Not quite confident of having cracked the Common Admission Test (CAT)? Don’t worry, lots of other prestigious management courses are waiting for you. Take a look at the list of these other major MBA examinations on the anvil. There is Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET), Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi (FMS), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, and Symbiosis National Aptitude Programme (SNAP). Here is a guide to tackling these exams. So sharpen your little grey cells and get ready to take a shot at a management career.

XAT

XAT is an all-India examination conducted by the Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur. XAT 2006 scores will be considered by 42 B-schools, including XLRI, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIM-B), SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, etc. However, each institute independently decides the weightage to be given to each of the test components.

Date of exam: January 8, 2006.

Exam pattern: XAT is a multiple-choice paper of two-and-a-half hours in which the last 20 minutes are given to an essay. Till 2004, the paper had sectional time limits, which were done away with in 2005. The paper had three sections last year ? quantitative aptitude (QA) and data interpretation (DI) had 75 questions, general knowledge had 35 while the English usage (EU) and reading comprehension (RC) section had 65 questions. The negative marking was -1/3 (three marks for a right answer, minus one for a wrong one). The QA section had questions on arithmetic, algebra, geometry, permutation combination and mathematical reasoning. The DI section had questions on tables, line charts, bar charts and pie charts, while the verbal section had fill-in-the-blanks, analogies, parajumbles, synonyms and antonyms.

For XAT 2006 you need to concentrate on permutation combination, algebra, functions and analytical reasoning questions. Though XAT 2005 was not heavy on vocabulary, it would be prudent to brush up on your knowledge of words.

JMET

The Joint Management Entrance Test 2005 scores will be considered for admission to the two-year full-time postgraduate programmes offered by management schools in the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. You need an engineering or an equivalent degree to be eligible for this exam.

Date of exam: December 11, 2005.

Exam Pattern: The paper is of 150 marks, to be completed in 120 minutes. JMET 2004 had four sections ?? QA had 40 questions; DI had 30; logical reasoning (LR) had 40 and verbal communication (EU and RC) 40. The negative marking was -1/4.

The QA section is tough. You should prepare questions on 3D geometry, integration, differentiation, vectors, matrices, applications of derivatives, etc. The verbal ability section is usually simpler.

IIFT

IIFT exam scores are also considered by the Gitam Institute of Foreign Trade, Vishakhapatnam. IIFT’s two-year full-time masters degree in international business prepares students to deal with various aspects of foreign trade and international business operations.More roads to MBA

Date of exam: November 27, 2005.

Exam pattern: It’s an objective-type test with 196 questions to be answered in 120 minutes. In last year’s test, the mark allocation for each correct answer varied, though negative marking was -1/5. IIFT 2004 had four sections ?? QA had 48 questions, reasoning had 48 questions, verbal ability had 50 and general awareness 50. Pay special attention to the verbal ability section. Besides questions on verbal analogies, synonyms, antonyms, parajumbles, fill- in-the-blanks, the 2004 paper had five reading and comprehension passages. They were all inference based and ranged from topics as varied as the World Trade Organisation to science. It would be good to keep abreast of financial news.

FMS

Delhi University’s Faculty of Management Studies offers one of the most coveted MBAs in India. The institute conducts a separate entrance test for admission to its full-time MBA course which was started in 1967.

Date of exam: January 15, 2006.

Exam pattern: There are no sectional demarcations on the FMS exam paper and hence no sectional cut-offs. Each correct answer carries four marks and negative marking makes you lose one mark per error. With 175 questions in all, the paper is for 700 marks, to be completed in two hours. The test quizzes students on verbal ability, reasoning and QA. The QA section has questions on arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration and trigonometry. Logical reasoning occupies a fair share of the questions with fill in the blanks, antonyms, synonyms, sentence correction, analogy, parajumbles, etc. To clear the FMS exam prepare well for all the three sections.

