CAT 2010 Online Coaching-IIM CAT 2010 Prep,Resources,Cut-off......

B-SKOOL RANKINGS

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BAAPS OF ALL

(IIM Ahmedabad) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 
(IIM Bangalore) Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore  
(IIM Calcutta) Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta   
(ISB, Hyderabad) Indian School of Business, Hyderabad   
(FMS, Delhi) Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University    
(XLRI, Jamshedpur) Xavier's Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur 
(IIM Lucknow) Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow  
(IIM Indore) Indian Institute of Management, Indore    
(SP Jain, Mumbai) SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai  
(IIM Kozhikode) Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode   

Chotta Baap

(NITIE, Mumbai) National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai   
(IIM Shillong) Indian Institute of Management, Shillong   
(IIFT Delhi) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi














(IIM Ranchi) Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi*





















(IIM Rohtak) Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak* 













(MDI, Gurgaon) Management Development Institute, Gurgaon  
(JBIMS, Mumbai) Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai  
(NMIMS, Mumbai) Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai  
(TISS,Mumbai) Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 
(SIBM, Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune   
(IRMA, Anand) Institute of Rural Management, Anand  
(IMT, Ghaziabad) Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad    
(MICA, Ahmedabad) Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad  
(SJM-SoM, IIT Bombay) Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay 
(SCMHRD, Pune) Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resources Development, Pune   
A

(DMS, IIT Delhi) Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi   
(IMI,Delhi) International Management Institute ,Delhi  
(XIMB, Bhubaneshwar)


XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT , BHUBANESWAR
(KJ Somaiya, Mumbai) KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai  
(VGSOM,IIT Kharagpur) Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur 
(TAPMI, Manipal) TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal   
(UBS,Chandigarh ) University Business School,Chandigarh 
(Nirma, Ahmedabad) Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad    
(SIIB, Pune) Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune   
(GIM, Goa) Goa Institute of Management, Goa 
(Great Lakes, Chennai) Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai  

B+

(DoMS, IIT Roorkee) Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee  
(Fore, Delhi) FORE School of Management, Delhi    
(IBS, Hyderabad) ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad   
(We School, Mumbai) Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai    
(LIBA, Chennai) Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai  
(DoMS, IIT Madras) Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras 
(BIM, Trichy) Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy  
(IIFT, Kolkata) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata Campus 
(IIFM,Bhopal) Indian Institute of Forest Management,Bhopal 
(SIBM, Bangalore) Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore  

B

(IFMR, Chennai) Institute of Financial Management and Research, Chennai 
(LBSIM, Delhi) Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi  
(IISWBM,Kolkata) Indian Institute of Social welfare and Business Managment,KOlkata 
(SDM-IMD,Mysore) SDM INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT ,Mysore 
(FMS-BHU) BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, Banaras 
(DOMS-IISC, Bangalore) Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore  
(NIBM, Pune) National Institute of Bank Management , Pune 
(BIMTECH, Greater Noida) Birla Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida   
(XIME, Bangalore) Xavier's Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore BANGALORE 
(IMT, Nagpur) Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur  
(RGIPT,Rae Bareli) Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology 
(MHROD & MIB, Delhi University) MHROD & MIB - Delhi School of Economics, Delhi   
(IMDR, Pune) Institute of Management Development & Research, Pune 
(MFC,Delhi University) Department of Financial Studies : University of Delhi, South Campus 
(MBE,Delhi University) Master of Business Economics : University of Delhi, South Campus 
(GBO,SRCC Delhi University) Global Business Operations : Delhi University, North Campus
(IME, IIT Kanpur) Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur  


Junta College

(SIMSREE, Mumbai)  Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai 
(Amrita, Coimbatore) Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore  
(Kiams, Harihar) Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar 
(DoMS, NIT Trichy) Department of Management Studies, NIT Trichy 
(XISS, Ranchi) Xavier's Institute of Social Sciences, Ranchi   
(SIMC, Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication (PG in Communication Management)  
(MBA, BITS Pilani) Management Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani  
(PUMBA, Pune) Department of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Pune, 
(SCIT, Pune) Symbiosis Center for Information Technology, Pune  
(SITM, Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management, Pune    
(Sydenham, Mumbai) Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai  
(SIOM, Nasik) Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nasik 
(WE, Bangalore)  Welingkar Institute's of Managemen, Bangalore 
(HCU, Hyderabad) Hyderabad CentralUniversity (HCU), Hyderabad 
(AIM, Kolkata) Army Institute of Management, Calcutta Admissions 
(DAVV, Indore) Devi Ahilya University, Indore 
(CRKIMR, Mumbai) Chetna's R. K. Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai 
(BIT, Ranchi) Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi

Business Quiz-TATA Crucible

2010-06-05T15:38:00.019+05:30

Junta,
its time to pull up your socks. Brush up your GK knowledge and do participate in this quiz contest and win a unique Repo on your own Blog. Last date for submitting the answers is 29th july.

Winner for last week's quiz is Neeraj Maheshwari from pune
Quiz of the week:

1. Who designed the Nike logo ‘Swoosh’ in 1971 and how much was she paid for it?

Caroline Davidson, a college student. She was paid $35 for it.

