IIM Sirmaur PG, Doctorate Courses 2025

The faculty at the Indian Institute of Management–Sirmaur (IIM–Sirmaur) are the best. They are PhD, diploma, and degree holders. The faculty are experienced. Indian Institute of Management–Sirmaur (IIM–Sirmaur) also arranges faculty and student exchange programmes. This helps in offering students great exposure and knowledge. The college also invites guest faculty for lectures, hence providing students an opportunity to learn something new.

IIM Amritsar and IIM Sirmaur are very high-ranked colleges present in India. IIM Amritsar is ranked 51 by NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) 2023 for Management whereas IIM Sirmaur is ranked 98 by the NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) 2023 for Management. Both of the college offers placement assistance to students and provides scholarships to students as financial assistance. Hence, which is the best college depends on what the candidate is actually looking for in a college or university.

Yes, IIM Sirmaur has good infrastructure. As per Shiksha verified review, "The infrastructure is really good. There is constant connectivity through Wi-Fi at all parts of the campus. The library is well-equipped with all your academic needs and the classrooms are spacious. The hostel rooms are spacious with the choice of single or double rooms. Moreover, the scenery is beautiful. The food is good (compared to average hostel standards). There are all kinds of sports facilities available ranging from football, cricket, badminton to billiards, carrom, chess etc.")

Indian Institute of Management–Sirmaur (IIM–Sirmaur) provides big classrooms, conference halls, library, and others. Indian Institute of Management–Sirmaur (IIM–Sirmaur) offers various facilities to postgraduate and PhD course students. IIM Sirmaur is currently operating through its temporary campus which is situated at the Himachal Institute of Technology, Paonta Sahib in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The development of the permanent campus is taking place at Dhaula Kuan, District Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. 

The minimum CAT overall and section-wise percentile required for admission to the MBA programme at IIM Sirmaur is 92. The minimum CAT percentile for both overall and section-wise categories has been the same for the year 2021 and 2022. Candidates seeking admission to the MBA programme at IIM Sirmaur must meet the minimum CAT percentile criteria for final seat allotment. Hence, students are advised to prepare well for the CAT exam.

The key highlights of IIM Sirmaur MBA Tourism summer placements 2024 for the batch of 2023-25 are presented below:

Particulars	MBA Tourism Summer Placement Statistics (2023-25 Batch)
Highest stipend	INR 1,40,000
Average stipend	INR 52,200
Median stipend	INR 40,000
Placement rate	100%
Companies visited	26

Earlier, the key highlights of IIM Sirmaur MBA Tourism summer placements for the 2022-24 batch are presented below:

Particulars	MBA Tourism Summer Placement Statistics (2022-24 Batch)
Highest stipend	INR 2,00,000
Average stipend	INR 45,000
Median stipend	INR 40,000
Top 25% stipend	INR 90,000
Top 50% stipend	INR 69,000
Top 75% stipend	INR 57,000
Students participated	51
Students placed	51
Companies visited	51

According to the data gathered from unofficial sources, the function-wise IIM Sirmaur alumni placements statistics are presented below:

Note: The “Others” category includes the functions of Sales, Consulting, Product Management, Finance, Human Resources, Program and Project Management, Research, Administrative, Information Technology, Customer Success and Support and Community and Social Services.

The above-mentioned alumni data is gathered from unofficial sources and hence may vary.

The median package offered during IIM Sirmaur placements 2024 as compared with 2023 and 2022 are presented below:

Course	Median Package (2022)	Median Package (2023)	Median Package (2024)
MBA	INR 12.23 LPA	INR 13 LPA	INR 12.49 LPA
MBA Tourism	INR 9.9 LPA	INR 11 LPA	INR 12 LPA
Overall	INR 11.4 LPA	INR 12.49 LPA	INR 12.49 LPA

The placement rate recorded during IIM Sirmaur MBA and MBA Tourism placements 2023 was 100%. Further, the placement rate recorded during IIM Sirmaur MBA and MBA Tourism placements over the past three years remained 100% as well. Refer to the table below for IIM Sirmaur placement trends over the past three years with respect to the number of students participated for placements and number of students placed:

Particulars	MBA Placement Statistics (2021)	MBA Placement Statistics (2022)	MBA Placement Statistics (2023)
Batch size	112	186	238
Students participated	112	183	224
Students placed	100 (11 students opted out and 1 chose entrepreneurship)	179 (3 students opted out and 1 chose entrepreneurship)	224 (14 students opted out)
Particulars	MBA Tourism Placement Statistics (2021)	MBA Tourism Placement Statistics (2022)	MBA Tourism Placement Statistics (2023)
Students participated	NA	29	50
Students placed	NA	26 (2 students opted for higher studies and 1 student opted for entrepreneurship)	45 (5 students opted out)

IIM Sirmaur CAT cutoff 2023 will be out after CAT 2023 results are announced. Candidates seeking admission to IIM Sirmaur MBA course must appear for the CAT 2023 exam. Tabulated below are the IIM Sirmaur CAT cutoff 2022 for candidates to have estimation of expected cutoff 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	92
EWS	40	40	40	70
NC-OBC	45	45	45	74
SC	35	35	35	54
ST	32	25	32.5	40
DAP	25	32	32.5	40

Candidates seeking admission to the MBA programme at IIM Sirmaur must meet the overall and section-wise CAT percentile. According to cut-off details of IIM Sirmaur for the year 2023, candidates having overall and section-wise CAT percentile equal to or above 90 were eligible for admission to the MBA programme.

