CAT 2015: Registrations to begin tomorrow

The registration process for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 is scheduled to begin tomorrow, i.e. August 6. The aspirants will be able to submit their applications online at the official site of CAT 2015, www.iimcat.ac.in.
The official notification for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 was released on July 26. CAT 2015 is scheduled to be conducted on November 29; it is being conducted by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM- A).
The aspirants can register for the exam and complete the application process between August 6 and September 20. They will have the option to select up to four choices as their examination city. The institute will try to assign the first city of choice to all candidates, however, if that is not possible, then the candidates will be assigned a city as per their mentioned order of preference. The payment of fee is to be done through online mode only, i.e. through credit card, debit card or net banking. No other mode of payment is applicable.

Common Admission Test (CAT) to be conducted on one day this year

The testing pattern for Common Admission Test (CAT) has been changed again. Normally the competitive exam was conducted over a week's duration, last year this pattern was changed and the exam was conducted over two days in four sessions. This year, the test will be held only on one day, with two sessions.
This decision has been taken by the convenor of CAT 2015, IIM Ahmedabad. The number of exam centres has also been increased from 99 to 115. The authorities have informed that the female candidates will be allotted exam centres closer to their city of residence.
This new pattern has been approved by the CAT group meeting, and the reason for such change has been cited as the improvement of operational efficiency and quality of the exam content. The one day exam will aid transparency in scoring and normalisation of marks, i.e. awarding scores on the basis of difficulty level of the test.

IIM, Bangalore notifies for admissions to FPM programme

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore has invited applications for its FPM programme in all areas of business management and public policy. The programme trains individuals to excel in their chosen areas of research through publication-quality work of international standards. Students are expected to complete the programme within five years. The maximum duration of the programme is seven years

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