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This would be the eighth All India Engineering Entrance Examination for students seeking bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, architecture and planning. After qualifying the tests, the successful candidates will be admitted in NITs, IITs and government funded engineering colleges and institutions.

Papers

Candidates will have to appear in two papers. The first paper will include the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The second paper will consist of Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing (for architect and planning courses).

Dates and Timings

Date: 6.04.2009
Timings: 0930-1230 Hours - Paper 1 - Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics
1400-1700 Hours - Paper 2 Mathematics- Part I Aptitude Test-PartII & Drawing Test-Part III

Eligibility

In General Category, candidates born on or after October 1, 1984 can appear in the examinations. Candidates in Schedule Caste (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST) or Physically Handicapped) born on or after October 1, 1979 can appear in the exams.

Applying

Candidates can apply online and submit their applications within one month’s time, which is from 05.Dec 2008 to 05 Jan 2009. Payments can be made by demand draft, credit card or challan forms.        

CAT or the Common Admission Test is conducted annually for admission to all the branches of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). The lucky candidates who get through seek admission in IIM branches located in Ahmedabad, Indore, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Shillong and Lucknow. However, it is just not the IIMs, hundreds of other management institutes depend upon the CAT score for screening admissions in their institute.

This year there has been a buzz about the CAT with the implementation of the proposed OBC quota to take place. Like every year, 2008 too saw the maddening rush for this examination as nearly 270,000 aspirants appeared for the examination in 230 centres located in 23 cities. The general view was that the data interpretation (DI) section was perhaps the easiest, while the verbal section though easy, was very lengthy. Most candidates said that the QUANT (quantitative analysis) section was the toughest this year.

Faculty of Management Studies, FMS, Delhi University is on the verge of making its entire admission process online. This is the first time the reputed management institute has tried to make an entire process online, i.e. admissions to FMS. In all probability, this endeavour would be executed for the forthcoming 2009 session. This would mean that aspirants would be able to pay their fee online for the scheduled entrance exam that would be held in January 2009. This is not the only new feature of FMS in 2009. The institute would also be implementing its OBC quota for the first time. The OBC candidates would benefit from a relaxation of 5% in the criteria for eligibility and a relaxation of 10% in the cut-off list.