A Very Successful Computer Exam by Wipro & MeritTrac

Online exams scheduled for 24,000 candidates over 7 days in 29 cities; all tests delivered successfully on Pariksha, MeritTrac`s platform for high-stakes, large scale exams Bangalore, 6th Jan 2010:

Wipro, in collaboration with MeritTrac successfully conducted a national-level online common entrance test for admissions to Wipro Academy of Software Excellence (WASE). The test was conducted for admissions to their Master of Science program, - WASE, which is an off-campus ‘earn while you learn’ program pioneered by Wipro in collaboration with BITS, Pilani. MeritTrac, India’s largest test & assessment company was the partner for this exam

The national level test was conducted between 13th and 20th December across 29 cities, in 44 testing centers, with 24,000 candidates being scheduled for the exam. The entire test delivery process achieved a success rate of 99.8%. Pradeep Bahirwani, Vice-President, Talent Acquisition said, “Wipro firmly believes in the power of the online medium and that the online exams are the future of assessment systems. We decided to go ahead with our series of online tests with MeritTrac and completed the assessments on schedule to the complete satisfaction of all the stake holders. It was a great experience for us as well as the candidates.” He also said “The success of the WASE assessment test has been very encouraging and Wipro will be using the online assessment model for campus recruitments and other hiring needs”.

How CAT could have been done better?

In the backdrop of the Indian CAT 2009 exam challenges students faced (this exam was done by Prometric) here is an article I wrote on doing this well.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/manager/2009/12/07/stories/2009120750310600.htm