CAT 2012 Day 17 was held on Friday, November 2, 2012. After a one-day break on November 1, 2012, CAT 2012 was resumed. Till Day 16 of CAT 2012, 138054 candidates took the exam. The difficulty level continued to be moderate to difficult. However, the tough part of the exam shifted to the Data Interpretation, Logical reasoning and RC passage questions from the Quantitative Ability questions.

Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) has reasons to cheer. At a time when the industry is abuzz with talks of slowdown that is likely to cast a spell on the ensuring placement season, JBIMS has so far received 16 pre-placement interviews (PPIs) and eight pre-placement (PPOs) offers from companies such as Hindustan Unilever, Mahindra & Mahindra, Citibank, and Standard Chartered Bank to name a few.

The search for new IIM Ahmedabad director is far from over even as the incumbent, Dr Samir Barua, is getting a three-month extension, according to a media report.

With differences of opinion still persisting among members of the selection committee over the choice of the successor and Dr Baruas term completing on November 7, he has to be given an extension to keep things going. When contacted, the official spokesperson of the institute neither confirmed nor denied the recent development.

An annual marketing competition launched by the students of XLRI has become hugely popular with its Facebook page getting thousands of likes and over 1.7 lakh page views weekly.
The premier B-school recently organized XLRI-MAXI LEGALIZE International -3.0, a surrogate marketing event where teams were asked to market a product or a social cause masked under a different product by means of a 90-second advertisement.

In an important and student-friendly step, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C), has decided to allow students more time and choice to select the firm where they intend to do their summer internship, and has conceptualized the functional preferences placement system for first year students for their summer placements beginning on November 5.

AICTE has announced the second CMAT test for the year 2013-14. The computer-based exam will be held in a window of five days, from February 21 to February 25, 2013. The registration for CMAT 2013 has started from Thursday, November 1, 2012. The last date of registration is January 2, 2013.

Candidates who already appeared for the CMAT September 2012 exam may also appear for the second test, and the better score of the two tests will be considered for admission.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), in partnership with the ministry of human resource development and the Planning Commission, is organizing the 8th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2012, a two-day global conference, on November 5 and 6 in New Delhi.

An acknowledged management visionary and a radical thinker, Vineet Nayar, vice-chairman and chief executive officer of HCL Technologies, a $4.2-billion global information technology services company, is credited with developing his companys Employees First, Customers Second (EFCS) philosophy. His deep belief in this philosophy prompted him write the highly acclaimed book on management principles, Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down (Harvard Business Press, June 2010).

It seems that Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A) has become a launch pad for start-ups with a number of students taking the entrepreneurial plunges in line with the course they pursue.

A student of second year, Byomkesh, has initiated a cafe-cum-home -delivery business of sprouts. Primarily targeting breakfast seekers keeping in mind the hectic work schedule and lifestyle, the cafe, Happy Sprouting, offers a healthy option to consumers comprising students, professors and other staff members inside the campus as of now.

CAT 2012 is less than two weeks away from now. To provide the last-minute guidance to aspirants, MBAUniverse.com is hosting Live Expert Chat with Arks Srinivas, CEO, VistaMind Education, and former director, T.I.M.E., on October 5 from 5 pm on the topic, Last lap of CAT 2012.

The purpose of holding the chat is to equip aspirants with last-minute tricks and help them formulate the exam strategy.