Notification for CAT 2009 - Released by IIMs

The CAT is out of the bag.... The notification from IIMs to conduct CAT 2009 is published on all leading dailies across the country....

Those who have missed the notification can look into the following link for all the details regarding registration for CAT 2009, booking the date and slot and to clear further doubts....

http://www.catiim.in/

We will be posting the important points that might impact all the aspirants as well as key changes from previous year papers..

Cheers,
Prep4MBA Team.

Welcome to Prepare4MBA...!!!

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We welcome you to our blog. This blog is aimed at providing indexes to all the preparation materials under one roof. We will also provide our own preparation material for our blog's regular visitors..

The tips and tricks which give you an edge over others were discussed here. These tips and techniques seem trivial but is very helpful during the exam and saves you the crucial minutes at the end of the exam....

Prep4MBA Team comprises of IIM Alumnus, current IIM grads, IIM aspirants and other serious aspirants.... It is easy to understand the problems of test takers since we have crossed those hurdles ourselves and are now helping you in overcoming them....

Keep coming back for more...!!!

Cheers,
Prep4MBA Team

Pointers to prepare your Preparation Strategy

The preparation strategy should aim at maximum effectiveness and improvement in the least possible amount of time. Smart Hard work is the order of the day. Nation-wide competitive examinations are not for blind sloggers.

The Preparation strategy should focus on

· Getting acquainted with the various patterns of questions that have been coming in the entrance tests.
· Developing the knowledge base required to tackle the questions.
· Practice, practice, practice in a simulated test environment.
· Defining yardsticks of performance in a phased manner of increasing difficulty, and achieving them.

As it is not possible for a candidate to be equally competent in all sections, and since all the questions in the test cannot be solved in the given time, a well-prepared candidate should be conscious of the test dynamics and be ready with a test taking strategy involving

· Assessment of strengths and weaknesses.
· Time allocation per question, per section.
· Decision criteria for selecting, deferring or rejecting a question.
· Sequencing of sections.

It should be borne in mind that improving the command over the language sections will take a longer time when compared with that required for quantitative sections.

Some good QUOTES for CAT/MBA Aspirants

“Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors! “– Louisa May Alcott

“Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues.”– Anonymous

“The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money.”– Anonymous

“The young graduate is discovering that among the necessaries of life, the most important is living.”– Anonymous

“There is no need to reach high for the stars. They are already within you - just reach deep into yourself!”– Anonymous

“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.”– Susan B. Anthony

“Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.”– Erma Bombeck

“You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.”– Tom Brokaw

“People will frighten you about a graduation….They use words you don’t hear often… ‘And we wish you Godspeed.’ It is a warning, Godpeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.”– Bill Cosby

“A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues.”– Archibald Cox

“The function of the university is not simply to teach bread winning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools or to be a centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between life and the growing knowledge of life, an adjustment which forms the secret of civilization. “– W.E.B. Du Bois

“The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. “– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.”– Russell Green

“A college education is not a quantitative body of memorized knowledge salted away in a card file. It is a taste for knowledge, a taste for philosophy, if you will; a capacity to explore, to question to perceive relationships, between fields of knowledge and experience. “– A. Whitney Griswold

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”– Sydney Harris

“There is a good reason they call these ceremonies “commencement exercises.” Graduation is not the end; it’s the beginning.”– Orrin Hatch

“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.”– Washington Irving

“The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match, each one of you is a fuse.”– Ed Koch

“The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.”– Doug Larson

“Don’t ever dare to take your college as a matter of course~because, like democracy and freedom, many people you’ll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you. “– Alice Drue Miller

“To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.”– A. A. Milne

“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that ‘individuality’ is the key to success.”– Robert Orben

“Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that , you’ll make a difference.”– Arie Pencovici

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future. “– Plato

“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that ‘individuality’ is the key to success.”– Robert Purvis

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”– Shakespeare

“Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.”– George Bernard Shaw

“A fellow told me he was going to hang-glider school. He said, ‘I’ve been going for three months.’ I said, ‘How many successful jumps do you need to make before you graduate?’ He said, ‘All of them.’”– Red Skeleton

“At my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.”– Gloria Steinem

“I have learned this at least by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. “– Henry David Thoreau

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”– Henry David Thoreau

“‘These are days you’ll remember.’ If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.”– Christine Todd, NJ governor

“Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.”– Garry Trudeau

“A milestone passed, new things begun, dreams as shining as the sun, a goal achieved, a victory won! That’s Graduation!”– Unknown

“It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing nostalgic about our school days.”