2. ‘Tony the Tiger’ is the mascot for which product?
Kellog’s Frosties.

3. What is the claim to fame of Miral Durlabhji in the world of Indian Advertising?
He played the Junior Onida Devil

4. “If You don’t have to answer to anyone, what would you do’ is the tag line for what?
Harley Davidson

5. Wrigley’s once distributed one million pieces of this company’s product as handouts for a sales promotion. What product and which company?

Gillette and the Disposable Shaving Razor
6. What is the Quickie P 300?
The brand of wheelchair that Christopher Reeve uses following his accident

7. Invented in the 1920s, by C.L.Briggs, in Missouri, this product contained Lithium salts and was initially called ‘Bib-label Lithiated Lemon Lime Soda’. What?
7 UP

8. Apart from speeds of aircraft, what is the Mach 3?
Gillette’s new razor that contains 3 blades

9. What are ‘Toast in New York’, ‘Mad about Mauve’, ‘Raisin’ rage’?
Shades of Revlon Lipstick

10. ‘Work Less, do more’ is the tag line for what?
Microsoft Office 97

11. Identify the Logo?

Congratulation: Manoj Vats is the winner of last week quiz.(prize: connect the dots by rashmi bansal)
Quiz of this Week

Round 1:

This group started in chennai as Ajax india by A.M.M Chetyar -
Ans: Murrugappa Group

Hospitality company started in 1927 in Washington is today a more famous as a hotel chain -
Ans: JWT Marriot

Started in Feb, 1906 it was named Battle Creek, toasted corn is there first business -
Ans: Kellogs

Time person of the year in 1982 -
Ans: PC

This cop is famous for using a painting(Nipper, the Dog) -
Ans: HMV

THis org originally thought of 11 then extended to 21 and finally to 31 ...
Ans: baskin Robbins

This org recently celebrated its centenary and created a new punch line "Together we can" -
Ans: Canara Bank

Jisco Subsidary of?
Ans: Tata steel

2nd Round

2 companies are involved in makeing of CD's
Ans: Philips and Sony

What is the Full form of MICO?
Ans: Motor Industries company

Financial advisor to Arnold Schwazneger in his California Senate elections
Ans: W.Buffet

Massaro ibuka founded
Ans: Sony

Mercedes benz is subsidary of
Ans: Daimler

FINALS:

what word did Jayram Ramesh coined in the world of economics
Ans: Chindia

It first started as bikini festival and introduced the concept of swimwear in 1980's, it repositioned with a greater purpose
Ans: Miss World Contest

Founded in 1927 as Victory Company, its a subsidary of US comp and gave VHS format to the world Ans: JVC

Tern coined by Hywell Murell in UK in 1949, this was term for study of interaction of technology they use and environment they work in
Ans: Ergonomics

Dream spark is a program by Microsoft in which MSFT
Ans: Provide free software to students

Tata comp which signed a deal with Fox
Ans: Tata Sky

You will associate this Tata partner with Man Utd
Ans: AIG

This global consulting company was founded by Bruce Henderson
Ans: BCG

This company was founded by two brothers Edward and Andre , it began publishing Red guides and Blue Guides
Ans: Michelin

She featured at the 25th spot in Forbes most powerful women , She did her MBA from Jamanlal Bajaj
Ans: Chandra kochar

Winner of this week's(27-4july) quiz is:
Himanshu from Delhi

*your gift i.e. Pen drive will be delivered to your home in a couple of days at the address given in the mail
TATA Crucible-2010 Chennai Round
Prelims Round
1.This company won a patent on Basmati Rice.
Ans: RiceTec
2. It gets it name from a tribe in Iran.
Ans:Godrej
3. Paper ideas (or) ideas in paper
Ans: BILT (Ballarpur Industries Limited)
4.Formal off ground wear for Manchester United
Ans: PAULSMITH
5. Excel, Dynasty, Genesis.
Ans: Hyundai.
6. Against all odds.
Ans: Toyota.
7. Ronald Reagen
Ans: Van Heusen.

Round 2:
Optical Crucible.

1.Onida print ad.
2. Identify the laboratory started by him.
Ans: Jyothy Labs
3. Whose ad campaign is this ?
4. Connect :

Ans: Grameen

5. What is this ?
Ans: First ever Share Certificate.
6. Connect:
Ans: Revolver

Round : Multi Clue Crucible:

Q1 : 1. Sponsored by
2.Brand
3. Isaac Meritt
Ans: Singer Sewing Machines.
Q2. Brand name:
2.3.
Ans: Saudi Aramco

Round 5
Rapid Crucible:

1. Founded in 1988 by Dr.Eli Harari and Sanjay Mehrotra , listed in NASDAQ on 1995. Identify the company.
Ans: SANDISK
2.Who owns the Monarch Group ?
Ans: Mithun Chakraborthi.
3.”If my life is double life”
Ans: Alyque Padamsee.
4.Full form of GCC in GCC Summit:
Ans: Gulf Co-ordination Committee.
5. Founder – Peter Peterson, financial services company.
Ans: Blackstone.
Tie breaker: Dell in India started climate edu exchange initiative, who is the principal partner in India ?
Ans: Teri

NON-TATA TRACK

ROUND 1:

