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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.

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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.

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore will celebrate its 42nd Foundation Day on Wednesday, October 28, 2015and will extend honour to its distinguished alumni among other plethora of events and activities on campus.

Indian Association of Autonomous Business Schools (IAABS) after organizing B-Schools Summit with Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director, XLRI as its President has submitted a Memorandum on October 11, 2015 to Ms Smriti Irani Minister of HRD, Government of India and has demanded autonomy to award MBA degree and level playing field at par with IIMs.

The memorandum is signed by Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director, XLRI as President of IAABS; Dr Bakul Dholakia, Director General IMI & former Director IIM Ahmedabad and Dr. C.P. Srimali, Director MDI, Gurgaon as Vice Presidents of IAABS.

Beating all expectation, a record 54,010 candidates have registered to take NMAT by GMAC test, which closed its registration process on October 19, 2015. Compared with last years registrations, this year 7000 more candidates have registered for the exam. Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), owner of NMAT by GMAC exam, has shared these numbers exclusively with MBAUniverse.com.

Attention CAT 2015 Aspirants! To test your readiness and preparation for the D-day, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management Hyderabad (VJIM-Hyd) will be organizing CAT 2015 mock test on November 6, 7 & 8, 2015 at 36 locations across the country.