- Application Forms available at Syndicate Bank branches till May 3rd, 2011
- The common entrance test to be held on May 22nd , 2011
- Uttrakhand Technical University became the latest to accept NAT scores
National Aptitude Test (NAT) 2011, the all-India level common entrance test for admission into courses in various streams — management and allied programs like BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA, PGDBM, Hotel Management etc. —will be held on May 22nd, 2011.
The sale of NAT forms will begin from March 28th, 2011 and the last date of sale of forms is May 3rd, 2011.The last date of submission to SAHEI is May 7th, 2011. Results will be declared on May 31st, 2011.
First held in 2005, NAT is conducted by SRDE’s Association of Higher Education Institutions (SAHEI), established under the aegis of Society for Research & Development in Education (SRDE) every year in an effort to facilitate a single window system for the students seeking admission in non-science streams such as management and other professional programmes available in different institutions on the panel of SAHEI.
About 55 Institutions across the country are conducting admissions to their professional courses through NAT scores. These institutions comprises of eight Universities including the prestigious Uttrakhand Technical University and Himachal Pradesh University that have also decided to consider NAT for admission to their various colleges.
Conducted by different higher education institutions, NAT facilitates admission to candidates at both the 10+2 level and 10+2+3 level through NAT-UG (Under-graduate) and NAT-PG (Post-graduate) tests respectively. The NAT 2011 bulletin will be available across the branches of Syndicate Bank and other prominent outlets on a cash payment of Rs.650. This includes the cost of the form, bulletin and examination fee. NAT has been recognized by over 130 Universities and Institutions till date. The list of 2011 Institutions is available in the NAT bulletin and also on www.natindia.com.
NAT has also been recognized by the Himachal Pradesh University for granting admission to candidates to its regular MBA programme in all its affiliated colleges. G.J.University of Science & Technology has also recognized the NAT scores for admission to their MBA/MCA programmes under distance mode as well. Several other State Govt. Universities are in the process of recognizing NAT scores.
About NAT
NAT is an All India Level Common Entrance Test administered under the aegis of SRDE's Association of Higher Education Institutions (SAHEI), Delhi. The Entrance Test is available for students at the Under Graduate (NAT-UG) and the Post Graduate (NAT-PG) levels for fulfilling the requirements of different Higher Education Institutions on a common platform and thereby enabling access to various Professional, Vocational, Management and Allied programmes like BBA, BCA etc. at the UG and MBA, PGDM etc. at the PG levels in these Institutions.
The NAT Bulletin carries the list of Institutions which accept NAT scores for admission into their UG and /or PG programmes. The NAT system facilitates itself as a Common Entrance Test for Institutions who wish to screen them on the basis of NAT Test.
The NAT Test is a valid, objective, transparent and secure testing system conducted in the paper-pencil format each year for different Higher Education Institutions. NAT (Paper-pencil mode) was first held in 2005. NAT Online has also being commenced from the year 2010 on round the year basis for facilitating students and Institutions through 30 test centres available across the country. The cost and other characteristics of the test have been kept identical except that the NAT Online test shall be conducted through Computer-based mechanism as against OMR format in paper-pencil system.
About SRDE
Society for Research and Development in Education (SRDE) is a non-profit society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860. It conducts and controls the NAT. SRDE has submitted a very comprehensive proposal to the Ministry of HRD for getting the mandate of marketing students for Indian institutions abroad and facilitating admissions to the Indian institutions at the Graduate and Post Graduate levels through a Common Entrance Test on the lines of activity being carried out by GMAT, SAT, etc. for US Universities globally. The proposal is being actively scrutinized.
SRDE is committed to the Interests of Students facing the burden of multiple entrance tests at multiple locations on multiple dates at very high separate costs. In an era, when everyone is talking about foreign players coming to India for student hunting, policies focusing mainly on creating Doctors, Engineers & MBA's and the efforts of SRDE seeking mandate to attract students to Indian campuses, offering a Common Entrance Testing System for non-science candidates at the UG level (AIEEE / JEE is already available here) are very much appreciable.
Other activities of SRDE include publishing of a monthly Higher Education Journal - SHEJ, SRDE's Association of Higher Education Institutions (SAHEI), SRDE Community College, an Institute for training manpower in the field of disability and a Special School for the differentially-abled including Mental Retardation, Learning disabled, Hearing Impaired and Visually Impaired.
The Advisory Board and Academic Council of SRDE/ SAHEI consist of several Vice Chancellors and other stalwarts of Higher Education. The Government allotted Institutional campus at Faridabad is now operational. Institutions desirous of registering for NAT 2011 may do so by registering online on www.natindia.com or reach out to NAT/SRDE office by calling on 09311305286, 09311105286. Email can be sent to enquiry@srde.org.