Test taking experience of a CAT Aspirant

Hi Guys, I have got many articles searching through the internet. I have not written any of them unless and until I mention it in the article or in the PostScript.

I am not sure about the name of this article’s author. I could put his name in the post, if he wants to… If you were the author if this blog post and been reading this & you want me to give you credit, COMMENT abt it in the comments section. [What I thought was, its not important who it has been but whether this one helps others in their preparation or not]
Experiences of a CAT Aspirant, who navigated the same unchartered waters as we are doing right now….

I want to share my experience - about taking CAT

I come from an engineering background. As Mathematics was one of my subjects during graduation and Computer Science my area of expertise, I was confident about the QA and DI/LR sections. However, language has been my weak point since my school days (I got a measly 60-plus in English in the CBSE 12th standard exams). Hence, this was the area I was most concerned about.
The most important thing that you need to keep in mind while formulating the CAT strategy is that you need to do equally well in all the sections. If you miss the cut-off in any one section, your chances of getting a call from the IIMs reduces greatly, even if you top the exam. You also need to manage your time properly during the examination. Since QA and LR/DI were my strong areas, I attempted these first, giving roughly 35 minutes to each section to try and clear the cut-offs. I tried to do around 20-22 questions in QA (cut-off is 16-18) and 28-30 questions in LR/DI (cut-off is 23-25). Then I went on to the EU section and tried to attempt 40-plus questions in the remaining 50 minutes, as this was my weak area. The intention was to come back to QA to maximise my gains, if any time remained.
Since I was doing my exam preparations alongside my professional duties, I did not have enough time to put in any extra effort. This was because, after my graduation from IIT Delhi in 2003, I joined UT Starcom, a telecom equipment manufacturer, as software engineer in their Gurgaon centre. So, I focused on the material provided to me by my coaching institute and found that it was more than sufficient. However, despite my best efforts, I was able to finish only 60-70 per cent of the reading and practice material provided to me. However, I made it a habit to read newspapers and books regularly.
Group Discussions

First and foremost, one should always remain calm in a group discussion (GD). It is very easy to get into one-to-one situations with other group members who do not agree with your point of view. However, one must remember that a GD is all about the group. The more you become part of the group and help bring out new, innovative points and perspectives into the topic under discussion, the better chance you have in the GD. Equally important is to listen to what the other members of the group are saying because you may be asked by the panel to summarise the discussion, either orally or on paper. If you are busy thinking about what your next point would be, you might miss the flow of the discussion. Another member of the group might give the topic a whole new dimension and by the time you come back to your senses, you will be totally clueless about the point being discussed.

A ‘A-Z’ list of Qualities / Values required to crack CAT

CAT entrance today is one of the most desired career route as seen by the young graduates. Clearing CAT requires certain specific attributes. These attributes are an integral part of a personality of a student and have to be infused as strong values to be made a part of his/her own system of learning.

The A to Z of these values can be listed as follows:

Attitude – CAT is all about a perfect mix of attitude and aptitude. These primarily include Speed & Accuracy, Language Skills, Quantitative skills, Personality, Communication skills & Sincerity. Only a perfect Fit of all these qualities will make it through.

Balance - In your approach to preparation a balance is a must. Focus on all the test area specifically and not over do or under do a test area. Usually a student fails to perform only on account of a test area he has been strong in and therefore had been neglecting it during preparatory stage.

Conviction - MBA entrance is all about a perfect mix of attitude and aptitude. U should have a strong belief on yourself . And your hard work would automatically make it.
A Positive Attitude May Not Solve All Your Problems, But It Will Annoy Enough People To Make It Worth The Effort. – Herm Albright

Direction – It is imperative to give yourself a proper direction for career pathway i.e. if you are appearing for MBA entrance, focus on it as a Career Alternative and just an entrance exam, Management has to be taken up as a profession and not a mere source of Income.

