Last year, 111 B-schools were part of the official list of participating B-schools. MBAUniverse.com analysis of past year's CAT Bulletin reveals that there is a high churn in participating B-schools.
There are 34 new non-IIMs institutions who have decided to use CAT 08 scores whereas 41 B-schools have opted out of CAT.
In perhaps the first instance of a foreign B-school enrolling with Indian management exam, Singapore based Nanyang Buisness School has been added this year in the list of non-IIMs B-schools who are using CAT 08 score.
The leading B-schools participating in CAT 08 are Management Development Institute, Gurgaon; International Management Institute, New Delhi; Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad; Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida; KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai; TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal and Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy. These details emerged from the MBAUniverse.com analysis of the just released CAT 2008 Bulletin.
According to CAT Bulletin, the new B-schools have decided to be part of this prestigious entrance test include:
- Accurate Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida
- AICAR Business School, Rajgad
- Algol School of Technology, Gurgaon
- Atal Bihari Yajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior
- BLS Institute of Management, Ghaziabad
- Calcutta Business School, Kolkata
- Chadragupt Institute of Management, Patna
- Department of Business Administration, Lucknow
- Department of Management, Kurukshetra
- Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University
- Dr Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management & Research, Kanpur
- EMPI's Ajit Haksar Institute of Advertising, Communication & Marketing, New Delhi
- Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gandhinagar
- Galgotias Business School, Greater Noida
- Haryana School of Business, Hisar
- IBAT School of Management, Bhubaneswar
- IEC Business School, Greater Noida
- IFIM Business School, Bangalore
- IMRT Business School, Lucknow
- Indian Institute of Finance, Delhi
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
- Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad
- Institute of Management Sciences, Lucknow
- INTECH Institute of Business Management, Bangalore
- International Institute of Business & Research (IBSR Business School), Bangalore
- JK Padampat Institute of Management & Technology
- K R Mangalam Global Institute of Management, New Delhi
- Lotus Institute of Management, Bareilly
- Lovely Professional University, Bhagwara
- Nanyang Business School, Singapore
- Proton Business School, Indore
- Shobhit University, Meerut
- Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra (J&K)
- University School of Management, Kurukshetra
According to CAT Bulletin, the B-schools that have opt out of CAT test for their admission process are:
- Academy of Management Studies, Bhubaneswar
- ACCMAN Institute of Management, Greater Noida
- Army Institute of Management & Technology, Greater Noida
- Asian School of Business
- Bengal Institute of Technology & Management, Shantinikhetan
- Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, Kolkata
- Eastern Institute of Management, Kolkata
- EMPI Institute of Advertising, Communication & Management, New Delhi
- Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
- Indian Institute of e-Business Management, Pune
- Indian Institute of Management Training, Bhosari
- Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management, Gwalior
- Institute of Financial Management & Research, Chennai
- Institute of Business Management & Research, Bangalore
- Institute of Finance & International Management, Banglaore
- Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad
- Institute of Management Studies & Research, Vidyanagar
- Institute of Marketing Management, New Delhi
- Institute of Productivity & Management, Meerut
- Institute of Science & Management, Department of Management, IISM Campus, Ranchi
- Ishan Institute of Management & Technology, Greater Noida
- Jaganath International Management, New Delhi
- JIS College of Engineering, Noida
- J K Institute of Management, New Delhi
- Management Institute of Durgapur
- Mangalmay Institute of Management Studies, Greater Noida
- Maula Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
- Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology, Allahabad
- NIILM Centre of Management Studies, New Delhi
- Mudra Institute of Communications, Amedabad
- Palian College of Management & Technology, Kolkata
- PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore
- Rakshapal Bahadur Management Institute, Bareilly
- School of Communication & Management Studies, Cochin and Techno India Group, Kolkata.
- School of Management, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry
- School of Management Sciences, Khushipur
- Sri Sringeri Sharada Institute of Management, New Delhi
- SRM University, kancheepuram
- SSN School of Management & Computer Applications, Kalavakkam
- Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management, Pune
- Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
MBAUniverse.com, India's leading management portal, will continue to bring more details and analysis on CAT 2008. Stay tuned.