NMIMS admissions chairperson Dr Bala Krishnamoorthy said, 'A lot depends on the credibility of the body conducting the test, and it will take a long time to bring all b-schools under the broad umbrella of a single test.' She also added that the single test phenomenon had been in the pipeline of the governing and regulatory bodies for more than a decade. Dr Hari Krishna Maram, council member of AIMA, says, 'There is a definite move towards the single entrance exam. But that will take a long time. He also mentioned that exams like the MAT and the CAT will continue to be popular because of their complete test-taking numbers. The approximate number of the MAT candidates in a year amounts to around 3.1 lakhs while around 2.4 lakh candidates appear for the CAT. According to him, whatever happen, MAT is here to stay and around 232 institutes are accepting the MAT examination in this year.