IIM Ahmedabad

Personal Interview – Category-wise Short-listing Criteria and Number of Candidates:

No.	Category	Candidates
1	General Category	557 candidates whose percentile in each section was 95.6 and above, and who had an overall percentile of 99.3 and above, have been called for the Personal Interview (PI).
		95.6 Percentile QA = 32 Marks	95.6 Percentile RA = 47.5 Marks	95.6 Percentile VA = 28 Marks	99.3 Percentile Overall = 120 Marks
2	OBC Category	54 candidates whose percentile in each section was 92 and above, and who had an overall percentile of 98.5 and above, have been called for the PI.
		92 Percentile QA = 27 Marks	92 Percentile RA = 42 Marks	92 Percentile VA = 25 Marks	98.5 Percentile Overall = 109 Marks
3	SC Category	All 106 candidates who met the minimum cut-off requirement were short-listed for PI.
4	ST Category	All 20 candidates who met the minimum cut-off requirement were short-listed for PI.

 IIM Bangalore

Minimum Percentile Requirement for the First Shortlist (as used in 2007):

Category	Logic & Data		Verbal		Quantitative		Aggregate
	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 100
General	85%	36	85%	19	85%	20	90%	72.57
OBC	75%	29	75%	15	75%	14	85%	62.8
ST	50%	17	55%	08	50%	06	65%	40
PWD	50%	17	55%	08	50%	06	75%	49.3
SC	50%	17	55%	08	50%	06	75%	49.3

Note: IIMB uses multiple parameters, namely academic performance in school, high school and graduation programs as well as candidates’ scores in CAT to judge the suitability of candidates for the PGP program. Relevant work experience, if any, is also given weightage in the selection.




 IIM Calcutta

Cut- Off’s for GD/PI:

Category	QA		RA		VA		OVERALL
	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 300	Percentile
OPEN	31.00	95.02	46.88	95.07	27.00	94.70	114	98.96
SC	20.00	85.27	23.96	65.69	11.00	66.10	63	85.12
ST	20.00	85.27	20.00	58.65	10.00	62.02	58	81.85
PWD	20.00	85.27	20.00	58.65	10.00	62.02	54	78.83

 IIM Indore

The minimum sectional and overall percentile cut-offs in CAT-2007 used to arrive at the consideration set are given in the table below:

Category	Logic & Data		Verbal		Quantitative		Aggregate
	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 100
General and OBC	80	16	80	32	80	17	85	62.8
SC, ST and PWD	60	08	60	21	60	09	65	40

OVERALL PERCENTILE AND CORRESPONDING SCORE
Category	Percentile	Score/300
General	98.09	108
OBC	96.76	95.8
SC	84.40	62
ST	76.3	60
PWD	78.9	54.12

 IIM Kozhikode

Criteria for short-listing for admissions 2008

Category (percentile)	QA		RA		VA		OVERALL
	Percentile	Score / 100	Percentile	Score /100	Percentile	Score /100	Percentile	Score /100
General	92	27	92	42	92	24	98	103.5
OBC	75	14	75	29	75	15	90	72.5
SC	60	8	60	21	60	9	80	55.35
ST	50	7	50	17	50	7	70	44.25
PWD1	50	7	50	17	50	7	70	44.25
PWD2	10	0	10	1.04	10	0	15	4
PWD3	60	8	60	21	60	9	80	55.35

Minimum CAT-2007 Percentile Requirement for the First Shortlist [Table-1]
Category	QA		RA		VA		Total
	Percentile	Score /100	Percentile	Score /100	Percentile	Score /100	Percentile	Score /100
SC	55%	7	55%	19	55%	8	75%	49.3
ST	50%	6	50%	17	50%	7	70%	44.25
PWD	55%	7	55%	19	55%	8	75%	49.3
OBC	75%	14	75%	29	75%	15	85%	62.8
General	85%	20	85%	36	85%	19	90%	72.5
ABM	70%	12	70%	27	70%	13	85%	62.8

IIML uses multiple parameters, namely academic performance in school, high school and graduation programs as well as relevant work experience.

