BANGALORE: Those who have appeared for the PGCET for MBA this year, it is good news for them that all the candidates are assured of a government seat except for those four candidates who have scored a zero in PGCET.

In Karnataka, there are 30,000 seats for students who want to pursue MBA, out of that 13,594 MBA seats are available under government quota. According to KEA statistics, 3,473 seats were allotted and about 10,121 MBA seats remained vacant. KEA has transferred remaining government quota seats to the universities.

In KMAT general body meeting, colleges have decided to give some more time to the students to apply for KMAT (Karnataka Management Aptitude Test). KMAT will be held on 3^rd August and the last date to apply for KMAT is 24^th July.

KMAT is for the students to get a seat through management quota. Students with CAT, MAT, CMAT, KAMT and PGCET scores can apply for management quota and those students who haven't attended PGCET counseling even with a score can also get a management seat.

M Prakash, secretary, Karnataka Private Post Graduate Colleges' Association, said, there are more colleges that offer MBA program including the distance education programs, increasing the seats further. Unfortunately, the placement is less and therefore the applications are less, reports Times of India.

Experts said that the job profile of management graduates is changing and the top technical universities has offered the course in recent years can be major reasons for decline in the demand for MBA seats. The graduates today feel better to pursue MCom instead of MBA.

Some of the top colleges in Bangalore, such as Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Acharya Bangalore Business School, CMR Centre for Management Studies, Garden City College of Science and Management Studies, Jyoti Nivas College for Women, Global Institute of Management Science and Sheshadripuram Institute of Management Studies are facing the heat.