MBA Entrance Exam

No, you need to pay it only once and with this, you can participate in all the 5 rounds.

Your B.Tech might prove as a downer for IIM A/B. I would suggest you to try upwards of 99.7% marks for calls from top B-schools in India.

Top B-Schools consider CAT/ XAT/CMAT score for selecting students. So if a candidate wants to get admission in a good and recognized B-School then he/she should compete in above-mentioned competition exams.

You are advised to prepare and appear for CAT so that even if you do not get admission in IIM, you may get admission in other top B-Schools which use CAT score.

MAT is somewhat easy among them.

Hello Sahil, you need to write CAT, GMAT or BAT (organized by IIM Raipur) and clear the required cutoff in order to be eligible for the programme.
Furthermore, you need to have minimum 5 years of managerial/ entrepreneurial/ professional experience after graduation.

I would suggest you to reappear again and aim for a higher percentile for better opportunities (only if it's possible for you to wait).

Hello Neha,
Just like any other entrance exam, clearing CMAT with a great score will ensure you get admission into a reputed B-School.

For the past two academic sessions, the admission process was conducted by DTE. 85%seats were reserved for Maharashtra domicile candidate. Entrance exam considered for those seats was MBA CET. Kindly visit DTE's website to know more about the same.
Link: dtemaharashtra.gov.in/mba2017