Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) is the first step in the process of admission to the TWO YEAR FULL TIME Postgraduate Degree Programmes in Management offered by the IITs. Currently IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee offer Programmes in Management.

JMET is only a qualifying examination. Candidates have to apply separately to the Institutes of their choice. They are also advised to look up the admission details provided in the respective websites of the participating Institutes. There is no limit to the number of programmes a candidate can apply to, so long as he or she meets the eligibility criteria.

The results of JMET provide a basis to each participating Institute to shortlist potential candidates for conducting its own selection processes like, Group Discussion/Interview etc. However, calling the candidates for such later process of selection is the prerogative of the admitting Institute. Candidates should note that the final selection would depend on their performance in each of the components of the selection process.

JMET qualified candidates may contact the management departments/schools of the concerned institutes for additional information. It may be noted that the GATE/JMET offices will not respond to queries on the admission procedure.

JMET Test Structure:

Test  Duration: 3 Hours

No of Questions: 120

Test Type: Objective Questions/ Multipple Choice

Sections:

• Verbal Communication: This section consists of English portion like essay, passage, grammar etc. This section aims to test the candidate's comprehension of and interpretative abilities in English as a language of business. Given the potential manager's decision-making roles, this section seeks to examine the candidate's felicity with common forms of English expression, grammar and usage in business that would enable him/her to extract essential information from a variety of data, and arrive at an informed decision.
• Logical Reasoning: This section consists of analytical reasoning, argument analysis, and analysis of explanation questions.
• Quantitative Ability: The quantitative section has the mathematical portion. It includes multiple-choice problems in arithmetic, basic algebra, and elementary geometry.
• Data Interpretation: This section aims to assess the ability of the examinee to make valid interpretations from a given data set. The section also assesses the ability of the examinee to understand data in different representative forms such as simple tables, histograms, pie charts, graphs, scatter diagrams, etc. Although involved calculations are not expected, simple data manipulations would be required.

Note: There is negative marking for incorrect answers. For a wrong answer to a question, 25% of the marks allotted to that question will be deducted. Moreover, for a candidate to be qualified in JMET 2011, he/she should not only secure certain minimum marks in the test paper but also should necessarily obtain certain minimum marks in each of the four sections stated above.

In 1953, the organization now called the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) began as an association of nine business schools, whose goal was to develop a standardized test to help business schools select qualified applicants. In the first year it was offered, the assessment (now known as the Graduate Management Admission Test), was taken just over 2,000 times; in recent years, it has been taken more than 200,000 times annually. Initially used in admissions by 54 schools, the test is now used by more than 1,500 schools and 1,800 programs worldwide.

The Graduate Management Admission Test is a Computer-Adaptive standardized test in mathematics and the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies. Business schools commonly use the test as one of many selection criteria for admission into graduate business administration programs (e.g. MBA, Master of Accountancy, etc.) principally in the United States, but also in other English-speaking countries.

GMAT Test Structure:

Analytical Writing Assessment: Essay must be written within 30 minutes and is scored on a scale of 0–6 (Each of the two essays in the Analytical Writing part of the test is graded on a scale of 0 (the minimum) to 6 (the maximum))

Quantitative Section: The quantitative section consists of 37 multiple choice questions, which must be answered within 75 minutes. It has two different subsections.

• Problem Solving: Problem-solving questions present multiple-choice problems in arithmetic, basic algebra, and elementary geometry. The task is to solve the problems and choose the correct answer from among five answer choices.
• Data Sufficiency: This tests the quantitative reasoning ability using an unusual set of directions.

Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test is a common written test for the admission to all the Post-Graduate Institutes of Symbiosis International University. Written test is mandatory for admission into any Post-Graduate programme offered by the constituent institute of Symbiosis International University.

