From 2013, admission to colleges like Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and Sydenham Institute of Management Studies will be based on percentile scored by students in the centrally conducted Common Management Admission Test (CMAT).

While the All India Council of Technical Education started CMAT from this academic year, more than a few states will be adapting to the new testing pattern. A announcement to this effect was issued by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) inMaharashtra on December 28 along with the announcement of the postpone dates for this year's exam. The notification stated that "the admissions to first year of two-year full time AICTE - approved MBA/MMS/PGDM courses from the academic year 2013-14 will be carried out through CMAT merit list only conducted by AICTE" .

DTE director S K Mahajan said, "We will get a individual advantage collection for the condition. It is for the advantage of the learners. There were around 96,000 learners who applied for 35,500 seating for all post-graduate administration programs in the condition last season. We are yet to choose on information of the entrance procedure once we start using CMAT lots."

AICTE chairman S S Mantha said, "Most declares are on panel with us. The condition devices does not switch more quickly, which is why it is spending a little while. Some declares have decided to provide acceptance on the foundation CMAT lots even this season." The universites of Kerala and Rajasthan have recognized CMAT, according to the formal web page.

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Candidates may get more a chance to load the online program types for CMAT. S S Mantha, chairman of AICTE, said: "The before frame for CMAT signing up was Earnings 9. However, with elections planned on the same interval frame in some of the declares, we are preparing to provide the contract. There might be a elegance interval of 10-12 times that we can manage." A choice to this impact is yet to be taken.