Admissions to all PG Diploma courses of September 2022 batch are done through C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT) that will be conducted in computerized mode physically at C-DAC’s test centers. Candidates who clear C-CAT will only be considered for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses on the basis of their C-CAT ranks and center/course preferences.
C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one hour duration each. As shown in Table,, depending on the category of courses selected 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.
| COURSE CATEGORY |
COURSE NAME |
C-CAT PAPER(S) |
| I |
PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGI) |
Section A |
| II |
PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC) |
Section A + Section B |
| PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PG-DBDA) |
| PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) |
| PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) |
| PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) |
| PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) |
| PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) |
| PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) |
| PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) |
| PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) |
The C-CAT examination has three sections A, B & C and the C-CAT syllabus or topics and the duration of the each section is provided in table below:
| TEST PAPER |
TOPICS |
DURATION |
| Section A |
English, Quantitative, Aptitude, Reasoning |
1 hour |
| Section B |
Computer Fundamentals, C Programming, Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming Concepts, Operating Systems |
1 hour |
Every section in C-CAT will have 50 objective-type questions. Each question 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, -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer, and 0 (zero) marks for each unattempted question. The maximum mark a candidate can obtain in any one section of C-CAT is 150.
Category-wise C-CAT fee (inclusive of GST)
| COURSE CATEGORY |
C-CAT PAPER(S) |
C-CAT FEE |
| I |
A |
Rs 1350/- |
| II |
A+B |
Rs 1550/- |
| BATCH |
MODE |
TIMINGS |
FEES |
START |
END |
| CCAT Prep Batch 1 |
Offline |
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Rs 8000/- |
Ongoing |
|
| CCAT Prep Batch 2 |
Online |
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Rs 6500/- |
10 Oct |
3 Dec |
| CCAT Prep Batch 3 |
Online |
3 PM - 5 PM |
Rs 6500/- |
10 Oct |
3 Dec |
| CCAT Prep Batch 4 |
Offline |
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Rs 8000/- |
31 Oct |
31 Dec |
| CCAT Prep Batch 5 |
Offline |
3 PM - 5 PM |
Rs 8000/- |
31 Oct |
31 Dec |
