The CAT exams may also be formatted on the lines of the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) so that the scores are valid for two to three years. 

An IIM Calcutta professor who is working on the proposal said the primary reason for taking the CAT online is the increasing number of aspirants. 

"However, we are also considering other possibilities for conducting the CAT exams," he added

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all-India test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance exam for the management programs of its 7 B schools. About 250,000 students took CAT in 2008 for around 1500 seats in the IIMs. This is the reason why, CAT is often considered as the one of the toughest competitive entrance examination. CAT is multiple-choice based with negative-mark penalties for wrong answers, and traditionally comprises three sections that span the domains of arithmetical problem solving, geometry, statistics, data interpretation, logical reasoning, puzzles, and English language skills. The written test is the first step for admission to the IIMs.

After the test, the IIMs declare exam scores and put up a list of candidates who are eligible for the next stage of a group discussion and an individual interview. The scores are relative and are calculated on a percentile basis for individual sections as well as for the total. This week, IIM Bangalore announced that from 2009 onwards, CAT would be a Computer Based Test. Prometric ETS was selected as the partner in conducting the online test. This year, CAT will be conducted over a 10-day period at the end of the year. The details on online CAT will be released by the end of May. According to the experts and leading CAT coaching centres, now the CAT pattern will be similar to that of the GMAT and GRE.

There are some website which can really help the CAT aspirants in facing the Challenge of online CAT ::

·         TEST FUNDE

·         LEARNHUB

·         IMS INDIA

·         KOOLKAREERS

Some of the more prominent colleges which accept CAT scores for admission are:

·         S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai

·         Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon

·         Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA), Ahmedabad

·         National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai

·         Institute of Management Technology, (IMT), Ghaziabad.