CAT 2022: Information Corner- How's the Josh ??

Hello Fellow Members,🤗

Like any MBA aspirant in India, i am sure you must be aware that registrations for CAT 2022, the coveted exam that gives us a chance to enter IIMs & other prestigious colleges, has already began..! 🤓

It is only fair then that we try to create a consolidated repository of all relevant information for CAT.

Here are a few relevant information I found for CAT & MBA Colleges in India

CAT 2022

Registration Starts: August 3, 2022

Registration Ends: September 14, 2022

CAT 2022 Exam date: November 27, 2022

List of Top 10 MBA Colleges, basis NIRF rankings:

1. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

2. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

3. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

4. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

5. Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

6. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

7. Indian Institute of Management Indore

8. XLRI - Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur

9. National Institute of Industrial Engineering Mumbai 

10. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Source: NIRF Ranking

Likely pattern of CAT paper:

Duration: 2 hours

No. of Questions: 65-70 nos.

Type: MCQ & Non-MCQ

Sections: 3

- Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

- Quantitative Ability

- Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Would be amazing if you all can chip in and help enhance the information further😳

As IIMs provide a general MBA degree and not specialized in any domain i.e International Business(IB), Human Resource(HR), etc thus it follows a particular method of course allocation. 

In the first year i.e the first 3 semesters all the subjects and in your second year you can select majors(5 subjects of a particular domain), minors(3 subjects of a particular domain) as per your preference.

 You have to select both compulsory and electives, across diverse areas, including Operations, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources etc.

Tentative First Year Course List:

 Introduction to Learning Methods:

 Corporate Sustainability
 Understanding of Behavior I

 Organizational Behavior  II
 Managerial Computing. Transforming Business through Information Technology
 Financial Reporting & Analysis [Corporate Finance]
 Financial Markets Costing & Control Systems
 Probability & Statistics I 

Probability & Statistics II
 Operations Management I 

Operations Management II
 Marketing Management I 

Marketing Management II
 Human Resource Management I 

Human Resource Management II
 Managerial Communication I 

Managerial Communication II
 Microeconomics Macroeconomics
 Legal Aspects of Business Quantitative Techniques (Decision Making)
 Strategic Management Project Work  

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Tentative Second Year Course List (The second year of the programme will be based on electives and project work)

 Business Negligence, Liability and Law, Behavioural Finance
 Brand Management-- Better Work, Better Workplaces and Better World
 Business Analytics Big Data: Possibilities and Concerns
 Business Turnaround and Organizational Transformation Business and Society
 Communicating Corporate Reputation& Customer Relationship Management
 Corporate Governance Experiments for Business and Policy Decision-Making
 Educational Innovation and Enterprise Intercultural Communication Competence
 Entrepreneurship & Creativity Managing Firms in Service Sector
 Financial Statement Analysis, Pricing
 Game Theory Promotions Strategy
 International Finance & Trade Quality & Risk Management
 Managing Human Capital in Projects Structure and Economics of Online Networks
 Managing Transportation:  Business Models and Policy Instruments The Future of Work and Its Markets
 Revenue Management and Dynamic Pricing, Understanding Bhagavad Gita: Managers' Dilemmas
 Rural Marketing Valuation of Firms - Numbers and Narratives
 Strategies for the Internet Economy Capstone: Business Simulation Game
 Tapping into Social Media Course on Ethics

And finally there will be a Group Project, and then Campus Recruitment. 

Best wishes to all the aspirants. 👍🏼 

A very good article on CAT 2022 & it's sections

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/tips-and-tricks/story/cat-2022-busting-some-myths-about-common-admission-test-1990981-2022-08-22