GET AHEAD

1. Founded by Narayana Ranga Rao in 1948 as “Mysore Products and General Trading Company” producing soap nut,turmeric and agarbathis, its presence in 40 countries.
Ans: Cycle Brand
2. I own a bombay based company, i am the designer of indian version of Lambretta, owns Automobile Products of India .
Ans: M.A.Chidambaram
3. Created by Greeks and Romans in 600 A.D. ,”the organised guild for benevolent societies”, What concept ?
Ans: concept of Life being Insured
4.The Japanese and Italians are the first one to use it. Chinese use specific Arabic gum, egg whites, gelatin and bees wax. Identify this.
Ans: Nail Polish.
5.Kamadhenu- Auspicious
Kaanch- Voice of People
Lotus- Purity
Grass- Fertility
Sun- Vitality
What are these referring to ?
Ans: The logo of “THE HINDU” newspaper (two elephants missing)
6.What is in the world of finance ? “Seigniorage”
Ans: The difference betwee

n the face value of a coin and the cost of producing, distributing and retiring it from circulation.

Round 2
Throttle Ahead

1. Id
2. Id
3. Pic of a Social networking Website. Whose entry into india ?
Ans: Yahoo
4. What special about this Time magazine?
Ans: No visual at the back ground for the first time.

TATA Crucible-2010 Indore Round

Prelims Round

1. Which company now owns brands such as Canada Dry, RC Cola and the soft drink Schweppes?’
Ans: Cadbury Schweppes

2. This company was initially called Quantum Computer Services and had a product called Quantum Link [Q-Link]. Which American online company is this?
Ans: AOL

3. Identify

Ans: Peter Drucker

4. Vikram Pandit is the CEO of which international bank?
Ans: Citibank

5. PayPal, StubHub, and GittiGidiyor are all owned by which company?
Ans: eBay

6. Logo of which company. We have all held their products in our hands.

Ans: Tetrapak

7. “We live to deliver” is the tagline of which international logistics company?

Ans: Fedex

8. FoMoCo is a division that sells aftermarket parts under the Motorcraft brand name for which automobile giant?

Ans: Ford Motor

9. Identify this person who wants you to Think Big.

Ans: Donald Trump

10. Identify the advertiser. Big name in the field of retail.

Ans: Big Bazaar

11. Mascot for?

Ans: Duracell

12. GI Joe, Mr. Potato Head, Transformers, Pokemon, and Star Wars range of toys are all manufactured by which company?

Ans: Hasbro

13. Which company was started in 1888 by Robert Wood along with James Wood and Edward Mead with their first product being sterile surgical dressings?

Ans: Johnson and Johnson

14. Identify this media moghul.

Ans: Ted Turner

15. Which company was founded on February 19, 1906, by Will Keith as an outgrowth of his work with his brother John Harvey at the Battle Creek Sanitarium?

Ans: Kellog’s

16. Logo of?

Ans: Louis Vuitton

17. Midwest Airlines began in 1948, when this company began providing air transportation for company executives and engineers between the company’s Neenah, Wisconsin headquarters, and company owned paper mill. Which company?

Ans: Kimberly Clark

18. Which company operates Banknet, a global telecommunications network linking acquirers and data processing centers into a single financial network?

Ans: Mastercard

19. Which restaurant chain would you be looking for if you were using a HUT locator?

Ans: Pizza Hut

20. Audio clip – “Pocket Mein Rocket Hai”. Which company produced the movie?

Ans: Yash Raj Films

Wild Card Round 1

1. Who has been left out in this list FC Kohli, _____________, N Chandrashekharan.

Ans: S Ramadorai [CEOs of TCS]

2. Who is the CEO of London-based UK Tradecorp Ltd and has a stake in Indian sports.

Ans: Raj Kundra

3. Jasmine Soap which is [apparently] very popular in these parts, is a brand of which company?

Ans: Godrej

4. Which fabric has hooks and loops?

Ans: Velcro

5. It was started in 1952 by California based Pacific Mills and then became a part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996. Which event?

Ans: Miss Universe

6. “Journalism of Courage”

Ans: Indian Express

Wild Card Round 2

1. This company in an effort to bring in people from different walks of life included Javed Akhtar in its board. Which company?

Ans: Jet Airways

2. “Sense and Sensibility”

Ans: Philips

3. Rajvilas, Udaivilas and Amarvilas are all owned by?

Ans: Oberoi Hotels

4. It was founded as the Graphics group as part of Lucasfilm it is now owned by Walt Disney. What?

Ans: Pixar

5. ISO 216 is the standard specification for which common product used in offices.

Ans: Paper

6. CC is the codename [buzz]

Ans: Coca Cola

Finals

Round 1

1. It is known as RINGS in Bulgaria, CHATS in Hungary and CHAPS in UK. What is it known as in India?

Ans: RTGS

2. In 1895, five engineering firms conceptualized this and set up the Engineering and Iron Trade Association of India. What is it known as now?

Ans: CII

3. It had its beginnings during 1930 when its founder Emanuel Stolaroff, founded a cosmetic company known as Natone. What is it known as now?

