NMAT-2015 second day was not much different from the first day except that fewer candidates reported for test. The computer-delivered test in which each candidate got a randomly generated exam from a pool of questions on October 8, 2014 had a few twisted questions also. Although candidates had a choice of selecting the order/sequence of the test sections, each section had an individual time limit and candidates needed to complete answering the questions and reviewing the section within the allotted section time.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM) New Delhi conferred Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for Excellence in Public Administration and management 2014 to Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, distinguished Scientist & Chief Controller (Research & Development), DRDO and Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace, Ministry of Defence on October 7, 2014. The award was given away today at 12 pm by the President of India in Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Sharing the experience of CAT toppers with prospective CAT 2014 aspirants for their benefit is an innovative endeavour from MBAUniverse.com to learn the tips and tricks from past CAT toppers who not only scored high percentile but also were able to convert their call to one of the IIMs.

SPJIMR Mumbai is all set to go global in admission process for PGDM batch 2015-17. In the back drop of the application process for the SPJIMR PGDM batch of 2015-2017 and SPJIMR team leaving for a global tour to attract foreign applicants, the Deputy Director (PGDM), Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay shares with MBAUniverse.com how and why SPJIMR leads the way in management education in India.

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Below are shared the excerpts of the interview of Dr Atish Chattopadhyay with MBAUniverse.com

NMAT 2015 has begun today on Oct 7, 2014. NMAT is an online test that is conducted on the Global pattern of testing the candidates. Pearson VUE is conducting NMAT 2015 on behalf of NMIMS University.
The first day of NMAT 2015 contained computer based objective type multiple-choice 120 questions, to be solved in 2 hours (120 minutes). It means the aspirant had 1 minute per question to solve. No descriptive type of questions were asked in NMAT 2015.

Moderate to difficult test

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies(NMIMS) offers MBA at its four campuses at Mumbai, Shirpur, Bangalore and Hyderabad, with a total intake of 800 students in flagship MBA programme. Approximately 60 thousand aspirants are expected to appear in computer based NMAT 2015 to be held in one and a half month test window from October 7 to December 20, 2014.

No candidate who has cleared graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school is eligible to apply and register for NMAT 2015.

CAT 2014 registration window is being reopened on October 10, 2014 for one day to accommodate all such candidates who couldnt register and apply for CAT 2014. Number of candidates couldnt apply during the 56 days registration window from Aug 6 to Sep 30, 2014. Till Sep 30, 2014 around 1.90 lakhs CAT 2014 aspirants registered and applied for CAT 2014.

Dr. Rajan Saxena, who has been Vice Chancellor of prestigious NMIMS (Deemed to be University) since 2009, was recently re-appointed at the position for a consecutive second term. His name was recommended by the Search Committee headed by Mr. Pankaj Patel, Chairman-Zydus Cadila & Member of BoM, NMIMS Dr. Saxena, who set up the IIM-Indore as its first Director, took over as Vice Chancellor of NMIMS in 2009. Under his leadership, NMIMS improved its tie-ups with reputed foreign universities and was also invited by GMAC to be its member. Dr.

JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur has announced the joining of Dr Devi Singh, Ex director IIM Lucknow as the new Vice Chancellor of JKLU. Welcoming Dr Singh as their new Vice Chancellor JKLU says A strong proponent and practitioner of the Industry-academia interface, Dr. Singh brings with him a wealth of expertise and experience that will serve as an inspiration to JKLU faculty and students alike.We are sure that JKLU will achieve added heights of academic rigour, research focus and education excellence under his astute guidance.

At the age of 43 Professor Gerald George is all set to be the youngest new dean of Singapore Management Universitys (SMU) Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB). Professor George, who will join SMU on January 1, 2015 for a five-year term, is currently Deputy Dean of the Imperial College Business School and the Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre. He also serves as the International Dean of BML Munjal University, an innovative new university mentored by Imperial and located in Gurgaon.