How to Apply for Common Admission Test 2006 (CAT 2006):

The Common Admission Test 2006 (CAT 2006)   Bulletin containing the CAT Application Form and other information can be obtained at branches of UTI Bank/ Post offices listed below, between July 17 and August 17, 2006 for Rs.1100/- (Rs.550/- for SC/ST candidates). Please note that a candidate needs to buy only one CAT Bulletin irrespective of how many IIMs he/she is applying to. Candidates buying the form from UTI Bank/ Post Offices/ IIMs must enclose the 3rd Copy of Banks/IIMs. Pay-in Slip bearing the Candidates name with the CAT Application Form. SC/ST candidates should submit a copy of SC/ST Certificate to the Bank / IIM at the time of obtaining the CAT Bulletin.

Candidates should ensure they meet the eligibility criteria of the programme in which they are interested, before procuring the CAT bulletin. CAT application forms of ineligible candidates and application forms with incomplete information will be summarily rejected. No claim of refund will be entertained on sold Bulletins.

The Common Admission Test 2006 (CAT 2006) Bulletin can also be purchased online. The details are provided under the heading  "SALE OF CAT BULLETIN AND FILLING UP OF APPLICATION FORM ON THE INTERNET" in this advertisement. The candidates, who would like to buy the Bulletin from Bank/ IIMs /Post offices also have the option of completing their application online as detailed under the above mentioned heading.

ANDHRA PRADESH: Chittoor (Prakasam High Road), Hyderabad Main (Begumpet Road), Secunderabad (Rashtrapati House), Kakinada (Subhash

Road), Kurnool (Railway Station Road), Vijayawada (Rajagopalachari Street), Vishakhapatnam (Dwaraka Nagar), Warangal (Station Road); ASSAM: Guwahati (Dispur), Jorhat (A.T. Road); BIHAR: Bhagalpur (Patal Babu Road), Muzaffarpur (Club Road), Patna (S.P. Verma Road)

CHATTISGARH: Bhilai (Off. GE Road), Bilaspur (Near New Bus Stand), Korba (Power House Road), Raipur (Jeevan Bima Marg)

DELHI: Delhi Main (Barakhamba Road), Dariaganj (Netaji Subhash Marg), Defence Colony, Greater Kailash-II, Malviya Nagar, Rajouri Garden (Vishal Enclave), Vasantkunj (Nelson Mandela Road);

GOA: Panaji (Dr. Atmaram Borkar Marg)

GUJARAT: Ahmedabad Main (Ellisbridge), Ahmedabad (Vastrapur), Ahmedabad (Maninagar), Baroda, (Race Course Circle - North), Bhavnagar (Waghawadi Road), Rajkot (Kalawad Road), Surat Main (Ghod Dod Road), Vallabh Vidyanagar (Nr. HM Patel House)

HARYANA: Ambala Cantt. (Jagadri Road), Gurgaon (Sector-14), Faridabad (NIT), Kurukshetra (Railway Road), Panipat (GT Road), Rohtak (Delhi Road)

HIMACHAL PRADESH: Shimla (Kasumpti)

JHARKHAND: Dhanbad (Bank More), Jamshedpur Main (Bistupur), Ranchi (Main Road)

KARNATAKA: Bangalore Main (M.G. Road), Bangalore (J.P. Nagar), Bangalore (Jayanagar), Bangalore (Koramangala), Bangalore (Marathahalli), Bellary (Main Road), Belgaum (Congress Road), Davanagare (PB Road), Gulbarga (Super Market), Hubli (Deshpande Nagar), Karwar (Green Street), Mangalore (Bunts Hostel Circle),

Mysore (Temple Road)

KERALA: Kozhikode (YMCA Cross Road), Kochi (Rajaji Road), Thiruvananthapuram (MG Road)

MADHYA PRADESH: Bhopal(MP Nagar), Gwalior (Madhavrao Scindia Marg), Indore (Yaswant Niwas Road) , Jabalpur (Shastri Bridge Chowk), Satna (Rewa Road)

MAHARASHTRA: Ahmednagar (Tilak Road), Amaravati (Nr. Jaistamb Chowk), Aurangabad (Adalat Road), Kolhapur (Station Road), Mumbai (Main Fort), Mumbai (Andheri West), Mumbai (Borivli West), Mumbai (Shivaji Park), Mumbai (Bandra West), Mumbai (Mulund West), Mumbai (Vashi), Nagpur Main (Sitabuldi), Nashik

(Sharanpur Road), Pune Main (J.M.Road), Thane Main (L.B.S. Marg)

MEGHALAYA: Shillong (Jail Road)

ORISSA: Angul (Main Road), Balasore (OT Road), Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar (Satyanagar), Cuttack, (Badambadi) Rourkela (Kachery Road), Sambalpur (VSS Marg)

