CAT 2015: MCQ & Non MCQ; Understand the shape and implication; all questions compulsory

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 is not going to be a cake-walk for the aspirants as it will not be on the pattern of earlier CAT exams. Apart from Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) the non-MCQ types of questions have also been introduced in CAT 2015. With no answer options available after the questions, the Non-MCQ type of questions will test your answering approach while arriving at the final answer of the question.

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SMU Singapore: Lee Kong Chian School of Business; MBA or Masters- Opportunities are more than anticipated

Singapore Management University (SMU) Singapore is the first publicly funded autonomous university in Singapore and is built on the model of University of Pennsylvania-Wharton. Their collaboration is augmented by theWharton-SMU Research Center, giving Wharton a physical presence in Asia. SMU MBA was established in 2008 at Lee Kong Chian School of Business. Accredited by AACSB and EQUIS, Singapore Management University is one of the youngest universities to receive accreditation from the two international bodies.

CMAT: Exam Schedule Changed now; CMAT 2016 onwards a yearly test

Releasing the notification for CMAT January 2016, AICTE has informed that the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) will no longer be held twice in a year, instead it will be a yearly test. The first CMAT after the policy change will be conducted in January 2016 and the detailed notification will be issued shortly by All India Council for Technical Education in this regard.
MBAUniverse.com already updated the CMAT aspirants on the policy change of AICTE regarding the once a year CMAT in place of twice a year CMAT.

XIMB organizes MERCATIQUE 2015; the Marketing business conclave

Mercatique, the flagship business conclave of MAXIM, the Marketing Association of XIMB, was organized on August 2, 2015 at Bhubaneshwar. The topic of the discussion for this years conclave was Evolution of Brand and Customer Interaction. The event was graced by eminent speakers from various fields of marketing like, Susmita Misra, SVP Karvy Insights, Arvind Suri, DMG Sales Sun Pharma, Mahesh Rao, Ex-CEO Switz Industrial Bakery Middle East and Ex-commercial Director, HJ Heinz and Amit Gope, Head Marketing, Century Plyboard.

CAT 2015: Get acquainted with the changes in exam; Judge yourself before you jump

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 the mandatory exam for admission to flagship PGP programmes 2016-18 at 20 IIMs, FMS, NITIE, MDI, IMI and other top rated B schools will be a different test as notified on July 26, 2015. The notification for CAT 2015 was released on July 26, 2015 by the exam convening IIM Ahmedabad and left the aspirants confused and surprised due to the fact that absolutely different exam pattern was announced. The changes have called for the change in preparation strategy as well. The changes are more than they were there in CAT 2014.

Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA: A preferred MBA destination for professionals and freshers; admissions open

The Fuqua School of Business of Duke University is one of the highly respected business schools located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Globally ranked 21, Fuqua School of Business is one of the leading business schools in the world with talented faculty and renowned research centers. US News ranks Duke (Fuqua) as the 14th best. Fuqua enrolled its first class of 20 students in the year 1970. Today the annual enrollment into Fuquas degree programmes is more than 1300.

MBA programmes at Fuqua The various competitive programmers offered by Fuqua are:

XAT 2016 Registration to open in August last week; know the key facts

Deviating from the earlier XAT years, XLRI Jamshedpur the XAT 2016 conducting institute will announce the opening of registration for XAT 2016 in the 4th week of August 2015 instead of 2nd week of August as used to happen in past XAT exams. The exam is going to be held in a single day in paper-pen format on January 3, 2016.

As shared by XLRI official the XAT 2016 registration is proposed to open in the last week of August 2015 and the notification for the exam is also proposed to be released sometime around the 3rd or 4th week of this month.

CAT 2015: Domination of Quant section still prominent; commands 34% weightage; dont stay relaxed

To improve academic diversity in IIM class rooms, CAT 2015 has increased number of sections from 2 to 3 reducing the weightage of Quant section from 50 to 34 as regards number of questions although all the questions in CAT 2015 will carry equal marks whether of MCQ or Non MCQ type. Prof S K Agarwal, mentor on CAT 2015 preparation shares the specific points which require even greater focus to prepare on Quant in CAT 2015 and suggests a well devised preparation plan to score high.

Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida organizes MDP on Discipline, Vigilance and RTI; top PSUs participate

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida organized the second open MDP on Management of Discipline, Vigilance and RTI from July 29 to 31, 2015 in New Delhi. The inauguration was conducted by Dean- MDP, Shri B.D Singh, Shri. Biplab Mitra (Sr. ConsultantMDP & Ex- CVO- Allahabad Bank, UCO Bank) and AGM- Amit Mohapatra along with team members- Kumar Uttam, Gaurav Sharma & Reema Gupta.