Efficacy - Doing right things is also equally important to efficiency (doing things right). It is possible that U may be solving the mock entrance papers with correct techniques, but are focussing on the areas that need to be developed at the same time, analysing your approach for a better score in the test paper?

Face it – What ever is the reality face it. It might possible that initially U may feel let down looking at your performance in the mock papers but every thing takes time, and U have to face it “Rome was not built in a day”

Gear up - For the challenge ahead. Just when U think U have got the grip on vocabulary for example , U might simply lose points on account of the same. This happens, U must gear up for the element of surprise in the CAT.

Hard work – There is no substitute for hard work in your endeavored for CAT preparation , there is no short cut for success . “I Find That The Harder I Work, The More Luck I Seem To Have.” - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Introspection – Do your SWOT analysis, find out the areas U are weak in. If U are unable to improve your scores in RC , chances are that your reading habits have not been strong or focussed on reading a variety of topics. Work on it, start reading today, it is never to late to work on a good thing.
One Today Is Worth Two Tomorrows. => Benjamin Franklin

Judge your improvement - During your preparation focus on improvements and not just high scores have U improved on the test taking techniques ? , have U been able to manage your time well in the test ? evaluate your performance and be discreet in your judgement.

Killer Instinct - Approach the preparations with a Do or Die attitude, tell yourself “ I am going to make it even if it takes working long hours and late nights for the preparation“. But this should be before CAT, so that not all uncracker of CAT like me commit suicide. IT IS JUST AN EXAM … don’t make it bigger than life .

Learn - Tries to imbibe all the useful thing which come across to U , esp the tip’s and trick in QA section . It’s your learning which is always with U .
“Each Problem That I Solved Became A Rule Which Served Afterwards To Solve Other Problems.” - Rene Descartes (1596-1650), “Discours De La Methode”

Maturity – Cracking CAT is not a child game so approach your preparations with maturity. Accept first that U need to learn and that there is much more to learn than what U know.

Nitty Gritty - Work on the detailing. Check out whether or not U have been able to rectify the errors U made plus also work on the time factor i.e. could U have solved the same question which U got right in lesser time?

Optimistic - Attitude makes a difference in the kind of scores U can expect. Focus on it for making things happen for yourself and refrain from thinking parameters like “this is too tough, not meant for me” or “This is so lengthy, how can a person ever attempt the whole section?”. But beware optimistic alone can’t help U , if U have only optimistic traits then U are gulling U’r self .
Obstacles Don’t Have To Stop You. If You Run Into A Wall, Don’t Turn Around And Give Up. Figure Out How To Climb It, Go Through It, Or Work Around It. => Michael Jordan

Practice – Practice practice and practice .Keep working no matter what it takes. U cannot afford to take anything for granted or leave it to chance, your career is on the line. As things might just happen to be in your favour at the last minute and U would realise “Thank goodness I practice on it. I can do it now”
No matter what conditions you encounter in life, your right is only to the works–not to the fruits thereof. You should not be impelled to act for selfish reasons, nor should you be attached to inaction.
-Bhagavad Gita 2.47

Quality + Quantity – Tries to maintain the proper relationship between Quality and Quantity of your attempt. Blindly solving 50 questions a day or 100 questions a day or 2 papers a day etc. does not help.
CAT is not a all attempt paper so tries to maintain the Quality of your attempt.
Persistence Is The Twin Sister Of Excellence. One Is A Matter Of Quality; The Other, A Matter Of Time. => Marabel Morgan

Reading - Read, read and read. Read to enhance U’r reading speed , Read to enhance U’r domain of Knowledge. And last but not least Read to enhance U’r marks.

Shilly-shally – If your target is CAT , U just can’t have a shilly-shally (procrastination) approach, i.e one should avoid doing something like making big plans but never carrying them out.
One Today Is Worth Two Tomorrows. => Benjamin Franklin

Tolerance - To handle frustration and failures. Start with acceptance that “Yes I failed” or “I did not get good enough marks because I messed up” the fact that U have scored less only indicates that U still have a scope to improve drastically. Use U performance benchmarks to motivate yourself and a tool for improvement. For this U need to develop Tolerance.

