human Resource Management (PGP-HRM), PGP-International Management (PGP-IM). The week-long induction ceremony aims to unravel the exciting and inspiring academic journey for students in the years ahead.

CAT since 2014 has gone with perceptible changes not only in structure but also in content. Going by the tradition you cannot rule out a different CAT 2016 to be held in the month of November 2016. Next 6 months will be a crucial period to devise a well chalked out plan for your preparation for CAT 2016.

Despite number of changes brought about during last 2 years in CAT, the basics of the exam have not changed. Accordingly the guidance and analysis of past CAT exams by experts will enlighten your path how to make sure to bell the CAT in 2016.

Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur welcomed the new batch of students at a ceremony of commencement of the new academic session of 2016 on June 14, 2016. A total of 537 students joined XLRI student fraternity across the 3 flagship programmes namely Business Management (PGDM-BM 2016-18 batch) - 183 students; Human Resource Management (PGDM-HRM 2016-18 batch) - 182 students and 15 months General Management Programme (PGDM-GM 2016-17 batch) - 119 students. Besides, 39 students have also joined the 3 years Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM-BM, Part Time 2016-19 batch).

IIM Bangalore is shortly going to decide on the modalities to conduct CAT 2016 as well as the exam structure and the contents. Based on the last year CAT, many of the CAT 2016 aspirants have approached MBAUniverse.com demanding changes in CAT 2016 with a request to convey their suggestions to IIM Bangalore for its consideration while finalizing everything on CAT.

IMC Awards 2016, Indias most respected annual awards for excellence in management education, has received an overwhelming response from Indias leading B-schools. More than twenty five B-schools have already submitted their nominations. Acknowledging requests from many B-schools to extend the submission deadline, IMC Award organizers have announced June 17 as the last date for submitting the nomination. No further extensions will be granted. B-schools candownload nomination formand submit their successful initiatives before due date.

4 of 6 newest IIMs which started operation in 2015 have concluded their summer placement 2016 and their students are undergoing the training schedule with an eye on PPOs. IIM Amritsar, IIM Nagpur, IIM Sambalpur and IIM Visakhapatnam have reported the completion of summer placement for their first PGP 2015-17 batch whereas IIM BodhGaya and IIM Sirmaur are yet to finalize the summer placement for small PGP batches.

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