GD Topics this year..Keep on adding to it in the list by giving your comments

Some of the topics so far have been
1) Is Management an art or science?
2) Today's Youth has become installment oriented.
3) Reality shows easy ways of making money
4) Is IPL a waste of money?
5) US subprime crisis.
6) Are the branches living upto their expectations.
7) What is difficult? Consultancy or Management?

Alll the ppl having CET GD/PI. Please post all the diffficult type of GK, analytical questions that were asked to you as comments to this post

Some of the questions that I have come across are:-
1)Microsoft's proposed deal with yahoo
2)latest operating systems in the market
3)price of the HCL laptop in the market
4)products from Unilever

CET Expected Cut - offs

Expected Cutoffs:
MUMBAI OPEN - Home Mumbai
JBIMS : 176 - 178
SYDENHAM (MMS) : 172 - 174
SYDENHAM (PGDBM) : 510 - 512
WELINGKAR : 167 - 169
K J SOMAIYA : 166 - 168
SIES : 163 - 165
DALMIA : 158 - 160
CHETNA : 158 - 160
MET : 157 - 159
IES : 155 - 157
LALA : 153 - 155
St. Xavier : 153 - 155
RIZVI : 151 - 153
Thakur Institute : 149 - 151
VIVEKANAND : 148 - 150
Alkesh Dinesh Modi : 144 - 146
St. Francis : 144 - 146
Atharva : 144 - 146
Gurunanak : 143 - 145
Anjuman-I-Islam's : 134 - 136
Viva Institute : 134 - 136
Pune :
PUMBA : 161 - 163
INDIRA : 148 - 150
SINHGAD Vadgaon,Pune : 146 - 148
MITSOM : 144 - 146
WADIA : 138 - 140
Sinhgad (Ambegaon),
Pune : 135 - 137
Sinhgad Kondhawa (Bk.) ,Pune : 141 - 143
VIM : 130 - 132
SIBACA Lonavala : 140 - 142
MITCOM : 136 - 138
Bytco Nasik : 134 - 136
MITCOE : 132 - 134
MMCC : 127 - 129
D Y PATIL PIMPRI : 139 - 141
VIKHE PATIL : 127 - 129
IBMR : 138 - 140
AISSM : 121 - 123

SC - Home Mumbai
JBIMS : 149 - 151
SYDENHAM (MMS) : 147 - 149
SYDENHAM (PGDBM) : NA
WELINGKAR : 140 - 142
K J SOMAIYA : NA
SIES : NA
DALMIA : NA
CHETNA : 134 - 136
MET : 135 - 137
IES : 133 - 135
LALA : NA
St. Xavier : NA
RIZVI : NA
Thakur Institute : NA
VIVEKANAND : NA
Alkesh Dinesh Modi : 129 - 131
St. Francis : NA
Atharva : 129 - 131
Gurunanak : NA
Anjuman-I-Islam's : NA
Viva Institute : 105 - 107
Pune :
PUMBA : 139 - 141
INDIRA : 128 - 130
SINHGAD Vadgaon,Pune : 126 - 128
MITSOM : 127 - 129
WADIA : 117 - 119
Sinhgad (Ambegaon), Pune : 123 - 125
Sinhgad Kondhawa (Bk.) ,Pune : 126 - 128
VIM : 114 - 116 SIBACA Lonavala : 124 - 126
MITCOM : 126 - 128
Bytco Nasik : 126 - 128
MITCOE : 119 - 121
MMCC : 112 - 114
D Y PATIL PIMPRI : 122 - 124
VIKHE PATIL : 115 - 117
IBMR : 115 - 117
AISSM : 102 - 104

ST - Mumbai Home
JBIMS : 136 - 138
SYDENHAM (MMS) : 118 - 120
SYDENHAM (PGDBM) : NA -
WELINGKAR : 109 - 111
K J SOMAIYA : NA -
SIES : NA -
DALMIA : NA -
CHETNA : 102 - 104
MET : 99 - 101
IES : 101 - 103
LALA : NA -
St. Xavier : NA -
RIZVI : NA -
Thakur Institute : NA -
VIVEKANAND : NA -
Alkesh Dinesh Modi : 82 - 84
St. Francis : NA -
Atharva : NA -
Gurunanak : NA -
Anjuman-I-Islam's : NA -
Viva Institute : NA -

Pune : -
PUMBA : 118 - 120
INDIRA : 95 - 97
SINHGAD Vadgaon,Pune : 98 - 100
MITSOM : 93 - 95
WADIA : 89 - 91 Sinhgad (Ambegaon),
Pune : 84 - 86 Sinhgad Kondhawa (Bk.) ,
Pune : 96 - 98
VIM : 76 - 78
SIBACA Lonavala : 92 - 94
MITCOM : NA - Bytco Nasik : 113 - 115
MITCOE : 92 - 94
MMCC : 79 - 81
D Y PATIL PIMPRI : 81 - 83
VIKHE PATIL : 83 - 85
IBMR : 102 - 104
AISSM : 81 - 83