VARIOUS COMPONENETS WITH respective WEIGHTage [Table-2]
Component	Weights
Aggregate CAT-2007 score	30%
Class-X Marks	5%
Class-XII Marks	5%
Graduation Marks	5%
Experience profile	5%
Total	50%

The Pre-GD/PI score for the work experience profile is indicated in Table 3.

PRE-GDPI SCORE FOR THE WORK EXPERIENCE [Table-3]
Work Experience in Months	Score (out of a maximum of 5)
9 to 11	0.5
12 to 23	1.5
24 to 35	2.5
36 to 47	3.5
48 to 59	4.0
60 to 71	4.5
72 and more	5.0

 Stage-2:

This stage involves the assessment of the candidature by an interview panel of two faculty members of IIML. The weightage given to various components are:

VARIOUS COMPONENETS WITH Respective WEIGHTage [Table-4]
Component	Weights
Written Ability Test	10%
Group Discussion	10%
Personal Interview	20%
Quality of Academic Qualification	5%
Quality of Work Experience	5%
Total	50%

The minimum requirement for getting a pass in Personal Interview is 5 out of 20 marks. Sum of the scores in all the ten components (as given in table 2 and table 4) will be taken as the final score of a candidate for arriving at the merit list(s) for final selection to the PGP as well as the PGP-ABM of IIML.

 IIM Ahmedabad (Selection Criteria)

Personal Interview — Category-wise Short-listing Criteria and Number of Candidates:

No.	Category	Candidates
1	General Category	609 candidates whose percentile in section 1 and section 2 was 94 and above, and whose percentile in section 3 was 94.5, and who had an overall percentile of 98 and above, have been called for the Personal Interview (PI).
		94 Percentile in QA = 35 marks	94 Percentile in RA = 35 marks	94.5 Percentile in VA = 47 marks	98 Percentile Overall = 121 marks
2	OBC Category	86 candidates whose percentile in each section was 80 and above, and who had an overall percentile of 88 and above, have been called for the PI.
		80 Percentile in QA = 21 marks	80 Percentile in RA = 25 marks	80 Percentile in VA = 28 marks	88 Percentile Overall = 79 marks
3	SC Category	86 candidates who met the minimum cut-off requirement of total percentile — not less than 80 and sectional percentile not less than 65 — were short-listed for PI.
4	ST Category	25 candidates who met the minimum cut-off requirement of score — not less than 17% in each section and not less than 25% in aggregate — were short-listed for PI.
5	DA	11 candidates who met the minimum cut-off requirement of score — not less than 17% in each section and not less than 25% in aggregate — were short-listed for PI.

 IIM Bangalore (Selection Criteria)

Minimum Percentile Requirement for the First Shortlist (as used in 2008):

Category	Logic & Data		Verbal		Quantitative		Aggregate
	Percentile	Score/ 96	Percentile	Score/ 160	Percentile	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 356
General	90%	32	85%	32	85%	26	90%	82
OBC	80%	25	75%	26	60%	12	80%	65
ST	50%	13	50%	12	50%	09	70%	52
PWD	45%	11	45%	09	45%	07	60%	42
SC	50%	13	50%	12	50%	09	70%	52

Note: IIMB uses multiple parameters, namely academic performance in school, high school and graduation programs as well as candidates’ scores in CAT to judge the suitability of candidates for the PGP program. Relevant work experience, if any, is also given weightage in the selection.




 IIM Calcutta (Selection Criteria)

Course: PGDM

Cut-offs for GD/PI:

Category	QA		RA		VA		OVERALL
	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 96	Percentile	Score/ 160	Percentile	Score/ 356	Percentile
OPEN	38	95.52	38	95.86	51	95.87	133	98.96
SC	20	77.65	20	69.39	21	70.63	76	85.12
ST	20	77.65	20	69.39	16	61.05	56	81.85
PWD	20	77.65	20	69.39	16	61.05	56	78.83
OBC	25	84.83	28	84.92	32	84.97	98	94.44

Course: PGDCM

Candidates have been shortlisted for GD/PI based on CAT score, academic performance and relevant work experience provided they fullfill the minimum section-wise and overall CAT scores as given in the following table.

