CDAC C-CAT Counselling 2025 - Dates (Out), Seat Allotment, Fee, Eligibility, Documents
CDAC C-CAT Counselling and Seat Allotment 2025 - CDAC has announced the C-CAT 2025 counselling date on the official website, cdac.in. According to the notification, the CDAC C-CAT 2025 counselling registration will begin on July 21, 2025. Candidates have to pay the CDAC C-CAT counselling fees and submit the online choices before the last date. CDAC C-CAT 2025 qualifying candidates can participate in the counselling process. The qualifying candidates have to select the course and centre of their choice. The authority will announce the CDAC C-CAT 2025 seat allotment result on July 25, 2025. Read the full article to know the detailed process of CDAC C-CAT counselling and seat allotment 2025.
CDAC C-CAT 2025 Counselling and Seat Allotment Dates
Candidates are advised to check the complete counselling and seat allotment schedule of CDAC C-CAT 2025 beforehand to keep track of all the events. The updated CDAC C-CAT counselling and seat allotment dates 2025 is available in the table below.
CDAC C-CAT Counselling and Seat Allotment Dates 2025
Event | Dates |
CDAC C-CAT 2025 Exam Dates | January batch - January 11 to 12 2025 August batch - July 5 to 6, 2025 |
Announcement of C-CAT Result | January batch - January 24, 2025 August batch - July 17, 2025 |
Online Selection of Courses and Centres (1st CDAC C-CAT 2025 Counselling) | January batch - Jan 24 to 29, 2025 August batch - July 5 to 6, 2025 |
| Pan-CDAC Online Q&A Session on CCAT Counselling and Seat Allocation Processes | August batch - July 21, 2025 |
Declaration of First Round of CDAC C-CAT Seat Allocation | January batch - Jan 31, 2025 August batch - July 25, 2025 |
Last Date of Payment of the first installment course fee (Rs 10,000 + GST) for candidates allocated seats through the first round | January batch - February 6, 2025 August batch - July 31, 2025 |
Declaration of Second Round of Seat Allocation | January batch - February 8, 2025 August batch - August 2, 2025 |
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee (Rs 10,000 + GST) for candidates allocated seats through the second round | January batch - February 12, 2025 August batch - August 7, 2025 |
Payment of caution deposit (Rs 10,000 + GST) and Online Selection of Courses and Centres (2nd CDAC C-CAT Counselling 2025) | January batch - February 13 to 18, 2025 August batch - August 8 to 13, 2025 |
Declaration of Third Round of CDAC C-CAT Seat Allocation (based on 2nd Counselling) | January batch - February 19, 2025 August batch - August 14, 2025 |
Last Date of Payment of Balance Course Fee | January batch - February 21, 2025 August batch - August 18, 2025 |
| Last Date of Online Registration of Students | January batch - February 24, 2025 August batch - August 20, 2025 |
Start of PG Diploma Courses across India | January batch - February 25, 2025 August batch - August 21, 2025 |
| End of PG Diploma Courses across India | January batch - August 11, 2025 August batch - February 4, 2026 |
CDAC C-CAT Counselling and Seat Allotment 2025 - Key Points
The authorities will conduct the CDAC C-CAT admission process through two counselling sessions and three rounds of seat allotments.
During the CDAC C-CAT 2025 counselling sessions, candidates will have to choose the courses and centres.
The first and second rounds of CDAC C-CAT 2025 seat allotment will be done based on the first counselling session.
The third round of seat allotment will be done based on the second CDAC C-CAT 2025 counselling session.
CDAC C-CAT 2025 Counselling and Seat Allotment Process
The following steps will be involved in the counselling and seat allotment of CDAC C-CAT 2025.
Step 1: Online Course and Centres selection for 1st counselling session- Students have to log in to the C-DAC website using their application number and password and choose their preferences of courses and centres. Candidates may give as many course-centre preferences as desired.
Applicants will be able to add or delete preferences and change their order of preferences before the last date. It must be noted that the last-saved course-centre preferences will be considered final and a candidate cannot opt for a lower preferred choice if he/she will be allocated a higher preference in any round of seat allocation.
Step 2: Declaration of First Round of Seat Allocation- Students will have to check the course/centre allocated to them through CDAC login. The candidates who are allotted seats will also receive an email notification from the authorities. Seat allocation CDAC will be done based on CDAC C-CAT 2025 ranks of the candidates and preferences set by them.
Candidates allotted seats also have to pay the first instalment fee of Rs. 10,000 + GST in online mode to confirm their allotted seats. Candidates who are allotted seats in the first round and did not pay the amount will not be considered for the second round of CDAC C-CAT seat allotment.
Step 3: Declaration of Second Round of Seat Allocation- Candidates who have already filled their choices of centres/courses but were not offered seats in the first round of seat allocation and the candidates who had been already allocated seats in the first round of allocation, but did not get their top preferences, will be considered for the second round of CDAC C-CAT 2025 seat allotment. Students allotted seats in this round have to pay the first instalment in online mode. Those who have already paid the fee in the first round will not be required to pay again.
Step 4: Online Course and Centres selection for 2nd counselling session - The second counselling of CDAC C-CAT 2025 will be done online only for the vacant seats available at C-DAC’s training centres. Candidates have to log in to the official website to check their centre/course eligibility for second counselling based on the C-CAT cut-off rank of the centre/course. Only the courses/centres that will be rank-wise eligible for the candidate will be displayed in his/her list.