Ans: Neutrogena

4. In 1844, George Williams was drawn to big cities by the Industrial Revolution and with 12 others decided to meet and discuss issues in pursuit of a better life and set up a youngster’s association. What?

Ans: YMCA

5. With the idea that the two same alphabets would look good in ads, a book keeper penned a famous trademark in flowing script. Which trademark?

Ans: Coca Cola

6. Originally incorporated in September 2000 in California under the name Onscan Technologies India Private Limited as a spin off from Infosys, the company relocated to India and is a big player in the VAS telecom segment. Which company?

Ans: OnMobile

Round 2 – Stump Vision

1. Identify the logo.

Ans: European Central Bank

2. Name the organization this person was president and chairman of.

Ans: General Motors [Alfred P. Sloan]

3. Visual of a person bowling. Person is the head of an organization.

Ans: RK Pachauri of IPCC

5. Old logo of?

Ans: Nestle

6. Visual of Rustomji. Which company did he start?

Ans: Balsara Group

Round 3 – Tata Round

1. Freelander in India and Europe is known as what in US?

Ans: Land Rover

2. Which TATA company has launched a website called the Human Touch of Chemistry an interactive website for children on chemistry and science?

Ans: TATA Chemicals

3. Madhukar Dev heads which TATA company in the business of creating animation and graphics for other firms?

Ans: TATA Elxsi

4. Carved out of Tata Steel from its Town Services Division in 2004 this TATA Company is India’s only comprehensive urban infrastructure service provider.

Ans: JUSCO

Round 4
Third Umpire

1. John Cadbury, Gorilla Ad, Dr. Pepper, Snapple – Cadbury

2. Mohenjo Daro symbol, Amul girl, Video Ad, - GCMMF

3. Vimal

Ans: Meow FM, Music Today, Arun Shourie - India Today Group

Round 5
Slog Overs

Ans: Dabur

“Designed by Curiosity”

Ans: Godrej

Ans: HAL

GD Topics-IIMs

2010-06-05T14:32:00.005+05:30

Guys,
here i am enlisting GD topics which came in TOP B-Schools.... please Choose your topic and pour in your views on that topic. It will enhance your knowledge as well as GD practice. Our Moderators are monitoring your views and activity. Member with having best content and knowledge will be awarded.

Important Topics
-MBAs should be taxed at higher rates in the country.

- Are we raising a generation of burnt out children?

- The government should stop funding the IITs and the IIMs and, instead, divert the funds to primary education.

- Profit is the only business of business.

- Democracy has hampered India’s progress.

- India should be reorganized into smaller states.

- Growth and integrity are poles apart.

- Managerial skills learnt from classroom can never match those learnt from experience.

- Government should reduce defence expenditure and spend more on social sector.

- The UN has not served any purpose in the last decade.

- Religion is a private matter and should be no concern of the state.

- Is corrupt but efficient politicians better than honest and in-efficient politicians.

- Beauty contests do little to improve the stature of women.

- To sustain India’s integrity it is necessary to devolve more power to states.

- Women reservation in parliament is against the tenets of democracy.

IIM-B

* He who knows how to be poor knows everything
* Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy
* A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years
* You have to break a few eggs to make an omellette
* When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail
* If you want peace, prepare for war
* Patience is a bitter plant but it bears sweet fruit
* Cursing the weather is bad farming
* It is better to be born lucky than rich
* Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement
* If you are not a part of the solution, you are part of the problem
* Rules are made to be broken

*The Hippocratic Oath

Abstract:

*The spear that pierces heaven
*It does not matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.
*Dead yesterday, unborn tomorrow.
*Surds are duds.
*Barefoot Doctors.
*Money is the sixth sense without which you cannot enjoy the other senses.
*Time - there it goes…
*Deeper shades of black.
*Water burns more than fire.
*You only live twice.
*There is a Pink Pyjama on top of the Red Fort.
*A Red Spot in the sky.
*And the clock struck 13.
*Red vs. blue. Or, roses are red, violets are blue.
*Life is a chair
*when managers become Hamlets

CAT 2010

2010-06-04T18:13:00.002+05:30

It is official: CAT 2010 will be held on 20 days between October 27 and November 23, 2010. The IIMs will release the CAT advertisement in newspapers on the last Sunday of August and the registration and form sales process will begin three days after that.

“There will be logical breaks in between the exam such as those for Diwali,” CAT 2010 Convenor Prof Himanshu Rai told PaGaLGuY.com. According to the government calendar for 2010, the period between October 27 and November 23 has three gazetted and three restricted holidays.

The test will be held in the same 32 cities as it was in 2009, but the number of test centers will be reduced, he added.

The application fee for taking CAT 2010 will remain the same as last year. ‘There is no change in the fee; it will be Rs. 1400 for the General candidates and Rs. 700 for the SC/ST/OBC candidates,’ confirmed Prof. Rai.

Source: www.pagalguy.com

Young Turks

2010-06-04T01:17:00.003+05:30

Young Turks- This section is dedicated to all the youngsters who rebels against authority or societal expectations and Did Exceptionally Well in their field.

