Since the year 2009 when CAT went green, 2013 could be recorded in the CAT history as the year of smooth and successful completion of examination during the five years as it had less disruption, less technical snags, least number of question errors, a very balanced test and above all had no surprising elements.

The Indian Institutes of Management and its CAT testing partner, Prometric have shared with MBA Universe that a total of 194,516 candidates completed testing in 76 secure test centres across 40 cities over a 20-day testing window from 16 October to 11 November 2013.

Prof. Sushil Vachani , professor of strategy and policy at Boston University School of Management has been appointed as the new director of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, according to the IIMB sources.
The Union Human Resource Development Ministry has approved the appointment of Prof. Sushil Vachani as the newdirectorof Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. His name was cleared by an appointment committee of the Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister.

With its 4th edition of annual MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking 2013- 14, Indias most comprehensive & toughest MBA ranking has thrown up many surprises. Among the 5 new IIMs which took part in the ranking 2013-14 survey IIM Trichy came at rank 19, way above many well known and leading B schools of the country. The survey results have reached & influenced more than 150,000 MBA aspirants helping them apply to right B-schools for MBA admissions 2014.

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), a deemed university established in 1936 and now operating through its 9 schools 3 independent centers offers many programs for the candidates interested in management related studies and many other courses . Admission to the programmes of TISS happens through the TISS National Entrance Test (TISS NET). The last date to apply for the same is November 15, 2013 and the date to examination is December 22, 2013. This MBAUniverse.com article gives you an overview of TISS, its programmes and exam pattern.

An HR Strategy Summit was recently organized by Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS ) Rohini & The Times of India on the topic R word ; Re-tooling, Re-skilling and Re-juvenating, providing an insight into the concept of the new age Human Resource Practices.

It aimed at an enriched deliberation amongst industry stalwarts on revitalizing the concept of the new age HR practices. Event was an excellent learning experience for students and faculty.

To get aspirants doubts and queries answered regarding XAT 2014, the registration process for which is currently underway till November 22, 2013 with the examination being scheduled on January 5, 2014, MBAUniverse.com conducted a Live Chat with Prof. Vishwa Ballabh, admission chairperson of XLRI, on November 12, 2013.

Aspirants asked questions not only on XAT 2014 but also on XLRI admission 2014 process.

Excerpts from the chat:

In its ongoing series to make the B school aspirants familiar with other prestigious management exams in the wake of CAT 2013 nearing its end, MBAUniverse.com comes up with the key inputs about Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP), 2013, the MBA entrance exam conducted by Symbiosis International University for the MBA programs in 13 B-schools under the university. In the line of various MBA entrance exams, SNAP is also one of the popular exams among MBA aspirants. The test is conducted in 30 cities all over India.

The Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi - FMS Delhi, which is one of the leading B schools in Delhi has opened the registration for admission to its two years full time MBA programme 2014-16 on November 11, 2013. The online registration will continue till December 31, 2013. FMS Delhi has been ranked at number 7 in MBAUniverse.com B schools ranking 2014.

Today is the last day of the 20 day test window of CAT 2013 exam. The first session for Day 20, on November 11, got over this afternoon at 1.00 PM. MBAUniverse.com editorial team was present on many centers in New Delhi, Noida and Greater Noida to speak to students for their first reaction. According to students on CAT Day 20 first session, Quantitative Ability section along with Verbal ability was moderate in difficulty level while both Data Interpretation and logical Reasoning was average.