Cut-offs for GD/PI:

Category	QA		RA		VA		OVERALL
	Score/ 100	Percentile	Score/ 96	Percentile	Score/ 160	Percentile	Score/ 356	Percentile
OPEN	30	90.08	32	90.77	39	90.44	134	99.03
SC	20	77.65	20	69.39	21	70.63	84	90.1
ST	20	77.65	20	69.39	16	61.05	65	80.19
PWD	20	77.65	20	69.39	16	61.05	87	91.18
OBC	25	84.83	28	84.92	32	84.97	108	96.41

 IIM Indore (Selection Criteria)

The minimum sectional and overall percentile cut-offs in CAT-2008 used to arrive at the consideration set are given in the table below:

Category	Logic & Data		Verbal		Quantitative
	Percentile	Score/ 96	Percentile	Score/ 160	Percentile	Score/ 100
General	80	25	80	28	80	21
OBC	75	23	75	26	75	19
SC, ST and PWD	65	19	65	19	65	14

OVERALL PERCENTILE AND CORRESPONDING SCORE
Category	Percentile	Score/356
General	98.91	132
OBC	94.68	98
SC	83.37	71
ST	72.45	55
PWD	75.81	59

 IIM Kozhikode (Selection Criteria)

Criteria for short-listing for admissions 2008:

Category (percentile)	QA		RA		VA		OVERALL
	Percentile	Score / 100	Percentile	Score /96	Percentile	Score /160	Percentile	Score /356
General	92	33	92	34	93	44	98	121
OBC	81	23	76	24	80	28	94	97
SC	65	14	65	19	70	21	80	65
ST	60	12	60	17	60	16	70	54
PWD1	60	15	60	20	60	22	70	73
PWD2	60	14	60	18	60	21	70	63
PWD3	65	14	65	20	70	21	80	69

Minimum CAT-2008 Percentile Requirement for the First Shortlist [Table-1]
Category	QA		RA		VA		Total
	Percentile	Score /100	Percentile	Score /96	Percentile	Score /160	Percentile	Score /356
SC	55%	11	55%	15	55%	14	75%	58
ST	50%	9	50%	13	50%	12	70%	52
PWD	55%	11	55%	15	55%	14	75%	58
OBC	75%	19	75%	23	75%	26	85%	72
General	85%	26	85%	28	85%	32	90%	82
ABM	70%	16	70%	21	70%	21	85%	72

IIML uses multiple parameters, namely academic performance in school, high school and graduation programs as well as relevant work experience

VARIOUS COMPONENETS WITH respective WEIGHTage (for PGP) [Table-2]
Component	Weights
Aggregate CAT-2008 score	30%
Class-X Marks	5%
Class-XII Marks	5%
Graduation Marks	5%
Experience profile	5%
Total	50%

The Pre-GD/PI score for the work experience profile is indicated in Table 3.

PRE-GDPI SCORE FOR THE WORK EXPERIENCE (for PGP) [Table-3]
Work Experience in Months	Score (out of a maximum of 5)
9 to 11	1
12 to 23	2
24 to 35	3
36 to 47	4
48 and more	5

In order to identify the PGP-ABM candidates to be called for written ability test and GD/PI, the past academic performance (in secondary school, higher secondary school and graduate program) and the graduation profile of the candidate are considered as per the weightage given in the table 4.

VARIOUS COMPONENETS WITH respective WEIGHTage (for PGP-ABM) [Table-4]
Component	Weights
Aggregate CAT-2008 score	30%
Class-X Marks	5%
Class-XII Marks	5%
Graduation Marks	5%
Graduation profile	5%
Total	50%

 Stage-2:

This stage involves the assessment of the candidature by an interview panel of two faculty members of IIML. The weightage given to various components are:

VARIOUS COMPONENETS WITH respective WEIGHTage [Table-5]
Component	Weights
Written Ability Test	10%
Group Discussion	10%
Personal Interview	20%
Quality of Academic Qualification	5%
Quality of Work Experience	5%
Total	50%

The minimum requirement for getting a pass in the Personal Interview is 5 out of 20 marks. Sum of the scores in all the ten components (as given in table 2 and table 4) will be taken as the final score of a candidate for arriving at the merit list(s) for final selection to the PGP as well as the PGP-ABM of IIML.