Now Even Copying is original-Phokatcopy

About Phokatcopy
PhokatCopy links student needs with an innovative marketing strategy, providing an opportunity for highly streamlined advertising, with targeted brand visibility to impact this demographic.
It offers students photocopying services at no cost, subsidized by revenues gained through advertising initiatives on the back page.
THE TEAM
Harsh Narang
Founder
Harsh is a fifth year student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is pursuing a Masters of Technology in Mathematics and Computing. He has worked in the Algorithmic Trading Desk at an international Investment Bank, with a start up firm within IIT-D and also as a Research Assistant at a reputed European University. The concept of free photocopying came to him on a long afternoon in 2007, after he had just copied a mountain of notes! He worked on refining the concept and the financials and fleshed out the idea over the course of the year - and PhokatCopy was born! With a team of fellow IIT-D companions, Harsh has participated and won laurels at numerous entrepreneurship and business plan competitions for this idea. He has been recognised at institutions such as IIT-D, IIT-R, IIT-M, IIM-B, PEC, Delhi University amongst others. Currently, Harsh acts as the founding director of PhokatCopy and would love to discuss the idea and its potential with you at: harsh.narang@phokatcopy.com
Akshat Rathee
Angel Investor
Akshat's an engineer, an MBA and a 'semi' lawyer who was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug after 5 years in the job market. He currently runs 6 companies under the NODWIN group and is a board member in another 7 including Phokat Copy. He's also on the board of advisers of AIESEC, the world's largest student run organization. Along with funding the venture, Akshat also advises on the financial and business strategy.
Shruti Chawla
Vice-President (Operations)
Shruti is a 2nd year post-graduate student at IIT Delhi. She has worked with Helpage India and SPICMACAY, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Mathematics, besides taking care of the Phokatcopy Operations. She also advises on the Administration. She can be contacted at shruti.chawla@phokatcopy.com
Navjot Kukreja
Vice-President (Technology Operations)
Navjot is an Electronics Engineering passout from BITS, Pilani. In the past, he has been involved in numerous startups, apart from the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee. At PhokatCopy, he is in charge of Technology Operations. He is currently involved in another startup in the field of Analytics, apart from Phokatcopy. He can be reached atnavjot.kukreja@phokatcopy.com.

Naukri.Com

With a bachelors in Economics from St Stephen's, Delhi and a diploma in management from IIM (A) and a stint with advertising and GlaxoSmithkline (then HMM), Sanjeev Bikhchandani, co-founder and CEO, InfoEdge (India) , better known by its Web site naukri.com, is today sitting over a business worth Rs 45 crore (Rs 450 million) with 600 employees and 35 offices all over the country.

The GlaxoSmithkline days

It was during my stint with Glaxosmithkline (then HMM) that I realised that employees love talking about jobs and career movement. I realised jobs are an extremely high interest information category for almost all people and headhunting had tremendous potential.

First taste of entrepreneurship

I started out as a partnership firm in 1989, where I was a sleeping partner. By 1990 I had concluded that there was probably a large, highly fragmented database of jobs out there with HR managers and headhunters which, if someone were to aggregate and keep current, would be a very valuable resource.

We set up office in the servant's quarter above the garage in my father's house, paying my father a rent of Rs 800. For the first few years we did salary surveys and built and marketed a database of pharmaceutical trademarks.

Though the company was kept afloat, I was unable to draw a salary and we ran the house on my wife's salary. To meet my personal expenses, I would teach at business schools as visiting faculty on weekends.

It was in response to a Department of Telecom's (DoT) advertisement to launch a videotex service in Delhi that I prepared a database of jobs. It was a pay-to-view model, where initially the employer would be allowed to host his job free and we would earn from the revenue share the DoT would give us. But the project never took off.

Turning point

It was on my visit to IT Asia in 1996 that I came to know of the World Wide Web. To register my website and get a domain name, I had to take help from my brother, who lived in the US and has a stake in the company. The naukri.com site was set up in March 1997 as a division of InfoEdge.

What was interesting was that I could not get any domain name I wanted (all such names which had the word job were already registered) and had to settle down with the Hindi term "naukri", which actually makes it different from other jobsites today. At this point I was joined by Anil Lall, the chief technical officer and V N Saroja, chief operating officer.

Dual responsibility

With the recession, I had to take up a part-time job, but in the same domain area. Between 1996 and 2000, I also worked atThe Pioneer. Initially, the consulting editor of Avenues -- the careers supplement of The Pioneer -- I was instrumental in working out an investment package with a consortium of four financial institutions -- ICICI, IDBI, IFCI and UTI.

In the morning, I used to work for naukri.com, go to The Pioneer during the day and then get back to naukri.com in the evening.

Reaping fruits of success

Naukri.com became profitable from the second year. Today, we have a profit after tax of Rs 8.5 crore (Rs 85 million). It was now time for expansion. InfoEdge aquired Jeevansathi in September 2004. Besides, we have an offline recruitment business through our venture Quadrangle.

Today, naukri.com gets over 100 million page views a month and has over 3.5 million registered users. It is estimated that over 700,000 people have found jobs through naukri.com. Over 15,000 organisations have used the site for recruitment. In August-September we intend to launch a real estate portal.

The site had a revenue of just over Rs 200,000 in the first year of operations. In the second year, however, revenue quickly climbed to Rs 1.2 million.

