LUDHIANA: City boy Amardeep Arora, a graduate from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS) Goa, has brought laurels to the city by bagging IIM calls in Common Admission Test (CAT) MBA entrance exam 2010. The results, declared on January 12, had Amardeep scoring 99.83 percentile to top the city. He has got calls from IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow and IIM Ranchi. Many city students got more that 90 percentile in CAT 2010. And results from premier institutes like IIM Indore (IIM-I) and IIM Kozhikode (IIM-K) are awaited.
CAT 2010 was taken by 2.04 lakh aspirants at various test centres across India. The paper comprises three sections: verbal ability, logical reasoning and quantitative aptitude. CAT is the first stage in the selection process for various institutes offering MBA, others including group discussion and personal interview.
Taranjana Singh, a Thapar University Patiala graduate, who is a city resident, got a call from IIM Lucknow and IIM Bangalore. Parveen Mangla of University Institute of Engineering & Technology (UIET), got calls from IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, and IIM Ranchi. Omesh Garg, who has graduated from Agriculture College of Punjab Agricultural University, and Yogesh Jindal, a UIET graduate, got calls from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), a premier institute in rural management. The CAT is conducted every year by Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).
City topper Amardeep Arora told TOI: "Destiny defines life and a person propagates it." Online programmes and hard work of the faculty at the institute where he had got his training have enhanced his knowledge, he added. He is doing his internship at an MNC in Hyderabad. He further said, "I miss the city's food. For the sake of one's career often requires breaking of geographical barriers." He said a CAT aspirant should study with full concentration and should not leave any part of the syllabus untouched.
Lotus Arora, mother of Amardeep Arora, who is a housewife, said, "This is a day and moment to be cherished. I am proud of Amar." Rajesh Batta, centre director of an institute preparing students to face MBA entrance exams, said, "To crack CAT, one has to be devoted to it from the first day of preparation.
Vishal Babbar, academic director of the institute, emphasized the need for continual testing and analysis, which, he said, was very crucial for improving the percentile.
CAT 2010 was taken by 2.04 lakh aspirants at various test centres across India. The paper comprises three sections: verbal ability, logical reasoning and quantitative aptitude. CAT is the first stage in the selection process for various institutes offering MBA, others including group discussion and personal interview.
Taranjana Singh, a Thapar University Patiala graduate, who is a city resident, got a call from IIM Lucknow and IIM Bangalore. Parveen Mangla of University Institute of Engineering & Technology (UIET), got calls from IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, and IIM Ranchi. Omesh Garg, who has graduated from Agriculture College of Punjab Agricultural University, and Yogesh Jindal, a UIET graduate, got calls from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), a premier institute in rural management. The CAT is conducted every year by Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).
City topper Amardeep Arora told TOI: "Destiny defines life and a person propagates it." Online programmes and hard work of the faculty at the institute where he had got his training have enhanced his knowledge, he added. He is doing his internship at an MNC in Hyderabad. He further said, "I miss the city's food. For the sake of one's career often requires breaking of geographical barriers." He said a CAT aspirant should study with full concentration and should not leave any part of the syllabus untouched.
Lotus Arora, mother of Amardeep Arora, who is a housewife, said, "This is a day and moment to be cherished. I am proud of Amar." Rajesh Batta, centre director of an institute preparing students to face MBA entrance exams, said, "To crack CAT, one has to be devoted to it from the first day of preparation.
Vishal Babbar, academic director of the institute, emphasized the need for continual testing and analysis, which, he said, was very crucial for improving the percentile.
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