C-DAC's Common Admission Test (C-CAT) Exam is conducted by Center for Development of Advanced Computing C-DAC for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses of Feb 2017.

The C-CAT Exam 2016 was conducted on 11 Dec & 18 Dec 2016

C-CAT Exam 2016 Important dates-

Beginning of Online Registration and Application for C-CAT 28 Oct 2016
Closing of Online Registration & Application, and Payment of
Examination Fee for C-CAT 01 Dec 2016
Downloading of C-CAT Admit Cards 8-15 Dec 2016
C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT) 11 Dec & 18 Dec 2016
Announcement of C-CAT Ranks 29 Dec 2016
Online Selection of Courses and Centres (1st Counselling) 29 Dec 2016 – 04 Jan 2017
Declaration of 1st Round of Seat Allocation 06 Jan 2017
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee for
candidates allocated seats through the 1st round 13 Jan 2017
Declaration of 2nd Round of Seat Allocation 18 Jan 2017
Online Selection of Courses and Centres (2nd Counselling) 18-24 Jan 2017
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee for candidates
allocated seats through the second round 24 Jan 2017
Declaration of Third Round of Seat Allocation
(based on 2nd Counselling) 30 Jan 2017
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee for candidates
allocated seats through the 3rd round 06 Feb 2017
Last Date of Payment of Balance Course Fee &
Registration of Students at Training Centres 13 & 14 Feb 2017
Commencement of PG Diploma Courses 15 Feb 2017

PG Diploma courses-

PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)
PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)
PG Diploma in Mobile Computing (PG-DMC)
PG Diploma in System Software Development (PG-DSSD)
PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)
PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PG-DBDA)
PG Diploma in Internet of Things (PG-DIoT)
PG Diploma in HPC System Administration (PG-HPCSA)
PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)
PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)
PG Diploma in Biomedical Instrumentation & Health Informatics (PG-DBIHI)

C-CAT Syllabus

Section A
English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning
1 hour

Section B
Computer Fundamentals, C Programming, Data Structures, Data Communication & Networking, Object Oriented Programming Concepts, 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. Candidates are, however, advised to read more books than the ones specified in this table.