MBA Aspirants Zone: The Place for CAT / XAT / MAT Crackers


CoolAvenues Presents MBA Aspirants' Zone - a special section for future CAT Crackers. Whatever you wish to know about CAT, other MBA exams, B-schools details, MBA Admission Alerts and much more...

   
  Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi  

Founded in 1954, Faculty of Management studies, Delhi pioneered the concept of management training in India. The first institute to provide management education in the form of a part time MBA program for professional managers, it has since then been in the fore-front of this specialized field.
Check out all Details about FMS, Delhi at this link

  Group Discussion & Personal Interview  
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  Director Speak  
CoolAvenues.com presents a close tête-à-tête with the Directors / Deans of various institutes. The questionnaire has been prepared to bring out the most extensive information regarding the B-schools they head.

  • New! Interview with Mr. Sarvesh Shrivastava, Managing Director, Pearson VUE Asia Pacific
  • New! Interview with Dr. M. L. Shrikant, Dean, S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
  • New! Interview with Prof. (Dr.) Punam Sahgal, Dean, IIM Lucknow - NOIDA Campus
  • Interview with Dr. Nikhil Agarwal, Director, EABS, Pune
  • Interview with Mr. K. G. Garg, Chairman, ISME, Bangalore
  • Interview with Prof. Dilip K. Bandyopadhyay, Director, Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal
  • Interview with Ms. Pallavi Jain, Director - Admissions, ISME, Bangalore
  • Interview with CEO & Senior Associate Director of The MBA Tour - India Tour Sept. 29 - Oct. 6, 2007
  • Interview with Dr. J. D. Singh, Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management (JIM), Noida
  • Interview with Mr. Nitin Garg, Director, ISME, Bangalore
  • Interview with CEO & Senior Associate Director of The MBA Tour - India Tour Sept. 25-30, 2006

    •   MBA Insider: Admission Process for Various B-schools  
    MBA Insider serves as a guide to MBA aspirants regarding pre-MBA preparations, Group Discussions, Interviews, Essay Writings, etc., and can be used as a source of information for building knowledge base about a particular B-school.

    New! + JBIMS, Mumbai - Interview with Anupama Jain
    New! + JBIMS, Mumbai - Interview with Prasad Sawant
    New! + SJMSOM, IIT Bombay - Interview with Narender Dhankhar
    New! + SJMSOM, IIT Bombay - Interview with Shrey Sharan

    Check interviews of current MBA students...

       Why MBA  
  • Management Institutes (B-schools) in India: Various Issues & Guidelines for Selection - by Prof. R. K. Gupta
  • MBA - Why do it? - by Suvarna V.
  • Deciding Area of Specialization for MBA - by Rahul Maheshwari
  • FAQs of MBA - by Lionel Aronah
  • MBAs For All - by Oumkar Umesh
  • Pursuing a Ph.D. in Business Administration in USA by Dr. Partha Mohapatra
  • When To Do An MBA? by Oumkar Umesh
  • MBA: The Managerial Approach by Brijesh Singh
  • Choosing the Right B-School by Raman Vohra & Lokesh Agarwal
  • Life @ B-school by Brijesh Singh

    •   MBA Preparation   
  • Choosing a Coaching Institute for MBA Entrance Exams by Ajay Ohri
  • CAT Toppers Speak: Interview with Debanjan Dey, CAT 2008 Topper
  • CET Toppers Speak: Interview with Tejas Jasani by Corporate Relations Committee, JBIMS, Mumbai
  • CET Toppers Speak: Interview with Chetana Patra by Corporate Relations Committee, JBIMS, Mumbai
  • Tips to Crack CAT by Shiva Kumar
  • Maharashtra CET 2008: Taking Guard Contributed by TCYonline.com
  • How To Go About CET? by Corporate Relations Committee, JBIMS, Mumbai
  • Preparing for CET by Shreyash Shah
  • Three Weeks to FMS 2008: Fasten Your Seat Belts Contributed by TCYonline.com
  • CAT Toolkit (From Now Till 18th November 2007)
  • A Few Tips as the CAT Countdown Begins
  • Managing CAT Stress by Jasveen Grewal
  • Quant in CAT is not Pure Maths !!! by Jatinder Vohra
  • Commonsense Aptitude Test by Parveen Pruthi
  • CAT Myopia by Parveen Pruthi
  • CAT Me If You Can: An Aspirant's Perspective by Pramod Sood
  • CAT, thy name is betrayal by Brijesh Singh
  • All About CET by Abhay More
  • Hurdle Race for Admission to MBA in IIT Madras by Rachana
  • Anthology of Books Needed for CAT/MBA by Abhishek Mehrotra

