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.

IIM Caclutta will award higher weightage to academics from 20 to 30 percent while reducing it for CAT 2015 from 77 to 67 in its shortlisting process for PI round in admission to PGP 2016-18 batch. Announcing the admission policy for PGP-2016-18 batch, IIM Calcutta will focus more on academic profile prior to graduation only. However, no weightage to academic diversity or high percentage in graduation marks will be awarded in the shortlisting process by IIM Calcutta.

The additional 10 minutes to attempt CAT 2015 exam without any addition of questions may prove to be a bonanza, if used judiciously. Despite the division of CAT 2015 into 3 sections instead of earlier 2 and increase of time limit from 170 to 180 minutes (full 3 hours), the number of questions remains the same 100. It is now upto the CAT 2015 aspirants how they utilize the additional time of 10 minutes to score more.

Take the best out of 10 minutes

In a swift and quick move AIMA enabled the MAT 2015 September exam Admit Cards on Aug 28 on its site, a day before the scheduled date of issuing the MAT 2015 Admit cards. The admit cards were enabled even for the candidates who registered late after August 22 and till August 24.

A consistent academic performer and a versatile personality Karan Kokane advises CAT 2015 aspirants to appear in as many competitive exams as possible and not just limit their preparation to CAT 2015. Karan followed the strategy to crack number of MBA entrance tests including CAT, XAT, MAHCET among others with high scores. Currently Karan Konkane is pursuing the prestigious MMS course from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai