We have room for all CAT aspirants Says CAT 2011 Convenor after candidates press
the panic button following news of non-availability of seats in the city centres
The Common Admission Test (CAT)
aspirants in city heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday evening after, the CAT Convenor,
2011, Prof Janakiraman Moorthy announced that they could re-select their test centres
within the city.
Earlier, aspirants were forced to opt for nearby centers outside Gujarat like Jaipur
and Mumbai to give the CAT after all the slots in Gujarat across all dates of CAT
were declared full.
Archana Tulsani, a CAT aspirant who experienced some anxious moments due to non-availability
of seats said, When I logged on the CAT website to choose my test centre, I received
a message asking me to choose some other location as all the seats in the city were
full for all days of the test. As I didn’t want miss my chance of appearing for
the test, I selected Mumbai as my centre. I also contacted my coaching institute
and reported about the problem. Tulsani later on Thursday evening changed her centre
back to Ahmedabad.
Nikunj Prajapati, another aspirant ended up selecting Jaipur as the city of test
centre. He said, I logged on at 11.00 am and there was no seat available in Ahmedabad
centre. Hence, I had to select Jaipur as a centre.
While speaking to Mirror, Moorthy said, there was some confusion in the morning
after CAT aspirants panicked at the non-availability of seats. But now things are
back to normal now. Applicants can now reselect their location. We are ready and
equipped to accommodate all the aspirants from Ahmedabad.
However, some of the coaching centres are not very confident about the arrangements
made for CAT 2011.
Parasharan Chari, COO, Endeavor Management coaching centre said, Engineering students
who also are giving their CAT exams faced some harrowing moments as their University
exams are slotted from November 11.
Choosing a centre outside Gujarat would have led them to miss their university examination.
We have no idea what arrangements have been made at the test centre, how many computers
will be made available etc. CAT test venues in Gujarat were reduced from three sites
last year to just one this year. This, despite the fact that last year around 7500
candidates took their CAT exams in the three centres located in engineering colleges
in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
Courtesy: Times of India