Ultimatum - Give yourself an ultimatum. “its now or never. I have to make it happen” This will help U to boost your morale and make U work still more and especially when U need it the most.
When We Accept Tough Jobs As A Challenge And Wade Into Them With Joy And Enthusiasm, Miracles Can Happen. => Arland Gilbert

Vision and Values - A vision for self is a must. Look at your self 25 years from now. How do U want to see yourself down the career pathway. Give yourself a vision combine it with values and look at MBA as a mere stepping stone to achieving it.
To Accomplish Great Things We Must Not Only Act But Also Dream, Not Only Plan But Also Believe. => Anatole

Wisdom - To work and plan out well in advance. Do not leave anything for the last minute. It is advisable to start atleast 12 in advance to give yourself a cutting edge. But do not worry if U haven’t start for today with double speed then your peer.

Yen - For next few month U must have yen for knowledge and success
Winning Is Not Everything. It’s The Only Thing. => Vince Lombardi

Zeal - To achieve the Peak of a Successful Career Pathway.
Nothing Great In The World Has Ever Been Accomplished Without Passion => G. W. F. Hegel

IIM-A Alumni shares her experience on preparation

Name: Kalpana Bhat
My background: Associate, JP Morgan Chase & Co, San Francisco - 2000 to present
PGDM IIM Ahmedabad 2000
B.Com Ethiraj College Chennai 1998

My Test Experience
I decided sometime during my 2nd year of college to give the CAT a shot. So, in May 1997, I borrowed the IMS material from a friend and started “preparing” for the tests. Like a good pupil, I started by following instructions and studying the material but I caught myself nodding off on more than one occasion. So, I decided to can it and dive right into the tests. That is when things got really interesting!! I took about 5 tests and never scored more than 70. That is enough to make you throw your hands up in despair and give up. But, I kept at it doggedly and trusted what people called the “learning curve”. After about 10-12 tests, I could safely infer :
what I was good at and what I needed to work on
which questions to pursue and which ones to skip (for want of time)
that it was time to retrieve my 10th and 11th std Math text books, dust it and give it the once-over
that there is only one way to go and that’s UP!!!!
To put all of the above in perspective - after the initial disappointment, I did not miraculously grow a brain!!! I just developed the ability to balance the little time I had and pick questions judiciously. It is crucial to know which questions to answer and which ones to re-visit IF you have time later!!! One is not fighting the familiar demons, like math or reading comprehension, but the break-neck speed at which the hands of time are flying! By Nov 1998, I had taken approx 40 tests. I also checked on the internet but unfortunately, there are very few resources offering CAT sample tests.Just keep practicing. Try doing at least one test a day leading up to the big day.

My CAT
The year I tested (1997), the test was divided into 2 portions. QA and DA were part of the first half and RC and VA were part of the second. We were given one hour for each portion. After the first hour, we were made to hand in our QA-DA section and then we received the RC-VA section. I think QA-DA had 85-90 questions and RC-VA had 90-95 questions. For me, the DA and VA portions were reasonably challenging while the QA and RC sections were relatively easy. I focussed on attempting the maximum number of questions that I knew I had a shot at getting right. If a question was not of a familiar format or of a format that I knew would take time to solve, I kept it for later. This strategy works for me but it is important to determine what methods of filtering work for you. In Feb 1998, I found out I had calls from all but 1(Kozhikode) of the 6 IIMs.

My GD and Interview Experience
I had not registered with IMS. So, I did not really have a lot of structured GD or interview preparation. I just trusted my luck and common sense. I filled out the form which has the “Why do you want to do an MBA”, “Describe one incident where you took on a leadership role” questions honestly. Just be prepared to defend every word you state in that piece of paper. The interviews just whizzed by and I won’t dwell on them too much. Suffice to say that the IIM-A GD and interview went really well. Both in the GD and the interview, I took strong stands and stuck to them.

