What: The Common Admission Test for the Indian Institutes of Management, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow, will be held on Sunday, November 20, for their various programmes.

Programmes

Post-graduate programmes in management (equivalent to an MBA)

• IIM-Ahmedabad: PGP and PGP-ABM
• IIM-Bangalore: PGP and PGSEM
• IIM-Calcutta: PGP-PGDM and PGP-PGDCM
• IIM-Indore: PGP and Exec PGP
• IIM-Kozhikode: PGP
• IIM-Lucknow: PGP and PGP-ABM

Fellow programme in management (equivalent to a PhD)

IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Bangalore, IIM-Calcutta, IIM-Lucknow

Note: Separate advertisements will appear for the Fellow programme of each institute as well as IIM-Calcutta's PGDCM programme, IIM-Indore's Exec PGP programme and IIM-Bangalore's PGSEM programme. See the CAT Bulletin for further information.

Are you eligible?

For post-graduate programmes in management

~ You must possess a three-year Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in any discipline; the degree must be recognised by the Association of Indian Universities/ All India Council for Technical Education.

~ You could be a final year student awaiting your result.

Special eligibility requirements

IIM-Ahmedabad: PGP in Agri-Business Management

~ You should have, from an institution recognised by the AIU/ AICTE:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Agriculture Sciences OR
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Agriculture-related disciplines OR
• A three-year Bachelor's degree in any discipline, and a strong interest in Agriculture, Agro/ Food Processing, Rural and Allied Sectors.
• Candidates who have a strong interest in these sectors must submit a special form available with the PGP-ABM office in October.
• You could be a final year student awaiting your result.

~ If selected, you will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if you submit a certificate latest by June 30, 2006, from the principal/ registrar of your college/ institute (issued by June 30, 2006) stating you have appeared for all the examinations (including practicals) in all the subjects required for obtaining the Bachelor's/ Master's degree.

~ Admission will be confirmed on submission of the marksheet and a certificate of having passed the Bachelor's/ Master's degree referred to in the certificate issued by the principal/ registrar of your college/ institute.

~ The deadline for submission of the marksheet and the certificate is December 31, 2006.

~ Non-fulfillment of this condition will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission.

IIM Bangalore: PGP in Software Enterprise Management

~ You must, at the minimum, possess a three-year Bachelor's degree in any discipline; the degree should be recognised by the Association of Indian Universities/ All India Council for Technical Education.

~ In addition, you need to have a minimum of two years' work experience in the software industry as on June 10, 2006.

~ Applicants with four to five years or more of work experience are likely to gain from this programme.

IIM Calcutta

You  can apply to more than one of the post-graduate programmes viz PGDM and  PGDCM.

~ For a Post-Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management, you are required to send a crossed demand draft, payable in Kolkata, for Rs 600 in favour of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta between August 1 and November 18, along with the following:

• Name of the candidate
• CAT application form number or test registration number
• e-mail address
• Complete postal address
• Phone number

~ The application form will be sent to the applicant on receipt of the demand draft.

~ You could also download the application form from www.iimcal.ac.in

See the CAT Bulletin for additional information.

IIM Indore: Executive PGP in Management

~ You must possess a three-year Bachelor's degree in any discipline; the degree should be recognised by the AIU/ AICTE.

~ You must also have a minimum of five years and upto 15 years of managerial/ entrepreneurial/ professional experience as on August 31, 2006.

~ Only work experience obtained after graduation will be considered.

IIM Lucknow: PGP in Agri-Business Management

~ You should have any of the following qualifications obtained from institutions recognised by AIU/ AICTE:

• Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or allied subjects OR
• Master's degree in any discipline of Agriculture or allied subjects OR
• Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in any discipline recognised by the AIU/ AICTE as eligible for post-graduate studies, with a minimum of two years' experience or demonstrated strong interest in the field of agriculture or allied sector.
• Such candidates, eligible under Criteria B, must submit a special form available with the admission office, IIM-Lucknow.

~ You can also download the form from www.iiml.ac.in

~ The completed form must be submitted before December 16 to:
Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow
Prabandh Nagar
Off Sitapur Road
Lucknow -- 226 013

~ Final year students awaiting their results can also apply.

~ Candidates giving their final year Bachelor's or Master's degree examination will be allowed to join the programme only if they complete all the requirements for obtaining the degree before May 31, 2006, and produce a certificate to this effect at the time of registration.

CAT scores

The CAT scorecard will be mailed to the candidates by January 9, 2006. The CAT score will remain valid for one year for all the IIMs.

Scholarships/ financial assistance

It is the endeavour of all IIMs that no student be denied the opportunity to pursue the post-graduate programme in management for want of adequate financial resources. Substantial need-based scholarships are available for students belonging to economically disadvantaged families.

Please see the write-up on each IIM in the CAT bulletin for details.

Reservations

As per the requirement of the Government of India 15 per cent and 7.5 per cent of the available seats are reserved for SC and ST candidates respectively.

Three per cent of the seats are reserved for persons with disability. The three categories of disability are:

a) Low vision/ blindness
b) Hearing impairment
c) Locomotor disability/ cerebral palsy.

Important dates

~ Issue of CAT bulletins by the State Bank of India [Get Quote] ends: August 22

~ Issue of CAT bulletins by the IIMs ends: August 26

~ Last date for receipt of the completed CAT applications by the IIMs: September 9

~Common Admission Test: November 20

Test centres

Ahmedabad
Allahabad
Bangalore
Bhopal
Bhubaneswar
Chandigarh
Chennai
Delhi
Gurgaon
Guwahati
Gwalior
Hyderabad
Indore
Jaipur
Jamshedpur
Kolkata
Kozhikode
Lucknow
Mumbai
Nagpur
Noida
Patna
Pune
Vishakhapatnam

Note: The IIMs reserve the right to change or cancel any test centre at their discretion.

