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.

Admission seekers worried

In order to address Lack of Personal Finance Skills in India, Indian School of Business (ISB), a premier global B-school, has announced today on June 9, 2016 the launch of a new series of 4 courses Specialization on Financial Markets and Investment Strategy in collaboration with Coursera. This is the second programme being offered by ISB on Courseras MOOCs platform after the course on happiness in November 2014.

While an engineering degree from a good institute can start your career at an annual package of 6-8 lakhs, an MBA degree from equally good B school will get you placed in double digits of 10 to 30 lakhs depending upon your skills. To finally convert the call in top rated B schools like IIMs, XLRI, SPJIMR, JBIMS, FMS, MDI, IMT, apart from a good volume of needed preparation, you have to draw your plan which exams you should appear, how to prepare for each of them as every exam is different in one or other way and get shortlisted to succeed in your mission MBA 2017.

Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra has announced to declare the provisional merit list of successful candidates who appeared in Centralized Admission Process (CAP) 2016 for admission to MBA/MMS 2016-18 batch across Maharashtra B-schools at 5PM on June 8, 2016.

Earlier the provisional merit list was proposed to be displayed on June 4, 2016 but with the extension of last date for submission of online application from June 3 to June 7, 2016, the date of publication of provisional merit list has also been extended.

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