Indian Institute of Information Technology Gwalior is also known as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology. The institute is abbreviated as ABV-IITM. This university is located in the Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. IITM was established in 1997 and named after the name of the Indian politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This institute is recognized as an institute of National Importance by government of India. This institute was set up with a vision of getting global excellence in education economy. The mission of the college is to contributing to the nation by developing innovative leaders and to enhance the teaching methodologies by integrating technologies and management.
The campus of IIIT Gwalior is located near Gwalior fort and spread on 180 acres. This institute is a residential campus and houses several departmental blocks. Students and faculty live on the campus and are provided all the facilities. The campus has academic blocks, lecture theaters, library with a large number of both digital and non-digital stuffs, laboratories etc. There are a total of four hostels one for girls and the rest of the hostels for boys. At its initial stages, IIIT Gwalior operated from its temporary campus which was in Madhav Institute of Technology and Science Gwalior (MITS). After the set up of its own permanent campus it shifted there.
IIIT Gwalior offers various programs in two streams, one is engineering and other is Management. It offers two years full time M.tech in various fields of information technology. It also offers Master of Business Administration (MBA), PhD and an integrated B.tech/M.tech or B.tech/MBA program of five years. Some additional programs like Management Development program and Faculty Development program are also offered by the institute.
The institute has good corporate connect with top companies. Some of the regular recruiters are Toppr, image translate, Delhivery, KonnectDoc, Mech Mocha, Attentive Al, Mindtickle, Bewgle, 1MG Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Quick Ride, Microsoft, Homelane.com etc.
• IIIT Gwalior’s team won ACM ICPC Asia Regional Contest of 2008, this is a IT programming contest held in Kanpur UP.
• Ranked 21 by India Today among top engineering colleges in India in 2017.
• NIRF, National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked IIIT Gwalior at 81 position among top colleges in 2019.
• NIRF, National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked IIIT Gwalior between 51-75 band among top colleges in 2018.
• ‘A’ Grade NAAC Accredited institute and an institute of National Importance.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Morena Link Road Gwalior ( Madhya Pradesh) 474015, India
director@iiitm.ac.in
Conducting IIMs have been changed the pattern of the CAT exams several times over the years. It is extremely beneficial for the aspirants to know the CAT paper pattern as it helps in preparation and the aspirants can prepare according to the pattern and weightage of the topics.
Mode of the Exam | Online Only |
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Total number of Questions | 100 |
Total Marks | 300 |
Duration of the Examination | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
Sectional Division of the Paper | 3 sections |
Types of the Questions | Both MCQs and Non MCQs |
Marking Scheme |
For Correct Answers → +3 marks For Incorrect Answers → -1 mark For Unattempted Questions → No marks |
Name of the Sections |
1. Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension 2. Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation 3. Quantitative Aptitude |
This Exam is conducted once in a year usually in the month of November on online mode and it is expected that this year this exam will held in the last week of November. The question paper contains 100 questions to be solved in 3 hours. 3 marks are assigned for correct answer and 1 mark is deducted for wrong answer in CAT Exam. English is the only medium of answering the questions. Each question consists of four choices from which only one is correct, candidates have to select the right answer from the given options.
CAT question paper consists of three sections divided as
Section’s Name | Number of Questions | Duration (in mins) |
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Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | 34 | 60 |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) |
VA → 10 Questions RC → 24 Questions |
60 |
Quantitative Ability (QA) |
DI → 16 Questions LR → 16 Questions |
60 |
Total | 100 | 180 minutes (3hours) |
This section is a combination of two sub-sections namely Verbal Ability (VA) and Reading Comprehension (RC). The main focus of this section is on the English language skills of the candidates and how they understand and elucidate the paragraphs and Passages. This section consists of 34 questions, 10 questions of Verbal Ability and 24 questions of Reading Comprehension. Verbal ability sub-section consists of questions related to Para-jumbles, Summary based questions, Sentence Correction and Completion. The other sub-section, Reading Comprehension is based on the questions related to Vocabulary, title etc.
This section is also divided into two sub-sections, one is Logical Reasoning (LR) and other is Data Interpretation (DI). A total of 32 questions are asked in this section, 16 questions from both the sub-section. LR section contains solvable questions generally from the topics like inequalities, symbol operations, direction sense test etc. On the other hand DI section is a little difficult and time-consuming section as it consists of several confusing data case lets questions. This section contains tricky question and a little mistake in understanding the case lets can lead the candidates to attempt all the questions from a particular set incorrectly.
This section is a standalone section which comprises only numerical questions from different topics of Math. A total of 34 questions are asked in this section. This section contains questions based on Basic Arithmetic, Number System, Geometry, Algebra, Modern Math etc. The questions in this section ranges from easy to moderately high and can be answered easily with proper practice of the syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude.
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B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
CAT 2020 will be conducted in the following cities:
Port Blair | Kurnool | Nellore | Tirupati |
Vijaywada | Visakhapatnam | Chittoor | Itanagar |
Dibrugarh | Guwahati | Silchara | Aurangabad |
Gaya | Muzaffarpur | Patna | Chandigarh |
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