C-DAC Common Admission Test C-CAT 2013 CDAC : Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

Name of the Organisation : Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) cdac.in
Type of Announcement : Common Admission Test (C-CAT)

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

C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT):
List of C-DAC’s PG Diploma Courses, Fees and Eligibility Criteria :
The list of CDAC’s Post Graduate Diploma courses, their fees and eligibility criteria are given in Table 1. All PG Diploma courses are full-time 6-month courses. Details of these PG Diploma courses are given in the last section of this booklet. There is no age restriction for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses.

Common Eligibility Criteria for all the PG Diploma Courses of C-DAC :
Graduate in Engineering or equivalent (e.g. BE/ BTech/ 4-year BSc Engg/ AMIE/ AIETE/AMIETE/ DoEACC B Level, etc.) in Electronics/ Electrical/ Computer Science/ IT or related areas
OR
Post Graduate in Engineering Sciences (e.g. MCA/ MSc Engg/ MSc (CS, IT, EE, Electronics, Instrumentation, etc.))

C-DAC’s 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 www.cdac.in. Every year, C-CAT is usually conducted in June/July (for August admissions) and December (for February admissions). Candidates who clear the December 2013 C-CAT will be considered for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses of February 2014 batch only on the basis of their C-CAT ranks and centre/course preferences.

C-CAT Test Papers :
C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one hour duration each. As shown in Table 2, depending on the course(s) applied 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.

Every section will have 50 objective-type questions of 3 marks each (maximum 150 marks for any one section). Each objective-type question in C-CAT 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 and -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer. Multiple answers to a question will be treated as a wrong answer. For each un-attempted question, 0 (zero) mark will be awarded.

C-CAT Application Fee :
The basic application fee for C-CAT would be Rs. 1000/- and thereafter Rs. 100/- for every course opted in the online application. Hence the application fee for one course will be Rs. 1100/-, for two courses Rs. 1200/-, and so on. After filling the online application form, the application fee may be paid online OR in cash through the ‘Make Payment’ step on the main menu of the online application. No cheque or demand draft (DD) will be accepted towards payment of C-CAT application fees.

Online: The application fee can be paid using both credit and debit cards through the payment gateway provided along with the online application. Candidates are advised to follow the instructions/steps given therein, and also print/keep the transaction details for their records.

Cash: The application fee can also be paid in cash at any of the C-DAC centres or C-DAC’s Affiliated Training Centres (ATC) listed in Tables 7a and 7b. After filling the online application, the applicant should print the form and submit it personally along with the fee (in cash) at any of the C-DAC training centres on or before the last date of application.

On receiving the application fee at C-DAC, the ‘Make Payment’ step on the main menu of the online application will be tick-marked, and the status of payment will be updated on the ‘Status Check’ menu. The pdf application form obtained by clicking the ‘View/Print Application Form’ on the main menu will now have the transaction details of the payment made.

Important Dates :
Beginning of Online Registration and Application 20 October 2013
Closing of Online Registration & Application, and Payment of Application Fee 28 November 2013
Downloading of Admit Cards 4-13 December 2013
C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT) 8 December 2013 – 15 December 2013
Announcement of C-CAT Ranks 23 December 2013 (18.00 hrs)
Online Selection of Course and Centre (1st Counselling) 23 December 2013 – 3 January 2014
Declaration of First Round of Seat Allocation 8 January 2014
Last Date of Payment of Rs 10,000/- for candidates allocated seats through the first round 20 January 2014
Declaration of Second Round of Seat Allocation 23 January 2014
Last Date of Payment of Rs 10,000/- for candidates allocated seats through the second round 28 January 2014
Declaration of Third Round of Seat Allocation 31 January 2014
Last Date of Payment of Rs 10,000/- for candidates allocated seats through the third round 5 February 2014
Online Selection of Course and Centre (2nd Counselling) 31 January 2014 – 5 February 2014
Declaration of Fourth Round of Seat Allocation (based on 2nd Counselling) 7 February 2014
Last Date of Payment of Rs 10,000/- for candidates allocated seats through the fourth round 13 February 2014
Last Date of Payment of Balance Course Fees 24 February 2014
Registration of Students at Training Centres 24 February 2014
Commencement of PG Diploma Courses 25 February 2014