P J Nayak, Chairman of the RBI Committee on Public Sector Reforms and Former Chairman, CEO, Axis Bank in his key note speech at Artha 2015 ISBs Annual Capital Markets Conclave being held in Mumbai was of the view that despite an early start and deeper penetration, PSU banks trail private sector banks on various counts.

CAT 2015 score will be the shortlisting criteria at the first stage of admission to PGDM 2016-18 course, is the common feature in IMT, TAPMI, XIMB as well as in IIMs. So which one is better than its peers an IIM or one of the non-IIMs, is a big puzzle to crack. Should the B-school that shortlists on very high overall CAT 2015 percentile score is better or the one that considers high sectional percentile score in CAT 2015 be preferred, is another issue to be resolved.

T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal has started the admission application process for its 2-year fully residential Post Graduate Programs 2016-18 batch. TAPMI offers PGDM, PGDM-Health Care Management (HCM) and PGDM-Banking and Financial Services (BKFS).

The registration and application process is online and will remain open till January 7, 2016.

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Owing to deep rooted relationships that the placement department of IMT enjoys with the corporate world, no wonder 241 students were placed in a single day during the last lap of summer placement for 2015-17 batch at IMT Ghaziabad. It is like placing the entire batch of some colleges in India in a single day.

180 recruiters
Roles were offered in different domains and for variety of functions by 180+ companies who visited the campus. This has made placements an extremely satisfying exercise for the students.

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IIM Lucknow broke its own placement record and registered 100 per cent summer placements for PGP 2015-17 batch in 4 days as against in 4.5 days last year. The 31st batch with 457 students has got internship offers from 157 companies.

The highlight of the summer placement 2015 at IIM Lucknow was participation of 35 first time recruiters. Out of them 60% recruiters were from the e-commerce, Sales & Marketing and Finance sectors.

Top recruiters

CAT 2016 exam like last year will again have 3 sections divided into VARC; DILR and Quant. Unless well synchronized and prepared with a target to score high in each of the 3 sections in CAT 2016, no call due to low percentile from IIMs could be expected.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore which has recently moved up to 13th rank among top Universities of the world in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) annual World University Rankings and has been ranked 2nd best in the Asian University Rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released on September 15, 2015, is all set to invest $75 million on its innovative learning by introducing smart class rooms. A team based learning will now be reflected instead of conventional class room types at NTU Singapore.

14 Symbiosis B-schools affiliated to Symbiosis International University (SIU) will shortlist the students for admission to their flagship MBA 2016-18 programme on the basis of scores obtained in paper pen based SNAP 2015 to be held on Dec 20, 2015 in 30 cities across the country.

SNAP 2015 will be a paper pen mode Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) based examination of 2 hours duration from 2PM to 4PM. Candidates are allowed with blue or black ball pen, preferably black as the OMR sheet in black ink can be better read by the system.

Big success stories can emerge from small towns in CAT 2015 also, the fact has been proved by CAT topper and IIM Lucknow student Aastha Sneha who secured a percentile of 98.87 in CAT and 99.97 in XAT. A consistent performer in academics and in various competitions, Aastha completed her school education from 7 different schools, due to the frequent transfers her father had to undergo in his job.