It will soon be the time when the official announcement of CAT 2011 will be made. AskMBAUniverse.com has launched the series of Live Expert Chats with the renowned CAT experts on CAT 2011 preparation. The next Live Expert Chat will be held on the topic, How to prepare for CAT Verbal Ability on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 5 pm onwards. The expert for the chat will be Ms Meenakshi Upadhyay, Verbal Ability expert and trainer and author of books on Verbal Ability for CAT exam. Meenakshi Upadhyay is a well known name in the field of CAT and aptitude preparation through Tata McGraw-Hill books.

Following the footsteps of IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Lucknow, which had conducted the computer based CAT in year 2009 and 2010 respectively, IIM Calcutta has taken the responsibility to conduct the CAT 2011 entrance exam.

In the MBAUniverse.com special series on MBA Survival Guide, we have till now shared with you the experiences of students from IIMs -- Ahmedabad, Raipur and Rohtak. Continuing with our endeavor to make your dream-to-reality experience a sweet one today we bring to you survival tips from IIM Bangalore student Aditya Mukherjee.

Envisaging to build a strong student exchange programme IFIM Business school signed an MoU with Plymouth University, UK on March 11, 2014 in Bangalore announcing the beginning of an alliance to encourage regular interaction between their faculty and students in various academic and research activities. Dr. D. N Murthy, Dean-Research & International Relations, IFIM Business School initiated the signing with Mr. Troy Heffernan, Director - International Programmes, Plymouth University.

MBAUniverse.com has shared the key trends and expected cut offs in various B schools to explore admission opportunities. Know the important dos to leverage and utilize your score card to the optimum level in admission to B schools where CMAT scores are accepted. http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/7571/CMAT%20-Feb-2014-Results-declared ;

Over-all score; no percentile or sectional cut off

SRM University, Tamilnadu, the parent body of SRM school of Management has extended the last date to Apply Online for the admission year 2014 to 30 March 2014. However, there is no change in the SRM Entrance Examination entrance exam dates which would be conducted as scheduled, computer based exam from April 17 to 22, 2014 and Paper Pencil exam on April 27, 2014. The duration of the exam will be 150 minutes.

Management programmes at SRM

There are about 90 days left for CAT 2011. By now, many of you would have started the basic preparation and have the conceptual clarity. Now it is time for you to move to the next level. To suggest you on the preparation strategy for the 90 days to CAT, the CAT 2010 toppers give you the advice in this article of MBAUniverse.com. Manage your time Since time is an important factor in a test like CAT. You should start solving the problems on the basis of time. Taking time bound tests are also necessary to check how far you have made yourself time bound.

The Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning is one of the sections which can give a hard time to the CAT 2011 aspirants. Now that you can hear the CAT 2011 announcement any time now, it is high time for you to tackle the areas which are away from your comfort zone. This article of MBAUniverse.com will tell you about the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section and how you can develop your preparation strategy to improve it.

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Bangalore inaugurated the new batch (2011-13) students on Friday, July 17, 2011. The induction program started from Wednesday, June 15, 2011. The induction program saw speakers from diverse sectors of the corporate world.