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Process of Admission to Post Graduate Diploma Courses of C-DAC

Introduction
List of C-DACs PG Diploma Courses, Fees and Eligibility Criteria
Highlights of C-DAC's PG Diploma Courses
Common Campus Placement Programme
C-DACs Common Admission Test (C-CAT)

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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. Every year, C-CAT is usually conducted in
June(for August admissions) and December (for February admissions). Candidates who clear the June 2014 C-CAT
will only be considered for admission to C-DAC's PG Diploma courses of August 2014 batch on the basis of their
C-CAT ranks and centre/course preferences.
5.1 C-CAT Test Papers
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.
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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.
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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.
Table 2: List of PG Diploma courses and the corresponding test paper(s) in C-CAT.
COURSE
CATEGORY
COURSE NAME
TEST
PAPER(S)
I
PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)
Section A
PG Diploma in Healthcare Informatics (PG-DHI)
II
PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)
Section A +
Section B
PG Diploma in Wireless & Mobile Computing (PG-DWiMC)
PG Diploma in System Software Development (PG-DSSD)
PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)
III
PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)
Section A +
Section B +
Section C
PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)
PG Diploma in Automation & SCADA Systems (PG-DASS)
PG Diploma in Integrated VLSI & Embedded Systems Design
(PG-DIVESD)
5.2 C-CAT Syllabus
Table 3a indicates the syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT.
Table 3a: Syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT.
TEST PAPER TOPICS DURATION
Section A English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning 1 hour
Section B Computer Fundamentals, C Programming, Data Structures, Data
Communications & Networking, Object Oriented Programming,
Operating Systems
1 hour
Section C Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors 1 hour
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.
Table 3b: Reference books for the various topics in C-CAT.
SECTION TOPIC REFERENCE BOOK
A
English Any High School Grammar Book (e.g. Wren & Martin)
Quantitative Aptitude &
Reasoning
Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R. S. Aggrawal)
Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara)
Barrons New GRE 2013

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B
Computer Fundamentals Foundations of Computing (Pradeep Sinha & Priti Sinha)
Data Communication &
Networking
Data Communication & Networking (Forouzan)
C Programming
C Programming Language (Kernighan & Ritchie)
Let Us C (Yashavant Kanetkar)
Data Structures Data Structures Through C in Depth (S. K. Srivastava)
Operating Systems Operating System Principles (Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne)
OOP Concepts Test Your C ++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar)
C
Computer Architecture Computer Organization & Architecture (William Stallings)
Digital Electronics
Digital Design (Morris Mano)
Digital Design: Principles & Practices (John Wakerly)
Modern Digital Electronics (R. P. Jain)
Microprocessors
Microprocessor Architecture, Programming & Applications
with 8085 (Ramesh Gaonkar)
The Intel Microprocessor (Barry Brey)
5.3 C-CAT Schedule
C-CAT for admission to the August 2014 batch of PG Diploma courses will be held on 8th June 2014 and
15th June 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.
Table 4: Schedule of June 2014 C-CAT. (The slot timings may vary slightly. The final timings will be printed on the admit
cards.)
C-CAT Dates Test Paper Morning Slot Timings Afternoon Slot Timings
8 June 2014 ;
15 June 2014
Section A 9:30 am 10:30 am 2:00 pm 3:00 pm
Section B 10:45 am 11:45 pm 3:15 pm 4:15 pm
Section C 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:30 pm
5.4 C-CAT Centres
C-CAT will be conducted in computerized mode in various cities across India. The list of cities where C-CAT
will be conducted in June 2014 is given in Table 5.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.
Table 5: Cities where C-CAT will be conducted in June 2014
Agartala Ahmedabad Allahabad Bengaluru
Bhopal Bhubaneshwar Chennai Dhanbad
Gwalior Hyderabad Indore Jaipur
Karad Kochi Kolhapur Kolkata
Lucknow Mohali Mumbai Nagpur
Nashik Navi Mumbai New Delhi Noida
Patna Pune Raipur Solapur
Thiruvananthapuram Vishakhapatnam
The C-CAT date and city once selected in the online application form cannot be changed unless approved
in writing by C-DAC. 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.
5.5 Use of Candidate's Laptop for C-CAT
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 on the candidate laptop:
Processor : P4 and above
RAM : 1 GB and above (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
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JavaScript must be enabled on the browser.
Laptop should be LAN and WiFi enabled and 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.
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Important Notes:
Candidates would be entirely responsible for the functioning of their laptops. 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.
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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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