IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management

You will get calls for WAT/PI depending on which all colleges you have applied for. With your mentioned percentile you might get calls from IMT, IMI, baby IIM's and likes. If you convert them, you get an admit to join these colleges.

It's all about justifying the gap. If you have any genuine reason and you are able to justify it, then no problem.

IIM A provides PGP & FABM program only. Referring to placements, you can secure a consulting role in PGP program, but consulting role are not that plausible in FABM program. In short, you are coming from food technology and joining PGP then the answer is yes or else FABM no.

Yes, you can. Refer the selection criteria for IIM A for further details.

Concepts will help you solve the questions, given an indefinite time-period to do so. In exams with very tight time constraints just getting acquainted with the concepts will not work that much. You need to practice and be well versed with the concepts so that you can relate & solve the question very fast. So, practice is very critical to crack CAT.

I believe you are asking about logical reasoning. If it is so then the best way to score well is practice. There are some standard type of questions types that are asked with some amount of variations to the same. So I would suggest to get acquainted with these question types by going through basics provided by you coaching center or any CAT prep Book and then keep on practicing. With time, it will improve.

MBA in HR has very good future career prospects. I would suggest you to apply for XLRI HR, TISS HR, SCMHRD, etc. These are some of the best colleges that offer HR specialization .

As far as IIM- A is concerned, yes. For some private colleges which have management seats, it might be optional. I would suggest you to talk to the respective colleges personally & go through the respective admission criteria.

It varies from Rs 11 lakhs to Rs 40 odd lakh in case of Indian posting & higher in case of foreign posting. The average Indian salary hovers around Rs 21 odd lakhs. For further details to refer the audited placement report of IIM A. Just for your information fresher’s are placed and treated equally by most of the companies & preferred by many companies over experienced.