GMAT KPB HINDUJA CENTRE Vs Pearson Center Review . Please suggest!!

Any recent reviews for this test center? I have scheduled my test there on 28th Aug 18 but worried after reading the reviews here

I gave my test at Andheri ! They are really professional but it’s isn’t like it gives you the ultimate test giving experience . My greatest complaint is the their Pens . It never works . You send 2/3 tries to get their pens to work . It’s an absolute waste of time especially in a time restricted exam like gmat .
They are upto 3/4 people writing the exam so it’s not the ideal experience as mentioned by many test takers in the forum below . There are disturbances but their noise cancelling headphone helps cut down the noise but then all I can hear is my heat thumping . Honestly I dint have a great experience in Andheri either .


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I appeared for the test in Aug, 2018. I found it adequate.
They had 3 pens in working condition. A water bottle besides my desk.
Noise cancelling buds were provided which were really needed as I could hear the College's Loudspeaker if my headphones were not plugged in.
They allowed us inside & let us start the test once palms were scanned.
Washrooms were ok.
They provided us with locker & key.

This is long overdue. So, here it goes..

I took the GMAT early November at the Hinduja Test Centre.
As everyone knows, it is a college. So, the place was milling with students. The "centre" is located on the 4th floor- the security guards at the entrance were helpful with directions.

On climbing the flights of stairs and reaching the 4th floor, a Pearson board stares you in the face and you know you've reached the right place. The reporting time was an hour before test time. This time was used by the attendants to take scans of our palms, our picture and finally to register us. This was done for all the students attempting the exam on that day.

Once registrations were complete, all the students were herded towards the "centre". Right outside it, there was a set of 16- 20 miniature lockers, enough to stuff your bag in. The keys were to be kept in our position. Also, water bottles were stacked by the lockers. Students could use this water or leave their own here and use them when needed. No water bottles, watches, bracelets, rings, additions on person were allowed inside the "centre".

The "centre" was a regular college computer lab with about 20- 22 computers arranged in a "C" formation (long rectangular room with ~10- 2- 10 computers along the 3 three walls leaving the entrance). Students were free to take up any computer they wanted but they were to leave one free between adjacent candidates. Also, the computers were separated with these big rectangular cardboard cutouts (like a partitioning screen). So, a person could not look at their neighbour's computer even if they tried.

Once seated, a student saw these items in front of them:
1. 2 markers
2. A spiral bound, laminated notepad (that's how it's erasable, as given on the GMAT website)
3. A pair of earplugs (small spongy ones like those given on airplanes)
4. The monitor and a desktop keyboard
5. One's own passport and locker key

The attendants then clearly explained the directions/ rules for the test- how to use the earplugs, what to do with the screen, no talking, etc. All questions were answered patiently. Unruly computers were looked at and sorted as well (mine seemed to have been hung at the exam start screen)

Once the test started, everyone was on their own. With the earplugs in, even the fan noises were drowned out (no idea if noisy college students existed after that point). The notepads were a little cumbersome to use since I wasn't used to practising on a smooth surface. The test interface gave me no problems whatsoever and neither for any of the other students there. For most of the time, the test attendants were outside the centre/ lab. If they did enter, they remained seated at one of the vacant chairs away from the students.

No idea if the Andheri centre is super amazing as compared to Hinduja but I had no complaints. I chose Hinduja because the Andheri centre wasn't available and I didn't want to delay any longer. At the end of the day, it was not a bad day at all (even though I was apprehensive at the start).

Trust this helps!!

My Exam got cancelled at Hinduja Centre. Now I have rescheduled it for 3rd Jan! I hope it does not get cancelled again.

Thanks. Your review is the reason im going for the centre since andheri pearson is not available on the day i want

Any latest review with Hinduja Centre for August month?

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Try to avoid Hinduja college. I had a very bad experience there. I lost my internet connect thrice,costing me loss of time and loss of focus. Other test takers and I had to restart Our computer Atleast twice.
Rest staffs are supportive and although it’s a college but you won’t find much disturbance.
I am not sure of pearsons center, I will be giving test on August 25.

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Thank you so much. I was going to book the centre given its proximity to the railways.

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Hi, has anyone given the test at the K.P.B Hinduja center recently? Also, does anyone have their test scheduled on Wednesday October 30, 2019?