For the first time this year you are blessed with the MBA 2016 admission opportunity based on the MAT 2016 May exam score card in good B-schools. However, you should apply to your preferred B-school on the basis of Admit card for the exam and wait for the next step to be announced by the B-school when your MAT 2016 May exam result is declared.

The sharp increase in fee structure by IIMs compared to marginal hike by private B-schools for their flagship PGP 2016-18 programmes may not see eye to eye with Ministry of Human Resource Development after AICTE made public the recommendations of the report submitted by National Fee Committee headed by Justice B. N. Krishna.

Going by the past trend and as MAT 2016 May exam had no substantial change in difficulty level, you may score high as the paper based MAT 2016 May exam was moderate and was without surprise element. The MAT score accepting MBA/PGDM B-schools might be offering admission in 2016 at slightly different MAT score cut offs than they offered earlier. The candidates may explore admission opportunities in number of B-schools and finalise the one according to their preference if they score the percentile as mentioned against them.

With the MAT 2016 May paper based test over, candidates are looking for best MBA options where admission is open for the academic session 2016-17. Many of the MAT score accepting B-schools have announced to keep their admission process open till the result for MAT 2016 May exam is declared by the end of this month.

IMT - Centre for Distance Learning, Ghaziabad has invited applications for its 2-year PGDM and 1 year PGDM (Executive) programmes. The applicants can get programme and application form details on IMT website.

Eligibility Criteria:
2 year PGDM
Graduate in any discipline can apply for PGDM-Distance learning. Admission test is required for other than exempted candidates.
The following categories of persons are exempted from the admission test, provided they are graduates and have:

2 years of full time work experience after graduation

AIMA conducted MAT 2016 May exam in paper pencil mode on May 1, 2016 in a single session for admission to 330 B schools across the country. The exam reported no surprises in the paper based test. The feedback from the test takers indicated that May MAT 2016 was moderate and accordingly candidates should expect higher scores but tougher competition in getting the highly ranked B-school.

With the stage set for MAT 2016 going to be held tomorrow on Sunday May 1 at 51 test cities across the country, the aspirants who have prepared well and wish to get admission in top B schools in 2016 through MAT 2016 are getting a bit nervous and are under stress as less than 24 hours are left for the D-Day. Losing the high level of confidence can be detrimental to your journey to score high percentile and may be an obstacle to your success in the exam.

MICA Ahmedabad has announced the appointment of its alumnus Siddharth Deshmukh as the Associate Dean Industry & Alumni Partnerships, Associate Professor and Area Leader Digital Platform & Strategies. Siddharth graduated as a first MICAn in 1996, the first batch of MICAs two-year flagship PGDM and returns to his Alma Mater in a new capacity. He will join the institute from June 1, 2016.

Announcing the schedule of admission for PGP 2016-18 batch, IIM Nagpur has clarified that it will issue the provisional admission offers to the selected candidates by the end of first week of May 2016. The candidates need to confirm on IIM Nagpur website about their acceptance latest by May 13, 2016. IIM Nagpur has successfully concluded its 100% summer placement for all 53 participating students and has proposed to begin the 2016-17 academic session in the 3rd week of June 2016.

Karnataka Private Post Graduate Colleges Association (KPPGCA), after announcing that KMAT 2016 exam on May 29 will be held in all parts of India for the first time, has also decided to publish full Mock Test and Exam GUIDE to help test-takers.