IIM-A to implement quota in phased manner

"Six per cent OBC reservation will come into force from this academic year. In the second year, it will be increased to 15 per cent and in the third year, the entire quota of 27 per cent will be implemented," IIM-A Director Sameer Barua said.

Meanwhile, in other reports the Common Admission Test (CAT) for the management courses is likely to go on-line from the next year.

"We were planning to make Common Admission test (CAT) on-line from 2008, but since we have only eight months left for the test, it might not be possible this year. But it will be on-line from 2009," IIM-A Director Sameer Barua said.

"We are in talks with service providers on the issue of converting Common Admission test into an online exam," Barua said.

"The service providers will charge anything from Rs 900 to Rs 1,000 for a candidate. The income of IIMs due to the large number of students appearing for CAT will be negligible as the charges of appearing for the test is Rs 1,500 per student," he added.