I made do with my own finances till 2000, when I got funding from ICICI Venture Capital. So far, we have taken only one round of venture capital of Rs 7.3 crore (Rs 73 million).

Source: rediff.com

They Didn't need College

How many times were you told to make sure you worked hard in high school so you could go to college and get a good career job? Okay, maybe not all of you got nagged about it, but probably a good portion of today’s generation of adults did.

It’s natural to wonder whether college is really necessary. A college degree, as many have found, is no guarantee of a good career. On the flipside, there are many successful entrepreneurs who didn’t need their college education and become millionaires anyway. Here are fifteen of them, both contemporary and from the past, in alphabetical order.

Mary Kay Ash. The founder of Mary Kay Inc. started a cosmetics business. While she didn’t have a college education or any training, she successfully created a brand known throughout the world. To date, nearly half a million women have started Mary Kay businesses, selling cosmetics. Theirappreciation for Mary Kay Ash is unwavering.
Richard Branson. Richard Branson is best known for his thrill seeking spirit and outrageous business tactics. He dropped out at the age of 16 and started his first successful business venture, Student Magazine. He is the owner of the Virgin brand and its 360 companies. His companies include Virgin Megastore and Virgin Atlantic Airway.
Coco Chanel. An orphan for many years, Gabrielle CocoChanel trained as a seamstress. Determined to invent herself, she threw out the ideas that the fashion world deemed feminine, boldly using fabric and styles normally reserved for men. A perfume bearing her name, Chanel No. 5 kept her name famous.
Simon Cowell. Simon Cowell started in a mailroom for a music publishing company. He has since become an Artist and Repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the UK, and a television producer and judge for major television talent contests including American Idol.
Michael Dell. With $1,000, dedication and desire, Michael Delldropped out of college at age 19 to start PC’s Limited, later named Dell, Inc. Dell became the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world. In 1996, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation offered a $50 million grant to The University of Texas at Austin to be used for children’s health and education in the city.
Barry Diller. Fox Broadcasting Company was started by a college dropout, Barry Diller. Diller is now chairman of Expedia, and CEO of of IAC/Int erActiveCorp which includes Home Shopping Network and Ticketmaster.
Walt Disney. Having dropped out of high school at 16, Walt Disney’s career and accomplishments are astounding. The most influential animator, Disney holds the record for the most awards and nominations. Disney’s imagination included cartoons and theme parks. The Walt Disney Company now has annual revenue of $30 billion.
Debbi Fields. As a young, 20 year old housewife with no business experience, Debbi Fields started Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery. With a recipe for chocolate chip cookies, this young woman became the most successful cookie company owner. She later renamed, franchised, then sold Mrs. Field’s Cookies.
Henry Ford. At 16, Henry Ford left home to apprentice as a machinist. He later started Ford Motor Company tomanufacture automobiles. Ford’s first major success, the Model T, allowed Ford to open a large factory and later start the assembly line production, revolutionalizing the auto-making industry.
Bill Gates. Ranked as the world’s richest person from 1995-2006, Bill Gates was a college drop out. He started the largest computer software company, Microsoft Corporation. Gates and his wife are philanthropists, starting The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a focus on global health and learning.
Milton Hershey. With only a fourth grade education, Milton Hershey started his own chocolate company. Hershey’s Milk Chocolate became the first nationally marketed chocolate. Hershey also focused on building a wonderful community for his workers, known as Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Steve Jobs. After attending one semester of college, SteveJobs worked for Atari before co-founding Apple Computers. Now without the “Computers” in their name, Apple includes innovative products such as the iPod, iTunes, and most recently the iPhone. Steve Jobs was also the CEO and co-founder of Pixar before it merged with Walt Disney.
Rachael Ray. Despite having no formal training in culinary arts, Rachel Ray has made a name for herself in the food industry. With numerous shows on the Food Network, a talk show and cookbooks, high-energy Rachael doesn’t slow down. She has also appeared in magazines as well has having her own magazine debut in 2006. She knew she was a success when a website dedicated to bashing her was created.
Ty Warner. Sole owner, CEO, and Chairman of Ty, Inc., Ty Warner is a savvy, yet private business man. Ty, Inc., made $700 million in a single year with the Beanie Babies craze without spending money on advertising! He has since expanded to include Ty Girlz dolls, directly competing with Bratz dolls.
Frank Lloyd Wright. Having never attended high school, Frank Lloyd Wright surpassed all odds when he became themost influential architect of the twentieth century. Wright designed more than 1,100 projects with about half actually being built. His designs have inspired numerous architects to look at the beauty around them and add to it.
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MAH-CET/MAT ZONE

2010-02-03T14:54:00.023+05:30

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MAH-CET Analysis

AWARDS-2009

Top Mah B-Schools Ranking
1.Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies
2.Sydenham Institute of Management Studies
3.K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies
4.Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
5.S.I.E.S. College of Management Studies
6.Department of Management Sciences(PUMBA)
7.N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research
8.Chetana's Ramprasad Khandelwal Institute of Management & Research
9.St. Xavier College Soc.'s Xavier Institute of Management & Research
10.Indira Institute of Management, Pune
11.MET's Institute of Management, Mumbai
12.MIT School of Management, Pune
13.Indian Education Society's Management College & Research Centre
14.Sinhgad Institutes, Pune
15.Rizvi Institute of Management Studies & Research
16.Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management, Mumbai
17.Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Management Studies & Research
18.Bharti Vidyapeeth's Institute of Management Studies & Research
*we have Haresh sir from SIMSREE for your mentoring..........

