Vadodara students shine in CAT 2018 exam, nearly 60 qualify

VADODARA: Vadodara proved to be lucky for 23-year-old Meet Verma, a native of Delhi. On Tuesday, Meet cleared Common Admission Test (CAT) to get into one of the prestigious Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) with 99.93 percentile.

“This was my third attempt,” said Meet, who after completing his bachelor’s in engineering in mechanical stream from Pune University in 2017, had started working with a German firm near the city.

“My plan is to pursue MBA with specialization in sales and marketing preferably from IIM-A,” said Meet, whose father Sushil Verma is a mechanical engineer while mother Rita Verma is a homemaker.

Meet’s first attempt was in 2016 during the last year of engineering. “My first and second attempts were based on self-study while this time I had undergone coaching,” he said.

Unlike Meet, Prachi Patel cleared her CAT in first attempt, securing 99.81 percentile. Prachi, who is pursuing last year of engineering in computer science from M S University’s Faculty of Technology and Engineering (FTE), wants to enter into digital marketing.

“I would prefer IIM Kozhikode,

Indore

or IIM-Kolkata. If not, I would join FMS Delhi,” said Prachi, whose father Rajesh Patel, owns a jewellery shop while mother Rita Patel is a homemaker.

Another Barodian Rutvik Lingayat secured 99.79 percentile. Interestingly, after completing his graduation in bachelor’s in engineering in material science from MSU’s FTE in 2017, Rutvik started working in sales and marketing in the same coaching centre where he was studying.

“Last year, too, I had scored 99.23 percentile but since I wanted to get into one of the better institutes, I continued the job for gaining job experience,” said Rutvik, who wants to get into FMS Delhi to pursue MBA in sales and marketing.

Rutvik’s father Vivek Lingayat is an engineer while mother Ujwala runs a clinic. Other students too left their mark in their own ways. While Kunal Lalchandani became the first student to secure 99.73 percentile in the history of SVIT, Vasad, Tanay Mehta became the first student from Bachelors of Commerce stream to secure 99.65 percentile.

“In Vadodara, around 1,900 students had appeared for CAT 2018 which was a 10 per cent increase over CAT 2017. It was conducted in two slots (in morning and afternoon) at two different centres on November 25, last year,” said Arpit Mehta, centre manager of Endeavor Careers Private Limited, adding that around 60 students from the city have qualified to get into premier management institutes.