SNAP

Instituted in 2004, the Symbiosis National Aptitude Programme test is compulsory for admission to any postgraduate course offered by Symbiosis institutes in Pune. You need to get through this exam for admission to the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) and the Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD).

Date of exam: December 18, 2005.

Exam pattern: SNAP is an objective-type test of 200 marks with 160 questions. SNAP 2004 had five sections. There were 40 questions in general English, including RC, verbal reasoning and verbal ability, 40 questions in QA, 20 in DI and data sufficiency, 40 questions in general awareness and 20 in analytical and logical reasoning. The paper had no sectional time limits and negative marking was for -1/4.

Focus on reasoning and algebra. The general knowledge section was tricky in 2004. Questions in this section ranged from the largest flower in the world to the first animal to be domesticated by man. So keep your eyes and ears open ? you can be quizzed on anything in this test.

For Adeline Larroque, a French student on an exchange programme here, learning is all about gaining an international experience. After completing her internship in Beijing last year, she is in Chennai for an MBA programme.

Adeline is on a nine-month stint at the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA). A student of Bordeaux School of Management in France, Adeline’s interest in Asian markets has brought her to India.

Like Adeline, students world over are looking for a global edge, says LIBA director P Christie. He says that the best way to help students get some international experience is through exchange programmes.

To this end, LIBA has tied up with three foreign universities – St Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Griffith University in Australia and Bordeaux School in France. ‘‘It is a win-win situation. Our students can study abroad and foreign students can come here,’’ explains Christie.

LIBA, which has just completed 25 years, will soon sign agreements with three more foreign universities – The Ingolstadt School of Management in Germany, University of Antwerp in Belgium and Dayton University at Ohio, US.

Students from LIBA who went on exchange programmes are delighted with the experience they gained. R Shyamsunder, who is just back from a six-week programme at St Joseph’s University, describes the teaching methods abroad as ‘‘extremely practical’’.

‘‘When we were studying international marketing, each of us was given a country to study. We had to find out what goods or products the country could not produce itself and how the product should be promoted there,’’ Shyamsunder said. Shyam’s classmate Richard Antony also enjoyed these case studies.

Although the exchange programmes stipulate that candidates would have to pay their own travel expenses, the tuition fee is borne by the colleges concerned. Food and lodging are provided at subsidised rates. At the end of the programme, students say the experience gained was well worth the effort.

While Indian students enjoy the training abroad, foreign students are also pleased to study here. Says Adeline, ‘‘Yes, it is different here. There is so much to study and that’s a little difficult. But I am enjoying myself.’’

Print

Chennai: The Loyola Institute of Business Administration (Liba) Extension center was inaugurated recently by Mr. Francis Xavier SJ, Chairman, Board of Governors, Liba.

A press release, quoted Louis Xavier SJ, Director, Liba, said: “ The library now takes the entire ground floor of the new building, including research and publications Division. It is air-conditioned and has facilities for the promotion of self-library and study center seminars. The building has audio-visual facilities for the implementation of management development programmes, and has rooms for visiting professors and participants of the management development programmes.”

Office of the function, Mr K. Anbazhagan, Tamil Nadu, the Minister of Education, congratulated Loyola College and Liba for the provision of society and on management training in India.

Boom WITH third-party software to develop tests business career prospects for computer professionals, the need for quality and qualified personnel has become a critical problem in the area.

The global market tested, it is estimated that $ 13 billion industry and auditing 30 per cent of the market for software development.

Software Testing has been closely linked to the development a few years ago. But now, software, tests of a career is developing rapidly, and profile Tester is a remarkable achievement, that the success of several developers.

How to earn tests recognized a generic career roadmap for testing software are likely to create in the years to come, after Kulasekharan Sridhar, Chief Operating Officer, ReadyTestGo.

The size of the Indian market control is carried out on purchases. 200 crores, with 10 “big players. It is also said to grow faster than the world average.

The test software-Arena to India as a whole is estimated to require more than 16000 - 18000 hardcore professionals during the next year. The leaders are ReLQ Think Soft, RTG, Maveric, Polaris Enterprise Application certification (PACE), IQA testers day software.

