IIM Ahmedabad has appointed Professor Ram Mohan, the CAT 2021 Exam Convener.
IIM-A had last conducted the CAT in 2015. The premier B-school has a penchant for a typical academic approaches. Test takers can brace themselves for a different test pattern
What did IIM-A change in CAT?
When IIM Ahmedabad conducted CAT 2015 with Prof Tathagat Bandyopadhyay as the convenor, the institute had introduced changes in the set test pattern. The institute had:
compressed the testing window to one day
introduced Non-MCQ or TITA (Type In The Answer) questions that did not penalize the candidate with negative marks. (MCQs or Multiple Choice Questions award negative marks to the candidate for incorrect attempts.)