Now, a separate body for conducting CAT

Updated on: Friday, December 03, 2010

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have planned to establish a separate body for the better conduction and management of the Common Admission Test (CAT).

Devi Singh, IIM Lucknow Director, said that the IIMs intend to set up a distinct body within the IIM structure for CAT. This body will be run and managed by professionals and would be solely responsible for the conduction of the management entrance test.

He further added that the organisation could be established under Section 25 of the Companies Act and that the details for the same are being worked out. “We have definite plans in this direction for setting up the body,” he said.

The IIMs also have plans to make the CAT format similar to the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) so that it can be conducted more than once a year.

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