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2015 is about to end, and we have had a great year. Your support has been fabulous in helping us grow further. While reviewing the year back, we decided to look back at the most popular articles on InsideIIM. It is a good collection of articles, which will surely help you in being well-informed and knowledgeable while building your management career.

Today a Reader, tomorrow a Leader! So Get Going !

( A quick flashback of most read content on the site since Jan 1, 2015 in no particular order)

Meet India's 30 Most Employable Management Graduated from the Class of 2015:  Best management graduates from across all Business Schools in India graduating in March-April 2015.

Fair warning to IIM aspirants from an IIM student: Maheswaran R from IIM Lucknow, shares his insights to help aspirants planning to join the IIM league.

All you need to know about your Form 16 (Salary Certificate) – One of the most useful Stories on InsideIIM by CA Prince Doshi, tells you the ABC of Form 16 Certificate.

Final Placements - IIFT Delhi and Kolkata - Class of 2015: The Final Placements at IIFT Delhi and Kolkata combined.

All you wanted to know about Shortlisting Criteria of Top Business Schools in India for the Class of 2013-15 (CAT Based) – A summary on the Shortlisting criteria of all IIMs for the batch of 2015.

Placements at Top Business Schools in India – Class of 2013 : The Real Story – A real report on what happened at Top B-schools in the Placement season of 2013.

What it takes to get into IIM Ahmedabad – RTI Query – Class of 2014 Stats – This Story gives you an idea of the cut offs of 10th, 12th, Graduation , CAT percentiles  for the Batch of 2014.

CAT 2014 Comprehensive Analysis with Cutoffs – Revised – An analysis from CAT Expert ARKS Srinivas on CAT 2014 – all slots combined.

All Stories – The collection of all Stories on InsideIIM.

How Can I Get An Interview Call from IIM Ahmedabad ?  CAT 2014 : PGP 2016-18 – An analysis on the Admissions Policy of IIM Ahmedabad for the Batch of 2018.

50 things you must know about IIM – A curated list on must knows on IIMs.

Final Placements – TISS Mumbai – Class of 2015: The Final Placements of one of the most sought after HR courses in the country.

Placements – The most sought after section on InsideIIM, the reports are in the InsideIIM Format which map the Companies with the profiles offered by them on Campus.

XIMB Final Placements - Class of 2015 (BM, HRM, RM): Final Placements as reported by XIMB Placement Cell.

Dark Side of MBA - Things that they don't tell you before joining B-School: Sadashiv Pradhan,  Business Management Student at XLRI shares his experiences during the course of preparation of getting into a top Bschool.

Final Placements - FMS Delhi - Class of 2015: Top firms recruiting from FMS Delhi.

'IIFT generally does not disclose overall cut offs but it is 45-50 marks out of 100':  Hemang Panchmatia - CAT Expert analysis on IIFT 2014.

Final Placements : IIM Calcutta – Class of 2015: Top companies visiting Campus along with Profiles offered.

XAT 2015 Comprehensive Analysis and Cutoffs: XAT 2015 complete analysis by ARKS Srinivas, CEO Vistamind.

How can I get an Interview Call from IIM Ahmedabad ? – CAT 2014 : PGP 2015-17 – An analysis on the Admissions Policy of IIM Ahmedabad for the Batch of 2017.

Final Placements : TISS Mumbai – Class of 2014 – The Final Placements of one of the most sought after HR courses in the country.

Final Placements : IIM Bangalore - Class of 2015: An account of Recruiters and profiles offered  in IIM Bangalore in the InsideIIM Format.

HRA vs Rent Free Accommodation perquisite – Structure your Compensation correctly! All you need to know when you are staying in an accommodation provided by your employer.

The Special Breed of Chartered Accountant MBAs in India: Story by Himanshu Chokani.

Alumni Report 2015 - Consumer Goods: Report from InsideIIM to provide the readers with a top level understanding of what is the concentration of graduates from top B-schools across industries.

Final Placements - XLRI Jamshedpur - Class of 2015: Placement report of 2015 batch.

Final Placements - IIM Ahmedabad : Class 2015 : An Unverified Summer Placement Report for this batch.

What makes TISS different ?: Abhishek Chopra shares some of the aspects of TISS that makes it a great place to spend two years of your life, while also learning something very useful on the side.

Are You Made For Consulting? -  Internship with McKinsey & Company: Mohit Aggarwal  shares his experience and learnings during his internship at McKinsey & Company.

Excel tips and tricks - Project Management: Shyam Sunder explains the importance of Excel and demonstrates how to send a mail automatically through Excel VBA.

CAT 2014 Tracker:  Team InsideIIM analyses CAT 2014, calls it as the best held CAT in years, Normalization will not be a dampner.

Why MBA - Dare to Think Beyond Grades: Ashutosh Pathak, a first year PGP student at IIM Bangalore  describes his life in the first term.

XL Meri Jaan! – 10 Things that make XLRI Jamshedpur Special Life at XLRI – what makes it different from the other top b-schools.

How can I get an Interview Call from IIM Bangalore ? – CAT 2014 : PGP 2015-17 Shortlisting and Selection Criteria for IIM Bangalore.

10 Things that make IIM Indore Special  10 things that separates and makes IIM Indore special from other b-schools.

Final Admit : What it took to get into IIM Indore (Class of 2014) Minimum Percentile required to get into IIM Indore alongside shortlisting criteria.