SNAP Test Structure:

SNAP Test Structure is as follows:

• Test Duration: 120 Minutes
• Test Type: Objective Questions (Each question has 4 answers. One of them is correct)

Sections:

It has four sections:

1. General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability (40 Marks)
2. Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency (40 Marks)
3. General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario (40 Marks)
4. Analytical & Logical Reasoning (60 Marks)

About Institute:

IIM Ranchi is the one of the newest Indian Institute of Management and the only premier management institute / B School of Jharkhand state. IIM Rranchi is the 8th Indian Institute of Management which is the league of the leading management business schools. The IIM Ranchi has decided to start the Post Graduate Program in Management from 2010-11 session. The IIM Ranchi has announced for the admission for the its batch which will start from 2010 – 2011 session. Because IIM Ranchi is being served by IIM Kolkata in this session, The application form for the admission into the IIM Ranchi can be downloaded from the official website of the IIM Calcutta. We hope that more candidates from Jharkhand will enter into the leading management institutes of India.

Activities:

The Institute's activities presently include teaching, research and consulting. The Major Programmes and activities of the Institute are:

• Research
• Post Graduate Programme in Management

About Institute:

IIM Rohtak is the one of the newest Indian Institute of Management and the only premier management institute / B School of Haryana state. IIM Rohtak is the 9th Indian Institute of Management which is the league of the leading management business schools. The IIM Rohtak has decided to start the PGP Course / Post Graduate Program in Business Management at Indian Institute of Management Rohtak. The IIM Rohtak has announced for the admission for the its batch which will start from 2010 – 2011 session. The application form for the admission into the IIM Rohtak can be downloaded from the official website of the IIM Lucknow. We hope that more candidates from Haryana will enter into the leading management institutes of India.

IIM-Rohtak commenced operation in July this year, with a batch of 50 students. Since its own campus is yet to be established, classes are held at the Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) campus in Rohtak.

Percentile Cut-off for Intake:

IIM Rohtak has said that applicants must have a minimum CAT score of 95 percentile for General category candidates, 80 percentile for OBC candidates, 70 per cent for Scheduled Castes, 60 percentile for Scheduled Tribes and 60 percentile for persons with disability.

Activities:

The Institute's activities presently include teaching, research and consulting. The Major Programmes and activities of the Institute are:

• Research
• Post Graduate Programme in Management

About Institute:

IIM Shillong has been set up with a vision of expansion and mobilisation of facilities for offering good quality management education and research in the North Eastern region of India. The decision of coming up with an Indian Institute of Management in the North East was unanimously taken by the Union Minister of Human Resource Development along with the Chief Ministers of the North Eastern States in the Review Meeting held at Shillong during June 2004. Shillong was drafted as the permanent location for the institute after consultation between the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) and the Chief Ministers of States of the region.

The Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIM) offers a comprehensive two years Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Programme (PGDM). The course has been designed to provide a holistic approach towards addressing business problems of the new millennium and beyond. The institute aims to develop unbeatable leaders for an economically and ecologically sustainable society, with the help of a unique curriculum that comprises a mix of compulsory and elective courses, supplemented by specialised courses on industry sectors.

Activities:

The Institute's activities presently include teaching, research and consulting. The Major Programmes and activities of the Institute are:

• Research
• Fellow Programme in Management
• Post Graduate Programme in Management
• Faculty Development Programmes
• Management Development Programmes

About Institute:

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is on a high growth trajectory today, offering widest range of academic programmes in the field of management education.

Starting in 1997 with a batch of 42 students in its Postgraduate Programme (PGP) , it increased PGP intake to 120 in 2003, 180 in 2005 and to 261 in 2008, thus making it the fastest growing management school in the country to reach that landmark. This was done keeping the quality of the programme high, as the Institute continued to maintain its sound placement record, ranking among the top 5 institutes in the country in 2008.

Vision and Mission:

• The Institute seeks to achieve excellence and a leadership position in management education and to become a major learning resource centre in the Asia-Pacific region.
• The Institute seeks to inculcate a spirit of lifelong learning. It aspires to strengthen the capabilities of integrating concepts with applications and values. It aims to contribute towards the development of communities of dependable, capable, caring and fair-minded people.