The GD was a case study involving an army driver who decides to break the rule of not using official vehicles for personal purposes. After dropping off his commanding officer very late one night, he is very tired and takes the vehicle home. On the way home, he hits a child and kills him/her. He is obviously guilty of involuntary manslaughter but is he guilty of violating the army code of conduct? Should he be discharged? The case study gave rise to some interesting debate. At the end, we were asked to give a brief written synopsis of the GD.

The interview was very interesting too. A number of questions directed at me were either from my courses (accounting, mostly) or regarding my ethical values. When is the LIFO method of inventory valuation used? What would I do if I saw a corrupt politician in action vis-a-vis a third person? What would I do if I saw the same corrupt politician harming my own family? And more questions in that vein …. What the interviewers are looking for, both in the GD and interview are basically, honesty, strength of conviction and of course, at least a few correct answers! Don’t ham when you don’t know an answer. Just say you don’t know!!!

In April 1998, I found out I had gotten into IIM-A. My 2 years at IIM-A were a roller-coaster ride..

CAT pattern in the last 12 years..!!!!

Its better to be well informed about what you are gonna face-off in the D-day than to leave everything to the surprise factor. If you wanna tame a bull, you should have known how it behaves and behaved in the past.

Similarly, to BELL THE CAT, we should know how CAT surprised us over the past and lets get prepared to face the challenges and get accustomed to it….

What CAT had been in the past and how it has grown into the WORLD’S TOUGHEST EXAM… Let’s have a look @ it…..

The pattern / format of the CAT paper in the last 12 years

1995 to 1998

Total Questions - 185
Time - 120 minutes
Verbal Ability - 50 Q
Reading Comprehension - 50 Q
Problem Solving - 45 Q
Data Interpretation - 40 Q

In 1995 and 1996, the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension sections were grouped and had a time limit of 1 hour.

Similarly, the Problem Solving and Data Interpretation sections were grouped and had a time limit of 1 hour.

There was no such time limit in 1997 and 1998.

1999:

Total Questions - 165
Time - 120 minutes
Section 1 : 55 Q - Verbal Ability - 25 Q and Reading Comprehension - 30 Q
Section 2 : 55 Q - Problem Solving - 55 Q
Section 3 : 55 Q - Data Interpretation - 31 Q and Verbal Reasoning - 24 Q

2000:

Total Questions - 165
Time - 120 minutes
Section 1 : 55 Q - Verbal Ability - 15 Q and Reading Comprehension - 40 Q
Section 2 : 55 Q - Problem Solving - 55 Q
Section 3 : 55 Q - Data Interpretation - 31 Q and Verbal Ability - 24 Q

2001:

Total Questions - 150
Time - 120 minutes
Section 1 : 50 Q - Verbal Ability - 20 Q and Reading Comprehension - 30 Q
Section 2 : 50 Q - Problem Solving - 50 Q
Section 3 : 50 Q - Data Interpretation - 31 Q and Logical Reasoning - 19 Q

2002:

Total Questions - 150
Time - 120 minutes
Section 1 : 50 Q - Data Interpretation - 40 Q and Logical Reasoning - 10 Q

Section 2 : 50 Q - Problem Solving - 50 Q
Section 3 : 50 Q - Verbal Ability - 25 Q and Reading Comprehension - 25 Q

2003 (re-exam format given):

Total Questions - 150
Time - 120 minutes
Section 1 : 50 Q - Verbal Ability - 25 Q and Reading Comprehension - 25 Q

Section 2 : 50 Q - Data Interpretation - 30 Q and Logical Reasoning - 20 Q
Section 3 : 50 Q - Problem Solving

2004:

Total Questions - 123 Total marks: 150
Time - 120 minutes
Section 1

Data Interpretation: 20Q of 1 mark each

Data Sufficiency: 6 Q of 1 mark each

Logical Reasoning: 12 Q of 2 marks each

Section 2

Math problems: 20 Q of 1 mark each

Math problems: 15 Q of 2 marks each

Section 3

Verbal Ability: 10 Q of 0.5 marks each

Verbal Ability: 14 Q of 1 mark each

Verbal Ability: 5 Q of 2 marks each

Reading Comprehension: 21 Q of 1 mark each

2005:

