CAT 2016 website remained down and out of reach of the aspirants for more than 24 hours due to maintenance activity from October 9 to October 10. CAT 2016 aspirants are suggested to login to the website now and check and match all the data submitted or corrected in their application form.
There was no such earlier announcement but it came suddenly on October 8 stating ‘Due to planned upgrade activity, applications will not be available from: 08:30 PM IST on 9th-October-2016 up to 10:00 AM IST on 10th-October-2016.’
No reply from CAT 2016 convener
MBAUniverse.com contacted CAT 2016 convener Prof Rajendra K Bandi, faculty at IIM Bangalore, to know about the key reasons necessitating suspension of the website and whether it would have any adverse implications on the submitted data by CAT 2016 aspirants. However, CAT 2016 convener has not yet responded on our query.
No well advanced announcement
The surprise came not as a planned activity as there was no such prior announcement by IIM Bangalore. Since October 9 was Sunday, candidates who planned to visit the CAT 2016 website to know about various items of information and proposed to connect to CAT Centre 2016 in regard to their submitted application form and to move in accordance with the guidance, could not proceed with the plan. The website is operational now and the candidates should cross check all the application details submitted by them.
Candidates in panic
Absence of availability of CAT 2016 website applications and no visibility of data on website created panic among the aspirants. MBAUniverse.com has received number of queries from the apprehensive CAT 2016 aspirants about the sudden suspension of CAT 2016 website by IIM Bangalore.
The issue got more aggravated when IIM Bangalore did not answer the raised queries of the students sent by MBAUniverse.com.
CAT 2016 aspirants who made corrections in their application forms during October 1 to 5 when the limited error correction facility window was opened by IIM Bangalore, are now worried whether their corrections have been incorporated or due to this maintenance activity they have gone back to square one.
FAQs on doubts cleared: don’t panic
MBAUniverse.com after getting the feedback from authenticated sources,clears the clouds of doubts and queries raised by CAT 2016 aspirants. Below are given the responses to help and guide the aspirants
CAT 2016 aspirants: I completed the registration with some mistakes but later corrected the errors when the error correction window was opened on October 1. Will the corrected details in CAT 2016 registration remain intact?
MBAUni: Yes, CAT 2016 centre activated the error correction module from October 1 to 5. When the corrections were submitted and duly accepted by CAT centre, you received the message “Your application for CAT 2016 has been submitted successfully”. It means that your application data got saved and must be intact despite technical disruption.
CAT 2016 aspirants: I tried to correct a few of the personal details but could not do it. Will it impact my application form data?
MBAUni: Personal details like your name, family details etc. were not allowed to be corrected. So it would not impact your details. If you have saved and continued the each page of registration and application for CAT 2016, you can now view the details as the site has opened.
CAT 2016 aspirants: Which details were allowed to be corrected in the CAT 2016 registration form from October 1 to 5?
MBAUni: Limited details like Percentage of Marks scored, Work Experience, Programmes Selected could be edited during this period.
You were not allowed to modify any details entered in the Personal Details section, any details entered in the Academics section, Exam Centre City Preferences. You can only view and print after this. Details are also available on the application submission page.
Website working now: Check your data
CAT 2016 aspirants are advised to check their application data instead of getting confused. The site suspension was temporary and has been restored today on October 10 at 10AM.
In case you find any anomaly, you should write to CAT 2016 convener at IIM Bangalore [email protected] or should call on help desk number 1-800-266-3549 from Monday to Saturday between 9AM to 5.30PM. Please note that the CAT 2016 help desk facility will not be available on Sunday, national or Public holidays.
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