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Hi, there's no formula to avoid common mistakes in any exam. But these points might help you stay calm during the exam.
It is important that you practice lot of mocks and papers before the main exam. This will give you confidence and sense of familiarity during the paper.
Practicing will also give you the mistakes that you keep committing every now and then. Commit as many mistakes as you can in first few mocks. More you practice, sooner will you run out of common mistakes to commit.
Dont stress out. If you feel the paper is way too tough or way too easy for what youve practiced, dont worry about it. The general trend will be the same and so your score will be normalised accordingly. Just keep attempting as many as you can. If you keep this in mind while taking the exam, you won't stress out and hence you won't commit silly mistakes.
Good luck!

Nothing is tough, CA or CMA almost same in study and it depends upon the capability of the student. Basically CMA gives more emphasis to cost and operations while CA gives equal importance to law, cost, tax, accounts, etc.
So if somebody likes more practical then go with CMA and otherwise go with CA. CMA is more practical then CA.
Foundation- CA has less syllabus with more details but in CMA have more syllabus but details are less.
Intermediate Level- CA have some tough subjects in inter level, but so as CMA consists 8 subjects with one more subject in comparison of CA have 7 subjects. CMA wide syllabus again here in comparison of CA but CA have more detailed syllabus again.
Final Level- In final level we face same number of subjects in both CA and CMA. Here we face same level of toughness in syllabus. In CMA we have choice of choosing one subject as specialization while in CA we have no such choice. So in last final level we can say CA is tough from CMA.
But in job security CA offer more job security from CMA.
And in training period CA have very tough training and whenever you complete you training after that you appearing in final level. In CA you have to complete training of three years after completing CA inter (IPCE). CMA has more flexibility.
So at last I want to say if you want to do CA or CMA then you should ready for hard work and dedicated to your course and syllabus are almost same as 80 to 90%.

1. The candidate must hold a Bachelors Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons With Disability (PWD) categories], awarded by any University or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of the Parliament or State legislature in India or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognised by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
2. Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelors degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. However, it may be noted that such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if they submit a certificate from the Principal / Registrar of their University/institution (issued on or before the date as stipulated by the respective IIM) stating that they have completed all the requirements for obtaining the Bachelors degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.
3. Candidates applying for CAT 2017 should fulfill any one of the following conditions:
Completed Bachelors degree with the required percentage of marks. Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA) with required percentage.

For MBA operations, there are various career options available in operations sector. It involves manufacturing science, supply chain management, logistics management, quality assurance. It involves the process to efficiently manage the supply chain management in production and manufacturing, inventory, purchase management, ERP, inventory management, etc. In MBA Operations, you will study topics like Services Operation Management, Quality Management, Operation Research, Operations Strategy, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Production & Material Management and Business Modeling & Simulation. A thrust of operations management is on maximising the efficiency of production and minimising all round costs and the time to delivery of products to the customer. Operations management team constantly strives to improve the effectiveness of processes. Operations management professionals find career opportunities in different sectors. They fit into the manufacturing sector, construction, infrastructure, retail, aviation, logistics, automotive, oil and gas, FMCG, pharma and railways to name a few. Operations management is the best suited for those with an engineering background. All the best!

I have been in LPU so I can vouch on their practices that they are implementing and I have witnessed their effort for students and management working hard for placement and imparting quality teaching. Here are few highlights which I would be sharing for helping you to develop your mind set. Lovely professional university being the largest Private University in India having 30000+ students studying in more than 200+ courses, which includes 6000+ international students from 70+ countries from all around the world. LPU has lived up to its expectations, with the quality of education, the placement opportunities are amazing as well. It is one of the top 5 universities of India, providing quality education, innovative pedagogy and unbeatable placements both national and international. LPU provides a great academic exposure to its students. It provides a chance to the students to attend guest lectures or workshops, so that they get to learn as much as they can. The students also work on live projects, so that they are able to apply their knowledge to practical settings. LPU provides ample opportunities to each and every eligible student to secure good placement with the help of a dedicated Division of Career Services. The university has been ranked high by various outer agencies with regard to placements. LPU is conferred with National Employability Award 2020 by Aspiring Minds for the 7th time in a row for having Most Employable Students and being one among the top colleges and universities in India with one of the highest Employability rates. A large number of opportunities for pursuing industry delivered certifications are available to our students. Some of the major certifications include like NCFM and NCCMP (in tie up with NSE), CMA (in tie up with IMA, USA), etc. Such certifications helps to make the students industry ready and enhance their employ-ability potential. Students have opportunity to do class assignments or get associated in consultancy projects with faculty in companies like Next Care, Mind Clinic, Videocon, Coca Cola, Aircel, Idea, UTI, Big Bazaar etc.