PUNJAB: Amritsar (Court Road), Jalandhar (Mahavir Marg), Ludhiana Main (The Mall), Patiala (Rajwara Road)

RAJASTHAN: Ajmer (Kutchery Road), Bikaner (Rani Bazar Road), Jaipur Main (Ashok Marg), Jodhpur (Chopasni Road), Kota (Shopping Centre), Udaipur (Chetak Marg); SIKKIM: Gangtok (M.G. Road)

TAMILNADU: Chennai Main (Mylapore), Chennai (Adyar), Coimbatore (Avinashi Road), Madurai (Goods Shed Street), Salem (Omalur Main Road), Tiruchirapalli (Salai Road), Tirunelveli (East Car Street)

TRIPURA: Agartala (HG Basak Road)

UTTARANCHAL: Dehra Dun (Rajpur Road), Roorkee (Civil Lines), Rudrapur

(Nainital Road)

UTTAR PRADESH: Agra (Sanjay Palace), Aligarh (Ramghat Road), Allahabad (MG Marg), Bareilly (Civil Lines), Gorakhpur (Bank Road), Jhansi (Civil Lines), Kanpur (The Mall), Lucknow Main (Ashok Marg), Meerut (Boundary Road)

NOIDA: (Sector-16), Varanasi (Shastri Nagar)

WEST BENGAL: Burdwan (GT Road), Durgapur (City Centre), Kharagpur (Malancha Road), Kolkata Main(Shakespeare Sarani), Kolkata (Behala), Kolkata (Salt Lake City), Kolkata (Golpark), Kolkata (Dalhousie Square), Kolkata (Shyam Bazar) Siliguri (Sevoke Road)

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh (Sector 34A);

PONDICHERRY: Pondicherry (Bussy Street).

Wherever location of the UTI Bank Branch is not indicated, please approach the Main Branch of UTI Bank in the city.

ARUNACHAL PRADESH: Head Post Office Itanagar;

JAMMU & KASHMIR: Head Post Office Jammu, Head Post Office Srinagar; MANIPUR: Head Post Office Imphal; MIZORAM: Head Post Office Aizawal; NAGALAND: Head Post Office Kohima

The CAT Bulletin (without application form) can also be obtained by making e-payment at the web-site www.iimcat2006.com through payment gateway of UTI Bank. The bulletin to candidates making e-payments would be sent to their address. All such candidates would have to fill the application compulsorily by revisiting the same web-site five days after making the e-payment. The last date for sale of bulletin through e-payment would be August 21, 2006 and the last date for filling up the form online would be September 4, 2006. After filling up the form at the web-site, the candidates need to take a print-out, sign the form, affix their photograph and send it with the other relevant documents to the concerned IIM (depending upon their choice of test centre). The last date for receipt of such forms would be September 9, 2006. Please note that in the absence of photograph, signature and other relevant documents, the online application would be considered incomplete and would be rejected.

The applications can also be filled up online by the candidates who have purchased CAT bulletin from UTI Bank branches. After two days of buying the bulletin, they can visit the web-site www.iimcat2006.com  to fill up the application form. The applications can be filled up online only if the details of the candidate match with the information captured by UTI Bank.

IIMs do not guarantee that all legitimate candidates would be able to use this facility as the details provided by the candidate may not match with the details provided by the bank. Such candidates are advised to send their form physically as prescribed in this advertisement. The candidates filling up the form at the web-site need to take a print-out, sign the form, affix their photograph and send it with the other required documents to the concerned IIM (depending upon their choice of test centre). The last date for receipt of such forms would be September 9, 2006. Please note that in the absence of photograph, signature and other relevant documents, the online application would be considered incomplete and would be rejected.

Under exceptional circumstances [such as (a) the stock of bulletins exhaust in the nearby branch of the bank, (b) the bank branch is inaccessible to the candidate, (c) the access to internet connectivity is not available, and (d) the bulletin sale through banks close], a copy of the CAT Bulletin can also be obtained directly from any one of the IIMs till August 21, 2006 by sending a crossed demand draft for Rs.1200/- (Rs.600/- for SC/ST candidates with a copy of the SC/ST certificate) drawn in favour of the respective IIM. Request for the bulletin should be accompanied by a cloth-lined self-addressed unstamped envelope of size 12" x 10".

The completed application form for CAT 2006 with supporting documents should be sent so as to reach the concerned IIM on or before September 9, 2006. IIMs would not be held responsible for non-delivery or postal delays in case of CAT bulletins sent by the speed/ registered post/ courier and/or non-delivery or postal delays in receipt of completed CAT 2006 application form.

Common Admission Test 2006 (CAT 2006)