TOP MAT B Schools

1.Christ

2.Alliance

3.BIMM

4.ITM

5.Siescoms

6.Jims

7.NDIM

8.Amity

9.EMPI

10.NIILM-CMS
11. IRM-Jaipur
12. Jaypee Business School
13. St. joseph, Bangalore
14.SCMS Coachin
15. IPE Hyderabad

**Previous year Papers-CAT,XAT,IRMA,SNAP,IIFT,MAT etc..........

IN or OUT-CATaholic

2009-12-17T11:35:00.005+05:30

AS most of you must be worried about which form to fill in and which one to skip out...here is my analysis and research output for you.....Are you IN or OUT....feel free to contact us for more details.

Institute Name	Overall Cutoff Percentile*
Alliance Business Academy	75+
Amrita Institute of Management (AIM)	80+
Army Institute of Management	60+
Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM)	91+
Birla Institute of Management Technology	70+
Birla Institute of Technology(mersa)	70+
Christ College	80+
EMPI Business School (EMPI)	50+
Faculty of Management Studies, BHU	70+
Fore School of Management	92+
Great Lakes Institute of Management	93+
Hyderabad Central University (HCU)	80+
IIT&TM	25+
Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)	65+
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM)	85+
Indian School of Mines (ISM)	75+
Indian School of Mines (ISM)	50+
Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR)	80+
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR)	85+
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) (ghaziabad)	94+
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) (Nagpur)	80+
Institute of Management Technology (IMT-D)	60+
Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE)	40+
Institute of Technology & Management (ITM) (Navi Mumbai)	70+
Institute of Technology & Management (ITM)(chennai)	40+
Institute of Technology & Management (ITM)(bangaluru,warangal)	40+
International Management Institute (IMI)	93+
Jaipuria Institute of Management (JIM)	54+
K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies	90+
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) (Harihar)	80+
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) (pune)	80+
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management	89+
Management Development Institute (MDI) - Gen.	97+
Management Development Institute (MDI) - IB	94+
Management Development Institute(MDI) - HR	94+
Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA)	92+
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)	97+
National Institute of Technology (NIT)	50+
New Delhi Inst. of Management (NDIM)	45+
NIILM Centre for Management Studies	55+
Nirma University Institute of Management	88+
NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research (NLDIMSR)	45+
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR)	89+
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (Mfcg.& IT)	85+
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (Mktg & Fin)	85+
School of Communication & Management Studies (SCMS)	54+
School of Management Studies, BHU	60+
SDM Institute for Management Development	80+
Siva Sivani Institute of Management (SSIM)	45+
T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)	90+
University Business School (UBS)	90+
Welingkar Institute of Management	80+
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME)	80+
*based on my research and T.I.M.E. institute prediction

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2009-12-16T21:55:00.006+05:30

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Results

2009-12-09T20:29:00.042+05:30

MBA Entrance Results
Year that was: 2009-2010

IIFT Result      XIMB     *CAT RESULT

FMS RESULT     TISS      *IIM-S List

XAT RESULT   FEB-MAT Analysis   *IIM-A List

MIB/MHROD RESULT    MFC/MBE ANALYSIS

   MFC/MBE KEY

* New Results- IIM Ahmedabad has given 960 calls
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Analysis Zone

2009-11-08T13:23:00.050+05:30

guys,
i hope all of you have performed really well in the First exam of this season i.e. IRMA....
we have introduced this special zone for the analysis of every exam and to predict the cut-off on the basis of the paper and difficulty level....so do visit this special zone after every exam to know the tentative cut-offs and your chances to convert into it......we will make sure to update all the analysis part before 6 P.M. after every exams...and kindly leave your email ids here to make sure that you will get the updates and all your queries regarding cut-offs and college will be solved here....
so now lets discuss about the first Exam of the Season

FMS 2010

The only surprising factor in FMS 2010 that it increased the number of questions compared to last year – from 175 to 200. There were 4 sections.There were 50 questions in each section. Some questions were modified versions of GMAT questions and some were repeated from the previous FMS papers.......

S. No	Section	Total Question	Ideal Attempts	Expected Cut-offs	Level
1	RC	50	22+	45+	Moderate
2	LR	50	25+	55+	Easy to Moderate
3	QA	50	20+	45+	Moderate
4	VA	50	25+	45+	Moderate
Total		200	100	290+	Moderate

*please provide your feedback and feel free to ask any query regarding B school selection or cut-offs.........

FMS Key

XAT-2010

After the CAT Fiasco ...... The XAT held on 3th January 2010, kept up its reputation of being a difficult test. It was more of a test of knowledge than general aptitudes. In terms of marking scheme and negative marking, there was nothing new – the same pattern of progressive negative marking was present.this time paper was Tougher than the last year.............

