How to choose a CAT Coaching Institute

Planning to take CAT 2012? Then this is the right time to start preparing and gearing up for the tough entrance exam that is a gateway for prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). To crack CAT 2012, you need to give your best.


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This is the time when students are confused which coaching centre to enrol for. With each coaching centre claiming to be better than the other, the task of selecting one which will suit your needs can be a daunting task. It is for this reason that we give 6 benchmarks to decide on your coaching centre-:

1. Faculty: The most important thing for you to find out is the faculty of the coaching centre. If your teachers are good then there is a higher chance of cracking the CAT. Remember that the centre maybe renowned for a very good faculty but the bigger coaching classes have various branches, and it is difficult for them to have the same set of teachers at every centre. Get to know about the faculty from the current and previous batches. Also try for a demo lectures if possible.
   
   
2. Size of your batch: Always go for a small batch. Enquire thoroughly about the size of the batch. Many coaching institutes have huge batches and so what suffers is individual attention. If there are many students in a class, then you will not get personal attention or you may not get time to get your doubts resolved.
   
3. Study Material: Every coaching institute will provide you with basic study material. You should go through the material to decide if it's comprehensive or not. The kind of study material will help you judge about the centre's worthiness.
   
   
4. Location: Always go for a location that is nearer to your home. Travelling for hours to reach the class will not be very useful if you aren't putting in the effort on your own as well. Also, you might lose motivation in a few days if the place is situated too far away.
   
5. Practice Tests: The number of simulated tests that are taken in a proctored environment is an important factor. Taking such mock tests will prepare you for the final exam day. Ask the institute about their tie-ups with the various colleges, or cyber cafes, and whether there are any hindrances they face while taking the test. Make sure that you are able to take the test in a proctored environment, where you don't face any distraction. You need to know if they will give you also give you feedback on the tests, mark you and ask about the cutoffs.
   
6. Quality of tests: Go for an institute where there are more test takers as it will help you to know where you stand. However, don't go by tall claims made by institutes regarding the number of test takers. You need to check as they could dupe you.

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Some Possible Topics For GD In B-Schools For Admissions In 2011

