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Comprehensive details regarding the Analytical Writing Test (AWT), the Written Ability Test (WAT), how to prepare for it and the key subjects covered in the most recent exam, which was administered when students were being finalised for admission to the best private and public MBA and PGDM schools.
The extempore round is conducted by the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), New Delhi. This takes place on the same day as the personal interview. The students are given a topic and they have to deliver a 2-3 minute monologue on the topic. They are not allowed to use the internet to research or find information. The objective is to find out if the candidates can think, articulate and deliver verbally their thoughts about any topic. Such candidates are suitable for the rigorous MBA Curriculum. This tests if the candidates can think efficiently and speak with fluency despite being under pressure.
Group discussions, which typically last 20 to 30 minutes and involve five to ten candidates discussing a particular topic are evaluated by a group of evaluators who do not intervene until necessary.
AP ICET 2025 counselling registration will begin shortly at the official portal icet-sche.aptonline.in. Those candidates who passed the AP ICET exam—results announced on May 20, 2025—can participate in the counselling session and choose their preferred colleges and courses for MBA and MCA in Andhra Pradesh.
Suresh Narayanan Nestlé India's Chairman and Managing Director, recently spoke to students at XLRI Jamshedpur in the institute's CXO Series in a strong session on "Leadership in Times of Crisis." Referring to the 2015 Maggi crisis he explained how resilience, effective communication and strong leadership guided through one of the largest brand crises in Indian business history.
The entering batch of MBA, MBA (Human Resources) and MBA (Pharmaceutical Management) programs for the academic year 2025-2027 were inaugurated at SVKM's NMIMS School of Business Management (SBM) in Mumbai.