R.I.P: Non Govt. MBA Exams

Hi MBA Aspirants,

A recent AICTE notice declared that from now on only Government (Central or State) conducted  B-School entrance exams are valid. This has the following impacts:

1. Important MBA entrance exams such as the XAT, ATMA or MICAT will be abolished.


2. Only CAT, MAT or any state government-conducted exams (such as the Maharashtra CET) will be considered as valid.

3.The admissions for B-Schools offering autonomous AICTE-approved PGDM, like, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJMR) in Mumbai, Management Development Institute (MDI) in Gurgaon, Goa Institute of Management (GIM), National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) in Mumbai and Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA),  will be handled by the authorities appointed by the state governments.

4. This circular is not binding on B-Schools that are affiliated to universities or deemed universities such as Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Symbiosis, IIFT Delhi or FMS Delhi. So we will still have entrance exams like FMS, IIFT, NMAT and SNAP.

5. According to AICTE it was done because there were too many b-schools admitting students only to make up their  numbers and make some additional money without bothering about offering qualitative education.

Overall there is not much impact on the MBA Entrance Exam scenario in India. Also discussions and deliberations are in process to include XAT as a valid option.
So, if XAT is included, the notice will only prove to be a guidance and regulatory document for the future of MBA exams in India.

Best wishes,
Sunit Ronnie Ghosh

MBA Exam Calender 2010

Hi Guys,

Happy New Year 2011. Starting my blogomania this year with an informative article on my blog.

Yesterday, on 2nd January 2011, the great MBA season of the year 2010 ended with a bang. As promised, this season was full of energy and at the same time coldness. CAT exam was online for the second time, but this time without any glitch and was conducted in an overly efficient manner. I had to mandatorily sleep in the exam hall for over an hour, yaawwwn. Other exams, more or less, remained the same without any noteworthy change.

I am sharing with you the MBA Entrance Exam calender for this year. With a myriad of sources and websites available today, it is no doubt an arduous task to assimilate all the information regarding MBA exams in one place. This calender gives you all the basic information about the entrance exams conducted for top 20 B-Schools of India in chronological order.

#	Exam Name	Exam Date & Time	Website	Fee	Results on
1	IRMA, Anand	November, 14, 0915-1215	www.irma.ac.in	1000	27th Dec
2	CAT – IIM	27 Oct to 24 Nov, 2 Slots	www.catiim.in	1400	12th Jan 2011
3	IIFT	November,28, 1000-1200	www.iift.edu	1500	20th Dec
4	FMS	December,5, 1400	www.fms.edu	750	Not Mentioned
5	JMET	December,12, 1000-1300	web.iitd.ac.in	770	3rd Jan 2011
6	SNAP	December,19, 1400-1600	www.snaptest.org	1550	12th Jan 2011
7	XAT	January,2, 1030-1300	xlri.net.in	950	31st Jan 2011

MBA and its purpose: An observation and a survey


It was a nice and refreshing experience after 37 months at my job at Verizon, Hyderabad  as an Java Analyst to return to where I belonged, colleges. My love with colleges, I am sure will be shared by Lakhs if not Thousands of folks out there. My fascination with huge mega campuses and dudes and dudettes adorned in Blues has been there from long. It is a place where I want to be all of my life.

Some of the thoughts which I would like to share among the clan of MBA aspirants about the different reasons for joining this:

a. This is one of the futile and the most general answers one will utter and that is, Money. It is easy to reason anything on the basis of Money. After all, it is the purchasing power and the gateway to luxury and fame.

b. Corner office plush job. Want to wear suits, join MBA. Want to roam around the world in Business class or in Mercedes, welcome to MBA world.

c. 2 years of Post graduation from a Mast college will give you such a spring in life which the last 16 years of education couldn't.

d. MBA, a life skill from the core, a must learn.

e. Ease of availability and feasibility of higher education due to Education loans and support and hype in favour of an MBA degree.

f. Social status of being an MBA post-graduate.


I would like to wish all the aspirants of the MBA 2011-13 batch as well as the future "to-be" members of the clan all the very best in their endeavours.

Warm wishes.
Sunit Ronnie Ghosh