Although some of this may be due to the summer season, better training, and a recovering economy, some experts say that the adoption of the common admission test (CAT) with other major institutions, including the Indian Institutes of Management Services technology (IIT), also weighed in

"The number of registration of a cat was in decline in recent years, but it seems to have changed this time," said Moorthy Janakiraman, founder of the CAT 2011

A small increase in registrations is a sign that the cable is still preferred career choice, he said.

Best proof of registration of some 205 000 202 000, which sat in the last year. But it is still a sharp drop in 242 000 candidates in 2009 and 270,000 years ago.

"The good thing is that the number has stabilized now instead of falling, and that in the future will be consolidated. I think these days the candidates are mature and take a conscious decision to choose a career management," said Moorthy, professor of IIM Calcutta.

IIM students each year are better choices for large international companies in India, but the courses are expensive and have a rigorous training.

Manek N. Daruvala, founder-director of the chain of TIME CAT aspirants training centers, says the student is not serious about taking courses to stay out of CAT.

"Appears in the CAT is directly related to its economy and its location. Thus, it is a kind of return on investment of the decision, "said Daruvala." Those who are willing to spend Rs 13. Lakh for an MBA course will definitely look for a better performance through a better job. "

Vinayak Kudva, product manager for the chain of Mumbai IMS test-prep centers, okay. "After the economic downturn and the scenario of a bad job in 2008 and 2009, has lectured extensively to rethink the management and only serious candidates to choose now."

He added that CAT has received a boost this year as other major business schools have introduced tests to the students for their courses screen.

In August, IIT Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai and Roorkee and Indian Institute of Science to scrap entrance test their joint management to adopt the CAT, Mint reported on August 23 The six IITs run two years full-time graduate programs in management with an intake of about 600 students. The 13 IIM admit 3300 students each year.

Faculty of Management at the  Delhi University, Delhi School of Economics, and Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad CAT also.

Moorthy said the IIM which could not have contributed significantly to increased enrollment. "These are the leading B-schools, but aspiring cat must have been asked for them earlier," he said.

In the campus student placements at IIM leading companies in 2010 and an improvement in pre-placement scenario has also helped, said Kudva.

In 2011, the investment period, IIM Lucknow offers a batch of 528 to 366 of the 206 companies that employ, 53 were first time recruiters. IIM-Kolkata has already received 45 offers pre-positioning of the 2012 batch.

The United States Inc. is headquartered Prometric CAT 2012 IIM to perform, said focusing on the delivery of the exam.

"Our worldwide experience in delivering self-service, online registration and scheduling features, coupled with our expertise in capacity planning has enabled us to manage such a number of entries," said Soumitra Roy, General Manager, Prometric India.