Hence, students are advised to give equal importance to all the sections, i.e. verbal ability and reading comprehension (VARC), data interpretation and logical reasoning (DILR) and quantitative aptitude (QA) while preparing for the CAT exam to get eligible for admission to the MBA programme at IIM Sirmaur. 

The institute offer multiple elective course options to the candidates. These are offered in the areas of Entreprenurship, IT and Systems, Marketing Management, etc. Some of the electives offered for IIM Sirmaur MBA course are:

• Services Marketing
• Big Data Analytics
• Fintech
• Project Finance
• Retail Management, etc.

To apply for the CAT exam, candidates are required to create an account, fill the CAT registration form and pay the exam application fee. The 2023 CAT form has to be submitted by a certain deadline after which no application will be accepted. For the 2023 CAT exam, CAT registration was between Aug 2 and Sep 20. The exam was conducted on November 26, 2023. Students had to appear for the CAT 2023 exam in Computer Based Testing mode at allotted test centers. CAT exam 2023 for IIM Sirmaur admission was held in three slots. These are as follows:

• Morning slot: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
• Afternoon slot: 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM
• Evening slot: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Candidates who are willing to get into IIM Sirmaur must mention the college name and course preference in their CAT application form to get a call (provided the student gets a valid score in the exam).

The process of getting into IIM Sirmaur is through the CAT examination and hence there are no reservation criteria exclusively. The usual reservation criteria that are associated with the CAT examination are the only ones that the college follows. These reservations include the SC, ST, OBC, etc. On the contrary there can be some other advantages if you belong to the same state or if you are a girl child etc. There are no other reservations apart from what the Indian Government has prescribed.

Yes, IIM Sirmaur offers a two-year full-time MBA programme. MBA is the flagship programme of this institute. Candidates willing to take admission in MBA programme at IIM Sirmaur must take the CAT exam because MBA admission is based on valid CAT score only. Further, the candidates shortlisted based on their CAT score will have to qualify the personal interview (PI) round followed by document verification and fee payment to lock their seat in the said programme.

Qualifying CAT cut off percentiles of an IIM is the minimum percentile (sectional as well as overall) required by candidates to be eligible for the Written Ability Test (What) and Personal Interview PI round. These are only eligibility score and not the score for selection. The final CAT cut off percentiles are the scores on the basis of which a candidate is actually selected for the What-PI round. The qualifying CAT cut offs are released publically before the CAT exam and result as a part of selection criteria for the MBA/PGP batch of that year. The qualifying cut offs for CAT are release category wise - General, NC/OBC. General-EWS, SC/ST, PwD. The qualifying cut offs percentiles of General category candidate is higher than then rest. The final CAT cut offs are not released publically. The cut offs are estimate on the basis of candidate's selection for What-PI. The final CAT cut offs for General category candidate is also higher than then rest.

There is no provision for admission through management quota in any of the IIM’s including IIM Sirmaur. IIM Sirmaur admissions are completely entrance exam and merit based depending on the course. Candidates first check the eligibility and selection process for that particular course in which they want to enrol.

For admission in MBA, candidates need to take the CAT exam and should obtain a valid score in it. Also, the candidate need to apply through IIM Sirmaur official website for admission in MBA programme, shortlisted candidates will have to go through the personal interview (PI) round. Selected candidates will have to report to the admission cell at IIM Sirmaur for document verification and fee payment.

No, IIM Sirmaur accepts only CAT score for admission in MBA programme. Candidates willing to take admission in MBA programme at IIM Sirmaur must fulfil the following requirements:

• Candidate should have UG degree in any domain with a minimum of 50% aggregate (45% for reserved categories).
• Candidates should appear for CAT exam and must obtain a valid score to become eligible for further admission rounds.

Given below are the important factors; one is IIM Sirmaur ranking and its placement details based on which candidates can enable them to decide better.

IIM Sirmaur Ranking

The IIM Sirmaur ranking awarded by the National Institute Research Framework (NIRF) is based on various crucial factors such as the teaching and learning process, research and professional practice, and many other important aspects. Given below are the ranking details for the IIM Sirmaur MBA programme.

Ranking body	2022	2023
NIRF	69	98

 

 IIM Sirmaur Placements

The MBA programme being the flagship course of IIM Sirmaur recorded 100% placements for the year 2023. The key highlights of IIM Sirmaur MBA placements 2023 as compared with 2022 are tabulated below:

Particulars	MBA Placement Statistics (2022)	MBA Placement Statistics (2023)
the highest package	INR 26.5 LPA	INR 64.12 LPA
Average package	INR 12.74 LPA	INR 14.45 LPA
Median package	INR 12.73 LPA	INR 13 LPA
Batch size	186	238
Students participated	183	224
Students placed	179 (3 students opted out and 1 chose entrepreneurship)	224 (14 students opted out)
Placement rate	100%	100%

The eligibility criteria for admission in MBA programme at IIM Sirmaur are as follows:

• Candidate should possess a bachelor’s degree irrespective of the discipline with a minimum of 50% aggregate (45% for reserved categories).
• Candidates should have a valid score in CAT exam based on which they will be shortlisted for the personal interview (PI) round.
• Candidates must qualify the personal interview (PI) round followed by document verification and fee payment for final seat allotment in MBA programme.