CAT 2026 · Admission form season

You're filling the forms anyway. Win a Mac while you're at it.

Every year we take students through CAT and MBA admission forms for free. This year there's a prize pool attached — open to CAT 2026 candidates.

Enter the giveaway Open to CAT 2026 candidates · closing date announced on @shikshanerd

Grand prize

A Mac

Plus an HP commercial laptop, ₹10,000 of goodies, and fifty hoodies.

The prize pool

Four ways to walk away with something.

Three headline prizes, plus fifty hoodies — so a lot more than three people get something out of this.

1st prize

A Mac

The headline prize. One winner, drawn at random from every valid entry.

2nd prize

HP laptop

A commercial machine — the one that gets you through college and your first internship.

3rd prize

₹10,000

A goodie bundle worth ten thousand rupees, shipped anywhere in India.

+ 50 hoodies Fifty entrants get this Shiksha Nerd hoodie — embroidered, not printed. You don't have to place top three to walk away with something.

How to enter

Four steps. About two minutes.

Open to CAT 2026 candidates only. All four steps are required for an entry to count — we check them against the Instagram username and CAT registration number you put on the form, so use the same handle you commented from.

Tag two friends

Comment on the giveaway post and tag two friends who are applying this year too.

Post it on your story

Share the post to your Instagram story and keep it up until the draw so we can verify it.

Fill the form

The form on this page — the same one in our bio. You'll need your CAT 2026 registration number. This is what registers you in the draw.

Counts as your entry

Follow @shikshanerd

Follow the account so we can reach you if you win. Unfollowing before the draw voids the entry.

Step 3 of 4 · CAT 2026 candidates only

Fill this, and you're in the draw.

It's the same form we use for free admission guidance — so on top of the giveaway entry, a counsellor can actually help with the forms you're filling right now.

Which MBA colleges are realistic for your profile and CAT target
Which forms are worth the fee — and which ones aren't
Deadlines, fees and scholarship routes, in one call

60,000+

Students guided

₹0

What guidance costs

You're entered.

Your entry is registered. A counsellor will also reach out about the forms you're filling — that part is free either way.

Still to do, if you haven't:
· Tag two friends in the comments
· Share the post to your story
· Follow @shikshanerd

Enter the giveaway

Open to CAT 2026 candidates only. Use the same Instagram username you commented from, and your CAT 2026 registration number — that's how we verify entries.

Name *

Instagram username *

Phone *

Email *

Applying for *

CAT 2026 registration number * From your CAT registration confirmation or admit card. We use it to verify entries.

City

One entry per person. We'll only use your details for the giveaway and your admission guidance — no spam.

The fine print

Rules, plainly.

All four steps are required. Tag two friends, share to your story, fill the form, and follow @shikshanerd. Miss one and the entry doesn't count.

One entry per person. Duplicate submissions from the same CAT registration number, phone, email or Instagram handle are merged into a single entry.

The closing date is announced on @shikshanerd. Entries submitted after we announce entries have closed aren't included in the draw.

Winners are drawn at random from valid entries and announced on our Instagram.

We verify before we award. We check the comment, the story share and the follow against the Instagram username you gave on the form.

CAT 2026 candidates only. You must have a valid CAT 2026 registration and enter that registration number on the form. Entries without one, or with a number we can't verify, aren't included in the draw.

Winners are contacted on the phone number or Instagram handle submitted. If we can't reach a winner within 7 days, we draw again.

Prizes are as listed and are not exchangeable for cash. Shipping within India is on us.

This giveaway is run by Shiksha Nerd. It is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram, Meta, Apple, HP, or the CAT examination authority. The hoodie shown is the actual prize. Laptop and goodie-bundle photography is illustrative only and may not show the exact model awarded. By entering, you confirm the details you submit are your own and consent to Shiksha Nerd contacting you about this giveaway and about admission guidance. See our privacy policy and terms of service.