CAT 2017: Over 2.3 lakh candidates to sit for India’s biggest MBA entrance test on Nov 26
A total of 2,31,067 candidates are expected to appear in India’s biggest MBA entrance test, the Common Admission Test conducted by the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) on November 26.
“By and large all preparations have been made for the test. We wish all the candidates best of luck for the test,” said Prof Neeraj Dwivedi of IIM(L), the convener of the examination.
“The test, which will be held in two sessions of 180 minutes each, will have three sections. Section I will have verbal ability and reading comprehension; section II will be data interpretation and logical reasoning and section III will deal with quantitative ability,” Prof Dwivedi said.
Some questions in each section may not be of multiple choice type and candidates will have to type direct answers online.
“We will also allow the use of the basic onscreen calculator for computation. Candidates will be allotted exactly 60 minutes for answering questions in each section and they cannot switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section,” the convener said.
CAT 2017 will be conducted in centres spread across approximately 140 cities.
This year the number of women candidates registered for CAT-2017 has increased this year by 1.16% over last year’s figure. Against total applicants of 231,067, this year 78,009 women candidates will take the examination. Last year 76,000 women had appeared in the exam. The number of male candidates this year is 153,027.
This year the number of transgender candidates also increased to 31 from 22 last year, said Prof Dwivedi. The number of physically challenged applicants is 910 against last year’s 921.
Registration for the Common Admission Test (CAT), gateway to IIMs and other leading B-schools, declined a bit this year. It had shot up to a seven-year high in 2016, with 232,434 candidates applying for the entrance test.
Information related to CAT 2017 results will be tentatively available starting second week of January 2018 on this website. The list of candidates shortlisted for the next level of selection will be made available on the website of the respective IIMs.
Each IIM will send interview letters to the shortlisted candidates directly. The criteria for shortlisting vary among IIMs. Candidates will have to visit the admission hotlinks of the respective websites of IIMs for further information.
This year IIM-L had extended the last date of registration for the entrance test from September 20 to 25 “to accommodate more candidates”. During the five days extension period some 20,000 candidates had applied, Prof Dwivedi said.
The candidates will be permitted to download their admit card till the test date. Dwivedi said a tutorial to understand the format of the test was made available on the CAT website from October 18.
CAT scores are accepted by the 20 IIMs and more than 100 business schools across the country. Around 4000 seats are offered through IIMs.
9 years of 26/11 Mumbai attacks: Survivours await Hafiz Saeed's arrest
The day marks nine years since the Maximum City witnessed the deadly 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, which claimed the lives of more than 166 people.
As many as 10 Pakistani terrorists, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, had unleashed carnage across Mumbai, on November 26, 2008.
Recalling the unfortunate day, Devika, a survivour and an eye-witness, termed the incident as traumatising and said she has still not got over it.
"The entire incident still plays in front of my eyes; it was terrifying. I can recall each and every moment," Devika told ANI.
Devika survived a bullet injury on her leg and was one of the eye-witnesses to identify the lone-captured terrorist of the attacks - Ajmal Kasab.
Having battled for almost two months for her life and praised for her bravery to speak against Kasab, Devika felt that justice has still not been served to people who lost their lives as mastermind Hafiz Saeed still roams scot-free in Pakistan.
"When I saw Kasab in the courtroom I was livid. I wished I had a gun in my hand; I would have shot him there. Anyway, Kasab was a mosquito. Hope someday the big terrorists and the mastermind are brought to book," she said.
Her journey since 2008 has not been easy, she said, adding she faced isolation from people for speaking against Kasab, as they feared the terrorist would come after her and they would also face the consequences.
Devika's father, who was also one of the deponents in the case, echoed a similar sentiment and made a heartfelt appeal to the government to bring justice to people killed in the attack by curbing terrorism harboured in the neighbouring country.
"My daughter was just nine years old when she got shot. It was traumatic. Yes, we are happy that Kasab was hanged, but we will not be satisfied till the real mastermind sitting in Pakistan is punished," he said.
Another eye-witness, Mohd Taufeeq, who sells tea at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, said the day has left a lasting effect on him.
"I still get disturbed whenever I think of that moment. I rescued many injured people. The situation was devastating. It has been nine years, but I am just waiting for the day the real mastermind sitting in Pakistan is caught," he told ANI.
Another survivour, Rahim Ansari, lost six of his relatives in the barbaric attack and went into depression after the incident.
"My relatives had no chance to escape. I am happy that the perpetrators were either killed or punished. But the mastermind Hafiz Saeed is in Pakistan; it would be ideal if Indian Government gets him here and punishes him," Ansari said.
Meanwhile, in view of this, security has been strengthened across Mumbai. Various events will be held in the city to mark the anniversary of the terrorist attack.
Also, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Governor C Vidyasagar Rao paid tribute to the victims at a memorial on early Sunday morning.
Hindus must have four children, says godman
Haridwar-based guru Giriji Maharaj is attending the VHP’s Dharma Sansad in Udupi
Stoking a controversy, Govindadev Giriji Maharaj, a Haridwar-based spiritual guru, said on Saturday that Hindus should have a minimum of four children “to set right the demographic imbalance”, till the government enforced a Uniform Civil Code. He was speaking to presspersons on the sidelines of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) three-day Dharma Sansad here.
Later in the day, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Math said that sants, sadhus, seers, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the VHP had done more to solve the problem of untouchability than the “so-called intellectuals and those who claim to follow secularism”.
Pravin Togadia, international working president of the VHP, said the Sansad had come up with a plan to eradicate untouchability. “In every village, temples, water from wells, and crematoriums should be open to all, including Dalits, and members of the Hindu community should make friends with Dalit families,” he said. Hindus should invite Dalit women and wash their feet as a ritual, he said, and help in their marriage. They should help Dalits pursue education, get jobs, and start businesses, he added.
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