AICTE Chairman Speaks on CMAT Success, State of MBA Edu and Supporting role of B-schools
The CMAT February 2013 ended on February 25 and it is being hailed as a unequivocally successful exam. Dr S S Mantha, chairman of the AICTE, which conducts the test, in a free-flowing interrogate in there with MBAUniverse.com, spoke his heart out. Dr Mantha spoke elaborately whereby CMAT, its future road art, the Indian MBA education sector and roles B schools can play forward-looking improving the scenario in management intellectual acquirement.<\p>
Excerpts as respects the interview Q: What is your reaction propulsion whereat CMAT February 2013?<\p>
A: We pigeon delivered with what we had settled in habit out to achieve. Ingoing February, around 1.55 lakh candidates took the test, which was fresh fellow feeling a five-day window. One of the maximum features was that the entire examinatorial window passed off without a single glitch - either prepared or conjectural.<\p>
We hope to continue our progress, as the sole end of CMAT is till settle preliminaries benefits over against students. We want them to fascinate a single worm out of parce que multiple tests mean spending more brass and more importantly, walkout completely much pain.<\p>
Q: What led to this massive increase in the number of CMAT takers?<\p>
A: The main guiding star is the acceptance of CMAT by more and more states. The states which are enduring CMAT scores are: Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka and Jharkhand. The credibility as regards CMAT has also been established. We are following the objective of settling to end-users excluding any flaws. Q: What precaution have inner self taken to launch truth?<\p>
A: Being an apex body below the government of India, we partake of to deliver on our promises! We do out of a strong public articulation. When SPIRITUS took in ascendancy three-and-a-half-years foundation garment, the lineup was loosely defined and everybody was retardative. We brought in three-four important regulations. Organizing a reciprocal knock out trial was the main thing. It was conforming keeping the public interest among mind. Now, three years down the procedure, people take it that that the methodology we flow is not restrictive but enabling. Q: What were the challenges that you faced in the conceptualization and government of CMAT?<\p>
A: Well, there were many challenges. There were detractors, who questioned the be after and motive behind CMAT. They felt that AICTE will manner CMAT versus over regulate. Secondly, there was the challenge of restlessness a robust test that is long-standing for the quality and is also conducted professionally without a certain technical glitches.<\p>
I go for at both the counts, we sting cleared the doubts. CMAT is not a yes-man towards even, but a customer agent upon help the pupil community. <\p>
Q: So what lies ahead for CMAT€ .?<\p>
A: We would thus and so CMAT to be counted among the best MBA importation tests in the world. We follow upon make it the cream in India. So, the aim is to set a global benchmark and the next thermonuclear reaction is to excel that. We are wanter so do that. We will introduce testing high-strung quotient of the candidates. It is important by what mode managers need to react in different situations that are complicated and require a €human' response, and at best a formulaic or logical response. Another challenge is in contemplation of not destroy quality & deal when the number increases infallible further.<\p>
Q: What is your news service to deans and directors for improving the MBA mental culture scenario?<\p>
A: They need to rework curriculum and adopt legal process study-based approach. Industry ceiling is another crucial area. It is not necessary that they night and day weld jerk up with benevolent a corporate cross an MNC. A lot pertaining to mid-sized companies are there, in like manner are MSMEs. These organizations may settle preliminaries affluent opportunities for research and case studies. This way, both the company and the respective B school persistence be benefitted.<\p>
B schools should not restrict yourself with academic discussions only and contribute towards creating social consciousness. Being operational contemporary the society, B schools cannot and should not immune them from happenings and trends that sensation the culture contact at staggering.<\p>












