Participating Institutes in CAT 2012

The number of IIMs is going up. The current number of IIMs is 13. To the list of IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Shillong, IIM Indore, the ones which started functioning since last year, IIM Ranchi, IIM Rohtak and IIM Raipur have been added. IIM Trichy, IIM Kashipur and IIM Udaipur have also started to function this year.

Although the total number of B-schools that will consider CAT 2011 scores is 136, which is less than the number of B-schools which accepted CAT 2010 scores, which was 147, the encouraging sign this year has been the entry of new institutions who have enlisted themselves for considering CAT 2011 scores.

Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad (MICA), which did not accept the scores of CAT exam since 2009, will accept the score this year onwards. Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB), the prominent B-School in Eastern India which is known for accepting XAT scores is also there in the list of institutes accepting CAT 2011 scores.

The other national institutes that have joined CAT this year are: Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur; Department of Management Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University; Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University; National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli; Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal; National Institute of Technology, Calicut; National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal; University of Hyderabad, School of Management Studies.

Various national universities will accept CAT 2011 scores for their department of management studies. Some of the prominent names are Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi ; University School of Management, Kurukshetra University; The Business School, University of Jammu; University Business School, Punjab University; University of Lucknow, Institute of Management Science and University of Calcutta, Department of Commerce, West Bengal.

The prominent private B-schools which will accept CAT 2011 scores are: International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi & Kolkata; Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon; T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal; IFIM Business School, Bangalore; Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai & Bangalore; K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai; S P Jain Institute of Management Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai; Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) Bhubaneswar; Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Tiruchirappalli; Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida; Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata etc.