Finance is one of the most sought option after specializing in MBA. A big community of students get attracted to this specialization. Finance as a subject involves the management, control and review of the collection, investment and resources of money as a capital required for an industrial building, plant and working.
Finance MBA can work in banking and non-banking sectors. You can work anywhere in the corporate world. Every industry has a need for financial experts for maintaining the balance of capital.
The students, who have done the MBA in finance, have lots of job opportunities in government as well as in private sector. He/she can be a part of the stock market, top notch organization, finance ministry and related organizations. Beside, an MBA finance with CA can run his own business.
There are lots of job opportunities offered to MBA (Finance) qualified in public as well as private sector.
After pursuing this course, one can find job placements in various areas, such as Financial Institutions, Banks, Financial Consultancies, Colleges & Universities and various government and private firms & companies.

Hello,
Only way you can deal with common mistakes is with lots of practice before hand. If you develop a sense of familiarity during the main exam, you will only have to focus on the questions before you instead of any other behavioral trait leading to mistakes. Follow some points. Don't stress out. If you feel the paper is way too tough or way too easy for what you have practiced, don't worry about it. The general trend will be the same and so your score will be normalized accordingly. Just keep attempting as many as you can. If you keep this in mind while taking the exam, you won't stress out and hence you won't commit silly mistakes. It is important that you practice lot of mocks and papers before the main exam. This will give you confidence and sense of familiarity during the paper. Practicing will also give you the mistakes that you keep committing every now and then. Commit as many mistakes as you can in first few mocks. Thank you.

If you want to pursue a lucrative career in finance, do it. They cant automate your field without knowledge of your field. With that being said, people who know the most about your field (I. e. you, after an education) will be in the best possible position to automate it. You know what would be even more rad than making a ton of money? It is doing financial advisory work and getting paid for it. Automation leaves plenty of opportunity for money to be made by human beings, but it certainly narrows the window a bit. With finance specifically, you should also remind yourself that there is an entire world that is trying to make money. There will always be some country that needs a few good financial advisors.

In today's world, marketing is the most important element for an organisation to create awareness among the audience it is targeting for their product.
As it is most demanding career options for the youth to start. It can lead you to options like sales promotion, branding launching, setting target campaigns, etc. You will start as a sales executive to VP marketing in a top company. In the field of marketing, you will lead with high growth level than other fields as there is more career progression in this. You will be responsible for business development and promotion for your organisation and will be able to cope with the existing brand and other models to launch a new or diversity in the existing.
So there are numerous opportunities in the field whether in India or any other company because once a product is manufactured, it has to be marketed to the end user. There comes your role on how to market your product to the deepest level.
I hope this information helps.
All the best.

Chartered Accountants CA is a professional qualification and CAs are regulated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Chartered Accountants offer financial advice, audit accounts and provide trustworthy information about financial records. This might involve financial reporting, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting, corporate finance, business recovery and insolvency, or accounting systems and processes. CA are employed by business enterprises, consulting firms and they can also works as independent consultant. CA is not an educational degree offered by University or educational institute. Therefore, for its membership it is not governed by Government of India reservation policy for its membership. If ICAI have reservations for its professional membership then it will not legal as per constitution also it may compromise its professional carter, ethics and code of conduct. Its membership is open for SC, ST, OBC candidates and they can compete and get CA designation based on their merit. ICAI membership and award of CA and FCA is based on meritocracy.

Hello,
Most of your task is done for IIFT if you are preparing for CAT. Difficulty level for both the exams is at par. The only difference is the General Knowledge section which can be easily covered by Reading newspapers on a daily basis.
Ensure to solve mock papers for IIFT to get a look and feel of how the pattern is, what the difficulty level of the exam is.
Focus on your CAT preparation and IIFT preparation will follow.
Remember, do not try to put your leg into both the paper as far as preparation is concerned. Just focus on your CAT preparation. Try to complete your syllabus well before time so that you have time to agile yourself to set for IIFT also. Hard work and smart work will definitely make your way for both of the entrance exams.

In recent times, HR professionals play a vital role in selecting and retaining the right manpower for an organisation, almost all big or small companies are hiring them. After completing MBA-HR, graduates easily find roles in all sectors and industries in India and abroad. HR Professionals have good career growth opportunities, as nowadays large and medium size enterprises have HR professionals for day to day HR operations and some HR professional reach to the level of board members and some even become CEOs. People with social skills and empathy are suitable for HR. Salary of HR professionals are in range of Rs 5 Lacs per annum to Rs 1Crore plus per annum. To be become good HR manager you require skills such as organizing capability, dealing with grey areas, good communication and negotiations skills, capability to handle changes, capacity to handle conflicts, etc.

