The product is said to move on the path of dilution in case mass production of the same becomes rampant without due quality checks. Wouldnt the theory tested well over a period of time on diversified type of education hold good on brand IIMs as well?

Pursuing your MBA 2016-18 with MAT 2015 December scores is no more a dream as number of good B-schools in North India are accepting MAT scores now. The admission opportunity in these B schools will remain open for few more days to enable you to exercise the opportunity after giving a due thought on the B-school.

With the declaration of results and scores cards in hand, the existing admission opportunities in good B schools in Delhi, Noida, greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Uttarakhand, Faridabad can be well explored in accordance with your MAT scores.

The standalone section of Decision Making with 23 MCQs in sets or singular ones in XAT 2016 emphasises its importance in calculation of percentile and shortlisting for final admission round. The section has gained more importance since XAT 2012 when the questions on Decision Making were increased from 7-8 to 23-25 and it was formed as a separate section. Earlier questions on Decision Making formed the part of other sections.

Making all out efforts to put the CMAT 2016 on the lines of CAT exam, AICTE has enabled the sample test with 18 MCQs to guide the aspirants. The sample test leads to unexpected surprises that may appear in the actual CMAT 2016 on January 17, 2016 in terms of format and type of the questions.

According to AICTE, A Trial test will be available from 12-Dec-2015 onwards for the candidates to have a feel of the online test and navigation functionality. Candidates are advised to go through them carefully to familiarize themselves with the screens, layout, and navigation.

The fourth convocation of Alliance University was held on Friday, 18th December 2015 in the Central Campus of Alliance University at Anekal in the august presence of His Excellency Shri Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, Governor of Karnataka and Visitor, Alliance University; Shri D.H.Shankaramurthy, Honorable Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council, Shri T.B.Jayachandra, Honorable Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Higher Education, and Chairman, Karnataka State Higher Education Council, who is also the Pro-Visitor, Alliance University.

MBA at Institute of Management, Nirma University occupies premier position among top league of B-schools. Scores of CAT 2015 will only be acceptable to shortlist the candidates for PI round at Nirma University. According to Dr Somayajulu Garimella, Director IMNU, the expected CAT 2015 cut off percentile in MBA 2016-18 at Nirma University could be 80 to 85 at the first stage of shortlisting the candidates for PI round. The application process is online and is proposed to close on January 10, 2016 for admission to MBA 2016-18 batch.

Barely a week away, XAT 2016 on January 3, 2016, will be the second largest national level MBA/PGDM entrance test offering admission opportunity in 2016 to XLRI and other 147 highly ranked B-schools. Although CAT 2015 got 2.18 lakhs registrations with 1.80 lakhs appearing in the exam, XAT 2016 is also going to have a good number of candidates going to take the test on January 3, 2016 across the country.

CAT 2015 test takers should feel happy as they are going to get one of the 6 IIMs at a lower percentile score as compared to other IIMs. These new IIMs will be shortlisting 10000 candidates to offer admission to 860 students for their 6th batch of PGPM in academic year 2016-17. Indian Institute of management (IIM) Kashipur one the new IIMs who joined the family of IIMs in 2011 will be co-ordinating the Common Admission Process (CAP) 2016 for new IIMs. There will not be any GD round in the final PI process and WAT & PI will be the only components in the final admission round.

International Management Institute New Delhi has invited applications for its full time Executive Post Graduate Program 2016-17 spread over 15 months. The on-line application process is proposed to close on January 30, 2016. Classes for Ex PGDM 2016-17 shall commence in second week of May 2016.

The programme is approved by AICTE as full time MBA and is accredited by AMBA (Association of MBAs) and SAQS (South Asian Quality Assurance System).

The 23 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in Decision Making section in changed format of XAT 2016 can turn the table in your favour or may keep you away from the PGDM 2016-18 batch in top ranked XLRI. The changes announced for XAT 2016 propose to make the exam easier but are not meant to dilute it in any way.