Activities:

The Institute's activities presently include teaching, research and consulting. The Major Programmes and activities of the Institute are:

• Research
• Conferences
• Fellow Programme in Management
• Post Graduate Programme in Management
• Interactive Distance Learning
• Faculty Development Programmes
• Management Development Programmes
• Publications
• Consultancy Services

About Institute:

From a modest beginning in 1984, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML) has now grown into a fully integrated global management school. The guiding philosophy of the school, throughout, has been creation of knowledge, influencing management practices and integrate globally. The objectives of imparting education, combined with creation, dissemination and application of knowledge, are being met in an integrated form, to create a synergetic impact.

This truly global business school, that offers Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM), Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (PGPABM), Post Graduate Programme in Business Management for Working Managers (WMP), International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX), Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) and Management Development Programmes (MDPs), stands tall on the foundation of an excellent, committed and deeply knowledgeable faculty, innovative and unique pedagogical tools and an eclectic and diverse student community that has a burning desire to make new paths of its own.

IIM Lucknow now also have a campus in Noida Uttar Pradesh.

About Institute:

Established in 1996, Indian Institute of Management Indore is the sixth in the prestigious IIM family of management schools. The institute was chosen to be set up in Indore to give an impetus to management education in central India and has ever since been acting as the pioneer in the field of management, interfacing with the industry, government sectors and PSUs.

The essence of management, IIM I believes, lies in managing one's own ambitions and forging ahead consciously. "A strong theoretical foundation is the basis of good corporate practice" this, coupled with a grounding in management as it is practiced, is the underlying theme of the flagship Post Graduate Programme (PGP). Spanning two years the programme is benchmarked against similar programmes of the best business schools in the world. Experiential learning, IT orientation, and social sensitivity are some of the unique features of the programme.

Objectives:

• To provide World class learning and teaching Environment to men and women.
• To collaborate with World's and India's other business Institutes to professionalize management.
• To promote conceptual and management knowledge through research.

Vision and Mission:

• To be among the world's foremost business schools, fostering thought leadership and managerial excellence
• To develop socially-conscious leaders, entrepreneurs and manager for facilitating and enhancing the global competitiveness of organizations through excellence in education, research, training and consultancy.

About Institute:

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. During its initial years, several prominent faculty formed part of its nucleus, including Paul Samuelson, Jagdish Sheth, J. K. Sengupta, among others.

Over the years, IIMC has grown into a mature institution with global reputation, imparting high quality management education. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalising Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level programs, Executive Training Programs, Research and Consulting Activities.

Objectives:

• To provide learning and teaching facilities to men and women of exceptional caliber for pursuing careers in management or becoming teachers and researchers in different management fields.
• To promote conceptual and management knowledge through research.
• To participate in and contribute to the formulation of public policy, which would provide answers to questions of social importance.
• To enhance the decision-making skills and the administrative competence of practicing managers and assist organizations to solve their managerial problems by providing them with consulting services based on actual requirements.
• To collaborate with World's and India's other top business Institutes with a view to further professionalizing management education and assisting in institution building, in a meaningful manner.

Activities:

• Teaching Program
• Management Development Programs
• Research
• Consultancy
• Seminars, Workshops & International Conferences
• Publications

About Institute:

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is located in India’s high technology capital Bangalore. Established in 1973, the Institute has since then built on its base of highly accomplished faculty, world class infrastructure and motivated student body to emerge as one of the premier institutes for management education and research promoting managerial excellence in the country.

IIMB has always been a hub of innovative activity and is continuously on the lookout for opportunities to collaborate with the industry as well as other academic institutions the world over. Innovation and research at the Institute has been given a fillip with the establishment of Centres of Excellence in various areas ranging from Public Policy and Corporate Governance to Insurance to Financial Markets and Risk Management. The N.S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning is a catalyst for entrepreneurial activity and a well-known incubation centre for startup ventures.

