Mangalore: Ian Moraes Cracks CAT with Commendable Performance
Vinisha D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Jan 21: Yet again, the city has more reasons to be proud of. Ian Moraes (24), son of Lilly and Paul Moraes, has cracked the CAT exam conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management, with a 99.16 percentile in the first attempt.
Around 1.85 lakh MBA aspirants took the test over a 20-day testing window across 36 cities from mid-October. The Indian Institutes of Management published the results of CAT 2011 on their website earlier this month.
Currently working for ‘Target’, an MNC in Bangalore, Ian is a resident of Medha Apartments, Mallikatte, Commander George Martis Road, here. Ian is a former student of Milagres High School and St Aloysius PU College. He completed his engineering in RV College of Engineering, Bangalore. Following his very high scoring, Ian has now been shortlisted for admission to the country’s best management institutions.
Speaking to Daijiworld, Ian said that with an intention to get into India’s reputed business schools, he worked hard on his preparations for the paper for a year. He said, “I have always wanted to get hold of a MBA degree. Also getting into business was something that was on my mind for long.”
He added, “My results definitely came as a surprise to me even though I was expecting a 97 percentile as a minimum. My parents are thrilled and it still feels like a dream. I have grown more confident to face what comes next in line for me.”
Ian’s father Paul Moraes is a stock broker and mother Lilly Moraes is a Bank Manager, both based in Mangalore. “I would especially like to thank my parents for all their support and blessings they bestowed on me,” Ian said.
In his message to CAT candidates, he said that it is no rocket science to crack the paper. “About three hours of dedicated preparations for four to five months will do the job and CAT is actually not that hard to crack.”
CAT scores are accepted by 13 IIMs, the country's premier institutes for management studies, and several others, including the management studies departments in the National Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Technology.
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