Good understanding of language & regular practice must for VA

As MBA Aspirants foray into their CAT journey, a section-wise strategy for next 150 days is one of the most important elements that can lead them to scoring high CAT percentile and offer opportunities to enter into their dream IIMs or other Top B-schools like FMS, JBIMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IMT etc. With the two sections Quantitative Aptitude (QA) & Verbal Ability (VA), comprising 30 questions each in Common Admission Test (CAT), an equal emphasis on both the section is required.

ISB admits 774 students; Avg GMAT score 711 with 5 yrs of work ex

The Indian School of Business (ISB) has admitted a total of 774 students across its Hyderabad and Mohali campuses, for the Class of 2014 of its Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP).

According to the Institute, the batch consists of students from diverse academic, professional, cultural, geographic and social backgrounds. The average GMAT score of the new batch stood at 711 with five years of working experience, the institute said.

150 days to CAT 2013: Know prep tips on Time Management

With 150 days left to your Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 date, you must strictly become consistent with your preparation timing as proper time management plays a key role to scoring high CAT percentile.
Though CAT experts believe that four to five month of serious preparation can fetch you a good confidence level for CAT, they however insist that practice and consistency with fixed daily-preparation hours or weekly- preparation hours hold key to achieving high CAT percentile.

Global thinker & HCL Vice-Chair Vineet Nayar to deliver keynote @ Indian Management Conclave 2013

Globally recognized management thinker and Vice-Chairman of HCL Technology Vineet Nayar will deliver the much anticipated keynote address at the 4th Indian Management Conclave (IMC) Awards & Conference 2013 on August 1-2 in New Delhi.

CAT Expert Chat: Go back to 9th & 10th books to strengthen your basics

With five months left for CAT 2013, MBAUniverse.com has launched weekly Online Live Chat session with renowned CAT Experts to guide MBA Aspirants on their CAT 2013 preparation strategy and related CAT preparation queries.

In the first Online Expert Live Chat of CAT 2013 season held on May 24, Mr Abhishek Gupta, National Product Head, MBA Test-Prep, Career Launcher India shared his tips on section-wise strategy, time management and other related queries on CAT 2013.

Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon holds Convocation 2013

Great Lakes Institute of Energy Management and Research, Gurgaon held its annual Convocation for its new batch of PGPM students on May 24, 2013. Union Minister of State for HRD Mr Jitin Prasada & Reliance Industries Limited New Ventures CEO and President Mr Vivek Lall attended the ceremony.

IFIM Bangalore holds conference on Role of Innovation in Business

IFIM Business School Bangalore organized 5th International Conference -Convergence 2013 on 17-18 May at the IFIM campus. The conference based on the theme - Role of Innovation in Business, saw participation of academician and scholars from 8 countries who presented over 150 research papers during the event.

Placement 2013: Marketing, Consulting emerge favourite@ IIM-I

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore has almost concluded final placement for its batch of 2013, even as a total of 142 top companies including ITC, PepsiCo, Pidilite, Airtel, Vodafone, GSK, Sony Entertainment, Flipkart, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Citibank, ICICI Bank, recruited the students from the campus.

According to the placement committee of IIM Indore, the average annual package at the campus was Rs 12.1 lakh and the highest annual domestic salary stood as high as Rs 34 LPA.

150 days to CAT: Build your CAT Quant strategy; Know prep tips

With CAT 2013 Aspirants getting into serious preparation mode for the elite MBA entrance exam beginning October 16, its high time they must create section-wise CAT preparation strategy to score enough CAT percentile to enter into their dream B-schools like IIMs, FMS, JBIMS etc.

This article of MBAUniverse.com brings you tips on Quant preparation strategy as the section along with Data Interpretation carries half of the CAT questions. A power-packed performance in Quant section will definitely help you get on the top.