Afraid of losing the admission opportunity I paid the 1st instalment of admission fee for Rs.50K in the 3rd week of April 2014 but now I have got the call from one of the new IIMs and I wish to withdraw from this B school. How much amount can I get back. Its one of the many queries that MBAUniverse.com has been receiving during the MBA admission season 2014 from numerous candidates frequently.

Dear MBA Aspirants,
Greetings to you and your parents on behalf of MBAUniverse.com
We have heard that you are in a dilemma of whether to do an MBA or not. We hope to remove all your doubts and anxiety over MBA degree by the end of this letter.
Well, this letter is not only for you but you can also make your parents, elders and relatives read this, so that you may be able to change their perception towards MBA education.

MAT May 2014 takers are probably for the first time are blessed with a round of good options of MBA admission available to them till next few days. With the declaration of results and scores in the offing, candidates are left with almost no time to exercise their options. But the admission opportunities still exist in good B schools across India.

Waiting period for admission to FMS Delhi may continue for another one month and before that all those who have converted their calls in old or new IIMs will have to deposit the requisite fee. Candidates with CAT percentile of 99+ have been raising the queries like Should I wait for FMS Delhi GDPI or deposit the fee in the IIM where I have been selected; Will it be worthwhile to wait for admission in FMS Delhi

All India Management Association (AIMA) has declared the results for Management Aptitude Test (MAT) held in May 2014. MAT May 2014 paper based test was held on May 4 whereas the computer based test was conducted on May 10.

To check the results, candidates are required to insert their roll number, form number and month of test. On clicking submit after filling in the details, the results will pop up on the screens.

Adding more fire-power to a star-studded speaker panel, PepsiCo Chairman Mr D Shivakumar will deliver a keynote address at 5th Indian Management Conclave (IMC) 2014 on August 8. Meanwhile, the nomination process for IMC Awards 2014 is open for B-schools & Universities to participate to tillJune 7.

Prometric will no longer be seen associated to CAT conducting partner of IIMs at least for next 5 years. CAT aspirants in 2014 will miss the Prometric logo of sideways looking half Sun with 5 rays.
The US based firm Prometric lost to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as the next 5 years testing agency of Combined Admission Test (CAT) conducted by Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for entrance to their management programmes. MBAUniverse.com was the first to announce the prospective association of TCS with IIMs for conducting CAT. http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/7474/CAT-2014

Those words of my father still echoes in my mind when he used to say, Love maths because Mathematics will follow you everywhere. Maths Humesha Kaam Ayegi. I wonder how true he was and how wrong I was in not listening to him during my Class 10th Board exam preparations.

I didnt take maths in my Class 11th as optional subject as I wanted to be as far away from mathematics as fire wants to be away from water. And this my friend, proved to be one of the fatal blows to my dream of being to IIMs.

For the benefit of CAT 2014 aspirants, MBAUniverse.com is bringing a round of CAT Topper 2013 success stories. In this third article in CAT Topper 2013 series we present the success story of Ishika Ray, a CAT Topper who scored a percentile of 92.17 in CAT 2013 exam. Her sectional scores were: QA-91.87 and VALR-88.72 .

MBAUniverse.com will introduce a CAT Topper 2013 every week on MBAUniverse.com Forum where CAT 2014 aspirants can directly ask questions with CAT Toppers 2013.

To chat directly with CAT Topper Ishika Ray for tips on CAT 2014 preparation, Click here

Former RBI Governor and Finance Secretary of India Dr D Subbarao has been appointed as a distinguished Visiting fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business school. His appointment got effective from May 2, 2014. It will be one year tenure with his new assignment which will see his active participation in various activities at NUS B School, at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).