While MBA Education sector is going through a churn, B-schools are bringing in new ideas and practices not only to survive and sustain but also add value to their MBA programmes, making them more relevant in todays fast changing business and economic environment.

Dr Nirmalya Kumar is Professor of Marketing and Co-Director of Aditya Birla India Centre at London Business School. He is one of the worlds leading thinkers on strategy and marketing; having also taught at Harvard Business School, IMD (Switzerland) and Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management).

How much time one need to devote for Quant & DI section during CAT preparation? How to successfully handle time management in mock and actual test? Which specific section need more focus in Quant section?

These are some of the questions that MBA Aspirants asked to CAT Expert and Author Rajesh Balasubramanian to MBAUniverse.com as they seriously take plunge into their CAT journey which may lead them to dream B-schools like IIMs and other top institutions like FMS, JBIMS, SPJIMR, IMT etc.

With XAT 2014 exam date on January 5, 2014, its time you should begin your preparation for the same simultaneously with your CAT 2013 preparation.

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), the national level Admission Test, is conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur for admission to Post Graduate Management Jamshedpur in XLRI Jamshedpur and many other top MBA Colleges, Institutes, reputed B-Schools in India.

Seating arrangement questions are one of the most consistent parts of Logical Reasoning section in Common Admission Test (CAT). Though the questions of seating arrangement look complex in first read, an organised way of approaching these questions will make it much simpler to solve than other questions. Also, with multiple ways of approaching the question, you can easily cross-check the accuracy factor by a quick revisit of the question.

The questions based on blood relations are important part of Logical Reasoning section of Common Admission Test (CAT).

Aimed at deliberating on research and contemporary issues on financial inclusion, XLRI Jamshedpur will host academicians, practitioners and microfinance institutions from across the country at its 3-day international conference & competition to be held in September this year.

According to the premier institute, both the events -2nd International Workshop on Inclusive Finance & National Level Competition Innovation4Impact, will be held on September 13-15, 2013 at the XLRI Jamshedpur campus.

What if you fall short of the required percentile for admission to IIMs basis your CAT scores?

While your preparation focus for now must be CAT which is just 120 days away, you should also simultaneously work on strategy to crack entrance exams for admission opportunity in top non-IIM B-schools like XLRI Jamshedpur, NMIMS, Symbiosis, IIFT amongst others.

Aimed at imparting managerial tools for family businesses in India, Harvard Business School (HBS) is conducting a four-day leadership development programme in India this month. The executive education program, Managing Family Businesses for Generational SuccessIndia, will be held from June 24 to 27, 2013 at the HBS classroom, Taj Lands End in Mumbai.

Once you have built your Verbal Ability preparation strategy for CAT 2013, your next step is to focus on each major areas of the section. You must have divided the syllabus into different major sections. Our previous prep article on VA suggested how you can divide CAT Verbal syllabus. In the first major area - Error Correction, you need to be very attentive while solving these questions as it carries minor errors also.