GUIDANCE PLUS
CATwalk your way into management
B.S. WARRIER
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It is now time to talk about the CAT in the management world.
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Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
DISCUSSION: After the CAT.
CAT, the Common Admission Test, is primarily meant for the selection of candidates to the following Postgraduate and Fellow Programmes in the six Indian Institutes of Management.
IIM Ahmedabad - PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-PMP; IIM Bangalore - PGP and PGSEM; IIM Calcutta - PGP-PGDM and PGP-PGDCM; IIM Indore - PGP and Exec-PGP; IIM - Kozhikode PGP; IIM - Lucknow PGP and PGP-ABM (ABM - Agri-Business Management; PGSEM - PGP in Software Enterprise Management; PGDCM - Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management; PMP - Public Management and Policy; PGDM - Post Graduate Diploma in Management)
Fellow programme
Fellow Programme in Management (equivalent to Ph.D.) in IIM Ahmedabad/ Bangalore/ Calcutta/ Indore/Lucknow. However, several business schools, including the following, make use of CAT scores for the preliminary selection of candidates for admission.
Non-IIM institutions
(There may be a few changes in the list from year to year.)
Academy of Management Studies, Bhubaneswar; Alliace Business Academy, Bangalore; Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore; Aravali Institute of Management, Jodhpur; Army Institute of Management, Kolkata; Army Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida; Asian School of Business, Thiruvananthapuram; Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi; Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchi; Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida; College of Agribusiness Management, Pant Nagar; Cosmic Business School, New Delhi; Department of Business Administration, University of Lucknow; Department of Business Management, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; Department of Commerce, University of Calcutta; Department of Management Studies, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.
Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, Kolkata; EMPI Business School, New Delhi; EMPI Institute of Advertising, Communication and Management, New Delhi; Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; FORE School of Management, New Delhi; Globsyn Business School, Kolkata; Graduate School of Business and Administration, Greater Noida; Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata; IBAT School of Management, Bhubaneswar; IILM Institute for Higher Education, Gurgaon; Indian Institute of e-Business Management, Pune; Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal; Indian Institute of Management Training, Pune; Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata.
Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai; Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi; Institute of Agribusiness Management, Bikaner; Institute of Business Management and Research, Bangalore; Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata; Institute of Management Development and Research, Pune; Institute of Management Education, Ghaziabad; Institute of Management; Studies, Dehra Dun; Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad; Institute of Management Studies and Research, Hubli; Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.
Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur; Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science and Technology, Ahmedabad; Institute of Marketing and Management, New Delhi; Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad; Institute of Science and Management, IISM Campus, Ranchi; Integrated Academy of Management and Technology, Ghaziabad; International Institute for Special Education, Lucknow; International Management Institute, New Delhi; Invertis Institute of Management Studies, Bareilly; ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai, Delhi.
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow; K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai; Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar; Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi; Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management and Technology, Bareilly; Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.
Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad; National Institute of Bank Management, Pune; National Insurance Academy, Pune; National Power Training Institute, Faridabad; New Delhi Institute of Management, New Delhi; NIILM Centre for Management Studies, New Delhi; Pailan College of Management and Technology, Kolkata; Rakshpal Bahadur Management Institute, Bareilly, Mysore; S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai; School of Communication and Management Studies, Cochin; School of Management Sciences, Varanasi; School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad; School of Management, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry.
Techno India Group, Kolkata; University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh; Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune; VIT Business School,Vellore; Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai.
As a high score in CAT is the passport for admission in IIMs, the most prestigious of business schools in India, the test occupies a unique place among admission exercises in the country.
Articles on `how to bell the CAT' and `how to jump the CAT hurdle' are very popular. Anyone who holds a bachelor's degree in any discipline with 50 per cent marks can appear in the test. There is a relaxation of 5 per cent in the prescribed minimum marks for certain eligible categories of candidates.
But even a person who has excelled in conventional academic examinations would find it difficult to score high in CAT, unless he has made special preparations.
Let us briefly examine the significant aspects of the test. It is an objective test that measures the candidate's specific abilities and aptitude under time constraint. The pattern of the test, including number of sections/questions, frequently changes, although the overall contents remain more or less the same.
The number of questions in the test has been coming down steadily, from nearly 200 in the nineties to 90 in 2005 and just 75 in 2006. Whereas in 2005 the time allotted for 90 questions was only 120 minutes, in 2006 the time given for 75 questions was 150 minutes. These aspects have to be kept in mind during preparation, since the type of questions asked and the answers expected undergo changes, with regard to depth and difficulty level.
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