CAT 2009 Notification Online Common Admission Test 2009 Dates & schedules

CAT 2009 Notification

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta will be conducting the CAT in 2009 and CAT Advertisement appeared in leading newspapers on Sunday, 30 August 2009.

Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009

Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Shillong

The Indian Institutes of Management will conduct Common Admission Test (CAT) during Saturday, 28 November 2009 – Monday, 07 December 2009. CAT is conducted by IIMs as a pre-requisite for admission to various management programmes of IIMs. These programmes are

a. Post Graduate Programmes in Management

• IIM Ahmedabad PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-PMP

• IIM Bangalore PGP, PGSEM and PGPPM

• IIM Calcutta PGP-PGDM and PGP-PGDCM

• IIM Indore PGP and EPGP

• IIM Kozhikode PGP

• IIM Lucknow PGP and PGP-ABM

• RGIIM Shillong PGP

b. Fellow Programmes in Management (FPM) [equivalent to Ph.D.] of IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, and IIM Lucknow
How and when to apply for CAT 2009

You don't need to buy the CAT Bulliten from any bank, but a prospective candidate can buy a scratch-voucher from the designated bank branches, and, later registers online for CAT 2009.

Sale of CAT 2009 vouchers: The CAT 2009 vouchers can be obtained from branches of Axis Bank and their associated outlets during the period from Wednesday, 9 September 2009 to Thursday, 01 October 2009 for Rs. 1400/- (Rs. 700/- for SC/ST candidates). Please note that a candidate needs to buy only one CAT 2009 voucher irrespective of the number of institutes he/she is applying to. Note that the voucher must be bought only in the name of the candidate as it appears in the school leaving certificate. If the name has been changed due to events such as marriage, the candidate must show the relevant document such as a marriage certificate and submit a photocopy at the time of the test, interview and at the time of joining a programme. SC and ST candidates must show a copy of their SC/ST Certificates at the time of obtaining the CAT 2009 voucher from the Axis Bank branches.

Voucher once sold cannot be refunded under any circumstance including but not limited to loss of voucher, inability to read voucher number due to mishandling of the voucher by candidate, candidate being ineligible for taking CAT, CAT not being a pre-requisite for a programme, and rejection of candidate registration due to incomplete and/or wrong information. If the voucher is lost, voucher number is not readable due to mishandling of the voucher by candidate, and/or candidate thinks he/she has made mistake(s) in filling-out information during the online registration, then the candidate can purchase a new voucher and re-register online

Axis Bank branches: Visit the website www.catiim.in for exact locations of Axis bank branches and their associated outlets where voucher sale is arranged.

Registration for CAT: On purchasing the CAT 2009 voucher, prospective candidates must log on to the website www.catiim.in to register for CAT 2009. The registration window starts on Wednesday, 09 September 2009 and will close on Thursday, 01 October 2009. Details of the registration process are provided at the website www.catiim.in.