XLRI Jamshedpur will hold the XAT 2010 on January 3, 2010 for admission to MBA programmes of XLRI and 60 other institutes that consider XAT scores for admission to their MBA courses.

Candidates will need to register separately for XAT and for various courses of XLRI or other institutes.

XLRI Registration
After registering for XAT, a candidate should register for XLRI’s programme(s) at www.xlri.edu. After successfully registering for XLRI, the candidate has to download the XLRI Pay-in-slip. A non-refundable amount is to be tendered along with the pay-in-slip to obtain XLRI Prospectus 2010 from select branches of Axis Bank. The detachable form given in the prospectus has to be filled-up and sent to Admission Office along with the XLRI’s copy of XLRI pay-in-slip (that was signed and sealed by Axis Bank at the time of buying the prospectus)

Alternatively, one can register for XLRI after obtaining a demand draft (DD). A candidate has to first make a non-refundable DD in favour of ‘XLRI Jamshedpur A/c Prospectus’ payable at Jamshedpur and then register for XLRI at www.xlri.edu after registering for XAT. He/she then has to send the XLRI PA Form (that is to be downloaded after registering for XLRI) along with the DD to Admission Office, XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur-831001. The admission office will dispatch the prospectus to the candidate on receiving the form and demand draft.

The cost of the prospectus depends on the number of programme(s) applied for and is as follows:

For one programme, by paying cash at bank, for general candidates – Rs. 900/-, for SC/ST candidates – Rs. 600/-, through DD from admission office, for general candidates – Rs. 950/-, for SC/ST candidates – Rs. 650/-

For more than one but maximum of three programmes, by paying cash at bank, for general candidates – Rs. 1500/-, for SC/ST candidates – Rs. 1100/-, through DD from admission office, for general candidates – Rs. 1550/-, for SC/ST candidates – Rs. 1150/-

Test centres: Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttak, Dehradun, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam

XAT is also used by more than 60 other Management Institutes for admission. Candidate has to apply separately to XAT associate institute after completing their XAT registration process.

XAT bulletin and XLRI prospectus will be available from Axis Bank XAT office/admission office after online registration from September 1, 2009 to November 30, 2009

For online registration, downloading pay-in-slip for Axis Bank payment and further details, visit  www.xlri.edu.

Last date of registration for XAT and XLRI: November 30, 2009.

There are plenty of MBA Colleges in India but few of them are counted as best. These Colleges are world known for churning talented and highly skilled MBA professionals.

1- Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – The Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) are one of the most reputed business schools not only in India but in the whole world. IIM is ranked amongst top most management college in India. There are total of 6 IIMs situated in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode and Lucknow. In order to get admission in IIM one has to get high Score in Common Admission Test (CAT). Not only that, you also have to perform excellent in personal interview and group discussion conducted by college.

2- Indian School of Business (Hyderabad) – ISB Hyderabad is one of top ranked business school in India. The university was established on December 2, 1999 by a group of fortune 500 entrepreneurs in joint venture with Andhra Pradesh state government. In annual MBA 2009 rankings done By Financial Times, ISB is listed as #15 amongst top 100 global business schools. The have faculty coming down from best institutes of the world which includes London business school, Wharton, Stanford and other good schools. For more information about college you can visit their official website.

3- Jamanlal Bajaj institute of Management Studies (Mumbai) – JBMS was founded in 1965 by the University of Mumbai. It is third oldest Management College in India. The major objective of JBMS is to pioneer and further the Management Education in India. It is included amongst Top 25 Business Schools in Asia-Pacific region. Throughout its existence, the college has shown remarkable and dynamic growth.

4- Xavier Labour Research Institute (Jamshedpur) – XLRI which is widely known as Xavier Labour Research Institute is located in the city of Jamshedpur. The institute was founded in year 1949. Today, it is one of the leading Management Colleges in country providing best quality education to students aiming at a successful career in business management. The institute offers wide range of courses along with Master in Business Management degree.

5- SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (Mumbai) – SP Jain Institute of Management & Research is one of the most popular MBA Colleges in Mumbai. The college was established in year 1981. It is continuously rated amongst Top 10 B-Schools in India. The college provides full circle of courses related to industrial and business needs.

List of MBA entrance examinations in India

1. AIMA Management Aptitude Test MAT (MAT)
2. Army Institute of Management & Technology Entrance Exam
3. Asia Pacific Institute of Management
4. Electronic Management Aptitude Test (EMAT)
5. FORE School of Management (FSM)
6. Himachal Pradesh Combined Management Aptitude Test (HP CMAT)
7. Indira Gandhi National Open University OPEN Management Admission Test (IGNOU OPENMAT)
8. Institute of Petroleum Management (IPMG)
9. Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF)
10. Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)
11. Jagannath International Management School (JIMS)
12. Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS)
13. Management Development Institute (MDI Admission)
14. National Institute of Bank Management NIBM
15. Narsee Monjee Management Aptitude Test (NMAT)
16. Rajasthan Management Aptitude Test (RMAT)
17. S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR)
18. T.A. Pai Management Institute Entrance Exam (TAPMI)
19. Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB)
20. AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA)
21. Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH)
22. BK School of Business Management
23. Entrepreneurship & Management Process International Business (EMPI)
24. Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
25. Indian Institute of Management Common Admission Test (IIM CAT )
26. International Management Institute (IMI PGDM)
27. Indian School of Mines University (ISMU MBA Admission)
28. Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM)
29. Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
30. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS)
31. K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies Research (SIMSR PGDM)
32. MAH CET Maharashtra Common Entrance Test
33. Nirma University Institute of Management NUIM
34. Prestige Institute of Management and Research (PIMR)
35. Skyline Business School
36. Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)
37. Uttar Pradesh Management Common Aptitude Test (UPMCAT)
38. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
39. Bharati Vidyapeeth University – All India Entrance Tests Admissions to Management Courses
40. Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM)
41. Faculty of Management Studies Entrance Test
42. Goa Institute of Management (GIM)
43. ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test (IBSAT)
44. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
45. Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR)
46. IITD Department of Management Studies
47. Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET)
48. Karunya Management Aptitude Test (KMAT
49. Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM)
50. Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA)
51. National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
52. Panjab University – University Business School (UBS)
53. SDM Institute for Management Development (SDM)
54. Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test Exam (TANCET)
55. XLRI XAT

