KMAT 2016 is the key to pursue your dream MBA in 170 B-schools located in Bangalore and other parts of Karnataka. An ever growing job market and known as Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore offers more career opportunities with higher salary structure for MBA graduates year after year. Not only the quality of MBA education but also the good career prospects in almost all the sectors like BFSI, FMCG, IT/ITES, Operations, E-commerce among others attract more and more MBA aspirants to pursue their MBA from the Bangalore based B-schools.
3 key reasons to opt for MBA in Bangalore
Apart from a vibrant job market, the moderate and pleasant climate, civilized and cosmopolitan culture, affordable boarding & lodging make Bangalore a hot MBA destination as compared to any other part of the country.
Houses top rated institutions
Bangalore also called the ‘Silicon Valley of India’, is a hub of business, entrepreneurship and also higher education. Indian Institute of Management (IIM) the top ranked B-school in NIRF 2016 Ranking is situated in Bangalore.
Apart from the IIM, Bangalore is home to many top rated educational and research institutions in India, such as Indian Institute of Science (IISc); National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore; National Institute of Design, Bangalore (NID R&D Campus); National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS).
B-schools in Bangalore have played vital role in the growth by providing quality human resources for the leading profiles in corporate sector and industries and as the city grows, the number of aspirants looking forward to pursue MBA in Bangalore have risen tremendously. Bangalore and Karnataka is also home to 300+ leading B-schools and Universities.
High growth rate offers more opportunities
With a GDP of US$ 120 billion growing at 7% annually, Bangalore and rest of Karnataka state has an industrial output of US$61.5 billion and Foreign Direct Investment of US$18.30 billion. Karnataka has emerged as the most preferred business hub offering more job opportunities in almost all the sectors like Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing, Human Resource management, IT/ITES, Operations amongst others.
World class healthcare amenities, top of the class educational institutions, International standard recreation and a vibrant cosmopolitan culture with varied global cuisine and vivid cultural confluences of Art, Culture and Theatre is truly driving a global lifestyle in Karnataka.
Karnataka has also been attracting a global audience with its integrated and strategic growth plans that offer immense investment and employment potential across its varied sectors in Manufacturing, Agri business and food processing, Information technology, energy and Infrastructure along with tourism.
Headquarter of leading companies
Bangalore is the well known headquarters of leading IT companies like Wipro Technologies, and Infosys. Virtually every IT company including TCS, HCL, Dell and Cognizant have large set ups in Bangalore. Some of the leading companies in diverse areas that have large presence in Bangalore are Reliance, Tata Infocom, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co Ltd, SBI Life Insurance Ltd, ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Ltd, United Life Insurance Company Ltd, IDBI Bank, HSBC BANK, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India LHO, Canara Bank Head Office, Manipal Hospital and Columbia Asia Hospital.
The city of Bangalore is also home to headquarters of countless public sector undertakings such as Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) and Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT).
Numerous state-ownedaerospace and defence organisations, such as Bharat Electronics, Hindustan Aeronautics and National Aerospace Laboratories are located in the city.
MBA employment in Bangalore
Emerging employment market of Bangalore and rest of Karnataka makes the place a great destination for MBA graduates as it offers more employment and start-up opportunities to fresh MBAs. The B-schools in Bangalore like Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences (AIMS), Alliance University, IFIM Business School, MP Birla Institute, M.S. Ramaiah, Mount Carmel, PESIT among others report consistently higher placements year after year.
Bangalore and other cities in Karnataka house 400 R&D centers for IT sector which add impetus to Bangalore as a start-up capital of India. 3500 companies and 750 multinational companies offer direct employment to 1 million people. Not only this, the high sectoral placement in Telecom, Aero-space, Pharma, Biotech, Auto Industry and recently highly booming tourism industry in Bangalore offer higher and greater career prospects for MBA graduates.
KMAT 2016: Tool to realize your MBA dream
KMAT 2016 offers equal MBA admission opportunity in Bangalore B-schools to the candidates appearing in the exam at any centre across India and does not propose to award any specific regional preference. Besides, the high performing candidates will also be offered fee waivers and scholarships during their MBA courses in Bangalore B-schools.
Karnataka Management Aptitude Test (KMAT) 2016 convened by KPPGCA, the association of Private post graduate colleges in Karnataka is proposed to be held on May 29, 2016 in 10 testing cities across India. KPPGCA was established in 2003 to provide proactive support to professional education and facilitate and streamline admission to postgraduate professional courses, viz., MBA, PGDM and MCA.
There are 170+ member B-schools of KPPGCA located across Bangalore and rest of Karnataka and are affiliated to respective universities in the State. All these highly ranked institutes with moderate fee structure will offer admission to their flagship programmes on the basis of KMAT 2016 scores.
KMAT 2016: Spend 2 hours to get top Bangalore B-school
KMAT 2016 is going to be a basic paper-pencil based test of 2 hours only and is proposed to be a problem free test. The objective of the test is to provide level playing field for the candidates from all academic and social back ground and coming from urban or rural areas.
The exam will consist of 120 MCQs divided in 4 sections of Verbal Ability & reading comprehension (40 MCQs); Quantitative ability (40 MCQs); Logical reasoning (20 MCQs) and General knowledge (20 MCQs). No scaling or percentile scoring is proposed in KMAT 2016. The merit will be prepared according to the net scores obtained out of maximum 480 marks as each correct answer carries a weightage of 4 credit marks and each wrong answer will attract negative marking of 1 mark.
Although not very easy, KMAT 2016 can sure help you realize your dream of pursuing MBA from the B-school in Bangalore and rest of Karnataka state. You can register for KMAT 2016 with the lowest application fee of Rs. 700/- . Application can be submitted in the online or offline mode.
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