Here is complete detail about Xavier Admission Test-2011 eligibility, procedure of appling and other requirements. XAT is an exam for those Students who are searching their future as Business Administors or Business Managers.
XAT stands for Xavier Admission Test Exam, The XAT exam is the exam for the Applicants desirous of joining XLRI i.e. Xavier Labour Research Institute, Jamshedpur or any other Business Institution in india. XAT Exam is for post graduation as well as for graduation. The long experience and the expertise have helped XLRI in extending the test to other Management institutes also. The institute has dedicated itself to the rewarding task of producing world-class managers year after year this means that this exam is not just for Indian students but NRI students can also apply for XAT Exam.
The XAT, XLRI is more than 50 years old. It is a two-hour long exam and is divided into three to four sections of multiple-choice questions that test quantitative ability (mathematics), verbal ability (English) and data interpretation/logical reasoning skills. Until recently, there used to be a separate general knowledge section but it was done away with in 2003. In addition to this, there is an essay which needs to be written in 20 minutes after the main two-hour paper. The XAT is quite similar to the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the IIMs, except that the CAT has no essay.
XLRI Jamshedpur has about 240 seats in its flagship BM (Business Management) and PMIR (Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) courses. Apart from XLRI, 60 other institutes accept XAT scores for selection of candidates to their respective programmes. About 89,000 students appeared for the XAT exam yearly.
XAT exam Scope
India is one of the fast growing economic country, which growing day by day in the industrial aspects. Thus, the demand as well as popularity of business related courses also took a rapid jump. MBA is one of the most popular as well as widely chosen courses amongst the other entire business related course. This is because MBA has its own values that make it superior to other courses, and hence it has wide scopes and job prospects. There are more than 60 Management Institutes who are selecting students from XAT 2010(View XAT Associate Institutes). Applicants desirous of joining XLRI or any other institutions have to appear for XAT 2010.
XAT Eligibility
For more than 50 years Xat is conducting admission test on all India level to select the most appropriate students for management education. Our long experience and the expertise, has helped us to extend this test to other management institutes. There are 60 other management institutes who are selecting students from XAT exam. Once you finish your registration for XAT you shall be provided with a unique XAT ID & password.
| Fees and procedure for XAT exam Procedure for XAT Registration and obtaining XAT Bulletin from Axis Bank | |
| A candidate has to first register for XAT at www.xlri.edu and then only he / she can obtain XAT Bulletin from select branches of Axis Bank. | |
| 1. | XAT Registration: In order to register online for XAT, the candidate has to visit the website www.xlri.edu and click “XAT Registration”. The XAT Registration page opens up wherein he/she has to fill-in the online XAT form. The information to be provided includes the nearest Axis Bank branch name from where he/she intends to buy the XAT Bulletin 2010, personal details, educational details, work experience etc. |
| 2. | Select XAT Associate Institute: The candidate has to then select the names of XAT Associate Institutes. (View list of XAT Associate Institutes). |
| 3. | XAT ID and Password: After successful submission of the form, the candidate will immediately get his/her XAT ID and password (which is automatically generated by the system). XAT ID and password needs to be retained by the candidate for future correspondence with XAT Office, downloading XAT Admit card and other transactions at www.xlri.edu website. |
| 4. | Download XAT Pay-in-slip: Next, the candidate has to download the XAT Pay-in-slip. The pay-in-slip will have the date of registration, name of the Axis Bank branch, XAT Pay-in-slip No, XAT ID, name of the candidate, address and phone number printed on it. The printed pay-in-slip is in three parts. You have to take all these three parts of the pay-in-slip to the Axis Bank branch. |
| 5. | Go to Axis Bank Branch: The candidate has to take this downloaded XAT Pay-in-slip to the Axis Bank branch to buy the XAT Bulletin. On tendering Rs 800.00 (cost of XAT Bulletin) along with the printed pay-in-slip, the bank will issue a XAT Bulletin 2010 and enter the XAT Bulletin number, date of purchase and Bank Tran ID and put a bank seal on each part of the pay-in-slip. The bank will retain the Bank’s copy of the pay-in-slip with them and return the rest of the pay-in-slip to the candidate. |