The market for software testers in India, opening a big way. Software tests can not be considered as an alternative to software development. Testing and development require different profiles. You agree to different types of training.

The approach of the employment policy is also different, and it could be treated separately as a career, said S. Venkatesh, director, Maveric Systems Limited.

The company has a partnership with Loyola Institute of Business Administration (Liba), to require courses in software testing and risk management. The course was developed with an emphasis on industry - Academy cooperation. It includes financial services, technology, methods of testing and practice the use of automated monitoring tools. It is a 2-year postgraduate diploma programme intensive projects supported by learning to accommodate.

Mr. Venkatesh said the candidate announced Maveric, the first right to rent direct to projects and scholarships to 6,000 cases per month.

Joined candidates would be qualified as controllers Maveric system with a starting salary of case 2.40000. Applicants must be graduates of a recognized university, is a graduate in BE / B. of technology IT / MCA. Graduates, PhDs, with a strong programming, are also eligible. Demand is presented in the prescribed form. Ausgefüllten application forms must be Liba, on or before July 26.

Application forms are available in the Admissions Office Liba Chennai payment of R. 500 bar / DD benefited from Loyola Institute of Business Administration, payable at Chennai. Admission Test, it would be Liba Loyola College, Nungambakkam, Chennai, on 1 August. The course fee is gr. 63,000. Maveric, training and practice with the Liba theoretical part of the course.

Below you will find some organizations based in India, although training courses in software test solutions for the quality of information technology (Bangalore); Vyom SQTL Labs Pvt. Ltd (New Delhi); AmitySofy (Chennai), Anna University (Chennai) and the electronic test and Development Centre (Chennai).

Maveric Systems, a software company testing with emphasis in the areas of banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) vertical, has announced its academic partnership with Loyola Institute of Business Administration (Liba) for two years in an Executive MBA the field of banking and software testing.

This course was designed for graduates in engineering knowledge and cutting-practical experience in software testing.

To ensure high quality input, the company decided to scholarships for students. The course starts July 10 and after the culmination of students is absorbed in Maveric system.

The programme was formulated, taking into account the specific challenges of software tests. The two-year programme is divided into a classroom-centric first year and second year focus on project implementation stage of intensive Maveric system. Läge emphasis on banking and financial services operations knowledge, test, test automation and project management.

Lack

Ranga Reddy, CEO, Maveric Systems, said: “The software testing space is the threshold at the big growth spurt. However, the segment is facing a huge deficit of skilled manpower. We Liba’s Management Development Centre for the last two years and face a Best-in-Class-curriculum. Maveric system aims to take 60 students. The application form can be downloaded from the company’s website (www.maveric . co.in) of 17 May. The deadline for submission of application forms is June 10. Students who apply would be shielded by a written examination in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The test would be followed by a group of discussions and an interview on June 24.

The Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Loyola College, Chennai, is inviting nominations for Mother Teresa Award.

The award, currently in its tenth year, is given to corporates to recognize their achievements in the areas of ethical governance.

All listed public limited companies are eligible to participate and the last date for obtaining the nomination forms from LIBA is 30 November.

The firms should apply for the award within a month of the receipt of application forms, a press release said.

Previous recipients include Titan Industries Ltd, Tamilnadu News Print and Papers Limited (TNPL), Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd,Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Shriram Ltd, Polaris Software,TVS Motor Company Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd and NTPC Ltd.

Indian Overseas Bank starts on Monday “Vidya Suraksha”, its new education-cum-credit insurance.

Opening of the new annex to the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (Liba), Executive Director of IOB TS Narayanasamy said that the Bank had linked LIC and National Insurance Company Ltd, life and health insurance for students.

The insurance would also be on parents for a change and was very simplified, without a medical exam, Declaration on health and other documents of the insured.

