The computer-based common Admission Test (CAT) seems to have taken a huge burden of Indian Institutes of Management (IIM). After the leak of the CAT paper in November 2003, the IIM paranoid about security during the era of paper and pencil, says the faculty of IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

Day before the IIMS was performed for the first time the re-test date in 2003, CAT, IIM professor took it upon himself to guard the key documents of evidence. Vijay Sherry Chand, Chairman of IIM-admissions in 2003, shares his experiences in a book chapter episode of “Election of Institutional Excellence:. Indian Institute of Management”

This happened at a time when IIM-grappling with issues of autonomy with the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Ministry was to convert the CAT as part of a national test. Any mishap during the retest to be taken off the IIMS right to make an entrance exam and would affect other aspects of the IIM-independence, says Chand.

With a guiding principle of “if nothing is left to chance.” IIM-A cons-check all details “, there was no indication of danger test. Someone had to keep the boxes that were in a safe place, and each team member would have done under normal circumstances. But the president took care admissions storage room on the night of February 14, 2004, and the room was closed by security guards, “writes Chand on his experience. In the same book, says another faculty and former promoter CAT Satish Deodhar “While 1,06,000 candidates CAT in 2003, the number rose to 250,000 in 2008. CAT traditional format followed were ineffective. With increasing numbers, to maintain the physical safety of administration of test would have been untenable. “