Amdavadi entrepreneur develops mobile CAT app
Ashish Chowdhary, a student of EDI and a Steve Jobs fan, has come up with a free cellphone app that allows CAT aspirants to work on 14 original test papers and also provides scores
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Sunday, November 13, 2011 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20111113201111130018403931ac787ab/Amdavadi-entrepreneur-develops-mobile-CAT-app.html)
Now, IIM aspirants can prepare for CAT at their convenience and that too, without spending a rupee. Ashish Chowdhary, a student of PGDBM in Business Entrepreneurship at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, has co-developed the CATapp, a unique cellphone application that can be downloaded for free. The app provides all CAT papers from 1994 to 2008 along with the solutions. It also comes up with a scorecard based on your test performance. Students simply have to send him an email at ashish@catapp.in to avail of the CAT app.
Ashish, a B.E. in Information Technology from Dharmsinh Desai University in Nadiad, says commuting between city and college every day left very little time for him to prepare for CAT.
“Day scholars like me had to carry CAT test material too, to the college along with the engineering books. Most of us travelled every day with a backpack weighing 5 kg. I would prepare for CAT in the train as after coming back home, I would get busy working on college projects. Even today, students face the same problem. That is what gave me the idea of developing a mobile phone app,” said Ashish, who was employed with Tata Consultancy Services, till he decided to start an enterprise of his own.
‘STEVE JOBS INSPIRES ME’
An ardent fan of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Ashish chose to release the app on October 24, the day the company released iPhone4S. “So far, 500 students have registered for the free app which runs on Java/Symbian platform. You don’t even need the internet to use this app. A lot of them have sent me a feedback saying it is very convenient because cellphone is a gadget that always stays with them. I want maximum students to take benefit of the CAT app,” said Ashish.
He is now planning to launch more apps for health, education, communication and banking sectors. “I want to come up with more challenging applications for different sectors. Like Steve Jobs said once, ‘We are here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here’. It is a highly competitive marketplace. But I am optimistic and ready to take up challenges. If India can give the world the cheapest tablet, you think I cannot spring up surprises?” said Ashish.
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Sunday, November 13, 2011 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20111113201111130018403931ac787ab/Amdavadi-entrepreneur-develops-mobile-CAT-app.html)
Now, IIM aspirants can prepare for CAT at their convenience and that too, without spending a rupee. Ashish Chowdhary, a student of PGDBM in Business Entrepreneurship at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, has co-developed the CATapp, a unique cellphone application that can be downloaded for free. The app provides all CAT papers from 1994 to 2008 along with the solutions. It also comes up with a scorecard based on your test performance. Students simply have to send him an email at ashish@catapp.in to avail of the CAT app.
Ashish, a B.E. in Information Technology from Dharmsinh Desai University in Nadiad, says commuting between city and college every day left very little time for him to prepare for CAT.
“Day scholars like me had to carry CAT test material too, to the college along with the engineering books. Most of us travelled every day with a backpack weighing 5 kg. I would prepare for CAT in the train as after coming back home, I would get busy working on college projects. Even today, students face the same problem. That is what gave me the idea of developing a mobile phone app,” said Ashish, who was employed with Tata Consultancy Services, till he decided to start an enterprise of his own.
‘STEVE JOBS INSPIRES ME’
An ardent fan of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Ashish chose to release the app on October 24, the day the company released iPhone4S. “So far, 500 students have registered for the free app which runs on Java/Symbian platform. You don’t even need the internet to use this app. A lot of them have sent me a feedback saying it is very convenient because cellphone is a gadget that always stays with them. I want maximum students to take benefit of the CAT app,” said Ashish.
He is now planning to launch more apps for health, education, communication and banking sectors. “I want to come up with more challenging applications for different sectors. Like Steve Jobs said once, ‘We are here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here’. It is a highly competitive marketplace. But I am optimistic and ready to take up challenges. If India can give the world the cheapest tablet, you think I cannot spring up surprises?” said Ashish.
