With a vision to make SPJIMR a globally recognized management institution, Dr Ranjan Banerjee has recently taken over as the new Dean of renowned S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai.Dr Banerjee brings with him a rare combination of extensive business, corporate training, academic and consulting experience.He took office on June 6, 2015 and moved quickly to announce a series of steps that would make himself approachable, create an environment of mutual trust and build a culture of working together with the faculty, staff, alumni, students and other stakeholders.

CAT 2015 with the first of its kind Non-MCQ type of questions in each of the 3 sections has given an opportunity to test takers to boost their percentile without fearing for negative marking. There are expected to be about 4 to 6 questions categorized as Non-MCQs whose answers options will not be available for CAT 2015 takers. The answers will have to be typed on computer screen by CAT 2015 test takers after solving the questions.

IIFT the top rated B-school offering 2 years full time MBA (IB) programme will close the admission application process tomorrow on Sep 3, 2015 for the batch 2016-18. The National Level Admission Test for MBA (IB) batch 2016-18 courses at the Delhi and Kolkata campuses of IIFT will be convened on November 22, 2015 in a single session in paper-pen mode. So far the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has not proposed any extension in the last date to register and apply for the entrance exam.

Your 99 or 100 percentile in CAT 2015 is not the only criterion to get into IIM A,B,C as other abilities also count is proved by Sirshendu Sengupta who with a score 97.82 in CAT converted the call to IIM Bangalore with his determination With a view to inspire and motivate CAT 2015 aspirants, the topper of CAT and student of PGP 2015-17 batch at IIM Bangalore Sirshendu Sengupta shares his CAT preparation journey and how he converted the final call to IIM Bangalore. After doing his graduation, Sirshendu has worked in one of the leading consulting firm and is Certified from IIMC.

Bridge School of Management has announced the appointment of Dr Bibek Banerjee as the new Dean and Head of Academics of the institution. Acknowledged by CRISIL as an innovation driven institution builder in India, Dr Banerjee joins Bridge School from the Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad (IMTG) where he was the Director and Academic Mentor of Group-IMT (India). Previously, he was at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), where he spent 18 years as Professor of Marketing & Economics.

The 3 out of 34 questions on Jumbled paragraphs in Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VRC) section in CAT 2015 may not pose the threat of containing Non-MCQ as the type of PJ questions may have a different shape in MCQ form.

According to Prof S K Agarwal, expert on Verbal Ability since CAT 2015 proposes to contain a substantial number of Non-Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in each of the 3 sections, VRC is expected to have around 4-6 Non-MCQs where no answer options will be given.

Computer based MAT 2015 is good opportunity for aspirants to rehearse well on the real exam judiciously and managing their time in the exam room. The extended last date for online registration and application process for CBT MAT 2015 closes today on September 1, 2015. Apart from this, MAT 2015 exam is the gateway to MBA/PGDM programmes to more than 180 B-schools across the country

The QS World University Rankings placed Nanyang Technological University Singapore in the worlds top 50 universities. Not only this, NTU President, Professor Bertil Andersson has shared that NTU has improved in the QS Asian university rankings from 14th place to 4th place.

International Management Institute (IMI) successfully launched its Alumni Singapore Chapter meet at 1-Altitude on August 29, 2015. The meet was graced by various senior alumni and IMI Dean of Alumni Affairs, Prof. BA Metri and Dean of Corporate Relations, Prof. Manaswini Acharya.