There are many top online platform for preparing of the candidate for the NMAT some of them are as follows:-
1-careeerlauncher online platform:-Night Classes offer 12+ live, interactive, online sessions specific for NMAT preparation. The sessions are taken by the experts across India and each session is for 90-120 minutes.
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4-Time for education
5-testfunda.com
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These are various platform for studying online
Hope this information helps.
All the best.

Sorry to disappoint you my friend but it won't help much.
First of all for getting B Schools outside India you need minimum experience of around 5 years. Foreign B-Schools don't accept freshers. So first look into that. CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) is certifications for those who are looking to get into money/asset management. If you are looking to work as an equity research analyst of portfolio manager and other such jobs then CFA can help. But again there are 3 levels of CFA. For it to be of any use you need to clear at least two levels then only you would have enough knowledge to work as an equity research analyst or other such jobs. So CFA alone won't help.
If you are already in finance sector and trying to change job or climb up the ladder then it may be a bit helpful. They will give lot of experience to your job experience as such. So do thorough research of requirements of the top B-schools and then make a well informed decision. There is no point doing CFA just for sake of adding something to your resume.

Hi,
BBA is a professional course of three years of full-time study in areas of business and management.
So before selecting any college, you should decide whether to go for simple BBA or BBA with a specialization.
Then you can look for colleges which are UCG certified and look for those colleges in your desired location and city.
You can go through these colleges' curriculum and method of study.
You can check about the faculty employed there and their contribution. Industrial fellows may also be working as visiting faculties in these colleges.
You can check their placements records over the years and the alumni reviews and feedback.
You can go through the companies coming to the colleges for campus placements and the package they are offering to the students.
Checking the academic fees structure is also important.
All these information you can gather from the college's official website or from Shiksha.com

M.Com or Master of Commerce is a Post Graduate Academic master degree in the field of commerce. The program is a 2 year course and is offered in English or Hindi depending upon the Institution. The program is available in various subjects whose material focuses on Commerce, management and economics related subjects. Programs usually consist of thesis component or may be exclusively research based. The course strengthens the theoretical, analytical and applied knowledge base of Commerce. It is also available through correspondence or distance learning mode.
Eligibility:- M.Com requires a candidate to have passed B.Com. Some Institutes put the age limit to 20. However, it is not applicable everywhere. Admission is at times done through an entrance test in certain institutions.
Master of Commerce Subjects:- Based on specialization, graduates are typically employed in fields related to their degree, focus such as :-
1) Financial Services
2) Marketing
3) Project Management
4) General Management
5) Business Consulting
Master of Commerce Specialisation.
1) Master degree in Business Administration
2) Master degree in Finance
3) Master of Commerce in International Business Operations
4) Master degree in Accounting
5) Master degree in Economics
6) Master degree in Statistics
7) Master degree in Marketing
Who can pursue or who should pursue:-
M.Com can be pursued by any commerce graduate who wants to attain higher education or wants to strengthen higher knowledge base.
Advantages of M.Com
M.Com holders can move ahead with a considerable difference in academics, research and corporate world.
There is an ample scope of direct recruitment into the field of commerce for such aspirants.Jobs for M.Com:-
With the growth into business world and it's expanding horizons there is growing requirement for qualified professionals to look after the day to day business operations.
Employment Areas:-
Banks
Budget Planning
Business Consultancies
Educational institutions
Foreign Trade
Industrial Houses
Inventory Control
Investment Banking
Marketing
Merchant Banking
Public Accounting Firms
Working Capital Management
Policy Planning
Treasury and Forex department
Job Profiles:-
Auditors
Book Keepers
Budget Analysts
Business Consultants
Chartered Management Accountants
Chief Financial Officers
Finance Managers
Financial Analysts
Human Resource Managers
Investment Analysts
Marketing Managers
Stock Brokers
Teacher/Lecturers
The aspirants can choose the career of their choice.

Hi,
Unfortunately, the answer to this question is "YES". CAT preparation won't be sufficient enough for GMAT and the same holds true if you are preparing for GMAT. This is because the intention to check on the areas are very different in both the exams. CAT tests your ability mainly on your 1- Quantitative abilities 2- Data Interpretation/ Logical Reasoning and 3- Verbal Ability. GMAT on the other side tests your, quant, Verbal, AWA, IR. You may think Quant and Verbal overlap in both but this isn't enough as the difficulty is not the same in both. Quant in CAT is at a higher level than GMAT. Similarly Verbal scores point in GMAT over quant. Thus perpetration for one exam doesn't assure you are ready for other. My suggestion would be to focus on one exam according to the colleges you want to go for and your final future plans.
Thanks.