Students would be required for the competence of the insurance premium in collaboration with the monthly loan, it has resorted to the IOB, he said. The scheme is for all students at Loyola College and would be in other institutions such as SASTRA, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, SSN group of institutions before the start of the current academic year, he said .

The investment insurance is available in three modes - Students accident / health insurance Rs 25000 with a premium of Rs 350 per year, life insurance scheme R 1 lakh with an annual premium of Rs 170, students - cum-parents the assurance of R 25000 on a annual premium of Rs 624 About 40 students were ready for the education of the occasion.

REVIEW OF CAPACITY: The MBA from the aptitude test is hard to pass.

This time of year, whether candidates are MBA students in the choice of tests they want to take. Given the diversity in supply, education focuses on some major exams. The studies, you must pay an entrance fee, that changes from year to year. It follows that the amount was not mentioned.

CAT

It is the common consideration that you have to be taken to facilitate access to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore and Kozhikode. Many other institutions such as MICA, Nirma Institute of Management and the SP Jain Institute of selecting candidates on the basis of performance Cat.

The largest well-being of all MBA-test of India, CAT consists of four parts: Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension of Zion, data and resolving problems of interpretation. All questions are multiple-choice type. For each correct answer is assigned a symbol and, for each wrong answer 1/4th a mark must be deducted.

The exam is held once a year, usually the second Sunday of December. To qualify, you have a university degree or have published last year audit. Normally, the announcement is in the national dailies during the last week of August. The Centre shall be assigned according to preference candidate.

The exam is regarded as hard as it needs a combined capacity of its logical reasoning, in conjunction with the speed remain the same. With the evacuation of the examination, the candidates have participated in a panel discussion and a personal interview.

XAT

These examinations for admission to XLRI (Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur) and several other leading B schools in the country, as XIM (Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar), Liba (Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai) and BMI (Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchi). XAT normally consists of three sections, Verbal Reasoning, quantitative reasoning and logic and sensitizing the general public and business being developed abroad.

The method of scoring-1 characters for a correct answer and - 1 / 3 for a wrong answer. This has been for over 50 years of XLRI selection of students are best suited for management training.

Chennai: The Loyola Institute of Business Administration (Liba) is developing a course on “understanding the Indian market and business activity in India” for the Catholic Sacred Heart University, Milan ( Italy).

The Italian university is a degree in “emerging markets and Europe.” The integrated courses developed by Liba, for the program, which is between January and December 2008.

In the context of the cooperation project, Liba, director P. Christie said she institutions by facilitating student and teacher exchange programmes, collaborative research, specialized programs (in areas such as social entrepreneurship and Logistics and Supply Chain Management).

“In the context of globalization, any business is global business. As Business School, we have to give lessons global manager,” fr. Christie said. They should be able to appreciate other cultures and understand the socio-economic scenario.

The path to other countries are India has changed dramatically. “It’s like a sleeping lion comes alive.”
Several MoU

To meet the requirements of the global market, Liba has signed several memoranda of understanding with universities in different parts of the world. “We do a lot of research to see what the core competencies of the Institute, and then decide how we can cooperate for the benefit of both institutions.”

Liba students have been abroad for their summer internships. In addition, 13 international students (one student French and Italian 12 students) are currently under study Liba under an exchange program.

“If foreign students on campus, our students are interacting with each other and work with them. In addition to their exposure, is also acquiring the ability to work in teams with different people, “said Fr.Christie.

The academic and professional excellence, focus on skills to negotiate from a global manager, focus on ethics and social responsibility, flexibility for growth and entrepreneurship a global vision on management training are key factors in a management program, he added.

In this context, Liba, a professional advisors help students. A course in ethics in the economy were for students. Liba is also a centre for entrepreneurship soon, “he said.

CHENNAI: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited received the Mother Teresa Award for 2006 from former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam at a function held at Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) on Friday.

Dr. Abdul Kalam also inaugurated the Loyola Centre for Entrepreneurship on the occasion.

The Mother Teresa Award, established by LIBA in 1998, is given in recognition of achievements in the areas of ethical governance.