Total Questions - 90 Total marks: 150
Time - 120 minutes

Section 1

Verbal Ability: 10Q of 1 mark each

Verbal Ability/Reading Comprehension: 20Q of 2 marks each

Section 2

Math problems: 10Q of 1 mark each

Math problems: 20Q of 2 marks each

Section 3

Data Interpretation/Data Sufficiency/Logical Reasoning: 10Q of 1 mark each

Data Interpretation/Data Sufficiency/Logical Reasoning: 20Q of 2 marks each

2006:

Total Questions - 75 Total marks: 300
Time - 150 minutes

Section 1

Data Interpretation/Data Sufficiency/Logical Reasoning: 25Q of 4 marks each

Section 2

Math problems: 25Q of 4 marks each

Section 3

Verbal Ability/Reading Comprehension: 25Q of 4 marks each

There was no section wise time limit in from 1999 - 2006.

REMEMBER : It is essential that you demonstrate your competence in all the sections.

Some noticeable trends in CAT:

The following trends are clearly noticeable in CAT in the last few years.

The weightage of Math based questions has increased. Until 1998, we would have 85 out of 185 questions that were Math based. This is about 45%. In 2002, 2003 and 2004 almost 81-90 out of 150 questions. This is between 55-60%!!

The Problem solving section would constitute 1 out of 4 sections in the test until 1998. In the last 6 years, it has been 1 out of 3 sections. The importance of this section has therefore tremendously increased (from 24% of the total paper to 33.33% of the total paper)

CAT has been getting progressively tougher and thereby low scoring by the year. You no longer need fantastic scores of 100+ to clear the CAT. Over the years, SharpMinds students who have cleared the CAT and made it to the IIMs have had in the range of 75-90 attempts in the paper.

Institutes accepting CAT Scores…

Institutes accepting CAT Scores…

Guys, I am sorry for a long gap after which Im blogging… I have tried to populate the list from the net. If I missed any good colleges worth mentioning here, please correct me in the comments section….

INSTITUTES ACCEPTING CAT TEST SCORES

NAME OF INSTITUTE

PLACE

WEBSITE

IIM Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD
www.iimahd.ernet.in

IIM Bangalore
BANGALORE
www.iimb.ernet.in

IIM Calcutta
KOLKATA
www.iimcal.ac.in

IIM Lucknow
LUCKNOW
www.iiml.ac.in

IIM Kozhikode
KOZHIKODE
www.iimk.org / www.iimk.ac.in

IIM Indore
INDORE
www.iimidr.ac.in / www.iimidr.ernet.in

Management Development Institute
GURGAON
www.mdi.ac.in / www.mdi.edu

National Institute of Industrial Engineering
MUMBAI
www.nitie.edu / www.nities.com

S P Jain Institute of Management & Research
MUMBAI
www.spjimr.org

Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD
www.mica-india.net

Institute of Management Technology (IMT)
GHAZIABAD
www.imt.org / www.imt.edu

T. A. Pai Management Institute
MANIPAL
www.tapmi.org / www.tapmi.ac.in

Bharathidasan Institute of Management
TRICHY
www.bim.edu

Indian Institute of Forest Management
BHOPAL
www.iifm.ac.in / www.iifm.org

Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management
KOLKATA
www.iiswbm.edu

International Management Institute
NEW DELHI
www.imi.edu

K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research
MUMBAI
www.simsr.com / www.simsr.somaiya.edu

Institute of Management Development and Research
PUNE
www.imdr.edu

Nirma Institute of Management
AHMEDABAD
www.nim.ac.in

University Business School
CHANDIGARH
www.ubschandigarh.org

Institute for Financial Management & Research
CHENNAI
www.ifmr.ac.in / www.ifmr.com

Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
MUMBAI
www.welingkars.com

Fore School of Management
NEW DELHI
www.fsm.ac.in

OTHERS INSTITUTES ACCEPTING CAT TEST SCORE

NAME OF INSTITUTE
CITY
WEBSITE

ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management
GWALIOR
www.iiitm.ac.in