CAT Bulletin

~ The CAT Bulletin containing the CAT application form and other information can be obtained at the branches of the State Bank of India until August 22 for Rs 1,100 (Rs 550 for SC/ST candidates). The SBI branches are listed below.

~ Please note that a candidate needs to buy only one CAT Bulletin irrespective of how many IIMs h/she is applying to.

~ All candidates must enclose the third copy of the bank's/ IIM's pay-in slip with the CAT application form.

~ SC/ ST candidates should submit a copy of the SC/ ST certificate to the bank/ IIM at the time of obtaining the CAT Bulletin.

~ Please ensure your eligibility to appear in CAT before procuring the CAT Bulletin.

~ CAT application forms of ineligible candidates and application forms with incomplete information will be rejected. No claim of refund will be entertained on a bulletin once sold.

List of SBI branches

Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad (Bank Street)
Kakinada
Kurnool
Secunderabad (Rashtrapati Road)
Tirupati
Vijayawada
Vishakhapatnam
Warangal (Hanamkonda)

Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar

Assam
Dibrugarh
Guwahati

Bihar
Bhagalpur
Muzaffarpur
Patna (West Gandhi Maidan)

Chattisgarh
Bhilai (Sector I)
Bilaspur
Durg
Raipur (Jaistambh Chowk)

Delhi
New Delhi (IIT)
New Delhi Main Branch (Parliament Street)
Delhi (University of Delhi)

Goa [Images]
Panaji (Near Junta House)

Gujarat
Ahmedabad (Bhadra)
Ahmedabad (IIM Branch)
Anand
Baroda (Opp Jamunabai Hospital)
Bhavnagar (Diwanpara Road)
Rajkot
Surat (Chowk Bazar)

Haryana
Ambala City
Gurgaon (Mehrauli Road)
Karnal
Kurukshetra University
Rohtak

Himachal Pradesh
Shimla (The Mall)

Jammu and Kashmir [Images]
Jammu
Srinagar [Images]

Jharkhand
Dhanbad
Jamshedpur
Ranchi

Karnataka
Bangalore (Jayanagar II Block)
Bangalore (St Mark's Road)
Gulbarga (Super Market Complex)
Hubli
Mangalore
Mysore (Sayaji Rao Road)

Kerala [Images]
Kozhikode
Kochi (M G Road)
Thiruvananthapuram (M G Road)

Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal Main
Gwalior
Indore
Jabalpur
Rewa

Maharashtra
Amaravati
Aurangabad (Kranti Chowk)
Mumbai (Bombay Samachar Marg)
Mumbai (Shivaji Park)
Mumbai (Mahim)
Nagpur
Nasik
Pune
Thane

Manipur
Imphal

Meghalaya
Shillong (Kacheri Road)

Mizoram
Aizawl

Nagaland
Kohima

Orissa
Berhampur (Ganjam)
Bhubaneswar (New Capital P O)
Cuttack (Collectorate compound)
Dhenkanal
Koraput
Puri
Rourkela
Sambalpur

Punjab
Jalandhar (Civil Lines)
Ludhiana
Patiala

Rajasthan
Ajmer
Bikaner (Dauji Road)
Jaipur (Sanganeri Gate)
Jodhpur
Kota (LIC [Get Quote] Bldg)
Udaipur

Tamil Nadu
Chennai Main (Anna Salai)
Chennai (IIT)
Coimbatore (Bank Road)
Madurai (West Veli Street)
Salem
Tiruchirapalli
Tirunelveli

Tripura
Agartala (Hariganga Basak Road)

Uttaranchal
Dehra Dun
Pant Nagar
Roorkee

Uttar Pradesh
Agra [Images]
Aligarh
Allahabad (Allahabad University)
Bareilly
Gorakhpur
Jhansi
Kanpur (The Mall)
Lucknow
Meerut
Noida (Sector-2)
Varanasi

West Bengal
Burdwan
Durgapur
Kharagpur
Kolkata (Ballygunge)
Kolkata Main (Strand Road)
Kolkata (Manicktala)
Kolkata (Park Street)
Kolkata (IIM Joka)
Siliguri

Chandigarh
Sector 17

Pondicherry
Pondicherry (Rue Suffren)

Wherever the location of the SBI branch is not indicated within brackets, please approach SBI's main branch in the respective cities.

A copy of the CAT bulletin can also be obtained directly from any one of the IIMs till August 26, under exceptional circumstances such as:

~ The stock of bulletins is exhausted in the nearby branch of the bank.

~ The bank branch is inaccessible to the candidate.

~ The bulletin sale through banks is closed.

Your request must be accompanied by a crossed demand draft for Rs 1,200 (Rs 600 for SC/ ST candidates with a copy of the SC/ ST certificate) drawn in favour of the respective IIM, along with a cloth-lined self-addressed unstamped envelope of size 12" x 10".

Addresses

Ahmedabad
Admissions Office
Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad
Vastrapur
Ahmedabad -- 380 015

Phone: (079) 26324632

Bangalore
Admissions Office
Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore
Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore -- 560 076

Phone: (080) 26993188

Kolkata
Admissions Office
Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta
D H Road
Joka
Kolkata -- 700 104

Phone: (033) 24679178

Indore
Admissions Office
Indian Institute of Management-Indore
Pigdamber, Rau
Indore -- 453 331

Phone: (0731) 5058785

Kozhikode
Admissions Office
Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode
Kozhikode -- 673 571

Phone: (0495) 2809213

Lucknow
Admissions Office
Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow
Prabandh Nagar
Off Sitapur Road
Lucknow -- 226 013

Phones: (0522) 2734028, 2736682

Note: For more detailed information on each IIM, please refer to the CAT Bulletin.