IIM Ranchi is going to shortlist around 1500 candidates purely based on a score of 90 and above percentile in CAT 2015 for the Common Admission Process (CAP) 2016 to be coordinated by IIM Kashipur in 5 cities namely New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata.

The minimum sectional percentile in CAT 2015 required for shortlisting is 80 as prescribed by IIM Ranchi. The proposed intake in PGP 2016-18 at IIM Ranchi is 120 which may increase by a few students when final admission offers are made.

Thousands of candidates awaiting CMAT 2016 result declared today on January 21, 2016 have been raising queries on the declaration of AICTE-CMAT 2016 test result, institutes accepting CMAT 2016 scores, admission prospects, how to use the result and other key facts about CMAT.

Team MBAUniverse.com has gathered all the relevant information and compiled to respond to CMAT 2016 result related queries of the aspirants to enable them to choose the right B school after declaration of CMAT 2016 result.

XAT 2016 result expected before January 31, 2016 may bring pleasant surprise for the aspirants who may get shortlisted at XLRI, SPJIMR, XIMB, IMT and other top rated B-schools despite scoring a bit low percentile.
It has happened in CAT 2015 and it may be repeated in XAT 2016 result. Candidates scoring a bit low sectional percentile in CAT got shortlisted by top rated IIMs, on the same ground you can expect to be at XLRI or other top rated B-school even with a slight dip in XAT 2016 scores.

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Awarding 76% weightage to CAT 2015 scores, IIM Lucknow has announced the shortlist of candidates for various PGP 2016-18 programmes offered by this highly ranked B-school. It will be of interest to note that many candidates shortlisted by IIMA have not been able to make it to IIML.For a total intake of around 500 students, IIM Lucknow has shortlisted about 20000 candidates from different categories out of 1.80 lakh CAT 2015 test takers.

Moving fast to compensate the lost time, AICTE is going to declare CMAT 2016 result tomorrow on January 21, 2016 and on the same day will allow the candidates to download their score card. According to AICTE, at present there are 415 B-schools who will accept CMAT 2016 scores for PGDM/MBA 2016 admission. The CMAT 2016 test was held only 5 days back on January 17, 2016 in a single session of 3 hours from 9.30AM to 12.30PM in 62 cities across the country.

Consecutively for the 2nd year in a row XLRI has released the answer keys and question paper with explanation for XAT 2016. This is also the first time that answer keys for non-percentile calculation section of GK have also been released. Candidates missed the answer keys for GK section last year.

On the lines of IIMA shortlsiting criteria, IIM Shillong, the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management Shillong, has also shortlisted the candidates with a sectional percentile of 70 and without any predefined overall percentile in CAT 2015 for 2nd stage of PGP 2016-18 admission round the Writing Skills Assessment Test (WSAT) and Personal Interview (PI).

MDI Gurgaon organised an interactive workshop on the scope and relevance of management research on January 8 and9, 2016 to emphasize and prove that the area of research is indeed imperative for a management professional. The event was inaugurated by Bhuvesh Khanna, CEO (BW Communities Business World). This was followed by a welcome note byProf. M. P. Jaiswal, Dean (Research & Accreditation),MDIGurgaon.