CDAC Noida Admission 2024: Courses, Fees, Selection Criteria

Noida, Uttar Pradesh

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Presently C-DAC is offering postgraduate diploma courses through its training centres located in cities such as Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Karad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, New Delhi, Noida, Pune, and Thiruvananthapuram.

At the postgraduate level, CDAC Noida offers post graduate diploma courses to 13 disciples. PG Diploma course is a full time course of 24 weeks.

The minimum eligibility for PG diploma course is graduate in engineering (B.Tech) in IT / Computer Science / Electronics / Telecommunications / Electrical / Instrumentation Or Msc/Ms in Computer Science, IT, Electronics and Mathematics in 10+2 .

Admission is through computerized Common Admission Test (C-CAT) exam conducted by C-DAC's
Candidates shortlisted will have to sit for two counseling sessions and three rounds of seat allocations for the respective course.
The application process for the entrance exams is online. Even counseling for the allotment process is also online.

Table of Content

CDAC Noida PG Diploma Admission

1.1 Eligibility & Selection Process

CDAC Noida Application Process

Admission Highlight 2023

Name of the college	Center for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
College type	Government
Basic admission criteria	Entrance Based
Application mode	Online
Name of entrance	C-CAT
Counseling	Online

CDAC Important Dates

Events	Dates
PG Diploma Admission Date 2023	ongoing
Last Date to apply	January 18, 2023

CDAC Noida PG Diploma Admission 2023

CDAC offers PG Diploma courses in 13 disciplines with seats ranging from 20 to 240 based on disciples

Courses	Specialization	Minimum Eligibility & Minimum Marks	Selection Criteria	No. of Seats
PG Diploma	Geoinformatics	4-year Degree in Geosciences / Petroleum / Mining / Civil/ Planning / Architecture / Forestry / Agriculture, or related fields Post Graduate Degree in Geography / Geology / Natural & Applied Sciences / Mathematics, or allied areas With minimum 50% marks	On the basis of C-CAT score	20
	Advanced Computing	Graduate in any discipline of Engineering, MCA, MCM Post Graduate Degree in Physics / Mathematics / Statistics Post Graduate Degree in Management with graduation in IT / Computer Science/Applications With minimum 50% marks		2550
	Big Data Analytics	4-year Graduation in Bioinformatics Post Graduate Degree in Mathematics/ Statistics/ Physics or MCA with minimum 55% marks		480
	IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security	Post Graduate Degree in Mathematics / Statistics/MCA with minimum 55% marks		355
	Internet of Things	MCA with minimum 55% marks		160
	Artificial Intelligence	Post Graduate Degree in Mathematics / Statistics / Physics or MCA with minimum 60% marks		80
	Mobile Computing	Post Graduate Degree in Mathematics / Statistics or MCA with minimum 50% marks		70
	System Software Development	Post Graduate Degree in Mathematics / Statistics or MCA with minimum 55% marks		60
	Advanced Secure Software Development	MCA with minimum 55% marks		40
	HPC System Administration	Post Graduate Degree in Mathematics / Statistics or MCA with minimum 55% marks		40
	Embedded Systems Design			590
	VLSI Design			140
	Biomedical Instrumentation & Health Informatics	BE/BTech in Biomedical related fields with minimum 55% marks		20

Key Points:

No age restriction for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma course
Candidates passing the final examination of their qualifying degree in 2019 will also be considered for admission to the above courses.
Candidates have to apply for C-CAT online at www.cdac.in or acts.cdac.in
C-CAT is conducted in December (for February admissions) and June (for August admissions).
C-CAT paper is of three hours and consists of three sections each of one hour duration.
There are a total of 150 questions ( 50 questions in each section). Question type is objective.
For each correct answer +3 marks is allotted and for every wrong answer 1 marks is deducted. Zero mark is allotted for each un-attempted question
Maximum mark is 150.

How to Apply for CDAC Noida?

Applications are accepted online. Steps to fill the online application are:

Visit the website of CDAC i.e either www.cdac.in or acts.cdac.in
Fill the registration form.
Upload necessary documents like photograph and signature (JPEG format).
Application fees for CDAC is as follows
- Category I (Section A) – INR 1350/-
- Category II (Section A+B) – INR 1550/-
- Category III (Section A+B+C) – INR 1750/-

Section A

PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)

Section A+B

PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)
PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PG-DBDA)
PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)
PG Diploma in Internet of Things (PG-DIoT)
PG Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (PG-DAI)
PG Diploma in Mobile Computing (PG-DMC)
PG Diploma in System Software Development (PG-DSSD)
PG Diploma in Advanced Secure Software Development (PG-DASSD)
PG Diploma in HPC System Administration (PG-HPCSA

Section A+B+C

PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)
PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)
PG Diploma in Biomedical Instrumentation & Health Informatics (PG-DBIHI)

Pay the application fees and submit the form
Candidates successful in the entrance examinations will have to sit for Online Counseling. Candidates should submit their order of preferences of courses and training centres by logging in on the C-DAC website using their form number and password. Depending on their C-CAT ranks, candidates will be allocated seats strictly based on their order of preferences of courses and centers
Candidates sitting for second round of counseling will have to deposit the first installment fee ( i.e Rs 10,000/- + its GST)of the second round of seat allocation
The third round of seat allocation is based on the second counseling

Documents Required:

10th class mark sheet or Birth Certificate.
Mark sheet of qualifying examination such as 10th/ 12th /Graduation /Diploma /ITI (as applicable).
Mark sheets of Common Entrance Tests