The decision of CAT conducting IIM Indore and the CAT 2014 Convener Dr Rohit Kapoor to re-open the CAT 2014 registration on October 10, 2014 is a historic decision which is expected to benefit thousands of CAT 2014 aspirants.

Recognized as one of the worlds biggest & the best MBA education conference, 5th edition of International Business School Shanghai Conference (IBSSC) Shanghai will be hosted by the Antai College of Economics and Management (ACEM) Shanghai Jio Tong University on October 9 & 10, 2014 with MBAUniverse.com as its International Media Partner.

One more day to finalize the CAT 2014 registration/application process arrives on October 10, 2014. The kind gesture of CAT 2014 convening IIM Indore comes in the wake of technical glitches due to which CAT 2014 aspirants could not complete their registration/application We have been given to understand that few candidates faced difficulties during the last day of submission of CAT 2014 application, i.e., on 30th September 2014 owing to failures in internet connection, net banking transactions etc. says Dr Rohit Kapoor, IIM Indore faculty and CAT 2014 convener.

IIMs have allowed one more day to complete the CAT 2014 registration/application process. Sharing exclusively with MBAUniverse.com Dr Rohit Kapoor, Faculty IIM Indore and CAT 2014 Convener has informed We are allowing the candidates one more day on 10th October, 2014 to complete the registration/application process. The window will be opened from 00:00 hours to 23:59 hours.

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CAT 2014 registration is over with the registration count of 1.90 lakhs. The number is the clear indicator that 1.90 lakhs CAT 2014 aspirants will be in the field to compete for 19 IIMs and other top B schools. Those who go for better and steady preparation strategy will therefore get an edge. The week in hand is a good time to improve the pace of practice for CAT 2014 to get this edge.

If you missed to register for CAT 2014, there is nothing to worry about. You have XAT 2015 which is open for registration till November 22, 2014 and will provide you with equally good opportunities to seek admission in top B schools like XLRI, XIMB, SPJIMR, IMT and many more

The fact that XAT 2015 will be conducted on the similar pattern as in earlier XAT exams without any change in the pattern and syllabus, makes XAT one of the most favourite management entrance tests in the country.

NMAT by GMAC exam scores will be accepted by highly ranked Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB) of Xavier University Bhubaneshwar for various MBA 2017-19 programmes. Earlier the scores of NMAT by GMAC were accepted by NMIMS and other 17 universities and institutes in India. Now this number of total universities and institutes accepting NMAT by GMAC score has gone up to 20 including NMIMS and XIMB. However, Xavier University, Bhubaneshwar would be accepting NMAT by GMAC scores for its specific MBA programmes and not for all the programmes.

Xavier School of Management (XLRI),one of Indias premier B-Schools, concluded the summer placements for its largest ever first year batch 2016-18 in record time. According to XLRI, the entire batch consisting of 361 students got summer offers in just 2.5 days! While FMCG sector was a biggest recruiter of summer talent, E-commerce sector lost its lustre. E-commerce sector was a major recruiter last year accounting for 8% of the summer offers, but this number has halved and the share has reduced to 4%.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM) Delhi, one the reputed B schools in Delhi has started its process of admission to PGDM 2017-19 batch. LBSIM will accept CAT 2016 exam scores for short listing the candidates for admission to its flagship two-year full-time PGDM batch 2017-19.

CAT the most preferred MBA/PGDM entrance test for graduates from all disciplines and gateway to 7 older, 6 new and 6 proposed IIMs gets a dip of 6000 with registration count of 1,89,759 for CAT 2014. The registration for CAT 2014 may have largest number of registrations in comparison to all other management entrance tests, still there is a marginal dip of around 6 thousand registrations over CAT 2013. This is despite the fact that 6 more new IIMs have been proposed to begin functioning from admission session 2015-16.