Indiatimes.com Starts Online Entrance Test Service

With a population of more than 1 billion, competition is cutthroat in entrance tests for engineering and medical colleges in India.To cash in on the burgeoning tutorial market, Indiatimes.com, a top Internet portal in the country, has started online practice test services for students.A company press release said initially the online service will allow students to practice their skills for engineering and medical tests such as IIT-JEE, CBSE-PMT, BITSAT and AIEEE. It will later be extended to GMAT, GRE, TOEFL and the Indian version of GMAT – the CAT. Other future practice tests to be included are for Class X and Class XII board examinations for high school students.

“The education business is growing at a rapid pace and Indiatimes has decided to focus on this field,” Anurag Gupta, Indiatimes general manager for subscriptions said in the press release. He said the company soon intends to start a complete education portal.Indiatimes has launched the online service under its education wing – Indiatimes Mindscape Test Center. The partners in the venture include All India Education Testing Services (AIETS) and technology firm Brick Red.