CAT CBT from Nov 28 to Dec 7

The Common Admission Test (CAT) of the Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) will be held during November 28, 2009 to December 7, 2009. A candidate can choose the test date, session (morning/afternoon), and venue across thirty centres (cities) all over India, subject to availability.

According to IIM-A website, CAT will become computer based test (CBT) from this year onwards and will be held in two sessions. "CAT of the IIMs is going to be a computer aided test from this year onwards, and shall be conducted in two sessions (morning and afternoon) each day, in a span of about ten days," an IIM-A official said. IIMs have been conducting CAT in paper and pencil format for the past 33 years.

According to the IIM-A website, a prospective candidate has to buy a scratch-voucher from the deisgnated bank branches, and later register online for CAT 2009. "Sale of vouchers and registration for CAT will start on September 9 and end on October 1, 2009," the IIM-A official said.