IIM Calcutta (Kolkata) headed by its well learned Director Prof Saibal Chattopadhyay,is expected to declare the shortlist of candidates for next phase of admission round on January 5, 2015. According to IIM Caclutta, the Shortlist of candidates to be called for Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT) for PGP-PGDM batch 2015-17 is likely to be available on January 5, 2015.

XAT-2015 the PGDM/MBA 2015-17 batch entrance exam is to be held on January 4, 2014 in a single session and in paper pen mode in 47 cities in India. The exam is said to be held on the similar pattern as in past years with no surprise element in XAT 2015. But you may not rule out the surprise element in XAT 2015 to test your skill despite any claim of no surprises from exam conducting body. A few of such surprises are no longer the surprise element as they are known before hand but a few other unanticipated ones could also be present in XAT 2015 without any discrimination.

Declaration of CAT 2014 result on Dec 27, 2014 has brought more number of 100 percentilers and yet greater number of 99 percentilers. All these high percentilers will surely hope to pursue PGDM 2015-17 from the top rated B school like IIM Ahmedabad. But the problem is that not all these high percentilers are shortlisted by IIMA for final admission round despite the fact that they have scored 99+ percentile. IIM A proposes to declare the first short list on Jan 2 Short List of candidates to be called for AWT-PI for PGP 2015-17 is likely to be available on January 2, 2015.

Only 4 days are left to XAT 2015 which is going to be held on the first Sunday of January 2015 i.e. January 4, 2015. Syllabus for Verbal Ability in XAT is vast and extensive. You might have covered a lot but have you covered all the relevant topics to score a high percentile? Only 4 days are left to January 4, 2014 the day on which thousands of aspirants will appear in one of the most sought after management entrance test to coveted B schools. Almost everything must have been studied by now. Learn from Prof. S.K.

According to IIM Ahmedabad, the Short List of candidates to be called for AWT-PI for PGP 2015-17 is likely to be available on January 2, 2015. While AWT stands for Academic Written Test, PI stands for Personal Interview round at IIM Ahmedabad.

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2015 is going to have a changed face with more number of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with the same exam time duration of 3 hours. It implies more time constraints to attempt the test as time per question to solve will be less in XAT 2015.

In all there will be 114 MCQs instead of 101 or 103 questions as used to appear in earlier exams. All the questions will carry equal weightage of marks in XAT 2015.

Problems on Decision Making will form an entire section in XAT 2015 with 23 questions in sets or individual pattern emphasising its importance in calculation of percentile and shortlisting for final admission round. Decision Making has gained more importance since XAT 2012 when the questions on Decision Making were increased from 7-8 to 23-25. Besides earlier these questions formed the part of other sections, now a complete section has been carved out on Decision Making problems.

Vodafone India Limited,one of Indias leading telecommunications service providers,will hire over 130 management trainees by 2015, through their Discover Campus Program- a signature cadre program designed for grooming business leaders of tomorrow. Discover is an aspirational management trainee program that provides fast-track career growth, exciting and challenging opportunities and a potential to connect with fellow alumni.

Thousands of CAT 2014 test takers have been approaching MBAUniverse.com after declaration of CAT 2014 result on Dec 27, 2014 in regard to their not very good and uneven sectional performance in the exam. The candidates are in a jeopardy whether they will be shortlisted for admission by highly ranked B schools for admission 2015 with their unexpectedly low scored percentile in CAT 2014. Most of these candidates have registered for XAT 2015 also and it appears that their well planned preparation strategy to take XAT 2015 got a set back after declaration of CAT 2014 result.

IMT Ghaziabad one of the premier top ranked B-Schools in the NCR region has extended the deadline for submission of online application for its 2 year PGDM program via the Common Application form. The extension in admission application process is the result of the delay in announcement of CAT 2014 results. This will provide students who missed the earlier deadline with a good opportunity to apply at one of the leading management schools offering world class education and pedagogy.