XLRI the XAT 2016 conducting B-school will make available the admit cards for XAT 2016 exam with effect from Sunday December 20, 2015. XAT 2016 aspirants can download their respective admit card after login with XAT registered Id and password. Interestingly the facility to download the XAT 2016 admit Card as informed on its website, will close on December 31, 2015, although the reason for withdrawing the facility of downloading the admit card after Dec 31 has not been shared on the XAT 2016 site.

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With the fast pace of growth of the Indian Economy, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management(LBSIM), New Delhi has seen a boom in the placement season this year. According to Dr G L Sharma, Chairman Placements LBSIM, New Delhi there is placement boom at the Institute for the current PGDM batch in terms of packages as well as providing desired profiles to match students expectations.

Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak organised its annual entrepreneurship summit, UDAAN, a 2 day event on December 12-13, 2015. The theme for UDAAN 2015 is From Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur. The theme implied the call for action in ignited minds to break out of their comfort zone and take the leap of chasing their dreams. The summit was accompanied by the policy launch of Incubation Centre at IIM Rohtak.

Gateway to admission in various PGDM courses for the batch 2016-18 at XLRI and other important 147 B schools as against 121 in 2015, XAT 2016 is scheduled to be held in a single session on Sunday January 3, 2016 in paper pen mode.

After conclusion of extempore and personal interview round on April 18, 2016, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi has declared the final admission result comprising 216 candidates selected for MBA 2016-18 batch. The result was declared around 6.45PM on April 18, 2016 while the final leg of PI round got over in the forenoon session on the same day. It took FMS Delhi only a few hours to declare the final result for admission to full time MBA 2016-18.

Pegging a high minimum percentile required for admission to PGP 2015-17 batch in CAT last year, resulted in very low number of candidates showing interest in IIM Gaya. The learning from the last year must have prompted IIM Gaya in Bihar to reduce the minimum qualifying overall percentile in CAT 2015 from 96.3 to 90 for PGP batch 2016-18. Not only this, IIM Bodh Gaya has also decided to conduct Written Ability Test and Personal Interview under the aegis of IIM Calcutta, the mentor IIM to IIM Gaya.

XAT is known as probably one of the toughest MBA entrance exams in India (only in terms of difficulty of the paper). But the XAT and XLRI authorities seem to have decided to change this perception.
In a clear indication of reducing the difficulty level of the paper, the XAT authorities have put up a clear plan for XAT 2016.

SNAP 2015 going to be held on December 20, 2015 will have 150 questions in all. The gateway to prestigious management programmes 2016-18 batch in 14 Symbiosis B schools affiliated to Symbiosis International University, SNAP 2015 will be paper pen mode Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) based examination of two 2 hours duration from 2PM to 4PM.

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The much debated and opposed both by IIMs and PGDM B-schools, although on entirely different ground, the pending controversial IIM Bill 2015 may seek the nod of Parliament this winter session in the redrafted form that proposes to retain autonomy of IIMs to a large extent.