Objectives:

• To provide learning facilities to both men and women of exceptional caliber for pursuing careers in management or becoming teachers and researchers in different management fields.
• To promote knowledge through research, both applied and conceptual, relevant to management, and to disseminate such knowledge through publications.
• To participate in and contribute to the formulation of public policy, which would provide answers to questions of social importance.
• To enhance the decision-making skills and the administrative competence of practicing managers and assist organizations to solve their managerial problems by providing them with consulting services based on actual requirements.
• To collaborate with World's and India's other top business Institutes with a view to further professionalizing management education and assisting in institution building, in a meaningful manner.

About Institute:

IIMA has evolved from being India's premier management institute to a notable international school of management in just four decades.

It all started with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and a few spirited industrialists realising that agriculture, education, health, transportation, population control, energy and public administration were vital elements in a growing society, and that it was necessary to efficiently manage these industries.

The result was the creation of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1961 as an autonomous body with the active collaboration of the Government of India, Government of Gujarat and the industrial sectors.

It was evident that to have a vision was not enough. Effective governance and quality education were seen as critical aspects.

From the very start the founders introduced the concept of faculty governance: all members of the faculty play an important role in administering the diverse academic and non-academic activities of the Institute. The empowerment of the faculty has been the propelling force behind the high quality of learning experience at IIMA.

Objectives:

• To provide learning facilities to men and women of exceptional caliber for pursuing careers in management or becoming teachers and researchers in different management fields.
• To promote knowledge through research, both applied and conceptual, relevant to management, and to disseminate such knowledge through publications.
• To participate in and contribute to the formulation of public policy, which would provide answers to questions of social importance.
• To enhance the decision-making skills and the administrative competence of practicing managers and assist organizations to solve their managerial problems by providing them with consulting services based on actual requirements.
• To collaborate with other institutions in India and abroad with a view to further professionalizing management education and assisting in institution building, in a meaningful manner.

CAT Entrance exam is about to be finished in one day, now Its time to focus on other major Management Entrance exam like XAT, SNAP, FMS, IIFT etc which are going to be held on coming days of the season. Each entrance exam has its own level and identity so the candidates should have separate strategies for separate exam keeping in mind the difficulty level of of particular exam. To make the strategies for entrance exams, candidates should know about the exams and major and minor differences among them.

Xavier Admission Test (XAT) Conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur

The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur conducts the Xavier Admission Test (XAT). The XAT is conducted for admission to Post-Graduate degree programmes in Management at XLRI, XIM, XISS, LIBA etc. XAT 2010 was more difficult than CAT or any other entrance last season. With the progressive negative marking, a few decision making caselets clubbed with a difficult logical reasoning section, the focus being on verbal logic rather than knowledge and an essay to be written at the end made it a mouth-watering proposition for any serious aspirant.

The total duration of XAT is two hours. The total number of question in XAT is 200. This test is divided into 3 sections.

1. Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation: The data interpretation section in XAT 2010 can be best described in one word -un-do-able. With lengthy calculations and close options, these questions were better left unattended to considering that the rest of the section was pretty much do-able. Not much of a focus on heavy math concepts and pretty much everything could be done with a skill-set of basic formulae.
2. Logical Reasoning & Decision Making: The logical reasoning section is tough and takes time but the decision making section is subjective and might get you a larger number of incorrect answers in a short span of time. Nothing outrageously different from other management entrance tests.
3. Verbal Aptitude: This section, last year had a good mix of questions right from RCs, critical reasoning, FIJs, parajumbles, word usage, vocabulary and even an advertisement. The difficulty level was high and one had to be a bit cautious about the negative marking part and not overdo guesswork.

All India Management Association was Founded in the year 1957. This is an apex body of management with over 30,000 individual members, 3000 institutional members and 60 Local Management Association across India and overseas.

AIMA undertakes a host of management related activities and initiatives such as Distance Management Education, Management Development Programmes, Special Conferences, Research & Publications, Testing Services and Competitions.

Overview of MAT:

MAT Entrance Exam is conducted by All India Management Association at November/December month every Year and is approved by Ministry of HRD, Govt of of India as National Entrance test. MAT Entrance Exam consists of 200 questions which are divided in 5 sections with difficulty level questions varying from easy to moderate. So to crack MAT exam speed and accuracy is must.

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