Common Admission Test (CAT) 2010, the entrance exam for IIMs and various other B Schools in India will be conducted by IIM Lucknow and IIM Calcutta. IIM L Director Dr Devi Singh confirmed this news to MBAUniverse.com today, June 16. IIM Lucknow faculty Dr. Himanshu Rai will be the CAT convener.

In 2009, the first computer based CAT was conducted by IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore.

Dr. Himanshu Rai will take over as the CAT convener from Dr. Satish Deodhar, who was the CAT 2009 convener. Dr. Rai is also the Admission Chairman of IIM Lucknow.

Confirming the development with MBAUniverse.com Dr. Devi Singh, Director, IIM Lucknow said, “The responsibility of conducting the CAT exam keeps rotating on the IIMs. This year it is turn for IIM Lucknow and IIM Calcutta to conduct the test.”

Dr. Singh also mentioned that the official announcement of CAT 2010 will be made next month, i.e. July. “The official announcement will be made by next month, as it is done every year.”

It also learnt that CAT 2010 is likely to be administered by Prometric, in partnership with NIIT.

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for updates on CAT 2010.