Expected Cutoff: XLRI-BM 31+, XLR-PMIR 29+, XIM-B 27+, others(S.P. JAIN etc) 22+

Expected sectional cutoffs:
VA: 9-11 (moderate)
LR: 7-9 (tough)
QA: 8-10 (Moderate to tough)

Institute Name	Expected VA-Cutoff	Expected LR-cutoff	Expected QA-cutoff	Expected Overall
XLRI-BM	9-11	7-9	8-10	31+
XLRI-PMIR	8-9	7-8	7-9	29+
XIMB	5-6	4-5	6	27+
S.P.JAIN	NA	NA	NA	23+
GIM/LIBA	NA	NA	NA	21+
Others(XIME,KJSOM etc)	NA	NA	NA	18+

we are working hard to provide you the detailed and accurate analysis of XAT 2010....you can see it after 5 P.M. and ask about your college selection and call expectation chances.......till then stay tuned

SNAP-2009

guys,
Snap is over and we hope that you must have done well in the exam...... here is some analysis of Snap 2009
as already announced earlier...... the paper was on same pattern with

The number of Qs went up from 135 to 150. Last year SNAP had 2 mark Qs in each of the 4 sections; however that was discontinued this year. The Analytical & Logical Reasoning section of SNAP2009 was the only one that had 2 mark Qs in it. General English, QA/DI/DS and General Awareness sections had 40 Qs each while the Analytical & Logical Reasoning section had 30Qs. However the Reasoning section had the maximum weightage and students should have done well to give this section the maximum amount of time as compared to the other sections. All in all this SNAP was definitely easier than the SNAP exams of previous years and the cut-offs should scale new highs.

2009 SNAP cut-offs

Institute	LR	QA	GK	VA	Cut-Offs	Note
SIBM (Pune)	34+	20+	10+	20+	110+	5 marks less for Bangalore campus
SCM-HRD	30+	15+	8+	18+	105+	Profile based can be 82+
SIIB	24+	10+	5+	15+	89+	Profile based
SITM	NA	NA	NA	NA	80+	Prefer engineer
SIOM	NA	NA	NA	NA	76+	Only engineer
SCIT	NA	NA	NA	NA	60+	IT people
SIMS	NA	NA	NA	NA	64+	Defence personal
SICSR					55+	IT geek
SIMC						Creative field
SIG
SIHS

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MAT-Dec 2009

MAT exam, conducted on 6^th December 2009, had 200 questions to be attempted in 150 minutes. These 200 questions were from five test areas viz. Data Analysis and Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills, Language Comprehension, Indian and Global Environment, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning with exactly 40 questions in each.

Total Attempts(excluding Indian and Global Environment)	Expected Acuracy	Total Marks(out of 160)	Expected Percentile in Composite Score
59	75.00%	40	70
64	75.00%	45	80
80	75.00%	55	90
115	75.00%	78	99

*for more details,please visit this blog tomorrow....

CAT 2009 Analysis

we will provide you analysis for each day and will provide you tips for each day......so stay tuned and enjoy your CATing

Nov 28,2009

As announced earlier by Prometric, the number of questions was 60
*There were 3 sections as in previous CAT papers i.e. Verbal, LR/DI and QA
* Number of questions in all three sections was 20.
* Most of the high performers in Mocks have reported attempting around 40 questions. Section wise attempting 13-15 qs in English, and about 12 ques each in quant and DI.
* Paper pattern was almost similar to previous CATs although the paper was a notch easier than CAT 2008
* Many centres across India faced technical problems due to which some centres had to delay the exam and postpone it to a later date.
* While English was similar in difficulty level as last year,
   the RC passages were shorter.
   Quant was easier than the previous years.
   DI section was a little time consuming.

*sources Cl,minglebox and self research
**for more stuff visit pagalguy.com
***more analysis to come on 29th Nov so revisit to get more and till 8th Dec...you will get analysis of each day and a final cut-off prediction on 8th Dec....so plz leave your comments and mail ids to get the latest analysis and happenings on CAT 2009....

IIFT 2009

guys,
you must be waiting for 22nd Nov to tear your fear and to show that yes, IIFT is meant for me.....so dont worry because as you step out of your examination hall...we will be the 1st one to provide you the detailed analysis and expected cut-offs for IIFT 2009.please provide us your mail id...till then.....have a look at some important links:

IIFT 2008 paper source

Analysis of paper

IIFT 2009 Analysis

IIFT 2009 has the sectional cut-offs and here is analysis as per T.I.M.E.

Section	Good Score	Estimated Cut-Off (New Delhi)	Estimated Cut-Off (Kolkata)
Quantitative Ability	7+	4-5	3-4
Verbal	14+	9-10	7-8
Logic & Data Interpretation	9+	6-7	5-6
General Knowledge	6+	3.5-4.5	2.5-3.5
Overall Cut-off	32+	26-28	22-24

*Our analysis
32+ for delhi Campus

IRMA 2009
total questions were 200...with 4 sections...though the paper was on the easier side if we compare it with the previous year's paper.....
ideal attempt would be 130 with 90% accuracy.....

Quant - 23-24(easy)
LR - (19-20)(easy)
Social concern -(12-15)(moderate to tough)
English -(15-16)(moderate)
Overall - 88-90(average)

According to Careerlauncher the cut-off would be 80.

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