CAT Preparation
Crack CAT with Active Mentorship in Action
Don’t just enroll — get mentored. One-on-one attention from a 99.8 percentiler, with fortnightly reviews and a strategy built around you.
23 of 45 students from CAT 2022 received interview calls from the top 14 colleges — because they stayed mentored till the end.
The only ONE reason why people don’t crack CAT
— Madhu Namboodiri, 99.8 %ile
The 20–80 Rule of CAT Prep
Most coaching institutes focus on the 20% in class. We focus on the 80% you do alone — through structured planning, scheduling and monitoring. That's where success is built.
The CAT Mentorship Edge
Three pillars that turn serious aspirants into top-percentile achievers.
Active Mentoring
Feeling side-lined at popular coaching institutes? Active mentoring is about pushing you from the 70s & 80s to the high 90s. We come up to the 99 percentile on our own — and help you get there too.
Active Mentoring
Feeling side-lined at popular coaching institutes? Active mentoring is about pushing you from the 70s & 80s to the high 90s. We come up to the 99 percentile on our own — and help you get there too.
Active Mentoring
Feeling side-lined at popular coaching institutes? Active mentoring is about pushing you from the 70s & 80s to the high 90s. We come up to the 99 percentile on our own — and help you get there too.
WHO AM I?
Madhu Namboodiri
I (Madhu Namboodiri) have been the centre director of T.I.M.E in a tier-2 city for 19 years and have trained more than 10,000 CAT aspirants. If cracking CAT is a criteria, I have cracked CAT many times with a highest score of 99.85 %ile. I have a highest XAT %ile of 99.89.
I will be taking all the classes and actively mentoring (one-on-one) each aspirant. I admit only 35 students a year because I have to personally teach, push and actively mentor each one. Hence admission is only after the preliminary free mentoring session.
Passive vs Active Mentorship
Every CAT coaching institute has great materials, tests and teachers. The difference is whether you actually use them — and that needs accountability.
Passive Mentorship
- No monitoring of your progress
- Milestones only on paper, rarely reviewed
- Passive mentor can have many students — can't focus on you
- Help is reactive, only when you ask
- Same approach for every student
- Easy to fall through the cracks
Active Mentorship
- Continuous monitoring of mindset & performance
- Frequent reviews and co-creation of solutions
- Personalized strategy built for your strengths
- Mentor proactively pushes you when needed
- Maximum 30–35 students per year
- Accountability that gets you to 99 percentile
Download Active Mentorship vs Passive Mentorship
Dramatically push up your CAT percentile
The 20–80 Rule of CAT Prep
Most coaching institutes focus on the 20% in class. We focus on the 80% you do alone — through structured planning, scheduling and monitoring. That's where success is built.
Fortnightly Meetings
One-on-one sessions every 2 weeks to review the past fortnight and plan the next.
Combined Classes
20,000+ questions, 25 MockCATs, 40 Mocks of other exams, with strategic demo sessions.
Doubt Clearing
All doubts cleared live — never in groups. Book a slot and come with your questions.
Mock Analysis
One-on-one analysis of every MockCAT to identify and close strategy gaps.
Robust Strategy Generation
What is the process? After every four mockCATs, we analyse the mocks together (one-on-one session) to identify gaps in the preparation and strategy.
Why should it be one-on-one sessions?
"I'm good in all sections, wrote and scored well in 60 mocks, analysed every mock. But on the day of the CAT, I couldn't handle the pressure. I screwed up."
A full year is lost when, on the day of the CAT, the student underperforms. Nobody has a perfect CAT exam day. There will be setbacks during the exam. A good strategy will minimise these mistakes. It will also help you to bounce back quickly from a setback.
A strategy that works for Sehwag will not work for Dravid, and vice versa. It just has to be individualised because each person is unique. It is also about being deeply aware of one's strengths and weaknesses. It is also about tuning the strategy to the mindset and personality of the student.
What happens in most coaching institutes is a general talk on 'strategy' and then it is left to the students to figure it out, because creating a robust strategy individually for each student is time consuming. It can't be a group exercise.
The best way to create a robust strategy is mock CAT analysis along with a CAT expert (someone who has worked with many others). When the multiple mock analysis is done together (one-one session), his expertise and experience get added on. This will make the difference between a robust CAT strategy and a strategy that can fail during a pressure situation.
Our Courses
Choose the path that matches where you are in your CAT journey.
Free Preliminary Mentoring
What’s covered
- Strength & weakness analysis
- Mindset Mapping
- Reasons for diversions
- Present potential mapping
- Fixing priorities – smart work
- Preparation plan with schedules
- Monthly milestones fixed
- Materials recommendations
- Identifying potential obstacles
- Broad action plan
Robust CAT Strategy Plan
Everything in Preliminary, plus
- Personal exam strategy generation
- Multiple MockCAT analysis one-on-one
- Live MockCAT strategy analysis
- Mindset training
- Stretch goals — comfort zone busting
- Identifying potential obstacles
- Linking milestones to action plan
- Obstacle busting strategies
MBA Comprehensive Plan
Everything in Strategy Plan, plus
- CAT/XAT/IIFT/SNAP/NMAT preparation with active mentoring
- Live classes for advanced topics
- Recordings of live classes for basics
- One-on-one doubt clearing sessions
- Materials with 20,000+ questions
- 25 CAT mocks + 30 sectionals
- 40 other Mocks (XAT/IIFT/SNAP/NMAT)
- 70 other test sectionals
- Private FB group for additional practice
Active mentoring
- Fortnightly plans with schedules
- Fortnightly monitoring and reviews
- Milestones and targets fixed
- Linking milestone to action plan
- Stretch goals (comfort zone busting)
- Obstacle/diversion busting strategies
- Mindset training
- Support for GDPI WAT
Any Questions?
For any question regarding the mentorship you can call me. To set a time to discuss your CAT aspirations and to get a first-hand experience of Active Mentorship, please schedule an appointment.