COVID-19: NIT Raipur Postpones NIMCET Exam Scheduled For May 23

The National Institute of Technology Raipur (NIT Raipur) has postponed the NIT Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test (NIMCET). NIMCET 2021 was scheduled to be held on May 23.

The National Institute of Technology Raipur (NIT Raipur) has postponed the NIT Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test (NIMCET). NIMCET 2021 was scheduled to be held on May 23. The decision to postpone the MCA Common Entrance Test has been taken after considering the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases. NIT Raipur has not only deferred the NIMCET dates but also have postponed all the related activities of the exam including date of choice filling, counselling and admission. “..looking at the prevailing situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and also taking into account the safety and well-being of the candidates and examination functionaries, the date of NIMCET-2021 examination and its related activities i.e. date of choice filling, counselling, admission etc. are hereby postponed till further notice,” read an official statement. The institute will announce the date of NIMCET and all the dates later. NIT Raipur, in the official statement said, will announce the NIMCET 2021 dates atleast 15 dates prior to the date of exam. NIMCET is a screening test for admissions into MCA programmes offered at NITs. National Institutes of Technology situated at Allahabad, Bhopal, Agartala, Calicut, Kurukshetra, Jamshedpur, Durgapur, Surathkal, Warangal, Raipur, and Tiruchirappalli will be participating in the entrance exam.