CAT 2017 registrations fall marginally by 0.6%

After a six per cent rise last year, total registrations for the Common Admission Test (CAT) - the entrance test for top B-schools led by Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) - have fallen again marginally by 0.59 per cent.

As against total registrations of 232,436, CAT 2017, which will be conducted on November 26, has seen registrations being closed at 231,067. The total registrations, according to IIM Lucknow, which is convening the test this year, is after the extension of the deadline by five days which saw an additional 20,000 registrations.

Gender-wise female applicants have, however, risen marginally by 1.16 per cent.