1. How the stock market works
2. Social issues - education, taxation, social programs, income distribution
3. The foreign exchange rate, liquidity, basic economic theory
4. The role of technology in business
5. India's case for a permanent seat on the security council of UN
6. The Sri Lankan Peace Process
7. Doctors' Accountability to Improve Health-Care
8. Universal Disarmament is a Must
9. Is India Aping the Western Obsession with Celebrities?
10. Exit Options for the US from Iraq
11. Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants in India
12. Are Live-in Relationships better than Marriage?
13. Should Guys Expect their Educated Wives to be Virgins?
14. India at 60: A Senior Citizen?
15. Unrest in Countries around India
16. The environment - whose responsibility is it?
17. How will the introduction of hedge funds and the liberalization of foreign exchange controls impact our market?
18. Should Animals be used for Testing New Drugs & Medical Procedures?
19. Do NGOs in India Really Work for Others OR Work for their Own Vested Interests?
20. Security Cameras & Privacy
21. Advertisements Cheat People, Hence Should Be Banned
22. Borderless World: A Threat?
23. Basic political theory and ideologies such as capitalism (Adam Smith), communism (Marx), socialism, democracy, egalitarianism, libertarianism, etc.
24. India's 5-Year Plans
25. Advertising - fairness, company responsibility, unbiased information
26. The Indian space programme orkplace
27. The preservation of heritage, culture or customs
28. The "brain drain"
29. Foreign exchange rates, convertibility, currencies and per capita incomes
30. How banking works; common banking terms
31. The global economic scenario
32. Current politics of India
33. Computers result in unemployment.
34. E-Commerce the best thing for India.
35. Know how the stock market works - bonds, investment, etc.
36. Scandals such as Enron, Worldcomm, Arthur Andersen and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
37. The pros and cons of globalization
38. Emerging communication technologies
39. Derivatives trading
40. The India-US Nuclear deal - is it beneficial or not?
41. Principles of political theories, pros and cons of each ideology, how the most important governments function
42. Currencies and per capita incomes
43. Economic reforms in India
44. The advancement of women's rights is the basis for social development.
45. Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Think about the arguments for or against them.
46. Globalization is good.
47. Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India. NGOs (Non-governmental organizations) such as the United Nations are ineffective.
48. An India free of the caste system is simply a pipe dream.
49. Is materialism good or bad?
50. Is the agrarian economy in India a boon or a bane?
51. What is the role of ethics in industries such as tobacco, gambling and liquor?
52. Should India aspire to be a nuclear superpower?
53. Advertising is a form of brainwashing.
54. What do you think of this firm's (one that is in the news) decision to go public?
55. Is identity more important than policy?
56. Greed is good - it is an essential human quality.
57. Is China a threat to the Indian economy?
58. Democracy has hampered India's progress.
59. History repeats itself.
60. Is management education really necessary to succeed in business?
61. The ends justify the means.
62. Should the concept of arrange marriage still exist?
63. Men and women will always be unequal in the workplace.
64. Is Indian bureaucracy the basis of a government's foundation, or simply a poor leftover from colonial times?
65. Is war with Pakistan inevitable?
66. Borderless World: A Myth or Reality?
67. Secularism has become a Tool to Justify the Wrongs done by the Minorities
68. What is the Difference between People who do Things Rightly and People who do Right Things?
69. Corruption is a Necessary Evil for Success in Any Sphere,
70. Beauty Pageants are a Must.
71. How to Deal with International Terrorism?
72. Are Peace and Non-Violence Outdated Concepts?
73. Indian Army as a Career Option
74. Capital Punishment should be Banned or Allowed?
75. Is Dependence on Computers a Good Thing?
76. Is India a Soft Nation?
77. Should Research on Human Cloning be banned?
78. Should Sting Operations be Carried Out?
79. How safe is Unmarried Fairer Sex?
80. Conditional Access System for Cable TV Watchers: Boon or Bane?
81. Nuclear War cannot be won and should not be fought
82. Is Swapping Terrorists for Hostages an Encouragement to Plane-Hijackers?
83. Brain-Drain has to be stopped
84. Flexi Timings or Fixed Timings - Which is better at Work?
85. Individual Brilliance Certainly makes a Difference
86. Is Paperless Office a Reality or Not?
87. Rules & Regulation Breed Corruption
88. Rivers are our natural resource. All states have equal rights on them
89. Gender issues in society and in the workplace
90. The emancipation of women
91. The effects of globalization and trade on the world and in India
92. Problems which plague developing nations
93. Immigration

