XLRI Xavier School of Management

There are no cutoffs for academic scores for admission to XLRI. Your scores are decent enough. GD/PI rounds are quite important and are important criteria for selection. Tough is not the right way to describe it but you need to be thoroughly prepared . Take help from some coaching institutes if GD/PI worries you.

Hi Vijaya,
They accept GMAT for Indian students as well. Since, CAT is administered only in India foreign nationals may find it difficult to come to India to write the CAT. Different business schools have different requirements. For example, IIM Bangalore do not actually accept CAT score but only GMAT or GRE irrespective of nationality. I will suggest you check also the websites of these business schools.
I hope, I have answered your query.
Good Luck.

Read newspapers, good novels to improve your reading speed and skilll. On top of that join any good mock test series for practise. They provide you with enough questions to practise

Download previous years papers. Examine the questions and cover the syllabus related to quant topics. Join a good mock test series and practise as much as you can

Definitely, if you score really well in XAT (as last year 65% weightage was given to xat score) and if in even interview round you justify your year gap, you can get an admit to xlri

Its always depending on how you perform in your interviews. If you can justify your year gap well and you have something in tour profile which can impress the panel then you stand a chance. But xat score is very important in any case

If you want to pursue MBA from India, there is a clear-cut winner in IIM Ahemadabad. While, if you are thinking of doing MBA from abroad, then answer can vary.

No its not very tough, you can convert both. HR may be relatively easier to convert though. Prepare well for the GD/PI.

Can you be more clear with your question

They seem to follow a procedure of asking applicants to submit their marksheets. There are chances they scan for your profile before giving you an interview but this cannot be verified. But if you have scored exceptionally well in XAT and cleared all sectional cutoffs, then you will surely get the call.