How many IIMs are there in India - 19 or 13? According to MHRD, there are only 13 IIMs and not 19 as the 6 new IIMs that started operating their maiden academic session in 2015 are not considered by MHRD as existing and working. The list of IIMs published by the Ministry of Human Resource Development at the link http://mhrd.gov.in/iims consists of only 13 IIMs.

New IIMs: MHRD with who cares attitude

Out of the 26 questions in Verbal Ability section 3 to 4 are expected on Analogy in XAT 2016 going to be held on January 3, 2016. The 15% share of analogy questions can turn the table in your favour by giving an edge over your peers.

Despite the commitment to declare the CAT 2015 result in the second week of January 2016, it has not been possible for the IIM Ahmedabad the CAT 2015 convening IIM to announce the exact date of the result. Now it appears that the CAT 2015 result may not be declared in the 2nd week of January 2016 in absence of any date available on CAT 2015 site.

One of the significant changes announced by XLRI for XAT 2016 is the reduction in number of questions from 84 to 78 across the 3 major sections responsible to determine your percentile for next phase of shortlisting. The Verbal Ability section in XAT 2016 would now comprise 26 questions instead of earlier 28 and the section is expected to comprise 5 RC passages followed by 15 questions.

Dilemma on declaration of CAT 2015 result persists and has created a sense of anxiety among the IIMs aspirants as the date of CAT 2015 result declaration has not yet been announced by the CAT Centre 2015. Even the Convener of CAT 2015 Prof Tathagata Bandyopadhyay, faculty IIM Ahmedabad, is not aware about the exact date of CAT 2015 result as he shares with MBAUniverse.com CAT 2015 result date is not yet decided but it should be within second week of January

Ranked 3rd in the world in the Financial Times (FT) Global Masters in Finance Post-experience Ranking 2015, the Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB) of Singapore Management University (SMU) Singapore is the only B-school in Asia and in Singapore ranked among top 5 B-schools placed just after London Business School and University of Cambridges Judge Business School.

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.