OBC - Home Mumbai
JBIMS : 161 - 163
SYDENHAM (MMS) : 158 - 160
SYDENHAM (PGDBM) : NA -
WELINGKAR : 149 - 151
K J SOMAIYA : NA -
SIES : NA -
DALMIA : NA -
CHETNA : 139 - 141
MET : 136 - 138
IES : 133 - 135
LALA : NA -
St. Xavier : NA -
RIZVI : NA -
Thakur Institute : NA -
VIVEKANAND : NA -
Alkesh Dinesh Modi : 125 - 127
St. Francis : NA -
Atharva : 122 - 124
Gurunanak : NA -
Anjuman-I-Islam's : NA -
Viva Institute : 107 - 109
Pune : PUMBA : 158 - 160
INDIRA : 136 - 138
SINHGAD Vadgaon,Pune : 132 - 134
MITSOM : 132 - 134
WADIA : 131 - 133 Sinhgad (Ambegaon),
Pune : 125 - 127 Sinhgad Kondhawa (Bk.) ,
Pune : 126 - 128
VIM : 112 - 114
SIBACA Lonavala : 130 - 132
MITCOM : 122 - 124
Bytco Nasik : 130 - 132
MITCOE : 123 - 125
MMCC : 120 - 122
D Y PATIL PIMPRI : 122 - 124
VIKHE PATIL : 135 - 137
IBMR : 121 - 123
AISSM : 114 - 116 OMS -

Outside Mumbai
JBIMS : 185 - 187
SYDENHAM (MMS) : 183 - 185
SYDENHAM (PGDBM) : 180 - 182
WELINGKAR : 179 - 181
K J SOMAIYA : 182 - 184
SIES : 175 - 177
DALMIA : 175 - 177
CHETNA : 173 - 175
MET : 171 - 173
IES : 169 - 171
LALA : 168 - 170
St. Xavier : 171 - 173
RIZVI : 170 - 172
Thakur Institute : 166 - 168
VIVEKANAND : 162 - 164
Alkesh Dinesh Modi : 159 - 161
St. Francis : 162 - 164
Atharva : 151 - 153
Gurunanak : 155 - 157
Anjuman-I-Islam's : 151 - 153
Viva Institute : 126 - 128
Pune :
PUMBA : 175 - 177
INDIRA : 166 - 168
SINHGAD Vadgaon,Pune : 165 - 167
MITSOM : 163 - 165
WADIA : 162 - 164
Sinhgad (Ambegaon), Pune : 158 - 160
Sinhgad Kondhawa (Bk.) ,Pune : 157 - 159
VIM : 139 - 141
SIBACA Lonavala : 122 - 124
MITCOM : 150 - 152
Bytco Nasik : 151 - 153
MITCOE : 153 - 155
MMCC : 137 - 139
D Y PATIL PIMPRI : 166 - 168
VIKHE PATIL : NA -
IBMR : NA - AISSM : NA -

CET 2008 Search your Own result

www.dte.org.in/mba/MBACETsearchResult2008.asp

Welingkar PGDM GD/PI experience

Had my GD/PI yesterday at Welingkar's. The Welingkars is a damn good college in terms of infrastructure. Before the GD/PI they had a presentation, where they blabbered about all the heavenly things about Welingkars. The process was well managed and all the volunteers were really doing well (though at times they were just too much faaunting the wireless phones in their hands).

The GD topic was "Today's youth has become installment oriented"..What a fu.... topic that was....Said a couple of points like
1) Today's youth want things pretty early in their life
2) Youth has become more knowledgeable..(Property rates go up by 30 %..Interest rates of loans only 16 %)
3) Government must come up with a legal framework so as to make sure that people are cheated by installment feature giving companies..blah blah..
In the end summarised a bit..The examiners didn't look very happy...

Personal Interivew

Q1) Why leaving Infosys?
A1) Gave the very usual answer...I have 2 years of experience in technical domain..want to understand business now....blah ..blah...

Q2) I give you 20 lakhs. How would you use it to start a comapny?
A2) 1) Will do market research..to find out from where can I get maximum IT projects.
2) Recruit ppl with necessary skillset
3) Go and do marketing to get the projects
4) Rent a office.
5) Physical Infrastructure of the office.
6) Insurance because it would be a high rifk venture.
7) Running cost.......hehehe (seemed very satisified with the answer)

Q3) Given an option to head an IT dept and start a new IT comapny, what would you choose?
A3) Start a new venture..that is where my skills will come to the fore etc etc....

Q4) What innovation have you done in your job?
A4) Expalined the sorting problem..told him that I got a star award for the same.

Q5) Who is your favourite player in IPL?
A5) Sachin Tendulker

Q6) Will he do well in IPL?
A6) Definitely Sir. He has got all the big shots in the book.

Q7) What do you think of the slapgate incident. ( Harbhajan Slapping Sreesanth)
A7) It was a very bad incident and should not have happened. Harbahjan has been selected as an ambassadoe of India. This incident would malign not only Harbhajan's but also India's image.

Q8) What would you do if you become a successful entrepreneur?\
A8) I would like to give back to society what I have got from it. JRD Tata gave me a scholarship though he was not my relative..blah blah..

In the end it was very ok GD and good PI. Hoping for a positive result...

Links to Average Package figures of top 4 colleges thru CET

http://www.jbims.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=99
http://www.simsree.org/ep2006-7.htm
http://simsr.somaiya.edu/simsr/placements/executive.asp
http://welingkar.org/Welingkar/v1/Placements/Executive_Placements.asp?br=5&section=P