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FaaDoOEngineers.com: Female, experienced candidates increased for CAT 2012 Oct 16th 2012, 11:31 FaaDoOEngineers.com India's BIGGEST Website for Engineers & Aspiring Engineers! Female, experienced candidates increased for CAT 2012 Oct 16th 2012, 10:40 The number of registrations for CAT 2012 has gone up by 4.2 per cent over the last year with diversity and some new trends emerging as well. A shift in the candidate pool in terms of gender, social balance and work experience has been witnessed, Prof. SSS Kumar of IIM Kozhikode, CAT 2012 convenor, said in a press conference on Monday. According to the institute, it is a positive indication, signaling that the society is becoming aware of the available opportunities. The total number of registration is 2,14,068, which is an increase of 4.2 per cent compared to the last year, when the number of registrations was 2,05,345. There has been a sharp rise of 8.6 per cent in the number of female candidates. The number of candidates with two to three years of work experience has increased by 43 per cent compared to 2011. The following table will share the numbers and percentage of the CAT 2012 registration across various areas. Number Percentage Gender Breakdown Male 1,53,192 71.6 per cent Female 60,876 28.4 per cent Work Experience Breakdown 0 – 6 months 142,512 66.6 per cent More than 6 months 71,555 33.4 per cent Scheduled City Breakdown New Delhi 21,224 9.9 per cent Bangalore 19,553 9.1 per cent Mumbai 16,895 7.9 per cent Hyderabad 16,138 7.5 per cent Pune 13,368 6.2 per cent Cities of Registration Maharashtra 31,040 Uttar Pradesh 25,270 Delhi 21,507 Educational Background Engineering 1,44,760 Agriculture 919 Architecture 974 Pharmaceutical Science 1,470 Chartered Accountancy 47 Humanities 3,404 Medical 486 Prof. SSS Kumar of IIM Kozhikode said though students from the engineering background dominate the candidate pool, the other streams from which there have been increased applications are agriculture, architecture, pharmaceutical sciences and chartered accountancy. The numbers of applications have shrunk for the humanities and medical backgrounds. He mentioned that applications from the states like Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have increased. "There has been a 2.7 per cent increase in the number of applications from Odisha, from 5,457 to 5,778. Last year, the number of applications from Chhattisgarh was 3,003, which stands at 3, 222 this year. From Jharkhand, 6,591 candidates have applied this year compared to 6,361 last year," shared Prof Kumar. "The shift in the candidate pool in terms of gender and social balance, as well as work experience, is a positive indication that our society is becoming more aware of the opportunities that are available," said Prof. Kumar. Dr. Debashis Chatterjee, director, IIM Kozhikode, said: "The rise in the number of CAT takers is a positive indication that people have restored faith in the exam. The higher number of experienced candidates has also indicated that the economy is going to improve over the next two to three years." Soumitra Roy, MD, Prometric India, said, "We have completed four days of testing. By now, over 36,000 students have taken the CAT 2012. Resolving any operational and technical issues that come up during testing is part of Prometric's standard operating procedure. We have a robust infrastructure in place to identify and resolve issues as they surface." CAT 2012 has started from October 11. The exam will be conducted for 21 days till November 6. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions

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