Aegis School of Business
MUMBAI
www.aegis-sb.org

AICAR Business School
KARAJAT
www.aicar.net

AKSON Institute of Management Studies
BANGALORE
www.aksononline.com

Alliance Business Academy
BANGALORE
www.alliancebschool.ac.in / www.alliancebschool.org

Amrita School of Business
COIMBATORE
www.amrita.edu/asb

Aravali Institute of Management
JODHPUR
www.aravali.org

Army Institute of Management
KOLKATA
www.aim.ac.in

Army Institute of Management and Technology
NOIDA
www.awesonline.org

Beng`al Institute of Technology and Management (Shantiniketan)
BIRBHUM
www.multiplegroup.com

Birla Institute of Management Technology
GREATER NOIDA
www.bimtech.ac.in

Birla Institute of Technology
RANCHI
www.bitmesra.ac.in

Cosmic Business School
NEW DELHI
www.cosmicacademy.co.in

Deepshikha Collage of Technical Education
JAIPUR
www.thedeepshikha.com

Department of Business Administration (Lucknow)
LUCKNOW
www.lkouniv.ac.in

EMPI Business School
NEW DELHI
www.empiindia.com

EMPI Institute of Advertising, Communication and Management
NEW DELHI
www.empiindia.com

G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
PANTNAGAR
www.cabm.ac.in

Globsyn Business School
KOLKATA
www.globsyn.com/gbs

Hindustan Inst of Management & Computer
MATHURA
www.sgei.org

Indian Institute of Management Training
PUNE
www.iimtpune.com

Indian School of Mines
DHANBAD
www.ismdhanbad.ac.in

Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology
HYDERABAD
www.idrbt.ac.in

Institute for Integrated Learning in Management
NEW DELHI
www.iilm.edu / www.iilminstitute.org

Institute for Technology and Management
MUMBAI
www.itm.edu / www.itmadmissions.com

Institute of Business Administration and Training
BHUBANESHWAR
www.ibat.ac.in / www.ibatindia.com

Institute of Insurance and Risk Management
HYDERABAD
www.iirmworld.org.in

Institute of Management and Development
NEW DELHI
www.imd.ac.in

Institute of Management Studies
NOIDA
www.imsnoida.com

Institute of Management Studies (Dehradun)
DEHRADUN
www.imsddun.com

Institute of Marketing and Management, New delhi
NEW DELHI
www.immindia.com

Institute of Public Enterprise
HYDERABAD
www.ipeindia.org

International School of Business
KOLKATA
www.isb.edu

International School of Business and Media
PUNE
www.isbm.ac.in / www.isbmpune.com

International School of Management Excellence
BANGALORE

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
LUCKNOW
www.jimindia.com / www.jiml.ac.in

Karnatak Law Society’s Inst.of Management Education & Research
BELGAUM
www.klsimer.edu

Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies
HARIHAR
www.kiams-hrr.org

Kohinoor Business School
PUNE
www.kohinoor.ac.in

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (New Delhi)
NEW DELHI
www.lbsim.edu / www.lbsim.ac.in

Maratha Mandir’s Babasaheb Gawde Institute of Management Studies
MUMBAI
www.mmbgims.com

MET League of Colleges
MUMBAI
www.met4u.com

National Institute of Bank Management
PUNE
www.nibmindia.org

National Institute of Management Calcutta
KOLKATA
www.aim.ac.in

National Insurance Academy
PUNE
www.niapune.com

National Power Training Institute
FARIDABAD
www.npti.nic.in

New Delhi Institute of Management
NEW DELHI
www.ndimdelhi.org

NIILM Centre for Management Studies
NEW DELHI
www.niilm.com / www.niilmuniversity.edu

North Point Centre of Learning
MUMBAI

Pailan College of Management and Technology
KOLKATA
www.pcmt-india.net

School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad
HYDERABAD
www.uohyd.ernet.in

SDM Institute for Management Development
MYSORE
www.sdmimd.net

Surya Dutta Education Foundation
PUNE
www.suryadatta.org

Thakur Institute of Management Studies and Research
MUMBAI
www.thakureducation.org / www.timsr.org

University of Petroleum And Energy Studies
DEHRADUN
www.upesindia.org

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