IMT Ghaziabad, one of the highly ranked B-schools has announced the commencement of the 201618 batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and Post Graduate Diploma in Management Dual Country Programme (PGDMDCP) on June 23, 2016. This is 37th batch of PGDM and 7th batch of PGDMDCP. Following the registration process, the students are currently undergoing a weeklong orientation programme. The Orientation Programme aims at sensitising the new batch of students towards institutes philosophy, curriculum, pedagogy and developing their knowledge base before regular classes commence.

The stage is all set for the 2016 edition of Indias biggest management education conference Indian Management Conclave. 7th Indian Management Conclave (IMC) 2016 will be held on August 5-6 at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), countrys premier management institution. Conclave will be addressed by Policy makers, CXOs from corporate India, Directors and finest minds from Indian and global management education.

Parajumbles in CAT 2016 may prove to be one of the tricky areas in Verbal Ability section. However, to help the aspirants out of the dilemma, expert Prof Nishit Sinha who is also an author of various books on CAT preparation with Pearson, shares key tips and tricks to crack the jumbled paragraphs with ease.

Admission seekers with valid CAT 2015 scores and exploring admission in IIM Jammu must confirm expression of interest latest by June 30, 2016. Without completing this process they will not be considered for admission to the first PGP 2016-18 batch at IIM Jammu in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. IIM Jammu is mentored by IIM Lucknow one of the top 4 IIMs in the country.

CAT 2016 exam may no longer see the No-penalty, No-negative marking non-MCQ type of questions with 28% score weightage which were included for the first time in CAT exam last year. Since perceptible changes are expected in the structure and content of CAT 2016 exam, it is expected that there might be no Non-MCQs in CAT 2016.

The online Registration and application process for Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) 2016 for admission to MBA programmes in 14 Symbiosis institutes for the batch 2017-19 will open in the last week of August and is proposed to remain open till the last week of November, 2016.

Well known management academic Dr Ajit Prasad took over as the Director of IIM Lucknow in November 2015.Prior to joining IIM L, Dr Prasad has taught at Indias premier management institutions including SPJIMR, MDI, Delhi University amongst others.
IIM L is Indias fourth IIM and has a large second campus in Delhi NCR, which focuses on Executive Education. IIM L has recently been given the responsibility by MHRD to mentor IIM Jammu, which will begin its first academic year in August 2016.

Although CAT 2016 may prove to be the most tricky entrance examination leading to top rated IIMs and other top Management Institutes in India like FMS, MDI, IMI, IITs, NITIE among others, if you make concerted efforts in next 4 months you may hit the target of scoring 99 percentile.

The fact that higher rating of CAT convening IIM impacts the exam pattern is substantiated with the changes in CAT brought about in 2015. When IIM Ahmedabad took reins of CAT 2015 from IIM Indore who convened CAT 2014, the entire exam process was revamped.

Classes for the academic session 2016-17 for the first PGP 2016-18 batch of IIM Jammu are proposed to commence on August 1, 2016 at the sprawling Noida campus of IIM Lucknow which is mentoring IIM Jammu. Post the preparatory classes at IIM Lucknow, the regular classes of IIM Jammu will continue at its temporary campus earmarked at Old University campus in Jammu with effect from September 5, 2016. IIM Jammu has announced a proposed intake of 45 students for the first PGP 2016-18 batch.