Candidates who can participate in the CDAC C-CAT 2025 Second Counselling
Candidates who did not participate in the first CDAC C-CAT counselling.
Candidates who were not allocated seats in the first counselling
Candidates who were allocated seats in the first counselling, but have not paid the first instalment course fee.
Candidates who were allocated seats in the first counselling and have paid the
first installment fee, but subsequently withdrawn their admissions.
It must be noted that to participate in the second counselling, candidates have to pay a caution deposit of Rs. 10,000 + GST. After successful payment, candidates have to choose their preferred choices from the displayed list.
Step 5: Third Round of CDAC C-CAT Seat Allotment - The result of the third seat allotment will be available on the CDAC website. Candidates who are not allotted seats in the third round will be refunded with the full caution deposit of Rs. 10,000.
Payment of Balance Course Fee
Candidates who confirmed their seats by paying the first instalment have to pay the balance course fee through NEFT. The balance amount to be paid for e-DAC and e-DMC is Rs 40,000 + GST, for e-DBDA is Rs 50,000 + GST, and Rs 70,000+ GST for e-DAI.
Registration at Allocated CDAC Training Centres
After the payment of the fee and proving the course eligibility, the selected candidates will be enrolled as C-DAC students at the respective training centres. Candidates will have to fill up and submit course registration forms online during registration. They will also be required to upload their passport-size colour photographs and photocopies of qualifying degree certificates or provisional/passing certificates from the university.
Cancellation or Refund
Candidates who will be found non-eligible for the allotted seat will not be refunded the first instalment fee. Students who wish to withdraw their allotted seats will have to fill out an online withdrawal form on the official website. After submitting the form online, applicants will have to print the withdrawal form, sign, scan and email it to actssupport@cdac.in. Candidates should mention ‘Request for withdrawal from Online Diploma admission’ as the subject of the email.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The authorities will conduct two counselling sessions and three seat allotment rounds in the CDAC C-CAT 2025 counselling and seat allotment process.
The second CDAC C-CAT 2025 counselling session will start on July 21, 2025.
Yes, you will have to pay the first installment of Rs 10000 + GST to confirm your allotted seat else you will lose the seat. Also, candidates who do not pay their fee are not eligible to participate in the second round of CDAC C-CAT seat allotment.
Cut-off for each centre/course is calculated automatically by the seat allocation software and is not disclosed to the candidates/centres. It may vary for each batch depending on the preferences of candidates.
Candidates cannot lock the centre/seat allocated to them after the first round of CDAC C-CAT 2025 seat allocation unless the allotted seat was their first preference. If the allotted seat is not their first preference then it may get upgraded in the further rounds.
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Hello there,
With a
CCAT rank of 1817
, you have a decent chance of securing admission to good CDAC institutes for the
Diploma in Big Data Analytics (DBDA)
course, but your options will depend on seat availability and competition during counseling. Here's how you can prioritize:
Tier 1 Institutes:
These are top choices and usually require higher ranks, but with 1817, you might have a chance in the later rounds :
- CDAC Pune (ACTS) – Known for excellent placement in DBDA.
- CDAC Bangalore (Knowledge Park) – High-quality faculty and resources.
-
CDAC Hyderabad (JNTU Campus)
– Strong industry connections.
Tier 2 Institutes:
These have good faculty and placements, with higher chances for your rank:
- CDAC Noida – Emerging as a strong choice for DBDA.
- CDAC Mumbai (Kharghar) – Good placements and teaching.
-
CDAC Chennai
– Steady placement record for analytics.
Recommendations:
- Prioritize Tier 1 institutes in the first round of counseling.
- Consider Tier 2 institutes as backups in later rounds.
- Keep an eye on upgradation opportunities during counseling.
I hope this answer helps you. If you have more queries then feel free to share your questions with us we will be happy to assist you.
Thank you and wishing you all the best for your bright future.
tomorrow 4 pm.
Hope you are doing great. The full form of CDAC is center for development of Advanced computing will release the CDAC C-CAT 2022 application form. The application form is expected to be released in July for the session of the August shortly and after the examination the cutoff and the counselling continuous accordingly. The candidate who is appearing for the exam should meet the eligibility criteria and pay the requisite fee for that.
You can access the link for more details regarding the CCAT (CDAC):
https://it.careers360.com/articles/cdac-c-cat-application-form
All the best
aapko CDAC NOIDA /DELHI Mil sakta hai DBDA ke liye
Hello aspirant,
Hope you are doing great. Coming to your question, the CDAC entrance exam, for the second batch students was not yet released by the authorities. However, it was expected to be on between 20 to 23 December,2022, these are tentative. The dates may change. However, for the January batch students the exam was conducted between 22 to 23 January, 2022.
Hope this helps you,
Good luck, Thank you :)
Hello aspirant,
Hope you are doing great....!!
As you want to know about the college you would get according to your rank in C-CAT. Sorry to inform you that you will not be able to get any college according to the rank of above 4000. There are a lot of other good colleges to which you can apply. The following colleges have been mentioned below:
CDAC-ACTS
SUNBEAM Pune
CDAC Knowledge Park
IACSD
VITA
For more information about the college for this course:
https://it.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-pgdca-colleges-in-india
I hope this will help you!
All the best!!
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