With just 50 days remaining for Common Admission Test which is scheduled to be held in a 20 days window beginning 16 October, 2013, you must re-think your prep strategy based on some crucial factors which can influence your CAT percentile.

While you must be in the midst of your preparation, CAT experts suggest that the last 50 days of serious preparation can bring you an edge over others. In this article, we bring you expert advice on how you can fine-tune your prep strategy for last 50 days of CAT to boost your percentile.

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Deloitte, one of the leading B-school recruiters in India, has recently launched a national level competition - Campus Maverick, to test the business acumen of students from Indias top 60 MBA schools. The top global firm says the initiative is aimed at engaging with future talents in India and encouraging professional skills among the budding managers.

XLRI Jamshedpur has announced admission to its different management programme including 2-year full time Business Management (BM) and Human Resources Management (HRM) for academic session 2014-16. The registration process for the same will begin on September 2 and continue till December 21, 2013.

According to the institute, names of shortlisted candidates for admission to its HRM, BM, Global MBA, PGDM (GMP) & FPM will be declared by January 31, 2014.

Critical Reasoning is part and parcel of Logical Reasoning section of CAT. This includes Para-completion which is an important part of critical reasoning questions. Since it is more inclined towards verbal ability, an aspirant with better command over VA will be better equipped to solve such problems. This type of question comes with an incomplete paragraph, leaving the last line, which is required to be opted out of the four alternative concluding statements, given as possible answers, to complete the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

B-school admission 2014 season is here! With the registrations for most of the MBA entrance exams like CAT, XAT, NMAT, IIFT Entrance already open, some top B-schools have also announced their admission for the academic year 2014-16.

A few top B-schools have also announced their last date around the beginning of CAT 2013 which is being held from October 16. For example, the last date of application for both Management Development (MDI) Gurgaon and International Management Institute (IMI) is October 15.

With most of the MBA entrance exams open for registration, you must choose carefully your target B-schools based on quality parameters like their Faculty Strength, Return on Investment (RoI), Rankings.
In this article, MBAUniverse.com brings you factual information of top B-schools on these quality parameters. A careful observation of these quality parameters can help you opt for a valuable MBA degree
But, first lets know what these parameters are, and why these parameters are important indicator of a valued MBA degree?

Union HRD Minister Dr MM Pallam Raju has asked higher education institutions to engage in more collaborations and leverage advanced technology in education towards creating models for sustainable development. The Union Minister was speaking at 12th Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) at India Habitat Centre on August 22.

NITIE, Mumbai organized ISO 14001: Environmental Management System (EMS) Conclave recently at its campus in Mumbai. Industry experts and corporate leaders shared their insights and sensitized students and faculty members of NITIE about the practical implementation of ISO 14001 across industries during the day-long conclave held on August 14.

In this special column CAT expert and author Mr Rajesh Balasubramanian draws analogies between CAT, the most prestigious MBA entrance in India, and Cricket, the most popular sports of the country.

We in India get cricket analogies better than anything else. So here is a list of ideas for CAT with cricketing parallels.
Plan like the Kiwis

Ms Sumedha Deogharia scored 99.35%ile in CAT 2012. Presently a student of 2013-15 PGDIM batch of NITIE, Mumbai, Ms Deogharia shares her success mantras on cracking CAT. In this exclusive session with MBAUniverse.com, the alumni of DAV Shyamali, Ranchi and Jadavpur University Kolkata, talks on the challenges she faced while preparing for CAT and which part of her preparation helped her score high percentile in CAT and secure admission to the top B-school like NITIE.

She also talks on her GD/PI strategy, weekly study plans and what she finds as the best part of doing an MBA.