Selection Process

All You Wanted to Know About MBA Entrance Exams in India

Now that the month of June has come, many of you would be awakening from your deep slumber and “thinking” of doing an MBA. The reasons can be many fold – some of you are tired of your mundane “IT job”, while few of you are struck at your current level in the organization for quite some time now and want to progress. There are also many of you who are just coming out of your degree colleges (be it Engg., Arts, Science or anything else for that matter). No matter what your reasons are to do an MBA or what your academic background is, the one thing common for all of you is the entrance exam(s).

Cracking CAT - A Realistic Plan

In various articles, CAT preparation is given from the viewpoint of the subject areas like QA, LA etc. and how to prepare for them. Today let’s focus on the other aspects, the planning, the time management, the resources available required to crack CAT.

From A Series Of 5 Rejections To IIM Kozhikode

I was sure of doing an MBA in class 9 when students discuss choosing Science or Commerce. I started building my profile accordingly and taking part in extra-curricular activities. Being academically inclined I did well in my board examinations and secured admission to one of the best colleges of India- St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and did well in the B.B.A curriculum in spite of being from a science background.

Managing CAT Prep And Work

Steady Decline in CAT applications

The CAT data which show a decline of close to 10% (from 2.14 lac in 2012 to 1.94 lac registrations in 2014) in the number of MBA aspirants over the past 3 years. Does that mean the top B-Schools of the country are losing their sheen? MBA losing its value? Not really.  In a recent survey it was found that 3 out 4 MBA grads said that they could not have got in to their present jobs without their MBA.  According to corporate survey by GMAC (company that brings GMAT) globally, 84 percent of employers plan to hire MBA graduates this year which is an increase of 10 percent from last year. It also says 96 per cent of employers worldwide concurred that hiring from business schools created value for their companies.

No Converts This Year...What's Next?

It's the back end of May and the final shortlists of most B-schools are out. While some rejoice on receiving that dream admit, many aspirants face the setback of missing out. For the ones who missed out it is time to shake off the initial disappointment and introspect and look forward.  Turning back the clock to May 2014 and I too was one of the introspecting aspirants.

'Impact is More Important than Money' - IIM Indore Director at Graduation Day of MYRA

Graduation 2015 at MYRA School of Business was a very memorable event. It was special, because it was the graduation of the founding batch of the 2-year AICTE-approved Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and the second batch of the Post Graduate Program for eXecutives (PGPX). Indeed more special, because the graduating students represented 22 different states of the country. The Graduation Day had ‘Royal’ written all over — right from the procession marching to the tunes of the Karnataka Police Band, Mysuru, to the Mysore Royal Turban to the silver medallions individually presented to the graduating students. Not really surprising though, as MYRA is Mysore Royal Academy.

Preparing for Competitive Exams

If you are preparing for competitive exams, you are definitely worried about how should you give your best and score good marks.