The National Institute of Technology, Rourkela has started his career in the year of 1961, it is also known as the Regional Engineering College Rourkela (REC Rourkela). This institution belongs to public funded premier institute of higher learning for the Technical Students- Engineering, Science and Technology. NITR is one of 31th National Institutes of Technology in India and was given the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) by the Government of India on 2002, by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. Under the act of Parliament 2007, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India stated that the Institute as Institute of National Importance. Every staff, faculty and student has warmed-blood to make this institute India’s best technical college leading to the world with all tools, this commitment is with honesty, hard work and team spirit. Having encourage that want to be a globally institution of higher learning that will serve as a source of knowledge and expertise for the society and be a perfect destination for undergraduate and post-graduate studies. NIT, Odisha, is focusing on life’s work to spread the advance knowledge in the sector of science and technology leading to creation of wealth and welfare of humanity.
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela offers a 2 undergraduate course in various engineering disciplines and providing 3 programs for Post-graduation in the field of Management and Technogoloy. NITR also provides doctoral program in multiple disciplines. The institute has 20 main department which offer B.tech, B.tech-M, Tech Dual, M.tech, M.Sc, Integrated M.Sc, MBA and PhD degree. The institute also provides a golden opportunity for part-time gradated studies in selected fields in addition to doctoral research in various subjects. NITR also has three academic centers and six service centers. To get admission in NIT Rourkela Admission is gone on the bases of National Level Entrance Exam Such as JEE Main, CAT, GATE.
• National Institute of Technology, Odisha was ranked 601-800 in the world by the TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS of 2018 and 126 in Asia. In India it was ranked 15 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018 and 42 overall. In 2018 NIRF ranked 18 NITs in top 100 in which NIT Rourkela Secured 2nd position after NIT Trichy. NIT Odisha ranking of 2018 was 126 and 121 in 2019 by the QS BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) University in the international level.
• They have contacted with more than 50 the top most MNCs companies for their better placement like: - ABB, ACCENTURE, AFFINE, AIRTEL, AMAZON, AXIS BANK, BAJAJ, BHARAT PETROLEUM, CAPGEMINI, CATERPILLAR, C-DOT, COCA-COLA, D E SHAW & CO, DELL, DELOITTE, FIAT, FUTURE GROUP, FUTURE FIRST, HONDA, ADITYA BIRLA, INTEL, IBM, HYUNDAI, INDIAN OIL, INFOSYS, JUST DIAL etc.
• This institute has reached up to 100% placement with the best Average Salary Package. The highest package offered was in between 15 LPA to 20 LPA, the average salary package offered was in between 6 LPA to 7 LPA, and the lowest package offered was 3 LPA. Most of the students got the internships from the college. Lack of student got the chance to work with the companies of Abroad.
• Hostel, Library, Laboratory, Canteen, Medical Help, Gym, Playground, Scholarship, Wi-Fi, Sports complex etc. available.
• National Institute of Technology, Rourkela provides the financial assistance program to the student and financial aids opportunity. The main motive is that no student should be prevented to pursue the program due to financial problem.
National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India, 769008
registrar@nitrkl.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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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 |
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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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