Friday, November 11, 2011
Common Test for b schools
Single test fits all biz schools
The All India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE) has decided to conduct its single entrance test for the MBA programmes next February.Based on the CAT model, the Common Management Admission Test ( CMAT) would be an online test, to be conducted over 15- 20 days.
AICTE chairman S. S. Mantha said the eligibility criteria for the test would be similar to that of CAT, conducted by the 13 IIMs.
Though the exact schedule will be announced by next week, the test is expected to begin around February 10. The three- hour examination — likely to be taken by nearly 2.5 lakh candidates — will have multiple- choice questions to assess quantitative and data interpretation, logical reasoning, general awareness and language comprehension.
The AICTE will make it mandatory for all the recognised institutes to admit students only through CMAT in 2013.
There are around 4,000 institutes offering MBA and another 500 offering AICTE- recognised
recognised management diploma.
“ In 2013, we will make candidate selection mandatory through this test. We hope that the MBA aspirants will then have to appear just for CAT and CMAT,” Mantha said.
The chairman did not answer whether the Management Aptitude Test ( MAT), which is currently taken by over 3.5 lakh students and is the largest Bschool entrance test, would be abolished in 2013. “ We will make it compulsory for our institutes to subscribe to the CMAT score, but I can’t say anything on the fate of MAT right now. The matter is still pending in the court,” he added.
The CMAT has been announced with the intent of reducing the mental and financial stress on the MBA aspirants.
But the idea has not been well received by many business schools and organisations like the Association of Indian Management Schools ( AIMS) and the Society for Promotion of Education in India, which challenged the AICTE’s notification of December 28, 2010. The notification envisaged sweeping changes in the way B- schools conduct their entrance tests and holding a single entrance/ aptitude test for the admissions.
The Supreme Court order of July 26 this year has already allowed private B- schools to continue with the practice of using CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA, and JMET ( though now scrapped) exams for their admissions.
However, the matter is still sub judice.
Reproduced From Mail Today. Copyright 2011. MTNPL. All rights reserved.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Top 10 Highest Paid CEOs in India
- Naveen Jindal
- Kalanithi Maran
- Kavery Maran
- Sunil Mittal
- Brijmohan Lall Munjal
- Pawan Munjal
- B.G Raghupathy
- Pankaj Patel
- Sajjan Jindal
- Debu Bhattacharya
largest Airport in World
Covering almost 780 square kilometers, the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia is the world's largest airport in terms of land area.
King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) (Arabic: مطار الملك فهد الدولي) (IATA: DMM, ICAO: OEDF) is located 20 kilometers northwest of Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It is the largest airport in the world in terms of land area (780 km²). The airport's basic infrastructure was complete by the end of 1990, which allowed the Allied forces engaged in the first Gulf War in early 1991 to use the field for the storage of military aircraft. The General Authority of Civil Aviationof Saudi Arabia finally opened the new Dammam King Fahd International Airport on November 28, 1999 to commercial traffic, and all airlines transferred their operations from Dhahran airport, which had been in use until then. The new Dammam airport serves the entire Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia and in particular the growing urban complex made up of Dammam, Dhahran, Al Khobar, Qatif, Ras Tanura, while its catchment area also covers Jubail with total population of about 2 million served. The airport is the third major hub for Saudi Arabian Airlines, and furthermore was a hub for the now defunct Sama Airlines.
world largest airport
Covering almost 780 square kilometers, the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia is the world's largest airport in terms of land area.
King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) (Arabic: مطار الملك فهد الدولي) (IATA: DMM, ICAO: OEDF) is located 20 kilometers northwest of Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It is the largest airport in the world in terms of land area (780 km²). The airport's basic infrastructure was complete by the end of 1990, which allowed the Allied forces engaged in the first Gulf War in early 1991 to use the field for the storage of military aircraft. The General Authority of Civil Aviationof Saudi Arabia finally opened the new Dammam King Fahd International Airport on November 28, 1999 to commercial traffic, and all airlines transferred their operations from Dhahran airport, which had been in use until then. The new Dammam airport serves the entire Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia and in particular the growing urban complex made up of Dammam, Dhahran, Al Khobar, Qatif, Ras Tanura, while its catchment area also covers Jubail with total population of about 2 million served. The airport is the third major hub for Saudi Arabian Airlines, and furthermore was a hub for the now defunct Sama Airlines.
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