You have about 4 months to prepare for CAT. CAT 2015 is expected to be on 29th Nov 2015 in two sessions on a single day according to our sources. More details should emerge on Sunday when the notification is out on the CAT website and in leading national dailies.
Several MBA aspirants often stumble when institutes ask them to submit a Statement of Purpose or an Essay about their life in the admission process. This aspect of writing winning SOPs forms a cornerstone of your application process, and could make or break your chances of getting into a top b-school.
Approximately, a year back around this time I decided to attempt the rigorous CAT Exam. The first question that came to my mind was - Is it too late? But anyways, I decided to give my best shot with whatever time was left.
All management aspirants who want to a bag a seat at a top B School have to navigate the crucial Group Discussion and Personal Interview. These are important opportunities for candidates to make a lasting impression. Dr. Prabhat Pankaj, Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, reveals the secrets that can help students ace the selection process. Shedding light on the importance of the GD he says, “It’s not only meant for assessing the candidate’s knowledge of current affairs, but also to measure his or her ability to respond to their teammates.”
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With barely a month away from Placement season, Vijay Ahir is exactly where he wants to be… top of his PGP class of 2015 at AIIM! A Civil Engineer by education, Vijay joined Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management after 7 years with Larsen and Toubro. Starting out as a Trainee Engineer in the Technology Services Division of L&T, Vijay ended up handling a number engineering services provided to ‘Fortune 500’ clients of L&T in the US; projects with a CAPEX of 45 million USD to 75 million USD. For 4 years he did this, and life would’ve been pretty much about shuttling between India and California – had it not been for L&T’s in-house training establishment. Vijay was detailed for a 1-year Executive education programme in Finance at IIM, Kozhikode. Their programme involved faculties teaching the participant over video conferencing and visit to IIM-Kozhikode campus for on campus study.. Here for the first time, Ahir was exposed to Finance.
They told me it’s just a matter of how you bell that CAT (ps:-Am comparing the Common Admission Test with the actual cat as both are mysterious & cruel:/), but the same people happened to entirely miss the fact that its more about how you chase that cruel cat huffing and puffing and when you are just about to grab it, sometimes it can bite you hard. Ooucch! Now that hurts!
Your star curator is back after a break with interesting stuff on the Maggi recall and Baba Ramdev's Patanjali's ayurveda, the symbol of LGBT pride - the rainbow flag, the world's biggest book stores and what the best age to go to a business school is.
You have about 4 months to prepare for CAT. CAT 2015 is expected to be on 29th Nov 2015 in two sessions on a single day according to our sources. More details should emerge on Sunday when the notification is out on the CAT website and in leading national dailies.
Several MBA aspirants often stumble when institutes ask them to submit a Statement of Purpose or an Essay about their life in the admission process. This aspect of writing winning SOPs forms a cornerstone of your application process, and could make or break your chances of getting into a top b-school.
Approximately, a year back around this time I decided to attempt the rigorous CAT Exam. The first question that came to my mind was - Is it too late? But anyways, I decided to give my best shot with whatever time was left.
All management aspirants who want to a bag a seat at a top B School have to navigate the crucial Group Discussion and Personal Interview. These are important opportunities for candidates to make a lasting impression. Dr. Prabhat Pankaj, Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, reveals the secrets that can help students ace the selection process. Shedding light on the importance of the GD he says, “It’s not only meant for assessing the candidate’s knowledge of current affairs, but also to measure his or her ability to respond to their teammates.”
(Image source: morganmckinley.com)
With barely a month away from Placement season, Vijay Ahir is exactly where he wants to be… top of his PGP class of 2015 at AIIM! A Civil Engineer by education, Vijay joined Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management after 7 years with Larsen and Toubro. Starting out as a Trainee Engineer in the Technology Services Division of L&T, Vijay ended up handling a number engineering services provided to ‘Fortune 500’ clients of L&T in the US; projects with a CAPEX of 45 million USD to 75 million USD. For 4 years he did this, and life would’ve been pretty much about shuttling between India and California – had it not been for L&T’s in-house training establishment. Vijay was detailed for a 1-year Executive education programme in Finance at IIM, Kozhikode. Their programme involved faculties teaching the participant over video conferencing and visit to IIM-Kozhikode campus for on campus study.. Here for the first time, Ahir was exposed to Finance.
They told me it’s just a matter of how you bell that CAT (ps:-Am comparing the Common Admission Test with the actual cat as both are mysterious & cruel:/), but the same people happened to entirely miss the fact that its more about how you chase that cruel cat huffing and puffing and when you are just about to grab it, sometimes it can bite you hard. Ooucch! Now that hurts!
Your star curator is back after a break with interesting stuff on the Maggi recall and Baba Ramdev's Patanjali's ayurveda, the symbol of LGBT pride - the rainbow flag, the world's biggest book stores and what the best age to go to a business school is.
