Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) offers admission to the following career oriented 24 weeks full-time Post Graduate Diploma Courses in ICT for Engineering Graduate / MCA / M.Sc or equivalents:

-PG DAC – PG Diploma in Advanced Computing

-PG-DWiMC – PG Diploma in Wireless and Mobile Computing

-PG-DITISS – PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure System & Security

-PG-DVLSI – PG Diploma in VLSI Design

-PG-DGi – PG Diploma in Geoinformatics

-PG-DIVESD – PG Diploma in Integrated VLSI & Embedded System Design

-PG-DASS – PG Diploma in Automation and SCADA Systems

-PG-DESD – PG Diploma in Embedded System Design

-PG-DSSD – PG Diploma in System Software Development



Admission Procedure:-
Admissions to all PG Diploma courses of C-DAC are done through C-DAC's Computerised Common Admission Test (C-CAT).



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

II PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC) Section A + Section B

PG Diploma in Wireless & Mobile Computing (PG-DwiMC) Section A + Section B

PG Diploma in System Software Development (PG-DSSD) Section A + Section B

PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS) Section A + Section B

III PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD) Section A + Section B + Section C

PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI) Section A + Section B + Section C
PG Diploma in Automation & SCADA Systems (PG-DASS) Section A + Section B + Section C

PG Diploma in Integrated VLSI & Embedded Systems Design (PG-DIVESD) Section A + Section B + Section C


C-CAT Syllabus:-

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 Concepts, Operating Systems 1 hour

Section C Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors 1 hour




C-CAT Reference Books:-

English
Any High School Grammar Book (e.g. Wren & Martin)

Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning
Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R. S. Aggrawal)
Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara)
Barron’s New GRE 2013

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)

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)

Important Dates

Beginning of online registration & Application for C-CAT: 08th May 2016

Closing of Online Registration & Application, and Payment of Application Fee for C-CAT: 09th June 2016

Downloading of C-CAT Admit Cards: 16th – 23rd June 2016

C-DAC’s Common Admission Test

C-CAT-I: 19th June 2016

C-CAT-II: 26th June 2016

Announcement of C-CAT Ranks: 07th July 2016

Online Selection of Course & Centre (1st Counselling): 07th July 2016 to 12th July 2016

Declaration of First Round of Seat Allocation: 14th July 2016

Last date of payment of Rs 10,000/- for Applicants allocated seats through the 1st round: 21st July 2016

Declaration of Second Round of Seat Allocation: 26th July 2016

Online Selection of Course & Centre (2nd Counselling): 26th July – 01st August 2016

Last Date of Payment of Rs 10,000/- for Applicants allocated seats through the 02nd round: 01st August 2015

Declaration of Third Round of Seat Allocation (based on 2nd Counselling): 05th August 2016

Last Date of Payment of Rs 10,000/- for Applicants allocated seats through the 3rd round: 10th August 2016

Last Date of Payment of Balance Course Fees: 16th August 2016

Registration of Students at Training Centres: 16th August 2016

Commencement of PG Diploma Courses: 17th August 2016