Paper pen based format in SNAP test is proposed to continue not only for SNAP 2015 but for future exams also till the zero error in computer based format especially while copying the Data Interpretation questions is ensured. According to Dr R Raman Convener SNAP 2015 & Director SIBM Pune SNAP 2015 will be a paper-pen based exam and most probably SNAP 2016 would also be paper-pen based.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi concluded the summer placement 2015 in record time for the students of its flagship MBA (International Business) program 2015-17. Despite the tight fisted economy conditions, the highest number of recruiters turned up on the campus to offer summer internship to the batch of 262 students.

Among the top recruiters are Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, ITC, Shell, Boeing, GE, Marico, Dabur, J&J CH, GSK CH, Godrej Industries, eBay, Flipkart, Microsoft, Google & Amazon.

CAT Centre 2015 would be making available the CAT 2015 mock test towards the end of October instead of earlier announced date of October 15, 2015. Experts at CAT Centre 2015 and convener CAT 2015 are incessantly working to enable it on CAT 2015 website at the earliest possible. Sharing with MBAUniverse.com, Prof Tathagata Bandyopadhyay, Convener CAT 2015 and faculty at IIM Ahmedabad says We have been working on the mock test. I expect this to be uploaded at the end October.

SRM University sets a new placement record on Day One with top four IT companies offering jobs to 6064 students. Speaking on the occasion on placement results, Dr. Paarivendhar, Founder Chancellor, said that this is the first time SRM University shared the slot 1 with four companies Cognizant, Infosys, TCS and Wipro.Such sharing helps the students to make their own choice of the company with multiple offers in hand he said.

Anticipating discriminatory features in proposed IIM Bill 2015 that could make adverse impact on PGDM schools, Indian Association of Autonomous Business Schools (IAABS)recently organizedTheFirst Indian B-Schools Summitto discuss and deliberate on the possible promulgation of the IIM-MBA Bill and other important management education - centric issues at XIME Bangalore.

MDI Gurgaon concluded its Summer Placement 2015 in 2.5 days breaking its own record of 3.5 days in 2014. Summer internship is a mandatory requirement for the fulfillment of the MBA curriculum.

Since 2010 Data Interpretation (DI) and Logical Reasoning (LR) in CAT have remained clubbed with Quant and Verbal Ability sections. CAT 2015 is going to be the first exam having created a separate section on DILR with 32 questions of MCQ and Non-MCQ type.

You will be allotted 60 minutes to solve 32 questions in this section equally divided as 16 DI and 16 LR questions appearing in sets as well as individual questions.

DILR: Equal weightage

IIM Rohtak organized 5th Management Conclave, MANCON 2015, a 2 day convention on Oct 10 & 11, 2015 at its campus. The conclave focused on the topic Opportunity in Crisis: Call for Intelligent Innovation. The conclave witnessed the participation of top business leaders Deepak Tuli, Co-Founder and COO, Goibibo; Anil Chopra, Business Head, Technical Skill Development, Siemens; Murlee Dhar Shyamm, VP-Group, RJ Corp Healthcare; Vivek Tripathi, CHRO, Lava International; Rakesh Kharwal, Director - Intel Security, McAfee and Mr Murthy NSN, Director and Leader, Smart Cities among others.

CAT 2015 aspirants going to appear in the largest MBA entrance exam with 2.18 lakh candidates writing the test to get one of the top IIMs, need to ensure that they have other weights with them apart from scoring high sectional and overall percentile as IIMs have modified their admission criteria for PGP 2016-18 batch.

Busting the Halo effect of studying in IIMs despite being offered admission, Shourya Jain, FMS Delhi student & CAT topper with 99.95 percentile motivates and inspires CAT 2015 aspirants with his go with ease preparation tips and key advice not to complicate the things to score high in CAT 2015. Shourya Jain also scored a high percentile of 99.7 in XAT 2015 and was offered admission at XLRI as well.