| 6. | Fill the Detachable Form: The candidate has to go through the XAT Bulletin thoroughly. After doing so, he/she has to fill-in the detachable form given in the XAT Bulletin. All entries are to be filled-in correctly and should be same as that filled in the online form. Candidate has to paste his/her passport size color photograph and put his/her signature in the space provided. |
| 7. | Attach Pay-in-slip: The candidate has to then attach the XLRI’s copy of the pay-in-slip in the space provided on the form. The candidate’s copy of the pay-in-slip is to be carefully retained by the candidate for future reference, if any. |
| 8. | Send to XAT Office: The candidate has to then carefully detach the form from the XAT Bulletin and send it to XAT Office, Jamshedpur through registered post/courier/speed post in the special envelope given inside the XAT Bulletin. This form along with the pay-in-slip should reach the XAT Office, XLRI, and Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur-831001 within seven days from the date of purchase of XAT Bulletin. |
| 9. | Download Admit Card: For Admit Card, the candidate has to visit our website www.xlri.edu, anytime from 18 December 2009 to 31 December 2009 and take a print out of the same where the address of the test centre will be mentioned. |
| Procedure for obtaining XAT Bulletin from XAT Office, XLRI Jamshedpur and procedure for XAT Registration | |
| 1. | Get a Demand Draft: A candidate has to make a demand draft drawn in favour of “XLRI Jamshedpur A/c XAT” for Rs. 850/- (Rupees Eight Hundred Fifty Only) payable at Jamshedpur |
| 2. | XAT Registration: The candidate has to then visit the website www.xlri.edu and click “XAT Registration”. The XAT Registration page opens up wherein the candidate has to fill-in the online XAT form. The information to be provided includes demand draft number, date of draft drawn, personal information, educational details, work experience etc. |
| 3. | Select XAT Associate Institute: The candidate has to then select the names of XAT Associate Institutes (View list of XAT Associate Institutes). |
| 4. | XAT ID and Password: After successful submission of the form, the candidate will immediately get his/her XAT ID and password (which is automatically generated by the system). XAT ID and password needs to be retained by the candidate for future correspondence with XAT Office, downloading XAT Admit card and other transactions at www.xlri.edu website. |
| 5. | Download XAT PP Form: After getting the XAT ID and password, the candidate has to download the XAT PP Form. It has space for photograph and signature. |
| 6. | Send the DD and Form: The candidate has to paste his/her recent passport size color photograph and put his/her signature in the designated space provided on the XAT PP Form. Mention your XAT ID and your name on the reverse of the DD. The candidate has to enclose the demand draft along with the XAT PP Form and send it by registered post/speed post/courier so as to reach XAT Office, XLRI, and Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur-831001 within seven days of DD issue date. |
| 7. | Mailing Bulletin to Candidate: XAT office, XLRI Jamshedpur will send the XAT Bulletin 2010 after receiving the XAT PP Form & DD for Rs 850/-. Candidates are not required to send the detachable form given inside the bulletin. |
| 8. | Keeping a copy of XAT ID & Password: The candidate is advised to keep a copy of demand draft, printout of XAT ID and password for future correspondence with XAT Office, downloading XAT Admit Card and other transaction at www.xlri.edu website. |
| 9. | Download Admit Card: For Admit Card, the candidate has to visit our website www.xlri.edu, anytime between 18 December 2009 and 31 December 2009 and take a print out of the same where the address of the test centre will be mentioned. |
XAT XLRI Institutes
XAT 2010 was be conducted on 3rd January 2010 in the following 33 cities; Test Timings: 10.00 am to 12.30 pm. XAT will be conducted in 2011 during the first quarter of the year
Ahmadabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam .
XAT Bulletin & XLRI Prospectus can be obtained from 120 Branches of Axis Bank or from the XAT Office / Admissions Office, XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur, 831001.
For further assistance candidates are advised to refer to XAT website www.xlri.edu
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