Offering a good opportunity to working professionals to hone their management skills, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) in association with Ivory Education has launched a Post Graduate Certificate in Global Economics & Business Management. The course beginning in March 2016 will facilitate updated information and in-depth knowledge about the concepts of Global Economics & Business Management.

College of Management & Economics Studies (CoMES), UPES is conducting the GD-PI for admissions to its 10 specialized MBA programs through MAT/CAT/NMAT/CMAT across 13 cities from February 12 to February 21 2016.

Probably the first University to begin GDPI for admission to MBA 2016 so early, College of Management & Economics Studies (CoMES), University of Petroleum and energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun will be conducting the GD-PI for admissions to its 10 specialized MBA programs.

Great opportunity to get an IIM without much hurdle and based only on CAT 2015 scores could open up again in the month of May 2016 for those who do not make to the final merit list or are not shortlisted by rest 13 older IIMs. The 6 new IIMs propose to ask for the expression of interest from the candidates who have scored a bit lower percentile in CAT 2015 around first week of May 2016.

Shortlist in May 2016

Post CAT 2015 result declaration and announcement of shortlists, IIMs are getting ready for the final admission round, the PI & WAT process. While 6 IIMs will conduct Common Admission Process (CAP) comprising PI & WAT to be coordinated by IIM Kashipur for 10000 candidates, other top rated IIMs like IIMA, IIMB, IIMC, IIML will conduct their respective personal interview and written ability tests.

5 of 6 IIMs that started operation in 2010-11 and 2 among 6 that started the maiden batch in 2015 have decided to shortlist more than 7000 candidates for next stage of admission round only on the basis of CAT 2015 scores.
The candidates who have scored 80 and 90 percentile in CAT 2015 stand a good chance to get admission in these 7 IIMs even if they do not have excellent academic profile, diversity or work experience. No other weightage factor is proposed to be included in the first stage of shortlisting by these 7 IIMs.

Common Admission Process (CAP)

Not less than 2100 candidates are proposed to be shortlisted for PI round by Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi for admission to MBA 2016-18 batch having an intake of 215 students. CAT 2015 scores will be the sole shortlisting criterion. Those who have applied for MBA 2016-18 at FMS Delhi and have scored good sectional as well as overall percentile may expect to be shortlisted by the top rated B-school.

10:1 candidates in each category to be shortlisted

With CMAT 2016 score card in hand and many B-schools still open with admission, unless you are aware which B schools you should approach with your scores, you may miss the admission opportunity in good B-schools who are going to close their application process shortly. There are premium B schools still open with their admission application and accepting CMAT 2016 scores. All of these B schools offer AICTE approved regular and specialized MBA/PGDM programmes.

New IIMs are now amending their admission policy for high percentilers in CAT 2015 to get the full intake in their class rooms. In the series IIM Sirmaur mentored by IIML has announced that the final admission process will not include GD/PI round and the offers for PGP 2016-18 batch will be made only on the basis of CAT 2015 scores and profile of the candidate. As per IIM Sirmaur There will be no GD/PI for admission to IIM Sirmaur this year

The 2 year full time PGP programme at IIM Ahmedabad has moved up to 24th rank from 26th and PGPX has been awarded 1st place in career progression among top world B-schools in FT Global MBA Ranking 2016 released for the full time MBA programmes. The 1 year full time PGPX at IIM Ahmedabad has been ranked as the number one programme for the career progress of its alumni in the world among all the B-schools. The PGPX programme at IIM Ahmedabad is relatively a new programme started only 10 years ago.