12 nominations enter IMC Awards 2013 finals; Winners to be announced on Aug 2-3 in New Delhi

How some of the B-schools have cracked puzzles facing Indian management education? What are the best ideas that can be applied and replicated by all B-schools? What unique ideas are emerging out of various challenges in management education in the country?

The answers will come straight from 12 IMC Awards finalists that include BIMTECH Delhi-NCR, GIM Goa, Great Lakes Chennai, IFIM Bangalore, IIM Kashipur, ITM Navi Mumbai, Jaipuria Institute of management, NMIMS, SPJIMR Mumbai, Symbiosis Pune, & TAPMI Manipal.

Great Lakes launches new specialization in Business Analytics

Great Lakes Institute of management, Chennai has introduced a new specialization for its flagship PGPM (1 year full time program) in Business Analytics focusing on the current market needs.

The Business Analytics specialization will be focusing on the current market needs while equipping the students with the required knowledge and skill set, the institute said. The institute already offers specializations in Human Resources, Marketing, Finance and IT/Operations.

CAT Prep: Identify simple errors to boost Verbal Ability score

Identifying simple errors while going through related questions in Verbal Ability section is one of the keys to boost your CAT percentile. Some of the major concepts which will help you solve error correction questions in VA include Time & Tense. This article will bring you some problem solving tips in this section of VA.

CAT aspirants are expected to understand that Perfect tenses express the idea that we are not interested in the action but in the completed fact and its relationship to a given general time aspect.

IMC Awards 2013 finalists to showcase initiatives on Aug 2-3 in New Delhi

More than 50 nominations from top B-schools across India competed in different IMC Awards categories to reach into an elite club of 12 finalists who will showcase their innovative ideas and unique initiatives at Indian Management Conclave (IMC) to be held on August 2-3, 2013 in New Delhi.

CAT prep: Understanding of text and patience keys to solving LR questions

The questions based on the concept of Team Formations frequently appear in the Verbal Ability-Logical Reasoning (VA-LR section) in CAT. In total, LR has about 10 questions based on different concepts. Team Formation is one of the most prominent sub-sections within Logical Reasoning.

Aspirants must remember that in Logical reasoning questions, key to success are good reading skill, understanding of the text and a fair amount of patience. If one has them, one can expect to hit all the right answer options.

This feature will guide you on LR Questions on Team Formation.

CAT Score scam: IIMs must own this failure, IIM L Director to MBAUniverse.com

After a fortnight of confusion and chaos over inflated CAT scores that has caused major embarrassment for top non-IIMs and shaken credibility of CAT amongst MBA community, IIM Lucknow Director Dr Devi Singh feels that IIMs should own this failure as they are directly responsible for all the process relating to CAT. In a candid chat with MBUniverse.com, Dr Devi Singh admits that IIMs should have adopted a better approach to deal with the crisis over inflated CAT scores.