    •   Paper Downloads   
  • Download MBA Entrance Exams Test Papers / Solutions
  • Reduce Ambiguity in Verbal Reasoning Powered by TestFunda.com
  • Paper Solving Strategy by Gautam Puri
  • Overcoming Barriers in Logical Reasoning Powered by TestFunda.com
  • CAT 2006 Test Booklet & Solution Key
  • Errors in CAT 2006 and Score Card / Percentile Calculation

    •   B-School ranking   
  • The Great B-school Ranking Tamasha: What Went Wrong! CoolAvenues' Editorial
  • B-school Ranking Survey Gets 'F' Grade by Prof. Madhukar Shukla
  • The Truth about Indian Business Schools by Ajay Ohri
  • Business School Rankings: The New Ad-space Selling Mantra by Raj Nambiar
  • Ranking Season starts with "Business Today Best B-schools Ranking"
  • The Maya of B-School Salary" by Dr. Madhukar Shukla
    •   Career Resource  
    Career related articles that will help you in shaping your career. Follow this section to keep yourself updated with career guidelines in present day scenario.

    New ! + "Management Graduates: Lack of Real World Experience" - by S. Rajesh

    Click here to read more of such informative articles.


      Admission Alert  
    No more need to go through stacks of paper to find admission details of major B-Schools. CoolAvenues Editorial team compiles the admission details of major B-Schools. Follow this section to keep yourself updated with Admission deadline of major B-Schools.

    New! +One Year Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives at INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AHMEDABAD Last date for Receipt of filled-in Applications: August 10, 2010
    New! +15 Months Full Time Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Exe. PGDM) at INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISE, HYDERABAD Last date for Receipt of filled-in Applications: June 25, 2010
    New! +Distance Education Programmes at Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL), Pune

    Click here to read more MBA Admission Alerts.

      MBA in India  
    Rest assured... you are not the only one if you want to make it to the top in the business world and take the first step in that direction by aiming to acquire that coveted qualification of MBA.
    Check out this section to guide your first step.

      B-school Profiles  
    This is indeed a daunting task, selecting the institute that serves our needs best. The options are many and there is also the risk of being conned by private concerns. What's required is compact and reliable information about the various creditable institutes.

    New ! B-school in Focus: Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi

    Click here to browse information about the top institutes.

      B-school FAQs  
    B-school FAQs by CoolAvenues cover major B-schools of India where the Admission Coordinator/ Chairman of the MBA schools answers specific questions related to MBA admissions to their particular institute.

    New! Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi
    Click here to read B-school FAQs of more schools...

      Admission Process: Various Management Exams  
    Browse here to find details regarding the main management exams held through out the country for admissions to B-schools - CAT, CET, JMET, MAT, XAT, ATMA.
    Check details of these competitive exams.

      Bank Loans for MBA  
    Click here to check details of the various banks that offer educational loans to students of B-schools.

      Lessons in English Language  
    Its easy to make mistakes here... in the Usage of English Language... even the best of us do so. So CoolAvenues brings some helpful articles, tests, tips to improve your language skills.

    New ! Vocabulary Building Techniques
    New ! English Usage

    Click here to access more of such aricles.

       GMATdirect  
    Planning to go abroad and wish to do your second MBA or be a part of that elusive Ivy League. This section is for GMAT aspirants.
    Click to check more information and articles related to GMAT...
    Click here to read about Q&A related to GMAT.

      B-School Diary  
    A la Snapshots from Hell... courtsey B-Schools Diaries. Here we try to catch a glimse of what happens at B-Schools once you find yourself in a B-School.
    New! + "How has Life Been at FMS So Far?" - by Sushant Bahadur

    To read B-school Journals & Diaries, click here.

      Join CA-Mentor Program  
    A unique opportunity to get guidance from some of the finest brains i.e. your alumni. Get a chance to interact with people from corporate world to steer through thick and thin.
    Click here to know more details about Mentor Ship Programme.

      Placement Reports  
    CoolAvenues pioneered the concept of Placements reporting and is today regarded as most authoritative, exhaustive and unbiased source of information on Placement Scenario in India. Placement Surveys carried out for last 7 years, in association with Business Today, have become the standard and final word on B-school placements.
    Click here to enter Placements page.

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