Hello Komal,

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) conducts entrance test C-CAT for admission to its various postgraduate diploma courses. Admissions to all PG Diploma courses of C-DAC are done through C-DAC's Computerised Common Admission Test (C-CAT). Every year, C-CAT is usually conducted in June (for August admissions) and December (for February admissions) 

COURSES OFFERED THROUGH C-CAT-

• PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)

• PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)

• PG Diploma in Wireless & Mobile Computing (P-DwiMC)

• PG Diploma in System Software Development (PG-DSSD)

• PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)

• PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)

• PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)

• PG Diploma in Automation & SCADA Systems (PG-DASS)

• PG Diploma in Integrated VLSI & Embedded Systems Design (PG-DIVESD)

COURSE FEES-

The fee for all PG Diploma courses (except PG-DBDA) is Rs. 90,000/- + GST on it as applicable at the time of payments. The fee for PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics is Rs 1.15 lakh + GST.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA- 

Different programmes have different eligibility criteria. The common eligibility condition is-

• Engineering Graduate in any discipline or equivalent (e.g. BE/B.Tech/4 years B. Sc Engg./ AMIE/ AIETE / DoEACC B level etc).

• PG in Engg. Sciences (e.g. MCA / M.Sc. Engg, M.Sc. (Computer Science, IT, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics, Instrumentation etc)

• The candidates must have secured a minimum of 50% (for some programmes 55%) marks in their qualifying examination.

• There is no age restriction for admission to C-DAC PG Diploma courses. 

Candidates who have appeared for the final examination of their qualifying degree in 2018 will also be considered for admission to the above courses. By qualifying in C-DAC’s admission tests of December 2018, such candidates can apply for provisional admission in February 2019 batch, subject to the condition that:

-All parts of their qualifying degree examination shall be completed by the date of joining the course, and

-Proof of having passed the qualifying degree with at least the required minimum marks shall be submitted at C-DAC by 31 May 2019.

C-CAT EXAM FEES-

• For candidates who opt (in the online application) to use their own laptops for C-CAT, the examination fee for Category I (Section A) is Rs. 1000/-, for Category II (Section A & B), is Rs. 1200/- and for Category III (Sections A, B & C) is Rs. 1400/-.

• A computer usage charge of Rs. 200/- will be added to the above-mentioned fee, if the candidate opts in the online application to use the computer of the C-CAT center.

EXAM PATTERN-

C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one-hour duration each. Depending on the course(s) applied by the candidate, he/she will have to either appear for just one test paper (Section A) or two test papers (Section A and Section B) or all the three test papers (Section A, Section B, and Section C). The medium of C-CAT is English.

Every section will have 50 objective-type questions of 3 marks each (maximum 150 marks for any one section). Each objective-type question in C-CAT will have four choices as possible answers of which only one will be correct. There will be +3 (plus three) marks for each correct answer and -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer. Multiple answers to a question will be treated as a wrong answer. For each un-attempted question, 0 (zero) mark will be awarded.

Section A: - English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning (1 hour)

Section B: - Computer Fundamentals, C Programming, Data Structures, Data Communication & Networking, Object Oriented Programming Concepts, Operating Systems (1 hour)

Section C: - Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors (1 hour)

SCHEDULE-

August Batch of 2018

• May 18 - Jun 18 Online Registration and Application

• Jun 21 - Jun 28 C-CAT Admit Cards

• Jun 24 C-DAC's Common Admission Test (C-CAT - I)

• Jul 01 C-DAC's Common Admission Test (C-CAT - II)

• Jul 12 Announcement of C-CAT Ranks

• Jul 12 - Jul 18 1st Round Counselling

• Jul 20 First Round of Seat Allocation

• Jul 31 Second Round of Seat Allocation

• Aug 14 Third Round of Seat Allocation (based on 2nd Counselling)

• Aug 20 Registration of Students at Training Centres

February Batch of 2019

• The beginning of Online Registration and Application for C-CAT - 23 October 2018

• The closing of Online Registration & Application, and Payment of Examination Fee for C-CAT - 3 December 2018

• Downloading of C-CAT Admit Cards - 6 - 13 December 2018

• C-DAC's Common Admission Test (C-CAT) CCAT I - 09 December 2018 

• CCAT II 16 December 2018

• The announcement of C-CAT Ranks 27 December 2018

• Online Selection of Courses and Centres (1st Counselling) 27 December 2018 - 3 January 2019

• Declaration of First Round of Seat Allocation7 January 2019

• Last Date of Payment of first installment for candidates allocated seats through the first round 16 January 2019 (till 5 pm)

• Declaration of Second Round of Seat Allocation 21 January 2019

• Last Date of Payment of the first installment for candidates allocated seats through the second round 28 January 2019 (till 5 pm)

• Payment of Caution Deposit and Online selection of course and center (2nd Counselling) 30 January - 4 February 2019

• Declaration of Third Round of Seat Allocation (based on 2nd Counselling) 6 February 2019

• Last Date of Payment of Balance Course Fee 14 February 2019

• Registration of Students at Training Centres 18 February 2019

I hope this information helps you. If you have any other doubt, feel free to ask.

All the best!