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Top 50 B-Schools In India

COLEGE	PLACE	WEBSITE
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD	AHMEDABAD	www.iimahd.ernet.in
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE	BANGALORE	www.iimb.ernet.in
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA	KOLKATA	www.iimcal.ac.in
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES	DELHI	www.fms.edu
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW	LUCKNOW	www.iiml.ac.in
XAVIER LABOUR RELATION INSTITUTE	JAMSHEDPUR	www.xlri.edu / www.xlri.ac.in
INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (ISB)	HYDERABAD	www.isb.edu
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE	INDORE	www.iimidr.ernet.in
LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	CHENNAI	www.liba.edu
IBS HYDERABAD (ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL)	HYDERABAD	www.ibshyderabad.org  / www.ibsat.org
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE (IIFT)	NEW DELHI	www.iift.edu
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE	KOZHIKODE	www.iimk.org
SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT	PUNE	www.sibm.edu
JAMNALAL BAJAJ INST OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES	MUMBAI	www.jbims.edu
RAJIV GANDHI INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SHILLONG	SHILLONG	www.rgiim.ac.in / www.iimshillong.in
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI	NEW DELHI	www.iitd.ernet.in / www.iitd.ac.in / www.iitdmba.org
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE	ROORKEE	www.iitr.ernet.in / www.iitr.ac.in
K.J. SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & RESEARCH	MUMBAI	www.simsr.somaiya.edu
S.P.JAIN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH	MUMBAI	www.spjimr.org
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY	GHAZIABAD	www.imt.edu / www.imt.org / www.imtonline.org
BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY	GREATER NOIDA	www.bimtech.ac.in
ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL	MUMBAI	www.ibsindia.org
NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT	MUMBAI	www.nmims.edu
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE	GURGAON	www.mdi.ac.in / www.mdi.edu
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, IIT KANPUR	KANPUR	www.iitk.ac.in/ime
BHARATHIDASAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (BIM)	TIRUCHIRAPPALLI	www.bim.edu
AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL	NOIDA	www.amity.edu
CHRIST UNIVERSITY	BANGALORE	www.christuniversity.in
PRIN. L.N. WELINGKAR INST OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH	MUMBAI	www.welingkar.org
NIRMA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT	AHMEDABAD	www.nim.ac.in / www.imnu.ac.in
THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNING & MANAGEMENT	NEW DELHI	www.iipm.edu
TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES	MUMBAI	www.tiss.edu
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT	BHUBANESHWAR	www.ximb.ac.in
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT	MUMBAI	www.iipm.edu
BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE (BITS)	PILANI	www.bits-pilani.ac.in
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SERVICE	RANCHI	www.xiss.ac.in / www.xiss-ranchi.org
SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT & HRD	PUNE	www.scmhrd.edu
UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL	CHANDIGARH	http://ubs.puchd.ac.in / www.ubschandigarh.org
FORE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT	NEW DELHI	www.fsm.ac.in
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT	NEW DELHI	www.lbsim.edu / www.lbsim.ac.in
GOA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT	GOA	www.gim.ac.in
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (IMI)	NEW DELHI	www.imi.edu
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	TIRUCHIRAPPALLI	www.nitt.edu
GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT	MANAMAI VILLAGE	www.greatlakes.edu.in
S.I.E.S.COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES,	NAVI MUMBAI	www.siescolleges.com / www.siescoms.edu
SHAILESH J MEHTA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT	MUMBAI	www.iitb.ac.in/~som
INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT& RESEARCH	CHENNAI	www.ifmr.com / www.ifmr.ac.in
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING	MUMBAI	www.nitie.edu / www.nities.com
MUDRA INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION	AHMEDABAD	www.mica-india.net
T.A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (TAPMI)	MANIPAL	www.tapmi.edu.in / www.tapmi.org

SOURCE - BUSINESS TODAY, OCTOBER 2010

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Top MBA Colleges In India

In India, craze for MBA (Master in Business Administration) or PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) has made a recordable growth over past few years. Almost each and every student wants to see himself as an MBA. The result is more and more students are enrolling themselves for MBA Degree program or PGDM program after completing their graduation because of wide variety of career options ahead for them. This growth is good for our country, but this growth has also resulted in mushroom growth of MBA/PGDM institutes in India. The motive of these colleges is to make money only. These colleges concentrate on strength of students rather than quality of studies. The education quality and placement of these colleges’ stands nowhere before that of some top MBA/PGDM colleges of India but there fee structure is almost equivalent to those top colleges. There motive is to attract more and more students at their college. They use all the techniques to attract students. Their best weapon to hunt for the students is coaching institutes. They pay huge money to these institutes to promote their college among the students of the coaching institutes. It’s the worst scenario of education we have ever seen.


The students get confused due to so many colleges and go to the mentor of their coaching institute seeking help. But they don’t know that these institutes are not helping, but making money. The result is these coaching institutes make the students to get admission in one of the colleges, they are getting money from.

In this jungle of MBA/PGDM colleges still there are some good MBA/PGDM Colleges in India where students can enroll themselves for MBA Degree Program. In India, IIMS is one of the best institutes for obtaining MBA degree. They have branches all over India. And also there are lots of other famous leading MBA colleges which also provide quality education. The list below provides some of Top MBA Colleges in India along with their address, contact number E-mail id and Website Details.

1. Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad)

Address : Vastrapur, Ahmedabad - 380 015, INDIA

Contact No : 91 79 2630 8357, dean@iimahd.ernet.in

Website : http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/

2. Indian Institute of Management (LUCKNOW)

Address : Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road,Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh,India,PIN : 226013

Contact No : 00(91)(522)2761397, 00(91)(522)2761437,

Website : http://www.iiml.ac.in/

3. Indian Institute of Management (Kolkata)

Address : Diamond Harbour Road Joka, Kolkata (Calcutta) - 700104, West Bengal, INDIA

Contact No : +91-33-2282-4598, +91-33-2467-9178

Website :http://www.iimcal.ac.in/

4. Indian Institute of Management (Kozhikode)

Address : IIMK Campus P. O., Kozhikode 673 570, Kerala, India

Contact No : +91-495-2803001

Website :http://www.iimk.ac.in/

5. Indian Institute of Management (Indore)

Address : Prabandh ShikharRau-Pithampur Road,Indore 453 331,Madhya Pradesh, NDIA

Contact No : + 91-731-4228400

Website : http://www.iimidr.ac.in/

6. Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore)

Address : Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, IndiaPin Code : 560 076

Contact No : 91-80-26582450

Website : http://www.iimb.ernet.in/

7. Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University (FMS)(New Delhi)

Address : Faculty of Management StudiesUniversity of DelhiDelhi - 110007

Contact No : +91 11 2766 6382 / 6387 / 6388

Website :http://www.fms.edu/

8. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (Mumbai)

Address : Backbay Reclamation, Mumbai, India. Pin - 400020

Contact No : +91 - 022 - 22024133 / 22024118 / 22025153

Website : http://www.jbims.edu/

1. Xavier Labour Research Institute (XLRI) (Jamshedpur)

Address : XLRI Circuit House Area (East)Jamshedpur 831 001JharkhandIndia

Contact No : +91 - 657 - 398 3333

Website : http://www.xlri.ac.in/

2. SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (Mumbai)

Address : Munshi Nagar, Dadabhai Road, Andheri West,Mumbai - 400 058, India.

Contact No : +91-22-2623 7454 / 0396 / 2401

Website :http://www.spjimr.org/

3. Institute of Management Technology (Ghaziabad)

Address : Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad 201 001, India

Contact No : +91 0120 3002200

Website :http://www.imt.edu/

4. Xavier Institute of Management (Bhubaneshwar)

Address : Bhubaneswar - 751 013, India

Contact No : 91.674 3012345

Website :http://www.ximb.ac.in/

5. International Management Institute (New Delhi)

Address : B-10, Qutab Institutional Area, Tara Crescent, New Delhi - 110016

Contact No : 2696-1437/3519/6143, 2686-3701, 2652-8276/9237/9338/9239

Website :http://www.imi.edu/

6. Management Development Institute (Gurgaon)

Address : Mehrauli RoadSukhrali, Gurgaon - 122001INDIA

Contact No : + 91 124 2349831-36, 4013050-59

Website :http://www.imt.edu/

7. FORE School of Management (New Delhi)

Address : B-18, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India

Contact No : 91-11-41242424-33

Website : http://www.fsm.ac.in/

8. National Institute of Industrial Engineering (Mumbai)

Address : NITIE Campus,Near Vihar Lake,Mumbai 400087, Maharashtra, India

Contact No : 022 28575590

Website :http://www.nitie.edu/

9. Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM)

Address: S. No. 55/2-7, Tathawade, Opp. Wakad Police Station,

Off Mumbai-Bangalore bypass, Pune - 411 033

Maharashtra, India

Contact No : +91-20-6674 1249, 6674 1250

Fax No : +91-20-6674 1242

Website : http://www.bimmpune.com



18- Indian School of Business (ISB)Address: Gachibowli

Hyderabad-500 032

India

Contact No: +91 40 2300 7000

Website: www.isb.edu



The colleges listed above are the Top Business colleges in India. The fees of MBA degree program may vary from college to college. It ranges from 1,00,000 to 12,00,000 for two years. But the ROI {Return on Investment} is very good. The highest placement packages of IIM-A, IIM-C and IIM-B this year have touched 1.5crore, 1.6Crore and 1.7crore respectively. So we can say that, you will soon get all your money back because you are going to get a job in a Top MNC Companies that is provided by these MBA Colleges.

Soon you will be getting the list of top MBA colleges accepting MAT score.



DISCLAIMER:

The above list of Top PGDM/MBA colleges in India is best of our knowledge. If you see any error in the details of colleges listed above, please let us know about it by writing comments to us. The above list of MBA colleges is only for personal use.



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