In a move that is going to make CAT 2014 test takers aspiring for admission opportunity in the top rated IIMA to shell more out of their pockets, IIM Ahmedabad the premier B school of India has announced the upwards revision in fee for its PGP and PGP-ABM programs from academic session 2015-16. The fee stands increased from the present Rs. 16.6 lakhs to Rs. 18.5 lakhs. The PGPX course fee is also being raised from Rs. 21.5 lakhs to Rs. 24.0 lakhs for the batch commencing from April 2015.

MBA/PGDM aspirants who have taken CAT 2014 but in their assessment find it difficult to cross the hurdle to get into IIMs need not lose heart. A good opportunity still exists for them in the shape of XAT 2015 where registration is open till November 30, 2014.

Final year PGDM student at BIMTECH Greater Noida, Mahima Kapoor has won the international scholarship for internship sponsored by The Prudential Foundation to students from universities in Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

India has around 4000 MBA/PGDM programs offered by six different types of B schools. Prospective students after scoring a high percentile and getting shortlisted by different B schools are confused which programs and which B school they should choose to pursue their MBA/PGDM programs. The credible B school Ranking Survey plays a very important role in helping the candidate to decide which B school he/she should opt for.

Administering of most sought after and largest MBA/PGDM entrance examination CAT 2014 all over the country for 1.97 lakh registered candidates in just 2 days was a perfect show of well devised plan and management strategy by IIM Indore, the CAT 2014 convening IIM) and TCS (the CAT 2014 testing agency) that resulted in delivering a successful CAT 2014 without any technical glitches in 4 sessions on Nov 16 and Nov 22, 2014.

CAT 2014: Shortest & Glitch free test

On October 1, former IIM Ahmedabad Director Dr Bakul Dholakia took over as the Director General of International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi. Dr Dholakia is much respected for his bold stance on the autonomy of Higher Education institutions. Dr Dholakia was the guiding force behind the expansion of activities at IIMA, where he served as the director between 2002 and 2007. After his term as director ended, he decided to move out of IIM A to help Adani Group set up a Medical School, and a Management School.

With the second session on second day of CAT 2014 on Nov 22, 2014 getting over on time and without any technical snags, curtains on CAT 2014 testing window have gone down. Fate of 1.75 lakhs of candidates is now lying in the hands of CAT centre 2014 as the results of CAT 2014 test takers will be announced in the third week of December, 2014.

Fully geared up to take the IIFT 2014 entrance test on Nov 23, 2014 the candidates should relax now and must not carry with them the hangover of what happened in CAT 2014. You can take a sigh of relief and may stick to your original travel plan to reach the IIFT test centre after CAT 2014 is over.

CAT 2014 in the first session on its second and final day of testing window on Nov 22, 2014 placed trickier and lengthier question sets on Reading Comprehension and Logical Reasoning parts in Verbal Ability section while keeping the questions on Quant and Verbal Ability to a moderate level.

The first session on the second day of CAT 2014 held on Nov 22, 2014 began on right time at 9.30 AM and got over without any technical issues. The 170 minutes test didnt have long queues outside the test centres although more number of candidates per centre were accommodated.

IIFT 2014 the gateway to highly ranked MBA (IB) batch 2015-17 is only a day away. IIFT 2014 entrance test will be held in the paper pen mode on Sunday Nov 23, 2014 in a single session across the country. It will be a 2 hours MCQ test from 10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon. The entrance test will be conducted in 20 cities across India.