XAT is an objective paper consisting of multiple-choice questions. There are four alternative answers for each question. One mark is awarded for each correct answer and 1/3 mark is deducted for each wrong answer. The duration of the test paper is 2 hours and there is an essay paper of 20 minutes.

XAT has an essay section wherein a student gets 20 minutes to write on a topic given in the paper. The topics can range from something of great contemporary relevance such as “Economic Growth without environmental damage – a mirage or a reality” to slightly more abstract ones such as “A painter when asked about his best piece of work replied – My next one”.

The objective paper comprises three sections: (1) Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability (2) Quantitative Ability, Reasoning and Data Interpretation (3) General Awareness. There is a time limit of 40 minutes for each section.

In the English Section, while the vocabulary questions are more usage based than memory or knowledge based, the grammar questions require a solid understanding of the language fundamentals. Critical reasoning questions and para-jumbles usually test the verbal reasoning skills in this section. The RC passages require one to make quick choices in terms of the passages to be attempted and those to be left out.

The Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation section in XAT is relatively tough with very few ’sitters’. While the questions in Quantitative Ability span algebra, arithmetic and geometry with a focus on the first one, the Data Interpretation questions require good number crunching skills. Students need to incorporate more practice in this area in their preparation schedules so as to maximize their score.

The Decision-making questions are a recent introduction and imitate B-School case-studies, the Reasoning Ability questions usually are a mix of moderate to tough questions, given the demanding time-limits.

XLRI Jamshedpur School of Business & Human Resources invites applications for XAT and the Academic programmes of XLRI for the year 2009. XAT is also used by 60 other Management Institutes for Admission

XAT 2009 Exam will be held on January 4, 2009

Eligibility:
1. For BM and PM & IR programmes, graduates who have completed three years of Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline recognized by a University or Deemed University are eligible to apply. Those completing their final examination by June 10, 2009 may also apply.

2. For GMP, minimum 5 years of relevant experience after graduation (10+2+3) as on March 31, 2009 is required.

XAT 2009 Bulletin
1. A candidate can obtain XAT Bulletin from select branches of AXIS Bank on payment of Rs. 800/- (Rupees eight hundred only).

Registration for XAT 2009
After obtaining the Bulletin a candidate has to visit the website www.xlri.edu and go to XAT Registration section. Here he/she has to fill the online XAT form. The information to be provided includes XAT Bulletin No, date, AXIS Bank branch name and personal details. After online submission the candidate will immediately get his/her XAT ID and password.

Once the candidate provides the application details for XAT associate institute he/she can proceed to take printout of XAT Payment Advice cum Photo Form (XAT PP Form).

The candidate has to paste his/her recent photograph and put full signature in the designated space provided on the XAT PP Form. The candidate has to enclose the third copy of the bank ( XAT) pay-in-slip along with the completed XAT PP Form in the special envelope provided in the XAT Bulletin and send it by registered post / speed post / courier within a week of obtaining the XAT Bulletin. Mention your XAT ID and name on the reverse of the Bank pay-in-slip.

The last date for receiving the XAT PP Form at XAT office, XLRI Jamshedpur is December 5, 2008.

For Admit Card the candidate has to go online to www.xlri.edu anytime during December 18, 2008 and January 1, 2009 and take a print out of the XAT 2009 Admit Card.

For more information Log on to :

www.xlri.edu

XAT, acronym for Xavier Admission Test is a national level admission test conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur to select students for admission to management courses. There are 35 other Management Institutes which selecting students on the basis of XAT. Some of them include XIMB (Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar), LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai), and BIM (Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy).

XAT is usually conducted on the first Sunday of January in 31 cities all over India. These include: Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Trivandrum, Vadodara, and Visakhapatnam.

Eligibility :

An applicant for XAT must have three-year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.

Test Pattern:

XAT is an objective paper consisting of multiple-choice questions. There are four alternative answers for each question. One mark is awarded for each correct answer and 1/3 mark is deducted for each wrong answer. The duration of the test paper is 2 hours and there is an essay paper of 20 minutes.

The objective paper comprises three sections: (1) Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability (2) Quantitative Ability, Reasoning and Data Interpretation (3) General Awareness. There is a time limit of 40 minutes for each section.
Website :  www.xlri.edu