I was a Good Student: An Anonymous writer shares his experience and shares that being a good student was one of his biggest regrets.

Now, get the IIM Tag at 45 Percentile. What is brand ‘IIM’ worth? – How ‘Low Cutoffs’ have led to dilution of Brand IIM.

IIM Shillong Final Placements Class of 2015 - A total of 42 companies participated in the placement process making 130 offers across various domains to a batch of 119 students. Highest Package offered was Rs. 21 LPA.

Delay your MBA, for your own sake! Dylan D’costa answers to some basic questions which will tell you why you need to delay your MBA.

Interview Experiences – Unilever (HUL)–  Top B-School students share their interview experiences with HUL.

5 reasons why student run placements should give way to CDC at IIM– The benefits of having a separate CDC instead of student committees for handling Placements.

What it takes to get into IIM Kozhikode – RTI Query – Class of 2015 and Class of 2014 Stats – This Story gives you an idea of the cut offs of 10th, 12th, Graduation , CAT percentiles  for the Batch of 2014 and 2015.

What it takes to get into IIM Bangalore – RTI Query – Class of 2014 and Class of 2015 Stats Statistics of the Batch of 2014 and 2015, find their 10th, 12th, Graduation, CAT Percentile cut offs.

Cracking CAT in 4 Months: Balaji Ramchandran, a Fresher shares the strategies which he followed to get into IIM A and IIM C

Suggestions From A CAT 100 Percentiler Soumyadeep Chakrabarti: Soumyadeep Chakrabarti, a first year MBA student at IIM Ahmedabad, scored a double whammy by securing a 100 percentile each in CAT as well as IIFT

Interview Experiences - Deloitte – Strategy & Operations: Top B-School students share their interview experiences with Deloitte.

Summer Placements - Class of 2015- 17: TISS  Mumbai: Team InsideIIM shares the highlights of Summer Placement at TISS.

What it takes to get into IIM Indore:   Team InsideIIM presents the statistics for the flagship PGP at IIM Indore.

Interview Experiences - Tata Administrative Service: Top B-School students share their interview experiences with TAS.

Why MDI Gurgaon is most preferred destination for CAT toppers a/w IIM A, B, C & L ?:  Nirmalya Pal explains why Management Development Institute (MDI), has always been one of the most sought after destination for CAT toppers.

Meet XAT Topper Abhipsa Panda – 99.88 Percentile In XAT: An Interview with XAT Topper (2014).

“I had no secret formula. I just took every assignment as a learning opportunity” – Ashima Setia – 1st year MBA topper at IIM Ahmedabad – Hear from Ashima Setia about the key to Top IIM Ahmedabad 1st year MBA.

CAT 2014 Results and Beyond - Live Updates: Comprehensive updates of CAT 2014 .

All you wanted to know about Shortlisting Criteria of Top Business Schools in India for the Class of 2013-15 (CAT Based) – A summary on the Shortlisting criteria of all IIMs for the batch of 2015.

Which MBA specialization suits you the most ?:  Sasi Kanth Pingali , a PGPM  student at MDI-Gurgaon,  talks about the strengths and personality traits of a person that suit the requirements of a particular specialization.

Final Placements - JBIMS - Class of 2015:  Final Placements Report for JBIMS Mumbai. BCG, Accenture Strategy, Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered, Google, Flipkart, Barclays Capital, HUL, Ernst & Young are the top names that recruited at JBIMS Mumbai.

ClassVerse: A hot new startup:  It is a company founded by Jabong Director which offers an innovative approach to fitness for the first time in India.

11 things that make IMT Ghaziabad Super-Special – How Academia, infrastructure, exchange options and many other things make IMT Ghaziabad Super-Special.

Getting a Call from IIM Calcutta:  Highlights the changes in the selection process for IIM Calcutta for CAT 2015 : PGP 2016 - 2018.

10 Things that make NITIE Mumbai special–  See how “Mecca of Supply Chain in India” enjoys “Mumbai advantage”.

Interview Experiences – Cognizant Business Consulting– B-School students share their Interview Experiences with Cognizant.

Final Placements : XLRI Jamshedpur – Class of 2014 – A report on the profiles offered on XLRI for both BM and HRM.

InsideIIM Recruitment Survey 2015: Recruiter rankings based on preferences and perceptions of India’s top talent pool.

CAT 2015 Verbal - A Detailed Preparation Plan: Hemang Panchmatia, Co-founder and Head of Verbal Dept at CREDence Academy shares strategies to prepare for verbal section in CAT 2015.

Placements at Top Business Schools in India – Class of 2013 : The Real Story – A real report on what happened at Top B-schools in the Placement season of 2013.

Interview Experiences - Cognizant Business Consulting: Top B-School students share their interview experiences with Cognizant Business Consulting.

My Graduation Speech at IIM Bangalore:  Sipati Kumar Swain, an IIM-B student envisages giving this speech in his convocation.

Interview Experiences - Accenture Management Consulting:  Top B-School students share their interview experiences with Accenture Management Consulting.

Excel Tips and Tricks: Shyam Sunder RamaKrishnan explains how to automatically download Index Data from NSE.

CAT 2015 Comprehensive Analysis with Cutoffs: An analysis from CAT Expert ARKS Srinivas on CAT 2015.