Increase in XAT 2024 registration, 37% are women candidates

In XAT 2024, 34 per cent of the registered candidates are engineers, and 37 per cent of the candidates are women.

XAT 2024 will be held in January.

The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2024 has seen a sharp increase in applications from 96,438 last year to 1.35 lakh this year. While during the pandemic, the entrance test witnessed a dip in the applications — about 79,843 in 2021 — however, it has steadily increased since last year.

The exam is held for admission to XLRI Jamshedpur and XLRI Delhi NCR.

The surge in registrations, as per exam convenor Dr Rahul Shukla, is due to their effective outreach and diversity promotion. “An organised campaign, supported by associate business schools, effectively communicated the benefits and value of taking the XAT exam to the candidates. XAT’s inclusive design has encouraged a wider range of candidates to participate,” he said.

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Increase in XAT registration. (Graphic by Abhishek Mitra)

Moreover, in XAT 2024, 34 per cent of the registered candidates are engineers, and 37 per cent of the candidates are women.

XAT 2024 exam date is January 7.

Meanwhile, the registrations for the Common Admission Test (CAT) have gone up too. As per IIM Lucknow, there is an increase in registration to 30 per cent from last year. Last year, there was an increase of 11 per cent in registrations.

Neeti Nigam

Neeti Nigam leads the education department at indianexpress.com. She joined the Indian Express in 2015 and has set up the education and job sections in the online department. She covers schools and higher education, entrance and board exams, study abroad, civil services and other career-related news. Prior to that, she worked as a lifestyle and entertainment journalist in The Pioneer newspaper's magazine division. Besides working in the in-flight Air India (Namaskaar) magazine, she was part of the launch team of Indian Railways on-board magazine Rail Bandhu. She has also worked as a city reporter covering north Delhi in Hindustan Times. In 2012, she covered the MCD elections. You can write to her at neeti.nigam@indianexpress.com ... Read More