New Delhi (PTI): The Common Admission Test for admission into Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) will be held on November 16 this year.

The IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow Kozhikode, Indore and Shillong today said in a notification that the sale of application forms for CAT will start from Monday at the Axis Bank branches across the country till August 8.

The application forms could also be obtained from the IIMs counters till August 13, the notification said.

The intake at the elite B-schools have been increased this year with the government having set up a new IIM in Shillong.

More than 2.5 lakh candidates had appeared in the CAT examination held in November last year.

The last date of submitting the CAT application forms is September 5.

The number of seats will also be increased by the IIMs to implement the reservation for OBC candidates from this year.