Minglebox launches e-CAT Prep

Bangalore, Sept 19 (ANI/Business Wire India): Realising the changing needs of MBA aspirants with Common Admission Test (CAT) turning into a Computer Based Test (CBT) in India from this year, Minglebox.com has launched e-CAT Prep, a fully online platform for CAT preparation.

Preparation plays a significant role for a large number of candidates and through e-CAT Prep, Minglebox.com intends to assist students, from over 250 cities, by offering them high quality content, tests and study material designed by CAT preparation experts.

Kavita Iyer, CEO, Minglebox.com (an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus) said, “With e-CAT Prep, we have aggregated the best online resources for CAT preparation and are offering it completely free to aspirants. We believe these mock tests will help students prepare in an organized manner and also give them confidence in the lead up to their CAT exams. We have done a lot of research to ensure that these tests are close to the real thing. Minglebox.com promises to help students by providing them with latest, most updated, authentic and comprehensive information.”

Minglebox e-CAT Prep content covers the complete syllabus with refresher material for each lesson following which students can take the refresher and the practice tests.

Not only this, online versions of previous year CAT papers are also available for getting used to this medium while solving the questions of the same difficulty level.

The robust testing engine on e-CAT Prep closely simulates the actual CBT environment. e-CAT Prep for CAT 2009 can be accessed on www.minglebox.com/CAT2009.

In addition to the test preparation content, e-CAT Prep has a CAT Expert Panel to share tips and tricks and provide suggestions and guidance for preparation through regular columns and practice tests.

There are interviews with previous years’ CAT toppers to motivate and encourage aspirants for CAT 2009. A strong aspirant community is actively interacting through forums and Q and A sections.

On this occasion, advising students on preparing for CAT 2009, T Vamsee Krishna, IIM-A alumnus and part of the e-CAT Prep Expert Panel said, “With CAT turning into a Computer Based Test, the mode of preparation also needs to change.

Through Minglebox e-CAT Prep, CAT aspirants can prepare with some of the best online resources and a test engine simulating the actual CAT exam. As we get closer to the CAT exam, one needs a large amount of practice with mock tests and the free tests on e-CAT Prep will help the students immensely.

Aspirants can also get valuable advice, tips and suggestions through columns and articles by experts. Also, there’s no need to panic over the computer format of CAT, remember to keep your cool and give your best.” (ANI)

CAT 2009 ~ CAT 2009 Registration ~ CAT 2009 Online Education Registration ~ CAT 2009 Computer Based Test ~ CAT 2009: Frequently Asked Questions (1 July 2009) ~ Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad CAT 2009 Advertisement at iimahd.ernet.in

CAT 2009 ~ CAT 2009 Registration ~ CAT 2009 Online Education Registration ~ CAT 2009 Computer Based Test ~ CAT 2009: Frequently Asked Questions (1 July 2009) ~ Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad CAT 2009 Advertisement at iimahd.ernet.in

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad have given some information about CAT 2009 which will be a Computer-based test (CBT) from this year onwards, on their website – http://www.iimahd.ernet.in

Direct Link to CAT 2009: Frequently Asked Questions (1 July 2009) -

http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/download/FAQ_1_July_2009.pdf

According to this faq the test will be a computer based test where the candidate will read the questions on a computer terminal and choose an answer by clicking on the correct option. The format of the test will remain the same except that a candidate reads question on a computer terminal and clicks on the correct answer.

The test can only be taken at designated test venues in about 25 cities across India and not online (internet). The CAT advertisement will be available in the leading newspapers in August 2009. The test will be conducted in ten days from November 2009 onwards and the results will be declared by the end of January 2010.

IIM-L hikes fees by Rs 3L

Getting a management degree from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) is going to get dearer. On Friday, the top brass of IIM-L
announced an unprecedented hike in the fee structure for the two-year post-graduate diploma programme from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 8 lakh. The institute had increased the fee by Rs 50,000 last year.

The increase, 60% in this case, was announced after the finance committee of IIM-L gave its nod to the proposal.

Last Sunday, IIM-Ahmedabad increased the fees from Rs 11.5 lakh to Rs 12.5 lakh, citing rising cost of teaching.

IIM-L director Prof Devi Singh said the Centre had decided to stop development grant to the tune of Rs 10 crore given annually to the institute. The grant is given to institutes which are still in the development stage. The `bloc grant’ is stopped once an institute reaches the benchmark corpus of Rs 50 crore. “We are almost around that benchmark,” Prof Singh said.

The `bloc grant’ to older IIMs like IIM-Ahmedabad and IIM-Kolkota was withdrawn a few years ago. IIM-Ahmedabad and IIM-Kolkota, which went on to increase their fees then, now have a fee structure of Rs 12.5 lakh and Rs 9 lakh respectively.

The IIM-L management decided to expand facilities and the number of students admitted in the institute in the new academic year. Prof Singh said the number of students admitted this year would go up from 370 to 420. The institute had increased the number of new students by 50 last year.