C-DAC Common Admission Test C-CAT 2016 : Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

Organisation : Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Announcement : C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT) 2016

Notification : http://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=edu_acts_PGDAdmissionBooklet
Home Page : http://cdac.in/index.aspx

Common Admission Test (C-CAT) :

Admissions to all PG Diploma courses of C-DAC are done through C-DAC’s computerised Common Admission Test (C-CAT). Candidates have to apply for C-CAT online at cdac.in or acts.cdac.in .

Related : MGU CAT 2016 Common Admission Test : www.entrance.net.in/9704.html

Every year, C-CAT is usually conducted in June (for August admissions) and December (for February admissions). Candidates who clear the June 2016 C-CAT will only be considered for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses of August 2016 batch on the basis of their C-CAT ranks and centre/course preferences.

Eligibility Criteria :
Graduate in Engineering or equivalent (e.g. BE / BTech / 4-year BSc Engg / AMIE / DoEACC B Level) in IT / Computer Science/ Electronics / Telecommunications / Electrical / Instrumentation.
OR
Post Graduate Degree in Engineering Sciences with corresponding basic degree (e.g. MSc in Computer Science, IT, Electronics)

C-CAT Test Papers :
C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one hour duration each. As shown in Table 6, depending on the category of courses selected by the candidate, he/she will have to either appear for just one test paper (Section A) or two test papers (Section A and Section B) or all the three test papers (Section A, Section B and Section C). The medium of C-CAT is English.

Important Note: A candidate can appear only for the specific section(s) in C-CAT as per the category of the courses opted by him/her at the time of filling the online application form.

Every section in C-CAT will have 50 objective-type questions. Each question will have four choices as possible answers of which only one will be correct. There will be +3 (plus three) marks for each correct answer, -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer, and 0 (zero) marks for each un-attempted question. The maximum marks a candidate can obtain in any one section of C-CAT is 150.

Important Dates :
Beginning of Online Registration and Application for C-CAT 8 May 2016
Closing of Online Registration & Application, and Payment of Examination Fee for C-CAT 9 June 2016
Downloading of C-CAT Admit Cards 16-23 June 2016
C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT) 19 June 2016 to 26 June 2016
Announcement of C-CAT Ranks 7 July 2016
Online Selection of Courses and Centres (1st Counselling) 7-12 July 2016
Declaration of First Round of Seat Allocation 14 July 2016
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee for candidates allocated seats through the first round 21 July 2016
Declaration of Second Round of Seat Allocation 26 July 2016
Online Selection of Courses and Centres (2nd Counselling) 26 July -1 August 2016
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee for candidates allocated seats through the second round 1 August 2016
Declaration of Third Round of Seat Allocation (based on 2nd Counselling) 5 August 2016
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee for candidates allocated seats through the third round 10 August 2016
Last Date of Payment of Balance Course Fee 16 August 2016
Registration of Students at Training Centres 16 August 2016
Commencement of PG Diploma Courses 17 August 2016