Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur,one of Indias highly ranked B schools is all set to host Annual Homecomingof 2014 on November 8 & 9, 2014. About 250 XL Alumni are expected to participate in this years Homecoming including the batches of 2004 celebrating their 10threunion and 1979 celebrating their 30th reunion. Mr. Rana Sinha, Managing Director, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd is the National President of the XLRI Alumni Association.

The Second Pan IIM World Management Conference was held at IIM Kozhikode on Nov 5-8, 2014. The four day conference saw many distinguished speakers including Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Honble Union HRD Minister; Guillaume Sicard, President, Nissan India; Santosh Desai, MD & CEO, Future Brands, India; Ravi Kant, Former Vice Chairman and MD, Tata Motors, India; Dr Ashish Nanda, Director, IIM Ahmedabad and Mr. Abhishek Bachchan, Actor and Sports Entrepreneur discussing the conference theme - Globalizing Indian Thought.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has issued and dispatched the Admit Cards for its MBA (IB) entrance exam 2014 by post to all the eligible students who have applied for the test. The candidates who submitted the online or offline application forms complete in all respects must have received the Admit cards by now. Candidates who do not receive the Admit Cards till Nov 12, 2014 can download it from IIFT website.

CAT 2014 has changed the exam pattern and most of the changes have been brought to Verbal Ability section. Instead of earlier 10 questions based on 3 Reading comprehension passages, CAT 2014 is expected to have 4 Reading Comprehension passages followed by 16 questions. The difficulty level of RC passages is expected to remain moderate to difficult. The length of RC passages is also expected to be of 800-900 words each.

As anticipated IIFT 2014 MBA(IB) entrance test for admission session 2015-16 on Nov 23, 2014, had different format with different sectional pattern. IIFT 2014 had 118 questions which were lengthier than the IIFT 2013 entrance test and the test takers found the difficulty level a bit higher than earlier exams. Data Interpretation was clubbed to Quant instead of remaining with Logical Reasoning as appeared in earlier IIFT entrance test.

XAT 2015, being conducted by XLRI on behalf of XAMI for admission to XLRI 2015-17 PGDM batch and to other highly ranked B schools is the largest paper pencil pattern management entrance test in India. XAT 2015 is going to be conducted on January 4, 2015 in a single session across the country. The candidates who wish to appear in XAT 2015 and wish to explore admission opportunity in XLRI, SPJIMR, XIMB, IMT, LIBA and other good B schools can register and apply for XAT 2015 on line till November 22, 2014. XLRI will close the registration process for XAT 2015 after Nov 22, 2014.

None of the CAT toppers have gone berserk while handling their CAT questions in the testing room. They have a clear plan and the strategy to crack CAT in their mind. The strategy is open and nothing requires to be concealed. CAT 2014 has further enhanced the opportunity to carry forward this strategy to ace the exam while choosing the right type of questions out of more questions than earlier.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi wrapped up the summer recruitment process for students of its flagship MBA (International Business) program 2014-16 in record time. Despite the tight fisted economy conditions, the highest number of recruiters turned up on the campus to offer summer internship to the batch of 258 students.

CAT 2014 convening IIM has declared the marking scheme for CAT 2014. The marking pattern will more or less be the same as was present in earlier CAT years.

Award of 3 Points for every correct answer

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced the schedule for Second National Level Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2015 to select suitable students for admission in management programmes for academic year 2015-16. The on-line Registration process for second CMAT 2015 has opened on November 6, 2014 and will continue till January 5, 2015, just a day after XAT 2015 is over on January 4, 2015.