Those aspirants, who could not appear in IIM-CAT examination due to computer failure, will have to wait about one month for their turn. CAT’s organizing committee has decided to give them a chance to appear in the online examination by the second week of January. Though date will be announced later on but the committee has also decided to go for online examination in the future also. The meeting was chaired by Vibha Puri, Secretary, HRD.
It is notable that a large number of students could not participate in the examination last month due to server failure and mismanagement of the CAT organizers.

After several incidents of ‘technical snag’ in the online examination system of CAT the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD) has asked a detailed status report from CAT organizers. Though the ministry has refrained from making any comment on the issue but sources say that it is unhappy and concerned by the manner the online examination of Combined Admission Test (CAT) has been conducted.

Meanwhile, the a meeting of the directors of the IIMs has held today along with the US-based firm, who has been given the responsibility to conduct the online examination. The directors have shown their unhappiness with the company on the poor management of the examination. It is notable that today few centres were affected due to ‘technical snag’.

A large number of IIM-CAT aspirants in the cities like New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Lucknow, Kolkata, Nagpur and some others have been disappointed on Sunday too as some of the centres were closed by the CAT organizers citing the reason of ‘necessary repair’. This is second consecutive day when entrance examination of premier B-schools of the country has affected due to bad management of the online-examination system.

Though number of affected students yet to be decided but candidates have been told to stay in touch with their e-mail and sms to know their new schedule for the examination. The CAT online test system was crashed on Saturday too on various centres affecting thousands of candidates aspiring a seat in the prestigious IIMs.

The much-hyped online examination system and debut attempt of Common Admission Test to convert traditional examination system into online have come under doubt as the a large number of CAT aspirant affected as the computer system crashed at several examination centre.
Candidates of at least six cities including Kolkata, Bhopal, Pune, Banglore and Mumbai have been reportedly affected due to the crash in the system. Though the number of the affected candidates has yet to be announced but it seems that the premier B-schools have not learnt any lesson from the recent crash of IGNOU’s online examination for engineering.
Over 2.5 lakh students were appeared for the CAT examination to get entry in the top B-schools including IIMs and several other B-schools. It was the first time the CAT was conducted online throughout the country at 115 centres and 32 cities.

Noida Campus of IIM, Lucknow will soon start a new centre for entrepreneurs. The campus has already planned for the centre considering the demands from the various sectors including its students. The proposed centre will emphasize on the specialized projects and research related activities.
According to Devi Singh, Director, IIM, Lucknow the proposed centre is a part of the expansion plan of the campus. It will not just enhance the skill of the management students but also make them able to start their own business or industry in a professional manner, he says. According to Director there is also a plan to start new course in the campus in collaboration with Mcgill University of Canada.
It is notable that a batch of students of IIM, Noida has recently returned from Mcgill University after attending three week course on International Finance and Managing Innovation. These students have also attended business networking event organized by Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.