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October 28, 2005

CAT: The countdown begins
CAT fever is hotting up. AKRS Srinivas, director, TIME, Mumbai, tips you on how to score well.

October 26, 2005

Call centres: Good, bad or ugly?
What is your take on call centres? Post your views on the message board.

Do the IIMs accept freshers?
CAT guru ARKS Srinivas answers your queries.

October 25, 2005

What are the IIMs' selection criteria?
CAT guru AKRS Srinivas chats with CAT aspirants. Here is the transcipt.

October 24, 2005

Want a scholarship? Be innovative
Aruni Mukherjee, 19, a final year undergraduate at Warwick University, UK on what it takes to study abroad.

October 21, 2005

CAT: 'I wasted 15 whole minutes'
Siddharth Goyal, a first year student at IIM Calcutta, recounts his experience of CAT 2004 and offers tips to help you conquer CAT 2005.

My blog took me to Switzerland
Altaf Abid, 24, represented India in a month-long annual international conference in Caux, Switzerland. He tells us how he got there and how the experience benefited him.

October 19, 2005

B-Schools: What recruiters look for
Preparing for campus placements? Take a cue from these success mantras by a management graduate from IIM Calcutta (batch 2005).

October 18, 2005

MBA placements: Clinch your dream job
Pranav Chawla, a management graduate from IIM Bangalore, shares his mantras for success during campus placements.

October 17, 2005

Ace CAT in 35 days
ARKS Srinivas, director, TIME, Mumbai, offers his tips and strategies.

Engineers: $ 500 million IT firm needs you
Infinite Computer Solutions is hiring. Sunder Rajan, ICS' general manager, human resources, profiles the kind of candidates they are looking for.

October 14, 2005

Ace that job interview!
BPO training expert Nasha Fitter helps you brush up on your interview skills.

October 13, 2005

Want to settle in the US?
US visa regulations expert Dr Arun Vakil answered readers' queries in an hour-long chat.

October 11, 2005

Top 4 US visa interview questions
US visa regulations expert Dr Arun Vakil, answers queries in a chat with Get Ahead readers.

October 10, 2005

Pointers to get your US student visa
Dr Arun Vakil answered commonly asked US visa queries during a chat with Get Ahead readers. Here is the transcript.

October 07, 2005

CAT: 5 steps to crack Quant
Use these strategies to prepare and score in the Quant section of the Common Admission Test 2005.

October 06, 2005

CAT strategy for D-day
Start with your strongest section, say CAT gurus Brijesh Singh and Jasveen Grewal.

Do you need an MBA from Wharton?
What you should and shouldn't do before applying.

October 05, 2005

Accuracy + Speed = CAT success
Cat gurus Brijesh Singh and Jasveen Grewal of Top Careers & You answered queries on CAT during a recent chat with Get Ahead readers.

Prepare for GRE, TOEFL online
Reliance WebWorld intends to position Reliance WebWorlds as e-learning centres in the near future.

October 04, 2005

Hassle-free US visas for students
According to the new US visa regulations introduced on October 3, students seeking to study in the US will get priority.

Studying abroad: The ideal SOP
Read this model Statement Of Purpose for inspiration.

Should you do your MBA online?
Is such a concept even viable to begin with?

CAT: Is the pattern likely to change?
CAT gurus Brijesh Singh and Jasveen Grewal of Top Careers & You answer queries from CAT aspirants in a live chat.

October 03, 2005

Should you do an MBA in Australia?
International education expert Karan Gupta answers queries from those of you who are planning to go abroad for further studies.

How to write a winning SOP
Looking to apply to a university abroad? Use these tips to write a winning essay/ Statement Of Purpose.

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