Admissions to all PG Diploma courses of C-DAC are done through C-DAC's Computerised Common Admission Test (C-CAT). Candidates have to apply for C-CAT online at www.cdac.in or acts.cdac.in . Every year, C-CAT is usually conducted in June(for August admissions) and December (for February admissions). Candidates who clear the December 2014 C-CAT will only be considered for admission to C-DAC's PG Diploma courses of February 2015 batch on the basis of their C-CAT ranks and centre/course preferences.

C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one hour duration each. As shown in Table 2, 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.

Important Note: A candidate can appear only for the specific section(s) in C-CAT as per the course(s) opted by him/her at the time of filling the online application form.

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.

List of PG Diploma courses and the corresponding test paper(s) in C-CAT.

Indicative syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT

The list of reference books for the various topics of C-CAT is given in Table 3b. Candidates are, however, advised to read more books than the ones specified in this table.

Reference books for the various topics in C-CAT.

Common Eligibility Criteria for all the PG Diploma Courses of C-DAC

• Graduate in Engineering or equivalent (e.g. BE / BTech / 4-year BSc / AMIE / DoEACC B Level, etc.) in Electronics/ Computer Science/ IT or related areas
  OR
• Post Graduate in Engineering Sciences (e.g. MSc in Computer Science, IT, Electronics, etc.)

In addition to the common eligibility criteria given above, candidates with the course-specific qualifications mentioned in Table 1 are ALSO ELIGIBLE for the particular course. Minimum percentage of marks required in the qualifying examination is also stated in Table 1. The minimum percentage of marks will be considered as per the norms of the university from where the candidate has graduated.

C-DAC's PG Diploma courses, their fees and eligibility criteria.

Candidates who have appeared/will be appearing for the final examination of their qualifying degree in 2014 will also be considered for admission to the above courses. By qualifying in C-DAC's admission tests of December 2014, such candidates can apply for provisional admission 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 30 April 2015.

Important Note : Candidates are required to ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria of the courses for which they are applying. In case a candidate is found to be non-eligible during any stage of the admission process or course delivery, his/her admission will be cancelled with immediate effect. The penalty clauses as given in the section Cancellation & Refund will be applied to such candidates.

C-CAT for admission to the February 2015 batch of PG Diploma courses will be held on 7th December 2014 and 14th December 2014. Candidates may choose one of these dates as per their convenience/availability while filling the online application. The schedule for different test papers of C-CAT is given below.

Schedule of December 2014 C-CAT. (The slot timings may vary slightly. The final timings will be printed on the admit cards.)

C-CAT will be conducted in computerized mode in various cities across India. The list of cities where C-CAT will be conducted in December 2014 is given in Table 5a and 5b.C-CAT centres will be allocated to candidates on a first-come, first-served basis of application, depending on the centres' seating capacity and availability.

Cities where C-CAT will be conducted on 7 December 2014.

Cities where C-CAT will be conducted on 14 December 2014.

The C-CAT date and city once selected in the online application form cannot be changed unless approved in writing by C-DAC, subject to availability of seats in requested city. All such signed letters of requests with valid reasons should be received at C-DAC ACTS, 3rd Floor, RMZ Westend Centre 3, Westend IT Park, Aundh, Pune - 411007, before the last date of application.

Candidates will have the option to use their own laptops for the C-CAT. Such candidates, however, need to choose the relevant option in the online application form.

• Minimum configurations required of the laptop:
  
  Processor : Intel’s Pentium 4 or above
  RAM : 1 GB or more (Recommended: 2 GB)
  Operating System : Windows (XP, 7, 8 or 8.1) based
  Browser : Any one of the browsers: IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, Mozilla20, Mozilla16, Chrome26
• JavaScript must be enabled on the browser.
• Laptop should be LAN and WiFi enabled and these ports should be working.
• Laptop should have antivirus running on it and should be free from any virus, malware and spyware.
• Laptop should have proper power backup until the duration of the exam.

Candidates would be entirely responsible for the functioning of their laptops during C-CAT. C-DAC reserves the right to deny a candidate in appearing for C-CAT in case of non-functioning or malfunctioning of his/her laptop.

Candidates who have opted to use their own laptops will have to report one hour before the scheduled start of C-CAT to check and confirm the readiness of their laptops. Detailed instructions about configuring the laptop prior to taking the C-CAT will be provided along with the Admit Card. Candidate must ensure that they do not use any study material / reference material / answer keys / text books / external communications, etc. during C-CAT, which shall be treated as "use of unfair practices".

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