3 months of preparation for IIFT 2015 entrance test on English Comprehension can get you admission to MBA (IB) at IIFT Delhi or Kolkata depending upon your performance. IIFT Entrance examination to flagship MBA programme in International business, to be held on Nov 22, 2015, is around 90 days away and you cant say that there is ample time nor you can excuse yourself by saying that time is too short to prepare for IIFT 2015. 1-2 hours dedicated preparation on 5 key areas in Verbal Ability (English Comprehension as IIFT names it) can do wonders.

With the change in weightage to MCQs and non-MCQs in VRC section and scoring pattern in CAT 2015, it would be better to revise your preparation strategy accordingly to aim for a high score in modified CAT 2015 is the specific advice from Prof S K Agarwal Verbal Ability expert and mentor on CAT 2015 preparation. Since CAT 2015 is going to be convened by IIM Ahmedabad on November 29, 2015, less than 90 days remain to prepare, practice, analyse and update the accuracy level for the exam.

S P Jain Institute of management & Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai, one of the top rated Private B schools in India will begin its admission application process for flagship PGDM 2016-18 batch on September 21, 2015. The top rated B-school will accept CAT 2015; XAT 2016 and GMAT scores (test taken from January 2013 onwards to 15th December 2015). Candidates will have the opportunity to opt for two specializations at the time of application.The last date to apply at SPJIMR is December 7, 2015.

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) has started the admission process to different MBA programmes beginning 2016 and has invited online applications for the batch 2016-18. The last date of applying to XIMB is December 7, 2015. XIMB will accept scores of CAT 2015, XAT 2016, GMAT (taken from 2014 to 2015) or X-GMAT to be conducted by XIMB on January 10, 2016.

XIMB offers 2 years full time MBA programmes and PGDM programmes in various streams. Placement at XIMB saw an average annual compensation of Rs.12.08 lakhs.

The perceptible changes adopted both in structural and content level in CAT 2015 are only the glimpses of the evolutionary process though which computer based Common Admission Test is still going. From one day single session CAT to 20 day 2 session and again going back from the 40 sessions to 2 sessions, CAT 2015 settles for one day exam.

AIMAs MAT for admission to 180 management institutes in 2016 in paper pencil mode conducted on Sep 6, 2015 was attempted by good number of candidates. One of the reasons to the show could be attributed to No-CMAT in September, 2015.

The paper based MAT 2015 was held in a single session across the country with the participation of more than 20000 candidates. Test pattern was more or less at the same difficulty level as shared by MBAUniverse.com in its earlier articles on MAT 2015.

The paper pen based Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2016 to be held on January 3, 2016 has increased its test duration by 30 minutes. Now XAT 2016 will have a time duration of 3 hours instead of only 3 hours. XLRI the XAT 2016 convening institute shares The duration of the test will be of three and a half hours (3 ) i.e. from 10:00am to 01:30pm on Sunday, January 3, 2016.

Higher Education Forum (HEF) organized Teachers day event on September 5, 2015 in Mumbai to honour and award the academicians, thinkers, corporate contributors making outstanding contribution to improve the higher education and research in the country. 26 awardees were honoured on the occasion including Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE as one of awardees. Dr Sahasrabudhe was recognized for his outstanding leadership for changing the complexion of COEP, Pune.

The prescribed minimum high sectional and overall percentile even in new IIM admission policy has left the flagship maiden academic batch of PGP 2015-17 at 6 new IIMs gasping for suitable candidates to fill in the small intake. From next year the admission intake will increase further in accordance with the directive issued after the decision taken in the Union Government Cabinet meeting held on June 24, 2015.

96.3 OA in CAT needed by new IIM